Chapter 58: The Truth

  His dark pupils moved, Shao Qi looked at them, his pale pink lips leisurely seemed to be telling someone else's story: "At that time, I got seriously ill and had to rush away for treatment, of course, I couldn't say goodbye to you all. But what's important is now, oh, the food has gone cold."

  As he spoke, he slowly and elegantly took another bite of rice.

  When he was studying, his life was tense and every second counted. Even eating was a rush, now that he finally has some free time, he is happy to eat slowly and savor the delicious taste of food.

  "You're just like a kid, still so gluttonous!" As he scolded others, Ren Sheng himself took a big mouthful of noodles, not feeling any discomfort at all from the noodles that had swollen up and increased in volume by more than half.

  "So it turns out you were ill, no wonder you've lost so much weight compared to before." Cheng Mian looked at him with a gaze that seemed to be looking at a refugee, sighing incessantly.

  "Is everything all right now? How's your body? Nothing wrong, is there?" Of course, they asked in unison, and then again in unison.

  "What was wrong with you in the first place? Why did you leave in such a hurry!"

  Shao Qi swallowed the potato, and suddenly felt that the potato had scratched his throat a bit. He looked at them, as if spitting out something that had nothing to do with him: "Probably inflammation, I forgot!"

  Two giants of thunder, "You bastard!" Well, this guy is done for.

  However, Ren Sheng still had a topic that he was very interested in and hadn't asked about, "You're now a rich man, you should treat us to dinner! What's the story behind it? How did you suddenly become wealthy? I heard from people back home that you're actually a young master of a wealthy family who wandered out into the world, is that true?"

  "Really, really, it's not me saying this, but is there still such a melodrama in reality?" Cheng Mian, who had never had the chance to ask these questions before, took advantage of Ren Sheng being present, someone who was always blunt and straightforward with each other, and asked without holding back.

  Haha, with a smile, Shao Qi, who was always willing to pour cold water, looked at them with a cool and detached tone, as if he was above them: "Life is both a melodramatic tragedy and an unpredictable mystery. Now that I'm a nouveau riche, speak up, what do you all want? The only thing the old man lacks is not money!"

  A careless and sloppy appearance, a typical rich second-generation pose, only missing the act of lifting their chin to ask for the price.

  "You little brat, is this for real? You have money but you don't know how to use it to hurt people." Ren Sheng continued in an indignant tone.

  But in her heart, she couldn't help but sigh at the gap between them once again, indeed they were no longer people of the same world...

  "How are you doing now? I heard that the wealthy families have a lot of rules and a high standard of living, is it really like in TV dramas?" Her eyes sparkled with pink stars, Ren Sheng's face was still like a young girl's, full of fantasy and happiness.

  "Yes, I'm quite curious too. Looking at you now, you shouldn't be too free, right?" Cheng Mian thought for a moment, his tone as serious and transparent as himself.

  "You should know that it's been more than a month since school started, and I've never invited you to my home as a guest?" Shao Qi forced a smile, with no obvious expression, but on his handsome face was an unmistakable helplessness that even a fool couldn't ignore.

  Although he knew, but Cheng Mian had never asked before, and occasionally even wondered if Shao Qi was from the same world as them, and deliberately kept his distance.

  He believes that no matter how good the relationship is between friends, when facing each other's silence on certain things, there will always be some thoughts, it's just that most people may not believe those negative emotions.

  There is no absolute faith in this world, and the thoughts and thinking are uncontrollable. Everything is just a result of people's choices. The more choices you make, the more inertia you will have, and the more you do it, the more it will become a habit. If you continue to do so, perhaps it will become some kind of absolute existence.

  He looked at Shao Qi, his eyes shining with a certain discerning light, and said sincerely: "It's okay this way, at least there is a superior environment now. Since you have capital now, your future life will be created by yourself, so make good use of the superior environment!"

  "Yeah, yeah, life goes on. So what if you're rich? So what if we've drifted apart? We three are still good buddies, heh heh!"

  Ren Sheng hehehe smiled and patted the table, with a proud and arrogant face, like a silly turkey, instantly attracting the attention of everyone in the cafeteria, who looked at him foolishly.

  "What's wrong with you guys, I didn't do it on purpose!" Finally reacting, Ren Sheng immediately shrunk his head into his neck like an ostrich, his face suddenly turning bright red all the way to his neck.

  "Hahaha..."

  The two of them laughed loudly with their heads down, seemingly having had enough laughter. Seeing that the brief attention from the crowd had also come to an end, Shao Qi then asked Ren Jing: "How are your grandparents doing?"

  Having grown up together as neighbors, the old couple had taken good care of him since he was young, so it was only natural that Shao Qi would ask this.

  "Alright, that's how it is. After all, we're not getting any younger!" The first time being far away from home, he couldn't help but feel homesick. His eyes sparkled for a moment, and the atmosphere was also silent for a brief moment.

  Cheng Mian saw this, as if he suddenly remembered something. He looked at the two of them and said: "Right, Xiang Yan, you guys know? This time I came back home, I heard some things about her, you might not believe it."

  "Towards Yan?" Ren Sheng seemed to have thought of something, and with a look of sudden realization, he also had a hint of schadenfreude as he looked at Shao Qi.

  That girl and Shao Qi's matter, he still had some hearsay about it. Every time he asked Shao Qi, he saw him dodging the question with a red face. Based on his years of understanding of Shao Qi, there must be something abnormal inside. At least, it wouldn't be something that can be forgotten after meeting like ordinary acquaintances.

  Shao Qi furrowed his brow, previously thinking that Xiang Yan was in Shao Hua's hands, but when he calmed down, he realized that Shao Hua didn't need to bother with Xiang Yan at all, let alone threaten him.

  Strictly speaking, Shao Hua didn't actually do anything to threaten him, because there was no need to, he was too weak, and it wasn't worth wasting thoughts on dealing with a weakling.

  At this moment, listening to Xiang Yan's news, he couldn't say what he was thinking in his heart, and just silently listened with a solemn face, instinctively not wanting to hear anything bad.

  "Ah, yes! It's Xiang Yan, the one I confessed to! Cheng Mian gazed at Shao Qi with a sly expression and continued: "You guys don't know her, but actually, I also heard it from someone in my family..."

  "She's really unlucky, people who want debts repaid have even found their way to her hometown. How could she owe so much money? Luckily she's not at home..."

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