TAB Chapter 049

Social Death Scene

Posted by April Fox, ? Views, Released on March 31, 2024

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After Shen Yuhan stepped out of the private room, Wen You quickly followed him, he thought Shen Yuhan came out deliberately to anger Tong Jiang.

Wen You praised: “You’re so amazing, you can actually think of such a way to deal with Jiang Tong.”

Jiang Tong always thought he was superior to others¹, every time he met him, his attitude was very arrogant, as if he was the new son of heaven, just now, Shen Yuhan showed no mercy to him at all, seeing him dumbfounded as Shen Yuhan stood up and left, he felt an indescribable pleasure in his heart, Shen Yuhan was so powerful, and his methods were so high.

Shen Yuhan said: “It’s not that I want to deal with him, it’s just that I’m not accustomed to his attitude, his words contain insinuations², making people uncomfortable.”

Right after saying a few words, half of the people who ate at the same table with them followed them out, and they all gathered towards Shen Yuhan.

The girl who just spoke to Shen Yuhan said: “Hello everyone, we haven’t introduced each other during the meal, my name is Lian Qi, Handsome guy, I’ve already noticed that one is not pleasing to the eye, before you guys even came out, he kept bragging about how great he is, who his father is, who his mother is, who his grandparents are, and even went through the whole family’s resume.”

Wen You added to Shen Yuhan: “That’s the kind of person he is.”

Shen Yuhan is not very interested in how Jiang Tong is like, ever since that person talked to Liu Tan in such a peculiar way, he refused to get in touch with this person in his heart, but didn’t expect the other party to provoke himself, which is really boring.

After leaving the private room, they didn’t know where to go, someone suggested that they should go downstairs to drink coffee or milk tea.

Wen You remembered that Shen Yuhan liked drinking milk tea last time, so he suggested drinking milk tea.

Shen Yuhan also agreed: “Let’s go for milk tea.” This time, he wanted to have another flavor.

After all, something unpleasant happened, but they are not too familiar with each other, so they didn’t say much, six or seven people introduced themselves in the elevator first, and they chatted in detail after arriving at the milk tea shop.

It turns out that most of them are relatives or students of their predecessors’ families, today, they all come here with the mentality of having fun, they still thought it was just a little bit of fun, who would have thought that they would meet terrible people while having a meal.

Most of them are the proud sons of heaven³, each of them is either going to a prestigious university, or preparing to inherit the family business, even Lian Qi is a reserve for inheriting the family property, if it weren’t for her grandfather insisting on bringing her, she wouldn’t have come.

They were able to follow Shen Yuhan out, it’s all after careful consideration⁴, they really didn’t agree with Jiang Tong, also look down on people with his personality, he is too annoying.

They all know Liu Tan, Shen Yuhan came with Liu Tan, the second son of the Liu family personally grind ink for him, what a great honor it was, moreover, there was no ambiguity between the two of them from the beginning to the end, they always maintained a friendly distance, everyone could see how pure their friendship was, but it was Jiang Tong who has a cheap mouth, and he polluted everyone’s ears.

Jiang Tong is indeed nothing, although his family elders have some social status, are highly regarded by many people, and he is also considered talented, but he has a self-righteous character, one day he will be severely beaten by society, if he doesn’t get slapped in the face, he will be slapped directly in the face without any warning, he insulted others, and they slapped him in return, and the slap was quite loud.

However, these private things, Shen Yuhan didn’t know about it, at this time, he had just met a few young people, and they were able to chat together, so they happily added WeChat, Lian Qi was relatively lively, she directly created a group, and pulled everyone in, after all, they were all the same age.

Shen Yuhan suddenly had a real group of his own, today, he ordered a strawberry cheese tea⁵, which was sour and sweet, his eyes squinted a little when he took a sip, it was a bit cold, but it was really delicious.

Wen You asked him: “Do you like the taste?”

Shen Yuhan said: “It’s okay, this is my first time drinking this.”

Wen You shared his experience of drinking milk tea: “There are grape cheese tea⁶, mango cheese tea⁷, all very delicious, you can try this again next time.”

“Okay.” Shen Yuhan decided to make a note of it first, he is now half a modern young man, after drinking milk tea for the second time, he also thought about what he would drink next time.

Lian Qi and the others also knew that Wen You and Shen Yuhan knew each other, and they only thought that Wen You was quite nice to him.

