A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 1338 Revenge Was Taken Immediately! (Please Subscribe!)
"How did you come!"

Qu Lianjie wasn't particularly happy to see the newcomer, but he didn't feel any hatred either. After all, although the person had swindled his father out of 20 million, he had kept his promise and given him half of it afterward, which was why he had been living quite comfortably lately.

Hua Twelve smiled and said:
"Watch your attitude! I helped you make money, and instead of thanking me, you look like you have a deep-seated grudge against me the moment you see me!"

Qu Lianjie waved his hand, signaling the pretty girl next to him to go play on the dance floor for a while, before saying:
“That money originally belonged to my family. Not only did you take half of it, but I also pocketed the commission from the auction of that enamel spittoon. I made over eight million!”

Hua Twelve laughed heartily:
"Well, you seem pretty happy with how much you've spent. How's it going? Want to go for another big spender?"

Qu Lianjie looked wary:
"You're not trying to take advantage of my company again, are you? I'm warning you, I'll let what happened last time go, but if you ever try to take advantage of my company again, don't even think about it!"

Hua Shier got up and sat down next to Qu Lianjie, startling the latter:
"What do you think you're doing? These are all my friends around here. Do you believe I can call them out and they'll beat you so badly your own mother wouldn't recognize you?"

Hua Twelve said with a smile:

"Don't be nervous, come on, let me show you a video and then we can talk!"

He showed Qu Lianjie a video of their last meeting, where he promised to give Qu ten million yuan and Qu Lianjie nodded in agreement.

Qu Lianjie's face contorted in shock after watching it: "You, you actually recorded it!"

He reached out to grab the phone.

Hua Shier didn't argue with him and simply placed the phone in his hand:
"I've put over two hundred backups on my cloud drive, feel free to delete them!"

Qu Lianjie's eyes twitched. "More than two hundred backups, and you still dare to call someone!"
He tried to calm his fear, anger, nervousness, and other emotions, forcing a smile:
"Brother Wang, don't joke around with your brother!"

Hua Shier's face darkened: "Who the hell is your brother? Call him godfather!"

Qu Lianjie's main strength lies in his ability to be flexible and adaptable.
"Godfather, please don't mess with me!"

He then obediently returned the phone to Hua Shier.

Qu Lianjie has no choice but to be fearless. His father divorced his biological mother and remarried. His current stepmother doesn't like him and he doesn't have any skills. He only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, which makes his position in the family very awkward.

If this video is exposed, there's no doubt he'll lose all eligibility to inherit the family business. His father will probably beat him up first, then throw him back to his grandmother's house in the countryside like trash.

Hua Shier took back his phone and said with a smile:
"Don't be afraid, I'm here to give you a heads-up!"

"Your stepsister Qu Xiaoxiao, she came back to China to fight you for the family fortune on your stepmother's orders. You were the one negotiating the GI agency rights, right? Now it's Qu Xiaoxiao's project. I came here specifically to remind you not to let her play you!"

Qu Lianjie wasn't nervous at all after hearing this; in fact, he breathed a sigh of relief. If Hua Shier had come just to give him a warning, then he had nothing to be afraid of.

He took out a pack of Yellow Crane Tower 1916 cigarettes and lit one for Hua Twelve.

"Don't worry, I know Qu Xiaoxiao well. She's good-for-nothing, and after studying abroad for several years, she still can't speak English fluently. She probably can't even understand the documents, and she'll definitely mess up the negotiations. I'll step in to save the day then."

Looking at his confident demeanor, Hua Shier really wanted to say, "You think you can turn the tide? You think you're any better than Qu Xiaoxiao?"

However, since Qu Lianjie would be needed later, he could only patiently explain:
"You were careless. Your sister might not be able to do it herself, but she brought in outside help. She found a big shot who came back from Wall Street. He's a key figure under Tan Zongming of Shengxuan Group. It'll be a piece of cake for him to help Qu Xiaoxiao get the GI agency rights. You weren't prepared at all. He's bound to win, you know!"

Qu Lianjie was a little nervous after hearing the news:

"so what should I do?"

Hua Twelve chuckled and said, "Call me godfather!"

Since Qu Lianjie had already called him that before, he wasn't as resistant the second time and said awkwardly:

"Father!"

"Good boy, your godfather came here to help you make a fortune, don't you know what it means to have your cake and eat it too!"

Hua Shier whispered to Qu Lianjie for a long time, making the latter nod repeatedly, and finally he was overjoyed and convinced.

