Pine Crane Tower was a rather famous restaurant in Wuxi City, especially popular among players.
Ever since the story of Qiao Feng and Duan Yu drinking themselves into a frenzy and becoming sworn brothers at Pine Crane Tower before the Apricot Forest Assembly somehow spread, this place had become the favorite spot for drunkard players to compete in drinking. There was no second choice.
Unlike other restaurants, however, the players who came here to drink did not like finding a private room to quietly savor food and wine. They only liked drinking in the main hall, and smashing bowls as they drank.
The owner of the restaurant was clearly quite the businessman. Though business was booming, the prices of wine and food had not risen at all. Instead, he had raised the price of wine bowls, which had originally cost only a few coins, to 25 silver each, with one free for every four purchased.
He was clearly out to fleece those bowl-smashing players of their spare cash.
Yet even so, it still failed to dampen the enthusiasm of players who liked imitating Xiao Feng and Duan Yu.
Gradually, smashing bowls here had become a trend, a fashion, and even a symbol of status.
If I could afford to smash bowls, that meant I was rich and awesome!
Thus, before Ye Weiming had even reached the restaurant entrance, he heard the clattering crash of bowls being smashed, rising and falling in rhythmic succession.
"Customer, are you alone?" Clearly, even the waiter found it rather novel to see a player come here by himself after so long, and specifically asked this question.
Ye Weiming decisively shook his head. "Qingsong Pavilion on the second floor. I'm meeting friends."
"This way, please!"
Led by the waiter, Ye Weiming carefully avoided the shards of