CHAPTER 1456: CHAPTER 1455: CALL ZHAO RUXUE OVER

After dinner, it was only a little past six in the evening, still early, and Zhao Rubing didn’t want to go home so soon.

"Where else do you want to go?"

"I want to go by the river, feel the breeze, and have a drink."

If her bar were finished renovating, they could surely drink there directly. But for now, it wasn’t finished.

Now they had to go to the riverside, either by the Qinhuai River or the Yangtze River, where there should be quite a few bars.

Ye Qiu originally wasn’t very interested in these things, but now that Zhao Rubing wanted to go, he could only accompany her.

After Zhao Rubing paid the bill, the two of them left, and Ye Qiu drove towards the Qinhuai River, thinking the scenery there would be better.

Upon arriving at the Qinhuai River, they found that after the New Year, it wasn’t as lively, but there were still many tourists, especially at night.

Now Ye Qiu parked the car outside, and as they walked into the Qinhuai River area, lantern lights were everywhere, making the night view quite beautiful.

"Do you come here often at night?"

Zhao Rubing asked.

"I don’t have the time for that."

Zhao Rubing didn’t believe him; she thought Ye Qiu must come here often with pretty women, otherwise, how would he know to bring her here?

After walking a short distance, they saw a quiet bar open, the kind meant purely for drinking, without dancing or disco, and it wasn’t very large, mainly by the river, perfect for enjoying the breeze and the night view.

Ye Qiu and Zhao Rubing went and sat down. A casually dressed waitress brought the menu over, and Ye Qiu glanced at it; the prices were quite high.

A dozen beers cost three hundred yuan, and the other wines were even more expensive.

This was a tourist area, so the rent must be expensive, which made the prices here higher than in regular bars.

"What do you want to drink?" Zhao Rubing asked.

"Anything, it’ll all turn into a puddle of urine in the end anyway."

"Disgusting."

Zhao Rubing ordered a few beers, two bottles of red wine, a bottle of vodka, a bottle of cola, and some snacks.

After the waitress left, Zhao Rubing just stared at Ye Qiu.

She was always curious why Ye Qiu, despite turning a year older after the New Year, still looked the same without any change.

He still looked eighteen.

Compared to Ye Qiu, Zhao Rubing felt like she had truly aged a year.

"Hey, you’re not thinking about my sister, are you?"

"Actually, I am. Should I call her over? I haven’t seen her in a long time." Although Zhao Ruxue seemed cold on the surface, she had a fiery inner passion, especially when facing him.

Zhao Rubing pouted and said, "If you want to call, do it yourself. I won’t."

She wanted to drink alone with Ye Qiu, but now Ye Qiu was calling her sister. As Ye Qiu took out his phone and directly called Zhao Ruxue, he asked, "Ruxue, are you off work?"

"Just got off, what’s up?" Zhao Ruxue asked on the other end.

"I’m having drinks by the river with your sister. Want to join?" Ye Qiu asked.

Zhao Ruxue had just returned home, only to see her sister’s changed clothes but not her sister herself. She thought her sister had gone somewhere, but it turned out she went out drinking with Ye Qiu. Wasn’t her bar still under renovation?

She knew that Ye Qiu had redesigned her sister’s bar, making it seem much more high-end.

Hearing that Ye Qiu and her sister were drinking by the river made her a bit uneasy, feeling these two might get out of hand, so she asked, "By which river?"

"Qinhuai River here."

After Ye Qiu gave the location, he hung up and looked at Zhao Rubing, saying, "Ruxue said she’s coming."

"You did it on purpose."

Zhao Rubing said.

When the waitress brought over the snacks, like peanuts and smashed cucumbers, Ye Qiu found that the snacks weren’t cheap either, but they tasted okay. Also, there were quite a few young customers, mainly young couples.

Compared to other bars, this quiet bar’s environment was simpler; it was all about drinking and chatting to foster relationships.

Zhao Rubing picked up a piece of cucumber, glared at Ye Qiu, and then ate it in one bite.

When Zhao Ruxue arrived, it had already been half an hour, and now Zhao Rubing had already drunk two bottles of beer, but she was unaffected.

Zhao Ruxue found the place and, upon entering, indeed saw Ye Qiu and her sister sitting there drinking.

Ye Qiu had already seen her, and when Zhao Ruxue came in, Ye Qiu stood up and pulled Zhao Ruxue directly to sit beside him.

Many people noticed this casually dressed young man drinking there with a beautiful woman, and now another young beauty arrived, who, surprisingly, turned out to be a pair of twin sisters.

This made the surrounding customers amazed and envious.

"Ruxue, have you eaten?"

"I ate at the cafeteria."

Zhao Ruxue said.

As she sat down, she clearly felt that Ye Qiu was much more enthusiastic towards her, and both she and Zhao Rubing noticed it.

"What would you like to drink?"

"Cola!"

Zhao Ruxue rarely drank alcohol, only occasionally sipping red wine.

She only came over worried that these two might do something after drinking, but now she saw that both Ye Qiu and her sister were just chatting casually and nothing more.

"Just now, I went with Rubing to see her bar. It’s renovated nicely and will soon open."

So that’s why. Zhao Ruxue thought these two might be up to something else.

"Initially, I wanted her bar to serve Viscount Red Wine, but I’m afraid regular people can’t afford it."

"Like the two bottles you brought before?"

Zhao Rubing and she had drunk one bottle, leaving one bottle, which was now kept as a treasure of the bar, and Zhao Rubing was reluctant to drink it because it was too expensive and hard to find domestically.

"I plan to have the butler in France send over a few cases for the bar’s opening."

Each bottle costs hundreds of thousands, a case would be millions, and several cases would be tens of millions; she didn’t know how Ye Qiu had so much of this Viscount Red Wine.

"How much do you have left?"

"A few hundred cases left! I guess I’ll have to keep it for collection or savor it slowly." Ye Qiu would never sell them cheaply domestically since they sold well abroad at high prices.

A few hundred cases?

Zhao Ruxue looked at Ye Qiu, at a loss for words.

However, under the table, Ye Qiu deliberately held Zhao Ruxue’s hand, and although Zhao Ruxue initially pulled away, Ye Qiu kept holding it, which Zhao Rubing naturally noticed, but she said nothing.

She had long sensed that her sister and Ye Qiu had a complicated relationship, which seemed to be true.

Zhao Ruxue withdrew her hand, then picked up her glass of cola with both hands and said, "Just a few cases cost tens of millions. Who can afford that? Even the rich wouldn’t be willing to spend that much."

"So, just taking out a few bottles for occasional promotional activities would be fine. For example, letting one of the first few customers taste a glass of Viscount Red Wine would probably make Norwegian Forest very popular."