"What are they doing? Are they leaving so soon?"
"Doesn't feel like it!"
"I thought they were acting strange earlier, just staring down there. Are they up to something?"
"This is getting interesting."
Not far away, a few young men and women saw Qin Tian and his three companions get up and head downstairs, discussing with curiosity.
Lu Yaoyao put down her half-finished iced cola, stood up, and walked to the railing on the second floor, her gaze following Qin Tian and his group as they descended.
Seeing this, the others immediately followed.
Qin Tian and his three companions, who had reached the first floor, walked directly towards Liang Yu and his companion, who were chatting and laughing with a few young girls.
The young girls were all students from a nearby high school. It was one of their birthdays today, so they had decided to celebrate it together here.
Liang Yu, acting as a senior, was boasting to the girls about his remarkable feat of turning his grades around during the college entrance exams.
"I only started studying in my final year of high school. I just messed around in the first two years."
"I'm lying if I'm a dog, really. I think studying is very simple; you don't even need to listen to lectures, self-study is enough."
"Hahaha... Don't say that. As long as you find the right method, it's quite easy for girls to study science."
"Getting into Jiang Da isn't difficult. My score back then was more than ten points above the admission line."
"..."
The thin, small boy drinking a bottle of wine beside him silently cursed Liang Yu's boasting.
Anyone who managed to get into Jiang Da, unless they were exceptionally gifted, had to have been grinding books and doing problems relentlessly throughout their three years of high school, and even three years of middle school.
And he said it wasn't difficult to get into Jiang Da, that he only messed around during the first two years of high school, and a year of self-study in the third year was enough?
He could only fool these ignorant young girls.
Heh! He's nothing!
Serves you right, you idiot, to get beaten up today!
Why haven't they arrived yet?
He could barely stand listening to this guy anymore. Seeing how these clueless girls were about to be deceived, it made him feel worse than getting beaten up.
"Senior, could I get your contact information? If I have any questions about my studies in the future, can I ask you?"
One of the girls looked at Liang Yu with admiration, her request tinged with shyness and affection.
"Of course, no problem."
Liang Yu nodded with a smile and took out his phone from his pocket.
Just then, he saw an unread text message from Lü Yanran.
What did she want now?
Liang Yu frowned impatiently.
After understanding her nature as a gold-digger and a schemer, he no longer held any good feelings for Lü Yanran.
Of course, he was still willing to accept the promised reward from Lü Yanran.
But as for dating, forget it!
Weren't these innocent, beautiful, lively high school girls in front of him much better than Lü Yanran?
When he opened the text message, Liang Yu was stunned.
It wasn't something like "We have a mole, abort the mission," but a warning not to leave campus tonight, informing him that Cao Mingliang and his three roommates were out, and likely planning to make a move on him.
Lü Yanran was already unsure of herself and wouldn't be unprepared.
With her connections, having an informant in the boys' dorm was not a problem.
The problem was that the informant messaged her too late. By the time she messaged Liang Yu, he had already entered the bar, preoccupied with finding targets, and didn't have time to check his phone.
Liang Yu inexplicably felt a sense of impending danger and looked around in panic.
"Senior? What's wrong?"
The young girls looked confused, and the one who wanted his contact information asked with concern.
The informant also sensed the change in Liang Yu's expression and became nervous.
Who exactly sent the message just now?
Could I have been exposed?
As the two of them harbored different thoughts, a voice filled with playful teasing was heard.
"Yo, good evening to you two seniors. What a coincidence!"
Liang Yu's expression shifted slightly. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw Qin Tian and his group walking straight towards him.
The short boy next to him flickered his eyes and exchanged a subtle glance with Cao Mingliang.
"Why are you guys here too?"
Liang Yu felt a cold sweat breaking out on his back, but he maintained a facade of calmness.
Cao Mingliang smiled sinisterly and replied, "Can't be helped, Jiang City is too small. Just like you and my girlfriend bumping into each other on the pedestrian street, we happened to bump into each other here."
Hearing this, the young girls, sensing the awkward atmosphere, looked at Cao Mingliang with strange expressions.
"Could you please make way!"
Qin Tian raised his right hand and waved, signaling the young girls to move aside.
The young girls exchanged glances, hesitating.
"Girls, don't believe this scumbag's earlier bragging. I was embarrassed just listening to it. You should hurry back and study properly, don't hang out here anymore."
Chen Zhuang advised them kindly.
Hearing the term "scumbag," the young girls looked at Cao Mingliang with a mixture of disbelief and suspicion.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Who was bragging?"
Liang Yu glared at Chen Zhuang.
"Heh, whoever was bragging knows it themselves!"
Chen Zhuang chuckled disdainfully, brought his hands together, and began to crack his knuckles, emitting crisp popping sounds.
The short man, looking at Chen Zhuang's build, swallowed with a pale face.
This big傻应该知道自己是内鬼吧？ (This foolish giant should know I'm the informant, right?)
Please be gentle with the blows!
His small frame couldn't withstand a few punches from this guy.
The young girls still chose to retreat further away, deciding to observe for now.
"Cao Mingliang, what exactly do you want?"
Liang Yu asked in a deep voice.
"Don't ask me. You know perfectly well. Tell me, what exactly happened between you and Lü Yanran that day? Don't try to trick me with her tactics; I want the truth."
Cao Mingliang looked at him expressionlessly.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand at all. I just bumped into her on the pedestrian street and we chatted casually."
Liang Yu continued to feign ignorance.
"Cao Thief, don't waste your breath on him. Let's beat him up first. He won't tell the truth without a little pain,"
Chen Zhuang said impatiently.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't do anything rash! Believe it or not, I'll report this to the school."
Liang Yu threatened with a serious expression.
"Whatever. We're fighting in a bar, so we'll all get disciplined anyway!"
Chen Zhuang smiled indifferently, patted Qin Tian's shoulder, and said, "But with the top scorer of the college entrance exam with us, I believe the school's wise leaders will know who they'd rather listen to."
Liang Yu's mouth twitched violently. He felt incredibly wronged.
Having been an excellent student in high school, he naturally knew about the privileges excellent students enjoyed at school.
For instance, if an excellent student and a delinquent student got into a conflict, and both insisted they were in the right, teachers and school leaders would naturally be more inclined to believe the excellent student.
He had used this advantage to annoy others before, but he never expected to be on the receiving end of such treatment.
The other four boys who came to the bar with Liang Yu also saw the commotion and quickly gathered around.
The arrival of his buddies gave Liang Yu a bit more confidence.