Chapter 37: Heroes Have Been Young Since Ancient Times

On the rooftop, Fatty was feeling bewildered at this moment.

Why was it so difficult to just go down and call someone? Zhao Yuanjia was the same, and so was Xuelin; not only did they go and never return, but they even called him on the phone to go down and fetch people himself.

"Bayi, what's wrong?" the young man beside him asked with a frown.

Fatty, whose name was Hong Jianjun, was called "Hong Bayi" by his friends because his name sounded like "Jianjun" (Build the Army), and because a male protagonist named "Bayi" had been very popular during a certain period.

"I don't know what the situation is. Xuelin said she couldn't handle it and told me to go down and call someone myself," Hong Jianjun spread his hands.

The young man was also confused. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Are you saying that person is not easy to talk to?"

Fatty smacked his lips a few times and said awkwardly, "How should I put it? It's not that he's easy to talk to, but it's not that he's hard to talk to either... Sigh, anyway, he's just the type who doesn't talk properly."

The young man was instantly baffled. What the hell are you trying to express?

Absorbed Resentment from Jiang Jin'an, +127.

Zhang Wei, who was downstairs, immediately sensed this message and muttered something under his breath.

"Jiang Jin'an? Who's that?"

Gu Xueling's ears caught this sentence, and she said in surprise, "You know Jiang Jin'an? Oh... Uncle Jiang told you, right?"

"Uncle Jiang?" Zhang Wei was stunned: "Jiang Yuanzhan?"

Gu Xueling nodded and said indifferently, "Uncle Jiang is Jiang Jin'an's uncle. Their Jiang Family has two Awakened in one household."

Zhang Wei remembered the fifty thousand yuan Jiang Yuanzhan had sent and immediately felt a surge of goodwill. If the uncle was so generous, the nephew couldn't be stingy, right?

Thinking of this, his attitude became much more enthusiastic. He patted Gu Xueling's shoulder vigorously and said, "Old acquaintances, then we must go have a chat."

As he spoke, he stood up and walked out of the classroom.

Gu Xueling shrugged her patted shoulder uncomfortably, her expression somewhat angry, but also carrying a hint of oddity.

Why was this person so handsy? You can just pat this young lady's shoulder whenever you want?

However... it seemed he didn't care about her appearance... No, that look in his eyes, he probably didn't see her as a girl at all, right?

Absorbed Resentment from Gu Xueling, +288.

Watching the two of them have a "kind and friendly" conversation, patting shoulders and hooking arms as they walked out, the students in the classroom had eyes glowing with envy.

Seeing that the male student who was originally so unpopular and lacked presence had suddenly transformed, with a goddess throwing herself at him, quite a few single dogs immediately made a vow: If I don't Awaken, I'd rather die!

Han Mei, who appeared to be bowing her head and studying seriously, was biting on her pen, but her heart was filled with indescribable feelings. Although her intuition told her there was nothing special between the two of them, she still felt uncomfortable inside; she just felt annoyed.

Although she didn't know this girl Gu Xueling, she was clear about the other's background.

If Han Mei's family were the top-tier socialites of this city, then behind the small circle Gu Xueling belonged to stood a group of people who controlled the power in Rongcheng.

One in the business world, one in the political world; they were not in the same league to begin with. Furthermore, the former had almost reached a bottleneck, while the latter still had the possibility of going further.

So she ran to a forum for Awakened that she frequented, and with the intention of venting, she casually posted a thread: Watching my ex-boyfriend start flirting with others, is there any way to stop him? Or ruin his good time?

Just as Hong Jianjun and Jiang Jin'an reached the rooftop stairwell, they saw Zhang Wei and his companion walking up the stairs.

"Oh, Student Hong, is your injury healed? It's only been a few days, why are you out bouncing around again?" Zhang Wei greeted him with full sincerity.

Upon hearing this, Hong Jianjun felt uncomfortable all over. What the hell does "out bouncing around again" mean? Do you think my build is suitable for bouncing around??

