Top Grade Pure Beauty CEO

Li Xiaoyao's cigarette had burned down to the filter as he casually dropped it on the ground and stopped. He then fished out another from his pocket and slowly lit it up.

Li Xiaoyao walked with his left hand in his pocket and his right hand holding the cigarette, taking puffs as he went.

The silent San Tiao Alley, the howling wind, and Li Xiaoyao with his cigarette—these elements came together to create a striking image.

All the onlookers held their breath, wanting to know how this man, with his overwhelming combat strength, would handle Wang Xiaomao.

As soon as Li Xiaoyao approached, Wang Xiaomao bent his knees and fell to the ground with a thud.

Wang Xiaomao knelt on the ground, clutching at Li Xiaoyao's legs out of sheer terror, his voice quivering as he spoke.

"I was blind not to recognize Mount Tai," Wang Xiaomao pleaded. "Big brother, spare me, okay?"

Li Xiaoyao kicked him over, stepped on his face, slowly crouched down, flicked the ash from the cigarette in his hand, and then chuckled, "You brought over a hundred people to block me, and now you want me to spare you? How do you expect me to face my brothers?"

Tears and snot streamed down Wang Xiaomao's face from sheer terror. He genuinely feared Li Xiaoyao, a tough guy who could fight a hundred people on his own. There might not be a second person like that in the entire Ling City. This was someone he definitely couldn't afford to provoke.

Li Xiaoyao slowly stood up, his gaze sweeping around him. Everyone who made eye contact with him involuntarily shuddered.

Suddenly, Li Xiaoyao lifted his foot and stomped down viciously on Wang Xiaomao's head.

"Bang!"

Wang Xiaomao's head made intimate contact with the ground, his eyes rolled back, and he passed out.

After finishing, Li Xiaoyao turned and said, "Let's go."

The onlookers were still immersed in the impact of Li Xiaoyao's kick, thinking that at the very least, Wang Xiaomao would end up with a concussion.

Zhao Ge and the others followed behind Li Xiaoyao, and as they passed by, the crowd automatically parted, each person looking at Li Xiaoyao with a mix of fear and respect.

Li Xiaoyao, along with Zhao Ge and others, entered the Troubled Times Beauty Bar. The bar had already started business for the day, and the staff, having just witnessed Li Xiaoyao's ferocious behavior outside, greeted them with smiles, "Boss, what drink would you like?"

Without looking at the menu, Li Xiaoyao said directly, "Bring ten dozen Carlsberg and two bottles of Hennessy first."

The bartender nodded, turned, and quickly went to get the drinks.

In less than five minutes, all the drinks were brought. The bartender didn't mention payment but quietly slipped away instead.

"Li Ge, how did you train to get such skills?" asked Zhuo Li, a former soldier, looking at Li Xiaoyao curiously.

"I trained with an old man in the village when I was a kid. Winter training for three-nines and summer training for three-fus. Stick with it for over twenty years, and you can be just like me," Li Xiaoyao said with a smile, though of course, it was all fabricated to deceive.

Fortunately, Zhuo Li and the others didn't question it. Having been soldiers for several years, they knew well that developing martial skills required daily dedication to practice.

The group was drinking beer and boasting. After the afternoon's bathing service and the recent brawl, their admiration for Li Xiaoyao grew even more.

The bartender ran to the office and relayed the events to the boss, who then instructed the bartender to take the best bottle of foreign liquor from stock. Holding the bottle, the boss approached Li Xiaoyao's table.

Li Xiaoyao noticed a middle-aged man, in his thirties or forties, dressed in what seemed like expensive clothes, carrying a bottle of foreign liquor and smiling as he approached.

Zhao Ge, Zhuo Li, and the others also noticed the man and immediately looked at him with suspicion.

The middle-aged man approached with a smile, "I'm the General Manager of Chaotic Beauty, my name is Hu Fei. How may I address the owner here?"

Not wanting to slap a smiling face, Li Xiaoyao also smiled, "My last name is Li."

"So you are Owner Li, I've heard much about you." Hu Fei placed the foreign liquor on the coffee table and said, "Owner Li, your visit today is such an honor, unfortunately, I haven't prepared anything special. This bottle is from my private collection, I've brought it out specifically to welcome you. Additionally, today's expenses are all on the house."

Li Xiaoyao watched Hu Fei with a grin. This Hu Fei really knew how to deal with people; most likely, he had found out about his recent heroic deeds and thus made every effort to curry favor with him.

After Hu Fei had offered a drink to each person, just as he was about to bid farewell, Li Xiaoyao suddenly gestured to him and said, "Manager Hu, please sit here."

Hu Fei was taken aback, but dared not say anything and sat down next to Li Xiaoyao.

Carefully, Hu Fei asked, "Is there anything you would like to instruct, Owner Li?" Explore new worlds at empire

Li Xiaoyao patted his shoulder and said, "I've heard that your boss is from Zhu Island City, right?"

Hu Fei nodded and replied, "Indeed, Boss Huo is from Zhu Island City."

Li Xiaoyao said, "Could you do me a favor, Manager Hu? Call your Boss Huo and tell him I need to talk to him about something."

Hu Fei didn't know what Li Xiaoyao wanted with Boss Huo, but he didn't dare to ask. He simply nodded and said, "Alright, I'll call Boss Huo right away."

Li Xiaoyao smiled and said, "Thank you, Manager Hu."

Manager Hu waved his hands saying there was no need for thanks, jokingly, in his eyes, Li Xiaoyao's smile was no different from the Grim Reaper's.

Manager Hu made the call to Boss Huo in front of Li Xiaoyao, and a few minutes later, he hung up, turned to Li Xiaoyao, and said, "Boss Huo will be here shortly."

Li Xiaoyao smiled and said, "Oh, what a coincidence."

"Yes, yes, a real coincidence," Manager Hu secretly wiped sweat from his forehead.

Half an hour later, three men walked in from outside the bar. The man in the middle was not tall and had a potbelly, probably around 1.7 meters tall, while the two men beside him were tall, strong, and stoic.

As soon as the man entered, Manager Hu quickly got up, walked over, and called out, "Boss Huo, you've arrived."

This short, plump man was the behind-the-scenes owner of Chaotic Beauty, Boss Huo.

Manager Hu said a few words to Boss Huo and then pointed towards where Li Xiaoyao was sitting.

After speaking, Boss Huo walked over to Li Xiaoyao.

"Young Master Li is quite young," Boss Huo greeted Li Xiaoyao as 'Young Master Li', seemingly a common badge of address among Zhu Island City inhabitants.

Li Xiaoyao smiled, shook hands with Boss Huo, poured a drink, and said, "Boss Huo, I've come to see you today, actually, to discuss a business deal."

Boss Huo uh'd, looked at him with some surprise, took a sip from the drink Li Xiaoyao had poured, and said, "May I ask what Owner Li wishes to discuss?"

Cradling the glass in his hand, Li Xiaoyao swirled it gently, causing the liquid to slide back and forth against the crystal clear wall of the glass. With an air of nonchalance, he said, "I'm fond of Chaotic Beauty, name your price."

[Third update delivered, going to sleep, fourth update will be written tomorrow during the day...]