285 Ji Siying (1/2)
Xiao Luo swiftly chugged his glass of liquor and showed Xiao Qiudong his empty glass. He jokingly said, ”Donggua, it's your turn. Bottoms up and we will still be brothers!”
His words were hyper-aggressive. Upon hearing them, Xiao Qiudong realized that unlike the others, Xiao Luo was uncontrollable and would not succumb to his usual tricks. This made him feel very defeated. He usually had things his way solely from his persuasion skills, regardless if he was facing the bosses or grassroots workers. He almost always capitalized on his subject's weakness. The cases of outright defiance were very rare.
Xiao Luo's weakness, for example, was the sentimental feeling he had for their childhood friendship. As long as he used that as the basis of his requests, it was difficult for Xiao Luo to reject them. Of course, that was his understanding of the situation, at least before all of this had happened.
Xiao Dizhang smiled and hurriedly asked, ”Xiao Luo, what're you doing? You're good brothers with Qiudong!”
”It's because we're good brothers that he should drink this glass of liquor!”
Xiao Luo was now truly enraged since his sincerity was returned with dishonesty. There was no point in being sentimental about the past friendship they had.
”Xiao Luo, are you being serious?” Xiao Qiudong willfully stared at Xiao Luo.
”I shall not comment on other stuff but one thing. Are you my brother?”
Xiao Luo decided to give Xiao Qiudong a taste of his own medicine. ”If you're my brother, then finish this glass. I don't have any other intentions. Since we're at a banquet, let's just do it for fun!”
He had a soft smile on his face.
Xiao Qiudong almost lost control of his composure. ”Have you heard of moral kidnapping?”
Moral kidnapping?
Xiao Luo mirthlessly smiled. He was impressed by Xiao Qiudong's wittiness. He had even brought up moral kidnapping.
His smile suddenly faded as he and shouted, ”I am telling you to drink it right now!”
His last two words sounded like thunder. Xiao Qiudong's pupils instantly contracted. In his mind, Xiao Luo's words struck him like a voice of divine punishment. It felt as if all the other background noise had suddenly disappeared, and that he had been sent into a light trance. Those words made him subconsciously chug down the drink in his hand.
Xiao Luo lightly patted his shoulder and smiled with satisfaction. ”That's my brother.”
After that, Xiao Qiudong finally regained his composure. He did not know that he was temporarily hypnotized by Xiao Luo. All he could taste in his oral cavity was a ball of burning flame that encompassed spiciness and the bitterness of the liquor. It was churning and dancing in his mouth like a poison dragon. It brought tears to his eyes. He was unable to stop dry-coughing. His face had also turned a shade of red that resembled a pig liver.
Brothers?
Was Xiao Qiudong even worthy to be considered that word?
At this moment, a white luxury car emerged from the dirt road that cut through Luo Village. One could tell from the brightness of the color and the overall appearance of the car that it was quite pricy.
Xiao Qiudong had a few sips of water. After he was feeling better, he blurted out, ”An Alfa luxury car worth nearly 00,000!”
Gasp...
After hearing about the price of the car, everyone at the banquet uncontrollably gasped. They were completely shocked. Luo Village was a very rural and poor location. There were barely any cars passing by all year-round. Only Xiao Luo owned a car in the entire village. A car was a rather distant luxury item to everyone else, let alone a car that cost 00,000. That truly impacted their mental capacity. They never fathomed the existence of a car that had that high of a value. It was almost equivalent to an astronomical figure.
”Qiudong, does that car really cost around 00,000?”
Although Xiao Dizhang was the village secretary, he was not too well-informed. It was considered a feat that he owned a tractor that cost around ,000 or so. He never expected to see such an expensive car in the village with his own eyes.