Yu Rui stood in front of the door for a while before entering the cybercafe.
Hip Hop Cybercafe was probably the newest high-end cybercafe to open, with the most modern equipment and the largest space in the neighborhood.
The first floor was mainly a casual area with a few soundproof rooms of different sizes in the corners, while the second floor was dedicated to VIP rooms and a staff lounge area.
Yu Rui stopped and walked towards the reception desk, “Hi, I’m looking for a…”
The girl at the reception desk looked up to see Yu Rui’s appearance and her eyes lit up, but she immediately saw the school uniform, and instantly lamented, “Sorry, handsome boy. We don’t take minors here. You need an ID to use the computers. So even if you are handsome, I can’t open the back door for you.”
Yu Rui said helplessly, “That’s not why I came here. I came to look for someone.”
“Mm? What kind of person, a girlfriend?”
Yu Rui gave her a kind smile, “No, it should be an employee who works here with you. His name is Xie Li.”
The receptionist’s smile faltered, “Xie what?”
“Xie Li.”
“….”
“What’s wrong?”
The girl at the reception desk remained silent for a long time and slowly took a step back, then another, in what she thought was undetectable. Her expression towards Yu Rui was stiff and alert, “So you’re looking for Li-ge. What for?”
Yu Rui silently looked at the receptionist’s hand that was about to press a black button: for the first time in his life, he saw someone distrust someone he had just met, and all because he had just mentioned Xie Li’s name.
Yu Rui raised his arms helplessly and waved his white thin hands, “I don’t want to hurt him, I’m his classmate.”
“Just a classmate?”
“Hmm. I can show you my student ID if you need it.”
“You put it on the table and slide it over.”
“….”
Yu Rui took out his student ID card and put it on the counter as instructed.
The other party quickly took it, looked at the picture, and then at Yu Rui, his expression relaxed, “Phew… you scared me. I thought someone was picking a fight again pretending to be a student.”
Yu Rui raised her eyebrows, “Does Xie Li often deal with those who come looking for a fight?”
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“Eh, not too many. After all, everyone has heard of Li-ge’s abilities. Except for a few brainless ones, no one dares to come these days.”
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Yu Rui, who was scanning the first floor with his eyes, paused and turned around, “He… is he the security guard?”
“Yes.”
“Is it convenient for me to ask what kind of part-time job Xie Li does here? Wasn’t he a manager?”
“No! With his skills, it would be a waste to use him as a manager? Don’t you know how good he is?” The girl raised her chin proudly, “Our cyber is already high class, but there are still those hooligans who come in and want to use the machine without paying, or order food and want to eat like kings, so the cyber cafe has to have security personnel. Since Kan Qing found Li-ge, the cybercafe has finally become a very quiet place, especially in the middle of the night. There’s no need to be afraid anymore.”
“So, Xie Li is in charge of the fights here?”
“Ah? Well, that’s not bad, right? It’s legal. Subdue those who want to break the law. Yes, subdue is a better term.”
“….”
Yu Rui suppressed the surprise in his eyes and his heart. Remembering Xie Li’s usual laziness and apathy in high school, he couldn’t imagine him fighting. But according to the receptionist, the version of very scary Xie Li that Qiao Shengyu had described to him seemed to fit.
I wonder what exactly Xie Li had done to make even Qiao Shengyu so afraid of him.
“Hey, Sister Qian, you’ve come at just the right time.” The receptionist looked up and stood behind Yu Rui, “Someone has come to see Li-ge. I have confirmed that he is a student from D High School. Do you think we should let him go upstairs or ask Li-ge to come down?”
“Looking for Xie Li? Who, male or female?”
“I am looking for him.” Yu Rui turned around, his eyes met the voice behind him, and then the smile on his face froze.
The girl in front of him looked to be 18- 19 years old, and she was none other than the girlfriend in Xie Li’s cell phone photo. Thinking about what he did for Pei An An, Yu Rui suddenly felt a little frustrated.
“Wow, things indeed come in groups and people come in groups ah, Xie Li’s friend is also so handsome… aish, it’s a pity.” The girl who was called Sister Qian was very self-congratulatory and patted Yu Rui’s shoulder, “My name is Kan Qian, you can also call me Sister Qian. Come on, Xie Li’s friend is my friend, I’ll take you to him.”
The girl at the reception murmured, “Li-ge’s friend is your friend? If he wasn’t handsome, Sister Qian wouldn’t say such a thing.”
“Cut the crap! Am I the kind of person who only looks at faces?”
“Yes.”
“I’m not going to argue with you. Handsome boy, come upstairs with me. Xie Li must be sleeping in the lounge right now.”
“….”
Yu Rui followed Kan Qian upstairs. As soon as they turned into the hallway, they saw a chubby middle-aged man walking toward them.
Kan Qian stopped dead in her tracks, “Brother, Xie Li is in the hall, right?”
