“Boss, you live here?”
The chauffeur, driving the car, couldn’t help but widen his eyes as he slowly drove into the private villa district on Saint Church Peak.
Wan Yunting, sitting in the back, smiled and nodded. The chauffeur, feeling a bit speechless, nodded and said, “Alright, just pretend I didn’t say anything. But boss, you’re so rich, why do you drive a little car worth only a hundred thousand yuan? Aren’t you supposed to be a young, rich, handsome guy who drives sports cars to pick up girls?”
Wan Yunting listened to the chauffeur, who had been talking non-stop all the way. He was a very talkative person. Seeing Wan Yunting drive a small car worth a little over a hundred thousand yuan, he thought he was just an ordinary person and advised him not to pursue Fang Yanxi, thinking he was a toad trying to eat swan meat.
This made Wan Yunting laugh, but he didn’t argue. He just listened quietly as the chauffeur chattered on. Finally, he smiled and replied, “Sports cars are too fuel-inefficient. I don’t want to waste time looking for gas stations on the road.”
Hearing his answer, the chauffeur gave him a thumbs-up. “Impressive.”
Soon, the car slowly arrived at his doorstep. Wan Yunting asked him to park the car in the parking spot outside. After watching the chauffeur ride away on his little electric scooter, Wan Yunting smiled and waved goodbye. He then tipped the chauffeur on the app, considering it payment for the dating advice he’d received all the way.
Wan Yunting sighed. Regarding Fang Yanxi’s decision to take a temporary break, he felt nothing but guilt and helplessness. He knew that saying anything to her now would be useless. They could only separate for a while. Once they both had time to think, Wan Yunting planned to go find Fang Yanxi to talk…
“Mr. Wan is back.”
Hearing the movement at the courtyard gate, Huang Guilan came out. Wan Yunting closed the door and smiled at her, “Aunt Lan, you’re not resting yet?”
“Yes, I was just about to,” Huang Guilan nodded and smiled.
“Where are my friends?”
Wan Yunting walked into the villa, with Huang Guilan following. She said, “They watched movies in the cinema on the second basement level after dinner. They should still be there.”
Wan Yunting nodded and went down to the second basement level with her. “Aunt Lan, you should go rest.”
“Okay, Mr. Wan. You too. Goodnight…”
Huang Guilan responded and returned to her room to rest.
Wan Yunting turned and entered the wine cellar, which was filled with wines collected by the previous villa owner. They were all transferred to Wan Yunting without any changes. He had drunk quite a lot, but the cellar still contained countless expensive wines and spirits like Maotai…
Wan Yunting took out a bottle of red wine without looking at the brand. After opening it, he took out two wine glasses and went into the adjacent, soundproofed movie room. On the large screen, a Stephen Chow movie was playing, reaching its climax. Lu Xiaodie, sitting alone in the middle, was also holding a bag of potato chips. Beside her chair was a drink, and she was laughing heartily while watching the movie. She didn’t even notice Wan Yunting enter until he sat beside her. “Hey, little brother, you’re back. Are you planning to have some red wine with me?”
“Yes.”
Wan Yunting smiled and nodded, then poured her a glass of red wine. Lu Xiaodie also became spirited. She took the wine glass he handed her, brought it to her nose, and sniffed it. Then she looked at the wine bottle and smiled, “This is Pétrus from the Pomerol region of Bordeaux, France. It’s quite rare. I haven’t tried it before. Let me taste it…”
Although Lu Xiaodie ran a small bar and primarily sold yellow wine and spirits, she did know about the world’s red wine brands and origins. She took a small sip of the red wine, letting it linger in her mouth, carefully savoring the explosive flavor as it spread in her mouth. It was smooth, with a unique woody aroma characteristic of red wine…
As a result, her eyes widened. She saw Wan Yunting drain his glass in one gulp, as if he were drinking spirits, without any need for elegance. Lu Xiaodie also swallowed her mouthful of red wine and said speechlessly, “I say, little brother, you’re not drinking red wine, you’re drinking spirits.”
“Haha…”
Wan Yunting poured another glass and laughed, “It’s all alcohol, isn’t it? We don’t understand these things, so there’s no need to pretend to be an elegant gentleman. Anyway, after drinking it, it’ll just end up in the toilet, so it’s all the same…”
“Pfft…”
These words made Lu Xiaodie spit out the red wine in her mouth. Wan Yunting quickly took some tissues from the box beside them for her. Lu Xiaodie laughed heartily and unrestrainedly…
“Little brother Wan, you’re really something. But you suit my taste.”
Lu Xiaodie wiped her mouth, smiled, and clinked her wine glass with Wan Yunting’s. “Cheers…”
After they both finished the glass of red wine, they continued to focus on the movie screen. Occasionally, they would burst into laughter. Fortunately, the movie room was well soundproofed, otherwise, they would have disturbed Huang Guilan, who was resting in the nanny’s room.
By the end of the movie, they had drunk three bottles of red wine. Wan Yunting was naturally fine, and Lu Xiaodie had a high tolerance for alcohol. Only a slight blush appeared on her cheeks, but it didn’t hinder her.
After finishing the movie, they moved to the bar counter in front of the wine cellar and opened another bottle of red wine. Lu Xiaodie propped her chin with one hand, swirling the wine glass in the other. Her hazy gaze was quite enchanting as she looked at Wan Yunting, who was sitting opposite her with a somewhat melancholic expression, and smiled, “Little brother, do you have something on your mind?”
