Yang Zixuan's expression was not good, and she didn't say much when a classmate came over to greet her.

"Big Brother Ling, I'm going to the restroom."

Ling Zhenfei knew that Yang Zixuan needed to go to the restroom to adjust her mood, but since he didn't know the reason, he couldn't offer comfort and had to rely on Yang Zixuan to calm herself down.

"Go ahead, I'll just wander around."

As soon as Yang Zixuan left, Ling Zhenfei saw Jiang Hao greeting him from a distance. In fact, Ling Zhenfei had been recognized as soon as he entered the bar, but no one had come up to greet him, and naturally, Jiang Hao had received the message.

Ling Zhenfei walked over and sat down by the bar, while Jiang Hao stood inside the bar, and the two exchanged smiles.

"What are you up to, hitting on girls?" Jiang Hao asked, somewhat puzzled.

Ling Zhenfei said somewhat helplessly, "I came with my friend to a class reunion, who would have thought we'd end up here."

"Really just friends?" Jiang Hao was somewhat skeptical.

"Really just friends, but today I have to play her boyfriend. We're not supposed to know each other, so don't blow our cover," Ling Zhenfei reminded Jiang Hao.

"Are you trying to play the pig to eat the tiger?" Jiang Hao looked suddenly enlightened.

"Eat what? I'm worried about her misunderstanding, you wouldn't understand," Ling Zhenfei didn't want to explain further.

"Now you're pretending to be her boyfriend, who knows, next time you might come as a real boyfriend," Jiang Hao said mockingly while drinking.

"Get lost, we are really just ordinary friends, I am her big brother, none of what you're thinking is happening."

"Okay, okay! You're the big brother and she's your little sister, as pure as a sheet of white paper, right? That girl looks pretty good; if you don't take her, introduce her to me."

Ling Zhenfei knew he couldn't out-talk Jiang Hao, as Jiang Hao would have a retort for every comment he made, so instead, he changed the subject, "How's it going, has anyone from the Three Killers Club come to cause trouble?"

As soon as Ling Zhenfei mentioned it, Jiang Hao looked annoyed, "You still have the nerve to talk about it? No wonder you handed this bar over to me, you set me up! This is the territory of the Three Killers Club, and even before the Three Killers Club, someone had their eyes on this bar. Giving the bar to me is like putting hot coals in my hands, isn't it?"

Ling Zhenfei knew Jiang Hao was resourceful and quickly reassured him, "What's a small thing like the Three Killers Club to you, Jiang Hao? This little issue is nothing for you to handle. Besides, if this place weren't a bar, it'd just be some small shop, and I wouldn't bother you, Jiang Hao, to run it, right?"

"Are you trying to butter me up?" Jiang Hao seemed to relish Ling Zhenfei's words.

"Guess so," Ling Zhenfei admitted helplessly.

Jiang Hao said, "I must tell you, although I've temporarily stabilized the Three Killers Club, I don't know what these people might end up doing."

"I feel reassured with you here."

"Do you have time tonight? I have something I want to talk to you about," Jiang Hao suddenly said seriously.

Ling Zhenfei didn't know what Jiang Hao wanted to discuss, but he could only agree.

While talking with Jiang Hao, Ling Zhenfei looked around the bar, and saw that Wu Lei and a few others were whispering together, occasionally glancing in Ling Zhenfei's direction and displaying mocking expressions.

"What's the story behind this Wu Lei who booked the place today?" Ling Zhenfei asked Jiang Hao.

Jiang Hao glanced in the direction of Wu Lei and said, "He doesn't have much of a background, at most he's a small-time thug. I'm not too clear about the specifics; you know I can't be bothered with such small fry."

At that moment, Ling Zhenfei saw Yang Zixuan coming from the direction of the restroom. He was about to greet her to come over when he noticed Yang Zixuan was stopped by two male classmates.

The two male classmates were talking to Yang Zixuan. At first, it seemed like just a chat between classmates, but it turned confrontational in no time, and Yang Zixuan angrily pushed the two away, yet they still wouldn't let her leave.

Ling Zhenfei felt that the situation wasn't so simple and hurried over to Yang Zixuan.

"Zi Xuan, what's going on?"

Seeing Ling Zhenfei, Yang Zixuan quickly ran to his side, her face red with anger.

"What's happening, aren't they your classmates? Why are they pulling and dragging?"

Ling Zhenfei asked Yang Zixuan, but she just grabbed his arm and said, "It's nothing, let's go, ignore them."

Since Yang Zixuan wanted to leave, Ling Zhenfei didn't plan to ask further, but those two male classmates actually blocked them.

"My friend, who are you? Are you our classmate?" one of them sized up Ling Zhenfei and asked.

"Li Hai, this is my boyfriend. I don't want to deal with you, just go away," Yang Zixuan hurriedly answered.

Upon hearing this, the guy named Li Hai started laughing and said, "So you're Zi Xuan's boyfriend, huh? I really didn't expect you to dare come to this class reunion. Don't you feel awkward?"

After hearing this, Ling Zhenfei was puzzled and didn't understand what he meant. Why should he feel awkward?

"What do you mean, why should I feel awkward?"

Then Yang Zixuan grabbed Ling Zhenfei's arm and said, "Big Brother Ling, let's go this way, don't listen to these people's nonsense."

Yang Zixuan was pulling Ling Zhenfei, looking to leave when Ling Zhenfei felt even more puzzled. What was going on with Yang Zixuan today? Why did she keep pulling him to leave and not let him chat with his classmates?

"Yang Zixuan, why do you have to drag your boyfriend away? Don't tell me you haven't told him about that incident? This isn't right; you should mention such things to your boyfriend," Li Hai half-teasingly said to Yang Zixuan.

"There's absolutely nothing going on. Who wants to listen to your ridiculous talk?" Yang Zixuan was visibly angered, even clenching her teeth.

Li Hai looked at Ling Zhenfei and said, "Brother, I think there are some things Yang Zixuan hasn't told you. But let me do a good deed and tell you about it."

Ling Zhenfei really wanted to know what was going on with Yang Zixuan, to be so persistently bothered by these people, but whatever it was, it was clearly a memory Yang Zixuan was reluctant to talk about. Bringing it up in public would certainly be unbearable for her.

"Sorry, I don't want to know about Zi Xuan's past. Everyone has their youthful indiscretions, everyone has their regrets. Why bring up past matters?"

As Ling Zhenfei spoke, he suddenly thought of himself. When he was in college, he also had many distressing memories. His family was very poor back then, and it was only with his sister-in-law's support that he could complete college. Even so, he had to work part-time jobs after school every day to scrape together living expenses, often eating the worst-quality food.

He always waited until the cafeteria was almost empty to buy the cheapest dishes, and if he didn't have enough money, he sometimes ate others' leftover bread and meals. These past events were also something he found painful to recall.

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.