Qian Wei stiffly looked down at her own hand, which was holding Lu Xun's fair and clean hand... As she looked up along the hand, she saw Lu Xun's face that still had a frosty complexion, very fair, but faintly some dark circles around the eyes...
"Lu Xun! I'm so sorry! I didn't really mean what I just said." Qian Wei quickly let go of Lu Xun's hand, and was just about to kneel down and cry bitterly, "Actually, my family favors boys over girls. Qian Chuan is doted on like a treasure in heaven, while I have to do all the dirty and tiring chores like a servant, and get scolded and beaten all the time for no reason at all. My life is miserable without a ray of sunshine, and every day is like living a subhuman life in hell. In order to survive, I have to flatter and fawn over Qian Chuan. I don't even dare say a bad thing about him in front of his face. Of course, I feel in my heart that you are the best, but the harsh reality doesn't allow me to stand up straight. I can only struggle to survive in the cracks like this. I've learned to watch people's faces and tell lies with open eyes since I was little..." Qian Wei put on a sorrowful expression, "Actually, everything I said was a lie. How can Qian Chuan ever compare to your place in my heart? You are my idol. And I'm telling you, Qian Chuan absolutely does not have your figure and physique. How is it possible, haha. As I was touching just now, I was muttering to myself in my heart, haha, obviously not him..."
Qian Chuan, I'm sorry! Please take this false accusation for now!
In her nervousness, Qian Wei spoke recklessly. Only after she finished talking did she realize she shouldn't have said that. This was simply rubbing salt in the wound! Wasn't this reminding Lu Xun about how she had just touched his waist and bottom... As Qian Wei recalled what she had just said, she was utterly ashamed and furious with herself. What was all that about a virile waist and a bed that can't take it? What nonsense had she been spouting?! Fortunately, this was 2009 when the law had not yet criminalized sexual harassment of men! For the first time, Qian Wei felt grateful that China's legal system was not so progressive yet.
"One thousand yuan per night for an overnight stay?" Lu Xun said this with a smile on his face. He looked very friendly, but this instead made Qian Wei even more nervous and trembling with fear. Lu Xun was the kind of person who became calmer the angrier he got.
"I thought it was Qian Chuan just now!" Qian Wei fawned. "He's worth one thousand yuan per night at best. Not a penny more! But with Lu Xun's knowledge, talent and looks, how could it only be one thousand yuan per night?! Someone of your caliber should be at least five thousand yuan per night! You know, nowadays every industry values comprehensive quality. Someone like you is so rare!"
"Should I thank you for your confidence in me?"
Qian Wei smiled awkwardly: "How dare I! To be able to express my trust in you is my honor!" She looked around, trying to change the topic successfully, "Oh, where are Qian Chuan and the others? Actually, I was going to help break up Qian Chuan and Mo Zixin just now, but unexpectedly, I mistakenly took you for Qian Chuan. Speaking of which, I really shouldn't have." At this point, Qian Wei couldn't help but beat her chest in frustration. "What a bargain for that Qian Chuan! Lu Xun, we've got to keep at it!"
Lu Xun's expression was indifferent, not showing any tension at all: "I, Lu Xun, do not need anyone's help pursuing women."
Look, that's the arrogance. Even at a time like this, still clinging to his pride. Qian Wei sighed inwardly. She thought, keep that nonsense for ten years later! If you have the ability, don't stay single for so long and resent yourself for so long just because you didn't catch Mo Zixin!
"I'll just lend you a hand. It won't hinder you from exerting yourself to pursue Mo Zixin." Qian Wei glanced at Lu Xun. "Aren't I going to be your little follower? To me, you are my lord!"
"I may be the lord, but it seems your position is not that of a loyal subject." Lu Xun said and glanced at the two big characters "Treacherous Official" on Qian Wei's clothes.
"..."
As if thinking that Qian Wei didn't have enough material for mental complaints, Lu Xun added loftily and elegantly: "And the problem is, does Lu Xun need to pursue women?"
"..."
Lu Xun, when a man is arrogant like you, he really will stay single! Do you think you're all that just because you've always been chased by girls? Just you wait until you find that there are girls who are immune to your tricks, who not only don't chase you but have built up resistance against you! When that time comes, I'll just watch quietly as you continue bragging!
At this moment, another batch of tourists came out of the haunted house in drips and drabs, but no matter how long Qian Wei waited, she didn't see Qian Chuan and the others. Not just Qian Chuan, but Mo Zixin and Liu Shiyun were also missing. Qian Wei called them but probably because of all the music and noise in the theme park, she couldn't hear the ringtone at all. No one picked up the call.
"Could they have already come out before us?" Qian Wei had been waiting for a long time. The previous group of tourists had already come out of the haunted house seven or eight at a time, but there was still no sign of the others. Rather embarrassingly, her stomach started to growl loudly. Qian Wei coughed awkwardly to try to cover up the sound. Fortunately Lu Xun was looking elsewhere and didn't seem to have heard it.
"Let's not wait anymore." Lu Xun had his hands in his pockets lazily. "I'm hungry. Let's go eat first."
Probably hunger was contagious. Lu Xun actually strode straight toward the restaurant just like that.
As Qian Wei ran after him, she couldn't help but persuaded: "Or let's wait a little longer? That way, you and Mo Zixin can eat together later. Look, you two haven't done the last two rides together! What if we finish eating but miss her again? How are we going to manage that?!" Unfortunately, very untimely, Qian Wei's stomach growled again right after she finished.
