Free Web NovelChapter 2127: Chapter 2328: You Smell Like Alcohol!!!
Just a student, managed to come up with a plan in such a short time, and then led them to complete something that seemed completely impossible to achieve. They’ve already been surprised enough, but what’s more surprising is that when faced with such things, the student didn’t show a hint of fear, calmly, without a ripple appearing on his face.
Usually, even the most arrogant students in school, once they saw them, would cower like mice seeing a cat. But when Hao Jian saw them, he didn’t show the slightest bit of timidity. In fact, if this kind of thing happened to other students tonight, they’d probably be scared out of their pants. Yet, Hao Jian showed absolutely no fright.
Instead, his face was calm, as if he saw through all of this, remaining completely unaffected. They couldn’t help but be amazed, and have a whole new level of respect for Hao Jian. What they didn’t know was that Hao Jian had already experienced similar situations countless times. This scene was just one of many minor ones for him.
While Hao Jian was calm, Lin Dongyang was visibly tense. To be honest, it was his first time experiencing this kind of scene, and staying composed was already quite good, so Hao Jian felt it was normal and kept reminding him to relax now and then.
"Brother Hao, I really admire you. Without you, Long Yi and those guys from the Axe Gang would still be causing trouble, and none of us would have any way to deal with them. Because of you, the situation has changed," Big Rotten Fortune was especially excited today. "Today... I’ll say this here: as long as you, Brother Hao, say the word, I’ll help no matter how big the favor is."
Hao Jian heard this and remained silent.
Wumao suddenly slammed the bottle on the table, stood up and said, "Count me in. Although I’m not as powerful as Brother Lanc, I do have a few people under me. As long as Brother Hao says the word, I, Wumao, won’t decline and will rush over to help for sure."
Since Wumao spoke up, Afei, who was almost like brothers with him, stood up as well and said, "Count me in as well."
Black San, more composed, said, "Ahem... I, Black San, have some standing around here; I can resolve most ordinary issues. Brother Hao, don’t hesitate to ask for help."
Everyone was eager to show their support, and Qiu Lang naturally didn’t want to be left out, standing up to tell Hao Jian, "How could you leave me out of such matters?! Count me in too."
Hao Jian chuckled, stood up and said, "Thanks for your kindness, everyone. I accept, if anything comes up, I’ll definitely reach out."
Hao Jian smiled, and everyone smiled along. Tonight Hao Jian did them a big favor. They had suffered under Long Yi’s oppression long enough, every day feeling like a year, with countless interests being seized by Long Yi. Tonight, not only did they reclaim their old turf and interests, but they also captured new ones. Naturally, they couldn’t be happier.
That’s why they said this to Hao Jian; shared interests make for common friends — this Hao Jian felt deeply. But he just smiled and didn’t say anything. Sometimes seeing clearly but not pointing it out is a kind of skill, and Hao Jian certainly had that skill.
Later, it turned into a session of drinking and chatting, a bunch of them thoroughly enjoying themselves before heading home. Many drinkers were quite drunk; even Baldy was a little flushed from drinking. Wumao, Afei, and Big Rotten Fortune were basically completely wasted, and Lin Dongyang was a bit flushed too.
The sober ones supported their leaders, after Big Rotten Fortune asked his guys to settle the bill, everyone planned to leave. At this time, Black San and Qiu Lang came over to Hao Jian. Black San quietly said to Hao Jian, "Brother Hao, you’ve truly shown me what young talents are. Let’s keep in touch; if you need anything, just say the word. I’ll do my best with what I can."
Qiu Lang smiled too, saying, "Today was a pleasure. You’re the first young person to impress me. Indeed, the younger wave pushes the older wave, and the older wave dies on the beach; this saying is quite accurate. Should youngsters like you grow up more, us old folks might really be utterly useless."
Upon hearing this, Hao Jian quickly said, "Brother Qiu Lang, what are you talking about? That’s quite unusual."
Qiu Lang and Black San both laughed, and Hao Jian said, "It’s getting late; I’ll head back now. See you next time."
