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Chapter 2586 The Overconfident Fool

"Come on, Begonia, have a taste. This is some good wine I got from Xiao He."

Sha Zhu was afraid that Yu Haitang would cause him trouble, so he quickly took out the wine he had gotten from He Yuzhu and poured it for Yu Haitang.

Xu Damao's expression changed when he saw it.

Back then, he wanted to get Yu Haitang drunk and then take the opportunity to do something naughty.

He's done this kind of thing far too many times. He'll first dazzle women with money, then pretend to be drunk.

This move has never failed; the only time it failed was because of Yu Haitang.

The money knocked Yu Haitang unconscious, but he didn't drink it. He missed a great opportunity.

The wine He Yuzhu gave us tasted good, but the quantity was limited. If Yu Haitang took a liking to it, would there be any left?

"Silly Zhu, Haitang is here. What are you doing with half a bottle of wine?"

"Get me some good wine. Haitang, I have an unopened bottle of Moutai here; let's drink that."

Xu Damao's actions were rather abrupt, which aroused Yu Haitang's curiosity.

Yu Haitang turned her head and stared at Xu Damao: "What kind of bad intentions are you plotting now?"

"What bad intentions could I possibly have? I just thought we haven't seen each other in so long, we should definitely drink to our hearts' content. We have that bottle of good wine." Xu Damao felt guilty and didn't dare to look at Yu Haitang.

Sha Zhu didn't understand what was going on and said, "Why are you so stingy? If we're talking about good wine, what wine can compare to the bottle in my hand?"

Begonia, don't listen to him, let's drink this. Let me tell you, this wine is a specially brewed medicinal wine. After drinking it, your body will feel warm and comfortable.

However, you can't drink too much of this wine; just this one glass.

Xu Damao looked at Shazhu as if he were an idiot, and even covered his forehead with his hand.

He was muttering something, and you had to listen carefully to make out that he was saying "it's over."

Yu Haitang turned her head again and looked at the wine bottle in Sha Zhu's hand.

"Since it's good wine, we should drink more. Are you worried that I can't hold my liquor?"

Don't worry, with my drinking capacity, I can easily outdrink two noobs like you.

"No, that's not what I meant, I..." Sha Zhu realized he was in trouble; Yu Haitang had her eye on the bottle of wine.

Such fine wine, neither he nor Xu Damao dared to drink much of it; they usually locked it in the cabinet.

Taking advantage of Sha Zhu's outstretched hand, Yu Haitang snatched the wine bottle away.

"I'd like to see what kind of wine can make you two so stingy."

There are four of us, and this half-bottle of wine isn't enough for us.

"Drink this half bottle first. If that's not enough, then drink the other bottle of Moutai."

"No way!" Sha Zhu and Xu Damao both panicked at the same time.

The two of them only drink about a qian (a unit of weight) of wine a day, and the remaining half bottle is enough for them to drink for several days.

They drank several days' worth of medicine in one day; that would kill them.

"Look how stingy you two are," Yu Haitang said with a look of disdain.

The more you forbid her from drinking, the more curious she becomes.

Ignoring the two of them, Yu Haitang picked up the glass of wine that Sha Zhu had poured and downed it in one gulp.

"The taste is not bad. No wonder you guys are so stingy."

As he spoke, he poured himself another glass of wine.

After pouring, Yu Haitang put down her wine glass and said, "What are you all standing there for? Eat!"

Sha Zhu snapped out of his daze, immediately snatched the wine, and handed it to Xu Damao.

Xu Damao took the wine, quickly turned around, put it in the cabinet, and locked it.

Only after Xu Damao locked the door did Sha Zhu and Xu Damao relax.

Yu Haitang was dumbfounded by the swift movements.

After she hung the lock, she said, "When did you all become so stingy?"

Sha Zhu, weren't you quite generous when you gave Qin Huairu money? You gave her your salary before you even got married.

I only drank half a bottle of your wine, and you locked it up.

