"A million is a lot?" Li Se retorted disdainfully.
Zhang Ming and Qi Fei stared at Li Se in disbelief. In their eyes, Li Se was a penniless nobody who would never earn a million in his lifetime. Yet, he dared to question them.
Zhang Ming furrowed his brow. "Heh, a million isn't much to me, but to you, it's an astronomical sum. With a million, what kind of beautiful woman couldn't you have?"
"You said it yourself, a million isn't much to you. Since you're bidding, you should offer a price that's significantly high. Besides, if you can be with Weiwei, the Qiao family's wealth could bring you considerable benefits, couldn't it?" Li Se took a slow sip of red wine, speaking unhurriedly.
"How much do you want?" Zhang Ming narrowed his eyes. He wasn't afraid of Li Se asking for a high price. On the contrary, the more greedy Li Se was, the happier Zhang Ming would be, as such people were easily dealt with.
"I'm afraid it will shock you to death if I say it," Li Se said with a smile.
Zhang Ming didn't take it seriously. "With my financial capabilities, what figure could shock me? I'm very curious."
"The entire Zhang family!" Li Se declared, word by word.
As soon as he said this, Zhang Ming's expression darkened. He roared, "Are you playing me?"
Li Se chuckled. "Don't you like Weiwei very much? What, for Weiwei, you can't give up the entire Zhang family? Then why are you talking about liking her? It's all about benefits."
"Kid, don't be too arrogant. Be sensible and take the one million to leave Weiwei. I advise you not to make a mistake!" Qi Fei also said with some annoyance.
This penniless kid was too damn arrogant, asking for the entire Zhang family right off the bat. He didn't know where he got the courage to say such things.
"Apart from the entire Zhang family, I will not leave Weiwei, because in my heart, she is a priceless treasure," Li Se stated calmly.
Zhang Ming remained sullen and said nothing further.
At this moment, Lu Hanxiang and Qiao Weiwei had returned.
"Weiwei, let's go." Li Se didn't want to continue eating with Zhang Ming and the others. Seeing them, he had lost his appetite and pulled Qiao Weiwei away.
Only a displeased Zhang Ming was left behind.
"What the hell does that mean?" Qi Fei was enraged. "Who does he think he is, acting so arrogantly?"
"What happened?" Lu Hanxiang asked.
Qi Fei briefly recounted the events. Upon hearing it, Lu Hanxiang also became indignant. "In the small Qingyun City, someone dares to defy Young Master Zhang?"
Zhang Ming's eyes were filled with gloom. "The woman I desire cannot escape. And this kid, he's not qualified to compete with me!"
"Young Master Zhang, we support you!" Qi Fei and Lu Hanxiang both declared their stance. They were friends with Zhang Ming, so naturally, they would support him.
After leaving the restaurant, Qiao Weiwei looked confused. "I haven't even eaten yet, why are we leaving?"
"I'll take you to eat something else." Li Se drove them to a barbecue stall.
Qiao Weiwei wrinkled her nose. "This kind of barbecue isn't hygienic."
"Once you eat it, you'll crave it, and you won't care about hygiene."
Li Se ordered a lot of barbecue. After waiting for about ten minutes, the barbecue was served.
Qiao Weiwei sniffed and her appetite was immediately whetted. Discarding her ladylike demeanor, she began to eat heartily, completely forgetting her earlier words about the stall not being hygienic.
"This is delicious!" Qiao Weiwei said, patting her stomach after she had eaten her fill, feeling as though it had grown quite a bit.
"If you want to eat it, I can bring you here often," Li Se said with a smile.
Qiao Weiwei shook her head. "That won't do. If I eat too much, I'll get fat."
"Don't worry, even if you gain weight, you're still the eldest daughter of the Qiao family, and plenty of young masters will pursue you," Li Se teased.
Qiao Weiwei threw a half-eaten beef skewer at Li Se. "How can you talk about me like that?"
Li Se casually caught the half-eaten beef skewer and began to eat it.
"That's... that's what I was eating..." Qiao Weiwei said, her face flushed.
"Don't worry, I won't dislike it," Li Se said indifferently.
"You, you, you... I'm the one who dislikes it!" Qiao Weiwei said indignantly. Li Se eating her leftovers was like a form of indirect kissing.
While Li Se and Qiao Weiwei were eating barbecue, at the same time, at the Qingyun City port.
"Are we not there yet?" Sima Yong checked his Patek Philippe and frowned slightly.
"Sir, it should be soon..." the secretary began, but then a speedboat approached from a distance. He exclaimed excitedly, "Here it comes!"
About a hundred meters from the port, a figure leaped from the speedboat onto the sea surface, walking on water.
"Holy crap, a master!" Sima Yong couldn't help but curse.
In less than two minutes, an elder with snow-white hair appeared at the port. He glanced at Sima Yong and said faintly, "Is there something you need from me?"
"Hello, I am Sima Yong, the helmsman of the Sima family!" Sima Yong introduced himself.
"Hello." The white-haired elder nodded. He had heard of the Sima family. After shaking hands with Sima Yong, he asked, "Do you want me to help you kill someone?"
"Yes." Sima Yong nodded. "The opponent might be a martial arts expert. My subordinates are no match for him. I ask for your assistance, master."
"Martial arts experts also have levels of strength. What formidable martial artists can there be in the small Qingyun City? The Jiangnan region focuses too much on making money. For martial arts, one must look to the north," the elder said dismissively. He had no regard for the people in this region when he came to Jiangnan.
"I'm here primarily to avenge my disciple. Someone crippled my disciple, and I will kill them!" the elder stated coldly.
"Master, please help me kill someone as well. I can give you ten million!" Sima Yong said urgently.
"Alright!" The elder naturally wouldn't refuse money.
"Master!"
Just then, an excited voice rang out. A man in a wheelchair was pushed over.
"Yin Feng, how did you end up like this?" Seeing his disciple's state, the elder was furious. "That person dared to cripple you like this?"
He knew his disciple had been crippled, but he hadn't expected it to be so severe, rendering him unable to cultivate any further.
Indeed, this elder's disciple was none other than Wan Yinfeng. After being crippled by Li Se at the Xuan Shu Exchange Meeting, he had contacted his master, wanting revenge.
"Master, you must avenge me!" Wan Yinfeng cried.
"Don't worry, your master will definitely avenge you!" The elder was enraged, exuding a terrifying, thunderous aura that made Sima Yong and the others turn pale.
However, they were mostly delighted. Although they hadn't witnessed the elder's actions firsthand, just from this aura alone, this was definitely a true powerhouse.
Li Se was doomed!