Chapter 39

"Shang Shang's classmate doesn't sound very friendly."

As soon as Uncle said that, Aunt shot him a look. "Maybe that's just how young people get along. What would you know?"

With an extremely strong will to survive, Uncle hurriedly agreed. "Yes, yes, yes. You're right. I'm ignorant."

Su Yu thought that he really didn't sound very friendly, since he'd been causing trouble for Yun Shang just a few days ago. Yun Shang soon spotted them and walked over. Lu Chengfei followed beside him, saying, "Just let me copy your homework. I've had your back for days, you know."

Yun Shang ignored him and found him rather noisy.

Although Lu Chengfei had stopped giving him trouble, he was still incredibly annoying, constantly hovering around him and asking to copy his homework.

It was only when they approached Gu Lin's car that Lu Chengfei saw Su Yu sitting inside. Of course, Yun Shang's mother was there too, though he didn't know her. He looked further inside and saw two alphas in the front seats. One looked familiar—the one he'd seen in the office a few days ago, facing off against his cousin. He didn't know the other one either, but neither of them looked particularly pleased when they saw him.

Uncle found those students somewhat familiar because he had seen them on the restaurant's surveillance footage. Once he recognized them, his expression turned slightly cold.

What was going on? Why were there so many people?

Could it be that the matter still hadn't blown over? Were they here to cause trouble for him?

Lu Chengfei suddenly felt that homework wasn't all that important anymore.

Yun Shang opened the car door on his own and got in. Just as Lu Chengfei was about to leave, Yun Shang's mother spoke. "Classmate, I noticed you've all been following Shang Shang. Are you friends with him? Would you like to come over to our house sometime?"

Su Yu glanced at Lu Chengfei. Uncle glanced at Aunt, then shifted his gaze toward the group of students. Yun Shang also lifted his head to look at Lu Chengfei.

It was bizarre. Absurd.

Aunt definitely didn't know that these students had caused trouble for Yun Shang, did she?

When Lu Chengfei didn't say anything, Aunt added, "Look at me, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Yun Shang's mother."

Only then did Lu Chengfei react. "Oh, oh, Yun Shang's mother. Hello, hello. I'm Yun Shang's classmate. My name is Lu Chengfei."

"Classmate Lu." Aunt looked him up and down. "...How nice. You're tall, handsome, and polite too."

Su Yu was stunned.

WTF?

Polite?

Him, polite?

This little bastard who said "I fucking" every other sentence knew jack shit about manners.

No one disliked being complimented. Lu Chengfei was thoroughly pleased with himself and immediately thanked her modestly, even complimenting Aunt on how young she looked. The two chatted happily back and forth. Aunt invited him over for dinner that weekend, and Lu Chengfei agreed without hesitation, as if he hadn't been the one causing trouble for Yun Shang a few days ago.

Su Yu silently looked away.

"Oh, I nearly forgot. We're going to dinner. Why don't you come with us?"

Uncle spoke up then. "This car can't fit that many people."

"It's fine, we..." We can get there ourselves.

But before he could finish, Su Yu gave him a look. Lu Chengfei paused, then continued, "We still have homework to do later, so we won't keep you from dinner."

Aunt nodded. "I didn't expect Classmate Lu to love studying so much. All right, then we won't keep you. See you this weekend, and make sure you come."

"Sure, sure, definitely."

Lu Chengfei watched them leave. The person beside him scratched his head and asked doubtfully, "Brother Fei, are we really going?"

Lu Chengfei kicked him. "Going? Of course we're going. I already agreed, so I have to keep my word. Bring your homework when we go. Each of you can help me copy one subject."

It was probably Aunt's first time seeing so many people gathered around Yun Shang, so she was thrilled. She enthusiastically invited everyone over for a weekend dinner, and it didn't seem like empty politeness either, because she even had Su Yu tell Lu Chengfei on the way to dinner that he absolutely had to come.

The four people in the car who knew what had happened remained silent. None of them dared say a word that might spoil Aunt's mood.

"Let them come over and have fun. It doesn't matter if they bring a few more people."

Su Yu nodded and passed Aunt's message along.

[Su Yu: Don't come empty-handed. Don't bring too many people—ten at most—or they won't be able to handle it.]

"Xiao Hui, ask those kids what they usually like to play. I'll get things ready."

[Su Yu: Yun Shang's mom wants to know what you like. Just say you love studying.]

"Oh, right, right. What do they like to eat? Do they have any dietary restrictions? Help me ask that too."

Su Yu lowered his head and slowly typed.

[Su Yu: Don't be too picky. Eat whatever they prepare.]

[Lu Chengfei: You've got every detail arranged. Stop sending it one sentence at a time and just give me a summary of what I'm supposed to do.]

Su Yu thought about it. That seemed possible.

[Su Yu: Fine. I'll summarize it for you when I get back. Make a group chat and circulate it among yourselves. Make sure you memorize it.]

[Lu Chengfei: There are more rules for this fucking meal than there are for my family's New Year reunion dinner. Do we really have to eat this meal?]

[Su Yu: Yes. Even if you don't want to, you still have to come.]

Lu Chengfei very rudely replied with three periods, which triggered Su Yu's obsessive-compulsive tendencies.

[Su Yu: Even if you're speechless, you should at least use an ellipsis.]

