Chapter 153: Are you trying to set me up?

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——(POV third person)——

Xu Xian's smile faded for a small moment but it was enough for Li Huang who was looking for his reaction to see it. Xu Xian's lackeys were looking at their young master as the ones who were here for a couple of years knew about that incident, when a new voice joined the conversation.

"Are we going to eat, or are you going to keep talking with this Xu whatever his name is?" Cai ZhenKang said as he was eating an apple as he was quite tired of this useless conversation. He could see from a simple observation that the two sides didn't have any love for each other so this was just stupid to him.

Li Huang and Xu Xian just looked at him as they didn't expect that someone would act like this. Li Huang was more shocked as he could see that Cai ZhenKang was making an intelligent move, something that he thought was improbable if not impossible.

"Thought so." Cai ZhenKang said with a shrug and started walking toward the entrance of the five river flavor restaurant while he had a hand over Li Huang's shoulder. After he took a few steps he threw the half-eaten apple toward Xu Xian with enough strength to dig a hole in a person's skull. It should be said that Cai ZhenKang used the weapon Qi to reinforce the apple so it was way more lethal than it seemed.

"You can have the rest." He said. Although they couldn't fight in the city, he was sure that some 'stuck up pansy' Like Xu Xian would not let his reputation be ruined just so that he can make a scene in the city. He was right as Xu Xian stopped the apple inches away from his face and gritted his teeth, he had experience in handling every kind of people, but Cai ZhenKang was one of a kind.

Hu Anjing and Li Wanrou saw Cai ZhenKang in a new light as he detached that nuisance from Li Huang. They both were ready to attack Xu Xian at a moment's notice if he were to do anything funny. Lai Xinyue on the side was nodding as she would have said the same if she was in Cai ZhenKang's shoes.

"What do you think about that?" Cai ZhenKang said with a smirk as he could feel that Xu Xian had turned around to avoid more embarrassment. The good thing about the blue bulls sect for Cai ZhenKang was that they didn't give two shits about any family and they only cared about strength. In short, it wasn't remotely an issue that Cai ZhenKang has insulted Xu Xian and his master would probably even praise him for it. Well, it was this and the fact that his grandmaster had fought with Xu Xian's ancestor for the longest time.

"Nice one." Li Huang grinned and said. Cai ZhenKang stopped the conversation at the best moment as Li Huang had said what he wanted to say and now it was time to let Xu Xian think of abducting him.

"You are welcome, there is no need for formalities between friends." Cai ZhenKang said like an answering machine, without a care about what Li Huang have said.

Li Huang wanted to punch Cai ZhenKang but distracted himself with happy thoughts. While he was in thought, the doorman came to greet them.

"Welcome to five river flavor." The doorman bowed and said.

"Forgive me for asking, do you have a reservation?" He continued in a polite tone.

"I had ordered some meals but we haven't reserved a table, is there any table available?" Li Huang said as he handed a metal plate to the doorman that indicated his order to the restaurant. The doorman took the metal plate politely and gestured them inside.

"Please head inside, I will inform you about the order in a few minutes." He said and guided them inside. Soon he was gone to check on the order as a receptionist checked the tables for Li Huang and others.

The receptionist was not stupid and he could clearly understand their background so he was looking for the best place for them as to not disrespect them, alas, there was no such place available.

"Young masters and young misses, our top floor tables are all full at the moment and there are only a few tables available on the first floor…" The receptionist started explaining the situation to them.

"You don't have to worry about that, we will take the available table." Li Huang nodded and said. He was not going to trigger such a flag by asking for a table on a higher floor. He has read enough in his notes to know this would only cause unnecessary problems for him so he didn't ask for such a thing, besides he was okay with the lowest floor as he didn't care much about such things in the first place.

"This. Maybe I can talk with a few of our guests—" the receptionist started talking but Cai ZhenKang stopped him.

"Does the quality of the food change by the floors?" he asked.

"No, of course not!" the receptionist said as they would not do such a thing around here.

"Then we have no problem." Cai ZhenKang nodded with a smile as he had no worries anymore.

Hu Anjing didn't care about this from the beginning as she had been in the streets for years and this was a luxurious place for her even on the first floor.

Ye Ling was trying to keep her image as a disciple of the heavenly sword sect and didn't put many thoughts on these matters and she would follow Li Huang's decision.

Lai Xinyue was thinking that if the receptionist could get them a table on a different floor, he should have done so except making them the one to do it and risk offending someone.

Dai Bao was learning from this experience as he would have asked for the top floor in the past but now he can see that it really doesn't matter.

Li Wanrou was talking with the younger members of the family and she was giving them reminders about the table manners. She was the one of the people that they looked up to in the family, so the children would listen to her easier.

The receptionist nodded and after repeatedly apologizing to them, lead them to the tables that he had in mind for them.

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It didn't take long for them to order. Everyone decided on one or two meals and Cai ZhenKang choose ten, ten of each item on the menu.

"I said I would pay but you don't have to kill yourself over it." Li Huang said. Money wasn't his problem as health was the bigger issue here.

"HAHAHA, if I died like this, write on my grave that he lived happily and died happier." Cai ZhenKang laughed and said. Hearing this Li Huang didn't say more and let ZhenKang have his fun, In the worst-case scenario he has to punch him to empty his stomach.

"Huang, do you have anything in mind to buy at this auction?" Li Wanrou asked.

"Well, honestly I want to buy a lot of things as I would have to put much time in training for the coming years and I don't want to find myself lacking in any material." Li Huang said. Li family was also about to start a war so it was the best time to gear up and get everything he possibly could.

Li Wanrou looked at Huang as she was thinking how much money he had to be thinking about buying this many things, but she didn't ask directly as she liked it to remain a surprise to her until the auction day.

At this moment the manager of the five river flavor restaurant came to their tables and bowed while cupping his fists.

"Young masters, young misses, forgive me for being late in receiving you." The man said as he didn't want to insult Li Huang and the group further, his employee had already done enough by letting them sit on a table on the first floor.

"Please. Thank you for the warm welcome." Li Huang said, "Is there any news about my order?" Li Huang tried to change the subject by talking about the foods that he ordered for his storage ring's reserves.

"Of course young master. It will be ready before you depart from the city." The man bowed again and said. The amount that Li Huang bought was the equivalent of a few months' sales so it was only natural for him to be subservient.

Li Huang nodded with a smile as it was all he needed to hear. The manager suddenly remembered the main issue and started talking again.

"distinguished guests, please allow me to find you a better table on the top floor." The manager said with a bow.

'What the hell is this?' Li Huang couldn't believe that they were trying to force him to raise a flag like this.