After they finished talking, Hua Shier stood up and patted Qu Lianjie on the shoulder:

"After this is done, the profits will be split 50/50 between us, father and son. That's settled then, I'll be going now!"

After he finished speaking, he got up and left the nightclub.

Once Hua Shier left, Qu Lianjie let out a long sigh of relief, leaned back on the sofa, and loosened his collar.
"Godfather? I'm you!"

He wanted to say, "I am your father," but before he could utter the word "father," Hua Shier suddenly appeared before him, smiling broadly.

Qu Lianjie felt like crying: "Godfather, why are you back again!"

Hua Twelve's smile remained unchanged:
"I feel like you're about to curse me. Come on, swear a solemn oath: if you ever speak ill of your godfather behind his back, may your entire family die!"

After Qu Lianjie reluctantly swore his oath, Hua Shier finally left the nightclub satisfied, this time for real.

I drove back to Joyful Ode to Joy, and as soon as I got off the elevator, I heard heart-wrenching crying coming from upstairs. The crying sounded like a ghost in the empty corridor.

He stepped back into the elevator and pressed the button for the 22nd floor.

When they arrived at the 22nd floor, they saw that the door to room 2202 was wide open. Apart from Qu Xiaoxiao, all the other girls from the 22nd floor were in the room.

The one who started crying was Qiu Yingying. She sat on the sofa and cried her heart out. Fan Shengmei, Guan Juer and Andy were all there to comfort her.

Hua Shier walked over and knocked on the open door. When the girls saw it was him, the three of them greeted him, while Qiu Yingying sobbed:
"Was it... Waaaaah, was I disturbing the peace, idol? I... Waaaaah, I didn't want to, but I couldn't control myself, waaaaah."

Hua Twelve smiled and said:
"It's not disturbing the neighbors, I thought it was haunted, so I came up to check. Did you bump into the door while walking? Why are you crying like this?"

Fan Shengmei said irritably, "You're never serious!"

Andy surprisingly didn't say anything, so Guan Guan explained:
"We girls on the 22nd floor have a WeChat group. Qu Xiaoxiao probably wanted to get back at Qiu Yingying, so today she invited Manager Bai out to help her company move and even posted a photo of the two of them in the group. Qiu Yingying couldn't stand it when she saw it!"

Qiu Yingying cried, "Men are all big liars! Waaaaah, Manager Bai said he had something to do at home, that's why he took leave! Waaaaah, he actually went to work for that vixen!"

Seeing her like this, Hua Shier found it amusing. He glanced at his watch and suggested:
"At this hour, you guys just got off work and haven't eaten yet, right?"

"I have freshly fried chicken and beer downstairs, plus lots of desserts and snacks. Want to go down and grab a bite, then drown your sorrows in alcohol?"

Qiu Yingying wanted to say no, but upon hearing about the freshly fried chicken, desserts, and snacks, she subconsciously swallowed and then sobbed:

"Waaaaah, fine, I'll pretend the fried chicken is Qu Xiaoxiao, and I'll bite her to death...waaaaah!"

Seeing her say that, Fan Shengmei, Guan Juer, and Andy were all a little amused, but also relieved. This little foodie still knew how to be greedy, which meant that nothing bad would happen.

Hua Shier beckoned the girls downstairs and then told them to wait at the dining table. He went to the kitchen and took out enough fried chicken, beer, desserts, and snacks from the storage space, and put them all out in front of the girls.

Then Qiu Yingying ate while crying:

"Waaaaah, I already considered Qu Xiaoxiao a friend, and she actually betrayed me by seducing Manager Bai! Waaaaah, where did you buy this fried chicken? It smells so good!"

Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.

While eating, Fan Shengmei asked Hua Shier:
"Baichuan, I remember you said there's a karaoke bar here, right? Someone like Xiao Qiu is perfect for letting off steam by singing karaoke. How about we eat first and then go sing karaoke?"

Hua Shier nodded and said:

"Great! My karaoke room hasn't been used even once since the renovation, and it's no fun singing by myself all the time. Let's all sing together in a bit!"

After eating, Hua Shier led everyone to room 2102, which housed both a movie theater and a karaoke room.

Qiu Yingying requested a song herself, and then sang it with such a mournful tone:

"My heart aches so much I can't breathe, I can't find any trace of you, sob sob sob."

