On Drum Tower Road, Li Yao sat in Li Shishi's Gaudy Red Porsche, lost in thought.
He and Li Shishi had agreed that afternoon to come inspect the storefront.
The storefront was on Drum Tower Road, in a relatively bustling area. There were residential neighborhoods and supermarkets nearby, and at night, plenty of young people came out to burn off their restless hormones. There were several other bars in the area as well. Li Shishi was, after all, a business talent, and the location she had picked was indeed excellent.
Coincidentally...
Midnight Bar was on this road too!
And it was right next door to that storefront!
No wonder Drum Tower Road had sounded familiar... Back on Azure Dragon Mountain, the man in the bronze dragon mask had told him to drop by Midnight Bar when he had the time.
Well, now they were practically neighbors!
Seeing Li Yao's grave expression, Li Shishi thought he was dissatisfied. "No good?"
Li Yao shook his head. "Not that. Let's go talk to the owner of this storefront."
The storefront Li Shishi had chosen was also a bar, though it was a loud one. Its decor style was... decidedly old-fashioned. Overall, it resembled the Hall of Righteous Gathering in some ancient mountain stronghold, except animal skulls hung from the walls, while all kinds of strange weapons and armor were displayed around the room. Li Yao even spotted an Iron Maiden in the corner!
Wasn't this some kind of East-West mashup?
This was straight-up mental chaos!
It was far beyond Li Yao's aesthetic appreciation.
They sat down at the largest long table in the Hall of Righteous Gathering. The owner was a pale young man with heavy eyeliner, yet he wore a Chinese-style linen robe. His long hair was casually tied into a topknot.
Li Yao nodded to himself.
No wonder the style was so wildly inconsistent.
It reflected the owner.
The owner got straight to the point. "I won't beat around the bush. I bought this property myself. It has two floors, over seven hundred square meters combined, with an L-shaped layout. The decorations... I put a lot of thought into them too. You can start operating immediately. My sincere price is twenty-six million!"
Whew! That expensive? But thinking about it, it made sense. Housing prices near the subway in the provincial capital were now basically stable at thirty thousand per square meter, and commercial properties were usually even more expensive.
Twenty-six million was a padded price,
but not by much.
Clearly, this owner only intended to make a transfer fee.
But Li Yao really disliked the decor here, so... he secretly gave Li Shishi a meaningful look.
Go for it!
Senior, it was time to unleash your personal charm! Li Shishi understood at once and rolled her eyes inwardly.
I, Li Shishi, reduced to haggling like some petty market woman for your sake... Senior is suffering.
Still, Li Shishi had one good quality:
she was always serious about whatever she set out to do! So she drew on her years of experience battling in the business world and forced the stylistically deranged owner across from her into a steady retreat... While Li Shishi's words flowed like lotus blossoms, Li Yao's mind had drifted elsewhere. Then, all of a sudden, he asked, "Boss, why are you selling the place?"
The owner answered without hesitation, "I'm short on funds. I want to cash out."
Li Yao smiled. "You're lying."
The owner frowned but said nothing.
Li Yao added, "Do you think this place isn't clean?"
The owner's expression tightened. He asked tentatively, "Are you some kind of master?"
Master my ass!
Li Yao looked toward the neighboring building. Next door was a whole house full of mysterious-side superhumans. There was no way this place could be clean!
But since those people had chosen to hide among ordinary society, they shouldn't be targeting normal people... Unless there was something fishy here. So Li Yao smiled and said, "Maybe the boss's own hands aren't clean."
"You're talking nonsense!" The owner was clearly guilty. Li Yao merely smiled and said nothing more.
Then Li Shishi followed up with another fierce push, and in the end, they secured the commercial property for twenty-two million.
The handover procedures would still take some time, so Li Yao left those matters to Li Shishi.
After all, she had plenty of people under her and could handle things more conveniently.
After leaving the bar, Li Yao stopped and looked toward the place next door.
Li Shishi opened the car door. "You're not going back?"
Li Yao said, "I want to look around."
Li Shishi did not think much of it. "All right, then. I've got a lot to do, so I'll get going. See you."
"See you."
After watching Li Shishi leave, Li Yao turned and entered Midnight Bar next door.
It was still daytime, and there was no one in the bar.
Only the waiters were cleaning up, putting away glasses and the like.
The moment Li Yao looked up, he saw Zhao Shuisheng moving tables and chairs while cleaning. He smiled. "What a coincidence, Shuisheng Ge."
Zhao Shuisheng looked up and was somewhat surprised to see Li Yao.
"Why are you here?"
Li Yao said, "I was passing by, so I came in for a look."
At that moment, a young man came downstairs from the second floor. He had messy black hair and lazy eyes, looking as though his kidneys had failed. Seeing Zhao Shuisheng talking to Li Yao, he called out, "Yo, Shuisheng, a friend of yours?"
Shuisheng Ge nodded and said yes.
The young man yawned. "Then come have a drink." He sat down by the bar, and his lazy expression abruptly turned lecherous. "Qi Qi, I want some milk-milk~"
"Drink your mother!"
The girl named Qi Qi suddenly grabbed the young man by the head and slammed it into the bar with a thunderous bang.
Li Yao jumped in fright! Was she really that violent?
Shuisheng Ge said awkwardly, "Well... Qi Qi is actually a very nice person."
Li Yao nodded. It was just that their boss was too damn irritating! The young man's head remained pressed against the bar for a long while before he finally pulled it up, sucking in a cold breath as he said, "Qi Qi, that was too much. We've got a guest here."
Qi Qi glanced at Li Yao, turned around to take a cup of yogurt from behind the bar, and handed it to the young man. Then she looked at Li Yao. "What would you like to drink?"
Li Yao shook the thermos in his hand. "I drink my own."
Qi Qi looked at Li Yao in surprise.
How could someone so young act like an old cadre?
Forget it.
There were all kinds of weird people these days.
The young man waved Li Yao over. "Come, sit down. You came to see Shuisheng?"
Li Yao said, "Not exactly. I took over the bar next door, so I came over to take a look while I was at it."
Shuisheng Ge was instantly stunned. "You took it over?"
How much did that cost? "Since when did you get so rich, Da Yao?"
Li Yao smiled bashfully. "I made some money following Senior Shishi."
Shuisheng was a little dazed...
Could being good-looking make you money too? No, wait...
Shuisheng Ge was still rather innocent. They definitely were not in that kind of relationship.
Hearing that, the young man became interested. "How much did you pay?"
Li Yao said, "A little over twenty million, I guess."
Shuisheng Ge swayed, his face turning somewhat pale.
The smile on the young man's face grew wider until his eyes narrowed into slits. "Ah! A pleasure, a pleasure. I like rich people the most! I'm Zhou Li. My family got relocated, and we have over twenty apartments. Let's be friends."
Li Yao said, "..."
Fuck you.
Negative emotions from Li Yao +666...
The second update was done. Let me recommend a book to everyone: "Traveler of the Myriad Worlds." On its second day after release, it had already become a sci-fi premium title! Awesome!
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