Sky-cracking Rider

"Wine cabinet?"

As soon as Chen Fei entered, at one corner of the spacious hall was a very noticeable mini-bar with shelves full of drinks, as well as a constant temperature and humidity-controlled wine cabinet.

Each bottle of wine had a small piece of paper tied carefully around its neck with string, handwritten with the name of the wine, its strength, and a brief description of the flavor profile, for easy and clear viewing.

Goodness me!

With so many drinks, it would be enough to open a bar, and even the quality of the drinks far exceeded the only bar in the base, "Medusa's Beautiful Eyes," whose top-shelf liquor was nothing more than the entry-level of a small western-style bar.

"No need to take them out one by one, most of them have been moved here. Would you like a drink?"

Boss Hana moved behind the small bar area as if it were second nature.

The length of the bar counter was enough to allow three to five people to sip lightly together, and it was more than enough for just two people to drink face-to-face.

"Sure, I'll start with one."

Chen Fei turned his head to look at Big Cat, only to find that the creature had already swiftly squatted on a round bar stool, licking its tongue.

"Hey! Beautiful, how about pouring me a glass too?"

"Er Lang likes to drink as well?"

Hanna Gagel looked at the Golden-Eyed Azure-Hearted Civet with surprise. The big cat was quite forward, with no intention of being polite. Enjoy exclusive adventures from empire

"Of course, there isn't a Magical Beast that doesn't like to drink!"

The Golden-Eyed Azure-Hearted Civet Er Lang spoke an undeniable truth.

Very few Magical Beasts brewed their own alcohol, and most could only drool over the drinks humans enjoyed.

You can't just brew alcohol haphazardly; a bad batch with high methanol content would be too much even for the constitution of a Magical Beast if consumed in excess.

Many Magical Beasts, either solo or with their families, passed stringent assessments to move into human society largely for the human culinary culture, which included various types of alcohol. Life as a beast is not easy—isn't it all for a good bite to eat?

"Try this!"

Hanna Gagel didn't mind at all, and took out an extra glass bowl.

For Golden-Eyed Azure-Hearted Civet, a big bowl was exciting, a small shot glass would just be licked clean in an instant, which was utterly unsatisfying.

"Tweet!"

As Hanna Gagel filled Chen Fei's glass halfway and pushed it over, Xiao Jiu couldn't wait and flapped its tiny wings over, stepping on the edge of the glass and dipping its head into it.

"Go on, this isn't Fruit Dew."

Chen Fei, with quick eyes and hands, snatched Little Bird out of the glass.

"Tweet tweet!"

The little fellow pecked at Chen Fei's fingers discontentedly as if protesting that it almost got to taste the fragrant liquor.

Hanna Gagel said nonchalantly, "It's okay, Little Bird can hold its liquor pretty well."

"What? You let it drink alcohol!"

Chen Fei looked incredulously at the tiny creature he held in his hand—it was not even the size of a fist, and it was a little alcoholic?

Hanna Gagel casually said, "Rookie, it's a Magical Beast!"

She poured a full bowl for the Golden-Eyed Azure-Hearted Civet and pushed it over.

"Right, Magical Beasts love alcohol!"

The gratified Big Cat's eyes nearly squinted into slivers of crescent moons. After a few licks and a nod, it smacked its lips and commented, "Mmm, good stuff!"

It tasted like a fresh, sweet fruit juice, completely lacking the harshness of alcohol.

"Sundai Nectar is a new variety of noble rot, made from high-elevation small-leaf white grapes, with an annual yield of less than fifty tons. It's naturally fermented with its own yeast, achieving a perfect taste less than ten percent of the time. The commercial release each year is limited to ninety thousand bottles, available only to vineyard shareholders.

My Gager Family owns one percent, which is why we can get 500 bottles. Like other shareholders, most wine is used for social networking, with only a small amount for personal consumption. You hardly see it retailed in the market."

Hanna Gagel flicked her wine glass, which contained only a shallow pool of liquor, and the grape fragrance quickly spread through the air.

Chen Fei didn't care whether or not Magical Beasts naturally loved alcohol. He put Little Bird down on the bar and, pointing at its small head, lectured it, "Little rascal, no drinking alcohol!"

In his view, since Xiao Jiu had hatched, it wasn't even a year old yet. Kids didn't know any better and couldn't practice moderation. If it started to drink heavily so young, what would become of it in the future?

Would it end up soaking in a jar, turning into a drunken tweet?

"Tweet! Tweet!"

