Dongfang Yi sat at a window seat on the second floor of the restaurant, pouring herself cup after cup of wine. It was the most expensive Nu'er Hong in the whole restaurant, extremely mellow. She drank and spilled half a jar of it.
Back in modern times, Dongfang Yi had a pretty good capacity for alcohol. Having spent years navigating the adult world, she had developed the ability to hold her liquor.
However, to her great surprise, her current body couldn't handle alcohol. After just a few cups, Dongfang Yi already felt dizzy and disoriented. But she stubbornly kept pouring the wine down her throat, as if only in this way could she vent all her grievances and anger.
"You damned... um, stinky Helian Qi! You actually went to pick up girls. I... I even liked you! You bastard..." Dongfang Yi slurred as she waved her wine cup.
Suddenly, she saw a door ajar not far away on the second floor. So she staggered over there with the wine jar in her arms.
As she got closer, she saw that there was a white curtain in the room. Vaguely, she could make out a figure inside.
Maybe it was because she had drunk too much, or maybe it was the anger rising in her head. Most likely, it was also out of curiosity. Dongfang Yi just walked in and lifted the curtain. Behind the curtain, she saw a man reclining on a bench, drinking.
What a man he was! He had a pair of peach - blossom eyes with a faint misty look in them. His lips were as pink and moist as a woman's. His long, inky hair was simply loose behind his head. He was wearing a red long gown, but he didn't wear it properly, leaving half of his chest exposed. There was only one word to describe him - enchanting.
Even the drunk Dongfang Yi was stunned by his beauty for a moment. She couldn't help but let out a burp and then said, "You... you're so good - looking!"
The man clearly didn't expect her to say such a thing suddenly. His expression froze for a second, then he burst into hearty laughter and waved at her, saying, "Come here."
Dongfang Yi just walked over step by step. After all, this was a beauty.
When she got to the man, she subconsciously reached out to lift his chin. Looking at the beauty's face so close, she let out a few admiring sighs and said, "Beauty... your face is truly amazing. If I were a talent scout, I'd definitely discover you."
Probably because she was really drunk, she became so bold and praised him without any reservation in front of a strange man.
The man's facial expression became even more shocked. Dongfang Yi gave him such a big surprise. He had heard from others that she was a very boring person, but in fact, it was just the opposite. He thought she was extremely interesting. Was she flirting with him now?
So he hooked his lips into a more devilish smile, and even his misty peach - blossom eyes were filled with amusement.
"Your smile is also beautiful! Tell me! What's your name? I... I'll make you famous!" Dongfang Yi was completely out of her mind. She held the man's face with both hands and babbled nonsense.
"Qing." The man actually replied to her.
"Your name sounds like it'll be easy to be famous." Dongfang Yi continued to mumble in a daze.
Situ Qing couldn't understand a single word she said, but looking at her dazed appearance, he found it extremely interesting.
"Would you like to come with this young master?" Situ Qing wrapped his fingers around her long hair that was loose on her shoulders and stared at her without flinching.
"Go? Where to go?" Dongfang Yi asked in a daze. But then she thought of Helian Qi, that heartless man who had gone out to pick up girls. She didn't need to be a queen anymore. So she said angrily, "Let's go! I want to go with the beauty!"
Situ Qing laughed heartily when he saw her like this. Then he picked her up, jumped down from the second floor, and disappeared into the crowd.
On the other side, Helian Qi had just finished his discussion with Donghua and was on his way back to the Wu Mansion. He saw some pastries being sold on the street. They smelled delicious. Thinking of the satisfied look on Dongfang Yi's face when she ate pastries, he casually bought two boxes. Imagining her excited look when she received the pastries, he felt in a great mood.
Before he reached the Wu Mansion, he met Xiaoxin on the way.
"Sir, where's the young lady?" Xiaoxin asked.
Helian Qi's eyebrows knitted tightly when he heard this. He then asked, "Did she come back this afternoon?"
"The young lady hasn't been back since she went out this morning." Xiaoxin said in a somewhat urgent tone, with tears almost welling up in her eyes.
"Don't tell me something happened to the young lady..." Xiaoxin asked tremulously, but was silenced by a cold glare from Helian Qi.
Where on earth had this stupid woman run off to?
Helian Qi ordered all his informants in Dongguan City to look for Dongfang Yi. He even sent servants from the Wu Mansion to gather information, but there was no news of her until nightfall.
It was not until Ru Yi came back with the news that the owner of a restaurant had seen Dongfang Yi drinking in his restaurant today. But in the end, the young lady didn't leave through the front door, and there was no one left on the second floor.
Helian Qi rushed to the restaurant immediately. On the second floor, he saw the room with the white curtain. He asked the owner who had been in this room today, but the owner shook his head and said there had been no guests in this room today.
But there was an obvious smell of alcohol in the room, and there were broken wine jar fragments on the floor. The shopkeeper still shook his head, looking confused.
Helian Qi had someone search the whole room carefully. Finally, they found a pendant under the bench. On the sandalwood pendant, there was a clear carving of a black - hawk totem. He tightened his hand around the pendant, and a killing intent flashed in his eyes.
It was the Black - Hawk Society again.
After returning to the Wu family, Helian Qi took Ru Yi into the room of Wu Jian, the eldest son of the Wu family.
When they entered, Wu Jian was on the couch, flirting with a maid. When he saw his door being suddenly pushed open, he roared angrily with annoyance on his face, "What are you doing! Do you want to die?"
Ru Yi took two quick steps, grabbed him by the shoulder, and forced him to the ground. Then he said to the maid beside him, "Get out!"
The maid quickly wrapped up her clothes and fled the scene in a hurry.
"When is the next transaction of the Black - Hawk Society?" Ru Yi asked, pressing hard on his shoulder.
Wu Jian couldn't bear the pain of being held down and cried out. He immediately shouted, "Tomorrow night! Tomorrow night!"
Hearing the answer, Ru Yi looked back at Helian Qi. Seeing him turn around and leave Wu Jian's room, he then let go of him.
"Sir, let me go and rescue the young lady tomorrow." Ru Yi followed Helian Qi, his eyes firm.
"I'll go too." Helian Qi shook his head but didn't confirm Ru Yi's idea. He originally planned to gradually disintegrate the Black - Hawk Society, but he didn't expect them to touch the person they should never have touched. Since that was the case, he didn't need to show any mercy.