Li Shiyan firmly believed that Jiang Bin harbored ill intentions, and was certain there was something wrong with the cup of tea before him.

His mind had always worked quickly. After deliberating for a moment, he thought of a solution. Smiling secretly to himself, he planned to give Jiang Bin a show of force, to make him understand his proper position and not assume that just because Wang Huai was dead, he had already taken the position of the top leader.

“Very well, this humble heir accepts this cup of wine, only…”

Jiang Bin suddenly felt a trace of unease and asked, “Only what?”

Li Shiyan stood up, picked up that cup of wine and swirled it, his eyes cunning, the corners of his lips curved in a sinister smile as he said, “You also know that the grudge between this heir and Wang Huai was the greatest. But now he’s already dead, so there’s no way to reconcile face to face. However, the dead are dead! Since we want to wipe the slate clean of past matters, naturally we must include him.”

“What do you mean?”

“Hehe.”

Li Shiyan slowly tilted the wine cup in his hand outward. As the cup tilted, the wine inside flowed to the ground like a waterfall.

Not a single drop remained!

Jiang Bin was immediately dumbfounded. “…You?”

“That cup just now, consider it my toast to Wang Huai. My grudge with him is wiped clean.” As Li Shiyan spoke, he once again seized the wine pot from Jiang Bin’s hand, poured another cup, and poured it on the ground again, saying, “Grudges are never just between two people. After all, it was Zhao Quanzhi who killed Wang Huai. Now he’s also paid the price, and has been sentenced to death! So this second cup, consider it my toast to Wang Huai on behalf of Zhao Quanzhi, hoping that the two of them can reconcile in the underworld, and be good people in their next lives!”

“…”

Li Shiyan poured another cup and once again spoke at length: “This third cup is my toast to Zhao Quanzhi. After all, we were brothers.”

“…”

“The fourth cup is your toast to Zhao Quanzhi, wiping clean all grudges and resentments.”

When Li Shiyan was about to pour the fifth cup, he thought about it and simply opened the wine pot lid, pouring all the wine inside onto the ground, saying, “Zhao Quanzhi always loved to drink. All of this can be considered a toast to him.”

At this point, Jiang Bin was completely dumbfounded!

For a moment he felt like something was stuck in his throat!

He thought to himself, could it be that Li Shiyan knew he had added medicine to the wine, and that’s why he resorted to this strategy?

But this didn’t match Li Shiyan’s style. If he knew Jiang Bin had added medicine to the wine pot, he would definitely expose it in front of everyone. He absolutely wouldn’t hold it in.

“Oh my, we’re out of wine!” Li Shiyan put on a regretful appearance and shoved the empty wine pot back to Jiang Bin, hooking his lips in a sinister smile. “It seems the reconciliation wine between us will have to wait until next time. But don’t worry, next time I’ll definitely bring a pot of superior quality wine, and then we’ll reconcile in front of everyone.”

Jiang Bin suddenly came to his senses, his face showing fierce anger as he roared, “Li Shiyan, you did it on purpose! You never intended to reconcile with me at all.”

“Hahaha, did your brain get waterlogged? Only now do you understand? This heir did it on purpose! And I fundamentally don’t want to reconcile with you. With your status, you’re not qualified to drink this cup of wine with this heir!”

“You…”

“What? Got a problem with that? This heir isn’t even afraid of that Wang Huai kid, would I fear a little beast like you who hasn’t even grown all your hair yet?”

Li Shiyan puffed out his chest, his eyebrows raised upward, completely looking like he deserved a beating.

Because of the wine-pouring incident just now, people on the third floor of Saixian Tower all noticed what was happening here.

Pairs of spectating eyes all fell on the two of them.

Jiang Bin felt both embarrassed and enraged. He had originally wanted to give Li Shiyan a show of force, but unexpectedly had the tables turned on him.

Now he was in an impossible position either way.

Unable to save face!

“Li Shiyan, don’t bully people with your words!”

“This isn’t the first day you’ve known me. I have plenty of skills when it comes to bullying people. If you want to experience them, I can let you taste them one by one.”