Wan Yunting gave a wry smile. “Is it that obvious?”
Lu Xiaodie nodded and smiled, “I could tell from the moment you brought the red wine into the movie room. Tell me, maybe your sister can offer some advice.”
Wan Yunting chuckled and looked at the wine glass in his hand. He was naturally feeling melancholic about Fang Yanxi’s matter. “Can you offer advice on matters of the heart, Sister Lu?”
Lu Xiaodie’s slightly flushed face froze. She put down the hand that was propping her chin. “Did you have a falling out with Sister Luotang?”
“No.”
Wan Yunting shook his head slightly, looked up at her, and smiled, “If I told you that Luotang and I are not boyfriend and girlfriend, and that my girlfriend is someone else, would you call me a scumbag?”
“What!”
This time, Lu Xiaodie was agitated. Her eyes widened, and she stared at Wan Yunting in surprise. “You mean you have a girlfriend, but you’re also with Sister Luotang? You’re cheating?”
Wan Yunting took a sip of wine, gave a melancholic wry smile, and nodded. “I was unfaithful…”
Lu Xiaodie looked astonished, staring at him blankly. Finally, she said, “Little brother, you don’t seem like a scumbag. Could it be that all men are like this? Fortunately, I haven’t found a boyfriend.”
Facing the disdain in Lu Xiaodie’s eyes, Wan Yunting gave a tragic smile and said, “Sister Lu, why don’t you explain it to me?”
“Uh…”
Lu Xiaodie quickly waved her hand and said, “I’ve never even been in a relationship, so I don’t understand these things. How can I explain it to you?”
Wan Yunting looked at her suspiciously. “Sister Lu, don’t tell me you’ve never been in a relationship.”
This made Lu Xiaodie give him a coquettish glance. She sighed with a charming demeanor, “Sister isn’t afraid of you laughing. I’ve truly never had a boyfriend. I grew up on a mountain since childhood, practicing martial arts with my senior sisters and brothers every day. And since I was expelled from the sect, I’ve been back home for five years and haven’t had a boyfriend. It’s difficult…”
“Wait, Sister Lu, you were expelled from the sect?”
Wan Yunting looked at her with surprise. “Why?”
Lu Xiaodie’s eyes immediately widened. She snorted, “It makes me angry when I talk about this. My sect leader had a son who was an idiot. He couldn’t practice martial arts well and liked to go down the mountain to solicit prostitutes. He had a long list of misdeeds. Then my sect leader wanted me to marry such a person!”
“Of course, I refused. Then the sect leader locked me up and forced me to agree to the marriage. Later, my senior sister couldn’t stand it and secretly let me go, so I ran down the mountain. Later, I heard from my senior sister’s letter that the sect leader had expelled me from the sect.”
Speaking of this, Lu Xiaodie snorted coldly and waved her hand. “Expelled, so be it. I didn’t want to be in such a sect anyway. So I went back to my hometown and started my own business, opening a small bar and a fitness martial arts school, teaching the martial arts I created myself.”
Wan Yunting didn’t expect Lu Xiaodie to be expelled from the Hengshan Sect for such a reason. He sneered, “That sect leader really did something inhuman.”
“Indeed.”
Lu Xiaodie took a sip of wine. “The only thing I want to do now is improve my martial arts and become the top martial artist in the world. If there’s a chance in the future, I can even establish my own sect!”
Getting more and more excited, Lu Xiaodie said, “How about it, little brother? Is my dream big enough?”
“Hmm…!”
Wan Yunting deliberately took a sip of wine and smiled without speaking, which annoyed Lu Xiaodie. She playfully hit his shoulder, pouted, and snorted, “I knew you wouldn’t think highly of my martial arts. It’s no wonder, since you’re a martial arts prodigy. You’ve only practiced for a few years and have already broken through to the middle stage of the Dan Jin realm. I’ve been practicing martial arts for eighteen years, and I’m still stuck at the late stage of Hua Jin. Thinking about it makes me unbalanced.”
Wan Yunting shrugged and put on a smug face, smiling, “There’s nothing I can do about it. Heaven favors me.”
“Tch.”
Lu Xiaodie rolled her eyes at him, took a gulp of the wine in her glass, and then looked at the wine bottle, realizing they had unconsciously finished another bottle. “Forget it, I’m not drinking anymore. It’s time to sleep.”
“Mm.”
Wan Yunting saw that it was already one in the morning and that it was time to sleep.
“Wake up early tomorrow, you have to teach me martial arts!”
Then Lu Xiaodie pointed at him and glared, saying, Wan Yunting smiled and nodded, “We’ll get up at six o’clock, and we’ll go to the mountaintop behind the mountain to meditate and practice qi.”
“Okay!”
Lu Xiaodie became happy and couldn’t help but hug Wan Yunting’s arm.
“Alright, don’t worry about relationship matters. Although sister hasn’t been in a relationship, I know that as long as you are sincere, it’s enough.” Lu Xiaodie, holding his arm, walked with him towards the first basement level. Wan Yunting turned his head and smiled at her, saying nothing further.
After sending Lu Xiaodie back to her room, he turned and continued upstairs to the second floor. After showering, he lay on the bed, his mind in turmoil, still unable to make a decision…