Age of Legends

Chapter 54 Brotherhood

So as soon as Zhang Chen entered the door, he was stared at like a giant panda.

The boys looked at Zhang Chen eagerly, and the girls also looked at him curiously.

Wang Shuowei introduced them one by one. The tall boy who was the leader had a special name, Gu Zhiyu. The one wearing hip-hop clothes was called Yang Du, and the short one was called Luo Qing.

After introducing them one by one, they were all Wang Shuowei's former friends. Wang Shuowei smiled and said to Gu Zhiyu: "You just came back from your overseas study vacation. You haven't seen your brothers for such a long time. You remembered and called me now. If it weren't for Zhang Chen, you probably wouldn't have made an appointment with me today!"

It turned out that Gu Zhiyu and his group rarely got together twice a year. They used to be good friends, but later some went abroad to study, some moved away, and every year when Gu Zhiyu came back, he would get together with these friends. Usually, Zhang Chen was not there, and they were not familiar with Zhang Chen, and they were not in the same circle.

Especially every time Wang Shuowei said he wanted to hang out with them, he would appear very stable and mature, and would often say to Zhang Chen, "I won't go tomorrow because you guys are playing games. You know, Gu Zhiyu asked me out, and those people are going to have dinner at the Banyan Tree Club together."

It seemed like a fraternity party, and they were very proud of what they had. Wang Shuowei thought that his circle was more high-end.

Unexpectedly, this time Gu Zhiyu and his friends heard about the incident at Yude High School, so someone accidentally mentioned to Wang Shuowei on the phone that a genius was said to have appeared in Yude. As a result, they asked the real problem and learned about Zhang Chen from Wang Shuowei.

According to Wang Shuowei, Zhang Chen used to be the worst student in the class, and the two of them were both drags on Yude. Finally, a dark horse emerged. If it was just a dark horse in terms of academic performance, it would have been fine, but coupled with the fact that he got a perfect score on his essay, this immediately became known to everyone in the high school circles in Chengdu.

Some of them are studying abroad, some are attending private schools and studying foreign languages. They come from prominent families and are well-educated. It can be seen that they are not playboys, or they do not show any bad personality traits in front of their friends.

Everyone's eyes were curiously wandering around Zhang Chen.

And they all spoke appropriately. The most outrageous thing was that when Wang Shuowei was introducing everyone, Gu Zhiyu was very graceful and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Zhang Chen. With him taking the lead, Zhang Chen shook hands with all ten people when Wang Shuowei introduced them one by one.

There are seven girls here!

She was the one who was faintly in the center among the girls. The girl in the black dress shook hands with Zhang Chen with her fingertips just touching. Her fingers were icy cold. She glanced at him and then retracted her fingers, continuing to sit in the middle of the sofa, hidden in the shadow cast by the terrace on the second floor.

The girl’s surname is Yan, and her name seems to be Yan Mingshu.

Yang Du, who was dressed in hip-hop, said, "I used to be a student at Yude Junior High School. I still have many friends at Yude. Do you know Feng Rui?"

Zhang Chen and Wang Shuowei looked at each other, and Wang Shuowei said, "Isn't that our Yude literary goddess! The deputy editor-in-chief of the school newspaper Chunhua."

Yang Du laughed, "Oh, that's right, she was my deskmate before, and I liked her, haha... but unfortunately people like talented people, so you know Zhang Chen, if I had written this essay, I would have chased Feng Rui a long time ago!"

Zhang Chen could only smile and not comment.

A girl named Liu Xiwei asked, "Hey, do you know Shen Nuoyi from Yude? She's very famous. She's said to be the school beauty of Yude... Do you know what she looks like? How is she? Is she pretty? Why is she so famous?"

There was some sourness in these words, and I didn't know how to respond.

Wang Shuowei said, "It's OK, it's OK."

Zhang Chen glanced at him and thought that Wang Shuowei was not a complete fool. He could also hear the jealousy between girls. Could it be that in front of Gu Zhiyu and his group of people, who he thought were "superior", he had become much more mature and had not only emotional intelligence but also IQ.

But with Zhang Chen, he just lets himself go.

Who are you, Kogoro Mori?
When it comes to the beauty of the Yude school, everyone's gossips are aroused, especially the girls, who ask all kinds of questions. Some people ask Yang Du to choose between Feng Rui and Shen Nuoyi.

Yang Du said sincerely: "Although Feng Rui is my goddess and I have had a crush on her for a long time, Shen Nuoyi is indeed better looking. But if I have to choose, I would still choose Feng Rui. I will be loyal to her from beginning to end! I am pure and innocent!"

This naturally caused a round of boos and jeers.

This made the atmosphere much more harmonious, and there was no longer the awkward feeling when everyone first saw Zhang Chen, as if they were looking at a giant panda.

"Ah, your teacher Yude is the best. In our school, this kind of essay topic would be considered as incorrect thinking. And my teacher always said that although I have good writing skills, what I write seems to float in the air, without foundation, without cases, and without touching emotions. So my essays have never scored above 45 points!"

"How did you manage to rise from over 600 to over 200? This is Yude!"

Wang Shuowei said quickly, "I have a say in this. This guy only scored 139 points in the English test days ago. Then he told me that he had to review, and he really reviewed, even skipping games. But this time I got points in English. Are you convinced?"

Everyone gave a thumbs up and said in unison, "I'm convinced!"

"You are awesome, handsome guy!"

They just regarded Zhang Chen as one of the legendary figures that there are usually one or two in the history of every school.

The chat was just a break. When the fruit plate and beer were delivered, everyone started to sing songs. There was no gathering to talk like before. Some girls went up to the staggered platform, while others stayed on the ground floor.

It turns out that these middle school girls are generally good at singing.

Gu Zhiyu and Yang both sang English songs with a rap style. Most of the girls also sang English songs, as if they felt that English songs were difficult and tested their singing voice the most. If they could sing English songs well and show off their skills, they would naturally be able to dominate the KTV.

Everyone still cared about Zhang Chen and asked him what he wanted to sing, but Zhang Chen waved his hands. After he refused several times, they just ignored him.

Then it was Yan Mingshu's turn to sing. She was on the first floor of the split-level floor. She walked up to the microphone and sang a stunning song called "Before I Fall In Love" by Coco Lee. After the song ended, she sat back on the big sofa in the middle of the split-level floor.

After a while, Gu Zhiyu came down the stairs and said to Wang Shuowei, "Secretary Yan's daughter asked Zhang Chen to come over."

Then Gu Zhiyu said to Zhang Chen, "Yan Mingshu wants to ask you something, why don't you go up and talk to her?"

In fact, they had just noticed that the girl named Yan Mingshu was always the center of attention among the other girls. When she went upstairs, several girls followed her, which was a bit like Gu Zhiyu's leading position among the boys.

Wang Shuowei was stunned. "Secretary Yan, which Secretary Yan?"

Gu Zhiyu met his gaze, "That Secretary Yan."

Zhang Chen went upstairs. Yan Mingshu, who was wearing a black dress, was sitting in the center of the circular sofa. When she saw Zhang Chen coming, the girl next to her made room for her, leaving the sofa, which was still warm, vacant. The air was filled with the scent of fragrance and cocktail spirit.

Zhang Chen sat down next to Yan Mingshu and looked at this girl with reserve and a bit of arrogance in her eyes.

(End of this chapter)