Just as Chu Nantian was about to confess, Ye Zixiao chose a very opportune moment to erupt.
Bang!
He slammed a bottle of red wine heavily onto the table, cursing, "Didn't you say this was a high-end club? What kind of lousy wine is this, and I can't even open it? Damn it, is drinking wine this difficult?"
All ten-plus people present were stunned.
They had thought Ye Zixiao was reacting to Chu Nantian's outburst, but they never imagined that while someone was about to confess to his wife, he would be struggling with an unopened bottle of red wine?!
"Don't make a scene."
Lin Qingzhu was afraid Ye Zixiao would have an episode.
"Sigh!! Such a straight man!"
Xiao Ai, standing nearby, shook her head in exasperation.
Li Lisha and Chu Nantian exchanged glances, not understanding the point of Ye Zixiao's outburst. However, they remained silent, smiling and waiting to see what Ye Zixiao would do next.
"Will anyone let me drink this wine or not?"
Ye Zixiao genuinely wanted a drink.
"Hahaha!"
A male classmate named Wang Han, with his arms crossed, chuckled and said, "Mr. Ye, haven't you been to high-end clubs before? A bottle of wine costing over a hundred thousand doesn't require guests to open it themselves."
"Hehe, you're hilarious!"
A girl named Sun Mengmeng chimed in, "Mr. Ye, in the future, let Qingzhu take you to more high-class places. The reason it's expensive here is the service!"
"I heard Mr. Ye came down from the mountains, so it's understandable he hasn't been to places like this!"
"Indeed, this club that Lisa owns is considered a top-tier establishment in Longguo's Northern Capital. Everyone who patronizes this place is worth billions!"
"That's right!"
"Ye Zixiao, eat your food first."
"There's fresh seafood, eat more."
Wang Han and Sun Mengmeng, in their back-and-forth exchange, appeared to be helping Ye Zixiao out of a jam, but they were actually mocking him, albeit in a more subtle way, without direct attacks.
A waiter walked in.
He began to professionally open the red wine.
"Ah—that's more like it!"
Ye Zixiao suddenly raised his voice, speaking as exaggeratedly as he did when he first joined the Lin family, "You should attack when you want to attack, and mock when you want to mock. Don't hold back!"
The private room fell silent again.
No one understood what Ye Zixiao meant, except for Lin Qingzhu.
"Hmph, a power fantasy novel!"
Lin Qingzhu muttered under her breath, head bowed.
Chu Nantian, having been interrupted by Ye Zixiao, no longer rushed his advance. Instead, he picked up a glass of red wine, and along with Li Lisha, delivered a rather bland opening speech.
"Cheers."
Everyone in the room raised their glasses in unison.
"Pfft… what is this?"
Ye Zixiao spat out the wine after a sip, rudely exclaiming, "This wine tastes terrible, man. Tell me, fellas, do you have any beer? A dozen bottles, ice-cold."
"Sir, what kind of beer would you like?"
The waiter approached politely.
"Anything is fine, as long as it's beer."
"We have…"
"Xiao Bao, what kind of service are you providing? Can't you see Mr. Ye doesn't know wine? Go, pick out a few of the best beers and take away Mr. Ye's red wine glass."
Li Lisha reprimanded the waiter, but it was a veiled insult towards Ye Zixiao's lack of wine knowledge.
"Mr. Ye doesn't like red wine?"
Chu Nantian clearly seized this opportunity.
"Yeah, it's really damn awful."
Ye Zixiao was cutting his steak, head down.
"Mr. Ye, do you know that the bottle you call awful is difficult to buy even with money? Do you know where it's produced? Do you know its raw materials and how it was fermented?"
Chu Nantian sounded incredibly refined.
But he was no longer being polite.
"What's it to me!"
Ye Zixiao pouted, popped a piece of steak into his mouth, and looked up at Chu Nantian, saying, "Do you know what breed of cattle this steak comes from? Do you know if it's a bull or a cow?"
"Of course it's a bull, it's…"
"Do you know how many cows that bull loved in its lifetime?"
"What?"
"Do you know how many times that cow peed and pooped in a day?"
"Uh!"
Chu Nantian was dumbfounded!
Everyone in the room was dumbfounded!
Even Lin Qingzhu, who thought she knew Ye Zixiao well, never expected Ye Zixiao to say such disgusting things in such a luxurious banquet hall!
"What do you mean bull and cow?"
"What do you mean loved cows?"
"Ye Zixiao, have some manners!"
"Ugh, how disgusting!"
After a brief silence, the reunion erupted. This time, not only Wang Han and Sun Mengmeng spoke up, but also the previously polite men and women started to chime in.
"Shut up!"
Lin Qingzhu tugged at Ye Zixiao.
"You're telling me to shut up?"
Ye Zixiao remained smiling.
"Don't talk nonsense!"
"Damn it!"
Ye Zixiao directly swore, pointing at Lin Qingzhu and saying, "If you keep acting like this, readers will start to dislike you. Can't you see someone is deliberately picking a fight with me?"
"Nantian means no harm."
Lin Qingzhu blurted out nervously.
"Did I say it was him?"
Ye Zixiao pinched Lin Qingzhu's cheek, smiling and saying, "You need to be a female lead that readers like. You need to revere me, to always side with me, or I'll beat you."
"You…"
Lin Qingzhu was speechless.
"Mr. Ye, please let go."
Chu Nantian across the table actually stood up.
"What's wrong?"
Ye Zixiao pinched Lin Qingzhu's cheek again, looked up, and said, "She's my wife, what's wrong with me playing around? Damn it, do you think you're very gentlemanly?"
"Hey, who are you cursing at?"
"Ye Zixiao, have some shame!"
"Are you cursing at the Crown Prince too?"
"How crude, truly a bandit!"
A group of sycophants immediately stood up and barked like dogs.
Lin Qingzhu stopped talking. She suddenly felt like she had been wrong. She shouldn't have recalled past events. She was about to get married, how could she think of other men?
Moreover.
Today, among these so-called close classmates, except for Xiao Ai, everyone's heart seemed to have changed. Especially after Chu Nantian appeared, they seemed to have agreed to target Ye Zixiao.
Thinking of this.
Lin Qingzhu shook her head.
Although it wasn't as exaggerated as in a power fantasy novel, Ye Zixiao was right. This kind of reunion was either for showing off or for flaunting. It truly offered no happiness.
"Let's go first!"
Lin Qingzhu didn't want to stay any longer.
She was also afraid Ye Zixiao would cause trouble.
Normally, facing dark forces, Ye Zixiao could fight and kill as he pleased, but today he was facing Chu Nantian and Li Lisha. Their fathers were truly not to be trifled with!
"Go where!"
Ye Zixiao leaned back in his chair.
At this moment.
Everyone quieted down again.
Chu Nantian, having been directly cursed at by Ye Zixiao, appeared very magnanimous. He showed no displeasure, instead crossing his legs and looking at Ye Zixiao with disdain.
"Chu Nantian, right? Let's continue our previous conversation. I might not understand red wine, but I understand cattle, so I'll ask you, how many cows has a bull loved?"
Ye Zixiao said with a chuckle.
"This, does this matter?"
Chu Nantian retorted after a long pause.
"Yeah, does this matter? It doesn't matter at all! So, don't act high and mighty just because you have a few bucks. What kind of amazing red wine? I won't drink it unless I mix it with Sprite."
"What exactly do you want to say?"
"I just want to say, one and all here, don't put on airs with me. Life is like toilet paper, less of it is better. Pretending to be great easily leads to a beating!"
"You…"
Chu Nantian was utterly speechless.