Chapter 194: Almost Being Tricked, His Changes
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In the city center, inside a private room of a certain bar.
“Young Master Zhong, although you haven’t been in the capital for nearly half a year, your legend is everywhere in our circle.”
Zhong Ziang put down his glass and became interested, “Legend? About me?”
Uh…
I’m just being polite, and you took it seriously?
“Just, your glorious deeds!”
Zhong Ziang’s eyes lit up, “Tell me more.”
“You play basketball well, you’re handsome,” the person racked their brains, “and you’re generous and just, always standing up for justice…”
Zhong Ziang’s smile faded, he sank back into the sofa.
Playing basketball well means I’m not academically skilled. Being handsome is just superficial. The implication of being generous and just: naive and wealthy. As for standing up for justice, it’s just impulsive anger and a bad temper.
Zhong Ziang suddenly felt this situation was quite boring.
When he was still in the capital, he was used to being flattered by these people, listening to whatever they said without deeper thought.
Now, having spent nearly half a year in Linhuai, it felt like he had opened up a new world.
Before, he didn’t find their words grating, but now he couldn’t stand them for a second longer.
Zhong Ziang stood up, his gaze indifferent, his tone even more indifferent, “I suddenly remembered I have something to do, you guys enjoy yourselves, I’m leaving.”
“Eh! Young Master Zhong, please stay…”
Zhong Ziang paused his steps and looked up.
There was a fleeting moment of guilt and panic on the person’s face, but it was quickly covered up by flattery and appeasement, “Why leave so suddenly? We’ve just started, haven’t gotten to the main point yet…”
“The main point?”
“Yeah,” the person’s eyes filled with ambiguous teasing, suddenly clapped his hands like applauding.
As soon as the sound fell, the door of the private room was pushed open, and a group of young girls filed in, all dressed in revealing outfits.
Zhong Ziang was stunned.
The person familiarly leaned close to his ear, “Young Master Zhong, these are all prepared for you, pick one?”
Zhong Ziang’s expression remained unchanged, but if one observed carefully, they would see a hint of coldness in his eyes.
Seeing him not respond, the person thought he was dissatisfied with the quantity.
“Of course, if you like, you can pick all of them, no problem! Hehe… I just wonder if you can handle it…”
“There’s a saying, it’s hardest to resist the charm of beauty.” After saying that, he thought he was being humorous and burst into laughter.
Zhong Ziang didn’t laugh.
He suppressed the emotions surging in his eyes, turned his head, and looked at the other person coldly, “Zhao Chengzhi, we’re all still students.”
Each word was emphasized.
“So what if we’re students?” Zhao Chengzhi shrugged, unimpressed. “Which law says students can’t go to bars, drink, and have fun?”
Zhong Ziang looked at him, silent.
His emotions in his eyes were even fainter than before.
He learned this trick from Jiang Fuyue.
Sometimes, she would just look at you calmly, without any anger or hysteria, but it made you feel inexplicably pressured.
Then the person would become awkward, and finally, ashamed and embarrassed, and take the initiative to retreat.
Unfortunately, whether it was Zhong Ziang’s skill not enough or Zhao Chengzhi’s thick skin, the other party didn’t feel embarrassed or ashamed, and even became more enthusiastic—
“Young Master Zhong, not to criticize, but after staying in Linhuai for so long, did you lose your spirit and courage? What’s with all this talk about being students or not? You never used to say these nonsense words.”
“Alright,” he put his arm around Zhong Ziang’s shoulder, acting like a buddy, “Enough with the nonsense, this lineup is all top-tier girls from Shanghua Yuge, all prim and proper, and they know a variety of tricks. Pick one, and don’t plan on going back tonight, hehe…” he lowered his voice, “The rooms upstairs are all ready for you.”
Zhong Ziang scanned the group of girls, suddenly, his gaze settled on the last one.
Zhao Chengzhi followed his gaze and his eyes flashed, “Young Master Zhong truly has an eye for quality! This girl isn’t even fourteen yet…”
Zhong Ziang’s sharp gaze shot towards him, “Zhao Chengzhi, what do you mean by that?”
The sudden interrogation startled Zhao Chengzhi, thinking Zhong Ziang had discovered something, he couldn’t help but feel nervous.
But then he thought, this guy is just a fool, all appearance but empty inside, if he had any insight, he wouldn’t have been sent to such a remote place by Zhong Yunyi.
Immediately, he calmed down, showing confusion, “Young Master Zhong, why are you looking at me like that?”
“She’s not even fourteen, thats a crime!”
