Chapter 45 Decision
Xie Sheng gave Zhang Meng the background information in the briefest possible way.
This time, Zhang Meng's cigarette fell out of his mouth. "Ah... this... I've actually encountered a street thug transforming into a rich second-generation heir, a real-life slum millionaire scenario?"
Xie Sheng snorted coldly, too lazy to pay attention to his nonsense. He straightened his shirt and prepared to go downstairs to work as a bartender.
But Zhang Meng stopped him again, saying, "You shouldn't go. You all have assistants now. Who can afford to drink the wine you pour?"
Fuck you.
Xie Sheng was so angry he laughed, and retorted without holding back.
However, Zhang Meng's teasing relieved a lot of the previous pressure. Xie Sheng rolled up his sleeves, revealing his well-defined muscles, and went out the door.
The deafening, upbeat music hit him in the face, and Xie Sheng immediately spotted Li Ke still standing at the door, his displeasure rising again.
He suppressed his anger and walked downstairs. Hearing footsteps behind him, he turned around again, his gaze cold and dangerous. "Don't follow me."
Li Ke stopped in his tracks. He didn't want to provoke his prickly new boss at all. He raised his hands to indicate that he was harmless. "Okay, I'll wait for you here."
Xie Sheng went downstairs, and was immediately surrounded by the noise of music and crowds.
He used to immerse himself in these sounds every night, but he had never listened to them as attentively as he did now.
"Hey, Brother Sheng is finally here. Sister Hua and the others at their table have been asking about you every day."
"Didn't the girl next to Brother Sheng come?"
"She's a pretty girl, but who is our Brother Sheng? Is he so easily captured?"
"Ha, coming and going as he pleases, does he think this bar is his own home? I don't know what Meng Ge was thinking, keeping someone like this around."
"Stop being so sour. Brother Sheng earns in one night what you do in a month."
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As usual, Xie Sheng listened to the shouts from the booths and randomly walked towards one.
"Brother, it's great to see you! What have you been up to lately?"
When Xie Sheng arrived, the atmosphere at the table became much more lively. Someone poured a glass and handed it to him. Xie Sheng took a sip and said lazily, "What else can I do but go to school?"
"Hahaha, what's the point of going to school?"
"Exactly, you don't reply to my messages when I ask you to go out."
"I thought you had made a deal with the girl you brought before. Our Sister Lu was heartbroken for a while."
Xie Sheng let them tease him, picked up the wine list, pointed to a few names, and asked, "How many?"
"Isn't it always you who gets to call the shots?"
"I heard that Brother Ma is looking for a factory. H City has ordered a large batch of goods, and they can't handle the order themselves. I think Brother Yi, your company would be a good fit."
These people are all business owners in Liucheng, so the information Xie Sheng released was extremely valuable to them.
In the adult world, no one will take a liking to or be nice to anyone for no reason. Xie Sheng is able to get along well in this mixed place simply because he pays more attention to information than others.
People who come bring their friends and spend more money. Xie Sheng acts as a middleman, making it a win-win situation for everyone. For Xie Sheng, who used to just go through the motions, this kind of life is quite good.
But what does this kind of cleverness represent?
He looked up and saw Li Ke, who was leaning against the railing, holding a wine glass and looking down at the crowd of people who were wildly swaying in their drunken stupor. Li Ke's gaze was clear, and he kept his distance.
Xie Sheng's annoyed mood returned, and he downed the wine glass in one gulp.
I had just finished a drink when someone handed me another one. The strong scent of artificial perfume wafted over, and a woman's voice lingered in my ear, "Not in a good mood today?"
In the past, Xie Sheng might have tilted his head slightly and drunk directly from the glass that was handed to him.
Careless and reckless.
Now, he took the glass and subtly distanced himself, saying, "No, I was thinking about something else."
"Are you thinking about the girl you brought over before?" The woman's voice, tinged with jealousy, seemed both genuine and feigned, making it impossible to discern her true feelings.
In the world of sensual pleasures, everyone is testing each other, maintaining a safe distance that allows for both advance and retreat, and preparing for all possibilities, yet no one can make any promises.
But all of this suddenly made Xie Sheng feel extremely tired, and he didn't reply.
I glanced at the time and suddenly thought of Pu Xia. She was still awake at this hour, probably memorizing vocabulary while wearing a face mask.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out a slight smile.
This smile caught the eye of the woman next to her, making her face and heart feel a little hot.
Xie Sheng's appearance was captivating no matter what expression he made, but she had never seen him smile so gently before. How to put it, it had a kind of prodigal son returning home vibe, and no one could resist being moved by it.
"Forget that girl, I'll go with you tonight, okay?" the woman whispered in his ear in a sexy and passionate voice.
Xie Sheng finally lifted his eyelids to look at her, and his deep eyes made her heart race.
"That's probably not appropriate, I have a girlfriend."
She won't know.
"It has nothing to do with whether she finds out or not."
Xie Sheng's refusal was very clear, and the woman beside him knew that further persistence would be pointless, so she had no choice but to give up. But being rejected so bluntly still made her angry, so she could only keep pouring him drinks.
Drinking was something Xie Sheng had no reason to refuse; it was part of his job. So he would down his drink in one gulp time and time again, but the more he drank, the more sober he became.
...
It was nearly four o'clock when the party ended. After the music stopped, everyone's brains and ears were still throbbing, and the effects of the alcohol they had drunk earlier were surging up.
Many people couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep on a sofa where they could lie down.
Xie Sheng had been forced to drink quite a bit tonight, and even though he usually had a good tolerance for alcohol, he couldn't handle it and burst out of the room.
The icy air instantly swept over his body, bringing him back to his senses. However, his stomach clenched violently from the cold air, causing him to bend over in pain. He felt nauseous, but since he hadn't eaten much, he could only dry heave.
At this moment, someone came up behind him, draped a thick coat over his shoulders, and handed him a glass of warm water. "Mr. Xie, this is bad for your health."
"Don't you think I look rather pathetic?" he asked in a hoarse voice.
Li Ke did not deny it, but stated in an objective tone, "You have a choice."
Xie Sheng leaned against the wall and stood up, his eyes blurry as he looked ahead into the thick fog. There was no direction, no landmark to tell him where the destination was.
Just like countless mornings he had ever seen.
"Brother." Just then, the voice that rang in his mind made the thick fog dissipate a little.
No, it's still different.
Pu Xia is on the road ahead of him now.
After a long pause, he finally spoke, "I don't understand anything."
Li Ke: "You're still young." ——————————
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