The weather was gradually warming up.
On the evening of March 22nd, the 3rd day of the second lunar month.
In a high-end entertainment club in City A.
The private room was very warm. The young man sat in the corner, wearing only a dark blue shirt and black trousers. His eyebrows and eyes seemed to blend into the darkness. His face showed no expression; he was just playing Happy Elimination Elimination by himself.
Pulitzer said, "I have prepared a birthday gift for Master William."
With that, the door was pushed open, and several attractive young women entered. Some were sexy, some were charming, some were pure, and even two looked like they could still be students.
Pulitzer said, "Master William, these girls are quite good. Choose two to accompany you; they are all still innocent."
William, hearing this, did not lift his head and coldly replied, "Not interested, and don't bring these people in here in the future."
"Master William doesn't like them; well, I'll find some more decent girls for Master William another day."
He had seen too many of these kinds, saying no on the surface but playing very wildly in private.
"I said I'm not interested."
Pulitzer was not embarrassed and laughed, "Since Master William doesn't like them, let them all leave."
He exchanged a glance with Kissingers, who was sitting next to him, and whispered, "Is he impotent or something?"
Kissingers shook his head and whispered back, "Who knows? Maybe he just keeps himself clean."
Upon hearing this, Pulitzer said, "There are not many clean people in this circle."
"That's true, but we haven't seen him before, maybe he's just not interested."
"Maybe."
Waltons, watching the two whisper to each other, said, "What are you guys talking about? Mr. Kissingers, Mr. Pulitzer."
Pulitzer laughed and said, "We were secretly asking Mr. Pulitzer what he gave Master William as a gift."
Waltons said, "Haha, we'll find out when Master William gets home, won't we?" He continued, "Today is a gathering organized for Master William, let's toast to Master William and wish him a happy birthday."
William, hearing this, picked up the wine in front of him and drank it all at once, saying, "Thank you."
"Master William has a good capacity for alcohol."
After he finished drinking, everyone around also picked up their glasses and downed their drinks in one go.
All the people present were prominent young masters from City A, but the most notable was the Xu family, followed by The Waltons, The Kissingers, and The Pulitzers. The others were all just barely squeezing in.
It has long been heard that Philip has a family, but no one has ever seen them, so people in the circle are very curious.
Recently, Xu Yanyu has been taking William to charity evenings and other activities, and rumors in the circle say that Philip cares about the younger son, and some say the younger son is Philip's illegitimate child.
There are various opinions, and before it is uncertain, these people still have some fear of the Xu family and want to get on good terms with William to get closer to the Xu family in the future.
And Philip outside is almost impeccable. He takes William to events and has William make friends with these people, so that he can better assist Ashley in the future.
Daniel and Mason rushed over and pushed open the door to the private room.
Pulitzer saw the two at the door and asked, "Who are these two?"
William looked at Daniel at the door and said, "My brother."
Kissingers said, "Master William's friends are our friends."
Daniel and Mason sat next to William.
They handed the birthday gifts to William, who put them aside, not with the others' gifts.
The topics they discussed and the words they spoke, Mason and Daniel couldn't insert a word.
Daniel watched William drink cup after cup of wine and couldn't help but worry. He gently tugged on William's sleeve and whispered, "William, you've had a lot to drink. Can your stomach handle it?"
William shook his head and said, "I'm fine."
Suddenly, there was a knock on the private room door, and everyone thought it was the waiter.
Seeing no movement for a while.
Waltons, who was closest to the door, went to open it and saw the girl at the door, slightly stunned.
Her eyes were like glass, very beautiful as if they could speak, with curly eyelashes and a face no bigger than a palm, very white skin with a hint of pink, wearing a light yellow cardigan with a white dress underneath.
Waltons had seen many girls of all kinds, but such a stunning one was his first time. He said to Ellie, "You're in the wrong place, aren't you, sister?"
"I'm looking for William."
William heard the familiar voice and looked up to see Ellie standing at the door.
What was she doing here?
Waltons smiled and said, "And you are?"
"A classmate, here to deliver a birthday gift." Ellie had originally wanted Daniel to pass on the birthday gift for her, but hearing that Daniel was drinking, she came anyway.
"Master William's classmate, come on in, sister."
As soon as Ellie entered, almost everyone in the private room turned their gazes to her.
"Master William, your classmate is quite good-looking."
"Sister, come and sit over here."
"Sit with me, sit with me."
William looked at Ellie holding the gift, thinking she would leave, but she just handed over her birthday gift and whispered, "Happy birthday, William."
William couldn't quite put his emotions into words.
His fingers curled a few times, and he said, "Thank you."
He had said thank you before as if it was too distant, but now he was saying it to himself again.
"Aren't you Master William's classmate? Stay and have fun with us, sister."
"Come and sit over here."
"Sit here."
William thought she would leave at this point.
But Ellie said, "Okay."
Daniel immediately squeezed to the side, making room for Ellie, and said, "Sit here, Ellie."
Ellie sat between Daniel and William.
"I don't know the sister's name yet?" Waltons asked.
"Ellie."
"Just drinking is boring, why not play a game together, shall we?"
"Play what?" Pulitzer asked.
Waltons said, "Draw a card from the poker deck; whoever draws the king, we set a punishment. If you can't do it, you drink three cups as a penalty. How about that?"
Kissingers said, "Alright, alright, what does Master William think? And Master William's three friends."
William replied, "Whatever."
Daniel was fine, but he was a bit worried about Ellie. He glanced at her and heard her say, "Okay."
"Ellie, can you... drink alcohol?" Daniel whispered.
"No, but isn't there another option?"
Ellie, once in here, was like a rabbit in a wolf's den. Daniel thought their punishment must be very intense.
"Let's play this, then." Waltons said, picking out the cards, shuffling them, and then said, "Come on, draw the cards, everyone."
William glanced at his card, the ace of hearts.
His gaze flicked to the card in Ellie's hand.
The ace of spades was clearly in her hand.