Chapter 423 - The Effect of Lotus Tongue Card
Translator: lav
Editor: SSins
When Song Miaomiao saw that Master Song threatened Shi Lei immediately, she couldn't help but be worried. He was very fond of her, but he wasn't so easy to get along with. Even if Secretary Song was one of the high up officials, he was often too nervous to speak in front of Master Song.
"Grandpa, what are you doing? Shi Lei isn't that type of person. He just wanted to come and see you," Song Miaomiao shook Master Song's arms again.
Master Song's expressions were cold and stern when he looked at Shi Lei, but it changed drastically as he beamed at Song Miaomiao, "Miaomiao, how about letting me talk to your friend alone?"
It was what Shi Lei wanted. With Song Miaomiao here, he didn't know whether the effect of the Lotus Tongue Card would be affected.
"Grandpa!" Of course Song Miaomiao wouldn't let it happen. She already regretted that she brought Shi Lei here. If she left him here alone, she was afraid that her grandpa would swallow him whole.
Shi Lei spoke this time, "I have never seen Shui Ye act like this. It seems like she only acts like this in front of Grandpa Song. But Shui Ye, I want to talk to Grandpa Song alone."
"Shi Lei, don't be so blind that you can't distinguish between the bad and good," Song Miaomiao turned her face to Shi Lei and squinted her eyes like crazy.
Shi Lei pretended that he didn't see it and smiled, "Grandpa isn't a tiger. I just want to have a chat with him. To be able to talk to a senior like Grandpa Song, I can definitely learn from it. You see…"
Master Song narrowed his eyes slightly and thought that Shi Lei was somewhat interesting. He lowered his voice, "Alright, Miaomiao. Leave first. Don't worry. I won't do anything to your friend."
Song Miaomiao was still unwilling to as she winked at Shi Lei furiously and spoke to Master Song, "Then we won't bother you drinking tea. I'll go out and drink coffee with him. Coffee fits younger people more," She walked next to Shi Lei and wanted to pull him up and leave.
However, Shi Lei sat on the chair and he was as steady as a rock, "Shui Ye, can't you let me talk to your grandpa for a while? Just a little while. And I don't like coffee. I like tea. Grandpa Song's tea smells really nice. Grandpa Song, I'll serve you tea. What do you think?"
Master Song was slightly surprised but immediately laughed. He hasn't seen such a brave child for many years.
"Hahaha, okay. You want to drink tea. I'll let you have a taste of authentic longjing tea."
"That's great! I've heard that real longjing tea costs a tens of thousands for 500 grams. There is almost none in the market and it's hard to get hands on. Then I'll take the chance to enjoy it thanks to Grandpa Song."
Song Miaomiao froze. How did Master Song's attitude change after a few words? He was obviously threatening Shi Lei and now he was treating Shi Lei with longjing tea? Even Master Song couldn't get more than 300 grams a year.
"Alright, Miaomiao, go out first. I'll talk to your friend," Master Song spoke again and Song Miaomiao glanced at Shi Lei. Obviously, he couldn't leave with her and she could only drag her feet to the door in confusion and hesitation.
"You two can't argue and can't fight. Grandpa, I'm telling you. Don't think that he looks harmless. He's really good at fighting. I don't think a champion boxer can win against him. Don't fight him without a word. You'll be in trouble even if he doesn't fight back!"
"What are you on about? Look how old your grandpa is. How would I fight others?!" Master Song fumed.
Song Miaomiao saw it and knew that there shouldn't be a problem before she left without worries. He would at most scold Shi Lei.
But how would Song Miaomiao know that the reason why Shi Lei could ease Master Song's attitude towards him so much after sitting down was because he already used the Lotus Tongue Card.
Although the Lotus Tongue Card required him to enter the name of the target and his goal, it would affect the person's attitude during the conversation. If the person constantly refused to communicate, then the Lotus Tongue Card wouldn't be able to work.It was like when crosstalkers criticized books, they would have an introduction in preparation of the content to heat up the atmosphere first and make the audience fall into their rhythm. Hence, the Lotus Tongue Card was already in effect and it successfully made Master Song decrease his dissatisfaction of Shi Lei.
Shi Lei saw that the water was boiling. He quickly reached out and picked up the kettle.
The kettle was made from cast iron and it was quite heavy. Shi Lei struggled to lift it up.
Shi Lei learned how to brew tea from Yu Banzhi and it was the moment for him to use it. However, that kettle wasn't easy to use.
He looked at Shi Lei brew the tea with obvious effort. All the procedures were right. Master Song nodded slightly.
Master Song picked up the tea Shi Lei brewed and took a sip, but he scorned at Shi Lei for unable to lift up an iron kettle. How dare Song Miaomiao say that this brat could fight well? It wasn't the first time Song Miaomiao mentioned it and she told him that Shi Lei defeated two underground boxers. He only smiled and didn't believe it. Now that he saw Shi Lei in person today, he felt like Shi Lei was a harmless person even more.
"You want to convince me to not team up with the Yu family?" Master Song finished the tea in his cup and placed it down, "Although you are overconfident, you value affections and loyalty. You clearly know that you shouldn't do it, but you are dashing forward for a friend. But brat, do you know what you are doing right now?"
Shi Lei finished the tea in his cup slowly and refilled it for Master Song, "Grandpa Song, of course I know what I'm doing. And you are the last round. I'll introduce you first so you will understand that I'm not too overconfident."
As they tasted the tea, Shi Lei briefly explained the elder's promise with him, Yu Banzhi's real thoughts, and Yao Keji's preparation to give it everything he had. His words were extremely clear and all the logic and analysis were linked tightly. Although they were all what Shi Lei achieved, even he felt like he had achieved something amazing.
Shi Lei thought that everything was the outcome of him trying and he didn't think that it was a big deal. Why did he sound like a legend when he talked just now?
Master Song heard it and he nodded in compliments, "Not bad; you are young and no particularly good background, yet you can make things develop to this stage. It's very rare and valuable. It looks like I underestimated you. However, this doesn't change my mind. It's your business to save someone. Why should I help you?"
Shi Lei was about to speak, but he suddenly realized that the reason why he felt like his words sounded like a legend was because of the Lotus Tongue Card. It was impossible to help him if there was nothing. What it could do was use verbal language to make ordinary things sound much more influential. If a book critic and someone who didn't speak much talked about the same thing, the difference was huge.
Yet Master Song's attitude clearly proved this card's functions.