Chapter 83 - Li Pangzi

The nickname of the childhood friend Monkey introduced to Ye Chenfeng was Li Pangzi, which, as the name suggests, belonged to someone associated with “fatty” and clearly indicated someone quite accommodating in stature.Monkey originally wanted to meet Li Pangzi in a restaurant, but Li Pangzi disagreed over the phone, insisting they meet at Tianhai’s Spring Winter Tea House.

The Spring Winter Tea House in Tianhai was very famous, adorned with an antique style, offering a top-notch environment, and serving the highest quality tea leaves.

If the Spring Winter Tea House had existed in ancient times, it would have surely been the spot where scholars and literati aired their “fancies.” Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on NovᴇlFɪre.ɴet

However, the Spring Winter Tea House was not a place ordinary people dared to enter; a cup of the most basic tea sold for no less than five hundred yuan!

Not to mention the top-grade teas.

The clientele of Spring Winter Tea House generally comprised wealthy businessmen with money to burn, occasionally visiting to sit and savor a cup of exquisite tea, basking in the scholarly and refined atmosphere, hoping to shed some of their money’s vulgar scent.

When Monkey and Ye Chenfeng arrived at the Spring Winter Tea House, Li Pangzi had already been waiting in an elegant room, a tea cup firmly in his hefty palm, occasionally bringing it to his lips for a gentle sip.

“Li Pangzi, we haven’t seen each other for over a year, right?

How come you’ve taken a liking to this sort of place?” Monkey felt uneasy as soon as he stepped into the Spring Winter Tea House.

It was too damn quiet here, almost like a haven for old folks to enjoy their twilight years!

rolled his eyes at Monkey and said in a pretentious tone, “Ignorance, sheer ignorance!” In the midst of speaking, Li Pangzi truly exuded an air of being sober while others were drunk!

“Li Pangzi, cut the crap in front of me,” said Monkey, who was not the least bit impressed by Li Pangzi, and quickly introduced, “Li Pangzi, this is my boss, Ye Chenfeng.

From now on, you’ll call him boss too!”

set down his tea cup and sized up Ye Chenfeng, who stood next to Monkey.

While Li Pangzi was taking in Ye Chenfeng, Ye Chenfeng was also scrutinizing Li Pangzi.

With Ye Chenfeng’s keen observational skills, he knew Monkey’s childhood friend was no simple character, not as easily fooled as he appeared on the surface.

But when it came to businessmen, which one of them was easy to fool?

Otherwise, they would have gone back to farming long ago.

“Monkey, don’t you know me by now?

I just like to show off, after all, I don’t have that thing!” Li Pangzi’s chubby cheeks jiggled as he spoke, then he gestured for Ye Chenfeng and Monkey to sit down.

“Li Pangzi, we haven’t seen each other for over a year, and your figure seems to be trending towards that of a pregnant woman!

The reason I’m here is to bring you a fantastic opportunity, just for you—after all, we’re childhood friends.

You were the first one I thought of for this deal,” Monkey said as he poured tea for himself and Ye Chenfeng, then gulped down a cup without savoring the flavor at all.

frowned in pain and said, “What a waste, what a waste.

Monkey, do you know how much this tea costs per pot?

To let someone like you drink such fine tea is like playing the lute to a cow!”

Ye Chenfeng picked up the tea cup in front of him and gently took a sip.

The tea, fragrant and refreshing, qualified as High Grade, gliding down his throat and into his stomach, providing a soul-soothing sensation.

“This is indeed top-notch West Lake Dragon Well,” Ye Chenfeng couldn’t help but compliment.

’s fat-laden face finally broke into a smile as he said, “Monkey, your boss really lives up to being your boss, this tea is certainly not wasted on him!”

“Monkey, tell me why you called me out this time.

I heard you were kicked out of the Wangs.

You’re probably not here to bring me any good news, are you?” Li Pangzi continued.

Ye Chenfeng took over from Li Pangzi and said, “Monkey is just the middleman in this matter.

The person who really wants to find you is me.

It goes like this…”

After Ye Chenfeng briefly described the situation with the beauty product “Quick Beauty,” Li Pangzi’s heart surged with excitement.

If “Quick Beauty” truly had the effects Ye Chenfeng described—if it could remove freckles, melasma, and other imperfections from a woman’s face within a week and could maintain the skin’s beauty year-round without any side effects—then based on Li Pangzi’s years of experience in business, such a beauty product would surely cause a stir in Huaxia Country, and even the whole world, once it hit the market.

“Ye Big Brother, is what you’re saying true?

Does “Quick Beauty” really have the effects you mentioned?” Li Pangzi was no longer so distant with Ye Chenfeng.

Although he didn’t address him as “boss” like Monkey did, he still went directly to calling him Ye Big Brother.

Ye Chenfeng took out the already prepared sample of “Quick Beauty” and said, “This is the sample.

You can take it and try it first.

Contact me again after a week.”

Ye Chenfeng wasn’t worried about Li Pangzi using current high-tech means to analyze the ingredients in “Quick Beauty.” After all, “Quick Beauty” was a beauty product from five hundred years in the future.

With today’s level of technology, it was still impossible to detect all its ingredients!

eagerly took the “Quick Beauty” sample from Ye Chenfeng’s hands.

After all, the Lis’ enterprises included more than just one pharmaceutical factory, and Li Pangzi was not the only successor in the Lis’ family.

If Li Pangzi wanted to become the next Family Head of the Lis, he’d need to stand out among his contemporaries!

The appearance of “Quick Beauty” offered Li Pangzi a glimpse of hope.

If the effects of “Quick Beauty” were truly as Ye Chenfeng described, he would definitely stand head and shoulders above his peers in the Lis family.

personally poured a cup of West Lake Dragon Well for Ye Chenfeng, and after some conversation, the two became quite familiar with each other.

Although Ye Chenfeng sensed that Li Pangzi was shrewd to the core, characteristic of a businessman, there was a hint of sincerity in his shrewdness, and Ye Chenfeng grudgingly accepted Li Pangzi as a person.

“What’s the matter, Li Pangzi, not showing off anymore?

No matter how flamboyant you are, you’re just a flamboyant fat man,” Monkey continued to gulp down the High Grade West Lake Dragon Well as if it were plain water, occasionally remarking, “This tea isn’t even as good as a soda!”

Monkey really infuriated Li Pangzi, but fortunately, the two had grown up together.

It was only after Li Pangzi moved away that they’d lost touch, so they didn’t hold these things against each other.

and Ye Chenfeng talked about “Quick Beauty” for over an hour.

He was so interested in the product that he was dying to know all of its components.

However, Li Pangzi knew better than to pry too much.

The thought only flashed through his mind and then he let it go.

Monkey, on the other hand, was left to the side.

When Li Pangzi finally paid attention, Monkey had finished three pots of High Grade West Lake Dragon Well on his own, leaving Li Pangzi completely exasperated.

He swore he would never again pretend to be cultured by coming to a place like Spring Winter Tea House; he feared that if he came a few more times, Monkey’s tea-drinking would bankrupt him.