Still not sober, the people next to them nodded in agreement like rattle-drums, "That's right, that's right."
"Waaaaah—"
Xu Youqing ignored what they said and only cared about playing the role of the victim. Tears streamed down her face like they were free, and her eyes were red, making her look extremely aggrieved.
The middle-aged policeman who was interrogating her had a daughter who was only a few years older than her. Seeing her like this and considering her status as a victim, he couldn't help but be biased. He slammed his fist on the table and yelled at Wang Shao and his gang, "Did I ask you guys?! Can't you let this young girl speak first?!"
The young master Wang had some influence, so he didn't panic in the face of this situation. Ignoring all advice, he sneered and asked, "Little girl? What are you doing in a place like this if you're really a little girl?"
"Young Master Wang, right?" Xu Yubai stared at the other person for a long time. There aren't many prominent families in X City. The Wang family? He had never heard of them before. As the older brother, he couldn't just stand by and watch his younger sister being bullied, even though she didn't seem to be being bullied.
He never expected that a gathering would lead to his arrest.
"Xiao Qing, don't cry, leave it to me to handle."
"Okay." Xu Youqing was obedient and nodded, then went behind him with a pitiful look on her face. Xu Youluo immediately took out a tissue to wipe away her tears.
Xiang Yu admired the other party's ability to put on such a convincing act, but still asked first, "What are you going to Shengdu for?"
Xu Youqing's eyes were red and swollen, but she said calmly, "A gathering." She paused, then asked, "And you?"
"……reunion."
"..."
Xiang Yu had forgotten how awkward the atmosphere was at the scene. Because they were at the police station, they tacitly kept quiet and let Xu Yubo handle the matter cleanly. When they came out of the police station, it was already one or two in the morning. The streets were deserted, and the autumn wind swept across the fallen sycamore leaves on the ground. The five of them stood in a row outside the police station, of varying heights, some men and some women.
Tongyi stared blankly at the empty street, like a dazed person.
"Change locations?"
Zhu Yang broke the silence and made a suggestion.
"Anything is fine." Xiang Yu's emotional journey tonight was too complicated, and she no longer had the energy to dwell on it.
Whatever.
"Where to?" Xu Yubo was the only one who drove there. It was a red Audi classic model. Xu Zhen, the biological mother of Xu Yubo and his siblings, thought it looked nice and bought it to keep in the garage without ever driving it.
Xu Yubo didn't mention the party to anyone, not even his driver. He took his car keys and drove there himself.
The siblings didn't like the car's color, finding it too flashy. Seeing their older brother, with his good looks and stylish appearance, standing next to the car, their expressions were incredibly unpleasant.
Zhu Yang said, "This car is really nice."
"...Go to Mantu."
Mantu is the only high-star hotel in the area and one of Ms. Xu Zhen's properties.
Xu Youqing made a phone call, and the other party had everything prepared.
Xu Youluo dozed off as soon as she got in the car, her head gradually falling asleep on her sister's shoulder. When they entered the hotel, she was still half asleep as her sister led her around. Once in the room, she collapsed into the bedroom and fell asleep so soundly that she couldn't get up.
Inside the suite's small meeting room, the four people looked at each other, unsure of what to say.
Zhu Yang looked left and right, and seeing that no one was going to speak, he took the initiative to liven up the atmosphere, saying, "So, can we bring our families to this gathering?" After saying that, he looked at Xu Youqing and smiled, "Xiao Yu is the White Tiger, this President Xu is the Azure Dragon, I am the Vermilion Bird, so you are the Black Tortoise?"
Xu Youqing looked up at him, shook her head and nodded, and said, "Xuanwu is a tortoise and a snake in one body, and I am the tortoise." Then she pointed in the direction of the bedroom, "Xiao Luo is the snake."
"Huh?" Now it was Zhu Yang's turn to be stunned. He had never seen a constellation split into two people before. "It's possible to do that?"
-System: The system has completed the upgrade and enabled sharing mode.
All five people could hear the notification sound. The four people in the meeting room didn't react, but a complaint came from the bedroom.
"Ugh, so noisy, don't stay here."
System: I've never seen anything like this before!
The sound was now audible only to the four people in the hall.
-System: There has never been a case of the Black Tortoise and the Snake separating before. Your constellations are really strange this year. Not only have the Black Tortoise and the Snake separated, but when they were bound, half of the four constellations were not yet adults.
"Bound to the system before even reaching adulthood?" Zhu Yang was stunned, staring blankly at Xiang Yu and Xu Youqing. "How did they accept it?"
Xiang Yu said, "At that time, the reaction time was long, and by the time I realized it, I had already adapted."
Xu Youqing said, "I broke down for a while, but then I became strong again."
“…Impressive.” Zhu Yang gave a thumbs up and added, “Your mother is truly remarkable; her two sons and one daughter are all exceptionally talented.”
Xu Yubai, who had been listening attentively, glanced at him upon hearing this and calmly said, "Not by blood."
It wasn't uncommon for Xu Zhen, a female entrepreneur from City X, to marry into the wealthy Xu family in City J with her twins. In fact, many people joked that since the whole family shared the surname Xu, they didn't have to change their given names.
Xu Yubo lost his mother at a young age. When his father remarried, he was still not firmly established in the company. Many people around him advised him to be tougher, saying that his sudden younger brother and sister would definitely covet the Xu family's property, and that his stepmother's intentions were certainly not pure.
The age gap between Mr. Xu and Xu Zhen is too large; to say it's true love? Who would believe that?
Whether it was true love or not, I don't know, but Xu Yubo personally witnessed the scene where Xu Youqing told Xu Zhen that she wanted to enter the entertainment industry and Xu Youluo told Xu Zhen that she wanted to enter the archaeology field.
