Chapter 142 One Bite

In January, the last monthly exam of the semester arrives.

Winter break will start after the exams.

The last vacation of high school.

After the exam, Lu Yanhe packed his bag and prepared to go home.

Several students in the classroom were comparing answers and estimating their scores.

Li Pengfei said excitedly, "Old Lu, I think this is the best I've ever done in my life."

"So confident? Your dad must be giving you a big red envelope for Chinese New Year, right?" Lu Yanhe teased.

Li Pengfei scoffed, "Who cares about the red envelopes? The important thing is that I'm awesome, you know? I think I can get into the top 300 in the grade this time, you believe me?"

Li Pengfei has indeed worked hard this semester, and he has made visible progress in every exam.

Lu Yanhe nodded: "I believe you, of course I believe you."

But Jiang Haitian suddenly said, "Brother Fei, you said before that you wanted to do better than Luo Zicheng in the exam, but you can't possibly surpass Luo Zicheng in the top 300."

"If I can't surpass him this time, I'll surpass him next time. Anyway, I'm sure I'll surpass him at least once before the college entrance exam," Li Pengfei said confidently.

They spoke in such a low voice that Luo Zicheng heard them.

He glanced back at them, a disdainful expression on his face.

"Oh, Luo Zicheng looks down on you, huh?" Jiang Haitian said immediately upon seeing this.

"He doesn't care about his reputation, just wait and see." Li Pengfei looked at Luo Zicheng and sneered.

At this moment, many parents appeared in the corridor outside the classroom.

Most of them are parents of boarding students who come to pick up their blankets, sheets, and other bedding during the holidays.

Lu Yanhe and Li Pengfei are both day students and don't have dorm rooms to clean.

"Shall we go?" Lu Yanhe asked Li Pengfei.

"I...I have something to do, you go first," Li Pengfei said. "Someone will come to pick me up later."

“Okay.” Lu Yanhe nodded.

As a result, because all the students went home for the holidays, not only was there a huge crowd at the bus stop, but the road in front of the school was also completely blocked.

He looked at the bus stop in surprise, which resembled a scene from the Spring Festival travel rush, and decided to tactically find a place to sit for a while.

He can't squeeze onto the bus now, and he doesn't want to either.

Lu Yanhe walked forward and happened to arrive at the coffee shop he had visited with Chen Ziyan before.

It was here that Su Su was stabbed by Yuan Yi.

If he could, Lu Yanhe really wouldn't want to choose this company.

But this is the closest coffee shop nearby.

It was the dead of winter, and it was too cold outside. He didn't want to brave the biting wind to look for another place.

Lu Yanhe entered the coffee shop, found a place to sit down, ordered a waffle and a latte, took out his books, and prepared to study there for two hours.

Given the current situation, I estimate that it will take more than an hour for everyone to leave.

He wasn't in a hurry to go back anyway.

Even in the dead of winter, there weren't many people in the coffee shop.

A few people scattered around.

Lu Yanhe sat there and secretly took photos of several people.

He noticed it, but didn't do anything about it.

I'm used to it.

Since everyone has a cell phone, if you're good-looking these days and you don't get photographed two or three times a day, it just means you haven't gone out.

He studied until about 8 p.m. when Li Zhibai called him to ask when he would be back.

Lu Yanhe had just packed his things and was preparing to go back.

As night falls, the light cast by the streetlights can only reach a very small portion of the area.

He pushed open the door of the coffee shop, and a gust of wind blew in, making him shiver. He quickly took out a scarf from his bag and wrapped it around himself.

Frozen to death.

Just as Lu Yanhe was about to turn back, he glanced at something out of the corner of his eye and suddenly froze.

Wait, that's—

Lu Yanhe stared in disbelief at the entrance of a small alley ahead. Li Pengfei walked out, holding Xu Zijun's hand. As soon as they came out, Xu Zijun suddenly shook off Li Pengfei's hand. Then, he looked at Li Pengfei, scratched the back of his head helplessly, and said something to Xu Zijun.

Xu Zijun turned around, about to say something to him, when her expression froze.

Her gaze met Lu Yanhe's.

She saw Lu Yanhe.

Seeing Xu Zijun's stunned expression, Li Pengfei turned his head to look at her.

Lu Yanhe looked at him, remained silent for a moment, then turned around and walked in another direction.

"I didn't see anything," he said as he turned around.

Li Pengfei and Xu Zijun both heard it.

But this made Xu Zijun's face turn even redder, and she turned and ran back to school.

