Chapter Fifty-Four

  After Ai Zi Qing finished speaking with the couple, the door to the room was slowly pulled open, revealing Xiang Yao's face with slightly red eyes. She then walked out slowly and sat down in front of Ai Zi Qing.

  Looking at Xiang Yao with slightly red eyes, Ai Zi Qing and Mr. and Mrs. Xiang were all stunned, only to hear Xiang Yao say to Ai Zi Qing in a choked voice, "Zi Qing, thank you."

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  Ai Zi Qing and Xiang Yao were sent back to school by Xiang Yong Kang at 9 pm. Originally, Mr. and Mrs. Xiang wanted them to stay overnight again, but Xiang Yao and Ai Zi Qing insisted on returning to school, so they had no choice but to agree.

  Back in the dormitory, Li Hui and Liu Jiabao were already playing games. Seeing that they came back so late, Li Hui shouted: "Why are you guys so late? Are you infatuated with a handsome guy and didn't want to come back?"

  As for her outspokenness, the other three naturally took it for granted.

  Xiang Yao put the package in the cabinet, and gave Li Hui a glance: "If you hadn't said there was an activity today, we would have gone back to school early tomorrow." At this time, she had already recovered from her shock and gratitude towards Ai Zi Qing.

  "I found out today that it's not Li Yingxin on duty, if I don't go out and have some fun, I'll suffocate to death." Li Hui muttered, leaning on the table.

  "When are we going out?" Ai Zi Qing waved her hand to disperse the stale air in the room, then walked over to the window and opened it.

  "It'll be just a while before we part ways, and I can see Zheng Shaolong again tomorrow when school starts. Just thinking about it gets me excited." Li Hui fell into extreme daydreaming.

  After the lights went out, the four of them waited for about half an hour and saw that no one came to check again. They packed up their things, tied up the rope, and snuck into the second floor of the girls' dormitory to prepare for the crime.

  Still the "knock knock knock" three beats as a password, a small voice came from inside the room: "Who is it?"

  "It's upstairs." The same response as before.

  The door opened a crack, and it was Li Hui and several others who rushed to open the door wide for them to enter. Inside, the room was filled with thick smoke, bright lights, and heavy curtains covered the windows tightly, without leaving any gaps.

  The air inside the house was really bad, and after the four of them entered, they were choked into a fit of coughing.

  "My god, did you guys set a fire? It's so choking." Li Hui almost pulled out that bottle of strong perfume from her bag and sprayed it wildly.

  "No choice, recently it's been checked strictly, don't dare open doors and windows, safety first, sorry about that." The woman who opened the door said with a smile.

  Still the old routine, the lights in the house went out, and the rope was tied to the bedhead. The "Flying Tiger Team" slid down the rope one by one like dumplings, with a speed that can be described as quite astonishing.

  After the last one, Xiang Yao jumped down, and the four of them again used extremely agile movements to climb over the school wall and land safely.

  Ai Zi Qing couldn't help but admire, her own extremely strong physique and the skills she had honed through a year of bitter practice were almost no match for the three people who had developed their abilities in order to escape bedtime.

  It's really true that heroes are made by the times...

  When Ai Zi Qing and several others arrived at the so-called "all-night street" in Sai Kung, West Kowloon, the place was already bustling with people, extremely lively.

  On both sides of the road, various bars and nightclubs are everywhere, under the ambiguous pink signboards, women wearing ** pose in all sorts of seductive postures, attracting men's attention.

  Ai Zi Qing and others walked into a nightclub that stood out on the entire street and went upstairs to the second floor.

  After arriving at the second floor, turning left and right to come to a large door, several people opened the door and entered the nightclub, with loud music suddenly ringing in their ears.

  The night scene was indeed very lively, and several people found a sofa to sit down. Li Hui and A Bao went on stage and danced with everyone else.

  "What's going on?" Xiang Yao sat down beside Ai Zi Qing and shouted. Because it was too noisy.

  "Hot milk." Ai Zi Qing leaned in close to Xiang Yao's ear and replied, the latter nodded slightly and got up to look for a waiter.

  Ai Zi Qing sat bored on the sofa, watching the passionate crowd twisting their waists inside, listening to the passionate music by her ear, and also got a great relaxation mentally.

  Just then, a well-dressed young man suddenly walked over and sat down in front of Ai Zi Qing, smiling as he said: "Miss, I'd like to make friends with you, how about we have something to drink? My treat." His eyes were scrutinizing Ai Zi Qing without leaving any trace, and at this moment she was still wearing the dress that Guo Min Ting had changed into for her.

  Ai Zi Qing slightly furrowed her brow and then shook her head.

  At this time, Xiang Yao walked back with two cups of hot milk, and from a distance, she saw a man sitting in front of Ai Zi Qing saying something. She was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly quickened her pace towards Ai Zi Qing. But because of this momentary distraction, she suddenly collided with a woman who had just entered the door.

