Chapter 98: A Small Surprise During the Gathering

Tan Zhizhi wiped away her tears and walked out of the bedroom. No one else noticed anything unusual, except for Old Tan, who took a few extra looks and realized his daughter must have been crying.

"That dog Yang Tianxing is truly something. He managed to make Little Zhizhi cry before I even saw what happened, and the key is he can coax her back to good immediately."

Tan Qingwu thought to himself.

However, when Yang Tianxing proposed wanting to get a driver's license, Tan Qingwu didn't say a word and made a phone call on the spot to pull strings; Old Tan was very organized when it came to big or small matters.

In the afternoon, Tan Zhizhi wanted to drag Yang Tianxing to a high school class reunion.

After all, everyone had their own little circles when they were in school; it was very normal for them to talk about university life and consolidate their friendships during winter break, and their parents understood this.

It was just that Flat-Top was also clamoring to come along, and the key was that his parents trusted the two university students very much and didn't object at all.

Tan Zhizhi looked at Yang Tianxing; she felt that bringing him was fine, and not bringing him was also fine.

Of course, Yang Tianxing didn't want to bring him. If it were a pretty middle school girl, he might consider it, but he didn't want to show it and offend anyone, so he said to Flat-Top, "Then hurry up and get ready; if you're late, there won't be any computers left at the internet cafe."

"Huh? You guys are going to an internet cafe?"

Flat-Top's mother was a bit surprised; she had thought that university students would go to places like libraries or Xinhua Bookstores.

"Yeah."

Yang Tianxing nodded without changing his expression: "I heard a new internet cafe opened over on Jiefang Road with pretty good hardware, so we plan to go check it out."

"Then forget it, forget it."

Flat-Top's mother refused immediately.

When Tan Zhizhi and Yang Tianxing went downstairs, they could still hear Flat-Top's wailing and his mother's scolding.

"Have you finished your winter break homework? Your brother and sister are university students who can go to internet cafes, but you? You can't even get into Jinzhou No. 1 High School..."

Actually, Tan Zhizhi was quite confused, and it wasn't until they were downstairs that she asked: "If you want to go online, you can just use your laptop at home; why go to an internet cafe?"

"I'm not going to an internet cafe."

Yang Tianxing waved his hand and said: "I didn't want to bring a third wheel, so I intentionally said we were going to an internet cafe to let her mother play the bad guy."

"Oh~"

Tan Zhizhi finally realized, pouting as she said: "You really are cunning."

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The reunion location was set at a leisure bar near the Jinzhou Gymnasium. Yang Tianxing called Shao Ziyang, and Tan Zhizhi notified everyone else.

This leisure bar had not been open long; the first floor had many booths, and the second floor was a billiards room, making it the most suitable place to gather and kill time.

Before long, the classmates arrived one after another, both boys and girls. Hu Jiahao, Ding Xiaowan, and Fu Liwen, who were studying in Chang'an, were also there, totaling about ten people.

Everyone was still very affectionate when they met, patting each other on the shoulders, joking around, and chatting about things from high school as well as news they had seen elsewhere.

Although these high school alumni had only been in university for half a year, after being tempered in this small society, the greenness on them had dissipated a lot. The boys had shaved off the little mustaches they used to have on their lips, and the girls didn't speak as shyly as they used to.

A girl named Pan Ying had a hint of spring in the corners of her eyes; when asked, it turned out she was indeed in a relationship.

Yang Tianxing also blended in perfectly; he was never an introverted person to begin with.

"Hu Jiahao, you look so dejected, did you get dumped?"

Yang Tianxing said to Hu Jiahao.

Hu Jiahao's expression changed, and he waved his hand uncomfortably: "Don't talk nonsense. I'm not even in a relationship, so how could I get dumped?"

Before long, a waiter brought over a menu. Everyone ordered some drinks, and Yang Tianxing went to the front desk to get a few decks of playing cards.

Playing cards at a class reunion was the most basic operation; otherwise, there wouldn't be much to do. A few people split into two tables, sitting next to each other, drinking beverages and chatting—how pleasant.

Yang Tianxing pulled up a stool and sat behind Tan Zhizhi as a backseat driver. When a female classmate saw the two of them being quite intimate, she joked and asked: "Yang Tianxing, you pursued Little Zhizhi so fiercely back then; how is it going now?"

Tan Zhizhi wanted to hear Yang Tianxing's answer, but she didn't expect him to just laugh and brush it off: "The revolution has not yet succeeded; comrades still need to work hard."

Little Zhizhi felt discouraged inside, but she held her head high and said haughtily: "If you fish for three days and dry your nets for two, how can you succeed?"

Yang Tianxing pretended not to understand and dragged Shao Ziyang off to play billiards.

Before long, the second floor was filled with the crisp "clack, clack, clack" of hitting balls, while downstairs was full of gossip.

"There's a teaching building at our school where someone died; it's just too terrifying..."

"I have a senior who got pregnant by accident, but the guy didn't dare to take responsibility."

"Our class counselor is such a pervert; he just likes picking pretty girls to be class monitors."

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Every topic thrown out could get a response from many people, and then "blah blah blah" would lead to a whole string of other topics.

Shao Ziyang also said quietly: "Little Yang, I added Jiang Mumu on QQ at the internet cafe this morning."

Yang Tianxing paused: "You were too impatient. You should have at least waited until you got back to Chang'an. By doing this, you'll lose the initiative in the relationship."

Shao Ziyang didn't understand: "She wasn't very cold; she accepted it as soon as I added her."

Yang Tianxing didn't want to argue the point further and skipped over it, asking: "And then?"

Shao Ziyang's expression looked a bit bad: "After that, we didn't chat for long before she said she was going to take a shower."

Yang Tianxing let out a laugh, bent over to aim at the billiard ball on the table, hit it with a heavy stroke, and then asked: "So, did she send you a message after she finished showering?"

Shao Ziyang shook his head: "I was watching a movie while waiting for a message, and even after my internet time ran out, she still hadn't replied."

"So you didn't even eat lunch?" Yang Tianxing asked.

"Yeah."

Shao Ziyang nodded silently.

Yang Tianxing sighed and called the waiter over to bring up some bread. The way Shao Ziyang sat in the chair, one hand propping up his billiard cue and the other eating bread, was truly a bit lonely.

However, Yang Tianxing didn't feel sorry for him at all; a 'simp' is not worth pitying, and more importantly, he was definitely going to keep on 'simping'.

"You're possessed, Ziyang."

Yang Tianxing said calmly.

"What do you mean by possessed..."

Shao Ziyang was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly heard someone on the first floor curse: "Can you motherfuckers stop laughing? You're the loudest ones in this whole lounge."

The person cursing wasn't very old, even younger than Yang Tianxing and the others, and had dyed hair of a yellow hue.

His attitude was hostile, and several of the male students were unconvinced, saying one after another: "Our voices aren't even loud, and besides, aren't people allowed to laugh in a lounge?"

"Heh, you dare talk back?"

The yellow-haired youth had only intended to curse once, but upon hearing someone talk back, he prepared to rush up and start a fight.

The students downstairs hurriedly stood up to get out of the way; they were students after all, and no match for these social hoodlums.

Just then, a billiard cue from the second floor whistled through the air toward the yellow-haired youth, and someone behind him shouted a warning: "Su Weilei, hurry up and dodge!"

The yellow-haired youth noticed it too and hurriedly retreated a step.

With a "Crack!", the billiard cue smashed into the ground and snapped into two pieces.

The yellow-haired youth's eyelids twitched; if that had hit his body, a bruise would have been the bare minimum, and in a more serious case, it might have even broken a bone.