“Of course!” Manager Wang said with arrogance. “This antique club is the territory of the Wu Alliance. So I advise you, it’s best not to cause trouble anymore, otherwise, you’ll have it coming. Don't talk to me about status, your status is nothing in front of the Wu Alliance!”
“Is it that the Wu Alliance can get away with deceiving people with these inferior wines?” Chu Mingxuan asked in a deep voice.
“Heh, how can you call it inferior wine?” Manager Wang chuckled. “This red wine is priced like this in our club. If you think it’s expensive, you don’t have to order it. Since you ordered it, don’t say our club is deceiving you with inferior red wine!”
This Manager Wang didn't take Chu Mingxuan and the others seriously at all. So what if he admitted that the red wine was inferior? Their backer was the Wu Alliance. Even if they knew it was inferior wine, they would have to endure it!
“You have to behave yourself in this antique club,” the waiter said proudly. Even though he was just a waiter, he was a waiter at the antique club, and suppressing these second-generation rich kids made him feel incredibly good.
Li Se was too lazy to waste words with these people and directly called Zhao Ba: “Brother Zhao, are you busy lately?”
“Little Brother Li, why are you calling me all of a sudden?” Zhao Ba was a little surprised, as Li Se hadn’t contacted him for a long time.
“Brother Zhao, it’s like this…” Li Se explained the situation at the antique club to Zhao Ba.
“I happen to be nearby, I’ll be right there!” Zhao Ba’s expression turned grim upon hearing this. Although he called Li Se "Little Brother Li," he actually respected him from the bottom of his heart. Both the Wu Alliance and the Soul Gang greatly respected Li Se, and had even considered following him.
“Don’t tell me you’re calling Master Ba?” Manager Wang frowned. He knew that the leader of the Wu Alliance was surnamed Zhao.
“What do you think?” Li Se retorted.
For some reason, Manager Wang had a bad feeling. He thought Li Se didn’t seem like he was faking it. Could he have actually called the leader of the Wu Alliance?
About five minutes later, Zhao Ba appeared, with Xiao Dao and others by his side.
“Master Ba!” Manager Wang hurriedly called out. At this moment, only one thought was in his mind: it’s over.
“Drag him out!” Zhao Ba commanded.
“Master Ba, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong, I’ll never dare to do it again…” Manager Wang shouted.
“Heh, selling inferior wine in my club, you have quite the guts!” Zhao Ba said coldly.
Manager Wang knelt directly on the ground, his face already in tears: “Master Ba, I was just momentarily confused when I did this, really. I don’t dare anymore, I really don’t dare anymore…”
In fact, Manager Wang had done this kind of thing quite often over the years. He would take inferior red wine from outside, bottle it into tens of thousands of yuan worth of red wine, and sell it to guests. Some guests could tell, but more guests couldn’t. Even if they could tell, so what? Who would dare to cause trouble in the antique club? Most people could only suffer in silence.
“Heh, let alone selling inferior red wine, even if you hadn’t, offending Little Brother Li would have the same outcome. Drag him out!” Zhao Ba waved his hand.
Manager Wang slumped to the ground. At this moment, he understood one thing: Master Ba wasn’t pursuing the matter of inferior red wine, but Li Se. He never expected that he had offended a big shot.
Soon, Manager Wang was dragged out. The waiter who had spoken earlier was trembling, and the smell of urine wafted from him; he had been so scared he peed himself.
Zhao Ba merely glanced at him and waved his hand again.
The waiter was also dragged out. As for how he would be dealt with, Li Se was naturally not interested. They could only blame themselves; they had to pay the price for doing wrong.
“Little Brother Li, we haven’t seen each other for one or two months.” Zhao Ba sat down and laughed heartily.
“Brother Zhao, it has been a while,” Li Se said with a smile.
“Who are these two?” Zhao Ba looked at Chu Mingxuan and Chen Bin. Both of them appeared to have an extraordinary aura, especially Chu Mingxuan. His judgment of people was never wrong; this person was likely not simple.
Li Se introduced, “This is Chu Mingxuan, and this is Chen Bin. They are both my good friends.”
“Master Ba!” Chu Mingxuan and Chen Bin greeted. They dared not call Zhao Ba "Brother Zhao" like Li Se did. This was the leader of the Wu Alliance.
Even Chu Mingxuan dared not. Although he was from the capital, this was Qingyun City after all. Here, he was, at best, just a businessman.
Zhao Ba nodded, then looked at Li Se and said, “Little Brother Li, are you here at the club to look for antiques?”
“Um…” As Li Se nodded, he noticed a jade pendant on Zhao Ba’s neck. He could sense a malevolent aura from this jade pendant and couldn’t help but ask, “Brother Zhao, where did you get this jade pendant?”
“Oh, a friend gave it to me, what’s wrong?” Zhao Ba asked, puzzled.
“Can you let me see it?” Li Se asked.
Although Zhao Ba didn’t know why, he took off the jade pendant and handed it to Li Se, asking curiously, “Is there something wrong with my jade pendant?”
Li Se examined it, his brow furrowed. “Brother Zhao, it’s best if you don’t wear this jade pendant.”
“Why?” Zhao Ba was somewhat confused.
Li Se didn’t know how to explain it to him. This jade pendant clearly came from underground, and it was filled with a malevolent aura. Anyone wearing this jade pendant would likely not live long. After thinking for a moment, he formed a hand seal, temporarily suppressing the murderous intent on it, and then returned it to Zhao Ba. “I don’t really know how to explain it to you, but it’s best not to wear it.”
“Oh, okay.” Zhao Ba took the jade pendant back, looking confused and somewhat reluctant, but he still put it in his pocket.
After drinking a bit here, Zhao Ba didn’t bother Li Se and the others anymore and soon got up and left.
“Amazing, you even know Master Ba!” Chu Mingxuan gave him a thumbs up.
“Let’s go, it’s about time to look for antiques,” Li Se said with a shake of his head and a smile.
The antique club’s model was actually similar to an antique street. As the antique hunt began, many people displayed small items. The only difference was that these were brought out by the second-generation rich kids. Some even had jade stones and diamond rings.
“How is it, anything good?” Chen Bin asked.
Li Se shook his head. “Most of them are modern. There are very few from ancient times, but these items are quite valuable.”
“These are all brought out by the second-generation rich kids, so there are usually no fakes,” Chen Bin said with a smile.
As they walked, Li Se didn’t see anything worth paying attention to. Finally, he stopped at a spot where something attracted him.
“You have very good taste,” the rich second-generation kid who displayed these small items said proudly.
Chen Bin quickly said, “Are we going to find a bargain?”
Li Se had his eye on a carving, a small bird seemingly carved from jade. However, the carving itself was nothing special, as the jade stone was likely the most common. But there might be something more within this jade carving.