Wanjin Lady

Chapter 243 Gathering
After several days of drunkenness and debauchery, Zhu Wang had long forgotten the Wen family and even completely forgot about his half-brother Wen Weiming. His belly was bigger than when he came, and it seemed that he would give birth in another month.

Wen Wan dragged the man onto the carriage. Zhu Wang looked like a pure virgin who had crawled out of the Spider Cave. He had dark circles under his eyes, and his body was marinated. His voice was full of alcohol. When he heard that Wen Wan was going to take him out for another drink, he shook his head and said, "Yaksha, your uncle Zhu really can't drink... If I drink any more, I'll die in Bozhou..."

Wen Wan glanced at him coldly, "The people who came to the banquet today are all wine merchants from Bozhou. Are you not happy to introduce business to you?"

Zhu Wang's small eyes suddenly lit up, and light shot out from the depths of his eyes.

This guy is clearly pretending to be drunk!
"And..." Wen Wan frowned, then realized belatedly, "What did you call me just now?"

Zhu Wang smiled innocently, "I was calling you my niece! You must have drunk too much and heard it wrong."

Wen Wan: ...

Wen Wan arrived at the entrance of Tianxiang Tower and saw that it was packed. She then looked up at the room upstairs and saw that it was also packed. She lingered at the entrance for a while, finally arriving just as the time was approaching. As expected, she became the last guest to appear.

Zhu Wang felt a pain in his waist as soon as he entered the house, and Wen Wan pushed him forward and he fell in first.

This yaksha, it was obvious that she was late on purpose, but she sent him away to smooth things over.

Yaksha!

Yaksha!

Zhu Wang cursed several times in his heart, but when he saw everyone in the room stand up, he immediately put on a standard cow-horse social smile and said, "Everyone, I'm late. I will drink three cups as punishment."

Only then did everyone see the young woman behind Zhu Wang.

She was a young lady with a beautiful face, thin and frail figure, and fair skin. Since they were both in the wine-making business, they naturally knew about the goings-on in the industry. Wen Wan's busy work in Bozhou to save her father had already spread throughout the entire wine-making industry in Bozhou.

Everyone said that the young master of the Wen family was a young woman, but no one would have thought... she was so young... she looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old. Among a group of wrinkled old men, she was like a lotus emerging from the water, so tender that you could squeeze out water from her.

At this age... I'm afraid she's more than old enough to be these people's daughter!

But when the young lady entered, her gaze was steady and composed. There was no trace of childishness on her face, no trace of the uneasiness of a lamb caught in a tiger's trap. Instead, she smiled as if she were bathed in the spring breeze...

He had a dignified demeanor and walked slowly and leisurely behind Zhu Wang. In comparison, Zhu Wang looked more like the young lady's butler.

No one expected that the person in charge of Wen's Winery was so young, and they also didn't expect that he would invite them to drink for no reason. With many questions in their minds, seven or eight wine merchants sat down one after another.

Wen Wan first introduced herself generously, then raised her teacup. "My dear shopkeepers, I'm not afraid of being laughed at. Recently, something happened at home and I can't drink, so I can only offer you a cup of tea instead of wine. We are all in the winemaking business, and I am young. I have long wanted to pay a visit to all of you seniors. Today I finally get my wish. I am grateful for your kindness in making friends with me, Wen Wan. This is my blessing, Wen Wan, and it is also our fate. Come, let's raise a toast to this blessing and fate——"

After a round of wine, Manager Xu, acting as a middleman, introduced Wen Wan to the people present. Wen Wan understood that those sitting at the table today were probably small, insignificant wine merchants from Bozhou, whose size was not much different from that of the Wen family. Sitting together... was just a fight between two weaklings.

As soon as Wen Wan sat down, she heard an old man across from her say with a smile, "Speaking of which, the Wen family has been making quite a splash lately. Leaving aside Wen Weiming's antics in Bozhou City, just three months ago… the plum wine feast… was quite a spectacle. The Wen family's Ruiguo syrup really stole the show, even overshadowing the Cheng family's Jinjiangchun. Manager Wen, you're quite capable; you're only in Ping County, yet you can stir up a storm in Bozhou." Another young man, whose features resembled the old man's, clearly a descendant, spoke even more rudely, "Grandpa, how can you ignore Wen Weiming's antics in Bozhou? We never imagined our winemaking industry would produce such a scoundrel! Our Zhang family wouldn't stoop to associating with such lowlifes! Eating here today is an honor for your Wen family; what do you want to say?"

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. Wen Wan didn't expect someone to eat her food and insult her, so she put down her chopsticks.

Everyone at the table looked over with different expressions, unable to hide the glint of anticipation in their eyes.

Fight, fight!
Zhu Wang immediately leaned over and whispered, "This one belongs to Zhang's Winery. It's said he paid a huge price to bribe the judges to get his new wine third place, but he never expected Rui Guojiang to steal all the limelight. He's really resentful."

"What?" Wen Wan raised an eyebrow, then frowned fiercely, suddenly raising her voice, "Zhang bribed the judges of the wine-cooking competition to buy the third place? That's impossible, right?"

Zhu Wang's face froze.

This...this...why is it different from what I expected?

Sure enough, the next moment, the faces of the Zhang family grandfather and grandson turned frighteningly dark, as if they were going to eat him.

Wen Wan's voice grew even louder, her expression determined not to fall in with Zhu Wang's corrupt practices. "Manager Zhu, your niece has something to say to you. How can you just follow the crowd? If everyone says so, you can say the same thing too? How could the Zhang family be such shameless people seeking fame and reputation?"

Zhu Wang puffed his beard and glared.

You yaksha...how could you backstab your dear uncle Zhu?

You look so stupid...

Zhu Wang was speechless, just like the yellow mud stuck on his crotch, it was shit if not shit.

He opened his mouth, looked at the people who were looking over, then looked at the clear eyes of the young lady opposite him, and could only slap himself, "Oh, yes, yes, Shopkeeper Wen is right, I am narrow-minded."

The young man from the Zhang family was furious. "Don't both of you act like a fool, treating me, Zhang Chunshan! If you don't want to welcome us, why bother inviting us?"

The young man angrily waved his sleeves and began to shout at the crowd, "Everyone, look carefully, this woman didn't mean to treat us to a meal at all! Don't forget how Wen Weiming ended up in jail. You're colluding with someone like this, aren't you afraid of being criticized tomorrow if this gets out?"

After saying this, the young man was about to leave.

The old man of the Zhang family was embarrassed and stood up awkwardly, pretending to leave. "Manager Wen, let's have this meal another day."

Mr. Zhang lifted his foot off the table, and the atmosphere immediately became awkward. Some wine merchants who were on good terms with the Zhang family also left. As a middleman, Manager Xu could only smooth things over and pulled a few wine merchants who were about to leave and whispered to them to stay.

Shopkeeper Xu was also puzzled. When he met Shopkeeper Wen in the afternoon, he thought this young lady was calm and composed. How come she seemed like a different person in the evening?

Seeing that one-third of the people had left, Zhu Wang couldn't help but feel anxious. He approached Wen Wan and reminded her, "Niece, don't make a big fuss. We have to leave two victims. The guy in green clothes has a very capable and wealthy father-in-law. Let's get him tonight!"