Chapter 1 Chaos KTV

  They agreed to meet at 7 o'clock in the evening, but Bai Jingchu was late and didn't show up until 7:30 at the appointed Sunset Bar. "Beautiful women always have the right to be late," Yi Jun said with a smile as soon as Bai Jingchu apologized.

  "It's still a bit of a conscience!" Bai Jingchu was slightly pleased, not feeling any guilt for being late. She ordered a cup of black beer, took out a card and a small box from her Hermès Birkin bag, and pushed them in front of Yi Jun, "I originally thought that just giving you the card would be enough as a thank you, but on the way here I suddenly felt it was a bit too thin, so I made an impulse purchase to get you a watch - see if it's not thoughtful."

  "We've got it!" Yi Jun smiled and shook his sturdy left wrist, the Patek Philippe that Lan Jie gave him was dazzling, making a little girl at the next table stare with envy.

  "Get out, everyone sends their own, don't take the things Lianlian sent to me." The White Lotus Sect leader gave him a glance. "Who stipulated that men can only have one watch? Fool!"

  Yi Jun smiled and opened the box, inside was a Rolex with a low-key design, very orthodox, not like the kind of flashy gold watch that a nouveau riche would wear. Yi Jun turned it over in his hand, smiling and said thank you.

  "Cheers!" Bai Jing chugged a mouthful of beer, looking quite domineering.

  Then, Yi Jun smiled and put the Rolex on his right wrist. With a Patek Philippe on his left hand and a Rolex on his right, all he needed was to hang another one around his neck to become a "three-watch wearer".

  "This is quite a bear-like appearance..." Bai Jingchu couldn't help but laugh. The little woman's thoughts were overflowing, she just wanted to try and see if Yi Jun would take off Lan Jie's gift because of her own gift, unexpectedly this extreme product actually brought about such an extreme event. "And this card, keep it."

  Shopping card? Yi Jun smiled and shook his head: "I accepted the gift (watch), but this card... does Bai Jie look down on me?"

  Bai Jingchu: "You think it's money? Well, there is indeed some inside, 100,000 yuan. But this card isn't a shopping card, it just represents an identity."

  "What is your position?"

  "A membership card for the 'Star River Club' in the provincial capital." Bai Jingchu smiled, "The kind that doesn't do business with outsiders, you need a card to get in. And the people who go in are all figures from the underground circle of Yue Province. There aren't many people in Jiangning who have this kind of card."

  Wow, it's like having a ticket to the underground elite club!

  "Besides, this is just a silver card, the gold card is with me." Bai Jingchu smiled slyly and took out a gold card to wave it around. Yi Jun's eyes were sharp, and he immediately saw that the gold card and the silver card in his hand had the same three-digit number.

  "Sister card?" Yi Jun was taken aback.

  "Clever." Bai Jingchu's face revealed a triumphant smile, "Those who can enter the 'Star River' are all from the underground circle, and naturally they all have bodyguards. So each gold card comes with a silver card, with the same number."

  "This is letting Brother Ge be your free bodyguard!"

  "How come I'm not worthy?"

  "Match, perfect match, ordinary match, exchange..."

  "Get out!" Bai Jingchu laughed, seemingly smiling more often when she was with this guy than the usually icy White Lotus Sect Master. "Actually, it's not bad for you to go take a look around, you can get a better understanding of the ecosystem of this underground circle, and maybe even make some friends."

  "Hmm, this isn't bad." Yi Jun smiled and put away the ID card. Although it seemed to be a bodyguard identity, at least he could get in touch with or explore that circle a bit. In life, seeing more things wouldn't hurt. "What services does the Star River Club have? If they have pretty girls for massages, I can go occasionally, haha!"

  "Occasionally?" Bai Jingchu took a sip of the dark beer, looking at the thick glass, and said, "The service inside is comprehensive, even if it's not available, they can get it for you in no time - as long as you're willing to spend money. But with 100,000 yuan, you can buy dozens of glasses of this kind of beer at most."

  Whoa! This time it's Yi Jun's turn to get ripped off. What kind of black-hearted store is this, charging several thousand for just one beer?

  Bai Jingchu elegantly shrugged and said, "Because those who go there to spend money all have a purpose. And no matter what they consume, it's all about openly giving gifts to the master of Xinghe Club, that's all."

  "Wow! Who has such a big face, making all the big shots in the provincial underground circle sincerely acknowledge their authority?" Yi Jun lowered his voice slightly, "The leaders from the province?"

  "The provincial leaders may not have this face, and they will not be in contact with the underground circle so deeply." Bai Jing said lightly, "Wanjia Shengfo."

  Ten thousand families give birth to Buddha!

  "Being able to enter this Star River Club means you have the qualification to offer gifts to Master Buddha - it's a humble honor. In the Jiangning underground circle, I've only met Qian Qiuyun. Of course, it's possible that Qian Qiuyun has also only met me. So when looking at the Jiangning underground figures, Qian Qiuyun always looks down on me slightly - it's just that simple."

  Arrogant!

  Then, Bai Jingchu smiled and said: "Do you know what we people who can enter the Star River Club are called?"

  "What?"

  "A haven, a safe place!" Bai Jingchu said with some reverence, "The huge storms outside can't blow in here at all. In this regard, it's similar to your tone when you referred to Jiangning as an 'underground forbidden land'."

  "What a coincidence! It seems I've inadvertently picked up someone's cleverness and become the laughing stock." Yi Jun smiled wryly to himself.

  "No!" Bai Jingyu stared at Yi Jun's clearly defined face and said, "Your words back then seemed to show me a young Wan Jia Sheng Fo! At least I knew that you have a breadth of mind and spirit that ordinary men do not, with an aura that can swallow everything like a tiger."

  Yi Jun haha: "Don't praise me like that, I'm not even considered a big shot in any district now. At least in our Jinwan District, everyone knows that the big brother is Lao Qi."

  Bai Jingchu raised an eyebrow: "Territory? Do you know where the Wan family's Buddha's territory is?"

  "Isn't this the provincial capital?"

  "To be precise, he only has a single star river." Bai Jingchu toyed with the wine cup, lifted her head and looked at Yi Jun again, saying, "But from another perspective, the entire Yue Dong is his territory! Because his heart is big enough... to swallow an entire Yue Dong!"

  "Haha, taking up space, that's what a foolish and stupid guy would do!" Yi Jun said with a chuckle, "This old man is quite perceptive, I'll have to get to know him better later."

  "Hmm, this is where you differ from others, and it's also where you're too similar to Master Wan. I really want to see if you'll become the second Master Wan in ten years." Bai Jingchu looked at Yi Jun with a dazed expression, smiling, "I'm a businesswoman, after all. Businesspeople value the rate of return on investment the most. So, how much should I invest in you to make it worthwhile?"

  Yi Jun hehe smiled.

  While Bai Jingchu held up that beautiful chin with one jade hand, staring blankly at Yi Jun's eyes, almost making it impossible for Yi Jun to look straight. And this girl muttered to herself: "Could it be, really made you 'brother-in-law'? Then if you really became a big shot, wouldn't I become the second woman of Wan Jia Sheng Fo?"

  Yi Jun's legs suddenly trembled with a typical egg pain. He looked up at the ceiling, and the bar was dimly lit - the atmosphere was really ambiguous...