Free Web NovelChapter 1029: Chapter 797: Serving Tea
"If you want to be successful, you have to learn to be like Uncle Liu."
Allowing the Claw of Karma to press against his vital spot, Little Nineteen calmly replied, "I also want to live as long as Uncle Liu."
"Hahaha, well said, isn’t thriving and wealth also something that can only be enjoyed with longevity?"
Uncle Liu laughed, loosened his grip, and patted him on the shoulder, "You’re a good kid, since you’re here, stay a few more days so Uncle Liu can treat you well. If there’s anything you want, just say the word; there’s nothing here that Uncle Liu can’t enjoy."
"I wouldn’t mind staying a few more days." Lin Nineteen shrugged, "But actually, I’m just a messenger, Uncle Liu has to let me finish delivering the message if he wants to treat me."
"What message for Little Nineteen to deliver?" Uncle Liu scratched his chin, "Well, let’s hear it, go ahead."
Wood Cottage said, "The teacher wants to see you."
"Oh, I know." Uncle Liu waved carelessly, signaling to his men to come over, "Little Nineteen, you know, a good kid from my family rarely comes by, treat him well, let his cousin take him around, make sure there’s nothing lacking."
The subordinate nodded respectfully, gesturing to Wood Cottage, "Young Master Nineteen, this way please."
Wood Cottage did not move, standing still.
"Uncle Liu, I’ve delivered the message, don’t I deserve a reply?"
"You delivered the message, I heard it, but when did I ever say I would reply?"
Uncle Liu asked, amused, "He wants to meet me? Many people want to see me in this world. Little Nineteen, it’s as if he’s calling a girl out of a karaoke bar."
"Sorry, I haven’t been to such a karaoke bar, so I’m not sure which would be more difficult."
Outside the door, there was a sound of knocking.
A young man pushed the door open, raised his head, and smiled, "However, since I’ve come, surely Mr. Lin wouldn’t want to not even take a glance at me?"
Thus, he delved deep into the heart of the Triad as if no one was around.
Casually, he took off the hat from his head, placed it into the hands of the guard at the door, adjusted his suit collar, and glanced around the room as if everything were novel to him.
Uncle Liu’s smile did not change, but the darkness in his eyes surged, like a predator staring at his prey, unable to resist the mockery.
"You actually dare to come?"
"Mr. Lin is so old now; surely he can’t travel to Tanbo to see me? That wouldn’t be good, one must respect the elderly." Huai Shi calmly replied, "Besides, I’m an Astronomical Society Third-Class Warden, this is the Current Circumstances, why shouldn’t I come?"
"Hahaha!!!"
The old man laughed, incredulously looked around, and pointed at the unguarded man before him, "See? There are people who puncture Le Ne’s throat with a fountain pen and then swagger under the warden’s name?"
"Office conflicts, aren’t they normal?"
Huai Shi explained helplessly, "Working in public institutions has this downside, there are always people you can’t help wanting to kill, but you can’t kill them. Everyone looks at each other with dislike, and can only pretend not to see."
Uncle Liu supported his chin, scrutinizing the young man before him, "Do you think I care about the identity of a Third-Class Warden?"
"Whether you care or not, I’m here, chatting won’t cost anything."
Huai Shi walked step by step to Uncle Liu, raised his hand to instruct the subordinate beside the old man, "No sense of propriety? Get a chair here, don’t let people say you have no manners."
In the silence, everyone’s faces looked grim.
Only Uncle Liu’s expression did not change, indifferently glancing at Huai Shi, waving, "Get him a chair, a guest must always have a place to sit."
"That’s wonderful."
Huai Shi sat down on the chair in front of the old man.
Without further instruction, soon someone brought over a table, offering tea sets and hot water.
"You’ve seen the face, the seat, now the tea to entertain guests is here as well. Mr. Huai Shi, you wanted manners, now I give you manners, just hope you can accept it."
Lin Wei fearlessly raised his hand, rolled up his sleeve cuff, picked up boiling water from the charcoal-fired pot, and meticulously washed the teapot and cups, brewing tea and rinsing tea with precision.
Throughout, he remained silent.
The evil thoughts boiling in the flames emitted a piercing killing intent, staining the tea like blood with crimson red.
Finally, he picked up the teacup in front of him, "Have tea."
Huai Shi also picked up the teacup, drank it all in one go.
The pain like a sharp blade cutting the throat fell into the abdomen with the tea, quickly spreading and disappearing, the killing intent entering the throat swiftly dissipated into the Ruins, leaving only real phantom pain.
Pouring water, bringing out tea.
The old man picked up the teacup again, "Have tea."
The tea was green and full of venom, falling into Huai Shi’s throat without a drop remaining.
Another round of tea.
"Have tea."
This time, the pitch-black tea brewed unknown disaster, terrifyingly, Lin Nineteen stepped back, Huai Shi stretched out his hand, picked up the teacup, and drank it all.
