Movie/TV series: Starting with Ode to Joy, I opened my own private kitchen.

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"Home? Nobody in my family cares about me. Just tell me if you'll agree or not?" Jiang Lai's expression darkened noticeably, and she stared intently at Su Chang, waiting for his reply.

"Okay, okay, then you tell me where to go, but let's make it clear first, no driving." Su Chang knew that Jiang Lai was probably going to smash up Jiang Haokun's wine cellar. Su Chang was secretly delighted. As long as it was about causing trouble for Jiang Haokun, he was happy to oblige. However, on the surface, he still looked troubled.

"Alright, then we won't drive. Just come with me." Jiang Lai immediately got up, pulled Su Chang to the roadside, hailed a taxi, and headed towards Jiang Haokun's wine cellar.

Chapter Eighteen Stealing Wine

After about half an hour, the taxi arrived at the entrance of a high-end villa area. Jiang Lai, with Su Chang in tow, led the way to Jiang Haokun's underground wine cellar.

After Jiang Lai opened the door and turned on the lights, Su Chang looked at the furnishings of the wine cellar and felt that it was more like an entertainment room than a wine cellar, with a lot of entertainment facilities inside in addition to the wine storage.

"If you help me smash this place up, I'll forgive you for bullying me today," Jiang Lai said, handing Su Chang a golf club.

"Where is this? I'm not going to have to pay for it, am I?" Su Chang asked, pretending to be completely unaware.

"It's alright, this is the black-hearted devil's home. With me here, don't worry, no one will dare to cause you trouble," Jiang Lai assured him, patting her chest.

"Uh! Okay then, but it's such a waste to smash it all. How about we just move it?" Su Chang looked at the cabinet full of expensive wines and felt a little reluctant. These wines were hard to buy even if you paid for them. Smashing them all would be such a waste. What a spendthrift woman.

"Move away?" Jiang Lai considered for a moment and then shook her head: "That won't work. There are only two of us, we can't move everything."

"Are you stupid?" Su Chang tapped Jiang Lai on the head again.

"Ouch! Why did you hit me again?" Jiang Lai looked at Su Chang with a resentful expression that said, "If you hit me again, I'll cry."

"Cough cough! Who told you to be so silly? There's a car over there, right? We can just move the wine into the car and call a driver over to take it away, right?" Su Chang coughed twice. He really couldn't stand Jiang Lai's aggrieved expression, which made him want to pinch her cheek.

"That works! But you still have to help me smash this after you move the wine." Jiang Lai thought for a moment and then agreed.

"Why don't you smash it first, and I'll move the wine? That way, neither of us will get in the way," Su Chang tentatively suggested.

"Hmm, that works too." Jiang Lai paused briefly before grabbing her golf club and heading to the recreation room to smash things. She smashed things with great gusto. Seeing her spendthrift behavior, Su Chang shook his head helplessly and went to the other side to get some wine.

These are all good wines. He found a lot of boxes and cartons in the corner. These are all good wines. If you get carsick, you'll be ruined. After loading them, he carefully moved them into the trunk of a Ford Raptor pickup truck outside the door. Since it was Jiang Haokun's wine and Jiang Lai agreed to it, he didn't feel guilty at all. He even felt a little excited.

"Why are you so slow? You're still moving things. I've already finished smashing them. You're so dawdling." After venting her frustration, Jiang Lai saw Su Chang still moving the wine to the car like the Foolish Old Man Moving Mountains and urged him impatiently.

"What do you know? This is all good wine. If you get carsick, you're doomed. Of course, we have to take it slow. If you're really free, go call a designated driver so you don't have to wait for one after you've finished moving everything."

Seeing that Su Chang was protecting those bottles of wine like they were treasures, Jiang Lai had no choice but to go to the side and call a designated driver.

Half an hour later, the designated driver finally arrived late. Jiang Lai tossed the pickup truck keys to the driver and then sat in the back with Su Chang.

"Hello! Passengers, where are we going now?" The driver turned around and saw the two of them lying in the back seat, asking them.

"Um! Where do you live?" Jiang Lai asked Su Chang.

“Ode to Joy, what’s up?” Su Chang replied without thinking much.

"Master, let's go to Ode to Joy."

"Alright! You two." Upon hearing the destination, the designated driver skillfully drove towards Joyful Song.

"Wait a minute, why would he go to my house?" Su Chang suddenly realized that if he drove the car to his house, Jiang Haokun might call the police and arrest him.

“Where else would I go if not your house? I’m not going home anyway,” Jiang Lai replied matter-of-factly.

"What you said makes a lot of sense." Su Chang was too lazy to argue with Jiang Lai about this issue. He figured that with Jiang Lai around, Jiang Haokun wouldn't dare to cause him any trouble.

About forty minutes later, the car stopped next to his Range Rover.

After the designated driver left, Jiang Lai got out of the car and went to the back compartment. She wanted to get the wine, but she wasn't tall enough, so she pouted and looked at Su Chang with a pitiful expression. She now knew that Su Chang was the type who would respond to gentleness but not force, so she started to act cute and pitiful. Su Chang actually fell for her act. Looking at her like that, Su Chang couldn't bring himself to refuse.