In addition to Lian Qi, there is another girl in their small group who is relatively quiet, and talks very little, the rest are all boys, almost all in their twenties, the youngest is eighteen years old, and is very youthful, because he has several pimples on his face, these young people of similar age are relatively energetic⁸, people who have been in the business world for a long time, will definitely deal with people courteously but insincerely⁹ today, but would not be like them, who are willful and will leave directly.

Of course, this is also a natural attitude towards things.

There were not too many people in the milk tea shop at this time, and the seven of them could still find a seat, the boys chatted about games, even Lian Qi and the quiet girl both knew how to play, as they chatted, they talked about how they wanted to play with a team of five people and chat online¹⁰.

Wen You noticed that Shen Yuhan did not participate in the topic of the game and quietly asked him: “You’re not playing?”

Shen Yuhan shook his head and said: “I don’t know how to play, you guys can play.”

Wen You asked him: “Why don’t I take you to play in another team, they can form a team of five.”

Shen Yuhan smiled: “No, you guys play.” He was still slow to operate his mobile phone, playing games would definitely expose his ignorance, “I’ll see how you guys play.”

Wen You said: “Then sit next to me, I’ll teach you.”

Because everyone was sitting very close to each other, Shen Yuhan could indeed see Wen You’s mobile phone from the right angle.

The quiet girl on the side suddenly said: “I’m not very good at it, I’ll drag you guys down, I’ll watch you play.”

Lian Qi said excitedly: “Then, five of us is just right to form a team.”

It can be seen that she should be a girl who loves to play games.

Shen Yuhan is actually observing people, today’s girls are really different from those of their time, they can work outside like men, and play the same games with men, except that men still can’t bear children for them, everything else is fair.

He could do anything in the future, when he thought of this, Shen Yuhan was in a better mood.

His eyes fell on Wen You’s mobile phone interface, they all held different mobile phones in different postures, they all used horizontal screens to play games, there were many cartoon characters in it, it was different from what he saw on the animation channel, the male characters were handsome and elegant, but they were dressed in various ways, don’t know what kind of weird costumes they were, while most of the female characters are seductive and bewitching, wearing revealing clothing, with an emphasis on exposing breasts, breasts, and thighs, and are also very popular among male gamers.

Except for Wen You and Lian Qi, who played male characters, the other three used female characters, the characters all had their own voices, either cute or fierce, in short, it’s an eye-opening experience for Shen Yuhan again, sure enough, young people really like to play games, when everyone gets together, they don’t recite poems or paint, but drink milk tea and play games.

Everyone entered the game interface together, Shen Yuhan had good eyesight, from his seat, he could see Wen You skillfully sliding on the screen of his mobile phone, the character on the mobile phone interface just now can move, shake the stick in his hand, run, walk, jump, and fight, just like a real person, Shen Yuhan watched it with great interest, repeatedly marveling at how realistic modern games were.

Wen You felt that Shen Yuhan was as serious as attending class, and also he didn’t dare to be careless, he sat upright and straight¹¹, and began to take the initiative to command the other four people.

“I’ll take the middle path.”

The others each took their own chosen route, and began to fight the monsters.

Shen Yuhan thought to himself that this monster looked really ugly, just like the swaying tree shadow with teeth and five claws that he saw on the paper window in summer.

Wen You took advantage of the gap, and asked Shen Yuhan: “It’s actually quite easy to operate.”

Shen Yuhan nodded like pounding garlic: “Um, um.” After watching it for a while, his eyes were a little sore, he took another sip of milk tea, when he looked around, he noticed that the quiet girl was also watching Wen You playing the game, and the two of them were very close to each other.

Could it be that this girl likes Wen You?

Wen You does have the capital to be liked by girls, he is handsome and sunny, and he also treats others warmly, which is not bad at all, but he doesn’t understand the modern love affair at all, so it’s best to pretend that he doesn’t know anything, he is not familiar with these two people, they are just casual acquaintances now.

–

At this time, Liu Tan, who returned to the private room after making a phone call, saw that the table was mostly empty, with only about ten people left, one of them was Jiang Tong, who had been very angry with him just now, this guy’s face was extremely dark, as if he had been hit hard by something, and he was gloomy.

“Jiang Tong, where are my friends and the others?”

Jiang Tong thought to himself, he still had the nerve to ask himself, so he turned away and said: “I don’t know.”

Liu Tan probably guessed what was going on, he guessed that this guy’s mouth was so cheap, he didn’t know what he said, and pissed off a group of people.

“You’re really good, you pissed off my friends, if I can’t find them, you just wait for me.”

