Yu Xiao didn't have a happy Spring Festival this year. He was worried. Although many of his old friends came back, including Liu Ying, Yao Beibei, Yang Xia, and Cheng Ran, Cheng Ran's grades in all subjects at HKUST were good, and he didn't fail any of them, which was better than him who failed two subjects because of playing games. He also heard some rumors among his friends. Cheng Ran was very successful at HKUST, but also controversial. But that was Cheng Ran. He was always noisy wherever he went.
Yu Xiao was really happy for him. This was the kind of close friend who had grown up together. Others might not know, but Yu Xiao knew clearly that Cheng Ran actually had a rebellious spirit in his bones. He used to be the leader of the kids in the yard, and he would question the authority that others did not dare to question. This caused him to be beaten many times since he was a child, but every time Yu Xiao looked at his eyes, she knew that this guy had never given in.
Moreover, many things may have been forgotten by the parties involved over time, but Yu Xiao still remembers that there were actually many girls in the compound who secretly liked Cheng Ran. Why did Yao Beibei always have a dissatisfaction with Cheng Ran and was harsh on him? In fact, it was not like this at the beginning. Yao Beibei, who was still a little loli in those years, was definitely Cheng Ran's most steadfast follower. Once, she rolled in the sand following him in a beautiful skirt, and got dirty all over her body, and sand got into her eyes. When she came back, she subconsciously lied that she accidentally fell into the sand pit when she went out to play. As a result, Cheng Ran's family came to apologize and said that Cheng Ran admitted it. Yao Beibei followed Cheng Ran to roll in the sand, so her mother beat Yao Beibei with a small bamboo stick, although her eyes were fine. She had just suffered this double blow, and when Qi Qiran was about to go find Cheng Ran, she happened to meet Cheng Ran saying in person that Yang Xia was dressed very beautifully today, so she was shocked!
So it’s more about hate turning from love!
Of course, the parties involved may not have a deep impression of the past, but Yu Xiao still remembers it. There is no reason. I always feel that one day, we can no longer wish for a compound to be together forever. Everyone will go their separate ways, start a family, or even live in different cities. Whether we can see each other again is another matter. But if we can get together again one day and talk about the past, it would be so interesting.
Yu Xiao also spent the entire Spring Festival playing with his friends, but in his opinion, he has matured and still needs to handle some things by himself. That is something he needs to take responsibility for as a man now.
The situation was when he was at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. The Computer Game Association organized a StarCraft competition. He had a natural talent for games and made it into the top five. He immediately attracted the attention of the beauty in the Foreign Languages Department. Her name was Wang Ruolan, a native of Chengdu. She loved playing games and was pretty good at them. Yu Xiao tried every trick in the book to pick up girls, and in the end he won her over with his superb skills. The most important thing was that they often played games together in Internet cafes, and they fell in love over time.
But who knew that the beauty in the school actually had an ex-boyfriend, with whom she had been in a complicated relationship for three years, and this ex-boyfriend was from a wealthy and powerful family. In fact, they had just had a conflict and broke up not long ago. The beauty in the school was feeling empty, and Yu Xiao showed up at the right time. When the matter was exposed, her boyfriend said that it was a matter between three people, and it was easy to talk about it. The woman could choose who she wanted to be with.
Yu Xiao didn't tell anyone about this, except a few people in his dormitory. He actually thought he should tell Cheng Ran, but in fact, they hadn't seen each other for a semester, and they were all in college. When they met in public, they talked about all kinds of new things. Looking at Cheng Ran several times, Yu Xiao felt that his shitty thing was really not worthy of being made public. Secondly, who was Cheng Ran now, he couldn't mention such a thing to him. Otherwise, what should he do? Let Cheng Ran, who was his status, support him for this matter? Yu Xiao felt that he couldn't do it.
So he went alone. On the day of the appointment, he still called two of his roommates along because the school beauty sent him a text message asking him not to go because her ex-boyfriend had bad intentions.
But Yu Xiao couldn't let the woman be harassed all the time, so he immediately went to the agreed place, the old house bar on Shuifang Street. The bar was built by the river, with a corridor leading to the tables by the river. The beauty was sitting there at the time, and her face looked grim when she saw him coming. Obviously, she had been arguing fiercely with a man next to her who was dressed very fashionably. This should be her ex-boyfriend. There was also a group of people at her ex-boyfriend's place, and sitting next to him was a man with earrings, tattoos, and a flat head, who should be some "character".
Seeing Yu Xiao and the other two coming in, he looked at them with extremely rude eyes from top to bottom.
Yu Xiao and his two roommates were already feeling nervous when they entered the bar. One of the roommates was short but sturdy, while the other was quite tall, 1.82 meters. They had decided to accompany Yu Xiao because they thought that their size would be enough to keep him in check, so they could only pretend to be calm at this time.
The ex-boyfriend of the beauty in the department just wanted to vent his anger. His family was rich and powerful. He studied in the Construction College. The dean was an acquaintance of his parents, so he was directly transferred to study. He basically never showed up in class during the university. Anyway, he would definitely get his diploma in the end. It was not a good school, but at least his diploma was there. So he usually played games like other students who skipped classes? It was too childish and he was not interested. Instead, he played mahjong with some other rich and powerful people. He often played thousands of dollars a game. His circle was all children from powerful departments in Chengdu or wealthy families with tens of millions of dollars. The man next to him was called "Zhao Si". He drove a BMW and his family was very powerful. Even the owners of several bars in Chengdu would come out to greet him and treat him with courtesy when he appeared.