The two children were scolded harshly, and after she finished scolding them, Ms. Xu started to cry.
Neither of them intended to inherit the family fortune, which was worth hundreds of millions.
At that time, Xu Zhen had already written the inheritance agreement and left it all to Xu Yubai.
It happened suddenly.
Xu Yubo is completely lost.
Later, it was Old Xu who advised Xu Zhen not to act impulsively and to calm down, saying that Xu Yubo used to want to be a painter, but he was thrown into the company to train for a few years and then he became sensible.
Later, it became Xu Yubo's job to help his younger siblings get familiar with the business environment. Xu Youqing was indeed talented and could do any job well, but Xu Youluo was not so good at it. She was stubborn and insisted on archaeology and literature, and no amount of persuasion could dissuade her.
Xu Youlu herself didn't understand why both of them had to inherit the family fortune.
If his sister inherits the inheritance, does that mean he'll starve to death?
Xiang Yu suddenly realized why, at the beginning of the semester, Wang Zehao said that a car full of people were involved in a rear-end collision, but only Xu Youqing had a broken leg.
"Your leg back then..." Xiang Yu hadn't even finished speaking when Xu Youqing let out a knowing laugh.
“I hired someone to beat up Li Yue back then,” Xu Youqing recalled. “The system said that it was not allowed for a daughter to hit her father, so it deducted my morality index from 10, and my leg was broken the next day.”
She sighed softly as she said this, "Luckily I'm tough, otherwise I would have been paralyzed."
Xiang Yu: "..."
[Author's Note: Xu Youqing: Me, thick-skinned, tough-as-nails, you know?]
Zhu Yang: This red car looks good, it suits me.
Xu Yubo: You might not believe it, but my stepmother not only didn't try to take the family fortune, she also left me over 100 million yuan.
Chapter 56 Gu Chen: Where's my boyfriend? Where's my big boyfriend?
Chapter 56 Gu Chen: Where's my boyfriend? Where's my big boyfriend?
Normally, the boys in Class 2 of the Physical Education Department would borrow a basketball from the equipment room to play. Gu Chen played on the court, while Xiang Yu stood on the perimeter watching with a water cup. Occasionally, their eyes would meet while Gu Chen was dribbling and shooting. Gu Chen could see the corners of her boyfriend's mouth slightly raised, and even see his reflection in the other's eyes.
Gu Chen felt that the happiest thing about physical education class was this.
In the morning, the teacher had to switch the physical education class with the second period geography class in the afternoon. Coincidentally, the science class 13 also had the same physical education class. Li Yifan made a connection, and the boys from the two classes played a friendly match.
The temperature in City X had dropped below zero, and a cold wind was blowing outside. Xiang Yu stood on the perimeter of the court, wearing a white down jacket over a T-shirt. He wasn't cold to begin with, but Gu Chen had forced him to wear a white and blue scarf when he came to the court. The scarf was wrapped around his neck several times, but Gu Chen still wasn't satisfied, so he found a disposable mask for him to wear as well.
Love from my boyfriend in the winter.
Only her bright eyes were visible on her entire face.
It's so hot.
Gu Chen took off his coat, revealing a white T-shirt underneath. When he got serious, his usual cheerful demeanor vanished, and he looked incredibly handsome. When he jumped and grabbed the first ball, the entire perimeter of the court erupted in screams and cheers from the girls.
In addition to the two classes, there were also first-year and third-year high school classes having physical education classes. The lively scene attracted a large number of girls.
Xiang Yu was originally standing in the front row with Gu Chen's coat and thermos, but the girls around him were too excited and kept pushing and shoving, so he had to avoid them.
A short while later.
He was pushed from the front row to the back row.
Xiang Yu: "..."
There were only a few boys in Class 2 of the Arts stream, while there were many more boys in the Science stream. The boys were selected to participate in the competition. The score was very close in this game. Gu Chen was completely focused on the basketball that was pounding in his hands. He only breathed a sigh of relief when the last three-pointer tied the score.
He was covered in sweat and felt uncomfortable. He lifted his shirt and fanned himself a few times. When the hem of his shirt was lifted, the outline of his six-pack abs could be vaguely seen.
"Ah—" The girls around her screamed even louder.
"What are they shouting?" Gu Chen asked the person next to him, slightly out of breath.
Yang Shuhuan rolled his eyes upon hearing this. He was furious; his brother Chen was a true straight man. "Look at you."
"Why are you looking at me?" Gu Chen was oblivious to his own thoughts, his mind filled with his boyfriend. He felt he had performed well and was now eager to receive praise from Xiang Yu.
"I think you're handsome." Zhang Zitong, still excited from playing basketball all over the court, patted Gu Chen on the shoulder and said, "There are so many girls out there, isn't there any you find attractive, Brother Chen?"
"What do you mean by 'eye contact'?" Gu Chen didn't listen carefully to what the other person was saying, and looked around to catch Xiang Yu's figure.
His gaze swept across the front row, and he responded with a polite smile to any girl who stared at him enthusiastically.
He smiled for a while, then his smile gradually froze.
Where's my boyfriend?
Where is her boyfriend, who's such a grown man?
"Hurry, hurry up and go!"
"What if they refuse..."
How will you know if you don't try?
Outside the court, a high school girl wearing a fluffy coat and with her hair in pigtails, blushing, was pushed onto the court by her teammates towards Gu Chen, holding a bottle of water.
The girl blushed slightly and walked stiffly toward Gu Chen.
"Oh~"
The boys on the court started to jeer when they saw this.
Gu Chen watched, puzzled, as the girl walked up to him. She was pretty, dressed in a JK (Japanese schoolgirl) style, and spoke softly—the type most guys would like.
"That... me..."