He Liao led Su Yi to Yu Xinghe's table. Yu Xinghe gave Su Yi an interested look and chuckled. "Su Yi, you're really something, working here without even telling me."
"Didn't your sister tell you?" Su Yi merely smiled. To him, Yu Xinghe really was just a little brat. He didn't know much about people of this era, either, so playing along with a child when he had nothing else to do was fine.
"Don't try to scare me with my sister." Yu Xinghe grew agitated at Su Yi's words. He slapped the table and roared, "Take a good look at what you do for a living! You'd better stay away from my sister from now on!"
Xu Chuan had been keeping an eye on the booth. Yu Xinghe was also a supreme VIP member of their bar. Though he didn't come often, he spent quite a lot each time. Xu Chuan didn't know who Yu Xinghe was, but he knew this young master wasn't someone he could afford to offend.
Hadn't he seen that Yu Xinghe knew Bai Miaomiao, too?
Who in Bai Miaomiao's circle would they dare provoke?
Seeing that Yu Xinghe had already slapped the table, Xu Chuan hurried over with an ingratiating smile. "Bro, what's wrong?"
"None of your business! Get lost!" Yu Xinghe showed Xu Chuan no consideration whatsoever, shooting him an arrogant glare.
Xu Chuan could only smile bitterly, not daring to come any closer.
He couldn't afford to offend Bai Miaomiao, and naturally, he couldn't afford to offend Yu Xinghe either.
Standing a short distance away, Zhang Ting could only fret helplessly. She couldn't understand it, either. How had Su Yi, a young man who had only just come down from the mountains, managed to provoke these rich people?
Su Yi, however, unhurriedly took out his phone and tapped it as he said, "Yu Huiyin, your brother is at my workplace right now. He told me to stay away from you from now on, so don't come looking for me anymore."
He'd been around the block. Wealthy families were bound to place great importance on family status.
He and Yu Huiyin hadn't been particularly close to begin with. She had helped him out before, but he had treated her to a meal and paid her back. Since Yu Xinghe was so protective of his sister, there was nothing wrong with having no further contact.
In any case, Su Yi didn't want people mistakenly thinking there was something between him and Yu Huiyin.
Yu Xinghe froze. Was he fucking tattling?
But with Su Yi speaking to his sister in that tone, given her temper, she definitely wouldn't seek him out again.
"At least you know what's good for you, kid!" Having figured that out, Yu Xinghe grinned smugly. Since Su Yi was being so sensible, he could go a little easier on him when he beat him up later.
Su Yi smiled, his eyes narrowing, and asked Yu Xinghe, "Will you still be drinking, Young Master Yu?"
"Of course!" Yu Xinghe leaned back in the booth, put his legs on the table, and pointed at Su Yi. "Don't go anywhere. Stay right here and open our bottles!"
Teaching Su Yi a lesson was a must, but right now, Yu Xinghe was a customer. How satisfying would it be to make Su Yi stay here opening bottles for them?
It also counted as revenge for the bloody nose Su Yi had given him earlier.
"Sure thing!" Su Yi didn't find it humiliating in the slightest. His job was to drink with people and open bottles for customers. What was humiliating about that?
Now that he was attending this table, all the commission would be his.
Su Yi opened a dozen or so bottles for Yu Xinghe and his companions, then stood obediently to the side.
Bai Miaomiao looked Su Yi up and down, unable to keep from frowning. That was it?
Yu Xinghe had scared him that easily?
Wasn't the man her grandfather had taken a liking to a little too pathetic?
She had thought Su Yi would refuse to bow to Yu Xinghe's threats, perhaps even fly into a rage on the spot, let his hot blood surge, and give Yu Xinghe a vicious beating.
Yu Xinghe had brought eight people this time. They were all from the Green Mountain Martial Arts School and were his senior brothers. He had invited them out for drinks and asked them to help teach Su Yi a lesson. He refused to believe Su Yi could get away this time.
Su Yi had just finished opening the bottles when Yu Xinghe's phone rang.
The bar was incredibly noisy. Yu Xinghe gave Su Yi a long look, then walked outside.
"Sis, what's wrong?" Yu Xinghe had guessed his sister would call, but it didn't mean much to him.
"What's wrong? Did you go looking for trouble with Su Yi?" Yu Huiyin spoke through gritted teeth. "Xinghe, I'm telling you one more time. I don't like Su Yi, but don't provoke him! Go back to school right this instant!"
A woman as clever as Yu Huiyin might not know Su Yi's background, but she could at least catch a whiff of something unusual.
People of her grandfather's generation rarely interfered in the younger generation's affairs, yet all those old gentlemen wanted to show Su Yi goodwill. Could he really be someone Yu Xinghe could afford to offend?
"Don't worry, Sis. I'll head back to school in a bit." That was what Yu Xinghe said, but he didn't take Yu Huiyin's words to heart at all. If he didn't teach Su Yi a harsh lesson tonight, where would that leave his dignity as Young Master Yu?
Back inside the bar, Yu Xinghe simply switched off his phone. Su Yi was still standing in front of their table.
The group drank from eleven until past three in the morning. Bai Miaomiao merely sat there playing on her phone, and she began messaging Yu Huiyin.
"Xiao Yin, just who is Su Yi?" Bai Miaomiao stayed because she was afraid Yu Xinghe might go too far, and she also wanted to see whether Su Yi would lose his temper.
"I don't know either! You don't know, Sister Bai?" Yu Huiyin messaged back. "Why don't we ask Ye Xiaxuan?"
Bai Miaomiao went straight ahead and created a group with just the three of them.
Ye Xiaxuan was studying the two volumes of bamboo slips Su Yi had given her by lamplight. Suddenly hearing one notification after another from her phone, she frowned and saw a group chat message.
Who was bored enough to drag her into a group chat in the middle of the night?
She had intended to tap straight into it and leave the group, but her hand stopped when she saw who was in it.
"What are you two doing?" Ye Xiaxuan was curious. Their three families were old family friends, and the three women kept in touch, but they weren't actually very close.
At the very least, they had never created a group just for themselves before.
"Xiao Ye, why did your grandfather ask you to find Su Yi?"
Ye Xiaxuan couldn't help raising her eyebrows. She couldn't tell them she had already taken Su Yi as her master. How embarrassing would that be!
Tomorrow, she would have to lay down three ground rules with Su Yi. He couldn't let anyone know she had become his disciple.
"Probably because Su Yi's ancestors had some ties with our three families, and now he has no one to rely on, so they want us to look after him a little."
Ye Xiaxuan offered a possibility that seemed reasonable and made sense.
Yu Huiyin and Bai Miaomiao both felt the blockage clear from their minds at once. That was probably the only possibility.
Yu Huiyin asked, "Then have you met Su Yi?"
Ye Xiaxuan had nothing to hide on that matter. "Yes. I chatted with him for a while this afternoon."
Bai Miaomiao's fingers flew. "Do you think this is possible? The older generation arranged some childhood betrothal, and Su Yi's betrothed is to be chosen from the three of us?"