Looking at the family members, each with their own hidden agendas, Si'er sneered, "Have you all forgotten about your father?"
Everyone pretended not to hear, and the three factions argued heatedly.
B University is great; B University has good food, good school spirit, and a good academic atmosphere.
F University is great. Everyone at F University is smart. If you go in, you're a fool, but if you come out, you're a genius. I've heard that their school is involved in pyramid schemes and people who post ads there are afraid to go in for fear of being scammed.
Q is great! There are fewer troublemakers, fewer dating, fewer suicides, and the suicide rate is decreasing year by year. The most important thing is, if it's not good, why did you put me in charge?!
In the first round, neither side had gained the upper hand. They were both red-faced and their necks were thick with anger. The two elders went to get some water, while the younger one, with his dimples, rubbed his face stiffly for a long time.
In the blink of an eye, the sofa was empty.
"When did those two leave?" Siwan wondered, wondering why she hadn't noticed.
Si Erxiao—"When you jumped off a building to commit suicide."
Siwan is speechless—Huh?
Si'er pursed her lips—you said that the suicide rate at your school has been decreasing year by year.
Dude, don't you get tired of bragging? Wasn't that guy who committed suicide the other day from your school?
Siwan said awkwardly, "No, it wasn't someone who jumped off a building, it was someone who committed suicide by jumping into the water. I didn't lie."
Yes, the number of people committing suicide by jumping off buildings is decreasing year by year, while the number of people jumping into water to join Qu Yuan is increasing year by year.
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Xin Dayi was the only son and grandson in his family. He was nagged by the whole family all day. Taking advantage of the need to urinate, he climbed out of the first-floor bathroom window and escaped to meet up with Aheng and Yanxi.
"Let's go tonight." Ever since Xin Dayi got her results, she's been living a miserable life. Her aunts and uncles bombard her with questions every day, saying things like, "Oh dear, our Dayi is so good!" They all want to hug and kiss her. It's tough on Dayi's childish personality; she's both naive and obedient in front of her elders, and she's been holding it in so much that she almost got constipated.
"Where to?" Yan hope was also bored out of his mind.
Xin Dayi said boldly, "Let's go to karaoke, it's on me, my third aunt just gave me a red envelope."
Ah Heng twitched as she recalled Yan hope singing—"Just the three of us? There are... too few people."
No one dared to steal the microphone from this self-important woman; her ears are probably going to be ruined.
Xin Dayi thought it made sense; going out to play was all about having fun, and the more people there were, the more lively it would be—"How about we invite Si'er Siwan and Sun Peng to come along?"
Ah Heng thought for a moment and smiled – “Mary is bored at home alone, let’s invite him too.”
Xin Dayi was initially reluctant, but considering that Aheng rarely asked for anything, it was quite rare for her, so she nodded and agreed.
If you ask him if he is friends with Chen Juan, he will definitely shake his head. But if you ask him if they are enemies, he might hesitate for a few seconds before shaking his head again.
My feelings for Chen Juan are too subtle. Although we don't like each other, we can easily think of the word "companionship" because we were deskmates for two years and classmates for three years.
He disliked that person's character, mannerisms, style, likes, and dislikes, constantly criticizing and opposing him. He even wondered how his love at first sight that year could have come so haphazardly.
Perhaps I was too young back then.
QG is a KTV with a great atmosphere and a very approachable style. Every night, it's packed with people coming and going, and you can hear their wailing and howling from a great distance.
The group went up to the private room on the third floor. As they walked up the stairs, their feet trembled.
Ah Heng had never been to a place like this before. Curious, she looked into the corridor where the lights were changing color and vaguely saw figures cuddling together, but Yan hope blocked her view.
The boy's face flushed slightly. Ah Heng understood a bit and shifted her gaze, which happened to meet Si'er's. The girl was looking at her with a cold gaze and an indescribable awkwardness.
Ah Heng sighed.
Are she and Si'er destined to live like this for the rest of their lives?
Sun Peng saw this and smiled as he ruffled Si'er's hair—"Little beauty, are you feeling down again?"
Si'er rolled her eyes—"Who's upset?"
Sun Peng laughed even louder, his eyes sparkling—"Even your eye-rolling is just like your brother's."
