Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 610: Back to the Starting Point

Back in School, Chang Hao had never imagined Making Money could be this easy. He did practically nothing all day. Once evening arrived, the company's School Leaders would take him out to eat, drink, and have fun with a group of suppliers. Not only were his Three Golds and Five Insurances paid in full every month, but he also received an overseas dispatch allowance, was assigned a small car worth over two hundred thousand yuan, and received a monthly gas card with over two thousand yuan on it.The Girls in the south were incredibly young and tender, coming out to work at just eighteen or nineteen years of age. In this kind of environment, it was hard for Chang Hao to avoid Degeneracy. Before he knew it, he seemed to have completely forgotten his grand ambitions.

In just half a year, Chang Hao had noticeably put on weight.

Today, just like any other day, he was brought along by a Junior Leader. They first found a decent restaurant to eat with a group of Small Bosses. After a round of red, white, and yellow liquor, and having drank their fill, they moved on to the second round.

Walking into a luxurious KTV private room, a group of Girls wearing Camisoles and Miniskirts paraded past. Then, like emperors selecting concubines, each man picked one. The Small Boss did not choose anyone, instead asking the manager if the girl he knew had arrived yet.

The manager smiled apologetically and explained that she had some matters to attend to today and would be arriving a bit later.

"Brother Wang, do you want to take a look at the other girls? They are all quite good."

The manager offered a Recommendation for another Entertainer Girl to the boss.

However, the boss waved his hand and dismissed the idea. "Forget it, I will wait."

And so, the selected girls stayed behind while the rest filed out of the room.

In the very beginning, Chang Hao had actually refused. It was simply too expensive, easily costing three to five thousand yuan each time. If it were just once or twice, Chang Hao would have considered it normal, but doing this every single day made his heart ache for the money.

'How could money be spent like this?'

But the leader in charge of guiding Chang Hao told him that if he wanted to keep working here, he had to adapt.

He was warned not to act as if he were the only sober one while everyone else was drunk. If everyone else picked a girl and he didn't, others would simply think he was trying To Look Down On them. He could get away with it once or twice, but if it happened too often, they would exclude him from their circles.

Chang Hao could not accept this in his heart, but he still picked one.

However, as someone who had just started his internship, his Degeneracy was not that rapid. Although he chose a girl, he had no intention of taking her home for the night. At most, he would just share a few more drinks with her.

During dinner that day, Chang Hao had already been pressured into drinking quite a bit. By the time they reached the KTV, he truly could not stomach another drop. His face was flushed and swollen. When it came time to select a girl, he didn't pay much attention, making a Casual choice of a Girl wearing a white skirt and a Camisole.

The girl was very proactive. She immediately leaned in and offered, "Brother, should I toast you a glass?"

"Brother, should we play dice?"

Chang Hao shook his head, saying he was a little tired.

The girl suggested, "Then why don't you rest on my shoulder and get some Sleeping done?"

As she spoke, the girl voluntarily leaned against Chang Hao and placed his hand on her Thighs.

Chang Hao watched the girl's practiced movements but merely smiled.

He didn't say anything, simply closing his eyes.

In just a short while, he surprisingly fell asleep.

When Chang Hao woke up again, he had no idea what time it was. The games had halted, and the group of pot-bellied businessmen in the luxurious KTV were yelling, "Come, come, come! After this glass, there are three more!"

Chang Hao was still Lying Prone in the girl's embrace.

He vaguely heard people Chatting nearby.

The Entertainer Girl the Small Boss had been waiting for had arrived at some unknown time. The Small Boss was caressing her delicate hands, pretending to read her fortune, teasing that her destiny lacked him.

The Entertainer Girl Bashfully scolded him, calling him annoying.

Chang Hao tilted his head to take a look, feeling that this Entertainer Girl the Small Boss had waited for was nothing extraordinary. She looked to be around twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. Her Beautiful Legs in Flesh-Colored Stockings added a touch of hazy allure amidst the neon lights.