This time, the crying was even more persistent, which worried Fan Shengmei so much that she slapped her forehead:
"My bad! I shouldn't have suggested going to karaoke."

Andy and Guan Juer were also quite helpless. They originally thought that Qiu Yingying would relax by singing and forget her sad things, but as soon as she drank, she started to sing love songs!
Hua Shier turned off the microphone, paused the jukebox, and then smiled as he said to the girls:
"Believe it or not, I can completely change the meaning of any song by changing just one word in the lyrics, and even make people laugh out loud from a sad song!" Naturally, the girls didn't believe him when he said this, and even Qiu Yingying, with tears in her eyes, shook her head.

Hua Shier snapped his fingers: "Then let's witness a miracle! It's the word 'heart'. No matter what song it is, as long as it has this word, replace it with the word 'egg,' and the effect will be absolutely explosive!"

He pointed at Qiu Yingying and said, "Sing that line you just sang again!" He then turned on the microphone and handed it to her, and turned on the jukebox.

While crying, Qiu Yingying sang along to the music in defiance of fate: "My balls hurt so much I can't breathe, I can't find any trace of you!"

He burst into laughter through his tears halfway through the song.

"Hahaha, how can you be so annoying!"

Fan Shengmei, Andy, and Guan Juer all blushed, but they still couldn't help laughing.

Qiu Yingying immediately canceled the song: "This one was improvised by you, it doesn't count!"

Hua Shier smiled and said, "If it doesn't count, then it doesn't count. Let's have another one!"

He selected a cheerful, well-known song for Qiu Yingying, "Love" by the Little Tigers, which most of them could sing.

As soon as the music started, Qiu Yingying sang along: "Skewer your eggs, mine, together, Brother Wang, you're playing with mangoes!"

Qiu Yingying couldn't take it anymore. Her face flushed, she chased after Hua Shier and hit him. Actually, she just patted him a couple of times, but now she couldn't cry anymore. When she wanted to cry, she thought of the lyrics from earlier and couldn't help but laugh.
After they had made a scene, the girls realized that Hua Shier had only wanted to help Qiu Yingying get out of her sadness. No one blamed him, but they didn't believe in superstitions and that a single word could ruin a song.

So they started requesting different songs to see if other songs were like that too.

They tried many songs, such as "Heartbreaker," "Too Softhearted," and "Norwegian Wood."
In the end, the girls blushed and retreated without saying a word to Hua Shier, they all ran away!

Ten minutes later, Fan Shengmei, who had returned to room 2202, sent a message to Hua Shier:
"Pah, Wang Baichuan, you stinky mango!"

Unexpectedly, the next day at the company, Hua Shier received a call from Fan Shengmei, who told him that Qiu Yingying had reconciled with Manager Bai.

Hua Shier expressed his incomprehension: "So Qiu Yingying was so heartbroken yesterday, she only has herself to blame!"

Fan Shengmei was also somewhat helpless:

"We've been worrying about her for nothing. That Manager Bai is clearly a scumbag, and Xiao Qiu actually forgave him. I don't know what she was thinking. She even said she wanted to move out and live with him!"

After discussing Qiu Yingying's matter, Fan Shengmei brought up the idea of ​​having dinner together that evening again.

Hua Shier thought to herself that she had already rejected the other party several times, and nodded:

"Okay, is there anything you'd like to eat? I'll book a restaurant and send you the reservation!"

Fan Shengmei was very happy to hear that Hua Shier had agreed, and said with a smile:
"Let's have Japanese food then!"

Hua Shier was about to say what kind of nonsense it was, but then he remembered that he was the one who asked the other party to choose it, and it would be unreasonable to deny it, so he immediately said "okay".

After hanging up the phone, Hua Shier asked his secretary to order a Japanese restaurant of similar quality for him, and then sent the location to Fan Shengmei.

When the agreed time to leave work arrived, Hua Shier drove his R8 directly to the restaurant.

When he arrived, he sent a message to Fan Shengmei, who replied that she was still on the bus and would arrive as soon as possible.

In reality, Fan Shengmei was on the subway at that moment, looking at her phone and complaining.

"What a blockhead! He asked a girl out to dinner and didn't even offer to drive over and pick her up. Thumbs down!"

If Hua Shier knew what Fan Shengmei was thinking, she would definitely say, "Have some shame! You asked me out so many times before I finally agreed."

I handed the car over to the waiter to park it, then told the front desk about the reservation. Another waiter led me up to the second floor, where I sat down by the window.

