Xu Qingfeng nonchalantly adjusted his cuffs, appearing as composed as if he weren’t an outsider at all.
“This is a public place. Isn’t it normal for me to come here and play? How can you speak to your father like that?”
Xu Qingfeng’s eloquence was remarkable, effortlessly flipping black to white. The reality was exactly as Gu Tianze suspected, but Xu Qingfeng had no intention of admitting it.
He was also glad he had followed. Otherwise, if Gu Tianze had truly fallen into the trap, things would have become very troublesome later. This foolish boy truly didn’t understand the concept of “never let your guard down around others.”
Because of his words, the group of “fair-weather friends” who had been sitting around lazily all straightened up instinctively.
Who didn’t know who Gu Tianze’s father was?
In an instant, their confidence withered, and none dared to speak up easily.
Especially Chen Feng. Having been mostly jolted sober by the fright, he was desperately trying to lower his presence. Seeing that no one seemed to be paying him any attention, he began to think about slipping away.
“Your name is Chen Feng, right? We met once before. You haven’t said what this is yet why are you in such a hurry to leave?” Xu Qingfeng held the ignored empty bottle, looking with a faint smile at the person who had failed to escape.
In that moment, he bore a striking resemblance to a fox.
Chen Feng immediately sat bolt upright, stammering and unable to find his voice.
But even if he couldn’t speak, Gu Tianze, whose attention had now shifted to him, was absolutely furious. Knowing that something had been added to his glass, how could he not guess what it was? Regardless, it certainly wasn’t anything good.
Without needing Xu Qingfeng to say another word, Gu Tianze shoved his hand into the other’s hair and yanked hard, forcing him to look up. “I’m asking you a question. Are you a mute?”
Chen Feng felt as if his scalp was being torn off. He cried out in pain, and even that “soft and boneless” demeanor was ripped away. He scrambled to continue his lie: “It’s nothing… really nothing… it’s just soda water, used to flavor the cocktail, really! Let go, please…”
“Heh.” Gu Tianze let out a cold laugh upon hearing this. He reached out and thrust his glass of wine directly in front of the man’s face.
“Is that so? Then drink it. If you drink it, I’ll believe you.”
His words didn’t put Chen Feng at ease; instead, the man grew even more tense. He wanted to shake his head but couldn’t, his wide-eyed expression looking piteously fragile.
One had to remember that Chen Feng came from a wealthy background and had never suffered hardships. How could he have imagined such a day would come?
He originally intended to grit his teeth and refuse to drink even if it killed him, but Gu Tianze clamped a large hand over his cheeks, forcing his jaws open, and poured the entire glass down his throat.
This would be Chen Feng’s most unforgettable birthday.
Xu Qingfeng watched, but in his mind, he was pondering the words in his memory couldn’t fully summarize what kind of person Gu Tianze was; that was too one-dimensional.
If things had played out strictly according to the plot, Gu Tianze would have cheated with a classmate, betraying An Yan. Upon finding out, An Yan would be heartbroken, and the two would drift apart.
Without Xu Qingfeng’s intervention, if Chen Feng had actually succeeded, the development would likely have gone that way.
But whether Gu Tianze would have cheated willingly or been forced into it was unclear; either way, it would have become an unremovable thorn wedged between the two of them.
Experiencing it firsthand now, he understood that Gu Tianze couldn’t be considered a complete “scumbag.”
Gu Tianze’s love for An Yan was beyond doubt; it was just that his way of loving was a bit skewed.
To prevent Gu Tianze from doing something even more excessive, Xu Qingfeng stopped him.
“Let him go. What else do you want to do? It’s his birthday, after all it wouldn’t be good to see blood.” Xu Qingfeng didn’t take Chen Feng seriously, but he felt it was better to avoid unnecessary trouble. Since the punishment had been dealt, it was time to stop.
Gu Tianze’s pent-up frustration from this past period had nowhere to go, and now that he had caught the culprit in his hands, how could he let it go so easily?
Just as he was about to deliver a few heavy blows to the man…
“Be good. Calm down.”
Gu Tianze: “…”
Though he felt speechless at being coaxed like a child, he felt a strange sense of calm wash over him.
Tossing Chen Feng to the others, Gu Tianze no longer had the heart to stay. He strode toward the exit.
Having achieved his goal, Xu Qingfeng naturally had no desire to keep playing. As a mature man, he harbored a slight aversion to these noisy, smoke-filled places.
Just as he was about to brush off his suit trousers and leave without a trace, a belt fell from the sky, landing straight into his arms.
Xu Qingfeng was bewildered.
“Congratulations! Congratulations!”
Anyone who didn’t know better might have thought the next line would be: ‘Master, it’s a big, bouncing baby boy!’
In reality, it was…
“To this lucky friend—would you be willing to come up on stage and cooperate with me as a model?” A man wearing a half-mask smiled thinly, gesturing for Xu Qingfeng to come up and sit in the chair.
There was a burst of screams from below the stage. This was a nightly “benefit” segment at the Cornflower Bar, where a model would be randomly selected to perform with the MC.
Xu Qingfeng hadn’t yet realized what the “benefit” entailed, nor did he know how many people coveted this stroke of luck.
He only knew that Gu Tianze had already vanished, and he was feeling a bit sleepy.
But before he could refuse, he was pushed onto the stage by the boisterous crowd. The reason for this was likely that no one had ever imagined someone would want to decline.
Xu Qingfeng was carried up by the tide of people. His originally well-groomed hair was messed up, with a few strands falling loose, but there was no sense of disarray. Instead, there was a kind of… unusual sexiness.
Even in such a setting, Xu Qingfeng’s face was impeccable, enough to stand out from the crowd.
As he sat down in the chair on stage, the “atmosphere team” below erupted in another wave of screams, and the entire venue was completely energized.
Xu Qingfeng noticed the smile on the MC walking toward him grew even more brilliant. Looking down at the belt in his hand, he reasonably suspected he hadn’t been hit by luck, but rather deliberately chosen.
Having never been to such a place in either of his two lifetimes, he inevitably felt a sliver of nervousness—the nervousness of facing the unknown.
Since the atmosphere had reached this point, running away wasn’t Xu Qingfeng’s style. He forced a composed smile and watched the MC’s every move.
Leaning back against the chair, the man in the business suit sat with his long legs crossed, his face handsome and elegant.
It was hard for the MC not to be excited. With an attitude more serious than ever before, he began to approach Xu Qingfeng, suppressing an untimely surge of excitement as he began to dance around him.
At first, the dance was somewhat normal. To the audience, the occasional, fleeting touches looked both teasing and sexy.
As the model in close contact, Xu Qingfeng felt nothing. He even sighed internally at how hard the MC was working, thinking that life truly wasn’t easy.
But gradually, the MC became bolder. Not only did he start taking off his own clothes, but he even began to lay hands on Xu Qingfeng’s attire. The first thing he touched was that neatly tied, upright necktie.
Xu Qingfeng could barely tolerate being a model without struggling, but he had no intention of playing along with the performance. He immediately pressed down on the wandering hand, the smile on his face fading slightly.
To him, this was indeed a bit too avant-garde and bold, not something easily accepted.
However, the act of pinning the hand did not discourage the MC’s intent to flirt and tease. Instead, he took the opportunity to grip Xu Qingfeng’s hand, moving his head closer to the man’s neck…
The deafening music ensured that the MC’s voice could only be heard by himself; Xu Qingfeng couldn’t hear what the other person was saying at all.
Just as he reached his limit of endurance and planned to push the man away, someone else grabbed his arm first…