Jiang Bin’s face turned red with anger, his fists clenched tight.

But—his temperament was ultimately different from Wang Huai’s and Li Shiyan’s. Faced with this kind of situation, Wang Huai and Li Shiyan would probably already be fighting, but he deeply understood the consequences, so he tried hard to stay calm and absolutely could not act impulsively! Moreover, today was the Courtesan Selection, a grand competition organized by the court. Many court officials had already arrived. If he couldn’t control himself and made a scene with Li Shiyan, he might end up suffering for it.

So—he suppressed the fire in his heart and smiled eerily: “Forget it. I, Jiang Bin, am not a petty person. An heir is still an heir, with the Marquis Manor backing him up. Who doesn’t know that every time you cause trouble, it’s the Marquis of Kangding who wipes your ass! A snot-nosed brat causing trouble outside and still needing elders to clean up the mess! If I were you, I would have died of shame long ago.”

“Who are you calling a snot-nosed brat!”

Sure enough, Jiang Bin’s words just now had accurately struck Li Shiyan’s weak spot.

Jiang Bin continued: “I’m talking about you! I think you should hurry back now and let that Marquis father of yours take charge for you.”

“What a dog thing that can’t spit out ivory from a dog’s mouth!” Li Shiyan lost his temper and grabbed Jiang Bin’s collar, about to swing his fist down, but was timely caught by Little Luzi at his side.

Little Luzi’s face showed worry as he spoke into his ear: “Young master, you absolutely must not! The Marquis is downstairs. If he finds out, you won’t be allowed to go anywhere in the future.”

Li Shiyan’s expression changed!

Jiang Bin continued to provoke him: “By the way, I heard the young master was rejected by the Zhu Manor! How humiliating.”

After speaking, he let out a series of mocking laughs.

Li Shiyan didn’t take his rejected engagement to heart at all, nor did he feel ashamed, but being spoken of this way by Jiang Bin made him extremely angry.

“Seeking death! Watch me knock out your teeth!”

When Li Shiyan was about to strike, he was again held back by Little Luzi, who reminded him: “Young master, calm down! The Marquis! The Marquis is downstairs!”

Uh!

Li Shiyan seemed to come to his senses.

This Jiang Bin was deliberately trying to provoke him.

Fortunately he realized it!

And at this occasion, he absolutely could not cause trouble!

So under Little Luzi’s pulling, he released Jiang Bin.

“Jiang Bin, today I’ll temporarily spare you. A gentleman’s revenge is never too late—you’d better not fall into my hands.” His tone was full of threat.

“Hmph! What’s the use of saying so much! If you want to fight, then hurry up and fight. Otherwise, I’m leaving.” Jiang Bin’s tone carried provocation.

“Get lost! Don’t be an eyesore in front of this heir!”

“How pathetic!” Jiang Bin threw down these words, gave a flourish of his sleeves, turned around and threw the empty wine pot to the trembling waiter standing to the side, then really did leave.

This smokeless battle thus ended.

They didn’t notice that when Jiang Bin had just mentioned Li Shiyan being rejected, Zhu Yao sitting in another corner looked extremely upset.

Her eyes also carried a faint sadness.

After Jiang Bin returned to his own seat, he very much had the appearance of someone returning victorious from battle.

Man A gave him a thumbs up: “Jiang Bin, you’re too amazing! That smug look on Li Shiyan’s face just now immediately deflated.”

Man B also chimed in: “Exactly! It was time to dampen his sharp edge. Otherwise, he really thinks he’s the emperor himself, doing whatever he wants in Yanjing City.”

Man C, however, said to Jiang Bin with some concern: “But Jiang Bin, you’ve now thoroughly offended Li Shiyan. With his personality, he’ll definitely retaliate against you. You need to be careful.”

Heh! Jiang Bin sneered coldly. He glanced at Li Shiyan being held down by Little Luzi across from him and said disdainfully: “I’m not Wang Huai. To deal with someone, you can’t rely entirely on brute force. No matter how capable Li Shiyan is, he can’t cover the sky with one hand. I, Jiang Bin, am no pushover either. If he wants to fight, then I’ll fight him to the death!”