Throughout the journey, Li Se's hands were never still, constantly restless, focusing on the space between her legs. This caused Qiao Weiwei's delicate face to flush crimson, and she occasionally let out moans.
Upon hearing these sounds, Li Se truly wished he could find a secluded spot and resolve Qiao Weiwei right there and then.
However, good times were short-lived. They soon arrived at the venue for the business event, an extremely high-end hotel. Qiao Weiwei produced an invitation, and a waiter then led them to the event area.
It was on the second floor of the hotel. Many people were already inside, all dressed in suits and ties, clearly indicating they were wealthy. These individuals were gathered in small groups, likely discussing projects worth at least a million.
When Qiao Weiwei appeared, many gazes turned towards her, their eyes filled with admiration. Even within such circles, beauties like Qiao Weiwei were rarely seen.
"President Qiao!"
"President Qiao!"
However, many recognized Qiao Weiwei, as she was the new president of the Muzi Chamber of Commerce. Who didn't know her now?
Qiao Weiwei was quite busy, needing to discuss cooperation matters with some people. Li Se, on the other hand, went to find something to eat. For him, attending such events was merely about eating and drinking for pleasure.
To be honest, if he weren't accompanying Qiao Weiwei, he wouldn't have wanted to attend such an event.
*Bang!*
Suddenly, while Li Se was picking out food, he accidentally bumped into someone. The person was a woman, and the food in her hand fell to the ground.
"Ah!" the woman exclaimed, then looked at Li Se with a face full of anger, "You scoundrel, how dare you touch me inappropriately?"
Li Se subtly observed the woman before him. She was dressed very fashionably and wore sunglasses. However, even so, one could tell she was beautiful. But as a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, he was very sensitive to facial features. The moment he saw her face, he knew she had undergone cosmetic surgery.
In other words, she had had plastic surgery.
"Heh, beautiful lady, didn't you bump into me yourself?" Li Se smiled faintly.
"I bumped into you?" Meng Xixia sneered, "Who do you think you are, that I would bump into you? You were clearly taking advantage of me just now. You must apologize!"
The commotion here immediately attracted quite a few people, and everyone started looking over.
"Is that Meng Xixia?"
"It is her, that A-list celebrity. I heard she was invited by Mr. Tom to this event, so she's likely here for a big contract."
"Offending Meng Xixia here is not a good omen. If I were you, I'd just apologize."
"Exactly, there's no need to escalate this."
"Indeed, no need to cause further trouble."
"..."
Many people were whispering amongst themselves.
Most people present would likely apologize in such a situation, as Meng Xixia had Mr. Tom backing her, and they couldn't afford to offend him. It would be much easier to apologize.
This type of business event generally wouldn't feature families of the first tier. So, even though Li Se had revealed his identity recently, to these businessmen, he hadn't reached that level of prominence, and they likely only knew that the Li family had gained a third generation descendant, with little else to uncover.
However, Li Se was not going to tolerate this woman. He said calmly, "You bumped into me, so why should I apologize to you?"
"I bumped into you?"
Meng Xixia laughed, a laugh full of disdain. "Kid, I think you did that on purpose. Knowing I was walking this way, you deliberately stood here, didn't you? You just wanted to take advantage of me. You're a pervert. Let me tell you, I was invited by Mr. Tom. If you don't apologize, you won't leave here today!"
"If you have the ability to do that, then you're impressive." Li Se couldn't be bothered to pay attention to Meng Xixia and continued eating his food. However, as soon as he picked up a small cake and was about to bring it to his lips, Meng Xixia slapped it away.
"I told you to apologize, didn't you hear me?" Meng Xixia said angrily.
Li Se was also getting annoyed. He looked at the cake on the ground and said coldly, "Very well, you've angered me. If you pick up this cake and eat it now, I won't hold it against you. After all, I detest wasting food."
"You want me to pick up this cake and eat it?" Meng Xixia scoffed. "Who do you think you are, daring to tell me to pick up cake and eat it?"
Saying that, she stepped on the cake with her high heel and rotated it several times. Pointing at the crushed cake, she said, "If you eat this cake, I might forgive you. Otherwise, you won't be leaving here today."
"Why bother, deliberately offending Miss Meng."
"Indeed, why didn't you just apologize earlier, and there would have been no issue?"
"Young people nowadays are too concerned with saving face. If you displease Miss Meng, you'll have to pay the price."
"Now it's even worse, having to eat this stomped-on cake."
"..."
Many felt that Li Se was courting disaster. If he had apologized earlier, everything would have been fine. He had to push things to this extent, wasn't that just asking for trouble?
Li Se put down his chopsticks, crossed his arms, and said with a half-smile, "If you eat this, I can pretend nothing happened. What do you think?"
Everyone was speechless upon hearing this. Where did this kid get such arrogance? Even now, he dared to say such things, undoubtedly provoking Meng Xixia to the extreme.
Meng Xixia was indeed somewhat angry. She clearly wasn't taking his words seriously. She said coldly, "So, your meaning is that you refuse to apologize? You refuse to eat this cake?"
"Of course not."
Li Se found it amusing. "However, I really dislike wasting food. You'd better eat this cake for me, or this matter won't end today!"
Now he was issuing threats.
Everyone was rendered speechless. They simply couldn't understand where this kid got the courage to even threaten Meng Xixia.
Undeniably, those attending this business event indeed had some background, but the gap between the wealthy was also significant. Most people present couldn't afford to offend Mr. Tom.
Meng Xixia herself was not that significant, at most a mere actress, but she had Mr. Tom's backing. So, if it were them, they would rather apologize than escalate the situation.
But this foolish kid in front of them, not only refused to apologize but also threatened Meng Xixia. This was undoubtedly courting disaster!