Black San and Qiu Lang acknowledged it was indeed late, plus everyone had been drinking, so they waved, telling Hao Jian to go, promising to keep in touch. So Hao Jian left with Lin Dongyang, while Baldy and the others were waiting with the car nearby. Eventually, they all drove off.
After Hao Jian left, Black San and Qiu Lang remained standing where they were. At this point, Black San gave Qiu Lang a meaningful look and asked, "Did you figure out his identity?"
Qiu Lang instinctively shook his head, saying, "Haven’t figured it out, but just based on today’s performance and capabilities, this kid is no ordinary person."
Black San sighed, saying, "Forget it, we can’t figure it out anyway. Better to not overthink, better to foster a good relationship with him sooner, or based on today’s actions... let’s not repeat Long Yi’s mistakes."
Qiu Lang sighed too, saying, "Right, you’re right; better to establish a good relationship with this kid early on. This is definitely not wrong, otherwise, uh..."
Their conversation ended there, with a silent smile before bidding farewell. Soon, they vanished into the night. Once a lively street of food stalls, the place quickly quieted down after the group left, with the owner sitting aside counting money with a smiling face.
Sitting in the car, Baldy sat next to Hao Jian. At this point, he wanted to chat with Hao Jian, feeling quite surprised internally. Initially, he thought Hao Jian would rely on his own strength to tackle the Axe Gang, but he hadn’t anticipated Hao Jian would cleverly leverage Black San and their strength against Long Yi and his group.
At first, he didn’t believe it, but he approached the tasks Hao Jian gave him with skepticism. Now, he had to marvel at Hao Jian’s extraordinary strength. Sitting by Hao Jian’s side, he suddenly found himself increasingly unable to understand this younger man.
His mind was filled with questions, yet he didn’t know where to start asking, or perhaps he was afraid to ask Hao Jian at all. Until Hao Jian got out of the car, he couldn’t utter a word, just silently watched Hao Jian leave, then dropped Lin Dongyang off at his destination, swallowing back the words he wanted to say.
This young man Hao Jian was truly full of surprises, making Baldy feel meeting Hao Jian was an unexpected event, something that seemed impossible.
As for Hao Jian, of course, he didn’t think too much. These occurrences were just minor episodes to him, not something he cared about. Adjusting his mood, he quietly went to the door, took out the key, and unlocked it. Although it wasn’t early anymore, the lights inside the room were still on, so he knew Xiaohai was surely still awake.
Sure enough, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Xiaohai sitting on the couch in the living room, looking like she had been waiting for him for a long time. As soon as she saw him, she jumped off the couch and sniffed him.
She immediately covered her nose with her hand, with a face full of disdain saying, "Ugh... You smell like booze, tell me... where did you go to hang out drinking again?"
Before entering, Hao Jian had already freshened up to get rid of the smell of booze, but he hadn’t expected Xiaohai to lean over and sniff him closely. If you didn’t deliberately sniff, you couldn’t really smell it, but under such circumstances, the smell was inevitable. His face immediately showed a look of embarrassment.
Not bothering to explain, he went straight to his room to grab a change of clothes and was ready to shower to remove the smell. But just as he started to step away, Xiaohai reached out to stop him.
"You..." Xiaohai said.
However, before Xiaohai could finish her sentence, Hao Jian turned around, looking at her with a puzzled expression and asked, "Stopped me? Don’t tell me you want to shower together?"
Xiaohai immediately blushed and released him, suddenly remembering what happened in the morning, her head even more confused.
While her mind was chaotic, Hao Jian seized the chance and quickly dashed into the room, grabbed a set of clothes, then rushed into the bathroom and shut the door, swiftly starting his shower.
The series of actions was completed in an instant; rapid as lightning, and before Xiaohai realized and tried to stop him, it was already too late.
Staring at the closed bathroom door, Xiaohai pouted in anger, while inside the bathroom, Hao Jian showered happily.
Minutes later, Hao Jian finished showering and came out, yet Xiaohai was still not asleep, hanging around the living room.
He wanted to ask her why she hadn’t gone to sleep yet, not taking her beauty sleep, when Xiaohai suddenly asked, "It’s almost Friday. How’s the thing with Gu Peng going?"
Upon hearing that, Hao Jian laughed.
