Chapter 174 Even Better at Pretending Than Me!

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Cheng Shi fell into Wang Zheng's trap, and his gaze turned even colder.

In China, the country is clearly above everything else. If any official dared to speak such outrageous words as Cheng Shi did, they would undoubtedly face a storm of criticism online.

Nowadays, second-generation rich kids and officials' children often get into trouble, making their groups highly sensitive topics. Li Gang and Yao Jiayin were already well-known figures; if Cheng Shi's remarks were posted online, it might trigger another uproar.

Liu Tianshu crossed his arms and smiled as he watched everything unfold, knowing that a DV camera was recording nearby. He pulled up the collar of his down jacket to cover half his face.

"Brother, you've got some moves," Cheng Shi said with a cold smile as he patted Wang Zheng's shoulder: "Let’s go and have a good drink tonight."

After that, Cheng Shi entered first. Before stepping into the hotel lobby, the young master turned his face to glance at Zhou Qiang intentionally or not.

Zhou Qiang understood and nodded slightly, looking at Wang Zheng with a sardonic smile playing on his lips.

Everyone wore an unfriendly gaze toward Wang Zheng, while Xu Lei was particularly delighted by the misfortune. She knew that Cheng Shi would definitely make Wang Zheng’s life miserable tonight.

The Ningyuan International Hotel was indeed luxurious, and Cheng Shi put on quite a show. Those who hadn't seen such grandeur before felt even more awe for this city secretary's son upon seeing such an opulent private room.

Wang Zheng sat with Han Xinye and Cheng Shi at the same table. The seating arrangements seemed deliberate, placing Wang Zheng next to the young master while Zhou Qiang was on the other side of Cheng Shi.

After a few rounds, the private room buzzed with spirits rising as everyone engaged in boisterous toasts, saying all sorts of nasty things.

"Here, here, let me toast you first," said Cheng Shi, raising his glass toward Wang Zheng.

Wang Zheng smiled and replied, "Why should I drink with you Give me a reason"

The expression on Cheng Shi's face changed as he remarked, "Do you refuse the wine and ask for punishment instead"

For the young master himself to toast someone else while receiving no response—wasn’t that suicidal

Xu Lei snorted coldly: "Is he even a man He hasn't dared to drink a single cup since we started eating."

Wang Zheng gave an odd smile, looking at Xu Lei and saying, "How do you know if I'm a man or not Have you tried it"

Pause. Ignoring the disdainful looks from others around, Wang Zheng took out a bottle of Wuliangye liquor, poured a small bowl full, then said to Cheng Shi: "This is more than an ounce. If you think I’m not a man, let’s see who gets drunk first. How about it Are you up for it"

Wang Zheng was using classic psychological tactics to provoke a response. He didn’t fear that Cheng Shi would refuse.

Master Cheng gave a cold laugh and also filled his wine bowl, saying, "Am I really afraid of you"

With that said, Master Cheng threw back his head and drank all the wine in his bowl first.

"Well done!" Xu Lei applauded immediately, followed by cheers from everyone around.

Li Tianshu watched coldly as this unfolded; since the banquet started, this young master from Northwest hadn’t touched a single piece of food.

Master Cheng was quite confident in his alcohol tolerance; it probably came from his father. Under normal circumstances, he could drink an entire catty of fifty-two-degree white liquor without any problem.

Wang Zheng also smiled and drank the wine in one gulp.

Wang Zheng usually didn’t drink because Old Man had told him that alcohol would severely affect a person’s judgment, no matter how high their tolerance was. Wang Zheng's alcohol tolerance was always quite good; furthermore, he came prepared today with Old Man’s specially concocted antidote beforehand, so he wouldn’t feel anything even if two or three catties of liquor were poured down his throat—though he would likely need to go to the toilet more often.

The two men continued drinking bowl after bowl, appearing extremely impressive. In just a moment, both bottles of Wuliangye had been emptied!

No one was eating anymore; everyone gathered around this table in astonishment, unable to speak.

This was genuine Wuliangye! Was it really possible for them to drink it like water No wonder he’s the son of a city party secretary!

After drinking an entire bottle of liquor, Master Cheng appeared slightly drunk and covered his mouth, trying to suppress the rising alcohol fumes. Xu Lei stood behind him with a look of concern on her face, gently patting his back.

Wang Zheng didn’t seem to have any unusual reactions; he glanced at Master Cheng, then opened two more bottles of liquor and said with a smile, "How about it One bottle each"

Though arrogant, Master Cheng wasn't stupid. He had already noticed that Wang Zheng was completely unaffected today, while his own tongue felt numb and his head dizzy; if he drank another whole bottle straight away, he would likely collapse on the spot.

Seeing Master Cheng hesitate, Han Xingye said with malicious glee, "Young master Cheng, be a man and drink!"

Faced with this predicament, Master Cheng slammed the liquor bottle down on the table and glared at Wang Zheng with murderous intent.

"Don’t look at me; if you want to drink, go ahead. If not, admit that you’re no man." Wang Zheng spoke disdainfully before picking up a bottle of liquor and drinking half of it in quick gulps!

“My God! Is he even human How can one drink like this”

"It’s over fifty degrees! Drinking like that will surely burn him to death!"

"But looking at his expression, he seems completely fine. So cool!"

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For a moment, both the male and female soldiers were stunned by Wang Zheng's performance and started議論紛紛.

"Brother Cheng, we are not afraid of him. Let’s drink with him!" said one guy without any tact.

