This not-so-auspicious topic stopped here. Qiu Huaixin began to talk to him about what happened after he left. It was all about who was dating a minor celebrity, who fought with whom for what reason, and who received a car as a birthday gift and is now showing off everywhere. The biggest news was that several people went mountain climbing, and someone fell and broke a leg. Now those people are arguing, and some even went to other places to cause trouble.
They are only in high school, so they don’t care much about business matters, and learning is not their main concern. With money and leisure, they naturally have a lot of idle time.
Sheng Renxing listened, feeling a bit trance-like. He knew all the people mentioned in Qiu Huaixin’s words. Some he had just talked to, and some he had even played with before. But listening now, he suddenly felt these things were a bit strange.
“Who did you say you were fighting with?” Sheng Renxing asked.
“Qin Feng, that idiot,” Qiu Huaixin said, taking off his sunglasses. The two were sitting in a restaurant, and the sound of his knife scratching the plate could be heard. “Do you think he really likes Xiao Chen?”
“I don’t know,” Sheng Renxing thought, who Xiao Chen was, “No.”
“You see, even you can tell!” Qiu Huaixin was indignant. “He gave Xiao Chen that necklace, which was either the one he didn’t give to Wen Jing when he chased her last time, or it’s a second-hand item.”
“Ah, I see,” Sheng Renxing mumbled, nodding absentmindedly while eating. “So, are you going to snatch Xiao Chen back?”
Qiu Huaixin ignored him, “What does he have that’s better than you, besides that face? Xiao Chen didn’t see him look like a fool last time you knocked him off his bike. I just didn’t have my phone with me at the time, or I would have recorded Qin Dog’s embarrassment and posted it everywhere!”
Sheng Renxing swallowed his food and looked up, “What’s it to me?” He paused, “Is my face not good-looking?”
Qiu Huaixin continued to ignore him, “That bastard even tries to imitate you, can I tolerate that?”
“What could he imitate from me, has he got a boyfriend?” Sheng Renxing asked, genuinely puzzled.
Qiu Huaixin said, “He’s taking Xiao Chen mountain climbing tonight, and he’s even giving her a ride. It’s outrageous, against all decency.”
Sheng Renxing thought about his previous idea of teaching Xing Ye how to ride a motorcycle and said vaguely, “It’s okay.”
“Isn’t this a coincidence? It just so happens that you’re here. Tonight, I’ll go with you to teach him what it means to ride a bike!” They chatted about unrelated topics for a while, and Qiu Huaixin finally revealed his purpose.
Sheng Renxing was a bit tempted, after all, it had been a long time since he had ridden, “When?”
“Let’s make it early, around one or two, then we can go to a party afterward,” Qiu Huaixin said, leaning back on the sofa like a boss, legs crossed, “Since you’re not going to the party, you know Little Lamb opened a small bar, right? Let’s go and have a chat.”
“Did his brother give him the money?” Sheng Renxing asked casually, “Alright.”
“That’s right, the old man is watching,” Qiu Huaixin said, raising his glass to his satisfaction.
The exam was in the afternoon. Not long after, he left the exam hall and didn’t feel like going home, so he followed Qiu Huaixin around. In the end, he was dragged to attend a dinner party where most of the faces were familiar. After he arrived, the person who organized the dinner came to chat with him. He looked a bit embarrassed and said after a few words, “I’m sorry about this. I only found out today that you were back, and by then, everyone had already been invited. But since you’ve come back, let’s consider this a welcome from your brothers. Just say the word, if you don’t like that guy, I’ll ask him to leave.”
Sheng Renxing laughed, “I have issues with many people here. If you ask them all to leave, you’ll be left with half the guests. Forget it.”
The brother chuckled, “For you, I’d clear the place! Let’s have a drink. I know you must have sneaked a bottle from my dad’s liquor cabinet, right? Pretty smart, huh?”
Sheng Renxing shook his head, covering his own glass, “I’m not drinking. Don’t trick me. I won’t be your shield. Just wait to be beaten!”
“Fvck, not a real brother!” The brother poured himself a drink, “Don’t worry, I’ll refill his bottle with water tonight.”
Seeing that Sheng Renxing really wasn’t drinking, he chatted for a few more minutes before leaving, running around like a social butterfly.
Sheng Renxing watched him leave, then smiled and turned to ask Qiu Huaixin, “Who was he talking about?”
Qiu Huaixin took a sip of wine, glanced towards the window, and then leaned in next to him, lowering his voice, “Have you already forgotten?” He continued, “He was talking about your stepmother’s son.”
Sheng Renxing was stunned. He looked in that direction and saw the brother who had just left him drinking over there. He lowered his voice and asked in confusion, “Did that brat get plastic surgery?”
