Chapter 278: Chapter 278: An Eye for an Eye

Li Wanru also sensed something was off.

She felt that this man was targeting Lin Qi, trying to undermine him by humiliating her.

But she wanted the money so badly!

Where in the world would money come to you without any effort?

Just drink a few glasses and earn two months’ salary!

She didn’t have Lin Qi’s pride; besides, pride won’t fill your stomach!

Lin Qi looked at Li Wanru: “Wanru, do you really want this money?”

Li Wanru nodded: “Yes. If I drink, will he really give me the money?”

Lin Qi said: “If you want it, you drink.”

The crowd looked on with glee.

Li Wanru picked up the first glass and sipped it.

Suddenly, the man exclaimed: “Hey!? You want to drink straight away? If you sip like that, will you drink until dawn?”

Hearing this, Li Wanru hurriedly gulped down the rest of the drink.

Until not a drop was left in the glass, she tried to reach out, picked up the $200 hidden underneath, and pocketed it all.

Laughter erupted in the private room.

The men watched delightedly, while the women covered their mouths and giggled.

“For money, she really doesn’t care about face.”

“Just look, a country bumpkin, only seeing money in her eyes!”

Li Wanru didn’t listen to these remarks, by now she had finished the second glass. Although her face was getting flushed, after two glasses, her face reddened, but in fact, she held her liquor well and two pounds of white wine wouldn’t make her waft.

The man was egging her on from the side: “Keep going, keep going!”

He didn’t believe Li Wanru could finish these six drinks in one go and take all the money!

He dared to bet so much money only after hearing Li Wanru said she couldn’t drink.

Who knew, by the fourth glass, Li Wanru showed no sign of drunkenness.

Others in the room looked uneasy; nobody expected Li Wanru to drink so well.

Didn’t she say she was a weak drinker?

The man was visibly nervous: “Don’t force yourself if you can’t drink! Lin Qi, persuade your sister, doesn’t she need to work and carry plates? How can she work if she drinks herself drunk?”

Lin Qi said: “Let her drink if she wants. Are you starting to begrudge the money?”

The deeper she drank, the more money there was.

$3,200 was riding on the fifth drink, and by the sixth, it was $6,400.

Li Wanru picked up the fifth glass, downed it in one go, and satisfyingly claimed the $3,200 as her own.

The man got restless, stood up: “Stop drinking!”

Angrily flushing, he realized the $12,000 was his half-month’s performance bonus, and if Li Wanru drank it all, his half month’s efforts would be for naught.

Lin Qi sneered: “Don’t stop her; let her drink.”

Speaking, she looked at Li Wanru: “Wanru, will you drink more?”

Li Wanru picked up the sixth glass without hesitation, downed it neatly, wiped the corner of her mouth with her sleeve, and reached for the $6,400 on the table.

The man instinctively tried to block it: “How can you drink so much? Why did you say you couldn’t drink just now?”

He watched as Li Wanru fearlessly drained six glasses without a flicker in her gaze, feeling like he took a big fall.

Maeve interjected: “Okay, that’s enough fooling around!”

Lin Qi gently pushed the man’s hand away, stuffed the $6,400 into Li Wanru’s hand, “Wanru, once you’ve finished drinking, just leave!”

Li Wanru addressed the room: “I’ve drunk for my sister, don’t force her to drink anymore.”

After saying that, clutching more than $12,000, she left the private room contentedly.

The man watched her go, walking so steadily, and was stunned: “She… she tricked us!”

Lin Qi raised an eyebrow and suddenly pulled out her wallet: “Didn’t you say earlier that you would drink if I give you money?”

As she spoke, she placed six wine glasses in front of her and, mimicking the man’s earlier bets, stacked money beneath each glass: “Feeling sorry for the money, huh? Now it’s your turn to drink. Just like my sister, you drink a glass; you take a glass’s money.”

She then filled the six glasses with white liquor.

The man’s eyes bulged.

He hadn’t expected Lin Qi to really take out the money.

The same $12,600, not a penny more, not a penny less.

Lin Qi said coldly: “Drink up!”

“Lin Qi, aren’t you going too far?”

“Yeah, it’s just a joke between colleagues, why are you taking it so seriously?”

Lin Qi retorted: “What, can’t handle a joke? Only he’s allowed to joke with me?” she looked at the man, “Are you going to drink or not? If you don’t, admit that you’re a coward, even less forthright than a woman like my sister.”

The man immediately stood up, “I’ll drink!”

“Ah Cheng, just let it go! That’s more than two pounds of liquor in these six glasses! How can you drink it?”

Lin Qi mocked: “Yes, just let it go. What does it matter if you admit you’re a coward, will you lose a piece of flesh?”

“Dammit!” The man clenched his teeth, picked up the glass, and emptied it.

Everyone was dumbstruck!

Looks like he’s really going for it!

The man pocketed the $200 and continued to drink the second and third glasses rapidly.

But by the fourth glass, holding the cup in his hand, he was already unsteady on his feet.

In less than two minutes, having drank over a pound and a half of white liquor, his throat and stomach felt ablaze.

Yet three glasses were only $1,400!

He wanted to recoup the $12,600 he was about to lose!

But the fourth glass just couldn’t go down anymore.

Lin Qi said coldly: “Don’t stop now. Is that all you can do?”

Picking up the $1,600 from beneath the fourth glass, she smashed it onto his face: “This glass is worth $1,600, are you drinking or not?”

Unable to bear it, Maeve grabbed her hand: “Lin Qi, haven’t you had enough? He’s my subordinate, whose face are you trying to tear down?”

Lin Qi turned to her: “So will you drink for him? If not, shut up!”

Maeve angrily said: “Why don’t you drink?”

Lin Qi replied: “Put up the money, and you’ll see if I drink. No money, then shut up!”

Maeve couldn’t swallow her pride and asked: “You want money to drink, how much for one glass?”

Without hesitation, Lin Qi declared: “The first glass for $20,000, the second for $40,000, the third for $80,000. And so on.”

Maeve inhaled sharply: “You really have no shame, glorifying yourself?”

Lin Qi sneered: “Sorry, but I’m that expensive. Some people are worth $200 a glass, and some $20,000 a glass. If you can’t afford it, don’t play this game with me!”

So, money truly can do whatever it wants, trampling on other people’s dignity!

She was glad that she still had some savings, with millions in the bank, not to be subjected to such humiliation!

Lin Qi looked at the man to the side.

Within a few words, he had collapsed into the chair, got completely drunk after bingeing so suddenly.

Lin Qi raised an eyebrow: “That’s all you’re capable of, you couldn’t take it past the fourth glass.”