Waiters began to serve the dishes. To ensure the celebration would be uninterrupted, Ma Renyi had booked the entire restaurant at the Lingjin Hotel, with all chefs and waiters serving only them. Thus, all the food was ready. At a shout from Gao Hongquan, waiters wheeled in carts in an orderly fashion, placing exquisite delicacies on every table.
Ma Renyi, sitting to Su Mo's right, opened a bottle of Maotai Liquor and poured him a drink. "Divine Doctor Su," he said with a smile, "for tonight's celebration, Old Gao and I bought out all the Maotai Liquor on Qingfeng Road. We want everyone to drink to their heart's content."
"You two have really gone to great expense," Su Mo said, his face glowing.
"Hey, what's a little money?" Ma Renyi laughed. "If Ye Xiu hadn't died, we would have lost our fortunes and our lives, left without even a complete corpse for burial. Now that Ye Xiu is dead, no amount of money is too much to celebrate."
