Ning Tao looked at Shen Jun with a calm face and no sign of emotion.

"Was it you who hurt my friend?" Shen Jun demanded in an icy voice.

"Yes," Ning Tao answered courtly. "Do you want to fight back?"

"I hit you?" Shen Jun let out a sneer. "Humph! Do you think I'm your level? To fight back, I don't even need to hit you myself."

"Ning Tao, do you know who he is?" Yang Hai spat. "How dare you speak to him like that?"

"I don't know who he is," Ning Tao replied and shook his head. "But I know the people who can be friends with you won't be at a high level."

"Very good! Ning Tao, I was gonna just ask you to get down on your knees and apologize to my friend. You can't blame me now that you're looking for trouble," Shen Jun burst out, took out his cell phone and made a call. As soon as the phone was connected, he cut to the chase and said, "Captain Chen, there is a criminal who once hurt someone. Come here with some men to take care of it."

Yang Hai looked at Ning Tao gloatingly.

But Ning Tao was unmoved.

"Are you afraid? Do you regret it? It's no use crying over spilt milk," Tian Mengjiao directly interpreted Ning Tao's calmness as fear.

Ning Tao smiled and opened his mouth. "Do you think I look frightened or regretful?"

Liang Ting then poured ridicule on him. "Ning Tao, you're such a stubborn man. I wonder who someone like you is going out to dinner with. Is she a woman of 50? Are you sure you're not sponging on someone? I know you have a crush on Mengjiao, but you should look in the mirror. Do you think you're good enough for her?"

Tian Mengjiao's face broke into a look of amazement. "He... he has a crush on me?" She cried with her hand over her mouth. "My G.o.d, I never said more than 20 sentences to him during the four years in college. That's disgusting!"

Ning Tao just smiled weakly. These two women used this way to please Yang Hai and Shen Jun, in order to have s.e.x with them, so as to live a life that could satisfy their vanity. He disdained to quarrel with such women.

At this point, a woman walked up to them quickly and stopped by Ning Tao's side.

She wore a black evening dress, which was perfectly tailored. The dress was low-cut and backless, perfectly showing off the curves of her body, making her hot yet dignified. On her neck wearing a string of precious sapphire necklace, and its pendant was the diamond of at least 30 carats, refracted lamplight, outstandingly bright and dazzling. Almost all the men and women in the restaurant were drawn to her. They all looked at her, and she became the brightest guest in the restaurant.

It was Lin Qingyu coming.

Liang Ting and Tian Mengjiao were both good-looking, but they were overshadowed by Lin Qingyu. They were not a patch on Lin Qingyu in looks, figure and temperament.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, Mr. Ning," Lin Qingyu apologized sincerely. On this particular occasion, she changed the address for Ning Tao.

Then Ning Tao responded with a polite smile and said, "Never mind. I haven't been here long, and you're worth the wait."

Lin Qingyu's eyes turned to the four opposite Ning Tao, and inquired, "Who are they?"

Tian Mengjiao and Liang Ting turned red in the face. They mocked Ning Tao for dating a 50-year-old woman just now, but actually his date outshone them in looks of which they were proud. What was more ridiculous was that Liang Ting claimed that Ning Tao had a crush on Tian Mengjiao, and that Tian Mengjiao cried like a b.i.t.c.h that it was disgusting. Now it seemed that it was actually them who were disgusting.

Yang Hai, who was a frequent visitor to high-end parties, stepped up and replied gracefully, "We're Ning Tao's cla.s.smates. Miss, may I have your name, please?"

Lin Qingyu didn't say anything.

Shen Jun stepped forward with a smile and graciously held out his right hand to Lin Qingyu, saying, "Good evening, Miss. May I have the honor of knowing your name? My name is Shen Jun."

Lin Qingyu did not extend her hand but answered, "Sorry, I am not used to shaking hands with a stranger."

Shen Jun's smile froze and then his face darkened.

Tian Mengjiao was p.i.s.sed off by her in difference and snapped, "Who are you? It's a great honor for you to shake hands with Brother Shen Jun. What's so great about you?"

Lin Qingyu frowned but did not quarrel with Tian Mengjiao.

Liang Ting chimed in, "You probably don't know anything about Ning Tao, do you? I have been cla.s.smates with him for four years, and I've never seen him buy any clothes or shoes worth more than 100 yuan, but he asked you out to dinner at this fancy restaurant when he's so dressed up. Be careful not to be tricked by him. We are kind to remind you. Don't be ungrateful."

Lin Qingyu's brow creased deeper. "I don't need your reminder! You're a nuisance. Can you stop talking?"

"You!" Liang Ting instantly got angry on the spot.

Lin Qingyu turned to Ning Tao and asked, "Mr. Ning, do you want them to go away?"

Ning Tao made a small nod.

Shen Jun sneered, "What an arrogant tone! It's all right that you didn't appreciate my friend's kind reminder. How could you brag unblus.h.i.+ngly that you're going to kick us out of the restaurant. Who do you think you are?"

"She probably thinks she's a queen or a princess. Do you really think you're something special? Is all the nutrition in your brain used to grow b.r.e.a.s.t.s?"

Suddenly Lin Qingyu snapped her fingers.

Then a waiter came up and politely asked, "Can I help you, Miss Lin?"

