Chapter 2
"I found this specially for you. He's new in our store." Ji Zeyu glanced at the boy who had just spoken and signaled him with his eyes to approach Xing Zhao, but Xing Zhao dodged him without leaving a trace.
"I'm not interested, you can go away." Xing Zhao found a deserted seat and sat down, folding his long legs together, with a look of indifference and a sense of "no strangers allowed".
The boy looked embarrassed for a moment. Ji Zeyu smiled and waved at him, indicating him to go down. The boy had to leave in shame.
"What's the matter? Old Xing, you don't have a strict guardian at home, so why are you so reserved outside?" Ji Zeyu hugged the two boys beside him, and one of them knew the situation and fed Ji Zeyu a cherry.
Xing Zhao frowned at Ji Zeyu and said, "I told you, I'm not interested."
"What is our President Xing busy with tonight? He stood me up for so long." Seeing that Xing Zhao's expression was a little bad, Ji Zeyu immediately changed the subject.
"I picked up a kid." Xing Zhao took a sip of the wine in front of him. "I told you before that I would come to Lushui to attend university."
Ji Zeyu smiled and said, "No wonder they weren't interested in these college students. It turns out they had one hidden at home. Why... were they afraid that your child would smell someone else's and eat it..."
Before he finished speaking, Xing Zhao had already sent the two boys beside Ji Zeyu away and sat next to Ji Zeyu.
Ji Zeyu's body froze, and he didn't dare to speak. Xing Zhao's cold voice rang out from the side, "Speak? You were talking so enthusiastically just now."
"I was just joking, Old Xing, don't take it so seriously." Ji Zeyu moved aside. Being too close to Xing Zhao would only cause him oppression. "I know you're doing this to repay a favor."
When Xing Zhao was in college, he had some problems with his family. Wei Mingzhe, as his senior, helped him a lot. Over the years, Xing Zhao has been looking for a way to repay Wei Mingzhe.
Now that Wei Ge has come to Lushui to attend university, it would be most appropriate for him to help take care of him.
He just doesn't like to owe favors to others. Wei Mingzhe has refused to accept the money he directly gave him, which may be a bit offensive to his reputation.
"Besides, he's just a kid who calls me uncle." Xing Zhao touched the outside of the wine glass and nodded. "I'm not interested in him, and I can't be interested in him."
"Well, that's true. Our Mr. Xing has never been in a relationship and will remain single in the future." Ji Zeyu smiled, picked up his wine glass and touched it meaningfully with the wall of Xing Zhao's glass, "But it's hard for our little boy."
"What do you mean?" Xing Zhao frowned.
"Living under the same roof with you, even if you don't like him, he may not dislike you." Ji Zeyu spun his wine glass and suddenly looked at Xing Zhao with ill intent, "How about this, you introduce him to me. I love taking care of these single little boys the most."
"Get lost." Xing Zhao replied coldly, without any emotion. "I don't care what you do normally, but don't put your hands in my house. I'll get rid of everything I can. Let's see if you still have the ability to molest everywhere."
Those few words made Ji Zeyu feel an inexplicable pain somewhere on his body.
Xing Zhao is not usually like this to others, but people like Ji Zeyu who eat everything are usually scumbags. There is nothing he can't do.
If he hadn't been more assertive, he might have managed to trick the child away from home one day.
There is no way to explain this to Senior Brother Wei Mingzhe.
In order to repay his kindness, she took care of his son and ended up sending his son to bed with the scumbag.
"How's the project at Luda Academy of Fine Arts going?" Xing Zhao changed the subject and talked about business.
Lushui University Academy of Fine Arts is the best-developed art university in Lushui and even in the whole country. The students there not only have excellent scores in art admissions, but also have top-notch scores in professional courses.
Recently, the Academy of Fine Arts has been jointly organizing a competition with a public welfare project. The participants are all students of the Academy of Fine Arts. The student who wins the last prize can directly get the opportunity to be the chief artist of the next animation of Luyu.
"I have discussed this matter with the school. The school hopes that you will attend the finals as a judge." Ji Zeyu glanced at Xing Zhao. When it comes to work, Ji Zeyu is not as nonchalant as he seems.
"Okay." Xing Zhao glanced at his watch. "You can make the arrangements then."
Luzhou Entertainment is a wholly-owned company of Xing Zhao. The main software operated by the company is called ARKI, which mainly broadcasts animations and videos that young people like to watch.
Animation occupies a major part of this, with an extremely influential work almost every year.
However, with the rapid development of the times, ARKI has more and more new memes, and the painting styles of the company's veteran artists can no longer keep up with the thinking of today's young people, so Xing Zhao thought of holding a joint competition with Luda Academy of Fine Arts.
The reason is to give contemporary young people more opportunities to enter large companies to create original paintings, but in fact it is to let ARKI be replaced with fresh blood to keep up with the times.
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When Wei Ge woke up, it was already the next morning. A drizzle was falling outside the window. He didn't know when he fell asleep yesterday, nor did he know how he got to bed.
Maybe it was the hot weather, or maybe it was because he was a little airsick, but Wei Ge felt a little uncomfortable since he got off the plane yesterday. However, because Xing Zhao was there, he didn't dare to say it.
I seemed to have had some dream last night, but I can’t remember it clearly, I just remember that man.
He got up from the bed and looked at the time on his phone. It was still early for the report.
