Chapter 143: Are You Trying to Extort People?

"Haha, Chen Yu, we were stuck in traffic and arrived a little late. Why haven't you gone into the private room yet?" Just then, Xia Tian laughed heartily as he walked over with Huang Yiqiang.

Following the two of them was the store manager, who wore a humble smile.

"President Xia, President Huang, please this way. Is this your friend? Hello, hello, I am the store manager, Zhang Qiang." Seeing Chen Yu, the store manager hurriedly nodded and bowed to greet him.

"I just arrived as well," Chen Yu said with a smile.

"Let's go inside," Huang Yiqiang said with a smile.

"Li Qian, these guests today are guests of the Jiangnan Hall. They are very important. You will serve them personally; make sure you don't make any mistakes," the store manager instructed Li Qian.

"Huh?" Li Qian was instantly dumbfounded. She had always assumed Chen Yu was here to apply for a job, but she never expected him to actually be a guest here.

And it was the Jiangnan Hall, at that—a place only high-end members were qualified to book.

"What 'huh'? You must serve these guests well; there cannot be any problems," the store manager's face darkened.

"But Manager, I... I have other things to do today." Li Qian was not very willing. With her haughty and arrogant nature, she had looked down on Chen Yu from the start; now, she was expected to serve him? What a joke.

"President Xia, let me get someone else to serve you," the store manager said, stunned.

"No need to change, she'll do," Chen Yu said, pointing at Li Qian. "If you change the person, we're leaving immediately."

"Ah? Alright, alright, no change, she'll do." The store manager hurriedly forced a smile, then his face darkened: "Li Qian, what is wrong with you? These are all big bosses. I'm giving you an opportunity by letting you serve them, what are you trying to do by stalling?"

"Don't think that just because your boyfriend has connections you can resist. Either you go, or you resign and leave right now."

"Manager, I'll go..." Li Qian squeezed out a smile that looked worse than crying: "Everyone, please this way."

"You go and open this wine, hurry up." Huang Yiqiang was carrying a few bottles of Feitian Moutai in his hand; he handed the wine to Li Qian.

"Yes." Li Qian took the wine helplessly.

The group entered the private room and ordered their dishes. Xia Tian smiled and said, "Chen Yu, I plan to integrate the few real estate companies under my name and establish a Xia Real Estate."

"Entering the real estate industry?" Chen Yu asked.

"Yes. The small real estate companies I acquired previously were each doing their own thing, which was a bit chaotic. I realized that the Xia Group didn't happen to have any decent real estate companies under its name, so I decided to integrate them. If we're going to do it, we'll do it high-end," Xia Tian said.

"Right, Xia Tian, you, and I will be the shareholders. We'll enter the real estate industry, focusing on high-end properties," Huang Yiqiang said with a smile. "What do you think?"

"That works. Thank you, my two brothers, for thinking of me whenever there's a good way to make money," Chen Yu smiled.

"Haha, that's a given." The two laughed heartily: "Then it's settled. Come, come, let's have a drink."

The three raised their glasses and downed them in one gulp.

"The wine is good, right? This is the Feitian Moutai my old man keeps in his private collection. How is it? The taste is good, isn't it?" Huang Yiqiang chuckled.

"Not bad, not bad. It's much better than what I've drunk before; it's sweet and mellow," Xia Tian said with a smile.

"This is Moutai?" Chen Yu tasted the wine and felt something was off.

"Yeah, I took it from home. Could it be fake?" Huang Yiqiang was slightly stunned.

"Something's wrong." Chen Yu poured another glass, held it to his nose, and sniffed it slightly. His brows locked together: "Although the taste of the wine is close to Moutai, the vintage is wrong, and it's a bit harsh on the throat. This is definitely not the taste of Feitian Moutai."

"Let me see." Huang Yiqiang peeled off the packaging paper on the bottle. Moutai of this vintage has anti-counterfeit marks. He peeled it back and looked, and his expression changed instantly, because the space behind the packaging paper was completely empty; there was no anti-counterfeit mark at all.

"The wine was swapped." Huang Yiqiang was furious: "Waiter!"

"Do you have any requests?" Li Qian walked in from outside, looking very reluctant.

This woman was used to being arrogant. Although she knew Xia Tian and Huang Yiqiang had extraordinary identities, because Chen Yu was there, she felt these two couldn't be that big of a deal. Would truly wealthy people hang out with a poor wretch like Chen Yu?

"What's going on with my wine?" Huang Yiqiang pointed at the wine.

"What do you mean what's going on? I brought your wine over after opening it. Is there a problem?" Li Qian glanced at the wine.

"My wine had an anti-counterfeit mark behind the packaging, but now it's gone. The wine was swapped," Huang Yiqiang shouted: "Call your store manager here."

"Sorry, our store manager just went out for a meeting," Li Qian said: "Besides, it's impossible for us to swap a guest's wine here. We are Yixiao Jiangnan."

"So what if you're Yixiao Jiangnan? What kind of attitude is that? I told you to call your store manager over!" Xia Tian was furious. He had truly never seen a waiter as arrogant and conceited as Li Qian.

"Li Qian, work when you're working, don't bring personal emotions into it. There are some people you can't afford to offend, really," Chen Yu kindly reminded her.

"You surnamed Chen, what are you saying? Is it your place to speak here?" Unexpectedly, Chen Yu's words caused Li Qian to completely explode. She was already harboring anger; what kind of thing was Chen Yu? What right did he have to talk to her?

"Where is your leader? Have them come over immediately!" Xia Tian was incensed and slammed the glass in his hand onto the floor: "If you dare to be fierce to my brother again, I'll tear this shop of yours down."

"What are you people trying to do? I'm telling you, don't cause trouble here. Our boss has a net worth of several hundred million; you can't afford to offend us," Li Qian screamed.

"Your boss has a net worth of several hundred million? Wang Zhendong, right? I'll have him come over right now. I don't believe he's going to rebel against me." Xia Tian was furious. As a proper heir to the Xia Group, there was truly no one in Fengling he was afraid of.

"Heh, I didn't expect someone would dare to bully us. That's really something." Huang Yiqiang grinned: "To have wine swapped while drinking it, Yixiao Jiangnan is really something."

"You guys are just here to cause trouble. You brought the fake wine yourselves and came here to deliberately extort us," Li Qian yelled: "I'm calling our manager over right now. Don't you dare leave."

"Fine, we won't leave. Let your manager come over," Xia Tian said angrily: "Damn it, I don't believe I can be bullied by you lot."

"Everyone, what's going on?" Just then, a man walked over. He was the manager here, Zhao Peng, who was also Li Qian's boyfriend, having just been transferred from another location.

"Are you the leader here?" Huang Yiqiang pointed at the wine bottle and said: "Our wine was swapped. The money is a small matter, but your waiter is very unpleasant."

"Everyone, I'm afraid this is a misunderstanding," Zhao Peng smiled: "Our company has strict constraints on employees. It's impossible for her to have swapped your wine. I can stake my character on that."

"How much is your character worth?" Xia Tian sneered: "Is this your waiter? She keeps saying your boss here is rich and powerful and that we can't afford to offend you. Heh, I've really learned something today."