Chapter 1073

Tian Xiaofei watched the retreating back of Young Master Wang, utterly plunged into despair. He now truly regretted it, and deeply regretted it.

Why bother showing off like this? Wouldn't it be better to just follow behind honestly?

At the same time, he cursed Young Master Wang in his heart: "Aren't you supposed to be tough? How can you be as cowardly as a quail now?"

A bloody lesson lay before him; he could only say with a grim face: "Sorry, Su Yang, I just spoke carelessly—I shouldn't have said that."

Su Yang said nothing, merely pushing the full glass of Western liquor that Young Master Wang had just poured toward Tian Xiaofei.

Seeing the glass of liquor, Tian Xiaofei treated it like a savior, picked it up and drank it all in one gulp.

After finishing, he still turned the cup upside down to show he had drunk every drop.

But his stomach was already churning, threatening to vomit.

Su Yang then said: "Get lost."

Tian Xiaofei immediately tucked his tail between his legs and ran away in disgrace.

At this moment, the temperature, which had just dropped to freezing, eased slightly; the staff member in charge of lighting, already frightened out of their wits, had turned off the spotlight.

They had originally wanted to play lackeys and build momentum for others, but they never expected this scene; had they known, they would never have done it even if beaten to death.

Zhou Ruohan said: "You've thoroughly offended this Prince Wang now. We originally didn't mean to bear a grudge against him; we were just here to gossip, but we ended up provoking someone."

Su Yang also wondered: "What's going on? Why is he staring at me? Logically, he wouldn't pick a fight over someone like Tian Xiaofei. His status is set here; Tian Xiaofei doesn't even come close, and I certainly haven't offended him."

Zhou Ruohan also couldn't understand: "Whether you offended him or not, it's done now—after we finish gossiping we'll leave. Offending someone like him will surely bring retaliation far harsher than from Zhang Jiangbo, Tian Xiaofei and their crowd."

"You know, among these young masters in Sijiucheng, what they value most is face. You say we're already at a low point, yet we insist on provoking them—this is truly adding insult to injury."

Su Yang was completely indifferent: "More lice don't itch; more debts don't worry."

Zhou Ruohan said: "You don't know—this Prince Wang's father once served as a Bureau Office Director, and was considered the youngest Ministerial-level leader back then."

"Although he hasn't entered the core leadership now, he's still in the bureau. Moreover, he has an age advantage, so advancing further isn't impossible."

What Zhou Ruohan said is also what most people think, after all a bureau office director in his forties is someone even local bigwigs must bow to speak to. Normally, with such a huge age advantage, moving up a step is inevitable.

That's what everyone thought, but only Su Yang knew it was almost impossible; if it were possible, he would have already taken that step.

Of course, some things don't necessarily go as remembered; at least the progress tracks of Old Zhou and Old Fang have changed.

But he isn't too worried about that; these people just have the same old tricks—either bullying with influence or oppressing with power, at most meddling in his own career.

The truly dangerous ones who'd risk their lives are usually the locals; they might at any moment give you a 'fish die, net break' scenario, or even drag you down to die with them—that's what you need to watch out for.

The little witch still had lingering fear: "I'm telling you, Su Yang, you're too headstrong! Don't think that just because you've faced someone like Qiu Shui, he's the same as Qiu Shui—Qiu Shui is your niece, while he's actually someone's real son."

Su Yang said: "No problem, eat what you should, drink what you should—it's not aimed at this Prince Wang, so go ahead and make a feast; eat and drink your fill, then we'll leave."

He's not really in the mood for this gossip anymore, because he keeps feeling that if this ends badly, the melon will be tied to him.

That said, he still felt an urge driving him to see whether this Prince Wang was really confessing to Fang Jingwen.

If that's the case, then Fang Jingwen's club has already been confessed to twice—once by Jia Guolong, whose attempt failed, and this time it might very well be the same. From Young Master Wang's perspective, Fang Jingwen would indeed be a suitable match.

Fang Jingwen feels the momentum is still pretty good, and his current position is indeed crucial.

Young Master Wang was so angry his nose was almost crooked; just now Su Yang slapped Tian Xiaofei, and he had several urges to intervene, but then he thought, if he really got into a fight, he might not actually be a match for Su Yang.

Even if he were a match for Su Yang, having personally stepped in, would he still have the face to talk about winning or losing? In terms of status, it's like an adult beating a child—he couldn't bring himself to say who'd win.

Jia Guolong lit another cigar for Prince Wang: "Young Master Wang, don't get angry—anger harms the body. This kid Su Yang, we have plenty of chances to deal with him."

"Before, Zhou Weiguo was backing him from behind, so we couldn't just move against him directly, but now it's easy to handle him. Besides, we're respectable folks—only brainless brutes would resort to violence. By the way, have you prepared for your confession this time? Did you work it out beforehand?"

Bringing this up, Young Master Wang's earlier anger eased considerably: "I'm naturally confident about this. She used to work in the county, and I started seeing her after the New Year."

"Of course we haven't met much—just because she's busy with work and I'm not entirely sure. But she's applied to transfer back to Jingcheng, right? You guys should think: why would a perfectly good County Magistrate quit to work at an enterprise unit? It's pretty obvious she's doing this for me."

Jia Guolong said from the side: "If their family could climb up to you, that'd be their blessing—I reckon they think the same, which is why they had her transferred."

But he always felt that Young Master Wang was a bit overconfident—he'd suffered a defeat before, and at that time he'd lost all face, ending up flat on his back.

But with Young Master Wang's standing here, he probably won't be rejected, right? And likely only he knows that Young Master Wang's targeting of Su Yang is entirely because of this matter.

In Young Master Wang's view, anyone who's had any ambiguous romantic involvement with Fang Jingwen should be educated—he just didn't expect to hit a snag with Su Yang, but there will be plenty of chances to deal with this later.

He tidied his clothes, then picked up a bouquet of flowers and waved at the DJ booth.

Immediately, the classic English old song by the Cat King, "Can't Help Falling in Love," with a water‑like melody began to play—romantic and upscale for the occasion, yet very fitting.

As the spotlight came up, Young Master Wang, holding a bouquet of roses, slowly walked toward Fang Jingwen's position.