Translator: Larbre Studio
Editor: Larbre Studio
“Li, some white beer.”
“No, no… I can’t drink anymore…”
“Drink. Everyone’s happy. Drink some! Fatty Wei, don’t eat so many barbecued sticks! You’re so fat already!”
“Barbarian Lu, you call me fatty again and I will fight with you!”
“Come on, let’s fight. Let’s all fight! Li, don’t be a sissy. Drink up. Fatty. You drink some white beer too! You can’t even hold your liquor…”
“I said, don’t call me fatty!”
“Haha!”
The sounds of the clock striking midnight reverberated around a street full of barbecue shops in Hengdian.
The sounds of shouting, sales and cars honking wafted around the street too.
Of course, the smoke from barbecue pits as well.
At a stall named, “Wang Kee Barbecued Eats”, three young men were unbelievably high.
Lu Yuan couldn’t really hold his liquor, but he was good at persuading people to drink. With a few shouts, he made Li Qing, a restrained artistic youth, flushed beyond recognition.
“Cheers!”
As for Fatty Wei, he was not satisfied with Lu Yuan. He poured the white beer out of the bowl and planned to hold his liquor against Lu Yuan.
“Cheers!”
Lu Yuan’s eyes were red as he stared at Fatty Wei, suddenly feeling a sense of heroism!
They didn’t drink anything else. After biting one stick of kebab, they stared at each other. In an instant, they gulped down the entire bowl.
After guzzling down the wine, Lu Yuan felt an extremely spicy feeling, indescribable pleasure as well as a sense of dizziness.
White beer and normal beer were naturally different.
“Then, I’ll do the same! To the future, to success!”
“Good!”
“Come on!”
Li Qing, a senior artistic and cultured youth, saw the two having such a good time. Looking at his half-bottle of beer, some reckless energy brewed within him and he joined the team to battle it out.
They were rowdy like three drunkards, which drew the disdain of the people nearby.
However, the three of them didn’t care.
They were very high.
Professor Zheng Guolong left contentedly, without even eating supper.
Lu Yuan’s piano music was registered into the book “Piano Pieces for Colleges”. He received a $200,000 bonus from Beijing Film University, as well as a certificate of registration.
Fatty Wei was also happy, unbelievably happy.
Although the investment was a little lacking, there was a good script as well as the Best Actor. Also, the waiver of the actors’ fees was bound to induce excitement within audiences. With this situation, how could the movie not be popular?
At this moment, he seemed to visualize his journey towards becoming a renowned director in China.
Li Qing was also very happy.
Initially, he thought that he had been cheated, but he had unexpectedly stumbled upon a treasure.
This Lu Yuan was so talented that his piano music had been woven into a college textbook!
What was the significance of college textbooks?
Only the works of experienced professors, foreign historical experts and learned people from ancient times could be inside there!
If he was able to cooperate with such a talented person, his future would be bright even if this movie flopped in future!
What’s more, the movie might not even flop!
Hence, Li Qing was happy.
An hour later.
“Keep the change. It’s a tip!”
After eating countless barbecued sticks and drinking countless cups of wine, Lu Yuan took out some red notes and threw them on the table. He burped generously and walked out of the barbecue stall, stumbling as he put his arms around the other two men’s shoulders.
He felt the joy of being a local tyrant.
He felt the joy of spending money.
Some tycoons were probably not interested in money, but Lu Yuan was very interested. In particular, he was interested in spending money.
In life, we have to be so high and feel so much pleasure.
It has to be this…
Perfect…
The three stumbled out of the noisy street and arrived at the flower bed beside one of Hengdian’s scenic spots. Then, they started to vomit violently.
“Cigarette?”
“No, I don’t…”
“Don’t be a sissy. Li, have one. Red Orchid is very comfortable.”
“Okay… Well… Then I’ll have one…”
After vomiting, the three men smoked and looked at the moon in the sky amidst their drunken stupor. Their spirits were pretty good.
“I used to aspire to be a wandering singer… Haha,” Li Qing burped and laughed suddenly. He held the cigarette with his thumb and middle finger, similar to a gesture from Chinese dance. It looked extremely coquettish. On top of the influence of alcohol, Li Qing suddenly felt emotional.
“What about now?” Fatty Wei was happy.
“Now… Now… I want to buy a house in Beijing… And marry my girlfriend. Haha.”
“Damn it… How ambitious…”
“Li, be a man. Don’t be too restrained… Do whatever you want,” Lu Yuan patted him on the shoulder to encourage him.
