Age of Legends

Chapter 180 I was just passing by

After singing, Zhuang Yanyue sat back next to Zhang Chen, with some iced black tea in front of her. Some people drank beer, while others didn't. They just ordered drinks, and there was no forced drinking. Wang Shuowei's game was all about comfort and ease. Zhuang Yanyue opened a bottle with her bare hands, refilled the drink in the cup in front of Zhang Chen, poured herself a cup, raised it to him, and signaled that the two of them should clink glasses.

Zhang Chen saw that she was in good shape, and those who didn't know her would think that the two of them were drinking alone in the executive lounge by opening a bottle of whiskey. Iced black tea is the most popular beverage in China these days, and it has created the Chinese tea beverage industry and occupied the top spot. But Zhang Chen doesn't like it very much, it's a bit too sweet, and now he drinks it simply because he doesn't want to drink alcohol.

It seems that the concept of functional drinks will emerge in a few years. Zhang Chen thought about promoting it himself and creating this category. In two years, people's pursuit of healthy drinks will be put on the agenda. Doing it himself can be considered to be in line with the times. Of course, he is in high school now and does not have the energy for it. He can do this after finishing his senior year of high school and starting a business in college.

Zhuang Yanyue poured a drink for Zhang Chen and sat aside, listening to the others singing. She sang quite amazingly just now and everyone wanted to sing another song, but she refused. Now she just wanted to appreciate it. Everyone also had a strong desire to sing and perform, so she didn't force it and just let them perform.

After a while, Zhuang Yanyue's phone rang. She picked it up and said a few words to the person on the phone. After the call, she picked up a small piece of watermelon from the fruit plate on the table and took a bite.

In fact, from the beginning, Zhuang Yanyue sat next to him, and apart from pouring drinks and clinking the cup with him from time to time, she didn't talk much to Zhang Chen. It was as if, I just sit here, we don't even need to communicate with each other, but it seemed better than saying a lot.

Zhang Chen knew very well that this was where Zhuang Yanyue's cleverness lay. She probably predicted that he, Zhang Chen, was very upset at the moment, and it was obviously not suitable to chat in a place like KTV, so it was better to say less than more.

So after she sat down here with Zhang Chen, she made her presence felt without saying a word. Instead, she seemed to be immersed in the singing of her classmates over there, sometimes getting into the song and humming along, her slender body swaying gently under her towering breasts, showing a free and slightly sexy demeanor.

The only one at this age who can show all these advantages without any affectation is Zhuang Yanyue, who already has the potential to bring disaster to the country and the people.

Zhang Chen thought that if he didn't know that she was also exerting an invisible influence on him at this time, another newcomer would have been attracted to Zhuang Yanyue by now.

Although Zhang Chen admitted that the attraction was still amazing.

So he took the initiative to move closer to her, and as expected, Zhuang Yanyue seemed to be watching her classmates singing, but in fact her attention to him did not decrease at all. Because of his action, Zhuang Yanyue reacted almost immediately and turned to look at Zhang Chen who was moving closer.

"Your family is urging you to go back so early?" Zhang Chen heard something of the voice that leaked out from the phone call just now.

"What else? Do you think I'm a good playboy? You don't need to call me home so early?" Zhuang Yanyue glanced at him. After all, she was "famous", and people who knew her thought she was the kind of person who played a lot. Sometimes the time when the family called to call someone could often reflect the family's concept.

So when Zhuang Yanyue received a call from home, many girls were surprised that her family was so strict. They would only receive calls from their families at 10 o'clock to urge them to go home.

"It's a bit unexpected." Zhang Chen nodded.

"Usually it wouldn't be this early...something happened outside before." Zhuang Yanyue responded.

Looking at her burning gaze, Zhang Chen felt that it would be better for him not to ask, as he was simply digging a hole for himself.

Needless to say, what Zhuang Yanyue mentioned was the incident when he encountered thugs while eating barbecue in the middle of the night. After that, he was awarded a banner for his bravery, which is now hanging next to the shelf at the entrance of his house. Zhang Chen tried to take it several times but was sternly rejected by Zhang Zhonghua and Huang Huifen, so that every time relatives came to his house, Zhang Chen felt a little socially dead.

"So are you going back?" Zhang Chen said.

"No need." Zhuang Yanyue shook her head.

He spoke again under Zhang Chen's puzzled gaze.

"I said, I'm with you.

So you can go back later.”

What the hell!
Liu Jun and Zhuang Xuefeng, are you two just going to throw the pendant at me?

……

……

Under the bright red lights of the barbecue restaurant, Han Zhouxuan and Pei Yan watched Shen Nuoyi eat all the time. Finally, he swallowed a piece of lettuce wrapped in meat.

"Yiyi, aren't you full after eating so much?" Han Zhouxuan looked at her with some concern.

