365: Chapter 365 Why Don’t You Go Rob?
365: Chapter 365 Why Don’t You Go Rob?
“Wenkai, they’ve left, you’re safe now,” Ning Xinhua sobbed uncontrollably while embracing Zhou Wenkai, tears of joy also streaming down her face.
Zhou Wenkai was cold and damp all over, his muscles somewhat stiff, and his face still hadn’t regained its color.
Looking dazed, he said, “I, I’m alright.” The feeling of narrowly escaping death was indeed extraordinary.
The crowd was also delighted and developed a deep respect for Tangyu.
“Thanks, you really didn’t have to get involved and make enemies on my account,” Tangyu said to Li Zhencheng, feeling genuinely fond of him.
People who know how to be grateful usually aren’t bad.
Li Zhencheng, unconcerned, smiled and said, “I’m not really close with them, so it doesn’t matter if I offend them.
If I weren’t here, I could pretend I saw nothing, but since I am, I couldn’t just stand by and let you suffer.
You saved me once too, Tangyu.
If I didn’t help because I was afraid of offending them, would I even be a man?”
Tangyu smiled, sensing the sincerity in Li Zhencheng’s words, “Alright then, I won’t say much more, thanks for today.”
“Haha, don’t mention it.
I’ll leave you be then, as I have some matters to attend to myself,” said Li Zhencheng as he excused himself.
After seeing off Li Zhencheng, Ning Xinhua helped the slightly recovered Zhou Wenkai up and came to Tangyu, her face flooded with gratitude, “Thank you, Tangyu, I truly can’t thank you enough.
I sincerely apologize for what happened before.”
Zhou Wenkai also looked embarrassed and guilty, “Tangyu, saving me like this, I know just saying thanks is too light.
I apologize for my previous offenses to you.
And thank you, everyone, for your concern.
I’m truly ashamed to stay here now, I’ll take my leave first.” Ning Xinhua nodded to everyone, then helped Zhou Wenkai away.
The crowd didn’t try to keep them, understanding that after such an incident, Zhou Wenkai wasn’t in the mood to stay longer, and they didn’t want to embarrass him.
Fortunately, the meal was almost over.
“Haha, Tangyu, you truly are too loyal and righteous.
Mo Xiaoqing managed to find a great guy, earnest blessings to you both once again,” said the class leader with a hearty laugh.
Everyone else was taking turns expressing their friendly sentiments toward the couple, and the words of praise for Mo Xiaoqing were endless, making her blush with an unprecedented joy.
After that incident, nobody felt like continuing to eat.
Plus, since Zhou Wenkai had left, the group lost interest in the afternoon activities.
After discussing, they decided to end the gathering then and meet again sometime in the future.
“Check, please,” Tangyu approached the counter to pay.
Others had the intention to take the bill but knew well the meal wasn’t cheap and were thus unable to afford it.
“A Mr.
Zhou has already taken care of it,” the waitress said with a sweet smile.
“Zhou Wenkai paid already!” The crowd was slightly stunned.
Tangyu gave a faint smile, thinking perhaps Zhou Wenkai truly regretted his actions.
To be able to correct one’s mistakes is indeed a great virtue, and it wasn’t in vain that he had stepped in to protect him.
“Let’s go then,” Tangyu said.
Upon leaving the restaurant, everyone parted ways on the spot.
Naturally, everyone eagerly asked Tangyu for his phone number, and he humbly exchanged numbers with them.
Tangyu’s easygoing nature further endeared him to everyone.
After seeing off everyone, Tangyu and Mo Xiaoqing got into the car.
“Where to now?
Why are you looking at me like that?” asked Tangyu.
“Because you look very handsome,” Mo Xiaoqing said with a smile, mimicking Tangyu’s tone.
Tangyu touched his nose and looked in the rearview mirror before nodding, “Indeed, I am getting more handsome.”
“Pfft, you really know how to go with the flow,” laughed Mo Xiaoqing, looking at Tangyu and saying, “Thank you, I really appreciate it.”
“Your thanks are that cheap, huh?
Why do you keep saying it so often?
It sounds a bit weird to me,” Tangyu remarked.
“Of course, it’s valuable.
I wouldn’t bother you with anything worthless.
Because you deserve my repeated thanks.
Today was really the happiest day for me, perhaps the happiest I’ll ever be.
I will never forget this day because you made me feel an unprecedented sense of fulfillment.
Because of you, my classmates’ views of me have greatly improved.
Also because of you, I appear as the happiest person in the world in my classmates’ eyes.
Just one word from me, and you stood up unequivocally.
Just saying thank you really isn’t enough,” Mo Xiaoqing explained.
“Um, aren’t you making me sound a bit too grand?” Tangyu asked.
“You are indeed grand,” Mo Xiaoqing affirmed.
Tangyu laughed, “Alright then, I also think I’m quite grand.”
“You’d be even greater if you weren’t so narcissistic, haha,” Mo Xiaoqing joked.
“If I weren’t so narcissistic, someone would probably say I’m pretentious,” Tangyu responded.
“Pfft—” Mo Xiaoqing couldn’t help but laugh, bending forwards and backwards, flowers trembling, a flirtatious look appearing.