"Don't do that, just tell me how many bottles you want."

"How about one... no, two?" Jiang Lai first held up one finger, then two, looking at Su Chang expectantly.

"No way, why do you need two cases? Haven't you had enough tonight? Just one bottle." Su Chang couldn't bear to waste such good wine, let alone two cases. He couldn't bear to let Jiang Lai take such expensive wine for a bath like in the TV dramas. He was planning to use this wine to impress the guests when his private restaurant opened.

"Oh dear! One bottle isn't enough, how about you bring a whole case? I also want to take a bath with some wine." Jiang Lai ran to Su Chang's side and shook his arm, acting cute and charming.

"Take a bath? I'll take a bath my foot! Two bottles at most, otherwise forget it." Su Chang tapped Jiang Lai's head again and refused righteously.

"Ouch! You hit me again." Jiang Lai held her head and looked at Su Chang with a wronged expression.

"I'm telling you, it's just two bottles. Take it or leave it, or I won't take either," Su Chang said firmly.

"Sigh! Fine, two bottles it is." Jiang Lai sighed dejectedly. Seeing Su Chang's determination, she had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Su Chang opened the cloak cover, casually took two bottles of wine from the side, closed the cloak cover again, and walked towards the elevator.

"Hey! That's not right, this is my family's wine, why is he still..." Jiang Lai muttered to herself. Seeing Su Chang walking very fast, she stopped muttering and quickly chased after Su Chang.

Upon arriving at Su Chang's house, Su Chang placed the wine on the coffee table in the living room and said to Jiang Lai, who was looking around, "You start cooking, I'll go change my clothes and make a couple of dishes. Open the wine and let it breathe, understand?"

"Go ahead, go ahead, you're so long-winded."

Seeing Jiang Lai's impatient look, Su Chang stopped talking.

As for why he didn't take Jiang Lai home, Su Chang knew that if he tried to persuade Jiang Lai not to drink or to go home, she probably wouldn't listen. If he made her angry, who knew where she might run off to try to kill herself? So it was better to let her eat some food and drink with her. At least she could eat some food to soothe her stomach, and if she got drunk, he could just let her sleep at home without any danger.

Half an hour later, Su Chang casually prepared a few side dishes and placed them on the coffee table.

"Come and eat, what are you wandering around for?" Su Chang said irritably when he saw Jiang Lai patrolling his territory.

"You're doing great. I didn't realize you were short of money. Why do you need that wine?"

"What do you know? That's...!"

"dong dong dong..."

Just as Su Chang was about to say something, there was a rapid knocking on the door, so Su Chang had no choice but to open it.

Chapter Nineteen: Jiang Haokun's Attack

As soon as Su Chang opened the door, a gust of wind from a punch came flying in. Su Chang instinctively tilted his head to the side and reached out to grab the punch in the direction it came from. When he grabbed the other person's wrist, he pulled it down and then kicked the person in the stomach.

"Bang... Ouch!"

When the person fell to the ground, Su Chang realized that it was none other than Jiang Haokun. At this moment, Jiang Lai heard the noise and quickly ran over. When she saw Jiang Haokun lying on the ground clutching his stomach and crying out in pain, she laughed without any restraint.

"Ha ha ha ha······"

"Jiang Haokun, are you sick? Knocking on my door in the middle of the night and trying to hit me? Do you think you can take a beating?" Su Chang said coldly to Jiang Haokun, pretending to be completely unaware.

"Su Chang...you..." Jiang Haokun, enduring the pain, pointed at Su Chang with one hand and clutched his stomach with the other, trying to say something. Su Chang interrupted him without hesitation, saying, "What 'you'? Point at me again, and believe me, I'll break your finger."

"You two know each other?" Jiang Lai asked Su Chang, pointing at the two of them with a puzzled look.

"Hehe! Jiang, the president of Jiang's Group, how could I not know him? He's like he's sick in the head. The first time I met him, he was bullying a little girl. The second time, he acted like a kid and told his girlfriend not to take my business." Su Chang casually complained about Jiang Haokun's embarrassing moments.

"Huh?" Jiang Lai was surprised for a moment, then looked at Jiang Haokun lying on the ground with disbelief: "Tsk tsk tsk... I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, Jiang Haokun, you are not only a scumbag, but also sick."

"Lai Lai, don't listen to Su Chang's nonsense. He's no good person." Jiang Haokun glared at Su Chang hatefully. He was slightly relieved to see that Jiang Lai was alright, but his face darkened even more when he heard Jiang Lai say such things about him.

"Tsk tsk tsk... I don't know if Su Chang is a good person, but I know you're not a good person at all." Jiang Lai shook her head and said with a light laugh.

"Oh? Lai Lai? So you must be Jiang Lai, the troublemaker from the Jiang family." Su Chang said, feigning surprise as he looked at Jiang Lai.

"Ahem! What nonsense are you talking about? I'm Jiang Lai, but how did I become a troublemaker?" Jiang Lai glared at Su Chang, annoyed.