“Ah?” Li Qing looked at Lu Yuan’s expression as he felt a little dazed.
What was the meaning of this sinister expression?
“Do you see the singer playing the guitar in front of you?” Lu Yuan laughed, a little drunk.
“Yeah.”
“Didn’t you want to be a wandering singer?” Lu Yuan replied.
“So what?” Li Qing had a bizarre expression.
“Borrow his guitar? Experience the pleasure of being a wandering singer?”
“I think that works…” Fatty Wei nodded dizzily. Subconsciously, he grabbed Li Qing’s shoulder and looked at Lu Yuan from the corner of his eye.
“Eh? I don’t think it’ll be good. Wait…”
“What’s wrong? I think it’s good!”
“Ah?”
Before Li Qing could react, Lu Yuan and Fatty Wei picked him up and rushed towards the guitar boy.
Rush?
Yes, it was as such.
There was a feeling of recklessness as well…
In the moonlight, the shadows of the three men lengthened.
Perhaps, they were no longer teenagers.
However, they were still young.
Post-adolescence was just beginning!
…
Young people were always impulsive.
And liked to be nonsensical.
We refer to this nonsense as the frivolity of youth.
Lu Yuan was not very old. He had just graduated from university before his rebirth. After his rebirth, he attained the same qualification as well. Although he was a young adult, he lacked maturity and behaved like a teenager.
Lu Yuan opened his eyes and briefly saw a ray of sunlight shining on his face.
This sunlight was bright.
Very comfortable.
His head throbbed a little.
Lu Yuan scratched his hair and shook his head viciously.
When he fully adapted to the light, he found himself in a clean room…
Where was he now?
Lu Yuan looked at the furnishings in the room, and became even more confused.
This was not his messy company. It looked like a hotel.
Looking at these furnishings, Lu Yuan realized that the hotel seemed to be of a high grade.
At least four stars and above.
Not bad!
It’s my first time staying in such a hotel. It looks clean.
Yes, when I get rich, I’ll stay in such a clean hotel every day.
After Lu Yuan daydreamed unrealistically for a long while, he felt that something was not right.
Wait!
It’s not right!
Why am I at a hotel?
Wasn’t I with Fatty Wei and Li at a barbecue stall, drinking beer and bragging?
How did I arrive at a hotel?
Did I get drunk and find a hotel to engage in chaotic activities?
Lu Yuan shook his head again, but found his mental state in chaos. He couldn’t remember what happened thereafter.
Hangover?
Well, he reckoned that he had a hangover.
At this time, the door opened, and an orchid fragrance wafted to his nose.
After hearing the sound, Lu Yuan subconsciously raised his head in the direction of the fragrance, and saw an acquaintance.
Wang Jinxue?
She was wearing a long white dress. She was tall. Wang Jinxue, who radiated purity but looked cold?
“????” Lu Yuan was even more baffled.
Why is Wang Jinxue here? What happened?
Am I dreaming?
“Awake?”
“Well… yeah.”
“Don’t drink in the future,” Wang Jinxue looked at Lu Yuan’s pale, dazed face and frowned.
“Well, did you send me here?” Lu Yuan hesitated before asking.
“Yes,” Wang Jinxue nodded.
“That… How did you…” Lu Yuan was at a loss. He wanted to say something, but he couldn’t.
“You’re asking how I stumbled onto you?” Wang Jinxue asked.
“Yes.” Lu Yuan thought that it was magical.
His imagination was so limited that he couldn’t have thought of this.
It seemed that there was no logic.
“You do have some talent.”
“Eh?” Lu Yuan didn’t understand.
What did this have to do with my talent?
“You sing “Old Boy” well, but… Don’t drink in future.”
“Old Boy?” Lu Yuan was even more confused.
When did I sing Old Boy?
Looking at Lu Yuan’s dazed appearance, Wang Jinxue finally shook her head and opened up the news tabloid on her mobile phone, handing it to Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan received the mobile phone and saw three headlines on the news.
“The news: Yesterday, in the wee hours of the morning, three mysterious men snatched the guitar of Ah Jie, a wandering singer, in a drunken rage. One of them looks like the cameraman of the film “The Capital”, Li Qing…”
“Wandering Singer Ah Jie: I want to sue these three robbers!”
“Original song: “Old Boy”?”
“How many hearts has he touched with this original song?”
After seeing these headlines, he was stunned.
Then, he subconsciously opened the video under the title. When he saw a man with disheveled hair holding a guitar and leaning his head back to roar, he was immediately dumbfounded.
Lu Yuan was shocked.
Fuck!
What the fuck have I done?