After three rounds of tea, the leaves in the pot had lost color, even boiling in strong fire had no flavor left.
The tea that could poison and drown a whole district to death was finished.
"Good tea."
Huai Shi smacked his lips, savoring the strong sweetness lingering in his throat, and sighed contentedly, "It’s been a long time since I had such good tea."
If anyone else from the Third Stage were here, they would probably have died on the spot.
Even those from the Fourth Stage wouldn’t dare swallow such a powerful poison easily.
Huai Shi had no idea that Uncle Liu from the Wood Cottage was also an Abyss Kitchen Devil, and quite skilled at that. Unfortunately, encountering the organization of the Eternal Beast in the Ruins makes any poison spell futile.
"Worthy of the King of Tanbo, such impeccable etiquette."
Uncle Liu looked deeply at Huai Shi and said, "Now, Mr. Huai Shi, you can talk about your purpose."
"I came here, wasn’t it because of your invitation, Old Mr. Lin?"
Huai Shi laughed, picked up the teapot on the clay pot, poured in boiling water, and said casually, "It’s funny, I’m a poor man, narrow-minded and stingy, easy to forget my own weight after earning a few bucks, prone to expanding, having a desire to get rich but not the destiny for it."
He said, "There is some money I don’t really want to earn, but that doesn’t stop others from taking over—"
As he spoke, Huai Shi tilted the teapot, poured two cups of amber-colored tea from the tasteless tea leaves, and picked up the teacup.
"Please, have some tea," he said.
Behind the tea table, the elderly man expressionlessly reached out, picked up the teacup in front of him, and the evil Sky’s Command within him surged like molten lava, bursting forth with a distant and subtle echo.
He raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
He put down the empty teacup.
Unharmed.
But immediately, the stone bricks beneath his feet quickly decayed, and countless poisonous plants and evil flowers grew out of the cracks, only to quickly wither and disappear.
"Good tea." He savored the trace of vitality from the Mountain Ghost left in his mouth, shook his head, "It’s just a pity, the taste is lacking, not strong enough."
"Copied, how could it compare to the years of skill of the predecessors."
Huai Shi laughed.
On the tea table, the majestic and ferocious Pixiu tea pet suddenly shook and silently cracked open a seam.
Making the old man’s expression turn grim.
A little bit superior.
"I know the Alliance’s territory is so large, the old man can’t help but covet it, but it doesn’t matter, these are things I don’t want to keep, if the Triad wants to take over, it’s totally fine, even further would be possible."
Huai Shi twirled the empty teacup in his hand and suddenly said, "Now in Kyoto, the Iron King Party, K Party, Fool’s Team... any organized extreme path group has already been crushed.
Only the Great Circle and the Triad still retain strength, isn’t this a good opportunity?"
He said, "To dominate Kyoto, it’s the time, Old Mr. Lin."
"Sounds good." The old man said coldly, not bothering to raise his eyelids, "Like a dream."
"Yes, like a dream."
Huai Shi shrugged, "That’s why this world is sometimes too fantastical. Even being in the underworld has a glass ceiling... Even if the Triad’s power is strong, it’s still unreliable foreigners to the Yingzhou Phylogeny, only able to linger outside, unable to truly enter the core."
As long as Yingzhou’s national body remains for a day, a group of foreigners forming an illegal organization cannot be allowed to create a climate in Kyoto.
That’s only natural.
Even the once-mighty K Party was just one channel used by financial tycoons for money laundering.
The Iron King Party was straightforwardly a lackey of the Duke, stirred up by the Deer’s Sing Hall.
"But times have changed, Old Mr. Lin."
Huai Shi spread his hands, "Besides, I represent the Alliance here, don’t I? The Alliance has decided to collectively transform, but there will definitely be some parts that can’t walk in the sunlight.
Instead of burying the scumbags along with the Alliance’s name, why not keep a life and create some value together with the Alliance, which is the last bit of kindness this president can show them."
Lin Wei couldn’t help but be amused, "So you’re selling off bad assets and hoping I’ll pay a high price to bail you out, Huai Shi?"
"What’s the saying? Win-win—"
Huai Shi calmly replied, "Doesn’t the Triad lack such a brand?
The timing is precious, Old Mr. Lin, the opportunity to enter the local market is right in front. If you act decisively, before the Deer’s Sing Hall reinvents new black gloves, we can at least eat half of the market, and even if we give away some, we can at least keep one-third of Kyoto.
One-third of Kyoto, which is four major districts.
By then, the Alliance will be a brand, and what the Triad will get is un-discounted actual profit. The cost will just be a little small profit divided according to the shares."
Lin Wei couldn’t help but widen his eyes in astonishment and burst into laughter.
He laughed heartily.
Tears almost came out from laughing.
"Just for a name, you want me to give you free work and even take the blame?" He asked sarcastically, "Huai Shi, how can you say such shameless words?"
