When Lu Kai heard Li Se’s words, his expression turned grim. He truly hadn't expected Tang An to show up halfway through. Otherwise, he could have thoroughly humiliated Li Se today. Moreover, the other party was now pushing his luck, demanding that he kneel and pick up all the money. How could he tolerate this?
Lu Kai ignored Li Se and lowered his voice, saying, "Young Master Tang, this is Young Master Ye..."
Tang An interrupted him, "Tch, I don't care about any Young Master Ye or not. You must do as he requires today. If you think that Young Master Ye can protect you, you can try. Don't forget, this Young Master Ye is also my brother-in-law."
Lu Kai’s face grew even uglier. If Tang An was determined to act this way, he might have no choice but to comply.
"Aren't you going to pick up the money?" Tang An frowned.
Lu Kai had no choice but to crouch down, enduring the humiliation, and pick up the cash he had scattered on the ground. However, as soon as he reached out to pick up the first bill, a foot stepped down. Looking up, he saw it was Li Se. Angrily, he asked, "What do you mean?"
"Didn't you hear what I just said? Pick it up on your knees!" Li Se said calmly. He would show no mercy to people like this.
"You're going too far!" Lu Kai said angrily.
"I'm going too far?" Li Se couldn't help but laugh. "I've heard this idiom quite a few times recently. It’s very interesting. How am I going too far? You wanted to kick me out of the hotel I had booked, and you even threw money on the ground. Now you're accusing me of going too far?"
Lu Kai’s face darkened, but he couldn’t refute Li Se’s words because he had no basis to do so. Everything Li Se said was true. He could only curse him internally as a sycophant.
"You’d better do as he says!" Tang An added at this moment.
Lu Kai gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot, and could only kneel down to pick up the money, bill by bill. After finally collecting all ten thousand in cash, as he was about to get up, Li Se spoke, "Give it to me while kneeling. I don’t like you talking to me while standing."
Lu Kai felt like killing him, but he still had to kneel and hand over the money. This was utter humiliation, and in front of so many people. But he couldn't afford to offend Tang An.
"Let's go!" Tang An called out to Li Se.
Li Se ignored Lu Kai any further and turned to leave directly.
"Manager Lu, are you alright?" the front desk clerk asked with concern.
"Get lost!" Lu Kai pushed the clerk away. He stood up from the ground, his face extremely unpleasant. He would definitely not let this matter rest today. He then took out his phone and made a call, intending to report the situation to Young Master Ye.
After leaving the Tianjing Hotel, Li Se looked at Tang An and said, "Thank you for today. By the way, are you Xi Xi’s brother?"
"Xi Xi?" Tang An showed a strange expression. "Don't you know my sister is already engaged to that Ye Bowen?"
Li Se said indifferently, "Your sister likes me. When we were in Qingyun City, she pestered me relentlessly to pursue her, almost like a dog."
"My sister is a dog?" Tang An’s eyes widened.
"Yes, your sister is a dog," Li Se nodded seriously.
Tang An didn't know what to say. His sister was actually a dog for someone else, and a persistent one at that. My goodness, he never noticed this before. Seeing Li Se’s serious expression, he already believed half of it. However, now wasn’t the time to discuss this. He quickly said, "My sister is in trouble."
"What happened to her?" Li Se became worried.
Tang An recounted everything that happened that day when Ye Bowen came to the Tang family and his actions towards Tang Xi. He added at the end, "My sister actually likes you. Since she chose you, you have to protect her!"
Li Se’s expression turned grim. Although he was only pretending to be Tang Xi’s boyfriend, this Ye Bowen was indeed excessive, daring to lay hands on Tang Xi. As a man, it was unacceptable not to step in.
"Do you know where Ye Bowen is?" Li Se asked.
"What... what do you want to do?" Tang An asked in shock.
"Of course, to make his day difficult," Li Se grinned, but the smile was somewhat cruel.
"Don't do anything rash. That's Young Master Ye, the young master of the Ye family in the capital. If you mess with him, no one will be able to protect you... Wait for me for a few minutes. I'll call and ask." Tang An seemed concerned about Li Se at first, then turned to make a call.
Li Se was speechless. Was the first half of that statement fake?
A few minutes later, Tang An finished his call and returned, saying, "He's at a bar right now. He's probably in a bad mood. Don't be impulsive. He's surrounded by experts. If you act recklessly, you'll get beaten. How about it, do you need me to take you there?"
"Uh..." Li Se was speechless again, then nodded.
Tang An immediately looked excited. This guy was simply eager for chaos, his words completely contradicting his actions. The car he drove wasn’t a luxury car, but a QQ, not the kind of car an ordinary young master would drive.
"Is this car yours?" Li Se asked in surprise.
"Yes, I'm a low-key person, so I drive this car," Tang An replied casually.
Although Li Se didn't know why Tang An drove this car, it was definitely not due to being low-key. It was most likely due to restrictions from his family.
Meanwhile, at the Imperial Dynasty Bar...
"Young Master Ye, what's bothering you so much? Who offended you?" a big guy beside him asked curiously. He was the boss of the Imperial Dynasty Bar, Yue Ye, and one of the top figures in the capital's underworld. However, to operate in the capital, such underworld forces generally needed to rely on a certain family. Yue Ye had naturally chosen to rely on Young Master Ye.
It was Young Master Ye, not the Ye family. With Yue Ye’s capabilities, he wasn't qualified to rely on the Ye family, and besides, the Ye family wouldn't bother with such underworld forces.
"A bumpkin from Qingyun City!" Ye Bowen poured himself a glass of wine and downed it in one gulp. He had just received a call that the hotel plan had failed because of Tang An's appearance, which made him very gloomy. Did even this kid Tang An stand by that bumpkin’s side?
"Young Master Ye, just give me a name, and I'll send someone to teach him a lesson. If that's not enough, I'll make him disappear," Yue Ye said nonchalantly.
"I'll handle it myself..." Ye Bowen said with a dark expression.
"Ye Bowen, get out here!"
Just then, a voice echoed throughout the entire bar.