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“I don’t think so, haven’t heard anything,” Qiu Huaixin squinted and looked closely, “Maybe just a new hairstyle. Wangyang really doesn’t know how to behave.”
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“Oh,” Sheng Renxing lowered his voice, “It seems that behind Sheng’s decision to ally with the Liu family, Sheng has swallowed some tears that no one knows about.” With a serious expression, he poured the drink from the bottom of his cup and said, “Cheers to him.”
Then, he took out his phone and opened the conversation with Xing Ye.
It was still about him saying he was going to have dinner with his old friends.
He still hadn’t woken up.
He clicked his tongue, then put away his phone.
Qiu Huaixin laughed loudly a few times like a duck, then looked around suspiciously, “Don’t set me up. If this gets to Uncle Sheng’s ears, I’m done for.”
“Do you think you can escape being on the blacklist?” Sheng Renxing didn’t see a reply, felt a bit annoyed, tapped his fangs with his tongue, and said, “So boring.”
“Yeah, no wonder An Yinxuan’s business is getting worse and worse,” Qiu Huaixin clicked his tongue.
An Yinxuan was owned by Wangyang, who had organized today’s gathering. However, with more and more new restaurants opening recently, offering a greater variety, An Yinxuan’s business had been squeezed and wasn’t doing so well.
But what Sheng Renxing was talking about was not this. He used to be able to tolerate such occasions, but now that he had returned, his patience had dropped dramatically. An Yinxuan was magnificent, and the food was exquisite, but he felt it wasn’t as enjoyable as the barbecue shop at the entrance of his own residential area.
After all, he hadn’t appeared for several months. In no time, both familiar and unfamiliar faces came to chat with him. Sheng Renxing was indeed not lying; he disliked more than half of the people here. While dealing with them, he and Qiu Huaixin criticized them, their words sharp and disrespectful, mocking without restraint.
In the end, Qiu Huaixin pretended to sigh, “Oh no, chatting with you like this makes me feel like I’m losing years of my life.”
Sheng Renxing smiled insincerely.
Qiu Huaixin pondered for a moment and came up with a malicious idea, “By the way, after we’re done here, do you want to go check on your cheap little brother?”
Meaning, after the gathering, whether he wanted to find a secluded place and beat someone up.
Sheng Renxing indeed had no goodwill toward the Liu family. Since Sheng Yan had given away the shares his mother had left him, his feelings had turned from dislike to disdain. He smirked, “Are you bored?”
His cheap little brother had been avoiding him the entire gathering, not even approaching him, without even a reason to pick a fight.
After it ended, in a narrow alley, Sheng Renxing viciously kicked Liu Heng in the abdomen. Liu Heng fell to the ground, his back arching in pain, curling up like a shrimp, a cry of pain escaping his mouth.
As he walked outside, he was suddenly grabbed and hooded with a black bag. Dragged into a small alley, he was beaten mercilessly, the attacker not uttering a word. Although they avoided his vital points, their actions were far from gentle, filled with a sense of venting.
After another cry of pain, he clenched his teeth tightly, refusing to let out any more wails. He shouted, “Sheng Renxing!”
The attacker stopped.
“I know it’s you!”
The person didn’t move anymore.
Liu Heng quickly gasped for breath, the pain in his body making it impossible for him to sit up. “Are you fvcking sick!? What did I do to provoke you?” He gasped again, a taste of blood in his mouth. “Are you a primary school student, still playing the bag-over-the-head trick? You don’t want your dad to get married, what’s that got to do with me? I don’t want my mom to get married either! You made a scene at the wedding, making both our families the laughingstock of Anzhou. If you have the guts, take it out on me. Don’t mess with my mom’s life! Tell your dad not to get married!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the black hood was ripped off, revealing Sheng Renxing’s face.
Sheng Renxing squatted down, watching him. Despite his tirade, Sheng Renxing showed no signs of anger, tilting his head in confusion. “You seem quite resentful?” He nodded, “It really has nothing to do with you. But I still want to hit you.”
“I’m not just hitting you now. Every time I see you in the future, I’ll hit you. Who told you that you can beat me? Just hold it in. If you don’t want to get hit,” he smirked disdainfully, “tell your mom to get a divorce.”
“And you’re mistaken. I put this bag over your head purely because I don’t want to see your face,” Sheng Renxing threw the black hood back over his face, “It’s too ugly, it ruins my mood for hitting people.”
Sheng Renxing walked away after saying this.
Feeling a bit hot, he unzipped his jacket, the zipper making a noise that almost made him fall apart.
Qiu Huaixin beside him clicked his tongue, “This kid can really talk, babbling on and on. He’s got me feeling guilty. “
Sheng Renxing replied, “Then I’ll apologize to him.”
Qiu Huaixin was puzzled, “What’s wrong? How can you get angry after hitting someone?”
