Truth

Inside Room 207 of the Moral Education Building

"Mu Changsheng...? What the hell is that? He dared interfere with my love life?"

Liu Tianhao's face darkened.

"Didn't you tell him my name?"

Liu Tianhao stared at Zhou Kun and asked coldly.

Zhou Kun hurriedly nodded. "I did. He said he didn't know you at all."

Xia Yan sat nearby with one leg crossed over the other, chuckling. "Looks like your name, Liu Tianhao, isn't all that useful either."

Zhou Kun hurriedly added, "Brother Hao, I asked around about Mu Changsheng. He and Lin Kenning had only known each other for two days. He definitely isn't Lin Kenning's boyfriend. I think he was just putting on airs."

Liu Tianhao's expression shifted. He rose to his feet. "I heard that guy Song Haoning shares a dorm with him?"

Xia Yan frowned. "Song Haoning? Who's that?"

Liu Tianhao lit a cigarette. "Song Jun's son. His father came to my dad with gifts back then, which was how he got in here."

"Oh..."

Xia Yan nodded.

"Zhou Kun, arrange a meeting with Song Haoning. Eight tonight, at Tianhongmen outside the school."

"I want to see what this Mu Changsheng is capable of. He dared steal the woman I had my eye on?"

Liu Tianhao took a drag of his cigarette and snarled.

"Yes, Brother Hao."

After Zhou Kun left, Xia Yan stood up. Liu Tianhao frowned. "Where are you going?"

Xia Yan chuckled. "The head of the Publicity Department asked to meet me."

Liu Tianhao frowned. "Gold digger."

Xia Yan shrugged helplessly. "Can't be helped. Other than money, I really have nothing going for me."

Liu Tianhao's mouth twitched.

"Get lost."

Mu Changsheng was leisurely delivering takeout at the moment, naturally unaware that he had offended... Liu Tianhao. Even if he had known, he would not have cared.

What goes around comes around.

Besides, Mu Changsheng was no longer afraid of anyone.

Meanwhile, beneath Ziqiang Building

Song Haoning received Zhou Kun's call. His expression had begun to sour, but when he heard that Liu Tianhao wanted to see him, his face immediately lit up. "Brother Hao?"

"Where?"

"Tianhongmen, eight tonight."

"Alright, I'll definitely be there."

After hanging up, Song Haoning looked delighted.

Jiang Ruizhao, standing beside him, asked curiously, "Brother Song, whose call was that? Why are you so happy?"

Song Haoning glanced at Jiang Ruizhao and did not hide it from him. Smiling, he said, "Liu Tianhao, Secretary Liu's son."

"What?!"

Jiang Ruizhao was slightly startled and hurriedly asked, "The deputy secretary of the academy's son?"

Song Haoning nodded. "That's right. Their family has a lot of influence. Liu Tianhao's father is the academy's deputy secretary, and his mother seems to be the dean of the Music Academy. I heard they also have connections in the Education Bureau."

"That's a powerful backer. As long as you stay in his good graces, hardly anyone at school will dare provoke you."

Jiang Ruizhao was dazzled by what he heard, but he still asked curiously, "Then why are they looking for you?"

"I don't know either. We'll find out tonight."

"Are you coming?"

Song Haoning looked at Jiang Ruizhao and asked.

Jiang Ruizhao froze, looking a little embarrassed. "Can I?"

Song Haoning sneered. "Old Jiang, what kind of relationship do we have? Stick with your Brother Song. If I get to eat well, I definitely won't deny you a sip of the soup."

Jiang Ruizhao's face lit up. "Thank you for looking after me, Brother Song."

That evening, eight o'clock

Tianhongmen, Private Room No. 7

"Come on, Brother Hao, Brother Xia. Let me toast you."

Song Haoning stood, raised his glass, and said ingratiatingly.

Liu Tianhao gave him face and drank a glass. Xia Yan took a bored sip.

Song Haoning drained his glass in one gulp, full of heroic spirit.

Jiang Ruizhao, on the other hand, seemed out of place and could only pour drinks at the side.

Liu Tianhao clasped his hands before his face and stared at Song Haoning. "Haoning, do you know Mu Changsheng?"

Song Haoning was taken aback. "Mu Changsheng?"

"I know him."

"He's my dormmate."

Song Haoning answered truthfully.

"Your dormmate?"

Liu Tianhao's expression changed at once, and he glanced at Xia Yan.

Song Haoning seemed to realize something and hurriedly said, "Brother Hao, my relationship with him is terrible. Not long ago, that bastard scammed me out of tens of thousands here. I'd love nothing more than to humiliate him to death."

"Oh?"

Hearing the hatred in Song Haoning's voice, Liu Tianhao became interested.

Song Haoning briefly explained what had happened, then exaggerated Mu Changsheng's part in it.

"So that's how it is."

Liu Tianhao nodded.

"Brother Hao, did he provoke you too?"

Song Haoning asked, his face flushed.

Liu Tianhao ignored Song Haoning and continued, "Haoning, what does Mu Changsheng's family do?"

Song Haoning immediately mocked him. "What do they do? He's just a country bumpkin, so poor he can barely afford to eat."

"He runs around delivering takeout every day."

Liu Tianhao nodded. That matched what Zhou Kun had said. It seemed Song Haoning had not lied.

Liu Tianhao glanced at Xia Yan. Xia Yan propped up his head and smiled. "Want to play him to death?"

Xia Yan said it casually, as though Mu Changsheng was not worth taking seriously at all.

Liu Tianhao smiled easily.

The four of them drank a few more rounds before leaving one after another.

As for the bill, Song Haoning naturally paid for it.

A little after eleven, Jiang Ruizhao helped Song Haoning into the car. Looking at the groggy Song Haoning, Jiang Ruizhao shook his head helplessly.

Just as Jiang Ruizhao was about to call Xu Wen, Song Haoning's phone suddenly rang.

Jiang Ruizhao thought Xu Wen was calling. He was going to call Xu Wen anyway...

But the instant Jiang Ruizhao picked up the phone, his expression froze...

"Xiao Lan...?"

Jiang Ruizhao stared at the name "Guo Xiaolan," his expression turning extremely strange. Why was Xiao Lan calling Song Haoning in the middle of the night?

Jiang Ruizhao's heart trembled. With shaking fingers, he answered the call.

"Brother Song~"

"I've missed you so much~"

The familiar voice and coquettish tone immediately darkened Jiang Ruizhao's face.

That voice belonged to Guo Xiaolan. Jiang Ruizhao could not possibly be mistaken. He could not be mistaken...

Still clinging to a shred of hope, Jiang Ruizhao even took out his own phone to compare... The result was... exactly the same.

Jiang Ruizhao stared at the phone in disbelief, then looked at Song Haoning, who was sprawled in the car and snoring soundly. His face... had gone taut.

Why was his girlfriend addressing... his good friend so intimately?!

He could understand "Brother Song."

But "I've missed you so much..."

That made Jiang Ruizhao's expression darken to the extreme.

At that moment, Jiang Ruizhao's entire body was trembling uncontrollably.