Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 256 Drinking at the Bar
In the dimly lit environment, laser lights of various colors flickered and swept around, while white, green, and blue strobe lights danced to the accompaniment of deafening music, and the young bodies stirred restlessly at the same time.

The bar has two floors. The DJ booth is located directly in front of the ground floor, which is also the only elevated platform on the ground floor.

The central area is the dance floor. Around the dance floor, the establishment only placed five or six small stainless steel tables along the edges, with no chairs. The first floor seems designed solely for clubbing, lacking any extra tables and chairs. A little further in is the bar, where drinks are sold.

The second floor features booth seating, but unlike the typical soft, large sofas found in Dongzhou's nightclubs, these are cold, stainless steel sofas that are uncomfortable and digging into your bottom. There's also a bar on the inner side of the second floor, but it's smaller than the bar on the first floor.

Due to a professional habit developed over many years, whenever Chen Shu arrives at a new place, he always has to walk around and check the front and back doors or fire exits before he can feel at ease.

This place is indeed different from the bars Chen Shu frequented in Dongzhou when he was young. Judging from the layout of this place, it seems that the owners are more focused on or encouraging customers to dance and party, rather than drinking as much as possible like in Dongzhou.

For example, Chen Shu walked around the entire bar and didn't see many chairs. Most people either started dancing on the first floor or just held a bottle or a glass of alcohol and chatted with someone.

Fresh!

That's quite interesting!

Spending his days mingling with petty theft, brawls, and other cases, Chen Shu almost forgot that he was still just a 28-year-old young man who sometimes needed to drink and let loose.

With the mindset of "since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it," Chen Shu followed Chen Chuan's instructions, went to the small bar on the second floor, got a Long Island Iced Tea with his ticket, and then sat down at the booth that Chen Chuan had reserved.

The booths are located on the second floor next to the railing. You can see the DJ booth on the first floor from the sofa. If you take a few steps forward and lean against the railing, you can see the dance floor downstairs.

Chen Chuan joked, "Inspector Chen, have you checked all the fire safety measures? Are they all up to standard?"

Chen Shu picked up his glass, clinked it against the small beer bottle Chen Chuan had placed on the table, and took a sip: "Isn't the entire bill for tonight on Young Master Chen's dime?"

Chen Chuan, the rich second-generation, smacked his lips, picked up the small beer, and took a sip.

Chen Shuchao stood by the railing, looking down at Zhu Chaoran on the dance floor below. He raised his chin and whispered, "Chen Chuan, Fatty seems to have a crush on that girl from earlier."

Chen Chuan grinned broadly: "Actually, I really don't recommend going to bars. Look, I've only been here for less than half an hour, and I've already fallen for about a dozen beautiful women. This alcohol, well, it emboldens both men and women. Don't worry, Chen Shu, once we get Fatty drunk, everything will be fine by tomorrow morning."

"Young Master Chen is very experienced; I admire him greatly," Chen Shu joked.

The two stopped looking after Zhu Chaoran and chatted about interesting things that happened at work recently, drinking one glass and one bottle at a time in the booth.

At some point, Zhu Chaoran also moved to the booth and joined the drinking party, picking up his beer and gulping it down.

Time flew by, and Chen Shu glanced at the clock to see that it was already past midnight. Nightclubs in Dongzhou City were supposed to close at 2 AM, but Chen Shu wasn't sure what time it was in Liuya.

"Let's go?"

Seeing that they had drunk enough wine, Chen Shu asked Chen Chuan, who was sitting next to him.

Chen Chuan glanced at Zhu Chaoran, who was still drinking by himself, shrugged, and made it clear that he was fine, but the fat man was up to Chen Shu to handle.

Just then, a striking figure in red burst in. She had an oval face, peach blossom eyes, and fair cheeks with a rosy glow. She either had drunk quite a bit or was exhausted from dancing downstairs for half a day.

The young girl I'd seen in the hallway earlier sat down beside me, holding an open bottle of beer. She said heartily, "Dude, only three guys come to a bar to drink? That's pathetic. Come on, let's have a drink. I'll go first."

Zhu Chaoran, who had been sitting still all night, was the first to finish his beer and was hesitating about what to say.

Yingying smiled and extended her fair hand to Zhu Chaoran: "Buddy, I have to go back now. Come and get my hat and sunglasses." Chen Chuan glanced at the fat man who was stunned again and said with a smile: "Your name is Yingying, right? I haven't thanked you for what happened at the door earlier. Come on, let me toast you first."

After saying that, he picked up the beer bottle, tilted his head back, and took a big gulp.

After finishing his drink and wiping his mouth, he gestured towards the men and women dancing on the dance floor downstairs: "Yingying, we're here in Liuya for tourism, and this is the first time we've seen a bar like this. Could you show us around?"

Yingying teased, "You guys aren't bad people who lie to little girls, are you?"

Chen Chuan, who had been performing a one-man show, secretly kicked the fat man under the table and laughed, "Then we're definitely not bad people. But speaking of which, we don't accept 'good guy' cards either."

Zhu Chaoran's lips trembled a few times, but he still couldn't utter a word.

Yingying, oblivious to the shyness of the chubby man beside her, continued chatting with Chen Chuan: "Hehe, you seem like a seasoned pro. Don't tease me. But I really do know you guys aren't bad people, you're police officers here on vacation! Hehe, I recognized you when we were queuing at the entrance."

Chen Chuan feigned excitement and said, "That's right. We are police officers who serve the people on weekdays. Now that we rarely have time off, shouldn't we ask you, the people's representative, to serve us?"

Yingying shook her head: "Next time, I still have two classmates here."

Chen Chuan laughed and said, "Let's invite them over for a drink."

Yingying smiled, but her attitude was firm: "I'm sorry, police officer, I'm a little tired and want to go back to my dorm to sleep as soon as possible."

Just as Chen Chuan was about to say something, Chen Shu raised her hand to stop him: "Okay, beautiful lady. Thank you for earlier, see you next time if we have the chance."

"Okay, then I'll take my leave."

Just then, two girls walked over. One of them, who was wearing a white shirt and was rather plump, said, "Yingying, Xiaoqi said it's too early to go back now and she wants to play a little longer."

The girl called Xiao Qi spat out, "Chen Rou, don't you want to drink some more yourself?"

Chen Rou immediately pinched the flesh on Xiao Qi's waist.

Xiao Qi exclaimed and jumped up.

They laughed and joked around together.

The two new girls clearly still seemed like they hadn't had enough fun.

"But I..." Yingying hesitated.

Chen Chuan secretly tugged at Chen Shu and gestured towards the direction where Zhu Chaoran was sitting dumbfounded.

Chen Shu understood Chen Chuan's meaning and also comprehended Zhu Chaoran's thoughts.

He pursed his lips helplessly and surrendered.

I'm probably going to get really drunk tonight.

(End of this chapter)