Siwan punched him—"Stop slandering me. When have I ever rolled my eyes?"
Mary smiled brightly, her eyes sparkling with delight. After seeing so many fools all day, she was relieved to finally find someone clever.
Sun Peng, in the blink of an eye, saw Rou Si and smiled in a manner that was both refined and lewd—"This beautiful lady, I've never seen her before. What's your name? How old are you? Are you married?"
Mary blushed deeply and gave him a flirtatious wink.
Xin Dayi shook her body and shoved Mary without any politeness—"You damn transvestite, how can you not be disgusting? You've even brought out a silk scarf from hundreds of years ago. Aren't you afraid of getting heat rash on your neck?"
Chen Juan remained calm, secretly kicked him, and whispered, "I have prickly heat, I'll buy prickly heat powder if I want, but if you ruin my luck with love, believe me, I'll cling to you for the rest of my life?"
Xin Dayi trembled, but after thinking for a moment, she gritted her teeth and stood between Sun and Chen, blocking their view.
I'd rather let this damned transvestite haunt me for life than let him harm my own brothers.
This person, neither male nor female, has... an immense destructive power.
Sun Peng noticed something amiss, smiled, and leaned against Yan hope to watch the show.
Yan hope pushed him, but he didn't move. She pushed him again, but he still didn't move. She glanced sideways, opened her mouth, and showed him her gleaming white teeth, ready to bite.
The waiter opened the door to the private room with the room key, and Sun Peng said in a low, teasing voice, "Young Master Yan, please take a break. I have something to say, and you can bite me after you're done."
The lighting outside the private room was already extremely dim and ambiguous, so no one noticed the two's subtle movements as they filed in.
Sun Peng pulled the boy to a dark corner at the end of the corridor. Yan hope smiled insincerely and asked, "Speak, what is it?"
Sun Peng wore an extremely melancholy expression as he softly asked, "Someone asked me to inquire whether you still remember the four-year promise?"
Yan hope was a little confused. Four years, four years, what was that? It was already so far away. Suddenly, deep in his memory, a pair of starlight flowed and lingered in his cold and aloof black eyes, calm and slow, overwhelming.
The boy smiled, but the liveliness in his eyes faded considerably—"Is he in Vienna now, or in America?"
Sun Peng had a sly and wicked look on his face. He reached out and mischievously pinched Yan hope's cheek. "When he called me yesterday, his phone number had already been changed to a domestic one."
Has he already returned?
The boy was stunned, ignoring the pain on his face. He seemed lost in thought. After a while, he lowered his eyes and smiled faintly, "It's good that you're back. I'll go with... Ah Heng and the others in a few days, fill out the college application forms, and have a welcome dinner for him."
Sun Peng let go and saw the red marks on Yan Xi's fair face where he had pinched him. He felt a little embarrassed that the man hadn't fought back. He patted Yan Xi's shoulder and said, "He probably doesn't have time to see you right now. He's busy gathering evidence and preparing to crush the forces that Lin Ruomei has cultivated in one fell swoop."
Yan hope frowned – “Have the Lin family become so rampant within the Lu family?”
Sun Peng stroked his chin, his expression turning serious. "It's not that simple. Old Master Lu is there to back him up. So what if the maternal relatives are just using his influence for their own purposes? But you know, Lu Liu always keeps his word. If he says four years, then it's definitely four years."
Back then, Lu's father died young, and Lu Liu was still a child. Lin Ruomei took over the reins of the Lu family business. In order to better control the company, she replaced a group of veterans and placed people from her own family in various departments, suppressing the Lu family members at every turn. For a time, the relationship between Lin Ruomei and the old man Lu became very strained. Later, because the old man Lu had a deep affection for his grandson and was afraid that his son would be influenced by his father-in-law and become distant from him, he made a tough decision and sent Lu Liu to study abroad. In recent years, the Lin and Lu families have been fighting tooth and nail for power within the Lu family business.
Remembering something, Yan hope spoke calmly, "How did Lu Liu treat Lin Ruomei?"
Sun Peng recalled Lu Liu's methods towards his biological mother—clean, cruel, yet devoid of any emotion—which was quite strange. He only vaguely said, "He has taken control of the company's board of directors, but a final conclusion has not yet been reached."
