Chapter 30

After finishing his work for the day, Xiao Yu went to the gym and practiced Sanda for an hour, then took a shower and had dinner. At eight o'clock in the evening, he came to the Forgotten Bar for the second time.

Today, Huang Bo's appearance once again stirred up his thoughts of Dong Lili.

Right, Dong Lili had changed her name to Shuchang, meaning "comfortable and pleasant."

Shuchang... I hope you can be comfortable and pleasant all your life.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, but he got the same side booth as last time. Xiao Yu ordered the 688 RMB drink package as usual and sat there watching the singer on stage.

The singer on stage was not Shuchang, but Huang Bo, who had just become a member of Mengren. He was pouring his heart out on stage... venting.

Today at Mengren, Huang Bo was deeply hurt by Xiao Yu. Before going on stage, he was still seething with anger, and he poured it all into his singing, unexpectedly achieving a great effect. The audience cheered continuously, and he even received three flower baskets before finishing his first song.

"Handsome guy, are you here alone?" A beautiful young woman walked over and smiled at Xiao Yu.

"I'm gay."

"Then why are you here?"

The young woman left disappointed, and Wu Guodong suddenly appeared: "When did you become gay? How come I didn't know?"

"There are many things you don't know." Xiao Yu threw him a bottle of Budweiser. "Your nose is pretty sharp."

"Hehe, I knew you would come to see Shuchang again, so I made sure this side booth is reserved for you."

Xiao Yu was speechless, took a sip of his drink, and asked, "When will Lili perform?"

"Lili is now called Shuchang, I told you that."

"Okay, when will Shuchang perform?"

Shuchang won't come tonight.

It was early June, and the school was about to break for the summer. Students were working hard to prepare for their final exams to ensure a pleasant holiday.

Shuchang was an excellent student and a top performer at school. She was studying hard to review for the exams so that she could fly to the United States to visit her mother with excellent grades during the summer. Therefore, she only came to the bar to sing a couple of songs on weekends, and today was not a weekend.

Upon learning that Shuchang wouldn't come, Xiao Yu suddenly felt bored and planned to go to another bar to find a beautiful woman and have a wild night.

"Xiao, Shuchang seems to know you came."

Xiao Yu's body trembled. "Did you tell her?"

"Do you believe in intuition? She said she could sense your presence."

My... presence.

Memories of the past quietly surfaced in his mind.

Back then, Shuchang was still called Dong Lili, a ten-year-old girl. She always liked to stick to him, lying in his arms, listening to his stories, making her laugh, and comforting her to sleep... The warm scenes flashed through his mind, but everything had become a thing of the past, unable to be relived.

"As long as you don't admit it, she can only suspect. Let's not talk about her. I've almost settled Aunt Song's medical expenses, and I'll transfer the money to your account in a few days."

Just as they were talking about the medical expenses, Gu Hongzhou's call came, bringing the latest response from Ice Spring.

Xiao Yu's 1.5 million RMB quote was rejected, and Ice Spring was only willing to pay 1 million RMB.

The good news was that the negotiations didn't break down. Ice Spring was very sincere and hoped that Xiao Yu would take on the advertisement, as they were looking forward to his creativity.

"1.5 million RMB, I guarantee it's worth it."

Xiao Yu hung up the phone, and Wu Guodong joked, "I didn't realize, Xiao, your skills have grown so much in three years. Doing business in the millions."

In fact, he wanted to ask what Xiao Yu was doing now and how he had earned millions in medical expenses over the past three years.

"In the future, it will be in the tens of millions." Xiao Yu smiled and dodged the question, suddenly perking up his ears. The voices from the neighboring side booth caught his attention.

The voices belonged to a few young girls, not very old... That wasn't the point. The point was that they were discussing "Boys Over Flowers" and "Naruto," as well as the author, Xiao.

"What fairness and justice, it's so unfair!"

"Give me back my 'Boys Over Flowers'!"

"I love 'Naruto' the most."

"Meimei, didn't your dad say he was going to sign Xiao? Is it true?"

"Ah, don't mention it, he refused."

"Why?"

"I don't know. Drink, tomorrow we'll contact the representative and continue to support the 'Mangman Ai' official website!"

These are... my fans?

Through the curtain between the side booths, Xiao Yu vaguely saw a few girls around fourteen or fifteen years old, each with a bottle of Heineken in front of them, and more fruit juice on the table.

"Wu, you're getting more and more degenerate, making money from little girls?"

Wu Guodong stretched his neck to take a look and sighed, "These little girls are amazing; even their parents can't control them, let alone me. Besides, they mainly order fruit juice, so nothing bad will happen."

Just as he was speaking, a waiter came over and whispered something in Wu Guodong's ear. Wu Guodong said, "I have something to do, you keep drinking. If you need more, just order. Tonight's on me... Wait, I bet you'll sneak off when I come back, leave me your phone number."

"Go do your business, why do you need my phone number? If anyone asks, just say you've never seen me."

Wu Guodong was taken aback. Thinking of something, he didn't say more, patted Xiao Yu's shoulder, and left.

Bored, Xiao Yu drank his drink and listened to the girls in the neighboring booth chat.

Before long, the curtain was suddenly pulled open, and a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl with bright, spirited eyes glared at him angrily. "Uncle, are you old enough to eavesdrop on girls? How boring!"

This girl had clear, lively eyes, a slightly upturned nose, and exuded the typical air of a Beijing girl, confident and straightforward.

"Uncle? Me?"

"Who else?"

These little girls are amazing...

Wu Guodong's words echoed in his ears, and Xiao Yu felt quite helpless, giving an awkward smile.

"What are you smiling at? Don't think you're handsome and I won't scold you. I warn you, don't have any ideas about us, or you'll be in trouble!"

"I just heard you talking about comics. I've read 'Boys Over Flowers' and 'Naruto,' and they're just okay."

What did you say?

Just okay?

"Say that again."

"They are indeed just okay. And the author used a fake name and was disqualified from the competition."

"Don't you dare slander my idol!"

The girl was furious and gave Xiao Yu a thorough scolding.

She talked about how great "Boys Over Flowers" and "Naruto" were, how unfair the author Xiao had been treated, and how she had organized her classmates to seek revenge for the author. She spoke so passionately that Xiao Yu was a bit moved.

"Shouldn't girls be more reserved? Why are you so agitated?"

"Are you still talking? It's all because of you! I warn you, don't slander my idol. Also, get out of my sight immediately, or I'll call the police and report you for harassing a minor!"

Oh my, this girl is too fierce.

"Are you surnamed Yang?" Xiao Yu asked.

"None of your business!"

"Your father is Yang Linfei, the editor-in-chief of Feiyang Publishing?"

"How do you know? Do you know my father?"

"Hehe, do you know your father knows you're drinking at a bar at night? You dare to threaten me, I'll tell your father."

"Go ahead and tell him, I'm not afraid of you, Uncle!"

Swish—

She raised her middle finger.

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