Li Pengfei glanced at Lu Yanhe's departing figure, then at Xu Zijun's running figure, sighed, and chased after Xu Zijun.

-

This winter... has truly been full of unexpected events.

Lu Yanhe recalled his previous thoughts and attitudes toward Li Pengfei and Xu Zijun, and wished he could jump into a hole.

—How could Li Pengfei and Xu Zijun possibly be together? There was absolutely no ambiguity between them.

— Li Pengfei is simply a bit kind-hearted. He gave Xu Zijun pink gloves, probably out of pity for her, not because he liked her.

These were all thoughts that had occupied his mind. Lu Yanhe even thought he knew Li Pengfei quite well and believed Li Pengfei's statement that he didn't like Xu Zijun at all.

Now... I'm getting slapped in the face!

Lu Yanhe wanted nothing more than to rush up to Li Pengfei right now and yell at him a thousand times for being a "dog," but Xu Zijun was still there, and the two of them kept the matter tightly under wraps. Lu Yanhe "kindly" chose to "turn a blind eye."

Who would have thought that Luo Zicheng was the one who accidentally saw through the truth!

Although Luo Zicheng didn't actually know the truth, he only connected the dots between the truth and reality.

He actually thought Li Pengfei was quite honest; a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, lying without batting an eye, without the slightest guilt! Damn it!

Lu Yanhe deeply doubted his own eyes.

How come the truth wasn't discovered? How could we have been fooled by that bastard Li Pengfei?

He did suspect that there was something wrong with those two people, but he trusted Li Pengfei too much. He always felt that if Li Pengfei was really with Xu Zijun, he would definitely not hide it from him, and even if he did, he would definitely slip up. As it turned out, he was thoroughly slapped in the face!

-

Not long after I got on the bus, Li Pengfei called.

"Heh." Lu Yanhe answered the phone and chuckled coldly twice.

Li Pengfei sighed and remained silent.

"Stop pretending. Your acting is so good, I won't fall for it again." Lu Yanhe immediately said, "Who was the one who swore before that he and Xu Zijun weren't together?"

Li Pengfei: "...She told me not to tell anyone else."

"Wait, when did you two get together? You've been keeping it a secret for so long."

"Just the last two months, well, we weren't really together, just chatting and talking."

“Yeah, they even held hands,” Lu Yanhe quickly added, then complained, “What a show-off.”

“You can scold me all you want, but Lao Lu, you have to keep this a secret for me. She’s easily embarrassed and can’t stand people talking about her,” Li Pengfei said. “Besides, it would be terrible if Teacher Liu found out.”

Lu Yanhe: "I don't want to hear your nonsense right now. I just want to ask you, how do you plan to compensate me for lying to me? I went out of my way to help you scam Luo Zicheng, and it turns out it wasn't Luo Zicheng who was scammed by me, but me who was scammed by you."

"That's a completely different matter! At first, I really thought he knew something, but luckily you figured it out later. He was the one who secretly opened my package, and it was just a guess. I breathed a sigh of relief. He just guessed it by accident."

"Then he didn't wrong you."

"Lu Yanhe, whose side are you on?"

“Although I’m on your side, I’m very dissatisfied with you right now,” Lu Yanhe said.

"I was wrong," Li Pengfei immediately admitted. "I'm sorry, please forgive me. Please tell me, what do I need to do for you to forgive me?"

"Wow, Fei-ge, you admit your mistake so quickly at this time." Lu Yanhe was speechless. "Get lost, I'll keep it a secret for you."

He hung up the phone.

He couldn't help but shake his head.

-

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang were waiting for him.

Recently, Li Zhibai has been busy with his regular variety show, a show where he performs in every episode. As the show has started airing, his popularity has gradually rebounded.

Yan Liang was so focused on preparing for the art exam that he rarely came back to sleep.

It's rare for the three of us to get together today.

Lu Yanhe entered the room and saw the two of them sitting on the living room carpet, with a bottle of whiskey on the coffee table. He looked at them in surprise.

"drink wine?"

Li Zhibai chuckled and said, "I stole it from my dad's liquor cabinet. Today we should wish Yan Liang a happy start. He's going to take the entrance exam for the Beijing Academy of Arts tomorrow. I wish him all the best."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yanhe looked at Yan Liang with delight.

"Are you taking the exam tomorrow?"

"Yes." Yan Liang nodded, took a deep breath, and said, "After preparing for so long, it's time to put our skills to the test."

"Then why are you still drinking?" Lu Yanhe asked in surprise. "Aren't you going to prepare properly and go to bed early?"