Chang Hao was too embarrassed to stare, so he just cast a fleeting glance.

But listening to their Chatting proved to be quite interesting.

The Small Boss asked where she was from.

The Entertainer Girl replied that she was from the north.

He asked why she was working in this industry.

The Entertainer Girl sighed. If circumstances permitted, how could she possibly do this kind of work? She truly had no other choice.

Her father didn't work and spent all his time playing poker with his Friends.

Her Mom was bedridden with illness.

Her younger brother was just at the age for School.

Her own Studying had actually been quite good, but her Family literally couldn't afford to put food on the table, and she couldn't earn enough Making Money doing anything else.

The Small Boss sighed, stating that nothing was easy to do nowadays.

"Haven't you thought about finding a Boyfriend?"

"Who would want someone like me?"

The Entertainer Girl playfully blinked her eyes. Leaning against the Boss, she teased, "Boss, if I gave myself to you, would you want me?"

The Boss burst into hearty laughter and declared, "Of course I would."

"Haven't you ever had a Boyfriend before?"

"I dated one, but I was deceived."

"Ah? Someone as smart as you actually got tricked?"

"I'm not smart at all."

The Entertainer Girl giggled Bashfully.

The Entertainer Girl explained that she and her ex-boyfriend had met online.

Playing that Werewolf game.

"Boss, you know about Werewolf, right?"

"He was a University student, and from Jingcheng at that."

"Oh, from Jingcheng!"

"Yeah. His Family background was pretty good, so his Family didn't approve of me. Then, for my sake, he had a falling out with them and fled with me to Jinling. He went out to do Part-time work every day just to support me."

The Entertainer Girl's tale was so bizarre and full of narrative flair that it instantly captured everyone's attention.

It was already the Early Morning hours, and everyone was tired of singing. Hearing this story, they couldn't help but be drawn in.

The Boss lit a cigarette for the Entertainer Girl and commented, "That Young Man sounds pretty good. Why didn't it work out in the end?"

At this moment, Chang Hao was Dazed from sleep, but he had mostly sobered up. Hearing this story faintly drifting into his ears, he found it incredibly familiar—even the girl's voice felt familiar.

He heard the girl sigh as she said, "His Family was so well-off, how could I possibly hold him back? Besides, I was so much older than him."

"You were older than him?"

The more Chang Hao listened, the more familiar it sounded. He rubbed his eyes, sat up from his own girl's embrace, and looked up at that girl.

Amidst the dazzling lights, this slim and slender girl wore a thick layer of foundation. Yet, Chang Hao recognized her with just a single glance.

And when the girl got a clear look at Chang Hao's face, she also froze.

"Huihui, keep going!" The Small Boss placed his dark, rough hand onto Lu Hui's Beautiful Legs wrapped in Stockings, the stark contrast of dark and light exceptionally clear.

Then don't stay

Once time passes, it won't return

The sky you gaze upon from afar

Will hang more rainbows

"Eh? Young Boss Chang is awake?"

"Come, come, come. Let's have a drink, Young Boss Chang."

Chang Hao never expected to run into an acquaintance here. In truth, he and Lu Hui weren't strangers. Back when Lu Hui was Li Qiang's girlfriend, Li Qiang had brought Lu Hui and Chang Hao together for a few meals, though their interactions were strictly limited to dining.

Given Li Qiang's personality, he had been exceedingly satisfied to find a girlfriend like Lu Hui. Lu Hui had good looks and loved Dressing Up. Although her fashion sense was a bit lacking, the sight of her in Flesh-Colored Stockings truly made Li Qiang Unable to Stop.

Li Qiang felt it gave him a lot of Face/Reputation to take such a girlfriend out with him.

However, when Lu Hui went out with Li Qiang, she behaved very arrogantly.

She found her own behavior pitiful. A twenty-five-year-old Woman going out to eat every day with a group of eighteen or nineteen-year-old Boys, having her waist held by Li Qiang as Capital To Show Off. Lu Hui naturally felt pitiful.

