Chapter Fifty-Four: Encountering Trouble Again

  "You all heard that, they beat up my man like this, what are you going to do about it?" Ba Ge said with a smile as he looked at Ji Xin An and the others.

  Ji Xin'an knew that it was unwise to reason with them at this time, so he could only admit his mistake and yield, "In that case, I'll take my friend here to share the blame."

  "You think this is a school? You did something wrong and just saying sorry will make it okay?" The yellow-haired boy next to him grunted and chimed in.

  "We'll cover your medical expenses, just give us a number." Ji Xin'an looked at him, wanting to settle the matter quickly.

  Huang Mao looked at Bao Ge for a moment, saw him nodding, and then straightened his waist to look at Ji Xin'an, grinning fiercely. However, with the wounds on his face, it seemed somewhat comical.

  "Let's have a lucky number, eight thousand and eight."

  When Huang Mao mentioned this number, the people around him all let out a sound of surprise. At that time, when monthly salaries were only a few hundred yuan, 8,000 was enough to cover a whole year's income for an ordinary family.

  "Eight thousand eight, why don't you go rob?" Yu Yao exclaimed in surprise.

  "We are decent people, how can we go and grab?" A group of hoodlums burst out laughing, seemingly confident that they wouldn't be able to come up with anything.

  Yao Wenhao also stared at them, and faced with their obvious difficulties, he had no way out. Although he spent a lot of pocket money, it was impossible for him to have that much cash on hand.

  "Alright, let's do it your way." Ji Xin'an said, taking out a knife from her bag. She was relieved that she had brought the bag with her when they left home. This was the money she had prepared to buy a computer for her family, which had been in her bag for several days and she hadn't had time to go shopping yet. Unexpectedly, it ended up saving them. If this problem could be solved with money, that would be even better.

  "This is ten thousand yuan, consider the rest as me treating you to dinner tonight." Ji Xin'an threw the money onto Huang Mao's body and turned around to leave with a few people.

  "Clap, clap, clap." The usually silent Ba Ge stood up and started applauding. "Not bad, I haven't seen a woman with such charisma in a long time."

  "Thank you for the compliment, but it's already very late, we'll just leave first." Ji Xin'an didn't stop in his tracks because of his words.

  "Wait." Boss Bai said, and several of them were immediately stopped.

  "We've lost money and apologized, what more do you want?" Yao Wenhao saw that they were blocked and feared they would use force, so he stood in front of them.

  "Nothing much, just want to make friends with this miss." Bao Ge smiled and walked up to them.

  Ji Xin'an muttered under her breath, "You're just a young lady, your whole family are all young ladies." Her patience was also wearing thin, she stood up and said, "Don't say those useless things, just tell us how to get out of here."

  "So, let's sit down and have a drink together. We're not familiar with each other if we don't fight, let's make friends." Ba Ge smiled warmly, but it made people dare not relax.

  "Let's just put it off till another day, we're all students and can't stay out too late." Ji Xin'an refused without even thinking about it, who knows what other things might happen with this kind of person.

  "We're just trying to make a living, if someone beats us up, we just apologize and pay some money, that's it. If the news gets out, how can we still survive? Since you don't want to be friends with me, then have a drink, as an apology for beating us up." Bao Ge's face changed immediately when he saw her refusal.

  "I'm here to drink." Yao Wenhuo pulled Ji Xin'an back.

  "What are you? If you want a drink, she'll have one. Otherwise, none of you will be leaving tonight." Ba Ge's face suddenly turned fierce.

  "Fine, I'll drink." Ji Xin'an didn't dodge either upon seeing this.

  "Bring the wine." Several people heard it, smiled understandingly and immediately ran to the back of the bar, took out a beer mug, and poured in several different kinds of strong liquor.

  Yao Wenhao and Yu Yao looked at each other, their faces immediately turned pale, worriedly looking at Ji Xin'an. Ji Xin'an himself was also nervous, so much wine mixed together to drink, if it were ten years later he would dare to try, but now with his small body, the consequences could be imagined.