"That's right, Brother Cheng, why should we fear him Drink until this fellow dies!" another guy, who had drunk too much, exclaimed.

"I'll f***ing drink you to death!" Cheng Shi was now forced into a corner. He wished he could chop off the heads of these two idiots. Didn't they see that he couldn’t drink any more How could they still act so foolishly here Grandson Cheng had already decided in his heart: after today, he must punish these two fools well.

Cheng Shi was cornered, but he knew that if he drank this bottle of liquor, he would probably never be able to hold his head up again in front of Wang Zheng.

"Dare you play with me Don't forget that this is Yinchuan!" Cheng Shi said irritably.

"What did I do to you" asked Wang Zheng slowly: "You challenged me to a drinking contest. Now, after failing in your attempt and blaming me for it, how can you still call yourself a man You are the one who was playing with me."

“Alright, you have guts!” Cheng Shi's face turned cold as he looked at Zhou Qiang.

The secretary of this city party chief nodded and made a phone call after catching Cheng Shi’s gaze.

Cheng Shi saw this with satisfaction. He sat down and used chopsticks to lightly tap on the plate, looking quite sinister: "Wang Zheng, if you are taken away by someone else, can you still take care of your girlfriend"

At that moment, the door of the private room was opened, and several police officers in uniforms walked in.

Zhou Qiang and Cheng Shi exchanged triumphant looks upon seeing the police come in.

"Whose red Jeep Wrangler is outside" said a policeman after glancing at the room coldly.

“It’s his.” Xu Lei pointed to Wang Zheng immediately, as if she was cooperating well with Cheng Shi.

Han Xinye shot a glance at Xu Lei. She had already decided that she must teach this snobbish woman a lesson.

"Alright." The policeman walked up to Wang Zheng and sized him up from above, then waved his hand: "Arrest him and bring him back!"

Wang Zheng smiled slightly: “Why should I be arrested”

"Hmph," the policeman snorted coldly. "This red Jeep Wrangler is a cloned number plate vehicle. Two days ago, a car accident occurred in Ningxia County that resulted in one death and one injury. The offending vehicle escaped after the incident. Surveillance footage showed this red Jeep Wrangler as the offending vehicle. We suspect you are involved with this case. Please come back for questioning."

Wang Zheng glanced at Cheng Shi, his expression gradually turning gloomy.

Cheng Shi looked at Wang Zheng smugly, feeling very pleased inside. As long as Wang Zheng was taken away, wouldn’t Han Xinye be under his control Thinking about tonight's sexual bliss, a certain part of Grandson Cheng began to stir.

"I didn't do it." Wang Zheng said with narrowed eyes.

"We have sufficient evidence to prove that you did," the police officer stated, saying, "Take him away for questioning!"

"What if I don’t go" Wang Zheng sat calmly as if nothing was wrong.

Li Tianshu observed from the side with a cold eye. He clearly saw that since these policemen had appeared, Cheng Shi and Zhou Qiang had put on an expression of schadenfreude. However, this Wrangler was his own car, having never been in any accidents; not even scratches. It seemed clear then that Cheng Shi was framing Wang Zheng. Li Tianshu didn’t expect corruption to have reached such a level in this place.

"You don’t have the right to refuse."

The police officer said, and exchanged glances with Zhou Dashi (Grand Secretary). He flashed an ingratiating smile at him. Seeing that, Zhou Qiang nodded slightly with a smile as well.

Wang Libao was the deputy chief of Yinchuan’s criminal investigation unit. Having reached his current rank within the system, he felt that being a Deputy Section Chief wasn’t bad. However, one should always aim for higher positions—Chief Wang also wished to climb higher up the ladder. Today, there finally arose an opportunity to suck up to the son of the city’s Secretary and he wouldn't let it slip away.

With just Zhou Qiang giving a subtle hint, Deputy Chief Wang immediately understood his superior's intentions.

Seeing that things were getting tense, Cheng Shi said outright, "Deputy Chief Wang, I’ll tell my dad about this. By next year, I’ll take the ‘deputy’ off your title."

This was the son of a city’s Secretary. As long as he spoke well of him to Secretary Cheng, his future would be bright!

The moment Chief Wang heard the promise from Grand Prince Cheng, his eyes shone with light and said, "Rest assured, leader. I’ll fulfill my task without disappointing you."

With that, he ordered bluntly, “Put handcuffs on him and take him away!”

"But this red Wrangler isn’t my car," Wang Zheng said slightly innocently. "I just arrived from the capital today; if you don’t believe me, check my train ticket."

Li Tianshu knew that he had to step forward now or else it would leave a very bad impression on Wang Zheng.

The northwestern region’s first eldest son cleared his throat and stood up. "It’s my car."

Wang Libao was taken aback for a moment, turning to Zhou Qiang to seek an opinion. Seeing the latter nod subtly in agreement, Wang Libao said, “Put handcuffs on both of them and take them away!”

The instant Chief Wang spoke, a policeman came forward with handcuffs towards Li Tianshu.

Li Tianshu looked at these people as if they were buffoons. With an expression of disdain, he said coolly, "You should know that it’s easy to put handcuffs on me but it’ll be hard to take them off."

Wang Zheng also curled his lip and whispered, “This guy is even better at pretending than I am.”g slickly; however, his next moment left him speechless as Wang Zheng on the right was playing with a familiar-looking powder compact in his hand.Qiao Shanwang’s smile froze for several seconds before...