Down in the hall, the wine table that had been neatly arranged had been knocked upside down by the large movements of several people, and most of the guests near the table were scared away.
Lu Zheyu retracted the leg that was still stepping on someone’s face, turned around expressionlessly, and said lightly, “Let’s go.”
Zhu Tong watched him wave his hand, weightless like a cloud amidst a light breeze, and thought to himself, ‘He is truly someone who is decisive with few words.’
Zhu Tong looked at Shao Ming again.
Shao Ming smiled at him. “Let’s go.”
The people who got beaten were also angry, but they had nothing more to say.
It’s clear that this group of people here only wanted to provoke Lu Zheyu.
When they were just fighting, Zhu Tong heard some discussions. These people seemed to belong to a band, or a band formed after a minor dropped out of school. Listening to what they said, it seemed that they were doing theme music selection in a bar, and they were Lu Zheyu’s competitors.
As a result, they were not reconciled after their defeat, and deliberately chose a new song to try to sing and make trouble.
Not in the mood to care about these people who couldn’t afford to lose, he turned around and was about to go back to the private room, but a man with a bruised nose and a swollen face lying on the ground got up again and said, “Lu Zheyu, are you so ashamed that you got angry? Don’t be such aa bitch, if you’re ashamed just go back to school. Haha, do your friends know about the bad things you’ve done in the past?”
Lu Zheyu’s footsteps stopped, his face remained unchanged, and he turned back again, his posture screamed that he’s going to beat him up again.
The man didn’t know what was going on, but he was still very excited to see him looking back, “What? You can’t speak? You can only beat me? If you really hit me, that only means that my words are true! Scums like you don’t deserve the win, you won by using improper means!”
“Have you never thought that he hit you just because you deserve a beating?”
Lu Zheyu’s well-prepared kick hadn’t been unleashed yet when Zhu Tong suddenly spoke up.
The man with ear studs’ smirk faded.
Shao Ming looked down at the person who had taken a step forward from him, Luo Suo was slightly startled and was about to pull Zhu Tong back when Shao Ming raised his hand to stop him.
Luo Suo turned his head in puzzlement, and saw Shao Ming’s mouth curved into a smile, clearly interested.
“?”
Zhu Tong looked at the man with ear studs and said, “Because a person like you has the face that in dire need of a punch. Honestly, it’s hard for me to hold myself back and punch you myself.”
“…”
The man with ear studs looked at Zhu Tong. He was sure that he had never seen him during the fight, as he looked frail. He sneered, “What? You want to stand up for Lu Zheyu? Looking at you, you don’t look like–”
“A thief will call others a thief; as they can only see others using the same dirty methods as them.” Zhu Tong said.
The man with the ear stud was stunned for a moment, then said angrily, “Who the fuck are you calling dirty? What I said is the truth, who doesn’t know Lu Zheyu…”
“I don’t know about that.” Zhu Tong said, “I know him as an excellent student with good academic performance. You tell me, if a student with a total overall score of 700+ is ashamed to go back to school, then why aren’t you, an underage drop-out, go hang yourself out of shame when you see a school at a distance?”
There’s no problem for this group of guys to have a dream and feel unjust, but that doesn’t excuse them to smear others’ reputation or trample others’ dreams.
“Pfft.”
There was a muffled laugh from the onlookers.
Zhu Xin was also a little surprised.
Did her brother… have such a vicious tongue?
The man with ear studs’ face instantly flushed red.
He angrily retorted, “Lu Zheyu is shameless! So what if he has good grades? His family is very poor and has no money to study music. If he hadn’t hooked up with a gold master, how could he have entered an entertainment company? How could he have written a complete song? I call bullshit!”
Lu Zheyu was just a poor boy from the countryside, a nobody who has never even taken serious music lessons! How could he possibly have written anything comparable to what their entire band had written together?
The man with ear studs is full of certainty of his accusation and jealousy.
Yes, jealousy.
When the theme music was selected, they had heard Lu Zheyu’s music, which was very good.
But they didn’t believe it was a tune made by a high school student alone.
If it wasn’t for Lu Zheyu’s backstage support, if someone hadn’t helped him, he would never have succeeded alone!
Why can he have the help of a gold master, when their band worked so hard only to lose?
The man with ear studs couldn’t help but feel resentment in his heart.
Zhu Tong easily replied. “Simple, he’s talented.”
The man with ear studs: “…”
Lu Zheyu: “…”
There was finally a crack on the face of Lu Zheyu, who had been expressionless.
However, after Zhu Tong finished speaking, he was also confused. He turned to look at Shao Ming, and suddenly approached him and said, “He’s really skillful and powerful, ah.”
