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Chapter 618 - 599:

Chapter 618: Chapter 599:

"Ha ha . . . " People were by no means fools, one by one they began to drink fiercely and eat wildly. The roast suckling pig was the first target everybody attacked, everyone started moving their chopsticks towards the large prawns, crabs, and several dish platters. In fact, seafood was not their favorite, because in this coastal town, seafood was commonplace and cheap, so grilled meats and large platters of dishes were actually the favorites.

Liu Momo and Li Wen joined in, using their chopsticks as well. Xiao Bai and the Four Heavenly Kings were quite frustrated because they couldn’t play Fist Cutting when drinking with the three girls at the table, and they had to restrain their eating manners, delicately using their chopsticks, lest they scare anyone with bad eating manners. Therefore, Xiao Bai and others couldn’t eat freely and had to eat cautiously, as if they were old ladies. Ye Chen laughed, "Xiao Bai, just eat freely, don’t worry about their feelings, today is out of the ordinary!"

"Yes!" Xiao Bai glanced at Liu Momo and others, then called out, "Princess Momo, you all just eat slowly, we’re going to eat freely first!"

"Eat up, don’t worry about us!" Liu Momo smiled.

However, she soon regretted it, because Xiao Bai and the others’ drinking songs were really raunchy and violent, and their eating manners were truly terrible, eating like pigs. Chomping loudly and gnawing relentlessly. Xiao Bai’s eating style was very unique; he stuffed half a chicken leg into his mouth, chewed for a while, and then what came out was just a piece of bone with no meat clinging to it at all.

The eating manners of the Four Heavenly Kings were no better, scrambling for food and tucked it up their sleeves, as if they had never eaten meat in their lives. Watching all this, Liu Momo and the others couldn’t help but put down their own chopsticks and just watched these people scrambling.

Eventually, Xiao Bai seemed to realize something, and quickly scolded, "What are you doing, what are you doing, what kind of decency is this, Princess Momo hasn’t eaten yet, and you guys are acting like starving ghosts reincarnate!"

The guys immediately threw the chicken legs in their hands back onto the plates, while King Guangmu sheepishly said, "Xiao Bai bro, you’re doing the same, not eating so many, yet still holding two!"

Xiao Bai was embarrassingly caught out, and quickly ordered the kitchen to whip up several dishes specially for Ye Chen and Momo. Ye Chen immediately waved it off, "It’s fine, we eat together, it’s lively and fun eating together!"

The New Year’s Eve dinner was lively; everyone ate from 4:30 in the afternoon until 6:00 in the evening. Dishes were reheated when they got cold; when they ran out of drinks, more were brought in.

During this time, Ye Chen received a call from Feng Zhi Xiao and others who were in Shanghai. Feng Zhi Xiao’s situation was smooth, especially with the help of the Shanghai Liu Family, rapidly taking over half of Shanghai Beach, confronting the Little Knife Gang together. During the call, Feng Zhi Xiao and others were also having their New Year’s Eve dinner. Everyone was in high spirits; it seemed Feng Zhi Xiao was doing well in Shanghai Beach. Ye Chen gave a few encouraging words and reminded him not to let down his brothers.

Later, Li Tieniu also called Ye Chen, "Brother Chen, Happy New Year!"

"F*ck, how are you doing in Yunnan?" Ye Chen asked with a laugh.

"I’m doing pretty well; it’s just that someone else isn’t!" Li Tieniu grinned.

"Who?" Ye Chen was taken aback.

"Princess Yao Yue, Princess Yao Yue says, if you don’t call her tomorrow, she’ll personally go to Jianghuai City and chop off your ’little brother’!" Li Tieniu tried his best not to laugh over the phone, but ultimately couldn’t hold it and burst out laughing.

Ye Chen was stunned. It must have been that little Ni who said this; otherwise, he wouldn’t have thought of such words. Ye Chen helplessly said, "Tell her, I will call her first thing tomorrow morning!"

Looks like tomorrow morning will be busy, not only having to call a bunch of women but also having to call his father-in-law, all of which he must keep in mind. Most importantly, he must call Beijing, otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to pass the new year without criticism.

"Yes, your words, I will deliver them all!" Li Tieniu immediately nodded.

The following event was distributing rewards to the younger brothers. Each year at this time, it was the time for the Heavenly Reversal Gang’s younger brothers to receive their bonus. The earnings from the casinos, the income from the Si Yang Group, and the billions of interest squeezed from the Fierce Tiger Gang were all sources for the brothers’ bonuses.

Xiao Bai announced a series of reward measures, and the brothers’ bonuses and dividends were transferred to their bank accounts. The current lottery drawing was purely for entertainment, spontaneously performed by the younger brothers, and the stage was temporarily constructed inside the building walls, using a ring structure. After the New Year’s Eve dinner, over two hundred swift young brothers swiftly carried the table out, and collected all the dishes and utensils. The inside immediately turned into a temporary performance area.

