Chapter 45

Not long after he started playing, someone knocked on his bedroom door. Su Yu checked the time and thought Gu Lin had returned, so he hurriedly quit the game. But when he opened the door, it was Yun Shang.

Yun Shang handed his phone to Su Yu and said, "Lu Chengfei wants to come over."

The other party had practically bombarded him with messages, leaving Yun Shang unable to reply. His phone had been making noise all night. Lu Chengfei insisted on coming over tomorrow and told him to send his current location.

But Yun Shang had not sent it without Su Yu's permission, because this was not his home.

[Su Yu: Do you agree to let him come over?]

If Yun Shang agreed, then Su Yu naturally had no objections.

Yun Shang frowned and said, "Dad told me not to play with him."

The last time Lu Chengfei had visited Yun Shang's house, his uncle had privately pulled him aside and told him not to get too close to them, much less become one of them. So when Lu Chengfei asked him to climb over the wall and go out to play, he refused. When Lu Chengfei asked him to eat with them, he would not go. Whatever Lu Chengfei asked him to do, he would not do it.

[Su Yu: Got it. I'll talk to him later. Go back and rest. You don't need to bother with him.]

Yun Shang nodded, then turned and returned to his room.

Su Yu curled back up in his chair and began messaging Lu Chengfei. Before he could, though, the other party had already sent him several messages.

[Su Yu: You little brat, are you sick? Sending so many messages disturbed Yun Shang's rest.]

[Lu Chengfei: I messaged you and you didn't reply, so I had no choice but to message Yun Shang.]

He was even acting righteous about it.

[Su Yu: Don't come looking for Yun Shang anymore. His dad said he shouldn't play with you.]

Lu Chengfei sent three question marks.

[Su Yu: Maybe he knows you bullied his son, so that's why he told Yun Shang not to play with you.]

Of course, that was only Su Yu's guess. No matter what, Lu Chengfei bullying Yun Shang was a fact.

[Lu Chengfei: No, what does that have to do with me? The only time I ever picked on him was the time you happened to see.]

Before that, he had not even known who Yun Shang was or what he looked like. His usual routine after coming to class was either sleeping with his head down or climbing over the wall to play games. Right, and occasionally fighting with troublemakers from other schools. That was why he was also a regular in the office.

[Su Yu: Then why did you bully him?]

[Lu Chengfei: My little brother said someone was bullying him. Didn't I have to stand up for him?]

[Su Yu: ...]

[Lu Chengfei: Go explain it for me, then.]

[Su Yu: You deserve it.]

[Lu Chengfei: Forget it. I'll go myself. I'll call that kid Yun Shang and tell him.]

After sending that message, he went quiet. He had probably gone to call Yun Shang. Meanwhile, Su Wang had already sent Su Yu no fewer than ten messages. Su Yu, driven by his obsessive need for order, cleared all the red notification dots without really reading the contents. They were probably all infuriating remarks anyway. Better not to read them and live longer.

Yun Shang's parent-teacher meeting was at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. Normally, Su Yu would not even be awake at that hour. He specially set three or four alarms starting at seven-thirty, with one going off roughly every ten minutes.

After seeing the screenshot, aaa Building Materials Wholesale said that perhaps three or four alarms would not be enough. He would need seven or eight.

[Su Yu: You underestimate me too much. My sleep is actually very light.]

[Aaa Building Materials Wholesale: I hope so.]

[Su Yu: I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going to bed early. Tonight, I'll sleep earlier than anyone.]

Yet the next morning, he still turned off every alarm and was still not awake by eight. In the end, Gu Lin's knocking woke him up. Bleary-eyed, Su Yu seemed unable to understand why the alpha was knocking on his door so early.

"Did you forget something?"

Forget what?

It was only when Su Yu saw Yun Shang standing behind him that he suddenly remembered he was supposed to attend Yun Shang's parent-teacher meeting today.

"Get ready. I'll take you there."