  "Ah! Are you blind?" The woman was knocked off balance and a small amount of milk splashed onto her skirt, so she angrily lifted her head up, but upon seeing Xiang Yao, she was taken aback. "What are you doing here?"

  Yao was about to apologize when she saw the person clearly, and she also froze there! What a coincidence? The newcomer turned out to be Li Yingxin, the Minister of the Department of Life.

  "Are you sneaking out at night?" After Li Yingxin reacted, she slowly curled up her lips, as if she had caught something.

  "You're no different." Xiang Yao retorted after a moment of stunned silence.

  "I'm definitely not the same, I'm here to catch the problematic students." Li Yingxin smiled confidently and strongly, then looked up and down at Xiang Yao, her eyes extremely disdainful. Then she raised her head again, scanned in the direction of Xiang Yao's walk, and saw Ai Zi Qing sitting there, raising an eyebrow as she walked over.

  After seeing Ai Zi Qing's beautiful attire, Li Ying Xin let out a disdainful cold laugh and sat down on the sofa, while the two student union cadres beside her also sat down.

  Xiang Yao chased after him from behind, angrily saying: "It seems we didn't invite you, Director Li!" The last three words were said with gritted teeth.

  "The school doesn't allow you to skip bedtime, little sister." This sentence was directed at Ai Zi Qing. Li Ying Xin had been wanting to find fault with Ai Zi Qing for a long time, but couldn't find an opportunity. Today, she suddenly felt that Ai Zi Qing and the others had fallen into her trap, and she felt refreshed all over.

  "Who is this?" The young man sitting opposite Aizi Qing looked at Li Yingxin, seeing her tall and charming, wearing fashionable and beautiful clothes, suddenly with a gentlemanly appearance, asked.

  Ai Zi Qing naturally didn't mind, took over Xiang Yao's milk and drank it as if nothing had happened.

  The man saw Ai Zi Qing's expression of not caring, and felt a bit awkward, so he tried to save face for himself: "Miss, don't misunderstand, I just saw you sitting here alone, so I came over out of curiosity to get to know you. Besides, my friend is the manager here, if you come to play here in the future, just mention my name and it's okay. What are you drinking? I'll treat."

  "Oh? Your friend is a manager here?" Li Yingxin's expression turned interested upon hearing this.

  Goodbye. The man was dressed properly and had a good demeanor, so she thought of making friends with him because she had recently come to this place with her friends from the circle and always heard them boast about knowing this person and that person, which annoyed her very much. Today, she had the opportunity to make some decent friends for herself, and in the future, it would be good to have someone to back her up. Moreover, from his words, she also detected that he didn't know Ai Zi Qing at all, so she didn't have anything to worry about.

  "Yes, my friend is the general manager here. If it weren't for helping him take care of his business and putting on a show, I wouldn't have come all the way to play around here. You know, my home isn't close to here either, and driving over takes about half an hour each time."

  The man seemed to casually explain a sentence, and the words also inadvertently revealed that he had a car, was worth a lot of money, and if it were a girl who loved vanity, she would naturally become interested. He had already met many girls who threw themselves at him, so he was quite skilled at picking up chicks.

  As expected, Li Yingxin, who had already been in a friendly mindset, heard the words and her eyes lit up instantly. However, Ai Ziqing and others were on this side, so she could only smile and say: "So that's how it is, I've also been coming here with friends to hang out recently." The tone of her words hinted that she often came here with men, although this didn't necessarily mean she was interested in them, but the intention of wanting to make friends was already very clear.

  Li Yingxin just thought it would be good to make friends with him, after all, coming to a place like this without knowing many people is really inconvenient, especially for several girls themselves, and making friends with such stylish men, I believe no girl would refuse...

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  Listening to the two people's uninteresting conversation, Ai Zi Qing furrowed her brow and calmly reminded them: "This seat seems to be the one we reserved."

  The two of them turned their heads to look at Ai Zi Qing at the same time. The man's name was Li Jun Sheng, and he smiled as he spoke before Li Ying Xin could: "Since everyone has a good relationship, why don't we become friends?" Without waiting for Ai Zi Qing to continue speaking, he continued:

  "Today's food and drink are on me, consider it a gift for getting to know these beautiful ladies, no need to be polite with me."

  Heaven has a road you don't take... Hell has no door you rush in...

  She beckoned a waiter over and turned to ask Xiang Yao, "Do you want to drink?"

  Xiang Yao suddenly understood and thought that Mo Fei Zi Qing wanted to teach this kid a lesson. So, with curved eyebrows and eyes, she replied: "I can keep you company for a drink."

  "What are some of the most expensive red wines in your store? For example... Lafite from the 1980s." Ai Zi Qing asked the waiter with a smile.