And you, Xu Damao, how come you've become so stingy too?

“We’re not stingy at all,” Sha Zhu and Xu Damao answered at the same time. The two already had a good understanding, and the longer they lived together, the closer that understanding became.

The two realized that the other was saying the same thing and even looked at each other.

Then Xu Damao spoke up first: "It's not that we're stingy. If you want to drink Moutai, I can buy you as much as you want."

This wine is really bad.

Xiao He doesn't have much wine either.

We both usually drink from these small, one-cent cups.

“Yes,” Sha Zhu immediately chimed in, “You can’t buy this kind of wine anywhere else.”

This is all we have; we usually can't bear to drink it. I only brought it out to treat you since you're here.

"Let's drink Moutai. You can have as much as you want, I'll make sure you have enough."

Yu Haitang smiled and looked at Sha Zhu: "You're quite generous."

"That's right. What kind of relationship do we have? Now that you're here, I'll definitely treat you well," Sha Zhu said, patting his chest.

"You got the money back from Qin Huairu?" Yu Haitang asked.

They had known each other for decades, and Yu Haitang knew Qin Huairu very well.

After Yu Haitang got divorced, she saw that Sha Zhu had become the cafeteria manager and even wanted to marry him.

Later, Qin Huairu discovered this and went to Yu Haitang to brag about it.

Sha Zhu's salary is all in Qin Huairu's hands.

It was precisely for this reason that Yu Haitang decisively gave up on Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu hadn't even married Qin Huairu yet, but he had already given all his salary to her.

At that moment, Yu Haitang knew that Sha Zhu had been tied up by Qin Huairu.

Later, when she opened a restaurant, Yu Haitang learned a lot of information from Sha Zhu.

Every day when Sha Zhu returned to the courtyard house, the first thing Qin Huairu did was search Sha Zhu's pockets and take all the money out of them.

Whether there was more or less money, Qin Huairu would always use the pretext of doing what was best for Sha Zhu to ask him all the questions clearly.

The principle is simple: don't let Sha Zhu have too much money in his pocket.

Even when she was at her most fiercely fighting with Lou Xiao'e, as long as Sha Zhu came home, Qin Huairu would force him to hand over the money.

After Lou Xiao'e left, Sha Zhu stopped going out to work and had no money left in his pocket.

Aside from Qin Huairu giving the money to Sha Zhu, Yu Haitang couldn't think of any other reason why Sha Zhu would have the audacity to say that.

As for Xu Damao, he's lucky if he can even keep himself from starving; he simply can't afford Moutai liquor.

Sha Zhu quickly said, "This is what I asked for. If she doesn't give me the money, I'll go to the restaurant and cause trouble, ruining its business."

They couldn't bear to give up the restaurant's business, so they could only give me money.

"Would Qin Huai really be so obedient as to give me the money?" Yu Haitang still didn't believe it.

Qin Huairu was notoriously stingy. He would borrow a bowl of cornmeal from someone and never return it.

With so much money, given Qin Huairu's personality, how could she possibly give it to Sha Zhu so easily?

In order to convince Yu Haitang, Sha Zhu went out of his way to tell her about forcing Qin Huairu to ask for money.

Finally, Sha Zhu said smugly, "How about that? I already told you, I'm now an enemy of the Jia family."

I will never let the Jia family off the hook in my lifetime. Don't keep doubting me.

Yu Haitang nodded slightly as she listened to Sha Zhu's boasting.

Given the things Qin Huai did, it's only right that he suffered such retribution.

"Well done. Why didn't you have these skills before?"

Xu Damao truly lives up to his reputation as Sha Zhu's frenemy; he was on Sha Zhu's side just a moment ago, but now he's betrayed him.

"What skills could he possibly have? He learned all of these from Qin Huairu."

Qin Huairu used to be the one to deal with him.

"My tactic is called fighting poison with poison," Sha Zhu immediately retorted. (End of Chapter)