207: Among the strong, there are always those who are stronger.
207: Among the strong, there are always those who are stronger.
“Rember to find a designated driver later.”
Jiang Chen picked up his glass and took a sip of beer.
It would be great if it were sumr now, icy beer with barbecue, how splendid and liberating that would be.
“Why are you such a nag?”
Shi Qianxi couldn’t help but give him a bemused look.
This guy, seemingly law-abiding, wouldn’t even break basic traffic safety rules, yet he was audacious enough to kidnap even her.
In her life, she seed never to have encountered such an odd person.
It was quite a coincidence,
the two seed to magically agree on their impressions of one another.
“The barbecue is here.”
The waiter started to bring out the dishes.
Shi Qianxi, apparently really hungry, had none of the airs of a noble lady; she wasn’t put off by the low-brow street stall, grabbed a skewer of roast at, and began to eat, then muttered, “Boss, make it spicier.”
“Sure thing!”
“Co on, let’s have one.”
Shi Qianxi held up a disposable plastic cup.
Jiang Chen watched her.
“Don’t worry, I can hold my liquor well, it’s just beer.
I can drink half a case with no problem.
If you don’t believe , let’s see.”
“If you get caught by the traffic police, I won’t be able to save you.”
“I don’t need you to save .”
The two of them drank together.
Jiang Chen picked up so chopsticks and started eating the braised peanuts.
More students ca for late-night snacks, and two more tables were set up outside.
“Xi Xi, what are you up to?”
At the next table, a guy held his phone, sending voice ssages with a gentle tone.
The person on the other end was probably his girlfriend, or soone he fancied.
“Stop sending her ssages; she won’t reply to you,” his buddy said with disdain.
The guy was unfazed and sent another ssage, “I’m out having a late-night snack, are you eating?
Want to bring you sothing?”
His buddies all looked at him in silence.
This guy must be hopelessly in love; even without any reply, he still held his phone and continued talking to himself, “It’s okay if you don’t reply.
I’ve changed your contact na to ‘typing…'”
“Pfft…”
Jiang Chen looked at Shi Qianxi.
Miss Shi, flustered, reached for the tissue to wipe her mouth and the table, “Sorry…”
“Bro, can you man up a bit?!”
His buddy was astonished, yet also frustrated.
“Dingdong…”
A WeChat notification chid.
“She replied to !”
The guy was overjoyed and hurried to check the ssage.
“You’re sick!”
The girl’s voice ca through the speaker.
“Don’t be mad.”
“See, you’re not replying again.”
Jiang Chen maintained his composure, reflecting profoundly.
There are always bigger fish; there’s always soone better.
He used to be labeled the number one lovesick fool at East University.
Now it seems, he’s far from deserving that title.
“This girl is clearly just stringing you along, can’t you wake up, stop acting like an idiot, okay?”
His buddy really couldn’t stand it anymore.
“Then why isn’t she stringing soone else along?
If she’s stringing along, it ans she’s interested in ,” the guy argued earnestly.
His buddy was at a loss for words, said with a heavy heart, “We didn’t co to your school to see you play the lovesick fool!”
“Aren’t you a lovesick fool too?”
The guy retorted.
His buddy imdiately denied it, “Of course not!
I could never be a lovesick fool in this lifeti!”
“Do you have soone you like?”
The guy imdiately asked.
His buddy hesitated for a mont, then nodded.
“Yes, what about it?”
“How far have things progressed now?”
“Right now…
we’re still WeChat friends, that’s all.”
Thinking of the girl he fancied, his buddy’s face involuntarily softened and a smile appeared.
“I’m not like you, nobody even wants to deal with you.
Last night during our chat, she sent a goodnight sticker.
Heh, my dreams were sweet.”
At this point, not to ntion Shi Qianxi, even Jiang Chen almost couldn’t hold back.
It seed they were all “birds of a feather.”
“What’s so funny, eat up, my dormitory locks up at eleven.”
“Aren’t you laughing too?”
Shi Qianxi was dissatisfied.
Jiang Chen suppressed his mirth and took a sip of his drink.
“Jiang Chen, your East Sea University really does have an abundance of talent, eh?”
Shi Qianxi teased.
“I recall soone wasn’t much better before, making her own fiancé avoid her like the plague.
Quite unprecedented indeed.”
“You…”
Shi Qianxi gritted her teeth in anger.
“Are you even a man?
Why are you always picking on us won?”
Facing her punch, Jiang Chen really couldn’t resist much.
He wisely kept quiet and picked up an oyster.
“Boss, add ten more skewers of belly pork, five skewers of kidneys!”
A tall young man walked out of the entrance shouting.
He seed to have had quite a bit to drink and looked tipsy.
“All right!
Coming right up!”
Jiang Chen wasn’t paying attention, eating the oysters in his bowl, but the other guy’s gaze swept over to him unintentionally.
After a pause, the tall youth’s eyes seed to sober up a lot, and his cheeks even began to tremble uncontrollably.
eting one’s nesis really made the eyes red with anger.
Lately, he had been tornted by high-interest loans, robbing Peter to pay Paul, all because of this bastard!
“Jiang Chen!”
With a roar, he clenched his fists and strode over with a nacing air.
Jiang Chen turned his head, frowning slightly.
“You know him?”
Shi Qianxi asked.
“Mhm, an alumnus.”
Jiang Chen explained briefly.
“Why does he look like he’s about to eat you alive?
Did you steal his girlfriend or sothing?”
Jiang Chen couldn’t help but give a wry smile.
He did not have that skill; instead, it was exactly the opposite — he had been robbed of his love.
“No, we had a little conflict before.
He stepped on and broke my watch, and then compensated for it.”
In response to Shi Qianxi’s puzzled look, Jiang Chen explained briefly.
That’s right.
This guy, charging over like an enraged bull, was none other than Ruan Guang, who had been severely tricked by Liang Zhenlun.
He had stepped on a watch worth over four hundred thousand, didn’t dare to tell his family, borrowed money from loan sharks, deluding himself that he could handle it.
Now, he was beginning to taste the bitter consequences.
“Clang!”
A plastic chair blocking the way was violently kicked aside.
“Jiang Chen, you motherfucker, how dare you show your face in front of !
Do you have any idea how much you’ve made suffer!”
Ruan Guang walked up to the table, raised his hand, and started cursing loudly and fiercely.
Miss Shi put down her chopsticks, took pleasure in the misfortune, glanced at Jiang Chen, then quite unrighteously, she slowly shifted her chair backward, as if to indicate “I have nothing to do with this.”
The students eating nearby all curiously turned their gazes.
“What’s the matter?
You look quite well, all flushed and plump.”
Jiang Chen remained composed.
Ruan Guang was taken aback and grew even more furious.
“Quit your fucking nonsense!
If it wasn’t for you, would I owe so much money?
Are you in cahoots with Liang Zhenlun, deliberately trying to screw over?!”
The guy wasn’t completely dumb.
But now that he realized it, it seed to be too late.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Playing dumb, huh?
Jiang Chen, I have just now realized, you’re fucking mafia.
Do you believe I’ll go tell the school?!”
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