Chapter 167: Ji William's Invitation!

Chapter 167: Ji William's Invitation!

There is no such thing as unreasoning obedience in this world, nor any inexplicable surrender. Everything, absolutely everything, is driven by interests.

I want two salted duck eggs, and you happen to give me two salted duck eggs. Thus, both parties hit it off immediately.

However, when I want to eat salted duck eggs again, you can only give me two quail eggs. Then, I am terribly sorry, but we can only part ways.

Tang Zhong and Miller belonged to this exact dynamic.

Miller had his own agenda, and Tang Zhong had his uses, so the two of them quickly rolled together and put on a grand display of mutual affection.

Sitting by the window and chatting for a while, until the midday sunlight flooded the Huangpu River outside, piercing through the treetops of the French plane trees to illuminate the gold-rimmed coffee cups and glittering silver spoons on the table, Tang Zhong finally stood up to part ways with Miller.

Returning once again to the general manager's office, Tang Zhong knocked on the wooden panel and said to Lin Weixiao, who was still buried in her work inside, "It's time for lunch."

Lin Weixiao stood up, her slender waist towering a significant distance above the desktop, and asked, "Would I have the honor of inviting you to lunch?"

"The steak here is not bad. I was planning to treat you to a taste," Tang Zhong said with a smile.

"Let me treat you instead," Lin Weixiao said happily, thrilled that Tang Zhong had agreed to have lunch with her. Back in school, because of her beauty and talent, she could always face her friends and classmates with pride or a calm composure. However, the vast disparity in the real world made her realize that such a mindset was no longer suitable for her. Tang Zhong was her boss, a figure she needed to look up to. If he refused, she would have nothing to complain about.

How could life ever be smooth sailing? Rejection and frustration were the main themes of this world, after all.

"Alright," Tang Zhong said.

After ordering their meals, Tang Zhong looked at Lin Weixiao sitting across from him and said, "The first time I saw you, you were standing on the stage wearing a red gown, radiant and dazzling."

Lin Weixiao smiled silently, a trace of faint lingering attachment in her eyes. "Back then, I thought I was the favored daughter of the heavens, that there was nothing I couldn't do well, and nothing I couldn't get... I thought I could control my own destiny just like I controlled the stage. Later on, I realized that wasn't the case at all. In truth, I couldn't do anything."

"You couldn't rely on a powerful father, and you didn't want to find a sugar daddy, so achieving something really is quite difficult... How does that saying go again? Life is like a rapist; since you cannot struggle and resist, you might as well lie back and enjoy it quietly."

Lin Weixiao let out a sudden chuckle and said, "Life's encounters are truly magical. Do you know? Back then, when you were standing on the stage singing *I Am a Wolf from the North*, and Qiu Yihan went up on stage to confess her feelings to you, I was thinking in my heart—how could Qiu Yihan possibly like a guy like this? He's simply too pathetic. I never could have imagined that the guy I thought was so lame at the time would end up helping me during my most difficult and desolate moments."

"Some rich and handsome guys look like they're rich and handsome from the start; guys like me belong to the 'eating tigers while pretending to be pigs' variety," Tang Zhong said in a joking tone. Being able to chat and fool around with a beautiful senior during a sunny lunch hour was a piece of happiness for any young man.

"Even back then, I never regarded you as a pig," Lin Weixiao said. "Because I thought... a man who could make a woman so utterly devoted must have his own extraordinary qualities."

"Utterly devoted?" Tang Zhong's heart gave a sharp twitch, as if it had been heavily pierced by some sharp object.

"Isn't it true?" Lin Weixiao said. "Qiu Yihan is just like a little princess. To be able to make a little princess do something like that for you, what else could it be if not utter devotion?"

Tang Zhong immediately pulled out his mobile phone and dialed Qiu Yihan's number, but the voice coming through the receiver remained the same: "The number you have dialed is switched off."

It seemed she still needed some quiet time to herself.

"What's wrong?" Lin Weixiao asked, noticing the change in Tang Zhong's expression and asking with concern, "Did something happen?"

"I was just thinking..." Tang Zhong's smile turned somewhat bitter. "Are certain changes right or wrong in the end? Do children actually like growing up?"

"Yes, they do," Lin Weixiao said. "When I was a little girl, I always liked to secretly put on my mother's lipstick, drape myself in her coat, and stumble around the room in her high heels... How could children not like growing up? They think that once they grow up, they can eat whatever they want, do whatever they want, control their own destiny, and no longer have to listen to adults' scolding and annoying nagging. It's only after growing up that we realize adults' lives aren't as wonderful as we imagined."

"Yeah," Tang Zhong nodded softly. "It's only after growing up that I understand. Since she wants to grow up, then let her grow up."

When Tang Zhong returned to the dorm, he didn't expect a heated debate going on inside regarding the grand battle between the Butterfly Group and the T4 Group the previous night.

