"I think Qiang Mujie seemed pretty unhappy."
Li Li went upstairs with Wang Yan, smiling sweetly.
With his hands behind his back, Wang Yan strolled along like an old man out for a walk. "He said to my face that I was uncultured and had only gotten rich through luck. So I asked him, besides luck, what else had I relied on to get rich? He said I was ruthless. So I followed up by asking when he thought would be a good time for him to have an accident. Then he got scared. Even Jing Xiu said he was way too good at putting on an act."
Li Li shook her head with an amused smile. "You can't threaten and intimidate people every time someone says something about you. If word gets out, you'll stir up a whole lot of trouble for yourself even if you've done nothing."
"Do I look like someone who's afraid of trouble?"
"Yes, yes, yes. You're the most formidable."
"I'll take that as a compliment."
Laughing and chatting, the two arrived at a private room on the top floor and sat down. The server began bringing out the dishes.
No sooner had they sat down than the Big Brother in Wang Yan's hand rang. He answered it for a few moments, then hung up with a chuckle.
Li Li asked, "What is it?"
"Teacher Ge called. He said Lingzi was back and asked me to go to Night Tokyo for dinner tomorrow afternoon."
"You're supposed to see President Bao first today, right?"
"Troubled by love, you know."
Li Li looked at Wang Yan suspiciously. "Don't tell me you have ideas about Lingzi too?"
"Not quite. Let nature take its course. We're all friends, after all." Wang Yan chuckled.
"President Bao is truly cursed to