[Lu Chengfei: You fucking want to control that too?]

[Su Yu: I was just saying. Do whatever you want.]

Lu Chengfei sent another three periods. Su Yu stopped replying to him.

Aunt had chosen the restaurant, and it served seafood. Uncle was busy on both sides, peeling some for Aunt and then some for Yun Shang. Seeing Gu Lin sitting idle, he couldn't help saying, "Why aren't you peeling some for your omega? No manners at all."

"Look at him. He's sitting there all quietly and hasn't eaten anything."

Gu Lin glanced at Su Yu. "He isn't quiet. He's just clumsy."

If Su Yu were good at handling shrimp and crab, half the table would probably already be covered in shells.

Su Yu, who had suddenly been mentioned, looked up at them. His hands had stopped moving as well. Then he lowered his eyes again, seemingly at a loss. Aunt glared at Uncle and said, "Why did you suddenly bring him up?"

He had meant well, but Gu Lin truly didn't know how to speak. The moment he opened his mouth, he ruined the atmosphere.

"I spoke out of turn. Xiao Hui, don't take it to heart."

Su Yu shook his head to show that he hadn't taken it to heart.

"Xiao Lin, you can't talk about your Omega like that in public from now on."

Gu Lin gave a noncommittal response, and it was impossible to tell whether he had taken it in.

[I didn't expect Gu Lin to understand me so well. If I had Uncle's skills, this whole table would already be gone.]

Gu Lin: "..."

His perspective had been too narrow.

Su Yu rarely ate seafood, not because he disliked it, but because he disliked peeling shells. It was troublesome and slowed down his eating.

Su Yu quietly continued eating, and no one spoke at the table again. The breathing light on Su Yu's phone kept flashing. He unlocked it and took a look. It was a message from Lu Heyun, who had shared a photo with him. It looked like it had been taken at school, and there were lots of people in it.

Lu Heyun had something to share with him almost every day. He used to message Su Yu around eight or nine at night, when Su Yu was either streaming or playing games and wouldn't see the messages at all. Even when he replied, it would be the next day.

Later, Lu Heyun started avoiding that time when he messaged him.

[Lu Heyun: The school clubs organized an event.]

[Su Yu: It looks lively.]

[Lu Heyun: Yes. What about you? Are you playing games?]

Su Yu told him that he was out having dinner.

[Lu Heyun: Then I won't disturb you. Take your time eating. We'll talk later.]

Someone suddenly reached over and pushed a plate of peeled shrimp toward him. Su Yu had just finished replying and looked up to find Yun Shang sitting across from him. Yun Shang had peeled two plates—one for Su Yu and one for his mother.

[!!! So touched.]

Yun Shang's mother was clearly even more touched. Her expression was deeply moved. "Shang Shang has grown up."

Uncle gave a mocking snort. "Some people don't help their own omega, so naturally someone else will. Maybe there'll be other alphas willing to help him in the future too."

Hearing the sarcastic tone in his voice, Gu Lin said coolly, "But Shang Shang peeled them. There's none for you."

Uncle's hand paused slightly as he peeled a shrimp.

His own son had thought of his cousin-in-law before thinking of him.

Aunt said, "What? You expect Shang Shang to peel shrimp for you too? Alphas should be self-reliant."

Uncle immediately agreed. "Yes, yes, yes. You're right."

A little after eight that evening, Su Yu started his stream. As usual, he helped people pull cards. But only a few minutes after he went live, someone started sending him sports cars, one after another without pause. Su Yu found the person strange. They had come into his stream several times, only sending gifts without speaking, constantly holding the top spot on his rankings. He had privately asked whether they needed any help, but they never replied.

The person's avatar was an extremely basic image, practically no avatar at all. There was no information on them, and even their nickname was system-generated. They looked exactly like a fake account.

However, because the person had repeatedly been active in Su Yu's stream and sent gifts, Su Yu's follower count had risen considerably. Someone had even made a compilation of all the gifts they had sent Su Yu, and the entire video was packed with exciting moments.

The people in his stream had gone from boiling with excitement to numb disbelief. Even people who didn't play games had squeezed into the stream.

[Guys, are you here to watch someone else send gifts again?]

[I kept seeing the videos for days, so the algorithm recommended the stream to me.]

[This top donor is pretty particular about sending gifts.]

Su Yu glanced at his phone screen. They really were particular—one sports car in every color.

[I've never seen him say anything in the public chat. I wonder what kind of person he is.]

Su Yu said, "Neither have I. I asked if he needed any help, but he didn't even reply to my private messages."

[Seriously?]

[No way? Is he just here to throw money around?]

[Could someone in your family have seen how hard you work streaming and deliberately sent you gifts?]

Su Wang could be ruled out first. He had money, but he wasn't as rich as this top donor, who seemed to own a huge company or something.

"How could that be? My family doesn't even know I stream."

[Isn't it good if someone sends you gifts?]

"This money feels too risky. I won't withdraw it for now. What if it's a kid using their parents' phone to send gifts? That would be hard to deal with. Taking money without doing anything for it just doesn't sit right with me."

Although he had already put up the words "Minors prohibited from sending gifts" in his stream, some minors still did it. The platform would automatically refund the money the next day.

Until the other party replied to him, he wouldn't withdraw the money from those gifts.

Still, he was curious about who this person was. They were so wealthy.