Chapter 89

However, Xia Yunjie didn’t turn to leave. He was sitting facing the TV screen, holding a cigarette in his hand, and his legs were crossed. A woman with particularly large breasts had already stood up.

"Oh, my dear sister, I’ve finally waited for you to come." The woman with large breasts, who was Zhao Yaqing, walked up and warmly held Liu Ke’s arm.

"Yaqing, happy birthday!" Liu Ke hurriedly handed her the bag containing the birthday gift.

Zhao Yaqing looked at the bag Liu Ke handed over, slightly stunned, with a flash of moved expression in her eyes. Then she smiled and took it, saying, "Thank you. It’s just a gathering, a bit of fun. You didn’t have to bring a gift."

After saying that, Zhao Yaqing turned her gaze back to Xia Yunjie and said, "Keke, who is this handsome guy? Your boyfriend?"

"Don’t talk nonsense! Brother Jie is my colleague at the bar." Liu Ke was startled by Zhao Yaqing’s blunt words and quickly explained.

She wished she had such a man, but the problem was that she couldn’t reach that high.

"Colleague at the bar? What does he do? Bartender? DJ? Or manager?" Zhao Yaqing, upon hearing that Xia Yunjie was Liu Ke’s colleague, glanced at him and followed up with more questions.

Liu Ke didn’t expect Zhao Yaqing to ask such a question, and with such high expectations. She was momentarily stumped. She wanted to tell the truth that Brother Jie was just a bartender, but she was afraid of embarrassing him.

"I’m a bartender." Xia Yunjie calmly took over the conversation and replied.

"A bartender?" Zhao Yaqing’s eyes flashed with surprise and disdain. Then she pulled Liu Ke’s hand and stood in the middle of the room, clapping her hands and introducing, "Liu Ke, everyone here is my good sister. Everyone, this is my good sister Liu Ke, whom I met when I first came to Jiangzhou. The handsome guy is her colleague. Oh, right, what’s your name, handsome?"

"Colleague? I think he’s more like a lover!" someone immediately chimed in.

"No, no, Brother Jie is really just my..." Liu Ke, seeing everyone teasing, was really worried that it might upset Xia Yunjie, and hurriedly waved her hands.

"Ai Qing, didn’t you say your sister works at a bar? How can she be so shy? Since she denies it, we won’t be polite. We really need a man today!" Before Liu Ke could finish, a woman who looked like a Northeastern girl called out. She then patted the empty seat next to her and said to Xia Yunjie, "Hey, what’s your name again? Come sit here and have a few drinks with me."

Liu Ke’s face turned pale, and she regretted inviting Xia Yunjie to come with her.

Others didn’t know Xia Yunjie’s background, thinking he was just a bartender. But Liu Ke knew who Brother Jie was—a big shot who could get things done in both the black and white worlds. Now he was being teased by a group of princesses.

Xia Yunjie didn’t mind, as he was just a bartender. The only thing that made him uncomfortable was the atmosphere here.

The gender ratio was severely skewed, and the women all had a strong air of the underworld. Xia Yunjie, who had never experienced such a scene, was really struggling to handle it.

"My name is Xia Yunjie, you can call me Brother Jie." Giving Liu Ke a reassuring look, Xia Yunjie smiled and replied, but he didn’t sit next to the woman. Instead, he found an empty sofa and sat down.

However, as soon as Xia Yunjie sat down, he felt a strong fragrance wafting over. Two women dressed provocatively sat on either side of him, trapping him in the middle.

Even Xia Yunjie, who was secretly a powerful wizard, had never experienced such a seductive scene. His heart immediately raced with tension.

All the women celebrating Zhao Yaqing’s birthday, except for Liu Ke, were her sisters. Though they were called princesses, they were actually women of the underworld. Some were still holding out, while others had already given in and would do anything for the right man.

It was easy to imagine how open these women were!

Usually, women like them, for money, could only force a smile and please men. Today, a man who wasn’t a customer and was just a bartender, and who looked quite handsome and seemed to be a virgin, had come. His nervousness made him even more endearing.

The women were immediately excited, finally getting a chance to tease a man.

