Peninsula: The young master is poor and doesn't want to date.

Chapter 78 Protect Li Zheng 1

Two women leaned against Lee Woo-bin.

The one on the left is wearing a silver sequined slip dress and has dyed her hair light brown in big waves.

The one on the right is wearing a black backless mini dress, and her earrings are so big they could be used as bracelets.

Both of them were holding champagne glasses, but they looked like they had drunk quite a bit, with two rosy cheeks on their faces.

"Young Master Yu Bin, we were wondering where you went."

Lee Woo-bin put down his wine glass, opened his arms, and put his arms around the waists of the two women on his left and right, introducing them to Lee Jung-il, or rather, showing them off.

"Stellar's Kim Ga-young, isn't she beautiful? Such a pretty face should be on a drama, shouldn't it?"

After saying that, he was about to kiss Kim Ga-young's face.

"Young Master Yu Bin, what are you doing? Someone's watching."

Kim Ga-young verbally resisted, but still moved her face closer.

She's probably a member of a second or third-tier girl group.

Since Li Zhengyi doesn't recognize him, he must be a second or third-tier celebrity.

She's pretty, but she has too much of a worldly air about her.

After kissing Kim Ga-young, Lee Woo-bin introduced the woman on his left.

"Kwon Nara, the face of Hello Venus, I had to use a lot of persuasion to get her here."

This woman wasn't as pretty as Kim Ga-young, but she was both innocent and alluring, and her ambition to climb the social ladder was practically written all over her face.

Kwon Nara leaned close to Lee Woo-bin and turned to look at Lee Jung-il, sizing him up.

"Young Master Woo-bin, who is this? I've never seen him at the party before?"

Kim Ga-young tilted her head to look at Lee Jung-il, her gaze sweeping from his face to his chest and then to his feet, a hint of disdain in her smile.

"Oh, this must be Young Master Yu Bin's younger brother."

Kwon Nara drawled out her words, looking at Lee Jung-il with an expression that said, "I actually know who you are, but I'm going to pretend I don't."

"That's the one who was expelled from the Li family..."

"A convenience store clerk, you know."

Kim Ga-young chimed in, and the two of them laughed at the same time.

Kwon Nara even reached out and swirled her wine glass in front of Lee Jung-il, the ice cubes clinking together with a crisp sound.

"Working the night shift at a convenience store must be tough, right? How much can you earn in a month? Two million?"

"It's really tough. I heard you can't even support yourself?"

"Sigh, he has an older brother who's a board member, but he's working at a convenience store. The difference is just too big!"

The two of them talked back and forth.

The smile on Lee Woo-bin's face gradually disappeared.

"What did you just say?"

His voice wasn't loud, but it seemed to drop several degrees in temperature.

The two women hadn't noticed the change yet; Kwon Nara was still smiling.

"Exactly, Young Master Yu Bin, why don't you help your brother? It's so embarrassing to make him work the night shift at the convenience store..."

Snapped.

Lee Woo-bin slapped her across the face. It wasn't a joke; it was a real slap.

A hand slapped her squarely across the face, the crisp sound drowning out the electronic dance music playing from the speakers.

Snapped.

He struck again with a backhand, this time hitting Kim Ga-young.

Kim Ga-young, wearing a silver sequined dress, covered her face and took two steps back. She stumbled and fell to the floor, her wine glass flying out of her hand and shattering into several pieces after hitting the sofa leg.

The music stopped.

The people dancing on the dance floor also stopped.

The card players put down their cards and looked over.

In a matter of seconds, the entire living room transformed from a nightclub into a courtroom, with everyone staring at Lee Woo-bin standing next to the bar.

"That bastard is my own brother, how dare you despicable people say such things?"

Lee Woo-bin shook his sore hand and looked down at the two women on the ground who were covering their faces.

The two women stared at him blankly, their hands trembling as they covered their faces, their lips quivering as if they wanted to say something, but they couldn't utter a word.

"Kneel down. Apologize to my brother."

His tone left no room for negotiation.

The two women exchanged a glance, then knelt down tremblingly, their knees hitting the marble floor, heads bowed.

They apologized in trembling voices, their voices barely audible.

Li Zhengyi stood there, watching this scene, feeling utterly bored.

He preferred to make the strong admit defeat and beg for mercy rather than bully the weak.

Even if this weakling is foul-mouthed and stupid.

Then he put down his wine glass, walked past the two women kneeling on the ground, past the stunned guests in the room, and walked toward the door.

He didn't stop as he passed by Lee Woo-bin; he simply raised his hand and patted Lee Woo-bin on the shoulder.

It wasn't heavy; I left after taking the picture.

The door closed behind him.

The living room was quiet for a few seconds.

Then Lee Woo-bin cleared his throat, picked up the whiskey bottle on the table, and raised it towards the people in the room who were still frozen in place.

"What are you looking at? Keep drinking!"

The music started again.

But this time, the volume was much lower.

In a dimly lit private room at a club in another part of the city.

Li Chenghao sat on the sofa with an untouched glass of soju in front of him.

Ever since his embarrassing moment during the live broadcast of the funeral, he has always kept his head down in public.

But at this moment, in this room where no one can see him, his back is ramrod straight.

There was no sign of frustration on his face.

Sitting opposite him was a middle-aged man wearing glasses, his suit jacket buttoned up perfectly, holding a folder in his hand, quietly waiting for Li Chenghao to speak.

Li Chenghao finally spoke.

"The second son doesn't have that kind of brain."

"From faking death to inducing me to live streaming, every step was meticulously planned, and every step was taken in my blind spots."

"This is not something Lee Woo-bin could have come up with."

"He can't even remember his own bank card PIN."

He paused.

"The person who came up with this plan not only needs to understand Lee Woo-bin's personality, but more importantly, they need to understand my personality."

He looked up.

"Only one person can do it."

The middle-aged man put down the folder.

"Is this Young Master Zhengyi?"

Li Chenghao smiled.

"I knew it. From the day he was kicked out of the house, I knew he was no ordinary person. He could endure then, and now he can scheme. Father said he was useless, but Father misjudged him. The third son is the one in our family who is most like Father."

The middle-aged man leaned forward slightly.

"Young Master, should we take any measures regarding Young Master Zhengyi?"

Li Chenghao was silent for a few seconds, then raised his hand to stop him from saying anything more.

"Need not."

"But……"

"It's understandable that he hates me. Regardless of the truth of what happened two years ago, in his eyes I'm the one who harmed him. The fact that he has the ability to embarrass me shows that he's not the same child he used to be. But the truth will come out one day. Until then, don't touch him. Protect him."

The middle-aged man remained silent for a moment, still somewhat dissatisfied.

"It's so unfair that the eldest young master has always protected the third young master, but the third young master still holds a grudge against you."

"Hahaha!"

Li Chenghao suddenly burst into wild laughter.

After laughing, he said with a hint of loneliness.

"There's no such thing as fairness in this world. If someone wants our family to fall apart, then as the eldest brother, I must be the lone hero in the darkness."

He looked at the middle-aged man.

"Continue to protect Zheng Yi; I don't want him to be in any danger again."

The middle-aged man lowered his head.

"Yes."