Little Bird, dissatisfied, pecked at Chen Fei's fingers to protest, still eagerly trying to lunge at Chen Fei's glass. However, it was held back by the shoulder, flapping its tiny wings without being able to fly.

Although it was already a Third Rank Magical Beast of the Human Order, limited by the genetic constraints of the Pure Light Sparrow, Xiao Jiu still hadn't made much progress in strength, and Chen Fei easily kept it subdued without much effort.

This little fella, despite being capable of BiuBiuBiu, concentrating high-energy lasers, slicing and welding with ease, and possessing astonishing power, could be tripped up by even a ping pong ball.

"Hehehe, if you don't give it a drink, it will keep pestering you," Hanna Gagel had tried behaving like Chen Fei before, but still couldn't withstand the relentless harassment of this little bird.

"Really? No, you can't, Xiao Jiu. Good kids shouldn't drink alcohol!"

Chen Fei held down the little guy with one hand and picked up his glass with the other, signaling to the Big Cat and Boss Hana before tilting his head and gulping it down in one go, taking the lead.

"Jiu?"

Xiao Jiu stopped flapping and just stared dumbfoundedly at the empty wine glass, not a drop left inside.

The whole bird was not alright.

"Puhahaha!"

The Golden-Eyed Azure-Hearted Civet laughed so hard it swayed from side to side, as if it might topple off the stool at any moment.

"No! Drinking! Alcohol!"

Chen Fei tapped on the little guy's head emphatically.

As long as he was there, he would not allow this creature to act capriciously.

If spoiled, it wouldn't be good for its future growth. It was better for the little guy to know some boundaries.

"Xiao Jiu is still ignorant; you're too strict with it!"

Hanna Gagel shook her head, took out a bag of pine nuts from underneath the bar, found a plate, tore open the packaging, and poured them all in, intending them to be a snack to accompany the drinks.

"I know that I should relax when it's time to relax and be strict when it's necessary. 'A stick raised high raises a filial child,' being strict has its benefits for it."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

If it had been someone else's little bird, Chen Fei wouldn't have bothered, but he took a small handful of pine nuts and teased Xiao Jiu with one.

Xiao Jiu, the crafty little rascal who remembered only the meals and not the scoldings, quickly forgot its grievances about the lack of alcohol after three seconds and pecked at the pine nuts gleefully.

One after another, delighting in the activity.

The little guy's crop was stuffed full in no time with the small handful of pine nuts, well and truly sated.

After eating its fill, the little bird flapped its wings, landed on Chen Fei's shoulder, curled up, and slowly closed its eyes, falling asleep in a matter of moments.

Hanna Gagel glanced at Xiao Jiu clinging to Chen Fei. She knew that on the days when Chen Fei was not there, although Xiao Jiu was still lively and playful, adorable and obedient, sometimes it would seem lost in thought, and its sleep was not as sound.

Only at this moment did the little guy truly settle down.

After three rounds of drinks, they finally started talking about the main topic.

Boss Hana squeezed her glass as she walked around from behind the bar to the dedicated transportation box casually thrown in the living room of the small western-style building. It had a metal embossed plaque from 'Henghai Tactical Weapons Group' on it, and the full-metal brushed finish of the box looked tremendously sturdy.

Kicking the box, she turned and asked, "What's the code?"

The dedicated transportation box had a digital keypad, meaning that the correct code needed to be entered to unlock it.

"1717468384626!"

For Chen Fei, who graduated from college, remembering such a string of numbers was a piece of cake.

This dedicated transportation box was only a deterrent to the honest, not to the crooked. It simply used a 13-digit numerical password and lacked biometric locks like fingerprints or iris scans. Once the password was entered, there was a click, and the lid slowly opened automatically, revealing the contents inside.

"Aerial intercept type 'Flying Dragon' single soldier tactical armor, I thought it was a one-to-one scale model, hey 'Rookie', you're not seriously telling me it's a model, are you?"

The female boss examined the contents of the box, still somewhat in disbelief.

A hundred million Star Yuan's worth of stuff, and the Henghai Tactical Weapons Group must have taken leave of their senses, letting this 'Rookie' kid take it for nothing.

"It's the real deal!"

Chen Fei let out a small burp. If Old Zhao wasn't on the level and dared to fool him with some oversized toy...

He would certainly send his resume over to the competitors of Henghai Tactical Weapons Group, and then nobody would have a good time.

Come on! Let's hurt each other! Mutual annihilation!

In fact, both parties were well aware that there was no longer any secret about the three single soldier tactical armors for land combat as far as Chen Fei was concerned.

So there was no point in being cunning with the 'Flying Dragon' single soldier tactical armor.

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