Nighttime.

The streets are aglow with lights and mirth, neon signs flickering.

Qin Feng rode his electric bike to the Swan Lake Night Club, where Xu Hu was already waiting for him at the door.

"Brother Feng!"

Xu Hu excitedly approached and gave him a solid bear hug, "Amazing, it's been years, and finally, we meet again!"

"Alright, alright, let me go, I'm quite straight, you know."

Qin Feng said with a laugh.

"Buzz off, you're the one who's not straight!"

"Don't even. As if I don't remember the time we went to the bathhouse together, and you couldn't take your eyes off the hunk holding the soap bar."

"That was..."

"Enough, no need to explain. I get it, I get it, just don't crush on me, will you?"

Qin Feng said, chuckling.

It was only with Xu Hu that he would make these kinds of jokes.

This kind of friendship wouldn't fade with time, nor would it grow strange with long absences; on the contrary, it's like aged wine, becoming more and more mellow.

"By the way, Brother Feng, I heard things aren't going so well for you lately." Xu Hu sized him up and down, saying, "You haven't been beaten up, have you?"

"What do you mean?"

"I heard from our classmates that you get beaten up every day, a single disagreement and your mother-in-law slaps you, your wife also kicks you around from time to time, even making you wash her feet daily." Xu Hu said, "Brother Feng, tell me, are you being forced? If so, I'll go settle the score with them right now!"

"Stop it, how could that be?"

Qin Feng couldn't help but give a bitter smile.

Just at that moment.

Their class monitor, Ding Zhihao, came to the entrance, mocking with a laugh, "How could that not be possible? Coming to such a fancy hotel and you're riding an electric bike. If you don't have a car, at least hail a taxi, right?"

Ding Zhihao had always disliked Qin Feng.

Back in high school, in other grades and other classes, it was always the handsome, intelligent class presidents whom the pretty girls liked.

But only in their class did the beauties seem more interested in Qin Feng instead.

Even though Qin Feng was usually sloppy, always slept in class, and didn't pay attention to people.

Especially the school beauty Li Qian and the gorgeous Jiang Yuexin, it was rumored they both wrote love letters to Qin Feng, which intensified his hatred toward Qin Feng even more.

A couple days ago when organizing a class reunion, someone mentioned Qin Feng's sad plight, and he couldn't wait to have Xu Hu contact Qin Feng and invite him too, just to have the chance to ridicule him.

"I mean, Qin Feng, this is Swan Lake. Riding some beat-up bike here, isn't that an embarrassment to our class?"

Ding Zhihao said with a smile.

"This electric bike is newly bought, what's beat-up about it?"

Qin Feng shrugged.

"Ha ha! Really down on your luck, I truly feel sorry for you!"

Ding Zhihao said cheerfully.

"Monitor!"

Xu Hu, hearing the sarcasm in his words, frowned, "Don't talk about Brother Feng like that!"

"Hey, I'm saying, Xu Hu, do you even remember your last name? Believe it or not, with one phone call, I can get you fired? And I could make sure no delivery company in the whole Lake City would dare hire you!"

Ding Zhihao laughed arrogantly.

"..."

Xu Hu was instantly choked up, looking extremely embarrassed.

"Hmph, you better be more polite to me from now on!"

Ding Zhihao said proudly.

As he made his way inside, Xu Hu was still visibly upset, clenching his fists, but finally he let out a helpless sigh and said to Qin Feng, "Brother Feng, I'm really sorry. I'm about to get married and I can't lose my job, otherwise whoever insults you, I'd slap them square in the face!"

"It's fine, it's not a big deal. Speaking of which, you packing on so much weight, can you even keep up with the delivery work?"

Qin Feng said with a smile.

"Got no choice. I was bad at studying, couldn't find a good job. I worked in a factory before, but the pay was too low. Delivery is tough, but it pays more!" Xu Hu said, "Don't laugh at me. Look at you, coming to a gathering, and you're riding an electric bike too."

"I'm doing it for convenience."

Qin Feng said.

This place is too close to home, just like going to Wanfu Building, it takes less than five minutes by electric bike, and if you take a taxi, you'd arrive on a bike before the taxi even comes.

"Alright, brother, I understand the life you're living now. Let's head in too!" Chapter source: My Virtual Library Empire (*).

Xu Hu said.

As the two of them walked in, Xu Hu reminded him, saying, "When you see Jiang Yuexin later, don't even think about making a move on her! She wrote you love letters back in the day, but that's all in the past. Now she's become a big star; only a bastard like Ding Zhihao is worthy of her. Ding Zhihao is pursuing her, so you better not dwell on it, to avoid getting in trouble with him."

"Oh? What's he doing now?"

Qin Feng asked.

"He's big time now! Do you know Brother Hai? He's one of the top dogs in Lake City's underworld and also the owner of Swan Lake."

Xu Hu said.

"Pang Dahai?"

Qin Feng was taken aback for a moment.

He remembered one of Fang Wudi's disciples was also involved in the underworld.

Xu Hu immediately tensed up and covered his mouth, anxiously saying, "Brother Feng, you absolutely mustn't mention his nickname! Otherwise, it's a dead end; you must address him as 'Brother Hai'!"

"..." Qin Feng was embarrassed and said, "So Ding Zhihao is with Brother Hai?"

"Not really, but I heard his boss is very powerful and has some connections to the all-seeing Brother Hai."

Xu Hu explained.

"..."

Qin Feng was stunned.

That's stretching the connections a bit too far!

"Scared now, huh? Brother Hai is a Big Shot! Anyway, Ding Zhihao already has a beef with us, we definitely don't want to provoke him."

Xu Hu cautioned again.

Inside the luxurious private KTV room, everyone had already arrived, totaling over forty people, sitting at five long tables, with a mix of men and women.

The best seats in the middle naturally belonged to those who were most successful, people like class president Ding Zhihao, Jiang Yuexin, the school beauty Li Qian, and others.

Everyone was also gathered around them, fawning over them.

"Yue Xin, you're getting more and more beautiful, truly the pride of our class!"

Someone buttered up.

Ding Zhihao glared at that person and said, "Can you speak properly? She's not just the pride of our class but of the entire school!"

"Right, right, right..."

Everyone chimed in in agreement.

Li Qian then said, "Yue Xin, I'm so envious of you, becoming a big star. Unfortunately for me, I just resigned recently... Do you think I could enter the entertainment industry?"

"Of course you can!"

Jiang Yuexin said with a smile, "You've been the joke of our school, but you look great and have a fantastic figure, plus you sing well. You can definitely make it."

"Really? That's great, could you possibly refer me later?"

Li Qian's eyes shone with excitement.

"Actually..."

Jiang Yuexin wanted to say that someone from the same class, Qin Feng, was her boss.

But thinking that Qin Feng treated her as his own and kept his identity hidden, she held back and smiled, "I'll ask for you later on, there shouldn't be any big problems."

She had heard from Qin Feng that he wanted to cultivate a couple of new talents.

From an external standpoint, Li Qian was indeed very suitable, and they were classmates too, so it might just work out.

"That's wonderful, I'm so grateful to you!"

Li Qian was delighted.

Then,

She snorted and said, "Having you in our class is really great, someone who could be useful. Unlike some people, don't even talk about expecting help, they even show up at people's doorsteps acting like a kept young man, utterly shameless."

The crowd all laughed.

Everyone knew she was referring to Qin Feng.

Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.

At this moment, Qin Feng and Xu Hu arrived at the private room. Xu Hu greeted everyone with a smile, "Sorry, everyone, we're a little late."