Did You Like What I Gave You?

Although Zhong Mohan was the focus of this dinner, none of those present were ordinary people. Being suddenly provoked by a young upstart would make anyone uncomfortable.

What was more, everyone had already assumed that Wen Chengze was Zhong Mohan's pampered little canary. That immediately put him in a different position.

They would not let a plaything provoke them.

"Mr. Zhong, your man is being rather improper with his words."

Wen Chengze scoffed. "Your eyes were practically devouring me alive. You dared to do it, yet you won't let anyone say it? What a hypocrite."

The others had merely been watching the show, but they had not expected this person to be so sharp-tongued.

Everyone secretly turned their attention to Zhong Mohan, wanting to see whether he would react.

To their surprise, he rested his chin on one hand, seemingly with no intention of speaking.

For a moment, no one knew what attitude they ought to take.

"You're so young, yet so sharp-tongued. Has no one ever taught you any manners?" The man from before was truly furious. If not for Zhong Mohan's presence, he would have slammed the table by now.

Wen Chengze shot him a contemptuous glance, folded his arms, and said nothing more. Yet every inch of him radiated an air of you're not worthy, the humiliation unmistakable.

In truth, Wen Chengze was not unreasonable. It was just that no one else in the private room had done anything in particular, while this man had looked as though he wanted to devour him alive the moment he entered. In all his years, very few people had dared look at him like that.

He was not one to silently endure grievances, so naturally, he had to talk back.

For a while, the others did not know what to say.

This young man might look arrogant and overbearing, but for all they knew, Mr. Zhong had instructed him to act this way.

Seeing this, the man from before suddenly slammed the table. "Mr. Zhong, I thought you sincerely wanted to cooperate with us. I even specifically found someone clean and sent him to you to please you. Yet not only did you refuse, you actually found such an arrogant little toy to humiliate us. I say there's no need to discuss this cooperation any further!"

The others lowered their heads in silence, their fingers lightly rubbing the wineglasses in their hands.

Naturally, they knew of this young head of the Zhong Household. But he was young, after all. They were his potential partners and were all older than him, so they could not help carrying themselves with some superiority. Now that he had brought someone here to make trouble, was he not humiliating all of them together?

Sure enough, even if a young man climbed to a high position, he still could not accomplish anything great.

Though Wen Chengze appeared arrogant and domineering now, he was not truly some spoiled dandy. He had been observing everything ever since entering the private room.

These people appeared to be discussing cooperation with Zhong Mohan, yet there was an excessive amount of alcohol on the table. As for the seating arrangement, Zhong Mohan was not even seated in the place of honor. Clearly, they did not take him seriously.

And the way Zhong Mohan had looked at these people earlier, as though he were looking at corpses, further confirmed that this dinner was meaningless.

Otherwise, he would not have caused such a scene.

His grudge with Zhong Mohan was personal. Bringing something like this into serious matters would be crossing the line.

Suddenly, a bespectacled man spoke up. "Mr. Zhong, the one by your side is clearly top-tier. Still, he needs some training. I have a club under my management. Name your price. I'll take him away and train him, then send him back to you. The pleasure you get then will definitely be more than double what you have now."

At those words, both Zhong Mohan and Wen Chengze's expressions darkened.

The little guy's arrogant manner was quite adorable. Besides, even if Zhong Mohan considered him a little plaything, that did not mean others could touch him as they pleased.

"I can't name a price for that. He's the young master of the Wen Household. You'll have to ask the Wen Household what price they want." Zhong Mohan spoke unhurriedly, and a single sentence left everyone present dumbfounded.

The Wen Household?!

That Wen Household, the one so fiercely protective of its own that it was utterly unreasonable?!

The Wen Household might not be the strongest, but every one of its people in power was outrageously protective. Anyone who dared provoke them would be lucky not to die; at the very least, they would lose a layer of skin.

Thinking of what they had just said, the two men nearly collapsed into their chairs.

Wen Chengze scoffed. He had thought they had some fighting spirit, but they were just a bunch of small fry.

He truly did not know how they had managed to reach their positions.

Naturally, the dinner ended on bad terms. As they were leaving, Zhong Mohan gave his assistant a look. The people inside had originally been brought in by him to put on an act; since they had provoked someone they should not have provoked, it was only right to teach them a lesson.

Wen Chengze followed Zhong Mohan downstairs. Earlier, he had already told Cheng Liang that he was going home.

Seeing that Zhong Mohan had no intention of dealing with him at all, Wen Chengze ground his teeth.

"Mr. Zhong, you used me as a weapon twice. It isn't too much to ask you to be my driver and take me home now, is it?"

As they came downstairs, Wen Chengze suddenly realized that Zhong Mohan had been using him as a weapon all along!

At the restroom entrance, Zhong Mohan had clearly used him to block the person who had practically delivered himself to his door. In the private room, Zhong Mohan had also counted on his young master temper and deliberately stirred up the dinner.

It was his own fault, too. He was usually calm and steady, yet whenever he saw Zhong Mohan, he lost his composure. Wen Chengze felt that the few boxes of little things Zhong Mohan had given him had simply made him too angry.

Zhong Mohan felt that after using the little guy twice in one night, he should give him something sweet.

"Get in."

Wen Chengze sat in the passenger seat, still sulking. Zhong Mohan glanced at him from the corner of his eye.

"Are you angry?"

"How would I dare be angry with the head of the Zhong Household?"

It seemed he was really furious.

"Don't be angry. I merely needed an excuse to send those people away."

Wen Chengze was so angry he laughed. "The head of the Zhong Household commands immense wealth and rules Haicheng with one hand. You need an excuse to dismiss a few useless drunks?"

The child's voice was pleasant. Even when he was speaking in anger, Zhong Mohan found it crisp and pleasing to the ear.

"I'm keeping a low profile. It wouldn't do to expose too much."

Wen Chengze paused, then repeated, "Keeping a low profile?"

"Mm. Your father and I have already discussed it. We're partners now."

Guessing it was one thing. Hearing it said aloud was another.

Wen Chengze suddenly looked at Zhong Mohan and ground out, "You're using the Wen Household as a target too!"

Zhong Mohan did not deny it.

Yet after saying that, Wen Chengze did not continue getting angry.

Instead, he began to think carefully.

Zhong Mohan must have made some sort of promise for his father to agree.

After their few encounters, Zhong Mohan was definitely no simple man. Rather than fighting those petty clowns, it truly was better to cooperate with Zhong Mohan. Still, Wen Chengze remained angry.

Their Wen Household had always lived honestly and properly, yet they were being dragged into a struggle for power. Just thinking about it was exhausting.

Zhong Mohan knew Wen Chengze was clever, but he had not expected the child to analyze the situation so quickly. He narrowed his eyes. It seemed he had underestimated the Wen Household's second young master a little too much.

Zhong Mohan suddenly asked, "Did you like what I gave you?"

Wen Chengze replied instinctively, "What?"

Zhong Mohan chuckled softly. "The things we didn't get to use that day."