  In an instant, the wine had been placed in front of Ji Xin'an.

  "Alright, stop drinking, if it's really unbearable we can just get out of here." Yao Wenhuo looked at her and didn't want her to suffer this.

  Ji Xin'an smiled slightly. If it were just the two of them, that would be fine, but now they had a drunkard in tow and Yu Yao was already injured - how could they possibly make a run for it? "It's okay."

  She took the cup in front of her with a very elegant gesture and drank it down in several sips. Although she seemed to drink easily, only Ji Xinan herself knew how difficult it was. After drinking a cup of wine, she suddenly felt dizzy and hurriedly threw the cup away before she fell down, leading several people to quickly walk out the door.

  This time, no one dared to stop them again, because they were all scared silly by Ji Xin'an. Those few strong liquors mixed together, even a big man wouldn't dare try it easily, but she drank it like boiled water.

  "It's interesting, no wonder you're the boss's favorite." Bao Ge looked at Ji Xin An's leaving figure and smiled, then didn't say anything else and went upstairs.

  Ba Ge walked up to a private room on the second floor and was about to knock when a voice came from inside, "Come in."

  "Boss, things have gone wrong, the person didn't stay." Bao Ge pushed open the door and came in, a stark contrast to his strong stance just now, hanging his head like a child who had done something wrong.

  "I've seen everything." The man called boss showed no emotion, standing by the window with a glass of wine in his left hand, looking down at everything below.

  But Ba Ge still didn't dare to relax, he knew the boss's tactics too well, the quieter it was, the more terrifying it was, and in just such a calm standoff for a while, his forehead had already begun to sweat involuntarily.

  "Ah Bao, I'm really disappointed in you. I just asked you to keep her here and bring her to see me, but not by using such means. Did you think about the consequences of that one cup of wine she drank?" The boss turned around and glared at him fiercely. If Ji Xin An were here, he would have definitely noticed that this person was none other than Jiang Rui Bin, someone Ji Xin An never wanted to see again.

  "Sorry, boss, I...I thought she wouldn't drink it in, and by the time I wanted to stop her, it was too late..." Abao became even more guilty under his gaze, lowering his head and not daring to look at him.

  Jiang Ruibin looked at him for a moment, although he felt that he was not very capable, but he couldn't punish him severely because of this matter. "You can go down now, I don't want to see such things happen again."

  "Yes." Bao Ge saw no blame in him and immediately retreated with a smile.

  "We've met twice and it's always been a fleeting encounter, I guess we really don't have fate on our side!" Jiang Rui Bin sat down on the sofa with a hint of desolation, letting out a sigh.

  At this time, a beautiful woman who had been silent beside him walked over with an expression of dissatisfaction. "Ruibin, isn't she just a little girl? Why are you so concerned about her?"

  "Cui Shi Shi, if you want to stay by my side, remember not to ask about my affairs. Even if I really marry you in the future, don't have such thoughts." Jiang Rui Bin looked at her coldly, his expression unyielding.

  "I know." Cui Shishi was stunned for a moment, and then reluctantly agreed.

  Cui Shi looked at Jiang Rui Bin, who was no longer paying attention to her. She suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness in her heart. As the daughter of a wealthy family, she could have provided him with a life of luxury and ease, sparing him thirty years of hard work. Yet, he had never shown any interest in this. The only reason she could stay by his side was because she had humbled herself to follow him around like a personal assistant.

  Although she felt resentful, who made her fall in love with this man, and now the only one who can match him is herself. If he wants to get married, his first choice must be herself. Now she feels that as long as she can stay by his side, she will be satisfied.

  The author's words: Since writing out Yao Wenhao this character, the sudden curses now can't be said to be one sentence at a time, but rather in pieces, so much so that the small group now doesn't know how to write anymore, it's really depressing.