Lu Xun didn't say anything, just glanced at Qian Wei's stomach.
"I can wait! I can endure this little time!"
Lu Xun lazily said: "But I can't wait."
"Then how about you go eat first? I'll stay here and wait. When Mo Zixin shows up later, I'll bring her to meet up with you?"
Lu Xun frowned: "Aren't you supposed to be my follower? Shouldn't a follower trot behind and line up to order food?"
Alright... Qian Wei had no rebuttal. She could only follow Lu Xun to the restaurant.
You can't bring your own food and drinks into the theme park, so the restaurants inside had a monopoly. At meal time right now, they were all packed with tourists flooding in from all sides. As Lu Xun had said, there were indeed lines. The dining here was more like cafeteria-style instead of table service. People lined up to pay and order, then went to designated pickup points to collect their food. There were several types of cuisines to choose from at the food court, like pizza, rice bowls, noodle soup, etc.
"Lu Xun, let me treat you to pizza!"
But Lu Xun didn't buy Qian Wei's enthusiasm at all. He looked at her disdainfully: "I don't eat junk food. I'll go line up for noodle soup myself. You go line up for your pizza."
Qian Wei was only too happy to be left in peace. She dutifully queued up in the pizza line. Although they were the junk food that Lu Xun looked down upon, the queue was unexpectedly long. As Qian Wei stood spacing out while waiting, a couple who had been lingering outside the line suddenly and shamelessly cut in front of Qian Wei in the blink of an eye. The pair looked like college-aged young lovers, but their queue-cutting skills were so experienced it left Qian Wei wide-eyed in shock.
"Hey, excuse me, please go to the back of the line. Don't cut in line."
From past experience, queue-cutters were usually meekly shooed away by such direct admonishment. But this pair today clearly had extraordinary combat abilities.
The girl turned her head and arched her elegant eyebrows at Qian Wei condescendingly, revealing a scornful smile: "Cutting in line? My boyfriend and I have been standing here all along." As she spoke, she glanced at her boyfriend. Only then did Qian Wei notice that the young man in front of her was quite tall and big, with bulging muscles visible under his clothes. His triangular eyes gave him a fierce and daunting look.
The young man also looked at Qian Wei unpleasantly from above: "We've been waiting here in line. Do you have a problem with that?"
One look was enough to tell he was not to be trifled with. The few people behind Qian Wei who were also affected by the couple cutting in, also chose to bite their tongues in the end, adhering to the principle of minding their own business. They didn't even dare to back Qian Wei up.
Having seen such scenes before, the girl arrogantly laughed and deliberately said loudly: "Honey, we are getting six pizzas later right?"
The man also laughed: "Yes, I already got the monkeys to go grab seats. Let's do eight pizzas. I can eat two."
"Don't you have any decency queue cutting like this?" The pizzas here were freshly baked. If this queue-cutting couple ordered eight pizzas in one go, Qian Wei would have to wait a good while longer to get her order in. This was really intolerable. "You queue-cutting reoffenders, don't you wish you could cut every line?!"
"Yes, we do want to cut every line, and we specially target people like you. What can you do about it?" The girl's face was full of smugness. "Do you see anyone else having as much issue with it as you do? It's just you being a loudmouth, isn't it? Who do you think you are? When you're out and about, shouldn't you mind your own business?"
Another female student behind Qian Wei also pulled at Qian Wei's sleeve, "Classmate, forget it. Don't bother with this kind of person. It's no big deal, we'll just get to the cafeteria a little late."
As a legal professional, the genes to fight for justice were ingrained in her bones. Qian Wei was principled, "If everyone lets matters rest like this, it will only encourage more and more of these ill-mannered people." Qian Wei took a deep breath and bellowed loudly, "You two line cutters, get out!"
The voice was so loud that people across the dining center turned to look. Facing so many prying eyes, the line-cutting couple finally couldn't hold it in any longer. Especially the female student, her face flashed through various shades of red, orange, green, blue, and purple, utterly embarrassed. The male student was much more vulgar, forcefully shoving Qian Wei.
"Who do you think you are?! Apologize to my girlfriend!"
The man was tall and burly. Using seventy to eighty percent of his strength to stand up for his girlfriend, his shove made Qian Wei stumble back. She had just taken a small step back when a pair of powerful hands grabbed her shoulders to steady her.
"Hasn't anyone taught you that you can't get violent with women?"
The voice carried a hint of icy edge, but at this moment, it had never sounded more pleasing to Qian Wei's ears.
Turning around towards the voice, Qian Wei saw Lu Xun.
Lu Xun glanced contemptuously at the line-cutting couple, his voice still cold. "Since you love cutting in line for everything, I bet you'll be rushing to cut in line to die first too."
As expected, the line-cutting man was incensed. He revealed his bulky torso, "This is none of your business. Mind your own business if you know what's good for you. Looking to get beat up, aren't you?"
Although the man opposite him was burly, a giant in Qian Wei's eyes, Lu Xun standing there made it evident he was still a little shorter than Lu Xun.
Lu Xun maintained his aloof manner, using a look of disdain for humanity as he scanned the man, "I never meddle in other people's affairs, nor things unrelated to me." His gaze shifted to Qian Wei, "But you don't have the right to touch her."