He can study well, he can write songs, he can program and hack, and he can balance all of that!
Shao Ming: “…”
Shao Ming couldn’t hang on to the smile on his face.
He suddenly wrapped his arm around Zhu Tong’s shoulder and pulled him back. He looked at the band guys on the opposite side of the room, and said, “Not all of your efforts will be rewarded, and not all of others’ successes will necessarily be because of a helping hand behind them. If you want to be successful, what you should do is to improve yourselves to surpass others, instead of thinking of ways to discredit others. What’s the use? In the end, it will only prove that you guys can’t afford to lose… Lao Er, let’s go.”
After he finished speaking, he turned around, and Zhu Tong was held in his arms and turned his head, seeing that the faces of the band members were changed.
Some were still unwilling, and some were ashamed.
No one cared about what they thought. After dealing with the damage caused by the fight, the five of them returned to their private room.
Because all the eyes in the bar were on them, no one noticed that a gaze followed Zhu Tong until the door of the box closed.
Jiang Wan held a glass of wine in her hand and shook it lightly, with interest shining in her eyes.
“Young Lady.”
A person walked by and stood beside her and called out respectfully.
Jiang Wan smiled and said, “Go and check, who are the people in Room 102?”
“Will do, Young Lady.” The assistant said, “One more thing, the stepson of Zhu’s family, Qin Junhong, just called you and said that he wanted to meet you.”
Jiang Wan frowned slightly. “Qin Junhong?”
“Yes.”
“Reject him. Let’s go.”
“…”
The assistant took out his phone again and pulled out a photo, “He also posted this, saying that if you don’t want to see him, you can take a look at this photo first.”
Jiang Wan: “…”
Jiang Wan lowered her eyes and saw the photo on the phone screen, her expression changed slightly. She turned her head and glanced at the door of Room 102, and said, “Who is this person?”
The assistant said: “He said this is his brother.”
Qin Junhong’s younger brother?
“It should be the young master of the Zhu family, Zhu Tong.”
“Zhu Tong?” Jiang Wan was slightly stunned.
Isn’t the young master of the Zhu family a sickly child, who can’t stand being blown by a slight breeze?
She took the phone from the assistant again and looked at the photo carefully. It was indeed the beautiful boy she had just seen.
She paused for a moment, then rolled her eyes suddenly, and said in a whisper, “This young master of the Zhu family doesn’t seem to be the same as the rumored one.”
“…”
“Forget it, you don’t need to check the people in the room. You can check the relationship between the young master of the Zhu family and Cheng Chen… No, check the relationship between him and the Cheng family.”
“Yes, then Qin Junhong’s side…”
Jiang Wan said: “Ignore him, don’t reply to him. Just check the things I ordered you and we’ll find out.”
“…Yes.”
Thinking of what Cheng Chen said before leaving the bar, Jiang Wan narrowed her eyes with interest.
If he wants her Jiang family to go bankrupt, the Zhu family has no such ability.
So what did Cheng Chen’s words mean?
She returned the phone to the assistant, looked back at the room, and walked straight out of the bar, her high heels clacking rhythmically with every steps.
In the private room, Zhu Tong felt that after returning from the fight outside, the atmosphere in the room was not right.
Everyone was silent, but everyone looked at him from time to time, but when he looked back, they quickly averted their eyes.
Finally, when his sister looked over again, he couldn’t bear it anymore and raised his head, “Is there something on my face?”
“Ah?” Zhu Xin said, half-stunned. “No.”
“Then what are you looking at me for?”
“…”
Zhu Xin paused and said with a smile, “Ge, I think you are much more lively than before. You looked so handsome just now!”
Zhu Tong: “…”
‘T-that’s it?’
She’s just curious because she has never seen him like that before? It does make sense.
He said reservedly, “I’m just telling the truth.”
Then he looked at Lu Zheyu again.
Lu Zheyu looked at him calmly, and said after a moment of silence, “…Thank you.”
Zhu Tong: “…”
It’s not unusual for a man of few words to want to say thank you and not know how to say it, so it’s not unusual for him to look at him multiple times.
He nodded and replied, “It’s nothing. In fact, you can handle it yourself, and I didn’t help you much.”
Lu Zheyu, who cherished his words like gold: “Troubling you.”
“…”
He should have found it troublesome to explain, so he chose not to do it from the beginning.
Zhu Tong didn’t say anything else and turned to look at Luo Suo.
Luo Suo was startled and quickly said, “I only stared at you because they all looked at you, nothing else. I just don’t want to be the odd one out.”