In fact, the ex-boyfriend of the school beauty did not ask "Zhao Si" to cause trouble for a student from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China who stole his girlfriend's student. In his opinion, it was just something he did casually and it was just a small matter. Chatting with "Zhao Si" was the main course, and he also talked about the fact that some people in their circle were not in harmony with each other, which was caused by the power conflicts between each other's parents or the cracks in the business partnership.
As for what happened today, it was just a "little episode while talking about serious business."
When Yu Xiao came in, the beauty was already in tears, which made him feel depressed.
The other party's ex-boyfriend, on the other hand, nodded to Yu Xiao in a friendly manner and didn't even look at the two friends beside him. But the two of them were obviously almost captivated by the situation in front of the group of people behind them. The ex-boyfriend liked it this way, just like a cat teasing a mouse. In fact, it could show the difference in level between the two parties in front of the school beauty.
At this time, the ex-boyfriend slowly said to the man next to him named "Zhao Si", "I'll take care of things..."
"Zhao Si" nodded with a casual expression, not caring about them.
The ex-boyfriend of the school beauty turned around and looked at Yu Xiao. "This is what happened. She and I have been friends for three years. We had a fight a while ago and broke up. At that time, she just couldn't figure it out for a while, so I asked her to tell you about this. We had a conflict, and you were involved. I'm sorry."
This attitude is clearly not that of a bully, but rather a relaxed attitude of "my woman just had a conflict". His demeanor is superior to others, and he has surpassed many second-rate and third-rate people who have a little money and power. In addition, the small talk he had with "Zhao Si" in front of the school beauty just now was the first time he brought up the deeper social relationships of his family. Some of them were the first time that even the school beauty next door, who knew that his family had some power, had heard of them.
At this time, under the gaze of her ex-boyfriend who asked her to speak, the school girl wiped the tears from her cheeks. Yu Xiao was indeed very interesting and good at playing games, better than her, so she admired him sincerely and liked him even more. To be honest, he was more motivated and sunny than her ex-boyfriend who was addicted to gambling. However, the girl still felt that she had no right to choose love. Her family was not very good, just an ordinary one, and she was still in debt because of helping others to guarantee. What she knew was that Yu Xiao's family was not surprising, and it was also a normal family. If nothing unexpected happened, the two of them would be together. In the future, the combination of the two families would depend on their own efforts. Even if they liked each other now, to be honest, they might not be able to go to the end.
But her ex-boyfriend's family was indeed rich and well-connected, and his mother liked her and had clearly stated that she would arrange a job for her after graduation, and she could choose from several jobs.
So in fact, love is a luxury, not everyone is qualified to have it.
The beauty finally looked sad and sobbed to Yu Xiao, "I'm sorry, I've been with him for three years, but I still can't let him go... I'm really sorry for dragging you into this..."
Yu Xiao looked at her for a moment, nodded, and stood up.
At this time, the former ex-boyfriend, who should now be a regular student, spoke up, "Brother, let's be clear. I'm very polite today, and I hope you won't pester me in school in the future, otherwise I won't be so easy to talk to next time."
Yu Xiao did not respond and turned to leave. Someone next to him raised his voice, "I'm talking to you. Do you hear me? Are you dumb?"
They were about to come out to stop Yu Xiao, and Yu Xiao's two roommates could only give symbolic advice.
At this time, a tall man from the opposite side of the bar walked straight to the counter. Zhao Si, who was sitting next to the school beauty's boyfriend, was slightly startled when he saw the man. His tone was raised, and he was happy to meet an acquaintance and greeted, "Fei Bai, are you here?"
Xie Feibai nodded and waved to Zhao Si, "Zhao Kuang... I'll pick up a friend."
Then he reached out and grabbed Yu Xiao's shoulder, who was in a daze, and Xie Feibai whispered, "You know all this shit... Do you think you can hide it from me and Cheng Ran?... I thought we would fight."
Then, as Xie Feibai brought the three people out, the people in the bar looked at the movements outside through the wall separated by the yard and the bushes.
When Xie Feibai came out, Yu Xiao was a little dazed.
Parked outside was a large silver Mercedes-Benz sedan known as the "Butterfly Mercedes".
Jiang Zhou leaned against the car door, a cigarette in his mouth and his hands in his trouser pockets.
Next to Jiang Zhou were the brothers he brought with him today. There were not many of them, only eight of them. They all wore grey suits, black leather shoes, and had their hands in their trouser pockets with their suits open, giving them the style of The Greed of Man.
So domineering.
The official boss of Tianxingdaoguan, a famous young entrepreneur in Chengdu, reached out to open the door of the car next to him. The group of people sitting by the river in the bar separated by a fence of low trees had shocked and surprised expressions on their faces.
Jiang Zhou patted the roof of the car and smiled at Yu Xiao, "I just happened to be passing by. Get in the car. I'll take you and your classmates home."
Then he turned to the brothers he brought with him and said, "It's okay. Let's have dinner together later."
Jiang Zhou, Da Benz, and Xie Feibai who came in person to lead the team.
And Jiang Zhou's nagging, "Cheng Ran said that he won't come over. I'll wait for you to go back and find you in the evening. I'll bring you two bottles of Shancheng. We'll drink and chat like we did in the past..."
Yu Xiao's nose felt sore and his eyes turned red.