“Haha,” Zhao Chengzhi found it amusing, “Everything’s out in the open, I don’t steal or rob, I just buy what’s being sold. If they dare to sell, I dare to buy, how is that illegal? What law did I break?”
Zhong Ziang remained expressionless. If before he just found this situation boring, now it had turned thoroughly disgusting.
He couldn’t help but re-evaluate Zhao Chengzhi, the person who had been following him like a little brother since high school.
Suddenly, he realized he had never really seen through him.
“You can play by yourself, I’m leaving.”
After saying that, regardless of how the other party tried to persuade him, he didn’t look back.
Zhao Chengzhi stood still, watching his retreating figure, the superficial flattery in his eyes gradually disappeared, revealing his original disdain and mockery.
“What are you pretending? Just because the one who harassed the school flower took a trip to Linhuai, he suddenly becomes a righteous gentleman? Ha…”
“Brother Zhi! Why did Young Master Zhong leave?”
Zhao Chengzhi sneered, “He emerged from the mud unstained, too lazy to mingle with the mud in our pond, he’s ready to play the role of a saint!”
“No… What do you mean by our pool of mud? Did Young Master Zhong really say that? Word for word?”
Zhao Chengzhi didn’t blush, didn’t gasp for breath, “And what if he did? Do I need to lie to you guys?”
The whole room fell silent.
Someone muttered quietly, “That’s just not right. Birds of a feather flock together. What makes him better than us?”
“Alright, alright, if he wants to leave, let him leave, let’s continue having fun! You, come here…”
The originally tense atmosphere gradually warmed up, but everyone harbored some resentment towards Zhong Ziang.
Did he think he was still the center of attention after leaving this circle for half a year? That everyone should revolve around him?
Zhao Chengzhi sneered, “You guys go ahead and choose. I’ll foot the bill and take a trip to the restroom after drinking too much.”
“Brother Zhi, are you okay? You’ve only had a few drinks…”
Zhao Chengzhi waved his hand with a smile and picked up his phone.
Entering the restroom, he closed the door, locked it, and swiftly made a call.
But the next moment, the smile disappeared from Zhao Chengzhi’s face, replaced by a hint of frustration in his eyes.
After hesitating for a while, he finally dialed the person’s phone number—
“What’s the matter?” Raspy, cold, even through the phone you could feel the malevolence on the other end.
Zhao Chengzhi’s scalp tingled, and the back of his neck felt cold, “Zhong Ziang… didn’t take the bait tonight.”
“Useless!”
“…” Two shivers.
After a while, the person on the other end asked, “What happened?”
Zhao Chengzhi breathed a sigh of relief, “I don’t know why, but he wanted to leave after less than twenty minutes of sitting. I couldn’t keep him here long enough to get him drunk, so I had to call in the girls…”
“You fool! Do you think surname Zhong is stupid?”
Zhao Chengzhi didn’t think much of it. In his eyes, Zhong Ziang was indeed a fool!
A complete and utter fool!
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been easily manipulated in the first place…
“Second Master, what should we do now?” Zhong Ziang left, rendering the rooms and high-definition cameras he had prepared useless.
“Find a way to lure him out again.”
Zhao Chengzhi hesitated, “I’m afraid… it won’t be that easy.”
“How so?”
“I found that Zhong Ziang seems… different from before.” Although he was still an idiot, he couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.
“Oh?” The other end sounded slightly surprised, “How is he different?”
“I can’t quite put my finger on it, but the way he looked at me, it seemed like…” he guessed at something.
But that couldn’t be right!
He’s just a fool…
Zhao Chengzhi shook his head, “Maybe I’m mistaken…”
“If you’re not effective, you’re not effective. Stop making these nonsense excuses!”
“…” “Yes.”
Meanwhile, Zhong Ziang, who had narrowly escaped a disaster, stepped out of the bar. The cool night breeze blew on his face, refreshing him.
Coincidentally, at that moment, a WeChat message came in.
As he walked towards the parking lot, he took out his phone.
Lin Shumo actually messaged him at this time?
Zhong Ziang found it quite miraculous. Usually, at this hour, he would either be studying, doing assignments, watching movies, or listening to music. Every time someone asked him to play games, he would always feign ignorance.
Even the title of “Three Good Student” was unworthy of him.
Today, he wasn’t afraid of being “drafted”?
Zhong Ziang thought, and casually opened the chat window, finding a picture with no context.
He clicked on it, and it loaded—
The next moment, Young Master Zhong’s eyes widened suddenly: “F*ck!”
So, what did Zhong Ziang see?
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