Chapter 765: Resentment at the Bar

At the entrance of a Sanlitun bar, Liu Guangfu drove his Jeep and parked it swaggeringly in the most conspicuous spot at the main entrance.

After getting out of the car, he felt full of vigor and energy, with a spring in his step.

Cui Yongli swayed out from the bar with a cigarette between his fingers and teased with a smile, "Guangfu, bought a car? I told your brother long ago that if you have money, you have to enjoy it. Otherwise, one day when you close your eyes for good, if the money isn't spent, won't it just benefit others?"

Liu Guangfu laughed, "My brother is used to living a poor life."

Cui Yongli chuckled, "That's true enough. Your brother's brain is a bit behind the times. You're doing alright. But brother, I have to tell you something. Recently, a Boss who runs a hotel seems to have taken a fancy to Chen Xiaolin too, and he keeps coming here to listen to her sing. There's a new song-request feature, and Boss Zhou spends several hundred on requests every time, with the bar tab alone reaching over a thousand."

Upon hearing this, sweat instantly broke out on Liu Guangfu's face, and he asked urgently, "Has Chen Xiaolin gotten together with him?"

Cui Yongli smiled, "Doesn't seem like it, it's just that Chen Xiaolin is a bit afraid of him."

Liu Guangfu got anxious on the spot, "This bastard, he's trying to snatch someone away from me!"

Cui Yongli shook his head with a wicked smile, "It's not that I'm lecturing you, brother, but you're too soft. It's been almost half a year; if it were me, I would have already won Chen Xiaolin over. You, on the other hand, treat her like an ancestor every single day. And now look, someone else has set their sights on her, right?"

Liu Guangfu hurriedly offered flattering words, "Cui Ge, for my sake, please look after her more. I'll step up my efforts!"

Cui Yongli nodded and whispered, "Let me tell you, there isn't just one person chasing her; there's also a young lad who's pursuing her... I've seen it twice now, he was the one who sent Chen Xiaolin home."

Liu Guangfu's expression changed abruptly, and he pleaded hurriedly, "Brother, you have to help me!"

Cui Yongli waved his hand, "I don't have that ability. It's not the old society anymore; if a girl wants to be with someone, how can I stop her?"

Just as the two were talking, a large Crown and a Mercedes 500SEL pulled up steadily to the bar entrance.

As soon as the car doors opened, six or seven people tumbled out, each looking quite imposing.

Cui Yongli's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly put on a smiling face to greet them, "Shan Ge is here! Shan Ge is here! Please, come inside quickly! Chen Xiaolin is waiting for you to request a song!"

Seeing Cui Yongli's fawning and servile appearance, Liu Guangfu felt uncomfortable, but he didn't say anything and followed the group inside with a sour look.

The seven or eight people sat down at a few tables near the stage, and Liu Guangfu could only huddle behind them, finding a corner in the shadows to sit.

Cui Yongli leaned over to the leader and asked obsequiously, "Shan Ge, what would you like to drink tonight?"

That man didn't even lift his eyelids and said casually, "There are many people today, bring a few bottles of Black Label."

"You got it!" Cui Yongli scurried to the back to get the liquor.

At this moment, the lights on the bar counter dimmed.

Chen Xiaolin held a guitar, gently plucked the strings, and began to sing "Must One Sell the Empty Wine Bottles" while playing.

The singing was mournful and plaintive, carrying an indescribable sorrow, and the entire bar fell silent.

Once the song ended, Liu Guangfu was the first to shout at the top of his lungs, "Good!"

The one called "Shan Ge"—Zhou Bingshan—glanced toward the back with slanted eyes, waved his hand, and beckoned Cui Yongli over, "Who is that guy? Why is he so arrogant?"

Cui Yongli hurriedly apologized with a smile and whispered, "Shan Ge, that's also a friend of mine; his brother has a bunch of brothers in the underworld. Please be tolerant, please be tolerant."

