Chapter 147: To Drink or Not to Drink

Hearing the compliments from everyone around him, Liu Yujie felt an even greater surge of pride. He looked at the waitress and said arrogantly:

"Everyone's in high spirits today. Upgrade my private dining room to the Supreme Imperial Suite right now!"

The pretty waitress, however, wore a troubled expression and smiled apologetically:

"I'm sorry, Young Master Liu, but the Imperial Suite has already been booked by an esteemed guest for today..."

"What esteemed guest could possibly outrank me?"

"Hurry up and have them give up the Imperial Suite for me!"

"Tell them I am Liu Yujie!"

Liu Yujie deliberately wanted to show off his power in front of his classmates, and more importantly, to impress Chen Lini, so his tone was several times more arrogant than usual.

The pretty waitress's expression turned extremely unpleasant in an instant, and her gaze became rather strange, looking at Liu Yujie almost as if he were an idiot.

Sensing that the other person's look was off, Liu Yujie instantly flared up. Before he could speak, Li Ziyang on the side rebuked angrily:

"What? Is there really a guest that our Young Master Liu cannot afford to offend?"

"Why are you just standing there staring at Young Master Liu? Go get those people out of there right now!"

"Are you new here? Call your boss, Sister Lan, out here right now!"

"Young Master Liu... I am truly sorry... Please... please don't make things difficult for us..."

"Make things difficult? If it's too difficult, don't work here!"

Li Ziyang pointed aggressively at the waitress's face and cursed, spitting saliva directly onto her.

Though she caught the foul stench of his spittle, the waitress dared to feel angry but didn't dare to speak out.

Seeing this, Chen Lini felt it was going too far and stepped forward to persuade:

"Young Master Liu... Let's forget it..."

"It really isn't appropriate for us to demand a sudden upgrade like this."

"The teachers are all here, after all. This is a banquet to thank our teachers, there's no need to make things unpleasant..."

"Yes, yes, Young Master Liu, let's just let it go..." Su Cuiying and several other teachers also stepped forward to persuade Liu Yujie.

Meanwhile, Li Ziyang took it upon himself to harshly scold the waitress on Liu Yujie's behalf.

Seeing that the other side had a humble attitude and was too cowed by his associate's scolding to utter a word, Liu Yujie felt his prestige greatly enhanced. He put on a magnanimous air and said:

"Ziyang, forget it... We won't bicker with them this time."

Only then did Li Ziyang glare fiercely at the waitress, leaning in close to her ear to whisper a warning:

"Young Master Liu is being magnanimous and letting you off the hook today. If you ever dare to slight Young Master Liu again, I'll have people gang-rape you!"

After delivering this vicious threat, Li Ziyang followed Liu Yujie and the rest of the group into the Diamond Suite.

However, what they didn't notice was that although the waitress had been verbally abused without talking back, there was never a trace of fear in her eyes. In fact, the look she gave Liu Yujie's party carried a hint of contempt.

After Liu Yujie's group left, the waitress immediately broke into a disdainful smile and shook her head, muttering:

"These little rich kids really think they're somebody..."

"They have no idea who is sitting in the Imperial Suite today, yet they actually dared to send us to kick them out..."

"If they really said that out loud, it would scare those brats out of their wits..."

"Exactly, exactly... It's hilarious, trying to kick people out!"

"If they actually called those people out, those kids would probably be crying without tears left to shed..."

Several waitresses exchanged amused glances and shook their heads.

Soon, the banquet began. True to a grand feast, it featured delicacies like abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin, and giant lobster—every single dish was substantial and high-end!

As the dishes were being served, the classmates involuntarily let out gasps of amazement.

While thoroughly enjoying the feast, they grew increasingly respectful toward Liu Yujie. Not only the students, but even some of the teachers began to toast Liu Yujie.

Sitting in the center of the crowd, Liu Yujie was like the moon surrounded by stars. Meanwhile, Chen Lini, owing to her special background and the fact that she was the most stunning female classmate present tonight, naturally shared in that spotlight.

With Liu Yujie dropping intentional and unintentional hints to close the distance between them, everyone caught on and intended to play matchmaker for Liu Yujie and Chen Lini, making the pair look quite well-suited for each other.

