Chapter 25
Chapter 25
Zhou Yan met up with some good friends for karaoke and barbecue. As soon as he walked into the barbecue restaurant, he habitually looked around the place. His eyes fell upon Yu Shu, who was sitting in the corner bending her head down at her phone.
What a coincidence, just ran into a pillow when feeling sleepy.
Zhou Yan went over and sat down in Yu Yang’s seat: “Hi beauty, you look a lot like my fiancée.”
“You’ve drunk Erguotou, but still can’t get me drunk.” Seeing Zhou Yan’s lack of reaction, he passionately added another line.
Yu Shu looked up from her phone and glanced at him, shaking the leftover lamb skewer in her hand: “I’ve seen gutter oil, but none as greasy as you.”
"Nonsense!" The fat boss couldn\'t take it and jumped up like a cat getting its tail stepped on. "We never use gutter oil here! Only people with black hearts use gutter oil! Could we stay open for so many years if we used gutter oil?!"
Yu Shu laughed at his joke. With an amused snort, she laughed out loud: "I didn\'t mean you use gutter oil. I meant this man is greasier and more harmful than gutter oil."
"Oh, that\'s fine then." Seeing it was Zhou Yan she was talking about, the observant fat boss tactfully walked away.
Zhou Yan was captivated by her smile. At their previous blind date, he was not very satisfied with Yu Shu, thinking her too fat. He liked slender and delicate girls. But Yu Shu was so beautiful, she would definitely become a great beauty if she lost some weight.
It wouldn\'t be a problem to date her first and then make her lose weight and show her off later.
Whistles and jeers rose up not far away. Zhou Yan\'s friends got even more excited when Yu Shu glanced over.
"Sister-in-law, happy new year!"
"Sister-in-law, just be with Brother Zhou!"
One sleazy man made an obscene face at her, holding up two thumbs and pressing them together.
Every single one was oilier and more disgusting than the next. Like-minded birds flock together.
Yu Shu\'s expression didn\'t waver at all. At this point, any reaction from her would become fodder for jokes to those men who had sausages for brains.
Yu Shu texted Yu Yang on WeChat for him to come back quickly, saying his sister was about to get fatty liver.
Yu Yang replied with a string of question marks.
Yu Shu\'s indifference made Zhou Yan antsy: "Why do you dislike me so much?"
"Mhm, spring breeze for ten miles, except you annoy me," Yu Shu answered perfunctorily with clear disinterest.
"You..." Zhou Yan pointed his finger at her, "I, Zhou Yan, will get any woman I set my eyes on."
Yu Shu scoffed aloud: "Do you have a sports car or six pack abs? Are you 180 cm tall or have tens of millions in your bank account? You don\'t have the prestige of a boss but insist on talking like one."
Zhou Yan was rendered speechless. With all his friends watching him, he didn\'t want to lose face and remained seated opposite Yu Shu.
"You should leave quickly," Yu Shu gave a friendly reminder, "or you\'ll get beaten when the person buying milk tea comes back."
But Zhou Yan squeezed out another greasy line: "Can I be your milk tea, held in your hand?"
Yu Shu spoke flatly: "I drink milk tea without lard topping."
"..."
"Sis, I\'m here to save you!" Yu Yang came back with the milk tea, speaking coquettishly.
He stood still, staring at Zhou Yan for a few seconds. Then, as if frightened, he covered his eyes and hid behind Yu Shu, yelling, "So ugly, so ugly! This uncle is so old and ugly!"
Zhou Yan\'s face turned green. He angrily returned to his friends\' table.
Yu Yang\'s eyebrows cocked up proudly, his whole face screaming "Praise me!"
Yu Shu patted his cheek, using a video game sound effect to say "Well done!"
They couldn\'t eat anymore. Yu Shu asked the waiter to pack up the leftovers and added some more skewers to take home. The restaurant was busy so they didn\'t want to keep the table when they were done. The siblings sat on the bench outside the entrance waiting for their order.
Zhou Yan popped up again, interrogating Yu Shu and pointing at Yu Yang, demanding what he had that Zhou Yan didn\'t. He looked just like a hopeless romantic.
"Why humiliate yourself like this?" Yu Shu had her arm around her brother\'s shoulder, examining the jumping clown. "He\'s not as greasy, ugly or old as you."
"..."
As if fate was playing tricks, one of Yu Shu\'s less intelligent former classmates walked by and yelled loudly from afar: "Bro Yu, out for barbecue with your little brother?"
Yu Shu shot a death glare his way. Not knowing what he said wrong, the classmate didn\'t dare to come over and ask, quickly escaping the scene.
Zhou Yan was thrilled. His whole body shook with excitement: "He is your brother, isn\'t he?! Yes, you have a younger brother! I was mistaken, I\'m sorry, I\'m sorry!"
Yu Shu almost vomited from the fabricated passion he created in his head. He probably imagined an entire reluctant romance drama.
"Why did you lie to me?! Why?!"
Zhou Yan\'s shouts attracted curious onlookers. Yu Shu could only feel annoyed.
"Because you\'re annoying. Just seeing you annoys me," Yu Shu finally showed some expression on her face, frowning and speaking irritably, "You\'re so ordinary yet so confident."
Carrying the packed barbecue, Yu Yang added: "Looking at your vulgar face, go home and take a piss to see which part of you deserves my sister."
Back home, Yu Shu took the barbecue to butter up Ye Ping. She also mentioned what happened with Zhou Yan harassing her.
Ms. Ye immediately flared up upon hearing that. This was the first time Yu Shu realized the Zhou family had been pestering them relentlessly. With no security at their old place, while Yu Shu was away in Chengdu, those people kept coming to their home, only to be chased away every time by Ye Ping. Yet they would return again after two or three days.
Ye Ping fumed with her chest heaving violently: "Every time, they bring the same stuff - a box of milk and a few bags of snacks, all faded from wear without even changing the packaging! Who wants their measly things!"
Yu Shu: "..."
Not the point! The point was those people were now like chewing gum - impossible shake off!
Soon they could fabricate rumors that she and Zhou Yan were already together. And after some time, they could even spread rumors that Yu Shu was pregnant!
"No... that can\'t be, can it?" Ye Ping sounded disbelief after hearing her speculation.
Yu Shu spoke tonelessly: "Ms. Ye, please save your naïvety for appropriate situations."
The Zhou family were all greedy people. They wouldn\'t easily let go for money\'s sake.
"Let\'s discuss countermeasures."
Discuss your ass!
Yu Shu felt extremely weary and waved her hand. "Don\'t get involved anymore. It would be helping me if you don\'t introduce anyone else to me."
"Come back. Let\'s properly think of something!"
"I\'m tired. Let everything be destroyed." Yu Shu walked away without turning back.
Based on past experience, the result of "discussions" organized by Ms. Ye would just be pure waste of time without any real progress.