Before Yang Chen could take a sip, a red-haired beauty with heavy makeup walked over.
"Hey handsome, are you by yourself? Can I sit here?" the beauty asked.
Regulars at the bar know that many girls love to mooch off reserved seats.
Obviously, this beauty was here to mooch a seat.
Yang Chen responded coldly, "I don’t like strangers sitting in front of me."
The beauty didn’t leave and smiled, "Handsome, don’t be so cold. Buy me a drink and I’ll follow your lead later."
Yang Chen: "You’re too ugly, I can’t stomach it. Move along."
Beauty: "You... hmph! Ungrateful and lacking in taste!"
The beauty stormed off angrily.
Soon after, another girl tried to mooch the seat.
No surprise, she too stormed off angrily.
Not long after, a dozen girls trying to mooch were chased away by Yang Chen.
Of course, some were bar hostesses trying to push drinks.
Anyone willing to spend ten thousand for a reserved seat just to drink bottled water must be a millionaire.
The bar didn’t want to miss a chance to fleece a rich guy.
But this guy was unyielding; girls of all kinds struck out.
Now, the hotel manager stepped in personally.
The manager was a charming woman in her thirties.
Seeing her, Yang Chen understood why Cao Cao liked married women.
"Hey handsome, I’m manager Wang Jingwen. First time here? I want to make friends with you. Next time, send me a message in advance, I’ll reserve the best seat for you," the manager said.
Yang Chen: "No need, I don’t come to places like this often."
Wang Jingwen: "Handsome, maybe you haven’t experienced the fun here?"
Yang Chen: "What’s fun about places like this?"
Wang Jingwen grabbed Yang Chen’s hand and pulled him to the dance floor, laughing, "Just follow my lead."
With that, she started dancing wildly to the music.
Yang Chen chuckled, waved his hand, and declined.
Wang Jingwen quickly put her hands on Yang Chen’s shoulders, "Loosen up, don’t be so stiff. Remember, the looser you are, the more fun you have here."
Nope, Yang Chen couldn’t loosen up. He quickly pried Wang Jingwen’s hands off and returned to his seat.
Wang Jingwen was dumbfounded; usually, this trick worked with any guest. But this time, she met a stubborn one.
He was really unyielding; there was no way to conquer him.
Since the guest didn’t like this, Wang Jingwen felt it wasn’t appropriate to insist further.
She approached Yang Chen, smiled, and said, "Handsome, sorry, you’re different from other guests, you probably really don’t like this. It was too forward of me."
Yang Chen: "It’s fine. I’ll just watch them dance, you don’t have to mind me. When I want to participate, I’ll come over naturally. When I don’t want to participate, even if you beg me, I won’t come. So, don’t bother trying to please me, go please someone else."
Wang Jingwen nodded awkwardly and quickly slinked off.
Meanwhile, at the adjacent table, Wang Nianming and his group laughed.
"Wang Jingwen got shut down, huh?"
"It’s the first time I’ve seen her unable to handle a guest. Who is this guy? Reserving a top seat just to drink water, quite the character!"
"Showing off, huh. Coming to a place like this to drink water, is he crazy?"
"Brother Ming, maybe he’s doing it on purpose for you, could be after you."
Wang Nianming chuckled and said, "Stop it. Just drink, don’t mind him."
At this moment, Xi Yuyao, now wearing a T-shirt and shorts, approached Wang Nianming.
"Brother Ming, hello everyone. I’m Xi Yuyao, Vice President of Hualin Technology Company. Could I have a word with you? Please?" Xi Yuyao said humbly.
Yang Chen turned around to look, realizing she was the VP of Hualin Technology—mistook her for an independent woman renting an apartment for a startup.
Beside Wang Nianming was a woman, his new girlfriend Xu Yujie.
So he couldn’t say much.
But his friends understood.
"You’re brave, lady!"
"With such courage, Brother Ming ought to give you a chance."
"Here, toast to Brother Ming, give him your WeChat, and chat later."
...
After that, a red-haired guy handed a drink to Xi Yuyao.
This guy was sneaky; while holding the glass, he slipped a pill into the drink.
Xi Yuyao, trying to curry favor with Wang Nianming, drank the glass without suspicion.
Then she said, "Brother Ming, I’d like to discuss setting up Hualin Technology’s charging devices throughout Yida Plaza nationwide. Forgive my bluntness, I usually don’t get the chance to see you. Today, I heard from friends that you’d be here, so I came to talk. We can discuss profit sharing; I just want Hualin’s devices in Yida Mall nationwide."