Chapter 177: Feeling Drained

Not long ago, Lu Kun, accompanied by senior representatives of Huakun Holding, rushed off to inspect the various factories and workshops in which they had invested.

This inspection lasted for several days. Merely walking around inside the various factories and workshops left the large group of people with sore and weak legs.

Lu Kun was naturally no exception, especially since he was the one leading the inspection team.

That agonizing soreness was simply indescribable!

It felt as though his body had been completely hollowed out!

Fortunately, Lu Kun was the boss, so he had a relatively wide range of choices; he could decide whether or not to go to work and when to go to work.

He did not need to punch in at the exact same time every single day like regular office workers or students.

Having been up to his ears in work recently, Lu Kun was now enjoying a rare moment of leisure.

Today, Lu Kun had naturally declared a holiday for himself and slept contentedly until he woke up naturally.

......

Living room. Dining table.

Lu Kun was slurping down his millet porridge when a round of knocking suddenly rang out.

"Go and check," Lu Kun said, extending his chopsticks to pick up a shrimp dumpling from the plate while tilting his neck to signal Liu Liping.

"The door isn't locked, just push it open and come in!" Liu Liping remained seated in her chair, not shifting her bottom even an inch, and shouted toward the outside.

Stone had tidied himself up quite neatly today and pushed the door open directly.

"Hey, Kun, how come you're only just having breakfast? Didn't we agree to go to the banquet? Hurry up, stop eating, let's go have a big feast."

Stone hurried over, grabbed Lu Kun's arm, and urged him to set off quickly.

Lu Kun was somewhat dazed. A banquet? What on earth was that? There was no mention of this in his memory!

"What banquet?"

"Isn't today the 22nd? I had someone deliver the invitation to you. You didn't know about this?" Stone scratched his head, but immediately stopped, realizing it would ruin his hairstyle.

Upon hearing this, Liu Liping stood up, pulled the invitation card out from the crack of the sofa, and handed it to Lu Kun.

"Take a close look, right here!"

Stone stretched out his finger and tapped the small print at the top right of the invitation card: In case of important matters preventing attendance, be sure to notify three days in advance! Otherwise, minor penalty: castration; major penalty: becoming a eunuch!

"Huh?......"

Lu Kun was somewhat disheveled.

Printing the text that small had to be intentional!

This was even more vicious and unscrupulous than the internet memes of later generations that forced you to share or be cursed!

"Let's go, let's go." Stone only focused on tugging Lu Kun's arm to urge him to set off, failing to notice Liu Liping sitting nearby, lowering her head to finish her breakfast, whose eyelids were twitching violently. Finally, as if having made up some sort of mind, she relaxed.

Stone was someone who could never stay idle. Because of a gunshot wound some time ago, he had spent a period recuperating in the hospital. As soon as his injury healed and he received another invitation to a gathering of the second-generation elite circle, he was naturally overjoyed.

"You received the invitation too?" Lu Kun looked up and asked.

"Hey, it doesn't matter whether I have an invitation or not. I've already gotten pretty familiar with them before," Stone said with crossed arms and a smile.

"Well, let me eat something before we leave," Lu Kun thought to himself that going to make an appearance wouldn't hurt, and at worst, he could just return early.

......

"Um, Brother Stone, I have something to discuss with our master of the house, please sit here for a moment!"

Liu Liping placed a cup of tea on the table in front of Stone, then hurriedly dragged Lu Kun back to the bedroom.

Bang!

The bedroom door was slammed shut and even locked from the inside!

"What are you doing? I'm about to go to the gathering..."

"Cut the crap! I won't let you save your energy for the gathering..."

"It was just last night, and now early in the morning you're again..."

"Stop talking nonsense! If you aren't proactive, you'll end up on the passive receiving end!"

"......"

Stone sat on the living room sofa, feeling as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

This wait lasted for a full hour and a half, until Lu Kun and his wife finally emerged from the bedroom.