During those Dinner Gatherings, she had maintained an Aloof expression.

She hadn't even been willing to speak more than a few sentences.

Yet, who could have expected that when they met again, things would be so drastically different.

Lu Hui also hadn't anticipated running into Chang Hao in a place like this. From Jinling to the south, it was a distance of a full one thousand five hundred kilometers, yet against all odds, she bumped into him.

Chang Hao was pulled away to drink, and from the looks of it, everyone seemed to be trying to curry favor with him. This left Lu Hui feeling somewhat Suspicious.

Meanwhile, the Small Boss next to Lu Hui found her sudden silence strange. "Eh, Huihui, why did you stop talking?"

As he spoke, his hand resting on Lu Hui's Thighs couldn't help but attempt to slide further inward.

But Lu Hui had her principles too. She smoothly pushed the client's hand away without changing her expression. "Ah? Where were we?"

Chang Hao had rested for quite a while earlier, but there was no chance To Flee now; he was forced to down several more glasses of alcohol by the clients.

On the other hand, Lu Hui was very curious about Chang Hao. She asked the Small Boss, "That guy is So Handsome, and he doesn't seem like the same kind of person as the rest of you. Is he your friend?"

"Oh, you mean Young Boss Chang!"

The Small Boss smiled and began talking about Chang Hao to Lu Hui. When out and about, everyone was essentially bragging. The Small Boss jokingly mentioned that Chang Hao was young, wealthy, and their financial backer.

"Why? Did you take a liking to him?"

Lu Hui had never imagined that Chang Hao was doing so incredibly well for himself.

As for Chang Hao, although he had been continuously drinking with the clients, his gaze kept unconsciously drifting over toward Lu Hui. He was genuinely curious as to why she was here.

Being One Person down in the south was Lonely. It was hard enough to run into a familiar face, and he never could have guessed that it would be Lu Hui.

Lu Hui seemed to have noticed Chang Hao's gaze.

She was wearing the kind of Tube Skirt that leaned toward business attire, paired with Flesh-Colored Stockings and Red-Soled High Heels.

The Small Boss relentlessly kept trying to inch his hand toward Lu Hui's Thighs.

Just moments earlier, the Small Boss had clearly been on the verge of achieving his goal.

Yet after Chang Hao woke up...

This Huihui had suddenly become Reserved.

This left the Small Boss feeling thoroughly discouraged.

And Lu Hui, upon noticing Chang Hao's attention, slightly parted her Beautiful Legs in Stockings—whether Intentionally or unintentionally.

From Chang Hao's angle...

The moment he noticed this, Chang Hao didn't even think twice; he immediately turned his head away, unwilling to spare even a single glance.

Watching this, Lu Hui suddenly felt it was a bit funny, though she didn't know why.

The group sang until two in the Early Morning.

Next up was everyone going their separate ways home.

In this southern city, with its transparent information network, Girls could be taken out for a Late-Night Snack. By the time they walked out of the KTV, every man already had an arm wrapped around one.

The girl with Chang Hao acted coy, begging him to take her with him and offering to make it Cheaper.

The others chimed in with teasing remarks.

However, Chang Hao had absolutely no interest in any of this and waved his hand.

He said he was tired and would head back first to get some Sleeping done.

After saying this, he couldn't help but glance at Lu Hui standing next to the client. For some reason, he felt that she looked even prettier than before. But that had nothing to do with him; whatever Lu Hui turned into was none of his business.

He separated himself from the large group and left on his own.

"Let's ignore him. Let's go," the Small Boss said, wrapping his arm around Lu Hui and calling everyone to head to the third round.

Meanwhile, Lu Hui gazed at Chang Hao's retreating back.

"Boss, I'm feeling a bit unwell tonight..."

