"Sir, that should be enough." Seeing how badly the bald man had been beaten, the two gatekeepers could not help speaking up. After all, the Jiang Family was one of Jinling's four great families, so they had to show it some respect.
Li Yichen glared at them both, thinking, Where were you two a moment ago?
"Right... you still need me to get inside." The bald man immediately perked up again.
"You really think I can't get in without your bullshit Jiang Family?" Li Yichen gave him a disdainful glance, then stretched out his hand. Like a magic trick, a gold-embossed invitation appeared in his palm.
He casually handed it to the two gatekeepers. They exchanged a look before taking it, still suspicious.
"It's fake! It has to be fake! You think you can fool them with some random fake invitation?" The bald man had just stood up.
Smack! Another blow from the sole of a shoe knocked him flat. "Did I fucking tell you to get up?"
"This..." Ouyang Hai moved closer to Li Yichen and whispered, "Yichen, will this work?"
"Let's take a gamble," Li Yichen replied with a smile. Mo Yurou had sent him this invitation, and he had not looked at it at the time. Still, he figured there should not be much of a problem.
Sure enough, when the two men opened the invitation and saw the number "nine" in the upper-right corner, their hearts jolted. They hurriedly offered it back with both hands and said respectfully, "Mr. Li, please come in. We apologize for our earlier discourtesy. Please don't take offense..."
"Mm..." Li Yichen nodded in satisfaction and took it back, then turned to Ouyang Hai with a smile. "Uncle Ouyang, let's go in."
"All right." Though Ouyang Hai was full of questions, he