"To the guests in the back, please stop lining up! We’re at full capacity!"
"What gives, boss? Do you even want our business? How can you be full with just this many people? What kind of crappy bar is this?"
"We’re fine without seats! Just give us so standing room tickets."
Hearing this, a vein throbbed on You Wei’s forehead. He wanted to roar, ’This is a fucking bar, not so old-tiy train!’
’Standing room tickets... These people are really sothing else.’
"What the hell? Jiang Qin works in a small bar like this that can only hold twenty thousand people?"
"Boss, do you even know how to make money? Can’t you expand the bar?"
You Wei wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was done dealing with this unreasonable crowd.
But he couldn’t. He was a businessman. If he was rude to custors today, he’d probably be out of business by tomorrow.
"Please, everyone, be patient! We’ve already contacted a construction crew. We’ll be able to expand in a few days."
Fortunately, he’d had the foresight to buy the adjacent property on Jiang Qin’s very first day.
He just had a premonition that he would eventually need to expand.
He just hadn’t expected it to happen so soon. It had caught him completely unprepared.
At least this way, he avoided the risk of being price-gouged.
"Then let everyone else co back in a few days. We females should have priority entry, right?"
A girl in a lavish gown stood outside, arrogantly surveying the crowd before her.
She was accompanied by several handso males.
Judging by their numbers, it wasn’t hard to tell the girl was a B-level female at minimum.
There were many other females waiting nearby, each accompanied by at least one male.
With her taking the lead, the other girls chid in, "That’s right! As females, we should get priority, shouldn’t we?"
"You all agree, right?"
Nearly all the males she glanced at gave the sa answer.
Even though they knew the females were just there to have a good ti, there weren’t many of them in total. So, they figured, why not let them have priority?
Besides, maybe their gentlemanly deference would win them so favor with the females.
And so, the waiting females led their companions into the bar, taking all the booths at the front.
By seven-thirty, the entire bar was packed.
If You Wei hadn’t been worried about upsetting the other guests and desperately held back the people who wanted to stand inside, the aisles would probably be cramd with people by now.
It was both a pain and a pleasure.
"A pitcher of Inhibitor for Booth 3, 38,888 Star Coins."
"Booth 6 ordered dancers! Hurry up and get those Half-beastn from backstage on stage!"
"We’ve got a lot of custors tonight, including a good number of Beastman females. Everyone stay alert and prevent any incidents."
You Wei wasn’t the only one who was busy; Zhu Yongkang was swamped too.
They had guessed Jiang Qin would get popular, but they never expected it to happen so fast, so suddenly.
As a result, they were now facing shortages of space, staff, and stock.
***
Booth Seven.
Jiang Ruhai’s face was grim as he sat in silence.
Three boys sat beside him, all looking to be around his age—sixteen or seventeen.
All four were drinking fruit juice-flavored Inhibitors.
The boy with the slightly curly black hair kept craning his neck toward the front.
"I hear Jiang Qin doesn’t sing until eight o’clock. It should be soon."
"I wonder if she sounds as good live as she does on her streams!" the blond boy added, also looking on in eager anticipation.
Only Jiang Ruhai and a round-faced boy didn’t speak.
Jiang Ruhai in particular seed to be caught in an awkward predicant ever since they’d arrived.
"Ruhai, why are you so quiet? By the way, how co you never told us you had another sister?"
They’d all made a pact to introduce each other to any suitable sisters they might have.
But before, they only knew Jiang Ruhai had a sister nad Jiang Ruming; they didn’t know he had another one.
Faced with his friend’s question, Jiang Ruhai blurted out, "She’s not my sister!"
The three of them exchanged bewildered glances.
That left them even more confused. Could the genetic matching report Jiang Qin had published be fake?
The blond boy quickly tried to smooth things over. "Never mind, never mind. It seems like it was just a misunderstanding. Let’s just relax and wait for the music."
"I’m going to the restroom."
However, instead of going to the restroom, Jiang Ruhai headed backstage.
He was stopped by a staff mber. "Sir, this is a staff-only area. Only employees are allowed back here."
"I’m looking for Jiang Qin."
"And you are...?"
"Just tell her it’s Jiang Ruhai."
Hearing that he shared the surna Jiang, the staff mber’s mind imdiately raced, filling in the blanks about their relationship.
To be safe, he had a colleague guard the entrance while he went to find Jiang Qin.
’Jiang Ruhai? What’s he doing here?’
"Yes, that gentleman would like to see you. Should I let him in?"
Jiang Qin shook her head. "No, that’s not necessary. Just tell him I have nothing to do with the Jiang Family, and that he shouldn’t co looking for again."
’It was obvious. He couldn’t possibly be here at a ti like this to convince her to return to the Jiang Family.’
’He must be here for Jiang Ruming.’
’He probably wants to admit on the Star Network that I hard Jiang Ruming, or maybe to clarify that she was very good to , or sothing like that.’
’After all, plenty of people were cursing out Jiang Ruming today. It must have affected her return to school.’
Jiang Qin now felt nothing for these half-brothers of hers.
With his answer, the staff mber imdiately went out and turned Jiang Ruhai away.
Even from a distance, she could still hear his furious shouts.
"Jiang Qin, if you have the guts to harm people, why don’t you have the guts to admit it?
Do you think cutting ties with the Jiang Family can erase the fact that you hard our sister? In your dreams!"
"You have the guts to do it, but not to own up to it! I despise you for that!"
"Jiang Qin, get out here!"
Drawn by the sound, Zhu Yongkang ca over to ask what was happening.
The staff mber quickly explained what had happened, then added helplessly, "I tried reasoning with the gentleman, but he refuses to leave..."
He was just an employee; he didn’t dare to physically silence a guest or forcibly remove them.
Zhu Yongkang frowned, displeased. "Next ti soone like this appears, call security imdiately. If sothing were to happen to Miss Jiang, could you take responsibility for that?"
"What do you an by that? Is your bar going to kick out a custor?"
Zhu Yongkang was unfazed by Jiang Ruhai’s accusation. He replied coldly, "Soone who follows the rules is a guest. Soone who poses a threat to our staff is an intruder—a thug!
I must ask you to leave this place imdiately. Otherwise, our security will detain you and hand you over to the police."
"I’m Jiang Qin’s brother! You’re telling I can’t even co find her?"
"I don’t care who you are. If Miss Jiang doesn’t want to see you, then you can forget about forcing your way into our bar’s backstage area!
Please leave imdiately, sir. This is your final warning."
Jiang Ruhai’s fists clenched in fury. But under the man’s intense stare, he had no choice but to leave, filled with resentnt.
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