Because he was the eyewitness and participant in the event, he found it rather strange. It wasn't just his dorm discussing it; the entire Nanjing University, the whole city of Pearl, and indeed the entire country were discussing this very matter.

Liang Tao was clearly on the "Butterfly side," and he shouted with a flushed face, "A trash group like T4 even wants to compete with the Butterflies? What do they have besides big boobs and big asses? Any random one of the three Butterfly members can hold her own ground; can those girls do that?"

"No matter what you say, it won't change the fact that I like T4," Hua Ming said with a lewd smile. "Whether it's the Butterflies or T4, they're both women, right? Being women, they have to have big boobs and big asses, right? They already have big boobs and big asses, what else could you possibly want? I am already quite satisfied with them. When they came out wearing nurse uniforms yesterday, oh, God, I shamefully got wet..."

"Vulgar. You only know how to think with your lower body," Liang You from the next dorm said angrily. "Sure, they look okay and their bodies are nice... But think about the things they did to the Butterfly Group; would you still like them after that? Their character is just too terrible!"

"No matter how terrible their character is, it won't make their chests shrink—as long as their chests haven't shrunk, I like them," Hua Ming said very stubbornly.

"Tch. There's no point arguing with a beast like you," Liang Tao said dejectedly. Seeing Tang Zhong appear at the doorway, he said happily, "Second Brother, tell us, do you like the Butterflies or T4?"

"The Butterflies, I suppose," Tang Zhong said. He certainly couldn't say he liked T4, wouldn't that be slapping his own face?

"I knew Second Brother would think the same as us," Liang Tao said, endlessly delighted to have found a teammate. "What do you like about them?"

"I like..." Tang Zhong thought about it seriously before replying, "Tang Xin is quite pretty."

Tang Zhong then walked up to Hua Ming and said, "If you like big chests... actually, Zhang Hepburn's chest is quite large too. Really."

Hua Ming nodded vigorously and said, "I noticed that too. However, the Butterflies only have one pair of big chests, while T4 has four pairs... Four to one, that's why I decided to like T4."

Consequently, Tang Zhong kicked Hua Ming straight out of the dormitory.

This cheap scion with his head full of erotic thoughts—if you were ever to see the bikini-ass photos of the Butterfly Group, let's see if you would still make that choice!

There were two professional psychology classes in the afternoon.

Tang Zhong had been bantering with them in the dorm for a while, and when the time was almost up, he grabbed his books and rushed toward the lecture hall.

Jiao Nanxin had already arrived. Seeing Tang Zhong walk in, she merely glanced at him briefly before turning back to chat with the female classmate beside her.

To Tang Zhong's surprise, the topic they were discussing turned out to be the news of T4 battling the Butterflies as well.

"Could it be that the Butterflies have inexplicably exploded in popularity to this extent?" Tang Zhong thought to himself.

Fortunately, the teacher only lectured on key knowledge points during this class without asking any questions, so Tang Zhong and Jiao Nanxin missed the opportunity for a debate.

The two classes ended quickly. As the class monitor who didn't like hanging around the counselor's office, Tang Zhong followed the tide of people down the church building.

"Second Brother, what are we eating tonight?" Hua Ming asked.

"Let's wait for Li Yu and Liang Tao to get back," Tang Zhong said. "I'll treat you guys out to upgrade our meals tonight."

"Is there some good news?" Hua Ming chuckled slyly.

"My favorite Butterfly Group defeated T4, so naturally I have to celebrate," Tang Zhong said with a smile.

The successful conclusion of the stage performance he had worried about for so long truly allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief, making his entire body feel much more relaxed.

"Sigh, my big-chested T4 are ruined this time," Hua Ming said with boundless regret.

Right at that moment, the phone in Tang Zhong's pocket vibrated.

Tang Zhong pulled out his phone and took a look; it was an unfamiliar phone number displayed on the screen.

He answered the call and asked, "Hello. Who is this?"

"Ji William," a voice came through the receiver—a voice Tang Zhong was not unfamiliar with, yet couldn't quite call familiar either. He had no interactions with Ji William and had only heard him speak a few words at Qiu Yihan's birthday party. They hadn't even had any verbal communication, but he remembered his voice.

He never expected that Ji William would take the initiative to call him.

"How did you get my number?" Tang Zhong asked, feeling somewhat uneasy inside.

"If I want to know, naturally I'll find out." Ji William clearly had no intention of answering that question. "I know it's your class dismissal time. I figure that within half an hour, you'll certainly find a way to make it to Chunjiang Club."

Chunjiang Club? Tang Zhong was unfamiliar with this place.

"I'm not very close with you," Tang Zhong refused. He didn't think there was any necessity for him to meet Ji William. They weren't friends; you tell me to come and I just go?

"You can refuse. However, I'm only giving you one chance," Ji William said with a gentle laugh. "Don't you want to know what secret I've discovered? For instance, the relationship between you and Tang Xin?"