Absorbed Resentment from Hong Jianjun, +119.

Jiang Jin'an, however, was quite puzzled. He felt the other person was very enthusiastic and not at all like what Hong Bayi had described. Rumors really do kill.

The two had different perspectives and different feelings. Jiang Jin'an felt Zhang Wei's warmth and kindness toward a classmate like a spring breeze, while Hong Jianjun and him were at most just acquaintances, and coupled with being snapped at a few times on WeChat, he couldn't handle this tone that sounded exceptionally "mocking" to him.

Hong Jianjun was left speechless, and Jiang Jin'an, not knowing Zhang Wei, stood to the side and didn't know what to say, so the atmosphere cooled down in a mysterious way.

Zhang Wei saw this and felt that if it continued like this, his little money would fly away, so he decided to take the initiative to liven up the atmosphere and hint at the other party, smiling: "Come to think of it, it's thanks to your rough skin and thick flesh..."

Hong Jianjun: "Faint"

Zhang Wei: "Otherwise you would have been beaten into a meat sandwich by that monkey..."

Hong Jianjun: "Vomiting blood"

Zhang Wei: "The kind of meat sandwich with extra meat and extra thickness..."

Hong Jianjun: "Going crazy"

Zhang Wei: "It's a good thing I was there at that time..."

Hong Jianjun: (Are you done? Are you done??)

Zhang Wei: "... seeing you become a lively dead fatty again, I'm relieved."

Hong Jianjun's complexion was almost the same as a "dead fatty" by now; he was practically crying without tears. If he could send emojis, he would have loved to have a hundred "facepalm" emojis floating over his head to express his shitty mood at this moment.

Absorbed Resentment from Hong Jianjun, +999.

Seeing this message, Zhang Wei muttered to himself:

Brother Fatty, what's wrong with you? Why do you have such great resentment toward me?

At this moment, he really wasn't trying to harvest resentment on purpose. He really wanted to talk properly, which is why he feigned kindness to close the distance between people, but he didn't expect reality to deal him such a heavy blow.

Zhang Wei was crying without tears; he seemed to see many little money growing wings and flying away happily.

Jiang Jin'an watched the atmosphere cool down again and felt a bit confused.

He felt the other person was quite enthusiastic, so why was his little friend stuttering and not saying anything? Where was his usual upbringing? Could his brain have been damaged from the beating?

Gu Xueling, standing to the side, suddenly felt happy.

Although these friends of hers were fine people, they always learned that set of ways from their parents, liking to form small cliques and win over people they deemed worth winning over; they were too utilitarian in their intentions.

It was just that Jiang Yuanzhan valued this person highly and had repeatedly instructed her, plus she was curious about the other's "Abnormal Awakening," so she had eagerly approached him, only to be snubbed.

But now, seeing a perfectly good scene of building connections turn into an awkward situation, she just found it quite amusing.

Having seen too many serious faces and hypocritical scenes, she actually developed an inexplicable liking for someone who could ruin everything with a single sentence.

Jiang Jin'an decided to salvage this inexplicably awkward atmosphere, so he extended his right hand to Zhang Wei with a sincere smile on his face, "Hello, I am Jiang Jin'an. I have long heard your name from my uncle, and today I finally get to meet you. You are truly a young hero."

Zhang Wei wasn't happy when he heard this. You're only two or three years older than me, why is your tone like an old senior?

So he grasped the other party's hand and modestly replied with self-deprecation: "You are right, heroes have always emerged from the youth since ancient times; the ancients were quite right, for I have never heard of heroes emerging from the middle-aged or the elderly since ancient times."

Jiang Jin'an was somewhat dumbfounded; he grasped the other party's arm and mechanically shook it a few times, unable to squeeze out a single word...

You... you leave me speechless.

Absorbed Jiang Jin'an's Resentment, +349.

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Could it be that this book of mine cannot even get a contract? I'm regressing the more I struggle.