“He’s sleeping. You’re not thinking about going around and taking advantage of people again, are you? If you get thrown from the second floor to the first floor, I won’t care.” Kan Qing finished and noticed the teenager behind her, “Who is this?”
“Xie Li’s classmate.”
“Classmate? Why did Brother Xie’s classmate come here?”
“Something seems to be up.”
“Then you have to make sure that, ahem, Brother Xie is willing to see him, ah, or later we will be thrown together, and it will be more miserable.”
“…. Right oh, I almost forgot about that dog temper of Xie Li’s when he doesn’t sleep well.” Kan Qian turned his head uneasily, “Handsome boy, you’ve told Xie Li that you are coming, haven’t you?”
Yu Rui said, “I haven’t had time.”
“Huh, you came without letting him know? Then… then how do you know he works here?”
Yu Rui: “Xie Li sent me the location, and I came to look for him last week.”
As soon as he heard this, Kan Qing, who was about to walk down the stairs, suddenly stopped his feet and turned around in surprise.
He looked Yu Rui up and down several times, focusing on the young man’s beautiful, strong, narrow waist and long legs, and finally stopped on the handsome face.
Kan Qing was slow to come to his senses, closed his mouth, and approached with complicated eyes, squeezing out a smile, “This young student, is it convenient to ask his name?”
Yu Rui returned his gaze and, after a pause, smiled softly, seemingly unconcerned, “My name is Yu Rui.”
“Oh, Yu Rui.” Kan Qing scratched his head and muttered to himself. “Brother Xie doesn’t seem to have told me what that person’s name is….”
“Boss Kan, what’s the problem?”
“Hey, how do you know I’m the boss?”
Yu Rui smiled, “Seeing the attitude of the receptionist towards Sister Qian and the relationship between you two, it’s not hard to guess.”
“Hahahaha, in that case, then it seems like you’re the one Little Brother Xie mentioned.” Kan Qing looked at Kan Qian, “Take him there.”
“Ah, aren’t you afraid that Xie Li will lose his temper?”
“Don’t worry. He won’t if it’s him.”
“Really?” Kan Qian looked confused.
Kan Qing didn’t explain to his sister, he shook his head and lamented, “Young people nowadays.” Then he continued down the stairs.
“What a strange thing.” Kan Qian muttered and turned around, “Since my brother said it’s fine, then it should be fine. He’s the only one here who can still say things to Xie Li. Come with me.”
Hearing Kan Qian’s words, Yu Rui’s gaze faintly shivered. He looked at Kan Qian’s back and paused for a few seconds before following her again.
The door to the room was hidden and the inside was a bit dark, seemingly without light.
She hesitated for a few seconds before turning back, “Xie Li is inside, I’m not going in. If you look for him, you will have to bear the consequences: my brother is right, for him to throw you from the second floor to the first floor would be very miserable.”
After saying that, Kan Qian didn’t even give Yu Rui a chance to refuse or say thank you, before quickly moving away from the door.
Looking inside the dimly lit room, Yu Rui hesitantly stopped. He raised his wrist and looked at the time: it was still half an hour before the dismissal time, and he had to pick Yu Li up later.
He had been trying to talk about this for a few days, but it seemed to have stuck in his mind, and it seemed more appropriate here than at school.
With this in mind, Yu Rui made up his mind and raised his hand to knock on the door. However, there was no answer from inside.
… He was the one who endured all the teacher’s impassioned speech and slept in the back row.
Yu Rui helplessly sighed and finally just pushed the door open.
With the light from the hallway behind him, Yu Rui could barely make out the general layout of the room, and when he judged that Xie Li must be at…
The long, shadowy object lying on the sofa is covered with two different garments of very mixed styles.
Yu Rui approached him, “Xi-”
Before he could finish his words, he suddenly felt his foot, which had already advanced, step on a round ball-shaped object that was a little too hard and carried him forward almost instantly with a slip.
“Bang!”
Yu Rui hissed in pain and fell to his knees with one hand on the sofa and the other on the table next to him.
The disturbance caused the man sleeping on the sofa to unexpectedly open his eyes. In the dark, those eyes peered through the clothes covering his head. Looking to the location that the sound came from, trying to make out the owner of that hissing voice.
Next, he removed the school jacket that covered his upper body and tossed it aside.
The boy lying on the sofa got up in the dark and, as if naturally and with concern, went to lift from the person kneeling on the floor.
“Kan Qin, did you hurt yourself?”
With that low and “soft” voice, Yu Rui was about to deny it when an arm went around his back and then pulled him forward unexpectedly.
Uhm, there’s seems to have typos. Hope the translator can proofread it to fix. It can be confusing to some parts😊
Near the ending… I don’t think it made sense… but it’s still so good! I love how everyone knows but him XD
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️
Haha the gossip at school is completely different than the gossip at Xie Li’s work – much more accurate.