"These people are interrupting Mr. Ning and me for dinner. Ask them to get out of here," Lin Qingyu said.

The waiter immediately told the four, "Sorry, we can't serve you here tonight. Please get out of here."

Shen Jun laughed in anger. "I'm having a bad day. How dare a little waiter say that to me! Well, call your manager here. I'm his friend, and I'll ask him to fire you blind man!"

Before the waiter called the manager, their quarrel had drawn the manager of Second Paris. It was a middle-aged man in a suit and gla.s.ses.

Before the manager could open his mouth, Shen Jun began, "Dude, your staff asked me to go out. What do you say?"

Liang Ting and Tian Mengjiao looked at Ning Tao and Lin Qingyu with gloating eyes while imagining their embarra.s.sment when they were thrown out of the restaurant.

"You are lack of self-knowledge!" Yang Hai cursed courtly.

Just then the manager of the restaurant suddenly made a deep bow to Lin Qingyu and said, "Good evening, boss. It's my fault that you can't enjoy your meal."

Shen Jun, Yang Hai, Liang Ting, and Tian Mengjiao all froze, especially Shen Jun who was ashamed. A few seconds ago, he threatened to ask the manager to quit the waiter, but the restaurant manager who would stand by his side in his eyes was just an employee of Lin Qingyu!

It was awkward.

"Ask them out," Lin Qingyu ordered. "My restaurant doesn't welcome ill-bred customers."

The manager nodded and then bent slightly towards the four. "I'm sorry..."

"Humph! We don't need you to tell us to leave. We'll get out of here right now! It's just a lousy restaurant for eating. What's so great about it?" Liang Ting snarled. She seemed to forget that she told Ning Tao just now that this restaurant was so upscale that he should say to have dinner instead of to eat.

"Boy, good for you. We'll see you later," Shen Jun said, pointing to Ning Tao.

Ning Tao ignored his threat.

"Humph!" Shen Jun snorted and stormed off.

Yang Hai, Liang Ting, and Tian Mengjiao then followed him away.

The restaurant turned quiet.

"I'm really sorry to suffer such a situation when I invited you to dinner for the first time," Lin Qingyu said apologetically.

Ning Tao walked over to Lin Qingyu and pulled out a chair for her. "Miss Lin, sit down, please," Ning Tao said politely.

He wasn't supposed to know these table manners, but Jiang Hao gave him an impromptu ten-minute lesson before he came to the restaurant. Depending on his innate powerful ability to learn, he remembered them after Jiang Hao demonstrated or repeated them. Although he could not do it perfectly, it was pa.s.sable.

Lin Qingyu took her seat and Ning Tao sat back in his chair. "I didn't realize this restaurant was yours. I was wondering if I was going to be thrown out. You gave me such a surprise," he stated with a smile on his face.

"I've made some investments myself, and this restaurant is just one of them," Lin Qingyu explained.

"So it is. Let's not talk about those four jerks. Talk about your brother. Is he better?"

At the mention of Lin Qinghua, a sad look could be seen in Lin Qingyu's eyes. "He's not getting any better. I'm getting worried about him. You've seen him, and you know what role he's playing. He was sometimes sober the other day, but now he thinks he is Emperor Xuanzong of Tang all day long. He told me that he was going to Ma Wei post road to finish his wishes before I came here. Didn't he mean to die for Lady Yang? But I believe he doesn't even know what she looks like. If this continues, I'm worried about my brother..."

Ning Tao remained silent for a moment before he said, "Your brother needs isolation treatment in his current situation. If you believe me, take me to his lab. I can't cure your brother until I find the cause of his illness."

"Didn't I tell you? I had looked into my brother's research, but I didn't find anything about the project of ancestor seeking. I only heard him talk about it by accident."

"If you want me to treat your brother, then you have to do what I ask you," Ning Tao said. "Whoever asks me to treat a sick person must abide by my rules."

At this point, the waiter brought two appetizers.

As the waiter left, Lin Qingyu continued, "All right, I promise you to take you to my brother's lab, but I need my parents' consent to isolate my brother for treatment. It's going to take me a while to convince them." The she gave a heavy sigh. "Sometimes I just don't understand them. The best domestic hospitals could not even check out the cause of my brother's illness. What if we send him to the United States for treatment? America's technology is more advanced than ours, but not much more than ours. What worries me more is that the hospital in the United States has not confirmed the date of my brother's examination and treatment, and my brother has no time to wait."

"I think the hospital in the United States must have read the examination report from the hospital in Hua Country and thought they couldn't cure your brother, so they haven't made any appointment," Ning Tao said.

"Can you cure my brother?"

"Of course I can." Ning Tao didn't say that he would do his best to treat her brother. "But I have to do it my way, and you have to follow my rules."

"Well, I agree to take you to my brother's lab," Lin Qingyu said. "But I don't know if I can convince my parents to agree to isolation treatment for my brother."

"Go tell your father he can get the land that he wants as long as he agrees to this," Ning Tao said.

Lin Qingyu paused for a moment, and then a smile appeared on her lips. "That way I can make sure I can convince them. Let's dine first, and then I'll take you to my brother's lab. I hope you can find out why he is ill."

She didn't want to wait another night.