"Sorry about that, wrong room, my mistake... this meal is on me, my treat!" Baldy Boss Wu was no fool, and he could read the room well enough to know that if he still could not tell which way the wind was blowing, he would be a dead man.

A man even Li Cihua dared not cross — what right did he, Baldy Boss Wu, have to cross him?

"All right, be off with you, and stop spoiling our dinner!" Mother Tang waved him away with borrowed authority, savoring every second of it. Not happy about it? You brought in backup? So what? My son-in-law scared him off all the same!

So what if he was Li Cihua? Famous as he was all over Songshan City, a figure of legend in Mother Tang's eyes in days past, he looked now like nothing but a coward! Mother Tang thought to herself that she was about to join the ranks of Songshan City high society herself, since even Li Cihua was no match for her family!

Baldy Boss Wu turned and fled at once, and once outside, he slunk back to his own table with his tail between his legs.

"Boss Wu, what was all that just now? I saw Brother Cihua just get here and then leave?" Xiaoli had not gone over with him and still had no idea what was going on.

"Don't even ask! Our luck is rotten today. We ran into some big shot that even Brother Cihua dares not touch. We just have to swallow this one!" Baldy Boss Wu was blunt enough to admit when he was beaten, and made no show of toughness. "Waiter!"

The waiter hurried over. He had seen the whole ruckus Baldy Boss Wu had kicked up, but since neither side had said anything, it was none of his business to interfere.

"Sir, what can I do for you?" the waiter asked quickly.

"Put the bill for that private room on my tab!" Baldy Boss Wu pointed toward Wei Zhao's room as he spoke to the waiter.

The waiter froze. This baldy had plainly gone to that room to pick a fight, so why was he offering to pay their bill now? But whatever the reason, it was nothing to do with him, so after a moment's surprise he nodded at once. "Yes, sir!"

Only after the waiter left did Baldy Boss Wu breathe easier. "Damn it, if I had known the people in that room were that tough, I never would have messed with them. Wasn't that just asking for trouble for nothing!"

"Ah?" Xiaoli wilted on the spot. If even Li Cihua could not afford to provoke these people, what chance did they have? Now she was frightened instead. "Boss Wu, they won't come after us, will they?"

"They shouldn't. We are nobodies. If he wants someone, he will go after Li Cihua. He does not even know who we are!" Baldy Boss Wu took a philosophical view of it.

"I think we had better get out of here fast and not stay. What if they come out in a while and see we are still here and make trouble for us?" Xiaoli was still worried.

"If we leave, who is going to pay their bill?" Baldy Boss Wu said. "I was perfectly polite just now, and they did not come down on me. That plainly means they do not even consider me worth noticing, so there is nothing to fear. Let's keep eating!"

How could Xiaoli still eat? She sipped at her drink and sat waiting for Wei Zhao and his party to finish, and Baldy Boss Wu was no better, sitting on pins and needles and just waiting for Wei Zhao to hurry up and be done.

Li Cihua got into his car as soon as he stepped outside and drove straight for the hospital. Su Jiaonang of course knew exactly who Wei Zhao was, and knew that all this time it was because of this man that Li Cihua and Master Bing were burning with rage.

"Brother Cihua, are we really going to fetch the silver needles for him? Won't that make us look weak?" Su Jiaonang had not expected Li Cihua to actually go and get the needles.

"What else can we do if we don't? Until we work out how to handle this kid, we can only soothe him and keep him sweet, and not provoke him!" Li Cihua sighed. He felt stifled as never before. Ever since he had latched onto the Zhao family and risen in Songshan City, he had never been so humiliated! But there was no help for it. Of the few good fighters at his side, those Wei Zhao had not beaten to death had been beaten half to cripple, and even the Medicine King was useless — his poison had been undone by the man. How was he supposed to fight him?

Su Jiaonang thought it over and saw the sense in it. What could you do but back down? If you could not beat a man, you could only take the bullying.

Li Cihua sent Su Jiaonang to the hospital to bring back the silver needles, and then returned once more to the restaurant from before.

Baldy Boss Wu was still waiting for Wei Zhao to finish dinner so he could settle the bill, but Wei Zhao had not finished when he instead waited for Li Cihua to come back again! At the sight of Li Cihua, Baldy Boss Wu was overjoyed. Could Li Cihua have brought men to take revenge?

But a closer look told him it was nothing of the sort! This time only Li Cihua and Su Jiaonang walked into the restaurant, with none of the underlings from before in sight!

Baldy Boss Wu jumped up to greet Li Cihua, but Li Cihua only waved him off with impatience.

Li Cihua came to the door of Wei Zhao's private room and knocked carefully, and only walked in after he heard permission from inside.

"Wei Zhao, I brought the silver needles." Li Cihua set the needles on the table through gritted teeth.

"Oh, thanks. You can go." Wei Zhao nodded. "And thanks for yesterday's three million too. It let my girlfriend's family buy a big house."

"Don't mention it, don't mention it..." Li Cihua felt his face burn. He counted as somebody in this town, yet here he was being treated like a clown.

Li Cihua hardly knew how he walked out of the restaurant. It was too shameful, simply shameful to death! If he had known, he would never have made this trip. Not only had he done nothing to Wei Zhao, he had been humiliated by him instead! If this grudge went unavenged, he would never sleep easy again!

Li Cihua resolved to put his head together with Master Bing when he got back and work out how to get revenge on Wei Zhao.

Back at the Geili Fuyun Bar, Li Cihua hid nothing and told Master Bing exactly what had happened that day, detail by detail. There was no longer any question of losing face or not. In this stretch of time, he had lost it all already.

"This Wei Zhao really is arrogant!" After hearing Li Cihua out, Zhao Qibing frowned. "I came to Songshan City to build something, and with Wei Zhao around, everything goes wrong! Up to now I have not earned a single cent, and I have lost plenty instead! By the way, how is the Qibing Building? Is it finished?"

"It is finished and in the final cleanup stage. I hired the most professional construction crew in the country. At this speed, it could not have been any faster!" Li Cihua said.

"Since we have no way to deal with Wei Zhao, we will build up the group's business first!" Zhao Qibing said. "As for Wei Zhao, we will think of something slowly. There is no hurry! The demolition in the shantytown has to go on! That is our very first project, and we have to make a success of it!"

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