Sheng Renxing sighed and zipped up his jacket again, pulling it all the way up to mimic Xing Ye, covering the lower half of his face in the collar, muttering, “It’s nothing, he’s just too ugly.”
Of course, Qiu Huaixin knew it wasn’t about that. They had grown up together, and he knew a bit about the other’s family situation. Although he had never heard Sheng Renxing talk about Uncle Sheng getting married, he had heard his own mom lament once, “The Liu family’s handling of this matter is not honest.” But did supporting your brother still require distinguishing right from wrong? When your brother is sad, that’s when you should show your support!
He reached out and placed his hand on Sheng Renxing’s shoulder, quickly formulating a plan in his mind. Before he could say anything, Sheng Renxing’s phone rang.
Sheng Renxing quickly picked up the phone and glanced at it. Qiu Huaixin could see the number “18,” and then he heard Sheng Renxing’s voice, completely different from before, saying, “Awake?”
His tone was completely different from before.
Moreover, as Sheng Renxing spoke, he patted Qiu Huaixin’s hand off his shoulder without even looking at him.
Qiu Huaixin: “…”
It was very quiet on the street, and he could hear the sound from the other person’s phone.
“Well, have you eaten?”
“Yeah, I ate a while ago. It wasn’t good. I went to beat up my stepmom’s son. What about you, what are you having later?”
There was a pause on the other end of the phone. “What’s up?”
“Just happened to run into him. I was planning to hit him anyway. Last time I forgot, but today was perfect timing. It’s better to seize the day than to choose one.”
The other person chuckled, “That’s quite a coincidence. I’m going to have dinner with Jingzi and the others later.”
“Oh, I need to go home later to get my car.”
“Get your car?”
“Yeah, I’m going mountain running tonight. I’ll record it with my dash cam and show you.”
“Okay, why didn’t you tell me?”
“Qiu Datou just told me today. I agreed when I was half asleep. I thought about calling you to tell you.”
After Sheng Renxing hung up, he turned to Qiu Huaixin, “Let’s go, let’s get the car. What’s with that look on your face?”
Qiu Huaixin looked dazed, “The look of someone who has seen the world.”
“Get lost,” Sheng Renxing lifted his foot as if to kick him.
Once they were in the car, Qiu Huaixin wasn’t finished yet. He made a phone call.
“Hey, baby,” he said, putting the phone on speaker.
“What’s up, honey?” A sweet voice came from the other end.
Sheng Renxing looked up from his phone, frowning at him.
“What are you up to?” Qiu Huaixin acted as if he hadn’t noticed.
“Just finished dinner, shopping with my sisters. How about you, honey?”
“I’m with my brother, going for a ride later. See anything you want to buy?”
“Going for a ride? Then I can’t reach you tonight? Nothing I want to buy, it’s fine when you’re not around.”
“Why don’t you reach out to me later? Try on some dresses and show me when you get back.”
“Haha, no way, you’ll ruin them.”
Sheng Renxing’s eyebrows furrowed deeper, his fingers clenched into a fist.
After they hung up, Qiu Huaixin looked at him. “How do you feel?”
Sheng Renxing: “Where did you find a girlfriend who’s so obsessed with emojis?”
Qiu Huaixin nodded, “I had the same feeling when you were on the phone.”
“You fart!” Sheng Renxing frowned, clearly resistant. “Are you blind? He’s not as disgusting as your girlfriend.”
Qiu Huaixin immediately widened his eyes, looking at him incredulously—
“I’m talking about you.”
Sheng Renxing: “…”
Qiu Huaixin: “My bad.”
Qiu Huaixin was driving, the music playing. After a few minutes of peaceful silence, he suddenly spoke up, “Wave emoji/, who were you chatting with?”
Sheng Renxing: “Stop the car, this place looks suitable for you to be buried in.”
Qiu Huaixin: “I’m sorry, bro, my mistake!”
After a few more minutes, Qiu Huaixin wouldn’t let it go, sighing, “We grew up together, and you never once acted cute with me.”
Sheng Renxing looked incredulous, “Are you crazy? After you cried and wet your pants behind my back when someone took your five cents at five years old, it’s impossible for that to happen. I hope you understand.” He paused, “I didn’t fvcking act cute just now!”
Qiu Huaixin widened his eyes, unable to believe it. “Are you still human? How can you spread such rumors!”
Sheng Renxing was indifferent, “I have photos, want to see?”
Qiu Huaixin: “”
Sheng Renxing: “If you don’t want to see, then shut up and drive quietly.”
I think beating up his stepbrother like that was too much. Makes mc seem like a common bully…
mmmm yeah… shen renxing has some really unhealthy coping mechanisms (beating ppl up to vent)
Thanks for the update! ❤️❤️