"No, eat now. Why don't you eat anymore? I said you should finish it..." Shen Nuo said.

"Why don't we stop here today and not eat. I'm a little tired too. Let's leave early." Pei Yan rarely spoke.

Han Zhouxuan said, "Yes, yes, yes, let's end it today. I'll pay the bill."

Shen Nuo paused, "I said I would finish it... Isn't this a waste?"

"Stop eating," Pei Yan looked at her and said, "You need to think things through yourself. Avoiding won't solve the problem. I think that even between friends, some things need to be discussed openly to avoid missing out and losing out!"

Han Zhouxuan had already paid the bill and came back, staring at Shen Nuoyi, "Pei Yan and I will leave by ourselves in a while, why don't you go home first..."

Shen Nuo looked at the two of them, took his cross-body bag and went out.

She was waiting for a taxi at the door, and at the same time asked Zheng Xue where they were on the phone.

Zheng Xue in the KTV almost jumped up when she saw the message from Shen Nuoyi, but she quickly calmed down so that no one around her could see what was going on. She quickly responded, "Nuoyi, we're going to KTV after dinner. Why... do you want to come over?"

"When will you guys go back?"

"Maybe around ten o'clock, around that time... I have classes tomorrow."

"Okay... got it."

The taxi stopped at Shen Nuoyi's beckoning. She got in. The driver was somewhat pleased to see such a pretty girl. It was a great relief to get a pretty girl in a taxi. I don't know if he was thinking of his own daughter, but the driver's voice was a little softer. "Where are you going, pretty girl?"

"Go to the bottom of Zhengheng Street."

"Zhengheng Street... there are many Nanguang companies there, great!"

……

It was past ten o'clock, and almost everyone who had a cell phone received calls from home, and it was about time to leave.

There were no public buses at this time, and because there were still many people, they had to take several taxis to go separately. Wang Shuowei said, "Although we are all going in the same direction, we live in different places. You can take one car for the Cultural Bureau, and we can take two separate taxis to go back to Nanguang Company and the TV station. Three cars will be enough!" A bus came first, so the people from the Cultural Bureau who were farther away went first. As a result, there were five people from the Cultural Bureau, and one bus could not fit them all. Zhuang Yanyue said, "You go first, I'll take the next one."

After sending Yang Lu, Chen Kexin and the others to the car, the second taxi arrived and Wang Shuowei said to Zhang Chen and the others, "You guys from Nanguang Company should go together."

Hearing this, Qin Zhu and Liu Jin from Nanguang Company opened the door and got in first. However, there was not enough room for this trip. In addition to Qin Zhu and Liu Jin, there were Yu Zexi, Zheng Xue and Zhang Chen from Nanguang Company, a total of five people. A taxi can only seat four people at most. Zhang Chen said, "Then you go first. Wang Shuowei and I will take the next trip."

When Zheng Xue saw that the ones who stayed behind were Zhang Chen, Wang Shuowei and Zhuang Yanyue, she hurriedly said, "Why are you waiting for the next bus? You are all thin, so you can just squeeze in and leave!" She was a little anxious. After she said this, Liu Jin and Yu Ze agreed, "Let's squeeze in and leave!"

"Why are you squeezing? Who's going to accompany me? Just leave when you're full! Hurry up!" Finally, Wang Shuowei closed the car door, waved to them, started the taxi and took the group away.

There were only three of them left, and a car happened to stop in front of them to let people get off. This was the city center, so taxi traffic was very high and there was no problem hailing a taxi. The car stopped, and just when Wang Shuowei went to open the passenger seat and was about to let Zhuang Yanyue get in, Zhuang Yanyue went straight into the back seat.

This made Wang Shuowei pause. He had been very gentlemanly in opening the door for the customer, but ended up making it seem like he had chosen the passenger seat. Well, that was no big deal. He gave Zhang Chen a look that said "May your luck be with you" and got into the car.

Zhuang Yanyue was sitting in the back seat. After getting in, she consciously sat in the innermost seat so as not to put Zhang Chen in a dilemma and kept a distance. Zhang Chen followed her into the car.

"Where are you going?" the taxi driver asked after seeing the three people sit down.

Before Wang Shuowei could even offer to give Zhuang Yanyue a ride, Zhuang Yanyue spoke up, "Let's stop at the TV station community first. Wang Shuowei, you live there, so it's convenient for us to stop there first. We can then go to Nanguang Company, and finally to the Cultural Bureau."

The taxi started and took the three people home.

Wang Shuowei was dropped off at the gate of the TV station's residential complex. He had drunk quite a bit of wine today and was a little drunk, but he was in high spirits, so he was very happy. He kept talking on the way, and he and the taxi driver were talking back and forth like they were performing crosstalk. When he got home, he said goodbye to the taxi driver enthusiastically.

