[This chapter features the side couple. If you don't like it, just skip ahead and tap for updates~]
By the time Ning Jia came back to his senses, the man had already dragged him up from the floor.
The commotion between them was loud enough to draw the attention of everyone nearby.
Perhaps Ning Jia looked too miserable. Someone could not bear to watch and wanted to step in, only to be pulled back by the person beside them.
"Don't meddle! That's Zhao Qiang. He's been to prison!"
The moment they heard he had served time, no one around them dared to step forward.
Someone else nearby said, "For this guy to get tangled up with Zhao Qiang, he probably isn't a good person either. I heard Zhao Qiang got locked up because his ex-boyfriend set him up. Do you think this person might be that ex-boyfriend?"
"Hard to say! Zhao Qiang has been around here for a while now. He's always seemed pretty good-tempered to me, smiling at everyone. Even when people took their jokes too far, he never raised a hand. This is the first time I've seen him this angry."
"Then it's probably him! Otherwise, what kind of grudge would make him hit someone like that? This bar isn't a place where just anyone dares to cause trouble. Could Zhao Qiang have gone crazy?"
"Seriously? This guy is Zhao Qiang's ex-boyfriend, the one who cheated on him and got him thrown in prison? He looks so young! Zhao Qiang is already thirty this year, while this guy is barely in his early twenties. Could Zhao Qiang have gone to prison for molesting a minor?"
The people around them talked animatedly.
Some thought Ning Jia must have done something wrong, which was why Zhao Qiang had come looking