It was early autumn.
All kinds of luxury cars gathered outside the best university in A City.
Today marked the start of the first short break of the new semester.
Local students' parents had parked outside campus early, just to secure a good spot.
A tall, slender figure stepped over the yellow leaves by the roadside, heading away from the gathering crowds.
He turned off the noisy street onto a quiet path barely wide enough for two people to walk abreast. After about five minutes winding through the old streets, the view suddenly opened up.
The nearest subway station was just one intersection away.
His name was Hua Jian, and he was a sophomore in the Department of Arts at A City University.
When other students went on break, the place where he worked part-time was at its busiest.
[S.O.] was a bar, and it was where Hua Jian had worked all this time.
As an art student who spent money as easily as he drank water, he had earned his tuition and living expenses there for the past two years.
But the money was never enough.
"Hey, Hua Jian, interested in a part-time gig over the break?"
Hua Jian only worked night shifts at [S.O.], and he did want another part-time job during the day over the break.
He looked at his coworker. "What kind of gig?"
"You know how a buddy of mine studies music and put together a band? Apparently, some rich young guy hired them to play at his private estate over the break. They need a bartender too. Want to go? It's all legit work."
At the mention of a private estate and a rich young man, Hua Jian instinctively frowned.
He had known since childhood that he was good-looking, and plenty of girls had