"Brother Jie, I’m Xiao Lian, and she’s Xiang Xiang. Let’s play dice. You should know how to play since you work at a bar. The loser drinks a beer and takes off a piece of clothing. Earrings, glasses, etc., count as one piece, but socks and shoes don’t. When you’re down to your underwear, you have to do a strip dance." The woman with almond eyes, Xiao Lian, took a dice and looked at Xia Yunjie with a seductive voice, especially emphasizing the strip dance part and intentionally swaying her waist.

"This sounds fun, I’ll join in!" As soon as Xiao Lian finished, almost all the women in the room, except for Liu Ke and Zhao Yaqing, looked at Xia Yunjie with bright eyes and cheered.

Xia Yunjie, meeting their bright gazes, couldn’t help but shudder, feeling like a sheep that had suddenly wandered into a pack of wolves, surrounded and eyed hungrily.

"Sorry, I don’t play." Xia Yunjie hurriedly shook his head and refused.

"Come on, don’t you men love strip dances? A bunch of beautiful women dancing in front of you, it’s quite exciting!" Xiao Lian, seeing Xia Yunjie refuse, whispered seductively in his ear.

To be honest, Xiao Lian’s words did stir something in Xia Yunjie.

Charmy Silver Seat was one of the top entertainment venues in Jiangzhou. The women who worked here were all carefully selected, with looks and figures above average. At least in this room, with their various body types, a strip dance would definitely make any man’s blood boil. Of course, that was assuming Xia Yunjie would win.

As for Xia Yunjie, being a wizard, winning would be easy. In other words, stripping these women would be a piece of cake!

"Cough, I really don’t know how to play, let’s skip it." Xia Yunjie suppressed the stirring in his heart and continued to refuse.

"It’s okay if you don’t know how to play. We can teach you. At worst, you lose and take off a piece of clothing. Hehe, don’t tell me you’re shy! Ah, are you afraid Liu Ke will be upset?" Xiang Xiang, sitting on the right, said.

"Go, go, you guys, are you crazy for men? If you really want to, go outside, there are plenty of men out there." Zhao Yaqing, used to such games, didn’t take Xia Yunjie seriously but had to consider Liu Ke’s feelings. Seeing her sisters getting more and more out of hand, she laughed and scolded them.

"Whatever, so boring! We just want to have some fun! Sing, sing!" The crowd, seeing the birthday girl speak, was disappointed.

Xiao Lian and Xiang Xiang also found it boring, so they got up and sat back in their original spots, and someone picked up the microphone to continue singing.

Seeing this, Xia Yunjie couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Brother Jie, I’m sorry, I didn’t know Yaqing’s friends would be like this. I’ll try to leave early." After Xiao Lian and Xiang Xiang got up, Liu Ke sat next to Xia Yunjie and whispered.

"It’s okay, it’s a birthday, a bit of fun is fine." Xia Yunjie smiled and comforted her.

Seeing that Xia Yunjie wasn’t angry, Liu Ke felt relieved. Just as she was about to say more, Zhao Yaqing laughed and pulled her away, saying, "Don’t just talk to Brother Jie. You’ll have plenty of chances later. We sisters haven’t seen each other in a long time."

Liu Ke could only give Xia Yunjie an apologetic look and then sit next to Zhao Yaqing.

With Liu Ke gone, the women, seeing Xia Yunjie as the only man in the room, couldn’t resist teasing him again.

Some offered him drinks, some pulled him to sing duets, and some even tried to dance closely with him, scaring Xia Yunjie so much that he almost wet his pants.

"Keke, your boyfriend seems quite honest." Zhao Yaqing, seeing Xia Yunjie being teased into silence by her sisters, couldn’t help but smile.

"Hey, Yaqing, I told you he’s not my boyfriend, stop talking nonsense." Liu Ke rolled her eyes, secretly amused. Brother Jie could be very impressive, but he could also be quite honest when scared.

"Okay, okay, I won’t say it. But as a sister, I think you should be more realistic. At least find someone a bit richer, or with a brighter future. After all, these days, money is everything. What can you do without money? Brother Jie is honest, but he’s just a bartender. What can he give you? Remember when we worked at the clothing factory? Remember Gao Zhenju? I was like you back then, but what happened in the end? Listen to me, working-class men don’t have love, even if they do, it won’t end well." Zhao Yaqing said, a hint of mockery and sadness in her voice.

It wasn’t clear if she was mocking herself or the society, or if she was sad about her past love or her former naivety.