Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Go, obediently sit at the dog’s table!
“My lord!”
Sao Ji suddenly let out a squawk, his voice breaking.
“I’ve wandered half my life, searching for a worthy leader in vain. Should Lord Chu be willing to take in, I shall devote myself to serving you!”
Damn!
You’re actually quite talented…
Everyone was quite sickened by Sao Ji’s antics, but when it ca to livening up the mood, he indeed had a bit of a unique gift.
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Chu Changkuo was both shaking his head and grinning broadly, his mouth hanging open in laughter for quite a while.
anwhile, Xia Yu was choked by a puff of smoke and started coughing violently.
“Cough cough cough cough… Mr. Chu, don’t play like that next ti… cough cough! You scared to death…”
It wasn’t just the two of them who were shocked; Su Huai was also montarily stupefied.
A whole street block’s renovation?
What the hell kind of family is this?
Wait a minute!
Signed the preliminary agreent for housing expropriation in ’16, part of it completed in ’18…
In an instant, Su Huai suddenly understood many things from his past life that had been unclear.
When he first started university, Chu Changkuo had so presence, but wasn’t particularly special at school.
It was around ’18, in the second sester of his sophomore year, that he suddenly started driving an Audi S7 to school and began to pursue Chen Nuanhan ostentatiously.
Capital Normal University actually had quite a few second-generation wealthy students, and the School of Managent wasn’t lacking them either, but he was the only guy who drove a luxury car worth millions and didn’t cozy up to Gu Jiuyue, focusing solely on pursuing Chen Nuanhan, which scored him a lot of points.
So, before the start of their junior year, Chen Nuanhan entered into a relationship with him and then soon after they began to argue.
The reasons were nurous and complex, but could be boiled down to conflicts in fundantal values.
Both of them wanted to change the other, resulting in a head-on clash.
Later, when Chen Nuanhan confided in Su Huai, she revealed a little secret: actually, Chu Changkuo had pursued her as soon as they started university, but after being rejected by her, he turned around and found a girlfriend from the music academy, and they dated for just under a year.
So now the question is—
Why did Chu Changkuo muster up the courage to pursue Chen Nuanhan for a second ti after a year and a half?
Because part of his family’s project was delivered, they struck it rich, his dad rewarded him with a luxury car, his mom increased his spending money, and all these factors strongly boosted Mr. Chu’s self-confidence.
And why did Chen Nuanhan give him a second chance?
Because by that ti, Chu Changkuo had the qualifications to battle with Gu Jiuyue’s admirers and beca sowhat of a celebrity to be seen with.
Chen Nuanhan’s persistence in fighting with Chu Changkuo despite their incompatible views wasn’t because of the money but because of the pressure brought by Gu Jiuyue.
Su Huai’s face-to-face encounters with Gu Jiuyue might not have reached 50 tis, but the number of tis he heard Gu Jiuyue’s na from Chen Nuanhan’s mouth far exceeded 500.
Outrageous, isn’t it?
Won can be really peculiar sotis. Chen Nuanhan was already a rare beauty blessed by Nuwa, yet instead of striving to live a good life for herself, she focused on covertly competing with Gu Jiuyue. What was she aiming for?
To this day, Su Huai has co to understand, yet still does not agree.
Fortunately, he had finally managed to sort through the causes and consequences of their relationship.
Furthermore, the current Chu Changkuo is far from as arrogant as he would be in the future, for a simple reason—the family business was all-in, his parents were under pressure, and he didn’t have that strong confidence.
A person’s style of conduct can’t stay the sa forever, it changes with the tis.
The current Chu Changkuo is full of a sense of superiority but still maintains a limit;
As the family’s pressure passes down to him after a ti, he will beco subdued and low-key;
Until the second sester of his sophomore year, when the outlook is bright, causing a strong rebound, and he becos increasingly more extravagant and arrogant day by day.
By the ti of graduation, Imperial Capital’s property prices were high but flat, the list prices fluctuated, the curve looked nice, but deals were no longer as they had been.
