[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-romantic-path-to-success":3,"chapter-the-romantic-path-to-success-the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-550":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Romantic Road to the Top",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2146741,3567,"Chapter 550","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-550",550,"\u003Cp>Before long, one of Yu Ruizhi's buddies came. As soon as he entered, he smiled and said to Yu Ruizhi, \"Erzi, why did you think of calling buddies to drink tea today? Since when am I a person who drinks tea? Drinking liquor is about the same.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi said, \"Xiao Wu, is now the time to drink liquor? We will eat here later, are you still afraid of not having your liquor to drink?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Wu laughed, \"That's about the same. Ruoqiu's private kitchen is indeed done well, but the seats are too hard to book. Every time I want to treat guests, I can't book a seat, and Ruoqiu doesn't look at my face to open a back door.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi said, \"If Ruoqiu opened a back door for you, then do other buddies need to open a back door? There are only eight seats here a day, and there are so many people who want to eat here. Who to take care of? Who not to take care of? So it's better not to take care of anyone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Wu nodded and said, \"What you said also makes sense. Since there is a chance to have a meal here today, you must order a few more signature dishes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi said, \"No problem, as long as you help my brother's matter get done, you can eat whatever you want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Xiao Wu look at Su Xinghui. Seeing the high-spirited Su Xinghui, his eyes lit up and he asked, \"How should I address this brother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui smiled and said, \"My name is Su Xinghui.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi introduced, \"Su Xinghui is the town mayor of Pengjiawan Town, Shangjun County, Hudong Province. Xinghui, this is Chu Zheng, my childhood friend, on unpaid leave from the Ministry of Railways, and now he runs a trading company by himself. You can just call him Xiao Wu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui and Chu Zheng shook hands. Chu Zheng widened his eyes and said, \"Su Xinghui, how old are you this year?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui smiled and said, \"I haven't turned twenty-four yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zheng said, \"Are you really a town mayor? A real one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui nodded and said, \"Town mayor, a real one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zheng clicked his tongue and said, \"Goodness, then you are really extraordinary, becoming a town mayor at such a young age.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not because Chu Zheng hadn't seen the world. On the contrary, he had worked in the Ministry of Railways for a few years and had seen countless high-ranking officials. A town mayor was just a section-level cadre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was a big difference between section-level cadres and section-level cadres. If it was a section-level cadre sitting in an office, it wouldn't be strange no matter how young they were. But for a grassroots section-level cadre like a town mayor, who had to deal with common people directly every day, it was impossible to become one at such a young age without some ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zheng had rolled in the system himself, so he naturally knew how extraordinary such a young town mayor was. Seeing Su Xinghui's calm demeanor, and that Yu Ruizhi also treated him as a brother, and that he could drink tea in Yu Ruoqiu's private kitchen restaurant, he immediately knew that this person must be extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui just smiled faintly and said, \"Brother Xiao Wu is joking, I just have a little better luck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Su Xinghui heard Chu Zheng's surname, he felt it was a bit familiar. The surname Chu was not common, and wasn't another well-known founding father also surnamed Chu? Since he was a childhood friend who grew up with Yu Ruizhi, he was mostly the descendant of that founding father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Su Xinghui call him Brother Xiao Wu, Chu Zheng suddenly felt a bit cordial. He smiled and said, \"Don't be modest. Erzi treats you so affectionately, you must be a capable person. By the way, can you drink liquor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi asked Chu Zheng with a chuckle, \"Are you sure you really want to drink with him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zheng replied, \"Why? Is he a heavy drinker? Now that you've said that, I just have to compare my drinking capacity with his.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi asked, \"Then did you bring a driver today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zheng said, \"I did. Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi laughed, \"It's good that you did; otherwise, I'm afraid there will be no one to take you back if you get too drunk later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui watched the two bickering, smiling without a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yu Ruizhi's confident demeanor, Chu Zheng actually felt a bit uneasy. He had to know that among their group of friends, he was a person with quite remarkable drinking capacity; his personal record was two bottles of 55-degree white liquor in one sitting without getting drunk, a fact Yu Ruizhi was well aware of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Yu Ruizhi to still be so certain that Chu Zheng was no match for Su Xinghui in drinking, how could Chu Zheng not feel a bit of doubt?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zheng asked, \"Is he really that good at drinking?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi said, \"How about this, let's make a bet, shall we?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his life, Chu Zheng had never backed down from two things: the first was drinking, and the second was betting. Hearing Yu Ruizhi say this, he nodded without hesitation, \"Fine, tell me how we're betting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi said, \"If you win against Su Xinghui in drinking, I'll give you ten cases of thirty-year-aged Pengwan Daqu. If you lose, you have to do Su Xinghui a favor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zheng asked, \"What favor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, someone walked in from outside and said with a smile, \"Making a bet? I'll join in too. I bet on Little Five to win.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person was also a young man around thirty with handsome features. Yu Ruizhi said, \"Monkey, you're here. You're betting on Chu Zheng to win? Fine, if Chu Zheng wins, I'll give you another ten cases of Pengwan Daqu. If he loses, you two can help Su Xinghui with this favor together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monkey also became interested, \"What kind of favor is worth so much? You aren't digging a pit for us, are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi said, \"It's nothing major, just running a project at the Planning Commission.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Running a project?\" Chu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, \"A piece of cake. I'll take this bet!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Yu Ruizhi hadn't described Su Xinghui's drinking capacity as something miraculous, Chu Zheng wouldn't have even considered it and would have agreed to the bet directly. Hearing Yu Ruizhi say that, he had been a bit hesitant, fearing the favor might be too costly, but now that he heard it was just running a project, he naturally wasn't afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chu Zheng had drunk the thirty-year-aged Pengwan Daqu at Yu Ruizhi's house; the taste was superb, and Chu Zheng still thought about it to this day. For the sake of this liquor, what was helping someone run a project?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the influence of his Chu family, helping someone run a project was too easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monkey also nodded and said, \"Then I'll take this bet too. But Erzi, what project is it? You can't even help him with this favor, and you have to call us in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ruizhi said, \"It's that they want to build a Changjiangdaqiao in their Shangjun County.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monkey said, \"That's not a difficult task, is it? You can't handle it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1242,"2026-06-16T17:50:43.208Z","2026-06-16T17:54:34.477Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","2587c7f09bb921eac444a7339e7ec9ad1748b6fe8b986a08fe87db21a12601a7","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-551","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-549",572,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-romantic-path-to-success-cover.jpg"]