After washing up, Wei Ge walked downstairs. He thought he could leave quietly, but he saw the slender Xing Zhao standing at the stairs.
He was wearing a dark suit and a dark blue tie today, and he looked even more gloomy than yesterday.
But there was also a sense of aloofness, which made Wei Ge inexplicably nervous.
"Uncle Xing, good morning." Wei Ge could be noisy in front of others, and even if it was fake familiarity, at least he could pretend to be familiar, but in front of Xing Zhao, these skills were inexplicably weakened.
I'm just scared and can't pretend at all.
"It's getting late." Xing Zhao spoke directly, "It's nine o'clock now. You have twenty minutes to eat breakfast, and then I'll take you to school."
Precise, too precise.
There is a feeling of oppression that makes it difficult to eat.
"No need, Uncle Xing. If you are busy, go ahead and do your work. I can take the bus to school by myself." Wei Ge said politely while praying that Xing Zhao would understand the hidden meaning of his words.
"I do have something to do." Xing Zhao said, and Wei Ge's eyes lit up. "But I was just about to go to your school."
Today Xing Zhao is going to talk to the principal in person about the judges.
Wei Ge wolfed down his breakfast and went to school in Xing Zhao's car. Perhaps because the car was too big, when he got out of the car, the classmates around him looked at him, making Wei Ge feel a little embarrassed.
"I'll pick you up later and take you out for dinner." Xing Zhao sat in the driver's seat and looked up at Wei Ge outside the car window.
Several classmates around pointed fingers at Wei Ge, making it seem like Xing Zhao was his financial sponsor.
"Okay, okay, thank you, uncle." Wei Ge nodded, turned around and ran faster than anyone else. Wei Mingzhe didn't say that Xing Zhao was so enthusiastic.
We were just staying together, so why did he pick me up from school and eat together?
It feels like I have no private life at all, as if I'm living with him.
Wei Ge ran to the booth of the Digital Arts Academy with his bag. His major was animation design. He heard that the school would have a competition sponsored by ARKI in a few days, and the winner could directly participate in the original painting production of the next anime.
However, as a recent college graduate, it was naturally impossible for him to draw better than those who had studied for four years. When he signed up, he thought that the most important thing was to participate.
There were a lot of people gathered around the Digital Art Academy booth. Wei Ge looked towards the booth and felt that it would be difficult to squeeze in for the time being.
"Freshman?" A gentle male voice came from behind him. Wei Ge turned his head and saw a boy with hair reaching his ears, who smiled at him.
The boy has a typical artistic appearance. He wears a black earring on his ear and when he speaks, his mouth opens and closes, revealing two cute fangs.
"Yes, my name is Wei Ge, and I major in animation design." Wei Ge greeted the boy in front of him.
The boy was stunned when he heard Wei Ge's name, and the smile in his eyes became even brighter. "I'm your sophomore senior, my name is Xu Zhou."
Xu Zhou extended his hand and Wei Ge immediately shook it.
"There are too many people over there. Let me take you to the dormitory first. I'll help you sign your name then." Xu Zhou subconsciously took Wei Ge's backpack, which was still a bit heavy.
Although Wei Ge was staying at Xing Zhao's house, he did not move out of the dormitory at the school and had not planned to stay at Xing Zhao's house for too long.
"Well... I don't live on campus." Wei Ge thought about it and said it. After all, he didn't bring any luggage today, and it would be embarrassing to ask Xu Zhou to accompany him.
It’s better to explore it slowly when you have time.
"Ah?" Wei Ge didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that there seemed to be some loss in Xu Zhou's eyes. The next second he knew the reason for Xu Zhou's loss.
"I thought I could live with this cute junior classmate." Xu Zhou smiled and showed the picture on his phone to Wei Ge. Wei Ge's name was in Room 503, Dormitory 3.
The other three people are Xu Zhou, Li Cheng and Zhang Zhilin.
"There aren't enough dormitories for freshmen at school, and there are only three of us in our dormitory. You're the lucky one to be assigned to ours." Xu Zhou smiled. "That kid Li Cheng even said he'd treat you to dinner tonight."
"I'm sorry, senior." When I thought about how several seniors were so excited to welcome me, but I rejected their kindness, I felt inexplicably guilty.
"Let's eat together tonight." Wei Ge smiled at Xu Zhou, thinking that he could have dinner with Xing Zhao anytime, but he still needed the help of several seniors to take care of school matters.
After all, art schools and society are much more complicated than universities, so it is important to build good relationships with classmates.
Moreover, the fact of having dinner alone with Xing Zhao inexplicably gave him a sense of oppression. Besides, the other party was an elder and should be able to understand the social interactions between them as college students.
"It's settled then. After the freshman ceremony, we'll take you out for a nice meal." Xu Zhou put his arm around Wei Ge's shoulders, his expression relaxed.
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The freshman ceremony ended quickly. Today was not the time for classmates to meet. Wei Ge turned his head and looked outside the lecture hall. Xu Zhou and two other people were standing at the gate and waved to him.
Li Cheng's dinner was held at a hot pot restaurant in front of the school. He had a completely bald head and looked almost exactly like the braised egg in front of the table.
Wei Ge secretly sent a message to Xing Zhao under the table, "I have something to do at school tonight, so I can't have dinner with you."
"good."
Xing Zhao replied almost instantly. Wei Ge breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the message on his phone. Xu Zhou's voice came from Wei Ge's ear, "Girlfriend?"
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