Hence, the cost of capital started to weigh down on the Chu family like a mountain, Chu Changkuo suddenly beca sensitive and irritable, and eventually, after enduring more than he could bear, Chen Nuanhan slapped him across the face in front of many people, bringing an end to two and a half years of mutual tornt.
Isn’t it interesting?
At this mont, Su Huai suddenly appreciated the beauty of having foreknowledge.
Viewing Chu Changkuo’s transformation with a perspective that spans a long cycle, every step could be traced.
Under the influence of various internal and external factors, his life seed to unfold in Su Huai’s palm, shrinking into a small segnt of ti.
Watching the exuberant Mr. Chu, Su Huai couldn’t help but let out a light smile.
This ti, he truly no longer saw Chu Changkuo as a rival, but rather like a sowhat amusing and sowhat annoying child.
Your life, personality, behavioral patterns, I know them all like the back of my hand, so what are you in my presence?
Go, obediently sit at the dog’s table!
Just then, Xia Yu and Sao Ji finally recovered from their explosive shock and excitent and began to bombard Chu Changkuo with various questions.
The visible change was that they both had much more respect for Mr. Chu.
Having a bit of money and being super-wealthy are vastly different.
Chu Changkuo’s family status had far surpassed the highest level they had ever encountered. Although they weren’t about to start fawning imdiately, there was inevitably curiosity and awe.
Su Huai could understand and didn’t care.
Competing over fathers, I can’t possibly lose.
…
The enthusiasm of Xia Yu and Sao Ji made Chu Changkuo thoroughly enjoy himself, becoming even more inflated with pride.
“No, no, no, you guys are overdoing it. My family isn’t a major developer, we’re a major construction contractor.”
“The difference?”
“Once the buildings are constructed, they belong to soone else. Our family can at most take a couple of buildings at a low price to offset part of the debt…”
“Cash? Who has that much cash for settlent…”
“You guys simply have no idea how hard it is to collect the final paynts…”
Chu Changkuo was spitting as he spoke, drinking and boasting about various experiences, dumbfounding both Xia Yu and Sao Ji.
That sense of superiority built upon hierarchical differences made him extrely happy.
However, as ti went on, Su Huai’s apathetic deanor as he remained withdrawn from the conversation began to increasingly irk Chu Changkuo, cutting his joy in half.
As everyone knows, what annoys n the most when they are boasting isn’t interruption but rather an audience mber who just sits there silently, not interrupting you and not challenging you, just casually smiling as if they are listening and yet also as if they aren’t—your story seems utterly insignificant and unattractive in their eyes.
That frustration, damn, don’t even ntion it.
Chu Changkuo, never one to tolerate discomfort, could not endure this feeling any longer.
He suddenly called out, “Old Su, your family situation seems pretty good too, what do your uncle and auntie do?”
His question was very offensive, but he felt perfectly entitled to ask it.
“Just ordinary workers.”
Su Huai replied calmly with a smile, giving a very honest answer.
Of course, Chu Changkuo didn’t believe it and frowned even more.
“You’re really no fun, man. We’re just having a casual chat among roommates, why are you being so secretive? Who are you guarding against? Am I going to take advantage of you or sothing?”
Seeing that the two big brothers in the room were about to have a go at each other again, Xia Yu and Sao Ji were dumbfounded.
They were just about to intercede when soone suddenly knocked on the door, boom, boom, boom.
After three knocks, the person entered without waiting for a response.
Wha-la, a bunch of people barged in, led by the class advisor Gao Yang from the School of Public Managent Class 1.
“Mr. Chu, all your roommates are here, right?”
When Chu Changkuo saw the advisor, he imdiately stood up with a grin, about to greet him, but Gao Yang’s eyes locked onto the beer on the table, and his gentle expression instantly turned to ice.
The military training instructor, following behind, glanced at the table and frowned but remained silent.
Gao Yang imdiately asked sternly, “What’s going on here? Who gave you permission to drink in the dorm?”
Xia Yu and Sao Ji instantly turned pale with fright, but Chu Changkuo didn’t take it seriously at all and even curled his lip dismissively.
His indifferent attitude was unmistakably observed by everyone who had entered.
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