"As businessmen, who doesn't know the going rate here? To bring this up, are you too petty!" Lu Jingyang thought it was about something else and was relieved after hearing it.
"If you can't afford to pay, don't put on a brave face. How about this, I'll have them wipe off the cents for you, and you just pay the round figure." Lu Jingyang said, calling the manager and asking about the amount owed.
"Boss, they owe a total of over 367,800 yuan."
"What? Over thirty thousand?" Hearing the number, many people gasped.
These guys were truly audacious, owing so much on alcohol.
"If you don't have money, why act like a big shot! And you only ordered the expensive stuff!"
"They're relying on being the boss's brother, thinking it can be written off as bad debt, so they're acting recklessly!"
"These are not brothers, they are clearly bloodsuckers!"
"How dare he!"
"Not only did he eat and drink for free here, but he's also twisting facts. This kind of person deserves a beating!"
"As a man, I can't stand it!"
"How can they do this..."
Ah Xing and the others felt ashamed when they heard this.
Although they were the two's henchmen, they had benefited a lot from them. It would be foolish not to take advantage of freebies. But one day, this fool suddenly came to his senses and didn't want to share any more benefits with them, making things difficult.
Therefore, the best way was to slip away.
"Those were all ordered by Brother Chao, it has nothing to do with us! Um, my mom has a heart condition, I need to go to the hospital to see her... Young Master Lu, we'll get together another time!"
"My wife is about to give birth..."
"Oh, my stomach hurts."
These few reacted quickly and disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only Li Chao standing by the shattered wine bottles, breathing heavily.
Angry!
These ungrateful wretches!
When they shared benefits with him before, where was their politeness? Now that he was a street rat, everyone wanted to beat him, and they ran away faster than each other.
So disloyal!
"Mr. Li, are you paying cash or card?" The manager approached with the ledger when the time was right.
Li Chao didn't have that much money to pay his debts. His monthly living expenses still depended on Lu Jingyang. But even so, he remained arrogant. "It's just over thirty thousand. I'll pay you back when the payment for the goods arrives in a couple of days!"
"How many days is 'a couple of days'?" the manager asked with a smile.
"This is between me and your boss, why are you butting in!" Li Chao snapped impatiently when asked.
Seeing that he still hadn't changed his ways, Lu Jingyang was completely disheartened. "Old Zhang, retrieve and save the hall's surveillance footage later. Mr. Li has personally acknowledged this debt, he definitely won't refuse to pay."
"You good-for-nothing Lu Jingyang!" Li Chao was so angry that he trembled, not expecting him to come up with such a wicked trick. "I even kept your secrets for you! Believe it or not, I'll go tell your brother that you're lusting after him..."
Before he could finish speaking, Lu Jingyang's fist swung out.
He was already annoyed, and seeing that Li Chao mentioned Su He again, he lunged forward without thinking.
He needed someone to vent on, and Li Chao unfortunately became his punching bag.
"Beat you for talking nonsense!"
"Beat you for being ungrateful!"
"Beat you for bullying my employees!"
"I give you an inch, and you take a mile? Who gave you the nerve!"
"Oh no, they're fighting!"
In an instant, the entire hall descended into chaos.
Some watched the excitement, some screamed in fear, and some stepped forward to mediate. There was a constant clatter as the two of them knocked over tables and chairs, and wine bottles fell to the floor, shattering with a piercing sound.
"Ouch, stop fighting! Who's going to pay for these broken drinks?" The manager was already worried about the bar's operations, and now this happened, his heart couldn't take it.
The bartender watched the commotion and said with a grin, "It's Mr. Li, of course! This whole thing started because of him, and he even beat up our employee, shouldn't he compensate?"
"Ah, Xiao Jiu is injured?" The manager's mouth gaped in surprise, and he slowly retracted his hands that were trying to break up the fight.
Xiao Jiu was the new female resident singer.
No one knew her real name; her stage name was Xiao Jiu.
"That bastard pulled her hair and slapped her, and her knee hit the broken glass. She's bleeding!" The bar owner had been smitten with Xiao Jiu at first sight and had been secretly watching her for a long time.
"Is it that serious? What if she's disfigured? This person is truly despicable! A young girl was bullied like this! He deserves to be beaten!"
Saying that, the manager picked up a sign from the side and, in the chaos, hit Li Chao a few times.
Li Chao, being chased and beaten by Lu Jingyang, who was a head taller than him, wailed incessantly. Despite his tall and sturdy build, he was actually weak on the inside and no match for Lu Jingyang.
Lu Jingyang, although a failure in life, had trained with Lu Yanbei since childhood and was more than capable of dealing with a few hooligans.
Li Chao was beaten without any ability to fight back and finally knelt down begging for mercy.
When the alcohol took hold, Lu Jingyang forced him to sign an IOU and then let him go.
"I'll give you a month to settle the bill, or we'll meet in court!" Lu Jingyang uttered a harsh threat, then his body swayed and he collapsed on the ground.
Fortunately, the bartender was quick and caught him, preventing him from hitting his head.
This incident at the bar was talked about for a long time.
Lu Jingyang had always been mild-tempered, otherwise, he wouldn't have been manipulated by Song Yan for so many years. When he finally erupted, he indeed showed a bit of the Lu family's spirit.
His every move did not escape Lu Yanbei's notice.
That night, Lu Yanbei learned the whole story.
Even though the person reporting to him had deliberately omitted some details, how could someone as intelligent as him not guess that Su He was also involved?
He knew Su He was accompanying Madam Hong to an art exhibition. And the restaurant was adjacent to Lu Jingyang's bar, so it wasn't strange for them to meet there.
Lu Yanbei did not doubt Su He's loyalty to him; he just didn't trust Lu Jingyang.
This brat was actually eyeing his sister-in-law?
This was too much!
Lu Yanbei didn't feel at all like he was poaching Lu Jingyang's girl!
He and Su He were a match made in heaven, and Lu Jingyang was the one taking advantage of the situation! Fortunately, he and Su He had overcome all obstacles and were together, loving each other.
So, the next day, Lu Yanbei summoned him with a phone call.
"Your sister-in-law said she ran into you at the bar entrance the day before yesterday?" Lu Yanbei asked nonchalantly.
Lu Jingyang, who had just woken up from a hangover, his head buzzing, looked listless. "Uh, I think something like that happened... Did she say anything bad about me to you again?"
Lu Yanbei tutted, his eyes sharp. "It was just a casual remark. After all, you two had no connection before, and you will have even less in the future!"