"Let's go."

With a dark expression and a listless demeanor, Lu Kun dropped those words to Stone.

Stone opened his eyes wide, full of astonishment, "Kun, what on earth did you two just do? How did you manage to get this drained in just such a short while?"

"We didn't do anything," Lu Kun twitching the corners of his mouth, said with a calm expression.

Stone let out an "oh," scrutinized Lu Kun carefully for a moment, then looked at Liu Liping and said, "Kun, although you're still young, young people still need to practice moderation. Your wife is still young, and yet you..."

"Get lost!"

Lu Kun cursed back with crisp and proper pronunciation.

Lu Kun glanced sideways at Liu Liping, who was standing nearby with her head lowered, solely focused on brushing back her hair, feeling quite speechless.

Downstairs, Stone had already prepared the car.

Lu Kun climbed into the vehicle, leaned his back against the seat, and half-closed his eyes for a nap.

There was no help for it; the physical labor just now had been rather heavy.

Stone sat beside Lu Kun, and seeing his weak appearance of a "saintly monk untouched by mortal desires," he pondered for a moment, leaned close to Lu Kun's ear, and whispered, "Kun, some time ago I had an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor write a secret remedy. Should I hook you up with some to nourish yourself? That medicine is quite mild, so you don't need to worry about being too weak to absorb it..."

Lu Kun raised his eyelids and shot him a side-glance with a look that could kill.

......

Most of the gatherings Lu Kun attended in his past life were banquets hosted by prominent business tycoons.

As for parties hosted by young second-generation heirs, to be honest, he really hadn't attended many.

Even when he did attend, they were mostly proper, decent banquets.

Lu Kun opened the invitation card, looking at the explicitly specified phrase: "Do not bring spouses, do not bring partners," and his thoughts inevitably drifted into contemplation.

Extravagant and decadent!

A pool of wine and a forest of meat!

Men and women... bah! He had been dragged back to the bedroom by his own wife early in the morning, so even if he had the inclination, he lacked the strength!

The car stopped in front of a manor, where everyone was whispering to one another on the lush green lawn.

The banquet had not yet begun.

"The banquet is being held here?"

Lu Kun raised his well-defined eyebrows slightly. If that were truly the case, it wouldn't be too out of line.

Lu Kun roughly counted; there were currently around thirty-something men and women in attendance who had already arrived.

"Of course not. Kun, follow me!"

Stone patted Lu Kun on the shoulder, signaling him to keep up.

The two of them walked toward a building on the left side.

Pushing the door open and stepping inside, Lu Kun was left staring in utter astonishment.

City folks really know how to play!

They set this up practically like an upscale pleasure house.

An absolute eye-opener!

Countless alluring and gorgeous young women strolled in turns among the various seating areas. Some held musical instruments: vertical bamboo flutes, transverse flutes, harps, clay ocarinas, saxophones... while others carried exquisite trays, adding delicacies for the distinguished guests at each table.

These glamorous young women each possessed their own unique traits; some had an ethereal, cold beauty like celestial maidens descending from the ninth heaven, while others wore barely a sliver of fabric, holding half-open traditional fans to half-conceal their faces, and yet others were wildly unrestrained, wearing outfits that barely covered anything, leaving the parts that should be hidden concealed while brazenly exposing what ought not be shown...

"Where did these women come from?" Lu Kun found a seat right next to Stone and asked him in a low voice.

"Don't look at how good-looking these women are; I've heard they're all second-hand goods! They're regular fixtures at these gatherings, offered up by people who have grown tired of using them, just to provide amusement for the crowd. As long as both parties are willing, anyone can hit on them casually..."

......

An intoxicating and sweet fragrance drifted over, yet Lu Kun instinctively felt an urge to vomit.

Just as expected!

The goddesses in the eyes of losers always have a man behind them who is thoroughly sick of sleeping with them.