Su Yu nodded, then turned around and went back to his room to get ready. From what Gu Lin meant, they would leave as soon as he was done. By the time Su Yu came downstairs, only half an hour remained, and they set off without even having breakfast.

Still sleepy and unfed, Su Yu looked completely listless, just like the plants he had raised in their later stages. It was not until Yun Shang took milk and bread from his backpack and handed them to him that he perked up, his eyes even lighting up.

Yun Shang must have been a little angel in his past life.

But the sound of him tearing open the wrapper drew the alpha's attention. When Su Yu caught Gu Lin's gaze through the rearview mirror, his hand holding the bread paused.

He isn't going to stop me from eating breakfast too, is he?

So stingy.

Su Yu started grumbling inwardly.

Yet Gu Lin merely glanced at him without saying anything, seemingly allowing him to eat in the car.

Gu Lin sneered inwardly.

What little angel.

What could Yun Shang possibly remember? Gu Lin had reminded him.

Su Yu arrived at the classroom door right on time. Lu Chengfei and a group of alphas were fooling around in the hallway. Seeing him and Yun Shang arrive, Lu Chengfei said, "You two got here even later than me, and I came at the last minute."

Seeing that the teacher had already gone in, Su Yu had no time to deal with Lu Chengfei and followed her inside. Lu Chengfei reached out and tugged Yun Shang's backpack, then casually shut the classroom door. "Why are you going in? You aren't a parent."

Yun Shang looked back at him, then pulled his backpack back. He stared at Lu Chengfei with a somewhat unfriendly gaze.

Those people used to tug on his backpack all the time. He hated it.

Lu Chengfei withdrew his hand. "Sorry, sorry. I'm used to roughhousing with them."

But because Yun Shang had been tugged by Lu Chengfei and had not followed Su Yu inside in time, he could not find his seat. In the quiet classroom, everyone was looking at him. Lu Chengfei stood by the window, laughing at his expense. His snickering was loud enough for Su Yu to hear from inside.

And Yun Shang, being too short, could not see what was happening inside at all.

But the next second, Lu Chengfei could not laugh anymore, because Lu Heyun, seated inside, gave him a cool, indifferent look.

The tall alpha hurriedly covered his mouth, bent over, and disappeared from the window. Before leaving, he did not forget to drag away Yun Shang, who had been standing on tiptoe and peering through the window.

Su Yu had been staring at the empty seats until he saw Lu Heyun extend his hand, and only then did he find Yun Shang's seat.

Right, Lu Chengfei was Yun Shang's deskmate.

He had not expected Lu Heyun to come to Lu Chengfei's parent-teacher meeting despite his mobility issues. He really was a good older brother.

Luckily, Lu Heyun had a good temper. If Su Yu had a younger brother as troublesome as Lu Chengfei, he would have straightened him out long ago.

Su Yu listened to half of the parent-teacher meeting, but whenever he felt as though the teacher was lecturing from the front, he got sleepy. So he spent the remaining time looking down and playing with his phone. Whenever he was bored, he liked to message the uncle who had signed the contract with him and bother him.

Su Yu suddenly remembered something.

[Su Yu: I finally remembered what the contract is missing. There's no termination date, and I don't have any management obligations.]

The other party coldly replied with a single "Oh."

[Su Yu: ???]

[Aaa Building Materials Wholesale: So what if there isn't? You enjoy the highest returns with the lowest amount of entrusted funds, and you don't need to bear the risks of investment losses. Others wouldn't even dare dream of such a thing.]

[Su Yu: Then... am I punching above my weight?]

[Aaa Building Materials Wholesale: Good that you know.]

[Su Yu: Is the Party A name on the contract actually yours? Yun Heshu.]

[Aaa Building Materials Wholesale: No.]

Not his?

Then which poor sucker had taken the other party's place as Party A and signed that contract with him?

