Cave Refuge-Chapter 165 - 164 Gossip_1
Hearing Ye Liuyun speak so extensively, it seemed like Ye Liuyun must have thoroughly investigated the Peach Blossom Paradise.
Looking at Dong Tianyu’s slightly scrutinizing gaze, Ye Liuyun helplessly waved his hand: "Alright, alright, don’t look at me like that, I admit that I once investigated that place.
Do you know what the nominal owner of Peach Blossom Paradise used to do?"
"Caesar Palace."
Hearing Dong Tianyu mention this name, Ye Liuyun immediately perked up: "Wow, I didn’t expect you to know this name, have you been there before?"
Looking at Ye Liuyun’s raised eyebrow, his eyes full of silver bells, Dong Tianyu did not answer directly, instead, he made a gesture for him to continue.
Seeing Dong Tianyu did not answer him directly, Ye Liuyun did not mind. After all, Caesar Palace was a quite famous bathing center in Pengcheng at the time. Regardless of whether the place upstairs was legal, the properly conducted place downstairs was pretty good.
"Initially, I was a gold member of Caesar Palace. When Caesar Palace disappeared, Peach Blossom Paradise sent me an invitation as soon as it was established. However, I only found out when I went there.
The newly built Peach Blossom Paradise does not accept ordinary tourists, and one must be a member to enter. For the old members like us from Caesar Palace, Peach Blossom Paradise directly issued member qualifications.
However, when I received the membership card, I noticed that the card they gave me was the lowest level Bronze card.
Not just me, but also those friends who hung out with me, all received Bronze membership cards."
Upon saying this, Ye Liuyun showed a sincere and honest smile:" When I was young, as you know, what mattered most to me wasn’t anything else, but my reputation.
If Peach Blossom Paradise did not invite me or offer me a membership card, I wouldn’t care, but they gave me the lowest level membership card after inviting me, isn’t this a slap in my face!
Plus, back then, those friends who hung out with me all received Bronze membership cards, so in the heat of the moment, I decided to give them some trouble.
Initially, I just wanted to cause them some trouble officially, to let them know that there are some people in Pengcheng that you can’t just insult, but who would’ve thought, the people I sent there hadn’t even started causing trouble when they were called back due to a phone call from above.
If we couldn’t take action officially, we privately sent some people to stir up trouble instead, but the result wasn’t good either. None of those who were sent to cause trouble came back, they all disappeared.
With this situation, our group also realized that there were powerful figures behind the Peach Blossom Paradise, and we initially prepared to give up as we hadn’t caused much trouble anyway.
But a close childhood friend of mine couldn’t swallow this, he insisted on giving them a taste of their own medicine. After we’d all given up, he personally went to investigate that place, but ended up getting reported for drug trafficking, 100 kilograms of white powder were found in his house, and he was immediately taken away."
Saying this, a ruthless look appeared in Ye Liuyun’s eyes. That friend was once his sworn brother who had shared the same vows and rites.
When they became sworn brothers, they promised to share their fortunes and adversity, aimed not to be born on the same day, same month, and same year, but to die on the same day, same month, same year. They were blood brothers.
And just like that Ye Liuyun watched as his brother was casually sent away by them.
You should know that this friend also had strong connections back home in Pengcheng, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to hang out together as kids.
Frankly, if it weren’t for someone pulling strings behind the scene, Ye Liuyun’s friend could have just changed his name and walked out of there.
But that person, to avoid the issue, directly sent Ye Liuyun’s friend’s parents there as well.
The ruthlessness sent a cold chill down the spines of Ye Liuyun and the other friends who hadn’t been taken.
Perhaps there was still some sense of righteousness in the bottom of Ye Liuyun’s heart, so even though he didn’t dare to openly investigate Peach Blossom Paradise, he quietly started to look into it, trying to figure out who exactly was behind it.
Ye Liuyun secretly began to investigate Peach Blossom Paradise, and despite the scornful looks from his friends, often visited Peach Blossom Paradise nonchalantly. Due to his frequent visits, his original Bronze membership was upgraded to Silver
Years of investigation allowed Ye Liuyun to gain some understanding about Peach Blossom Paradise. But the deeper he understood, the less his desire for revenge. After the Cold Catastrophe, everything that had happened became a profound memory to him.
Hearing Ye Liuyun speak like this, Dong Tianyu was also somewhat moved. It seems that time really can erase everything.
However, speaking of which, what does his problem with Peach Blossom Paradise have to do with Dong Tianyu? Dong Tianyu just wanted to find someone clean and obedient now, he didn’t want to get involved in anything else.
As for what he heard from Ye Liuyun about his grudges with Peach Blossom Paradise, Dong Tianyu didn’t want to get involved. Didn’t he just hear Ye Liuyun say he’d let it go? So, Dong Tianyu did not want to get involved.
If Dong Tianyu had known Ye Liuyun would chatter on for so long, he would rather not have asked and waited until he had time to check it out himself.
After concluding this topic, their conversation became much more casual. The dialogues were aimless, and they talked about whatever came to mind.
Suddenly, Ye Liuyun asked Dong Tianyu, slightly confused: "Do you think the outdoor temperature could reach over a hundred degrees?"
In his previous life, although Dong Tianyu had been hiding in the Refuge Center and had not gone out, he had heard people talk about this sensitive issue.
"I estimate the outdoor temperature could reach over a hundred degrees, but I guess this extreme temperature should be like the Cold Catastrophe, where even though the outdoor temperature breaks the limit again, it will not last long.
Otherwise, even if we hide in the underground refuge, we wouldn’t be able to escape death."
Hearing Dong Tianyu saying this, Ye Liuyun nodded in agreement.
In this extreme temperature, ordinary clothing is just the same as not wearing anything, it would definitely cause full body burns after a few steps outside.
Even if the survivors honestly stayed in the underground shelter, the extreme temperature could easily affect the underground area unless the depth reached over a hundred meters.
Chatting to this point, the two of them sighed in unison and touched their glasses in silent agreement, then drank down the entire content in a single gulp.
After eating and drinking enough, neither of them were in the mood to do anything else, and even in this place it wouldn’t be proper. If they were in the private refuge where Ye Liuyun usually lived, Dong Tianyu definitely would have been urged to show his mettle.
Seeing that the food on the table was almost eaten, Dong Tianyu got up and took a few bags of peanuts from the supply box.
Anyway, with nothing to do, he wanted to hear from Ye Liuyun about the latest gossip in Pengcheng.