“It’s none of my business, they left on their own!” Jiang Tong was extremely angry, his heart had just been blocked by those two words from Shen Yuhan, the gathering wasn’t over yet, he wanted to flip the table, unexpectedly, it was a marble and solid wood round table, he couldn’t lift it at all, so he could only sit here in embarrassment.

“What kind of words can you say with your foul mouth, you really think you are from a scholarly family¹², you don’t even think about how your relatives got rich, if I were you, I wouldn’t even dare to go out.” Liu Tan was too lazy to argue with him before, but if anything happens¹³ to Shen Yuhan this time, Lao Shan will probably skin him.

Liu Tan also asked the others, Liu Tan aura is there, they were all younger than him, so they told him about Shen Yuhan going out with others, he searched in the restaurant lobby for a while but couldn’t find the person, so he had to ask Shan Qihuan for Shen Yuhan’s phone number.

Shan Qihuan originally didn’t want Shen Yuhan to go out, as soon as he heard Liu Tan asking for Shen Yuhan’s phone number, he knew something had happened again.

“Didn’t I tell you to keep a close eyes on him, what happened to him?”

“I just went to answer a phone call, the young man was young and energetic¹⁴ and had a little verbal altercation, I don’t know if he was with someone he knew, you quickly give me the phone number, I’ll find the person.”

“I sent it to you, find him for me quickly, and tell me, it’s really worrying.” It’s unknown whether Shan Qihuan was talking about Shen Yuhan or Liu Tan.

Liu Tan smiled and said: “I know, I can’t lose your wife.” Shen Yuhan is such a big person, it is impossible to lose him.

He wanted to call Shen Yuhan immediately after getting the phone number.

However, at this time, Shen Yuhan had already received the message from Shan Qihuan, and was about to reply when Liu Tan called first.

Liu Tan: “Yuhan, where did you go?”

Shen Yuhan: “I’m drinking milk tea downstairs, I’ll go up later.” He just wanted to drink milk tea before going back.

Liu Tan: “I’ll come down to find you, and have a cup of milk tea by the way.” Liu Tan still wanted to see Shen Yuhan in person.

“Oh, okay.” Shen Yuhan told him which store he was at, and then lowered his head and began to text Shan Qihuan back.

Mu Gen: Don’t run around.

Wife: I’m not running around.

Mu Gen: Be good, I’ll pick you up when I’m done.

Wife: Um, husband, don’t slack off¹⁵ when you’re at work.

Mu Gen: Who am I doing this for?

Wife: Husband, are you afraid of losing me? Worried about me.

Mu Gen: Not worried.

Wife: Hee.

Mu Gen: I’ll clean you up at night.

Wife: Hee.

Mu Gen: Silly.

–

A few minutes later, Liu Tan came over.

He also saw several young people playing games, while Shen Yuhan sat aside and watched Wen You play, they was playing seriously and no one noticed Liu Tan coming, it was Shen Yuhan who discovered it first.

Liu Tan asked him: “You don’t play?”

Shen Yuhan shook his head: “I don’t know how.” He had just seen how Wen You operate the game, but he was just watching, he might not know how to do it himself, so he just said he didn’t know how to do it.

“Lao Shan is quite good at playing this game, just a little bit worse than me, let him take you to play later.” Liu Tan told him about this.

“Okay.” It turns out that his husband can do it too, it’s just that he don’t see him playing games on his mobile phone at home, speaking of which, his husband is actually not too old, less than thirty, and is also in the ranks of young people in modern times, perhaps the people, things, and styles he comes into contact with on a daily basis are relatively mature, it makes the person feel very reliable, in Shen Yuhan’s eyes, young people may still be a little naive and confused, but his husband knows exactly what he wants., it’s quite distressing to think about it, he can’t even play freely with people his own age.

“Brother Liu Tan, can you also play?”

“Of course, I’m very good, I’m the one who take Lao Shan fly.”

After Liu Tan’s bragging came out, he joined the battle the next time, and fought the opponent fiercely¹⁶, but he lost in the end.

Wen You glanced at him several times, for the sake of winning the next game, he said: “Brother, you’ll take the support later.”

Liu Tan touched his nose: “Oh.”

Shen Yuhan realized that Liu Tan had just been bragging, it must be Shan Qihuan who took him flying.

Playing games makes time pass quite quickly, and Shen Yuhan learned something new, this was not the most urgent thing for him to learn at the moment, and could be postponed for another time.

When two o’clock in the afternoon came, the group returned to the original meeting room, which had changed considerably.

In the morning, it was used for the competition, but in the afternoon, it became rows of side-by-side seats, with pots of flowers placed on the podium, and all the gifts to be awarded were placed in the first row.