Zhou Bingshan snorted and said irritably, "Pah, such a character comes to your place too?"

Cui Yongli felt a bit embarrassed hearing this, but still said with a grin, "Brother, don't be angry, I'll make him leave right away."

Zhou Bingshan patted his arm and smiled, "Fine, I'll give you some face. I won't touch him today. If he pesters Chen Xiaolin again, I won't spare him."

"Understood!" Cui Yongli said with a smile.

After Chen Xiaolin finished her song, Liu Guangfu dashed to the edge of the stage in a few steps, as if to stake his claim, and took out a box of imported chocolates from his pocket to hand over; it was something he had gritted his teeth to buy at the foreign exchange store, and he hadn't even been willing to eat it himself.

"Xiaolin, this is for you."

Chen Xiaolin glanced at Zhou Bingshan, then at Liu Guangfu, and declined, "Guangfu Ge, if I eat sweets, my throat won't be able to sing. You should keep them for yourself."

The smile on Liu Guangfu's face froze instantly, and his tone turned heavy, "What's this? Looking to climb a higher branch?"

Chen Xiaolin shook her head hurriedly, her voice filled with urgency, "Guangfu Ge, I didn't..."

When Zhou Bingshan saw that Liu Guangfu was actually showing favor to Chen Xiaolin right in front of him, he couldn't stand it anymore.

He slapped the table and shouted over there, "Hey, you man, come here."

Liu Guangfu was already holding back anger, and seeing Zhou Bingshan being so bossy, he immediately turned around and asked with a cold face, "Are you looking for me?"

Zhou Bingshan sneered, "Whose belt wasn't fastened tight enough that you leaked out?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Guangfu glared, "Brother, I didn't provoke you, did I? Don't think that just because you drive a Mercedes you're something special; I'm not someone to be bullied either."

Zhou Bingshan laughed loudly, "Still a local hoodlum."

He gave a wink to the few people behind him. Two burly men immediately stepped forward and grabbed Liu Guangfu.

At this time, Cui Yongli hurriedly came out to smooth things over, "Hey, brothers, brothers, give me some face, this is my brother."

Zhou Bingshan gritted his teeth and said, "Boss Cui, Sanlitun isn't just your bar. If you want to do business properly, don't let such messy people come in and cause trouble."

Cui Yongli hurriedly nodded and bowed, "Shan Ge, Shan Ge, the drinks today are on me. This younger brother of mine isn't easy either."

Zhou Bingshan waved his hand, "Make him leave immediately."

Liu Guangfu was dragged out the door by Cui Yongli, fuming with anger.

Cui Yongli sighed and said, "Little brother, these people have too much power. If I don't go along with them even a little, I reckon this bar of mine would be torched by tomorrow."

Liu Guangfu was full of pent-up anger and said, "Cui Ge, I understand. Sigh, I just heard about this today and was impulsive for a moment. Sorry, sorry."

Cui Yongli said, "Guangfu, hurry home. These people have connections up top; we can't fight them."

"Cui Ge, go back and attend to them! Don't worry about me!" Liu Guangfu said.

Although he said that, Liu Guangfu really didn't want to go home.

He decided to sit in the bar next door for a while to see if Chen Xiaolin would actually leave with Zhou Bingshan tonight. If she left with him, he would give up.

Liu Guangfu ordered a beer and started drinking.

More than an hour later, just as Liu Guangfu walked out of the bar door, he heard two "thud" sounds.

As soon as he looked up, he saw a dark shadow running away.

Immediately, someone shouted, "Someone smashed a car! Someone smashed a car!"

The front windshield of that Mercedes had been smashed to pieces.

Soon, Zhou Bingshan's group rushed out, and upon seeing the front windshield of their Mercedes smashed to smithereens by a large rock, they immediately cursed, "Who the fuck did this? Get out here!"

A Bodyguard pointed at Liu Guangfu and said, "Boss, that kid did the smashing."