“What are your plans for the National Day holiday?” Mo Xiaoqing suddenly asked.
“Me?
I’ll just go out to play, I don’t have any plans, what about you?” Tangyu replied casually.
Mo Xiaoqing said, “I’m going home, I haven’t been home this year.
My parents want me to visit.
Heh, if you’re not busy, why don’t you come with me and experience the local culture and folk customs of my hometown?”
Tangyu was stunned.
What did Mo Xiaoqing mean by that?
Seeing Tangyu hesitate, Mo Xiaoqing felt a bit disappointed and saddened.
Women do have this natural advantage—she spoke in a joking tone, but it was actually a conscious attempt to probe.
“Okay, just kidding.
Look how scared you got.
I know you have to accompany your girlfriend.
I wouldn’t take you home.
Our local customs don’t allow randomly bringing someone of the opposite sex home,” Mo Xiaoqing said.
“That’s not what I meant, I already have plans,” Tangyu said, although he hadn’t thought about that aspect.
Mo Xiaoqing was startled.
What did Tangyu mean by that?
If he didn’t have plans, would he have agreed to go with her?
If Tangyu didn’t have a boyfriend, she might have pursued him, but now, competing over these things seemed meaningless.
Today, it was all just a play—if she got too involved, she would lose.
There are too many acts in life’s play, and Mo Xiaoqing felt like losing for once, but she knew it wasn’t going to happen.
The rest of the way was awkward, Mo Xiaoqing didn’t say where to go, Tangyu planned to drive her home first.
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The long National Day holiday, a rare long break.
Liu Shanshan didn’t have anywhere to go either, her busy boss kept her occupied, and she lacked a family home to return to.
Bored, she could only go out for a walk, wandering aimlessly until she found herself near Donglin University.
“Hey girl, seeing your worried look, it seems you’re troubled by love,” a voice suddenly reached Liu Shanshan’s ears.
She looked involuntarily at a roadside stall beside her— not a fortune-teller, but a middle-aged man selling antiques.
Liu Shanshan glanced around and noticed that there were as many as five such sellers along the street.
The stalls were filled with various old items.
“I’m not buying these things.” Liu Shanshan shook her head, ready to leave.
However, the middle-aged man stood up and said, “Hey girl, don’t rush off.
I do have a wonderful treasure to recommend to you.
This is a ‘marriage’ jade bracelet, blessed by the Great Master of Dingchan Temple 800 years ago.
Once you wear this bracelet, love will naturally draw closer to you, and the boy you fancy will begin to like you.
Don’t doubt it, young lady, my words are true, just take a look at this bracelet.”
Liu Shanshan naturally didn’t believe such street tricks; wanting nothing to do with the middle-aged man, she tried to leave but was suddenly grabbed by him.
The man stuffed a jade bracelet into her hand.
“Let go, what are you doing?” Liu Shanshan’s expression darkened as she snapped angrily, trying hard to shake off the middle-aged man’s hand.
After pushing the bracelet into Liu Shanshan’s hand, the man released her, saying, “Calm down, girl.
I mean no harm, just wanted you to see this bracelet.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t buy it, just looking is fine.”
Liu Shanshan tried to break free, and as she shook off her hand, she hadn’t expected that the man had already placed the bracelet in her hand, which then fell to the ground, breaking into three pieces with a ‘snap.’
Liu Shanshan was momentarily stunned, then realized she might have been conned.
That man had definitely done it on purpose.
As expected, the man’s expression suddenly turned grim, and he glared at Liu Shanshan angrily, “Girl, what do you mean by this?
I was kindly showing you my treasure, and you not only show no gratitude but even broke my precious item.
What do you intend to do?” He said this, and several of his accomplices also gathered around, all wearing unfriendly expressions as they looked at Liu Shanshan.
Furious, Liu Shanshan couldn’t believe she encountered this under broad daylight on the street.
How insidious and shameless these people were!
“The bracelet was forced into my hand, I didn’t even take it, so it’s not my responsibility if it broke.” Liu Shanshan argued.
“Humph, you broke my treasure and still say it’s not your responsibility?
The item fell from your hand, didn’t it?
Are you trying to deny it?
I thought you were a well-bred young lady, but it seems you lack any moral fiber.
Didn’t your parents teach you to be an honest child?” the middle-aged man said coldly.
This remark hit a sore spot for Liu Shanshan, bringing her almost to tears.
She hated being wrongly accused and spoken to so harshly, especially when her parents, whom she had never met, were brought into the discussion.
“You just want money, right?
Just say how much you want,” Liu Shanshan said angrily, not wanting to argue any further.
The corners of the middle-aged man’s mouth curled up sinisterly, “Since you’re willing to compensate, I won’t say much more.
This is an 800-year-old treasure imbued with Buddhist Aura.
You don’t look wealthy, so I’ll ask for less—just pay 20,000, and that’s it.”
“Twenty thousand, why don’t you just rob someone?” Liu Shanshan’s eyes widened in anger.
If it were two hundred yuan, she might have even accepted her bad luck and paid; after all, it was just misfortune.
But to demand twenty thousand was like robbery.
It wasn’t just that Liu Shanshan didn’t have the money, she wouldn’t pay even if she did—the alternative would be to call the police.