Chapter 185 — Buying Loyalty
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"Brother Liang, you really are my boss!" The moment he heard Zhong Yongliang's words, Zhang Naipao was overcome with emotion. With a thud, he dropped to his knees again. "Brother Liang, I, Zhang Naipao, am not someone who fails to repay kindness. Don't worry—ever after, if you tell me to hang myself, I swear I won't drown instead. If you tell me to head east, I'd cut off my own head and toss it east before taking a single step west!"
"Heh." Zhong Yongliang smiled as he helped Zhang Naipao to his feet. "Saying all that now might be a little premature. I know what kind of person you are, Zhang Naipao, but whether you come through when it really counts—that's something we'll have to wait and see."
"Brother Liang, heavens above, if you don't believe me, I'll smash my head against the wall and die right now!" Zhang Naipao was getting desperate.
"That's not what I meant. All right, Naipao—I've heard you, and I believe you, okay? Come on, let's go back to class. When I need you in the future, just don't turn me down." Zhong Yongliang nodded with satisfaction. It looked like Zhang Naipao was firmly in his pocket now—one more fallback plan secured for the future.
Kang Xiaofeng had spent all of last night turning over in his mind the idea of going to Tang Zhi's house for barbecue. He hadn't been able to fall asleep at all.
As the saying goes: what young girl doesn't dream of love? What young man doesn't burn with passion?
In this era brimming with sunlight and youth, with yearning fantasies about the future and hazy hopes of romance, Kang Xiaofeng too hoped he might meet a beautiful girl and begin a beautiful love story with her.
He knew full well that Tang Zhi couldn't possibly like him, yet Kang Xiaofeng was still exhilarated. Going to the The Blossom Guardian house for dinner—even if nothing happened—it was more than enough to become a bragging right.
"Boss, are we going on Saturday or Sunday?" Kang Xiaofeng could barely contain his eagerness.
"I don't know either," Wei Zhao shrugged. "Why are you so fired up?"
"Hey... it's the campus belle treating us, and you're the only one who doesn't take it seriously," Kang Xiaofeng said. "Plenty of guys would give anything for a way to get close to her. You get to be alone with the campus belle, and you're not even excited?"
Wei Zhao was somewhat at a loss for words. Excited, my foot—I've got two campus belles waiting for me at home... But he couldn't say that to Kang Xiaofeng. "About as excited as usual. I think she actually dislikes me."
"Boss, be content with what you've got. Anyone else couldn't get Tang Zhi to dislike them even if they tried—she barely talks to anyone," Kang Xiaofeng said.
"Heh... then I'll go ask her during the lunch break." What Wei Zhao had in mind was buying concert DVDs for Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. He'd been worrying about having no one to go with, so this time he'd drag Kang Xiaofeng along.
"Great, great!" Kang Xiaofeng nodded repeatedly. "Let's go together, and stop for some barbecue on the way..."
"Barbecue's out. If we go now, Tang Zhi's mom definitely won't take our money," Wei Zhao said. "You can't very well make her fork out twice, can you?"
"Fair enough." Kang Xiaofeng knew the situation at Tang Zhi's home as well. Even a modest meal there would run thirty or forty yuan, and he'd feel bad making Tang Zhi's mother spend that. "But I still want to eat it..."