Yan hope leaned against the wall, his fingers glistening with the pale color of the wall paint. His black hair shimmered with a deep purple light. He remained motionless, as if time had weathered away on him. After a long, long time, he finally spoke, his tone one of relief.
"Sun Peng, please pass on a message for me."
"What did you say?"
"Yan Xi has his own grudges, and Lu Liu has his own grudges. I am me, and you are you. We are unrelated."
Yan hope turned his gaze, his fragmented eyes following a gap to the private room. The figure was blurred in the scattered light and shadow, and he couldn't see clearly who was smiling. Like a fleeting moment in the cool moonlight, it seemed that it was already very, very close.
In a fleeting moment, in the black and white film, a distinct tenderness shone in those eyes.
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When Yan hope and Sun Peng returned to the private room, Si'er and Aheng were talking in the corner. When Si'er saw Yan hope come in, a smile appeared on her lips, but it was a clear sign of defiance.
Ah Heng looked up, saw the two of them, smiled, nodded slightly, and shook the golden liquid in her hand.
A large mug of beer costs ten yuan.
Sun Peng glanced at Yan hope with a very sympathetic expression on his face. Yan hope rolled her eyes, squeezed into the crowd, and sat down.
Siwan, her brows furrowed and her face contorted with constipation, sang "I Love You, But You Love Him" with deep emotion. Her gaze, filled with sorrow, shifted several times to Yanxi, causing everyone to shudder.
Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief after Siwan finished her bowel movement, the words "Passerby A" appeared on the screen again. As they were asking who had clicked on it, Mary grabbed the microphone in extreme grief and began to wail, "...I am the Passerby A you forget as soon as you turn your head...I am this nameless Passerby A..." Every time she heard the words "Passerby A," she would yell at Yan Xi, making Yan hope's heart tremble.
This guy probably also knows about Lu Liu's return to China.
Sun Peng, unaware of the situation, was filled with admiration, his eyes sparkling – “Damn, Yan hope, you’re amazing! You even have a thing with such a stunning beauty?”
Yan hope didn't hold back, kicking Sun Peng in the face with his canvas shoe—"I'm still having an affair with you, damn it!"
Sun Peng smiled politely, "I'd welcome it, but I'm afraid Aheng will get angry with me later."
Suddenly, the man seemed to remember something and, with great interest, began to ask Yan hope, "Hey, tell me, does Aheng know that you know she likes you?"
The sound system in the private room was very loud; unless you were sitting very close to each other, you couldn't hear each other at all.
Yan hope was stunned. He turned his back and slowly relaxed, throwing his entire weight onto the sofa. A faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared on his lips.
They, a group of people, partied at a karaoke bar until the early hours of the morning. They didn't sing many songs, but they drank a lot of beer. Mary dragged Ah Heng into a drinking contest, and they drank almost a whole barrel of beer, and no one could stop them.
Finally, the two of them got so drunk they were staggering around.
There are very few taxis on the street now.
Thinking that home wasn't far away, he decided to walk back; the two drunk kids could be carried in turns.
Yan hope disagreed, preferring to walk slower and be more tired, and insisted on carrying Aheng home by himself.
She was incredibly obedient on his back, snoring softly and muttering drunken ramblings.
"Yan hope," the girl mumbled drunkenly, calling his name softly.
Yan hope glanced at her—"Idiot, drinking so much alcohol, don't you feel uncomfortable?"
"Yan hope." She called out earnestly, her voice rising gently and falling slowly.
Yan hope.
Yan hope sighed helplessly, a slight smile appearing on his lips, his gaze becoming gentle and clear. "Such simple thoughts, I thought you were the only one in the world who kept them hidden, and no one else knew."
A silly child who doesn't even dare to say "Yanxi, I like you".
That's so stupid.
She suddenly burst into tears, sobbing on his back, large, full tears soaking his shirt.
“Yanxi… Si’er said… you’re so good to me… you’re so good to me… so that Siwan will hate me… and force Grandpa to break off the engagement… so that… you can be with Lu Liu…”
Yan hope's body trembled slightly, and in an instant, his expression concealed his emotions. Silently, he continued to carry her forward.
"Yanxi... Si'er said you like Lu Liu... you like him a lot... even more than I like you..."