In stark contrast, Zeng Xiaofan had been reduced to a complete transparent entity, sitting quietly in the very corner and eating by himself.

Su Yufei glanced at him inadvertently and couldn't help frowning deeply:

"Tch... Children from poor families really have no ambition, all they know is eating, eating, eating..."

"Such a great opportunity, and instead of sucking up to Young Master Liu to climb the social ladder, he just stuffs his face... He has no hope in this lifetime..."

"Such a waste of a pretty face..."

Su Yufei muttered inwardly. She looked from Liu Yujie to Zeng Xiaofan, and the disappointment and disdain in her eyes were plain for all to see.

After three rounds of drinks, Liu Yujie gave a subtle look, and Li Ziyang immediately led several male students, holding wine carafes, toward Zeng Xiaofan.

"Hey buddy, come on, have a drink with me."

Li Ziyang said as he filled a wine glass to the brim with fiery Chinese liquor, placing it right in front of Zeng Xiaofan with a sinister smile:

"I'm offering you a toast, you better drink it all down!"

Zeng Xiaofan merely kept his head down, calmly eating his lobster noodles. Without even raising his head, he replied indifferently:

"Thank you, I don't drink alcohol."

"What the fuck! Who the hell do you think you're putting on airs for!"

"Is this a matter of whether you drink or not? This is me, your master, offering you a toast!"

"If you don't drink it, you're disrespecting me!"

Li Ziyang yelled aggressively, clearly intent on making Zeng Xiaofan look foolish.

Chen Lini had been purposely pulled aside by several female classmates and failed to notice this commotion near Zeng Xiaofan.

The male students around Li Ziyang immediately boxed Zeng Xiaofan in, blocking the view of everyone else.

Someone even pressed a hand onto Zeng Xiaofan's shoulder, wearing a malicious and threatening expression.

Hearing this, Zeng Xiaofan didn't even raise his head. The corners of his mouth simply curved up slightly as he replied flatly:

"Alright then, I suppose I'll just disrespect you~"

As soon as those words left his mouth, Li Ziyang was instantly at a loss for words. He never expected Zeng Xiaofan to be so unyielding:

"Brat! You've got a lot of fucking nerve!"

"Do you know the consequences of disrespecting me?"

"Disrespecting me means disrespecting Young Master Liu! Young Master Liu is not someone you can afford to cross!"

"I'm warning you, today you're going to drink this whether you want to or not!"

With that, Li Ziyang grabbed Zeng Xiaofan by the collar and aggressively shoved the wine glass toward him.

The other male students hurriedly helped cover for him, blocking the line of sight of Chen Lini and the teachers.

Zeng Xiaofan shook his head and smiled faintly:

"Little brother, I don't like looking for trouble, but I advise you not to provoke me."

"Oh ho! Look at this kid acting all tough!"

"Are you threatening me? Huh?"

"Hahaha, that's hilarious. Does this punk actually dare to glare at me?"

Li Ziyang looked around at the others. Everyone wore contemptuous smiles, looking at Zeng Xiaofan as if he were a complete fool.

"Listen up, punk, understand your current situation. If you know what's good for you, drink this glass of wine right now and bow your head to apologize to me!"

"Otherwise... humph!"

Before Li Ziyang could finish his sentence, Zeng Xiaofan had already slowly let go of his smile and said coldly:

"Take your hand off me..."

"Oh, oh, oh! Getting mad, are you? Well, I'm just not letting go!"

"What are you going to do about it!"

"I'm asking you one last time! Are you going to drink this wine today or not!"

Zeng Xiaofan gave a slight sigh and finally reached out to take the wine glass.

Li Ziyang and his cronies instantly burst out laughing: "Pfft! I thought you had some backbone!"

"Turns out you're still just a coward. If you had held out for even one more second, I might have considered you a man..."

"Useless piece of trash, still putting on an act, and yet you still have to obediently drink up..."

Before Li Ziyang could finish his sentence, he saw Zeng Xiaofan slowly raise the wine glass and pour the entire cup of fiery liquor directly over Li Ziyang's head!

The liquor streamed down Li Ziyang's hair, across his cheeks, past his chin, and finally dripped down onto his designer Armani shirt...

In an instant, dead silence fell all around!