The performances of the younger brothers made everyone laugh uproariously. Nominated by Xiao Bai and others, Liu Momo and the three girls boldly took to the stage for a dance performance. Although there was no costume decor, Liu Momo’s graceful dance moves and stunning beauty enthralled the young brothers on site, leaving them gaping, holding up their barely adequate camera phones, frantically snapping photos.

Many people at the scene watched the three beauties on stage with bated breath, unable to look away.

After the dance, Liu Momo and the others were panting heavily. Soon, it was time for the highly anticipated lottery segment. The grand prize was ten thousand yuan in cash, the second prize was a 6000-yuan LCD TV, and the third prize was a feature-rich mobile phone worth over 3000 yuan. There were countless other prizes, almost everyone who participated got something, with the smallest reward being one hundred yuan.

Everyone naturally hoped to win the ten thousand yuan cash prize. As the lottery began, the little brothers rubbed their hands together eagerly. Everyone formed a long line, hoping to draw their prize first. Xiao Bai held the microphone on stage, and by now it was 10:30 PM. Xiao Bai laughed and said, "Alright, this year’s lottery event is starting!"

Then, a large red box was brought up by one of the little brothers. The first one to draw took out a ticket, looked at it, and saw it was one hundred yuan in cash. He walked away downcast. The subsequent ten or so little brothers all drew one hundred yuan in cash.

"Wow, a Nokia mobile phone has come out!" Xiao Bai saw a slightly chubby little brother holding a lottery ticket, and he immediately saw the prize in the scratch-off area. Finally, a third prize was drawn, followed by two more third prizes, two second prizes, and one first prize. Everyone was excited and eager to try their luck.

Liu Momo, Li Wen, and others also joined the queue. Ye Chen laughed and said, "Let’s see how our luck is today, if I win the ten-thousand-yuan grand prize, how should I spend it? So much money!"

"Hehe, ten thousand yuan isn’t much for you!" Liu Momo giggled.

"Ye Chen, if we win the grand prize, does it count as ours?" Li Wen asked with a smile.

"Of course!" Ye Chen nodded immediately and said, "Whoever draws it, gets it!"

"That’s great, I definitely have to win the grand prize today!" Li Wen was very excited.

Soon it was Liu Momo’s turn to draw. She carefully picked a ticket from the box, scratched it, and saw that it too was one hundred yuan. Li Wen was very cautious, even saying a little prayer before drawing a ticket. When she scratched and looked at it, she immediately gasped in surprise. She couldn’t believe it—the ten-thousand-yuan grand prize was hers. She jumped up excitedly and shouted, "Wow, I really won the grand prize, ten thousand yuan!"

"My God, she really drew ten thousand yuan!"

"No way, does that mean I have no hope now?"

The little brothers immediately looked dejected. With the grand prize gone, their motivation was much dampened. Xiao Bai loudly announced, "Haha, Li Wen has won our ten thousand yuan grand prize. However, since Li Wen is not from around here, we’ve decided to put the ten thousand yuan back into the prize pool. The company will reward Li Wen with an additional ten thousand yuan, so everyone can keep going for the ten thousand yuan prize!"

Amidst the commotion, the little brothers perked up and eagerly started rubbing their hands together again. Following this, Qianqian and Ye Chen both only drew one hundred yuan in cash.

Although these were only small prizes, Ye Chen, Qianqian, and the others were very happy. After all, having someone among them win the super grand prize, ten thousand yuan, was exciting. The prize drawing continued on stage, while cash redemption took place on the side. Redeeming one hundred yuan was completed in the blink of an eye. As for the unexpected ten thousand yuan, the little brothers quickly counted it out loud with a cash counting machine.

Holding ten thousand yuan in cash, Li Wen was a bit too excited to manage herself. Li Wen’s family was quite ordinary, belonging to the working class, with a total monthly income of around five thousand yuan, and they had to support the whole family. Li Wen’s monthly allowance at school was also just six hundred yuan, so suddenly holding ten thousand yuan left her at a loss.

"Wenwen, you’re amazing!" Liu Momo admired Li Wen.

"Yeah, Wenwen, you’re so awesome, drawing ten thousand just like that!" Qianqian was equally envious.

"Hehe, Li Wen, now that you’ve won the grand prize, shouldn’t you treat us to some fun?" Ye Chen teased with a grin.

"Mm-hm, I should!" Li Wen quickly nodded and said, "Ye Chen, can I keep two thousand with me for now and leave the remaining eight thousand at your company for safekeeping until I come back for it?"

"Sure, a young girl like you carrying such a thick stack of lottery tickets, I guess you wouldn’t feel safe!" Ye Chen nodded.