The waiter asked him if he wanted to order now, but Hua Shier waved his hand, indicating that he was waiting for his friend and would order later.

As I was looking out the window, I saw a familiar sports car pull up and stop in front of the restaurant. A man in a suit went up to open the door for me, and my beautiful upstairs neighbor, Andy, got out of the car and chatted with the man in the suit, her face beaming with smiles.

"What a coincidence!"

Hua Shier took a closer look at the man from upstairs and felt that he looked familiar. He should be Wei Wei, the online friend named "Qidian" from the original story, who is also in the financial industry in real life.

Wei Wei led Andy toward the restaurant, greeted a few friends he knew, and then went up to the second floor and sat at the table behind Hua Shier.

Since Hua Shier was facing away from the two men, Andy did not notice that he was also there.

Unfortunately, their reserved seats were right behind Hua Shier, and Andy sat down back-to-back with him.

Hua Shier initially wanted to say hello, but a waiter came over with the menu for Andy and Wei Wei to order, so he decided to wait until they had ordered before greeting them.

But after the other party ordered their food, Hua Shier suddenly heard the two of them talking about him.

Andy then said:

"Do you remember the new neighbor on the 21st floor that I mentioned when we were chatting online last time?"

Hua Shier raised an eyebrow, abandoning the idea of ​​greeting him, wanting to see what Andy had to say about him.

After Andy finished speaking, Wei Wei said:
"I remember you, that extremely eccentric guy?"

Andy chuckled softly, then said:
"That's not how it works. His name is Wang Baichuan, and he's quite an interesting person, but I have very mixed feelings about him right now!"

Wei Wei said with a smile:

"I have a bad feeling. When a woman has complicated feelings for a man, it's usually not a good sign. Looks like I need to step up my game!"

Andy chuckled softly:
"Don't talk nonsense, the kind of complexity I'm referring to isn't what you're describing!"

"Could you tell me how complicated it is?"

Andy pondered for a moment and said:
"He seems to never suffer a loss. He's a bit cynical, witty, and humorous. He's also very good to his friends, and it's quite easy to get along with him!"

Wei Wei sighed:
"It seems I've met a formidable opponent. You've only mentioned the advantages so far; I guess you're about to point out the disadvantages!"

Andy's voice continued:
"Qu Xiaoxiao, who lives across the hall, offended Wang Baichuan. He knew I was helping Qu Xiaoxiao with a project, so he advised me not to help. I feel he's too petty!"

She then recounted what had happened on the 22nd and 21st floors during that time, laughing as she spoke. When she mentioned the funny parts, Wei Wei across from her also laughed.

After he finished speaking, Andy concluded:
"I'm certain the firecrackers in room 2203 were related to Wang Baichuan; it must have been his revenge. And what happened later was also a result of Qu Xiaoxiao and him taking revenge on each other."

At this moment, their food was served, and Wei Wei said while eating:
"A gentleman takes revenge even after ten years, while a petty person takes revenge from morning till night. I think this Wang Baichuan is a complete scoundrel. You should be careful when you deal with him in the future and don't offend him, otherwise he will definitely hold a grudge against you!"

At this moment, Hua Shier couldn't bear to listen any longer. He turned around, placed his hand on the back of the chair, and looked at the two people behind him:
"People who are keen on slandering others behind their backs are essentially exposing their moral deficiencies. They use sophisticated language as a weapon to distort the belittling of others into social currency, which they use to elevate themselves in front of others. However, they do not realize that this false sense of recognition is precisely the best footnote to their spiritual poverty and insignificance."

"I wonder how your behavior is any better than mine, this despicable person!"

Andy immediately stood up, looking shocked: "Wang Baichuan, what are you doing here!"

Wei Wei was also surprised, then embarrassed. He never expected that he would be caught red-handed when he was slandering the other party behind his back.

However, he quickly calmed down and said sternly, "You were following Andy?!"

Although it was a question, it was quite certain. Hua Shier laughed. Was this speculation being used as a scapegoat?

Sure enough, after the initial shock and embarrassment, Andy also looked suspicious when he heard Wei Wei say that.

Hua Shier stood up, walked to Andy's table, and flashed a bright smile:
"You say petty people take revenge from morning till night? To describe me as a petty person is to overestimate me. I'm not even as petty as a petty person. I usually take revenge on the spot!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Wei Wei's hair and slammed it into the plate with a thud!
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