Chapter 74: Searching For Big Brother-in-law
After bidding farewell to Pei Ningle, he spent the entire following night quietly reflecting.
“Wang Heng, oh Wang Heng, how can you be like this? How dare you have such wild thoughts without confirming it’s safe? The scumbag path harms both others and yourself, and it won’t bring happiness! ‘Lust is a blade above one’s head’—do you really need the blade to fall before you fully awaken? It’s only been a few months since rebirth? Wake up, wake up now!”
From the end of the party until lights-out when everyone went to bed, Wang Heng kept reflecting on himself, tossing and turning in bed for a long time before falling asleep. Fortunately, the next day was Saturday, so getting up late was no problem.
When Wang Heng woke up, the sun had long since risen.
He sat up and found that he seemed to be the only one left in the dormitory; the other three were gone. But checking the time, it was just past ten in the morning, not yet lunchtime—what had they gone off to do?
He got out of bed, put on his clothes, and then while Wang Heng was brushing his teeth, his roommates returned.
Fu Hanwen: “Are you guys really going tonight or not?”
Wang Ke: “It’s okay, but I don’t like drinking…”
Tang Hexing: “Yo, Teacher Wang is up?”
Wang Heng nodded to his roommates and asked, “What are you guys discussing?”
“We’re talking about whether to go check out the excitement tonight.”
As he spoke, Fu Hanwen handed over a color-printed flyer and stuffed it into Wang Heng’s hand.
The most eye-catching thing on the front of the flyer was the photo of the young girl passionately singing while holding a microphone. Her already quite cute face, combined with the filter effect, gave off an almost unreal idol vibe.
In the blank space of the photo was the young girl’s heartfelt monologue—though the entire text was single-handedly fabricated by Yan Zitao, so Wang Heng inwardly complained as he read it.
No way around it; there were just too many flaws in the eyes of an informed person.
【My dragon-phoenix twin older brother has disappeared.】
Twin sibling setting? The opening line sure grabs attention. Who would’ve thought Brother Tao, you’ve written novels before? You didn’t write the script for Air, did you?
【The two of us come from a broken family. Our parents divorced ten years ago. Older brother went with father, I went with mother, but we still kept in touch each month. This was what us two kids requested, because my older brother and I have had a very good relationship since we were young.】
Oh, changed to a divorced family? That makes sense too; otherwise, an 18-year-old boy breaking ties with his family to go to school—his parents should be able to find him easily.
【Adults always seem so cold, only caring about money.】
Brother Tao, you don’t hold back even when complaining about yourself? The one obsessed with money is you, isn’t it?
【Last month, father brought older brother over, but they had a big fight. Because she disagreed with older brother’s aspirations, mother accused father of leading our son astray. This time it wasn’t just the parents arguing; older brother joined the battlefield too. In the end, older brother angrily said he’d never contact mother again, and mother said equally ruthless words. After father and older brother left, mother even snatched my mobile phone and deleted older brother’s contact info. She said I wasn’t allowed to have any more contact with them.】
Wow, this plot twist… Brother Tao, you’re a real scriptwriting genius.
【Mom got me a new phone card, even changed my Q number to a new one. Even if I wanted to find older brother, I couldn’t. Her control freak tendencies have always been strong, but this time, I couldn’t endure it anymore. The university I got into was in the Imperial Capital, but I hid it from mother, took a temporary leave of absence, and came to Rongdu to find older brother.】
Complaining again: Brother Tao, you’re a real scriptwriting genius.
【I have a plan. I know I can sing, and I know older brother is at this school. So I found a resident singer job at the Casablanca Bar near the school gate. Thanks to the bar owner’s help, I even got on the welcome party stage…】
The merchant’s fangs are out! Pure promotional ad from top to bottom!
【Older brother, I believe you must have seen me, you definitely did. You said you loved listening to me sing the most, so that’s why I had the courage to keep singing. Please, can you come see me? I want to see you…】
At the bottom end of this story, there were three lines of small print:
【Bring this flyer to Casablanca Bar for 10% off all consumption.】
【If you can help her find her older brother, free for the whole venue!】
【Casablanca Bar business hours: 7 PM daily to 2 AM the next day.】
Wang Heng placed the flyer on the table nearby, keeping a calm expression, and asked, “So you guys are going to that bar?”
Fu Hanwen picked up the flyer again, flipped to the back, pointed to the price list for some items, and said, “Look, look, a lot of stuff in their shop isn’t expensive at all, just a few dozen bucks!”
Wang Ke scratched his head beside him: “But honestly, I don’t really want to go…”
Fu Hanwen glared fiercely at him: “That girl is so cute—you said that yourself!”
Wang Ke dropped his arm and sighed: “I really didn’t expect she’s already university age…”
Wang Heng immediately understood: “Got it, she’s too old for you.”
The handsome young man’s face was full of helplessness. He could perhaps deceive himself that the girl really looked 14. But now that he knew the facts, he couldn’t fool his own heart…
So Wang Ke was helpless too.
Fu Hanwen turned his head to look at Xiao Tang and asked again, “Are you going?”
Tang Hexing sat down at his desk, his face showing some difficulty: “Last time at that social gathering, I…”
Before he finished speaking, they suddenly realized the danger of letting Xiao Tang come into contact with alcohol.
Fu Hanwen immediately changed his tune: “Then you stay in the dormitory with Xiao Ke, don’t go.”
Wang Ke nodded too: “Yeah, definitely don’t go!”
Fu Hanwen finally looked at Wang Heng and asked, “You can go, right?”
Wang Heng thought for a moment.
Going with his roommates to check out the excitement and see how Yan Zitao’s scheme played out seemed pretty interesting? Anyway, he had nothing to do lately, and Pei Ningle alone, without involving an Asura Field, wasn’t very dangerous…
So he nodded: “Alright, just the two of us.”
Fu Hanwen patted his shoulder: “That’s the spirit! Let me tell you, even if we don’t hook up with that girl, there might be other romantic encounters at the bar, right?”
Suddenly, Wang Ke said, “The class group is discussing it too; several people have already said they’re going together.”
Tang Hexing also opened the class group at this time.
Taking a glance, Xiao Tang couldn’t help laughing: “This name is really obvious…”
“What name?” Wang Heng subconsciously asked, while pulling out his mobile phone to check.
However, before he even opened the class group, Tang Hexing’s answer made his finger pause and his mouth twitch.
“Going to the bar to check out girls and conveniently help her find her older brother—the name they specially gave this action is—’Search for Big Brother-in-Law’!”
Wang Heng: “…”
I treat you guys like brothers, and you treat me like big brother-in-law?!
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Thanks to book friend 2018120817323541… book friend 161119192855520, Slacking Off Cult Grand Bishop One True God, Hanyang Immortal, LinkQwer, Dream of Three Hundred Million Girls, Xin Ling Yao, Three Thousand Yuejia Can Swallow w, and other classmates for their rewards!
There’s another chapter after midnight… but you can sleep first and read it tomorrow morning too, right?
