Sun Zheng's words made Li Liping's expression stiffen.

Li Liping and Sun Zheng could be considered family friends. Her father, Li Hong, and Sun Zheng's father, Sun Changkong, had been playmates since childhood. Their family businesses were mutually dependent: the Li Family was in shipping logistics, and the Sun Family in product manufacturing. Thus, the two families had always been quite close.

Li Liping knew this Sun Zheng, a few years her senior, from childhood. She had always known him to be an idle good-for-nothing who fooled around all day, engaging in debauchery with his disreputable friends. His only real skill was acting like an obedient son at home to keep his parents happy...

Li Liping couldn't understand why her father, Li Hong, as if fed some bewitching potion by Sun Changkong, had actually tried to introduce Sun Zheng to her, repeatedly hinting that Sun Zheng was a good man and she should consider dating him...

Li Liping had refuted these suggestions multiple times and even told her father about Sun Zheng's misdeeds. It was only after Li Hong had someone investigate Sun Zheng that he finally abandoned the idea of his daughter marrying him.

However, Sun Zheng had long admired the divinely beautiful Li Liping. He constantly begged his parents to speak well of him to Li Hong and even used Li Hong's past words as a way to strike up conversations with Li Liping, acting overly familiar in a quite outrageous manner.

"Sun Zheng, please leave this table immediately. You're not welcome here!" At this moment, Li Liping, feeling as if she had swallowed a fly, pointed at Sun Zheng's face and snapped.

It had to be said, Sun Zheng possessed some measure of composure. Despite Li Liping pointing at his face and scolding him, his expression didn't change. He even managed a faint smile and said, "Li Ping, I know your father's elder brother just bought this hotel, and you're practically the young proprietress here, with decision-making power. But I'm here as a customer, aren't I? Even if it's not appropriate for me to sit here, my leg is bothering me right now. Surely you can't just kick me out, can you? Besides, there's no rule saying I can't sit at this table!"

"Hmph, if you won't leave, we will!" Li Liping had no intention of bickering with Sun Zheng. Seeing him refuse to budge, she immediately called someone over to clear another table nearby, instructing them to leave only three chairs. Only then did she lead Lin Feng and Cao Ying to the new table.

Lin Feng hadn't liked the look of Sun Zheng from the start and was reluctant to move. However, unsure of the true relationship between Li Liping and him, he decided to let it go for now and changed tables.

When Li Liping had them change tables, a flicker of embarrassment and anger crossed Sun Zheng's face. However, his tolerance was indeed impressive; he managed to suppress his anger and didn't shamelessly follow them to the new table. He simply began ordering food from where he sat.

Soon, the food for both tables was served.

Lin Feng's table featured a luxurious seafood feast. The dishes, crafted by a renowned chef, were a delight to both the eyes and the palate: rich fish maw soup with sea cucumber, chicken oil-steamed deep-sea yellow croaker, meatballs steamed with whitebait, a sashimi platter, fresh mango stir-fried with abalone slices, and wine-braised giant tiger prawns. Every dish was perfect in color, aroma, and taste. Lin Feng's appetite surged, and he momentarily forgot the earlier unpleasantness, starting to eat with great relish.

Sun Zheng's table was simpler. He was having Western food: a few main courses like black pepper T-bone steak, salmon fillet with scallops, and pan-fried sole, along with a bottle of red wine. The strange thing was, he ordered two portions of every dish—one for himself and one placed opposite him. He even poured two glasses of red wine, as if expecting someone to join him for a drink. Sun Zheng's eyes never left Li Liping, and he even occasionally gestured with his eyes, signaling her to come over...

"I've lost my appetite!" Li Liping shook her head in frustration, grumbling.

Lin Feng naturally understood that Li Liping was annoyed because of Sun Zheng nearby. In fact, he also found this Sun Zheng fellow thoroughly disgusting!

"Waiter..." Lin Feng beckoned to a waiter.

"Lin Feng, what are you doing?" Cao Ying looked at Lin Feng curiously, wondering what he was up to.

Seeing Lin Feng suddenly call for a waiter, Li Liping also looked up at him.

"Sir, how may I help you?" The waitresses at Yuefu Hotel were all pretty young women with pleasant features. She didn't know that one of the female guests at this table was the hotel's young proprietress, nor did she neglect Lin Feng because of his casual attire, greeting him very politely.

"Bring me a folding screen..." Lin Feng pointed to the space between his table and Sun Zheng's, saying calmly, "Put it there. I don't want to see certain things..."

"A folding screen..." Cao Ying and Li Liping were both stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing together. "Lin Feng, that solution of yours is too over-the-top!"

The waitress's expression turned awkward. With a flustered look, she nodded and said, "Please wait a moment, sir. I'll get the manager to handle this."

The waitress quickly walked over to a middle-aged woman in a black business suit and reported what had happened. The manager, clearly aware of Li Liping's identity, glanced over once and immediately had someone bring a large, four-panel folding screen, completely blocking the line of sight between Lin Feng's and Sun Zheng's tables.

"There, appetite back now?" Lin Feng said with a grin.

"That's a sharp move! Why didn't I think of that..." Li Liping glanced at the large screen with appreciation and said to Lin Feng with a smile, "Lin Feng, you really are the clever one!"

Indeed, Li Liping's appetite returned. Not only did she start eating, but she also had the waiter bring two bottles of strong liquor.

"Lin Feng, can you drink?" Li Liping asked Lin Feng with a beaming smile.

Lin Feng nodded. With the Supreme Medical Scripture in his possession, his alcohol tolerance was virtually limitless; to him, alcohol was merely a slightly energizing beverage.

"Then you'll drink with us tonight! My cousin and I aren't going back to school tonight anyway. Let's not go home until we're drunk! Yay!" Temporarily forgetting Sun Zheng, Li Liping's spirits were exceptionally high.

"Alright, I'll have one drink then..." Lin Feng wasn't fond of drinking, as alcohol would dull his taste buds, making the food less enjoyable.

"Hehe, then this first glass is a toast to my cousin! Let's drink to her finding her Mr. Right soon!" Li Liping raised her glass, her eyes darting towards Lin Feng from time to time as she spoke with a silly giggle.

Cao Ying felt a little flustered by Li Liping's strange glances and didn't quite dare to look at Lin Feng. But since Li Liping had proposed the toast, she could only raise her glass and respond shyly.

Lin Feng also grinned, raised his glass, and clinked it with Cao Ying's without saying anything. But the meaning in his eyes was perfectly clear: This handsome fellow right here is Miss Cao Ying's Mr. Right...

Just as the three of them had finished their first glass, Sun Zheng suddenly reappeared. He walked around the screen, a bottle of strong liquor in his left hand and two empty glasses in his right, his expression somewhat dark.

"Brother, you're Lin Feng, right? I'm Sun Zheng. We're both friends of Li Ping. Since this is our first time meeting, let's have a drink together!"

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