"That's not what I said. Your reputation as a troublemaker is still quite well-known in Shanghai," Su Chang said nonchalantly.

"Tch! That's just nonsense they made up. Don't believe or spread rumors, and you actually believe this?" Jiang Lai rolled her eyes and said irritably.

"Ahem! Lai Lai, come home with me." Jiang Haokun was completely helpless against Su Chang. He was originally preparing to go abroad to discuss business, but when he received news that Jiang Lai and Su Chang were together, he rushed over without stopping. Now he just wanted to get Jiang Lai away from Su Chang as soon as possible, because he felt that Su Chang was very dangerous and did not want Jiang Lai to be with him.

"I'm not leaving. Why should I leave? This is my boyfriend's house," Jiang Lai said haughtily, grabbing Su Chang's arm.

She now hates Jiang Haokun to death. Seeing that Jiang Haokun can't do anything about Su Chang, although she is curious about Su Chang's identity, she doesn't mind using Su Chang to annoy Jiang Haokun first.

"Su Chang? Him? Your boyfriend?" Jiang Haokun pointed at Su Chang and glared at Jiang Lai.

“Yeah, so what? Didn’t you kill my ex-boyfriend? He’s my boyfriend now, so what? You still want to kill him?” Jiang Lai glared at Jiang Haokun without backing down.

"Do you know who he is?" Jiang Haokun stood up at this moment, looking at Jiang Lai with a dark and serious expression.

"Hehe! I don't need to know who he is. Look how handsome he is! What's wrong with me dating him if I like him?" Jiang Lai wasn't going to back down and retorted directly.

"you······"

"Ahem! Excuse me, excuse me for interrupting you two." Su Chang interrupted the siblings' conversation with a dark expression on his face.

"Well, I don't know what's going on between you two siblings, but I want to say this: this is my home. If you're going to argue, please leave my house. You can argue however you want, or I don't mind throwing you both out."

"Oh! Brother Su Chang, I'm your girlfriend, how could you bear to throw me out? It's all that scumbag's fault, you should just throw him out." Jiang Lai hugged Su Chang's arm and acted coquettishly, swaying back and forth. Although Su Chang enjoyed it, there were still other people around, so he didn't dare to show it.

"Fine, stop shaking me, I'm scared, okay?" Su Chang immediately interrupted Jiang Lai's coquettish act, then looked at Jiang Haokun with a forced smile: "Jiang Haokun, how about it? Still planning to keep arguing?"

"Hmph!" Jiang Haokun snorted coldly, his face extremely ugly, but he didn't continue arguing. After all, he knew that Su Chang would definitely keep his word and wouldn't hold back when beating him.

"Alright, if you're done arguing, come in. Just say what you need to say. What's all the fuss about? Honestly, you're making my food cold." Su Chang said, breaking free from Jiang Lai's arm and walking inside.

"Hmph!" Jiang Lai snorted and followed Su Chang inside. Jiang Haokun hesitated at the door for a long time before finally walking into the house.

Jiang Haokun entered the room. Su Chang was sitting on the sofa, slowly chewing her wine, while Jiang Lai was sitting next to her, wolfing down her food. Jiang Haokun frowned slightly, wanting to scold Jiang Lai, but ultimately held back.

"Sit down and have something to eat," Su Chang said casually, no longer being sarcastic.

Jiang Haokun wanted to refuse, but he eventually sat down, picked up his chopsticks and tasted the dishes on the table. After taking a bite, he was stunned. He then picked up other dishes and tasted them. He was about to pick up other dishes when Jiang Lai moved all the bowls on the table to her side.

"What are you eating? It wasn't made for you."

Jiang Haokun glared at her irritably, then had no choice but to put down his chopsticks, pick up the wine glass on the table, swirl it gently, take a sip, and immediately look at Su Chang with a hostile expression.

"Su Chang, where did this wine come from?"

"Ahem!" Su Chang awkwardly touched his nose, unsure how to answer. He had run into the culprit while stealing wine; no one else had ever done that.

"What? What's wrong with me giving it to him?" Jiang Lai interjected. He was on Su Chang's side now, so of course he wouldn't want Su Chang to feel awkward.

"You... fine... I'll find out when I get back and check the security footage," Jiang Haokun said irritably.

"Cough cough..." Jiang Lai and Su Chang both coughed nervously, but Jiang Lai still stubbornly said, "Fine, I'll look. What? Are you going to call the police to arrest me or sue me?"

"Hehe! Okay, okay, stop arguing. Can I ask you siblings what exactly caused this situation?"

"Hmph! You can ask that scumbag, he's a murderer." Hearing Su Chang's words, Jiang Lai suddenly shouted excitedly, while Jiang Haokun kept his head down, seemingly lost in thought, remaining mostly silent.

Chapter Twenty: Beating Jiang Lai

"Don't you want to say anything? You're keeping this from her, are you trying to drive your sister to her death?" Su Chang said irritably when she saw Jiang Haokun pretending to be dead.