Then he waved to Zhang Chen and Zhuang Yanyue in the back row, "Goodbye, Zhuang Yanyue, you have to send my Zhang Chen to safety!"

When the taxi disappeared around the corner, Wang Shuowei was still waving. He burped, looked back and around, feeling a little awkward being so alone.

……

Zheng Xue, who had returned by car earlier, had been keeping an eye on the outside of the company, but after looking around and not seeing Shen Nuoyi, she felt relieved. She had thought that Shen Nuoyi would be outside the door, but it seemed that she was overthinking it. How could Shen Nuoyi come?

So he sent a message to Shen Nuoyi, "I'm home. Zhang Chen and the others are behind. The game is over for today."

Shen Nuoyi, who was sitting on a stone bench in the park shaded by trees nearby, actually saw them get off the bus, so he replied to Zheng Xue's text message, asking her to go home and rest early.

Less than half an hour later, Zhang Chen and Zhuang Yanyue's taxi stopped outside Nanguang Company. "Then I'll leave first. Is it okay for you to go back by yourself?"

Zhang Chen said to Zhuang Yanyue before he was about to open the door.

Zhuang Yanyue nodded.

Zhang Chen opened the door and got out of the car. Before he could stand firmly, he saw Zhuang Yanyue had already given the money and then got out of the taxi.

Facing Zhang Chen's puzzled look, Zhuang Yanyue tilted her head and said, "I don't want to go back so soon. Anyway, my home is not too far from here. I'll walk for a while to get some fresh air. The air in the KTV was not good just now. Now I want to breathe some fresh air."

Early September is a season for dressing casually, but the wind in Rongcheng is very fresh at night, and this reason is very reasonable.

So Zhuang Yanyue stood in front of him, her sweater swaying in the wind, her long wavy hair lifted up, some strands of hair lingering on Zhang Chen's shoulders.

The taxi drove away, and Zhuang Yanyue was still facing Zhang Chen. The street lamps scattered misty particles. She was obviously a little guilty when Zhang Chen looked at her. Her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and her eyes seemed to be more determined as she looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhang Chen stared at this number one female version of Xu Zhimo. He knew that she had been making continuous moves, but she actually looked down on him and was so bold as to get off the car. So Zhang Chen decided to tease her and looked her up and down, from her feet to her waist, chest and hair, without missing a single thing. Zhuang Yanyue subconsciously looked down and up with him, looking at him with charming and puzzled eyes.

"You know what happened today, right?" Zhang Chen said.

"Yeah." Zhuang Yanyue nodded like a chick pecking at rice. "So I was thinking that you might be in a bad mood, and maybe you wanted to go for a walk to relax. In fact, it's not a bad thing to like someone, but sometimes you may not be destined to be together. Just like I confessed to you before, but you rejected me in front of the whole school. To be honest, do you know how long it took me to leave school that day?"

"This sounds like a criticism of me." Zhang Chen said with a smile.

"Please don't have such thoughts. I am relieved now. And I have also said that I am not pursuing you anymore!"

"Then what are you doing now?"

"To comfort a friend whom I respect very much." Zhuang Yanyue smiled, revealing her fangs.

"Has anyone told you that this is dangerous? Maybe I was so crazy that I treated you as a substitute." Zhang Chen took a step forward and squeezed the gap between him and Zhuang Yanyue again.

Zhuang Yanyue seemed to shrink back a little, staring into his eyes, but she did not retreat. When she saw Zhang Chen's clear and smiling eyes, she shook her head, "You can't do this! I won't agree!"

Zhang Chen thought, right? When you are really asked to pay a price, you start to care about it. Normally, of course, the female Aquaman is constantly talking nonsense and giving enough emotional value, but when it comes to paying, she will definitely run away at the first opportunity. You are all thousand-year-old foxes, what are you singing to me here!

When Zhuang Yanyue saw Zhang Chen sneer, she stood up again and said softly, "I don't agree... But if you really want to do something, I won't refuse."

She stared at Zhang Chen without blinking, with the corners of her lips casting a warm yellow arc of light from the street lamp. She reorganized her words: "I don't agree, but I can't refuse you no matter what you want to do."

Just when Zhang Chen was a little dazed and trance-like.

They both heard movement behind them.

At the corner of the ivy wall, Shen Nuoyi walked out from the path in the small park, interrupting the conversation between the two people.

Under the gaze of the two men, Shen Nuoyi clutched the shoulder bag in one hand. The thin strap of the ethnic-style shoulder bag left red and white marks on her jade-like hands. She passed the two men by, and the street lights shone down from above, hiding her face in shadow.

Only a slightly trembling voice floated over.

"I don't want to hear what you have to say. I... I was just passing by..."

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Please, ticket!

(End of this chapter)