Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
The first thing Su Zhixi did when she returned to her dormitory was to remove everything from her bag. She made sure that she was not missing anything important before heaving a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, when she left the Su family’s manor in the morning, she’d brought along her bag and her essential identification documents were inside.
She had a look of distress when she opened her wallet and found only some small change.
Although the Su family was not rich and powerful, it was pretty well-to-do. However, she had never acted like an uptown girl.
After her lessons at the university, she was busy with taking care of Ning Yichen. Her living allowance, scholarship, and part-time salary were all spent on his medical treatment so she had no savings for herself.
Since she had totally severed ties with her father, he would not give her any living allowance now.
There was still one month before she had to pay for next year’s school fees, so she had to quickly earn at least ten thousand yuan.
She sighed lightly as it seemed like she could only return to her old trade. Ever since Ning Yichen had woken up, she’d stopped working, but she did not expect that she would be in a financial crisis so soon.
Fishing out her phone, she called the manager of the Four Seasons Bar.
***
At nightfall, in the Four Seasons Bar.
He Jingyao entered the bar from an exclusive entrance and went to the third floor.
There was only one private room on this floor.
Yohoo! When he opened the door, he heard teasings as confetti blew right into his face.
His face darkened instantly as he narrowed his eyes at Huo Yanhui, who was the most enthusiastic at teasing him.
“Our Young Master He is here!” Huo Yanhui announced exaggeratedly. “Congratulations to Young Master He for losing his virginity! Give him a round of applause!”
He Jingyao’s lips curled as he walked up to his friend. With a sleek over-the-shoulder throw, Huo Yanhui fell onto the sofa and He Jingyao’s knee bent and threatened his certain body part. He smiled and said, “What did you say earlier?”
“Master, I’m sorry, Master!” Huo Yanhui quickly pleaded for forgiveness. “My family still needs me to carry on the family line! If you’re not careful, our Huo family will have no descendants!”
Upon hearing that, Huo Yanzhao shot him a death stare and said in his deep voice, “Oh, is that right?”
Instantly, Huo Yanhui realized that he had misspoken. With a glum face, he said, “Brother, my biological older brother. Never mind that you’re not saving your younger brother ASAP, but why are you undercutting me?”
His older brother picked up a glass of cocktail and began sipping from it. His stunning face was expressionless as he said, “You deserve it.”
Huo Yanhui was angered to the point of rolling his eyes.
Yun Shenhan shook his head helplessly. “Jingyao, let go of him.”
It was only then that He Jingyao let go of him. He looked at Huo Yanhui intriguingly and said, “I’ll let this pass because of Shenhan, but if it happens next time…”
Huo Yanhui pretended to be dead on the sofa.
Yun Shenhan chuckled while looking at He Jingyao and said, “I heard from Yanhui that your illness is cured. Is it?”
He Jingyao picked up a glass of alcohol and said, “No. I’m merely immune to that woman.”
Huo Yanzhao raised his brow. “That’s not too bad either; at least you can touch a woman now.”
“And Auntie will definitely get you to marry her?” Yun Shenhan asked.
“My mother has no idea yet.” He Jingyao harrumphed. “Even if I’ve never touched women in the past, it can’t possibly be that I’ll treasure her just because she’s a female.”
“Oh? Could it be that she’s really old and ugly?” Huo Yanzhao speculated.
“No, no. I can testify.” Huo Yanhui could not hold it in anymore. “I saw her with my own two eyes. She is a really young girl of around 20 years old. Both her face and figure are really attractive!”
Having heard Huo Yanhui say that, the other two men became interested and Yun Shenhan lamented in pity, “Why didn’t you bring her over to meet us? In the past, because of your illness, we didn’t dare to bring our female companions, and even Xuefei couldn’t attend.”
“No, trust me,” Huo Yanzhao said. The moment Yun Xuefei was mentioned, his face softened. “She’d said before that she is not the least bit interested in our gatherings.”
Yun Xuefei was Yun Shenhan’s biological younger sister and Huo Yanzhao’s newlywed wife.
“Alright, then.” At the thought of his younger sister’s personality, he had to agree with that view. He then looked at He Jingyao again and said, “Where is she? I’ll get my men to bring her here!”
“I can be the driver!” Huo Yanhui said, volunteering himself.
“No.” He Jingyao sipped his alcohol, having objected without any hesitation.
The others were unhappy with that.
“Jingyao, I understand how you’re feeling,” Huo Yanzhao said in a way as though he had been through this. “I don’t want to bring Xuefei to gatherings too for people to comment on her. However, we’ve been brothers for so many years and we’re all just happy for you. If you don’t let us meet her, we can only think of ideas on our own.”
He Jingyao shot the rest a glance and put down his glass. He then said without any expression, “It’s because I haven’t settled her yet.”