“…”
Zhu Tong turned his attention to Shao Ming again.
What he cared about most was Shao Ming’s reason, because he didn’t seem to be in a good mood.
However, Shao Ming’s explanation was perfunctory: “You look good.”
Zhu Tong: “…”
He became inexplicably a little embarrassed.
He replied, “Not as good-looking as you.”
Shao Ming’s eyes brightened. “I see, so you think I’m good-looking?”
Zhu Tong: “You are good-looking.”
‘How can you become the protagonist’s white moonlight if you don’t look good?’
‘How can you become a campus male god if you don’t look good?’
‘How can you use your face as a living sign of a milk tea shop if you don’t look good?’
Shao Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes dark.
Zhu Tong’s heart skipped a beat when he saw his gaze, “What… what’s wrong?”
Shao Ming smiled and said, “Then who is the most good-looking person you’ve ever seen?”
Zhu Tong: “…”
Zhu Tong could see the “please compliment me” face on Shao Ming.
How can someone be so narcissistic?
He turned his head to look at the other people in the room, and then turned his gaze back to Shao Ming’s face, hesitatingly said, “You?”
Shao Ming criticized, “Not sincere enough.”
“…”
Why is he categorized as insincere?
What the hell happened to this man?
Although he didn’t understand where this young man’s emotions came from, Zhu Tong paused and said seriously, “Really, you are the most good-looking person I have ever seen.”
–Even better than the heartthrob protagonist.
This is the truth.
Shao Ming was satisfied, the corners of his lips curved, and he withdrew his gaze. “Alright. You barely passed the threshold.”
Zhu Tong: “…”
‘Barely passed… no, wait, what did I pass again?’
He looked suspiciously at Shao Ming who took a sip from a canned drink. He suddenly realized something and looked down at the label of the can — imported wine.
“You… are you drinking alcohol?”
Shao Ming crushed the now-empty can and threw it into the trash can. He calmly said, “Why don’t you drink alcohol at a bar like this? Oh, wait, you can’t drink. Good boy.”
Zhu Tong: “…”
Is it a matter of being able to drink?
They didn’t come to this bar to drink!
And… Zhu Tong looked at the table in front of Shao Ming, and counting the one he just threw in the trash, he had already drunk three cans of alcohol by himself.
Although each was only 15% ABV.
But he had already drunk all of them within a short time, since the time Luo Suo brought the drinks.
Seeing that Shao Ming reached out for another bottle of alcohol in the plastic bag, Zhu Tong took the lead and grabbed it before Shao Ming could. “No more.”
Shao Ming asked, “Why?”
Zhu Tong: “…”
‘Why did he even ask? Indulging in alcohol isn’t a good thing!’
He righteously reasoned, “You’re still underage.”
Shao Ming raised his eyebrows and said, “But I’ve drank it regardless.”
“Then you can’t drink anymore.”
What if he got drunk?
Shao Ming curled his lips and looked at him with a smile, as if he didn’t intend to compromise.
Zhu Tong hesitated for a while, then said anxiously, “Anyway, you can’t drink any more. If you drink any more.. .then I will drink it too.”
Shao Ming: “…”
The other three in the room: “…”
They were all completely speechless. That kind of threat was redundant!
After Zhu Tong finished speaking, he realized what he had said… utter nonsense!
What does his drinking have to do with Shao Ming’s drinking?
Why did he suddenly say this?
However, Shao Ming looked amused instead, his eyes were shining. He pretended to be shocked. “You actually threatened me with yourself?”
Zhu Tong: “…”
Is it too late for him to take the words back?
It definitely is.
Shao Ming came over and smiled playfully. “Are you going to bully me?”
Zhu Tong mumbled, “No…”
“Very well, your threat was successful, and I decided to stop drinking.”
Zhu Tong: “…Really?”
Shao Ming nodded.
It’s rare for this young master to act like a spoiled kid, so he wanted to follow his whim.
Although his purpose was accomplished, Zhu Tong suddenly regretted it when he looked at the teenager in front of him who was smiling like a blooming flower.
What bad mood? Why did he suddenly promise not to drink anymore?
This guy doesn’t give a shit, he’s just fucking around!
Shao Ming really put down the can of alcohol, and took a glass of cranberry juice that Zhu Tong had drunk before, took a sip and said, “Well, this tastes good.”
Zhu Tong: “…”
Luo Suo & Lu Zheyu: “…”
They felt that their presence had flickered into non-existence at this moment.
Zhu Xin: “…”
‘Such a good brotherhood isn’t a good thing,’ she thought.
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