Tang Xu was most afraid of his mom suddenly calling to check up on him. To avoid being found out for following his brother out drinking again, he hurried into a quiet alley beside the bar to take her call.
But halfway through their conversation, a group of people suddenly shoved their way into the previously empty alley.
One of them was quickly surrounded, and the two sides started fighting at the slightest disagreement.
Luckily, Tang Xu had been standing in a secluded spot. Otherwise, he would have been spotted the moment those people rushed in.
Tang Xu had encountered two arranged campus fights before. Experience told him that when something like this had nothing to do with him, it was best to stay far away.
But just as he turned around, he suddenly saw a familiar face.
Wasn't the person fighting back desperately in the middle the skull-faced spectator he had seen in Golden Pavilion's private room last time?
He had shown up with that overbearing CEO, stood silently outside the door, and stepped forward to block that Song green tea's way when he tried to slip away. He had at least some sense of justice!
And the reason Tang Xu remembered him so clearly was because of that contemptuous "mama's boy" comment. Hah, he was an outstanding college student and didn't even have a girlfriend. What was wrong with listening to his mom?
Seeing him surrounded and getting ganged up on now, Tang Xu felt like looking down on him instead. Getting into fights with people—wasn't that the result of not listening to his mom?
"Mom, the signal's bad. I'll call you back later. Bye!"
The quiet alley instantly turned noisy. Tang Xu lowered his voice and ended the call with his mom early, sighing inwardly. Sure enough,