  The waiter was taken aback, then covered up his surprise and smiled: "We have a wide range of wines here. The Lafite you mentioned is available, and it's the authentic Bordeaux wine from Chateau Lafite in France. We have vintages from 1980, 1982, 1984, and 1987. I recommend trying the 1982 Lafite."

  "Price." Ai Zi Qing raised an eyebrow.

  "Each bottle is priced at HK$200,000." The waiter replied respectfully, not forgetting to observe Ai Zi Qing's expression, knowing that they had a commission for selling wine to customers...

  Ai Zi Qing had never tasted the world's top red wine, but in an era with such advanced information, he naturally knew that Lafite wasn't necessarily better just because it was older. Although some vintages of Lafite from the 80s weren't great, the '82 Lafite was indeed a rare gem, and its price increase in later years was astonishing.

  But Hong Kong's prices are already very high...

  So she nodded happily, ignoring the somewhat pale face of Li Junsheng opposite her, as well as his sweaty palms.

  Li Yingxin on the side was also stunned, Ah Zi Qing's style is really rare to see, it's a hundred-year-old encounter! How can she be so shameless?

  "Zi Qing... twenty thousand Hong Kong dollars..." Xiang Yao was also a bit stunned at this time. In her impression, killing someone was just about making them lose a few hundred or a thousand, but today one bottle of wine cost twenty thousand... This was too frightening, even if it was served to her, she didn't dare drink it...

  "It's really a waste of your money, I feel bad about it." Aizi Qing suddenly felt that occasionally dressing down these self-righteous people was quite enjoyable.

  "Not... cough, not polite." Li Junsheng's voice was a bit hoarse when he spoke, and he hurriedly cleared his throat to cover it up. At this point, regret was too late, after all, so many girls were watching from the side... He secretly hated Ai Ziqing for putting him in an awkward position, this woman was too ruthless!

  Li Hui and A Bao also ran up at this time, wiping the sweat from their faces. Li Hui shouted: "Damn, it's been a long time since I've felt so cool! Who is this kid?"

  Her words were unbridled, making Li Junsheng somewhat embarrassed. Now there was a sense of being played with like a fool, but he couldn't help but put on a brave face and go along with it. After all, he had boasted earlier, so how could he back down just because the other person raised the stakes?

  "Ai Zi Qing, aren't you overdoing it a bit? Li Ge is treating us with good intentions, how can you do this?" Li Ying Xin spoke up at this time, speaking on behalf of Li Jun Sheng.

  "Oh?" Ai Zi Qing raised an eyebrow.

  At this time, Li Hui and A Bao also noticed Li Yingxin, both of whom frowned and looked at Xiang Yao and Ai Zi Qing with suspicion.

  Xiang Yao quietly got up and pulled Li Hui to a side to explain what had happened in a low voice...

  Ai Zi Qing continued, "Does Mr. Li think it's excessive to order a bottle of Lafite? If so... then let's just cancel it." As she spoke, her eyes revealed a hint of disdain, making the other person extremely uncomfortable.

  Li Junsheng felt like slapping Li Qinxin twice, making him not only a cuckold but also offering words of consolation, "Don't worry about it, it's all just a small matter, Miss Li shouldn't take it too seriously. Hehe." He chuckled dryly.

  "You..." Li Yingxin was furious, glaring at Ai Ziqing, and couldn't help but think that it was no wonder even Lian Wenyaohui had been affected by her temper. This Ai Ziqing really did have some "ability".

  "Hey, Li Yingxin, it seems like we don't welcome you? What are you doing sitting here with a thick skin? Waiting to drink two million Hong Kong dollars' worth of Lafite?"

  Li Yingxin was about to get up and argue with him, but was pulled back by Li Junsheng, who smiled and said: "Today I'm treating everyone, they're all my friends, haven't introduced them yet. These few are?" A few words later, he changed the subject and took the opportunity to glance at Ah Bao and Li Hui.

  "Classmate." Ai Zi Qing's crimson lips parted slightly, uttering two extremely simple words.

  Li Junsheng took a deep breath, today he had to spend money either way, and he didn't believe he couldn't handle these few female students!

  So he still kept smiling and sat down, starting to adjust the atmosphere. Li Hui, Ai Zi Qing, and the three of them chatted to themselves. Since they couldn't drive away Li Ying Xin, they simply chose to ignore her, but didn't want to leave either, because Li Hui was determined to drink this bottle of famous wine that cost more than a year's tuition!

  The wine was brought up, but the person who came over wasn't a waiter, rather a young man in a sharp suit, who happened to be the general manager of this nightclub. Upon hearing that someone wanted to order an '82 Lafite, he decided to personally bring it over, as building relationships with capable clients was also part of their job.

  But who would have thought that as they approached, it turned out to be Li Junsheng...