At first glance, it looked a bit serious and conscientious.

Old Master Liu and others had already been seated in their own positions, they all knew about the verbal argument that had occurred between the young people, Shen Yuhan’s words had also reached his ears, and the eyes that looked at Shen Yuhan were filled with appreciation.

“Well done.”

Shen Yuhan never held grudges very much, so he thought he said that his painting was good and he could win a prize, so he smiled back, after greeting Old Master Liu, he obediently found a seat and sat down, Liu Tan went out for something, and did not come in with them.

Regarding this small award ceremony, the one who watched it most seriously was probably Shen Yuhan, who had never seen it before.

A lady from the Calligraphy and Painting Association temporarily acted as the host, she first introduced today’s judges, and then invited the president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association to come to the stage to speak, everyone applauded, and after speaking for a few minutes, the awards ceremony began.

At this small exchange meeting organized by Old Master Liu’s group, there are six winners each for calligraphy and painting, it’s estimated that half of the twenty young people invited today will win awards.

The host began to present the awards, and the first to be presented were the calligraphy awards.

“The awards will now be presented, and the winner of the third prize is…”

There were three people who won the third prize in calligraphy, but Shen Yuhan’s name was not among them.

At the same time, the door behind the conference quietly opened, a handsome man in a suit sat down in the last row, only the host facing the back row saw this scene, no one noticed that someone came in, especially Shen Yuhan, who was listening very attentively.

There are two people who won the second prize for calligraphy, Jiang Tong and the quiet girl.

Jiang Tong couldn’t believe¹⁷ that he only got the second prize, who took the first place!

There was no Shen Yuhan’s name, he was a little disappointed, but not discouraged, there are many outstanding people in modern times.

“The winner of the first prize is Shen Yuhan!”

When Shen Yuhan heard his name, he didn’t react at first, it’s still Lian Qi who gave him a push.

Lian Qi smiled and said: “Go up and receive the award, first place.”

They don’t care about these prizes, but the prizes are indeed very attractive, and the antiques are all priceless.

Shen Yuhan said calmly: “Oh, it’s me.”

Lian Qi and Wen You were amused by him.

Shen Yuhan gently pulled down the corner of his clothes, trying not to be embarrassed, he often stood with many people, but there was no such atmosphere at that time, he has a sense of accomplishment that belongs to him, and he feels a little excited, he has been practicing calligraphy for many years, but he never thought that he would one day win an award, if his brothers know that he can win awards for writing good calligraphy, they would not praise him too much, he really want to thank his brothers for their perseverance.

Jiang Tong gave him an angry look, but Shen Yuhan didn’t even notice it, for him, Jiang Tong is really just a stranger, and can’t influence him.

He went to the stage, and the president of the association presented him with an award, Shen Yuhan thanked the venerable old man.

There was no need for any acceptance speech, he directly stepped down from the stage.

Shen Yuhan returned to his seat, holding the prizes in a wooden box, and then, he belatedly realized that he had just seen a familiar person in the back row!

He turned his head sharply, but he didn’t see anyone, was he so nervous that his eyes were blurred?

It shouldn’t be, his husband said in the morning that he had something to do during the day, and couldn’t come over to accompany him, so it seems that he was really dazzled.

After Shen Yuhan turned around, Shan Qihuan, who had quietly crouched down, did not return to his seat.

Liu Tan, who crouched down with him, asked in a low voice: “…Why are you hiding from him?”

Shan Qihuan said: “Can’t I?”

Liu Tan: “You can be more upright¹⁸.”

Shan Qihuan glanced at him: “You don’t understand.” He was actually afraid that Shen Yuhan would cry if he didn’t win the prize, instead of coaxing him back home, he might as well come over and give him a surprise.

Liu Tan wanted to stand up, but Shan Qihuan pulled him down to a crouch.

Liu Tan wanted to roar: “I don’t have to squat!” You want to surprise your wife, why are you dragging me into this?

Shan Qihuan pulled him: “If you are a brother, squat down for me.”

Next is the award ceremony for the Chinese painting, and the host begins to build up the suspense.

Liu Tan was still struggling to sit up, but was held down by Shan Qihuan, and he did not notice a figure quietly walking over.

The person crouched down and asked them in a low voice: “Husband, what are you doing?”

Shan Qihuan quickly turned his face away, and for the first time, he wanted to find a crack in the ground and go in!

The author has something to say:

I’m still thinking about whether or not to trick everyone and add an update today~~ Happy April Fool’s Day~

Hurry up and give Hanhan’s husband nutrient solution to cover up his shame!

Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me between 2021-03-31 12:02:39~2021-04-01 12:05:23 or irrigated me with nutrients!

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Today’s chapter is less than 4k words again~

Anyway, this is unplanned, but unexpectedly, this chapter comes out right before April 1st. I almost forgot the date… 😅😅

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高人一等 (gāo rén yī děng): a cut above others; to be superior to others; to be a head taller than others; be a notch above others; stand/tower head and shoulders above others.
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含沙射影 (hán shā shè yǐng): lit. to hold sand in the mouth and splash onto someone’s shadow; to attack someone by innuendo (idiom); to make oblique charges; to attack or slander by insinuation; Legend has it that a kind of mythological creature called 蜮 (yù) splash sands to people or those with their shadow, and then they will get serious diseases and die; Metaphor to attack or frame people in secret.
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天之驕子 (tiān zhī jiāo zi): God’s favored one; an unusually lucky person; specially privileged person; unusually lucky person.
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深思熟慮 (shēn sī shú lǜ): deliberation; deep and careful consideration; mature reflection; cogitative.
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芝芝莓莓 (zhī zhī méi méi): Strawberry cheese tea.
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多肉葡萄 (duō ròu pú táo): Grape cheese tea.
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芝芝芒芒 (zhī zhī máng máng): Mango cheese tea.
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血氣方剛 (xuè qì fāng gāng): full of sap (idiom); young and vigorous; (usually of youth) hot-blooded; full of vigour; buoyant and impetuous; From the Analects, Book 16 (《論語·季氏》): 孔子曰：「君子有三戒：少之時，血氣未定，戒之在色；及其壯也，血氣方剛，戒之在鬭；及其老也，血氣既衰，戒之在得。」, Confucius said, “There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth, when the physical powers are not yet settled, he guards against lust. When he is strong and the physical powers are full of vigor, he guards against quarrelsomeness. When he is old, and the animal powers are decayed, he guards against covetousness.”
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虛與委蛇 (xū yǔ wēi yí): to feign civility (idiom); pretense at complying; sham gestures of politeness; pretend/feign politeness and compliance; deal with sb courteously but insincerely; From the book Zhuangzi: 鄉吾示之以未始出吾宗，吾與之虛而委蛇。, I was showing him myself after the pattern of what was before I began to come from my author. I confronted him with pure vacancy, and an easy indifference.
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五人開黑 (wǔ rén kāi hēi): 開黑 (kāi hēi) means (slang, neologism) to chat while playing video games; a game term, which means communicate via voice or face-to-face while playing the game. It is an emerging term that is popular in various battle games. It refers to the behavior of a group of people in the same game forming a team to play the game when communication is convenient (such as direct communication in the same Internet cafe or real-time communication through chat tools to exchange in-game information even though they are not together). 開黑 is the abbreviation of 開黑店 (kāi hēi diàn), lit. to open an inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction); fig. to carry out a scam; to run a protection racket; daylight robbery; in a gaming term, it refers to a group of people who know each other and can communicate easily (such as all sitting in the same Internet cafe). More information (in Chinese): Link 1, Link 2.
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正襟危坐 (zhèng jīn wēi zuò): lit. to straighten out the clothes and sit straight; to sit upright and still (idiom); to sit straight solemnly; straighten one’s clothes and sit bolt upright—be in all seriousness.
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書香門第 (shū xiāng mén dì): lit. family filled up with the aroma of books; family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary/intellectual family; family of teachers and scholars; scholar-gentry family.
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三長兩短 (sān cháng liǎng duǎn): unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death; something untoward; mishap; unforeseen disaster/accident.
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年輕氣盛 (nián qīng qì shèng): full of youthful vigor (idiom); in the prime of youth; be young and impetuous; be young and aggressive; interpreted as being young, not knowing how to behave, and being competitive.
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摸魚 (mō yú): (literally) to catch fish; (figurative, humorous) to slack off; to loaf on the job; Likely shortened from 渾水摸魚 (hún shuǐ mō yú), to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain.
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天昏地暗 (tiān hūn dì àn): lit. a murky sky over a dark earth; dark all round; gloomy above and dark below; state of chaos and despair; to an extreme degree; like hell; Describes the scene of the sky full of sand when the wind is blowing, also a metaphor for political corruption and social darkness.
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難以置信 (nán yǐ zhì xìn): hard to believe; unbelievable; incredible; be difficult to believe.
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光明正大 (guāng míng zhèng dà): (of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly; (of a situation) out in the open; Be frank and decent in words and deeds.