Yan Liang shook his head and said, "If I don't drink, I feel like I'll be tossing and turning in bed all night, unable to sleep. I might as well have a little to help me fall asleep."

Li Zhibai laughed twice, "Old Lu, you've finished your exams today anyway, and winter break starts tomorrow, so a little drink won't hurt, right?"

"Then let's have a drink." Lu Yanhe nodded and put down his schoolbag. "I really should wish you well in advance. Good luck, Yan Liang, you must get into Beijing Arts University."

"Mm." Yan Liang nodded.

Li Zhibai only poured the bottom of each of their cups.

“You two are both younger than me, and I’ve always considered you my little brothers,” Li Zhibai said. “That bastard Zhou Ping’an insisted on some kind of elimination after the group disbanded, only taking three people with him. I don’t know which three he will choose in the end, but you three have to remember that the three of us have lived in the same house for almost three years. No one is allowed to forget that we will always be brothers, understand?”

Yan Liang hummed in agreement, his eyes sparkling, and said, "Li Zhibai, although I've always been jealous of you, you're completely different from the other rich kids I know. We'll always be brothers."

Lu Yanhe also laughed.

"What, are the three of us going to swear an oath of brotherhood in the Peach Garden today?"

Li Zhibai waved his hand: "Why bother with all that formalities? Anyway, I've already said it. From now on, no one is allowed to disown this brother, understand?"

Okay, I understand.

Lu Yanhe drank a glass of wine, but it was really just the bottom of the glass. He only felt a burning sensation in his throat and his stomach started to burn. He didn't understand what made the wine taste good. He had only drunk it a few times, and he always felt dizzy afterward.

He suddenly laughed, looking at Li Zhibai and Yan Liangxiao, and said, "It's really good to know you two."

"Yan Liang, you'd better live up to expectations, you hear me?"

Lu Yanhe suddenly grabbed Yan Liang's hand, leaned closer to look at Yan Liang, and said, "I can't take the art exam anymore, so you have to take my place and take it with you. If you get into Beijing Art Academy, let that bastard Zhou Ping'an know what it means to look down on people. You will definitely be much more famous than Ma Zhiyuan in the future. Really, believe me, you will be very successful in the future."

Yan Liang looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise, whose eyes had suddenly become blurry and whose cheeks were burning red.

"No way?" He looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise.

Lu Yanhe then turned to Li Zhibai: "Li Zhibai, you too! You're the most popular of the three of us, how can you be so laid-back? You have to stay popular, even more popular than that idiot Ma Zhiyuan!"

Li Zhibai stared wide-eyed in shock as he was grabbed by the collar.

Yan Liang patted Lu Yanhe's shoulder. "Hey, are you drunk?"

"Drunk? How could I be drunk?" Lu Yanhe immediately waved his hand, "I've only had a little bit to drink."

After he finished speaking, he rolled his eyes and lay down on the floor.

"But I'm a little sleepy. I'll drink with you guys after I take a nap," he mumbled.

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang stared in disbelief at the person who had suddenly fallen to the ground.

Hello?

Li Zhibai and Yan Liang looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Is he really that bad at drinking?"

"Pour it all out in one gulp?"

Yan Liang thought about it carefully and said, "It seems like I've never actually drunk alcohol with him? Maybe just beer."

Li Zhibai was taken aback.

"I'm done for. I'll never dare to ask him for a drink again."

-

After waking up, Lu Yanhe clearly recalled every second before he collapsed last night.

He was stunned and wished he could find a hole to bury himself in!

Before he transmigrated, he was at least a force to be reckoned with, if not an enormous one, he could easily hold his own in a fight, right?! How come this body is so weak? He passed out after just the bottom of a glass of whiskey?!

Where will he put his lifelong reputation?!

Lu Yanhe came to his senses and was so embarrassed that he didn't want to leave the room.

He could already foresee how Li Zhibai and Yan Liang would mock him.

"..."

However, after struggling for a long time, she finally opened the door and went out.

We always have to face it.

Li Zhibai is still unconscious.

But Yan Liang was already awake and was sitting in the living room putting on his socks.

"Hey, you're awake." Yan Liang grinned as soon as he saw him come out of the room and called out, "God of Wine."

Lu Yanhe was speechless: "Have some decency."

Yan Liang laughed heartily, his laughter ringing out: "Who would have thought you'd be a lightweight after just one drink?"

“Oh, no, you’re not just a one-cup wonder, you’re a one-drink wonder.” Yan Liang nodded. “Li Zhibai said it, you’ll be knocked out after just one sip.”

Lu Yanhe: "..."

(End of this chapter)