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In June 2015, after the juniors left the campus, the massive School suddenly grew a bit quieter. Zhou Yuwen officially took over the Jiang Family Estate's Business and held an engagement banquet with Jiang Xinyi. Once the news spread, Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi received blessings from all circles. Even Jiang Xinyi's father in the United States made a Phone Call to say he would definitely attend in person.

When Liu Jing received the call, she cursed her ex-husband in a vicious tone, demanding to know how he had the nerve to say that.

But Jiang Liming simply replied, "Xinyi is my Daughter too. Shouldn't I be there?"

"What right do you have?"

The conversation ended on a sour note, but Jiang Liming insisted he would definitely go. He still had a Good Impression of Zhou Yuwen. Even though Zhou Yuwen had sniped the Jiang Family Estate, it was exactly because of that action that he was able to pull off an Escape by Deceptive Means. Furthermore, the Futures Contract that Zhou Yuwen had transferred to him had surged to four billion yuan in just a single month.

This made Jiang Liming ecstatic, firmly convinced of his future Son-in-Law's brilliance. The rumors of a genius from The East conquering Wall Street weren't just empty talk. He believed that by following Zhou Yuwen, he would end up Making Money in even greater amounts.

Jiang Liming's mistress asked, "Liming, you've already made so much money, aren't you going to cash out? I think you should at least sell half of it, right?"

"Haha, you truly are a short-sighted Woman. This is exactly the time when we are Making Money. Why would I sell it?"

"But your entire fortune is tied up in this."

"Exactly. In just two weeks, I've already made two hundred million yuan. Do you know who handed me this deal? It was my Son-in-Law! My Son-in-Law is hailed as a genius in the Investment world. Could his foresight possibly be wrong?"

Jiang Liming wrapped his arm around his mistress while puffing on a Cigar, feeling that he couldn't possibly be any more Comfortable than he was right now.

However, just a second later, he stared at the suddenly plummeting trading line.

Jiang Liming's face darkened drastically. "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

In the end, Jiang Liming did not attend Jiang Xinyi's engagement banquet. He never saw Jiang Xinyi's elegantly pinned-up hair, nor her dignified and beautiful appearance while wearing a red Qipao.

Although it was merely an engagement banquet, perhaps both Liu Jing and Jiang Xinyi knew that waiting To Get Married to Zhou Yuwen would take an unforeseeable amount of time. Therefore, Liu Jing threw an incredibly lavish party, practically inviting half the elite of Jinling.

Zhou Yuwen didn't even know what he was doing the whole day. He just stood there under the guidance of professionals, smiling and Nodding whenever someone approached.

However, a few unexpected guests did show up at this engagement banquet.

First of all, Zhao Yang and his Parents arrived. It turned out that Zhao Yang had some distant Family ties with Jiang Xinyi's Family. Zhao Yang's family was considered relatively well-off in Jinling, and with several pieces of Real Estate, their total assets exceeded ten million yuan.

According to seniority, he was supposed to call Jiang Xinyi his older cousin.

Hearing this, Zhou Yuwen laughed and teased, "Then shouldn't you be calling me your cousin's Brother-in-Law?"

Zhao Yang rolled his eyes at Zhou Yuwen and cursed, "Damn it, I never expected that you, Class Monitor, would actually become my Brother-in-Law!"

Zhou Yuwen waved him off, "Don't say that, I'm not your Class Monitor."

"Look at what you're saying."

After greeting Zhao Yang, Zhao Yang followed his Parents into the banquet hall.

"Has everyone arrived?" Seeing that no one else was coming from outside, Zhou Yuwen asked the elegantly dressed Jiang Xinyi.

Jiang Xinyi nodded and replied, "Yeah, probably. Actually, I don't really know either."

"Whatever, let's just go in." Zhou Yuwen had no desire to keep standing outside the door.

"Xinyi."

Right at that moment, someone else called out Jiang Xinyi's name.

The two turned their heads to look, only to see You Changjin standing there in a Suit.

Back to the starting point.

Your immature face in my memory.