A grade slip was suddenly placed in front of him, and Su Yu's thoughts instantly returned to the classroom. He vaguely heard the homeroom teacher saying that there were only a hundred-odd days left before the college entrance examination.

Looking at Yun Shang's grade slip, Su Yu suddenly understood why his uncle had let him play games.

Driven by curiosity, Su Yu quietly shifted his gaze toward Lu Chengfei's grade slip. Unexpectedly, Lu Heyun noticed. Rather than hiding it, he handed Lu Chengfei's grade slip over for him to see.

Lu Heyun said, "Everyone already knows his grades are poor."

"It's fine. Aren't there still more than a hundred days until the college entrance examination? There's still hope..." After seeing the grade slip, Su Yu paused slightly, then added uncertainly, "...right?"

Hope, my ass. He should get ready for vocational college.

Lu Heyun said, "He doesn't like studying."

"I can tell."

"Can I take a picture and send it to him?"

If Su Yu took a picture, it would not be as simple as merely showing Lu Chengfei. He still remembered Lu Chengfei laughing at Yun Shang by the window earlier. If he had not dragged Yun Shang away, would Yun Shang have been unable to find his seat?

"Of course. His mental fortitude is very strong."

Before long, Lu Chengfei replied.

[Lu Chengfei: What do you mean? Fine, you sent mine alone, but why did you photograph Yun Shang's too? The comparison makes me look terrible.]

Su Yu gave a cold snort and replied: You don't merely look terrible. The two of you are worlds apart, not even in the same league. He'll go to Tsinghua and Peking Universities, while you'll go to vocational college.

[Lu Chengfei: I'm a sports student.]

[Lu Chengfei: Do you understand how impressive these grades are for me?]

[Lu Chengfei: With these grades, getting into an undergraduate program is easy.]

Su Yu: "..." Damn it, he had actually pulled that off.

[Su Yu: Hurry up and bring Yun Shang back. I saw you drag him away. Don't lead a good student astray.]

[Lu Chengfei: I won't. I'll take him with me every day. We'll get into the same place, and I'll go to school with him.]

Even through the screen, Su Yu could feel how punchable his tone was, as though saying those words would make Su Yu furious.

With those grades, he still wanted to get into the same place as Yun Shang? Dream on.

"The way you talk is so relaxed, like friends."

Like friends—saying whatever they wanted without any reservations.

Su Yu had not hidden anything while chatting with Lu Chengfei. As long as Lu Heyun so much as glanced his way, he could see it.

Su Yu looked up and said, "Doesn't the way people chat depend on who they're talking to? Yun Shang and I don't talk like this."

Lu Heyun smiled. "That's true."

The parent-teacher meeting lasted quite a while. It was already past eleven when it was nearing its end. Su Yu originally wanted to find Yun Shang, but he felt it would be inappropriate to leave Lu Heyun alone in the classroom. Thinking that Lu Heyun also needed to find Lu Chengfei, he sent Lu Chengfei a message asking him to bring Yun Shang back.

Lu Chengfei sent a voice message. "It's lunchtime, lunchtime. We're eating at the cafeteria. Are you coming? Yun Shang and I are already seated. Majority rules, so come over."

Lu Heyun looked at Su Yu and asked for his opinion. "Do you want to go?"

Su Yu did want to go, but a few minutes before the parent-teacher meeting ended, Gu Lin had messaged him to say he was already on the way to the school.

"No. The boss is coming to pick us up."

When Lu Chengfei did not hear Su Yu's response, he called directly. "Hello? Are you coming or not? If you don't come, I'm ordering. If you're not here in ten minutes, there won't be any for you."

Su Yu did not speak, but Lu Heyun lightly said, "Lu Chengfei, what a big shot you are."

The other party immediately caved. "C-Cousin... you haven't left yet?"

He said, "Bring him back."

"Okay, I'll bring him back right away."

Su Yu did not understand it. Lu Heyun had clearly spoken calmly, so why was Lu Chengfei so afraid of him?