Chapter 449 (1/2)
Chapter 449: Praises
Translator: GravityTales Editor: GravityTales
Zhang Xinya’s compliment didn’t produce the slightest fluctuation on Tang Xiu’s emotions. He only looked at her bright smiling face, and smiled slightly to shift the topic, “It’s late; the dorms should have been locked already. Anyway, I gotta return to my place. What about you? Are you going back to your hotel?”
“Mmm. I’ll go back to the hotel after driving you back.” Zhang Xinya nodded.
“Let’s go, then! You drive.” Tang Xiu said with a smile.
The night was still bright like a tide of lamps.
Zhang Xinya drove the Mercedes-Benz left by Jin Xingkui. After they arrived at the front gate of Bluestar Villa Complex, she parked the car and then said with a smile, “Anyway, I won’t go inside. I’ll have someone send the car back to the Jinda Estate company tomorrow.”
“Okay, take care. It’s late, though. Pay attention to your safety on the way back.” Tang Xiu nodded.
“All right. Don’t worry!” Zhang Xinya faintly smiled. She then drove away after Tang Xiu got off.
While standing before the gate, Tang Xiu watched as the Mercedes-Benz disappeared into the darkness of the night before walking inside. However, what he didn’t expect was that his Land Rover SUV was parked outside his villa’s courtyard. Furthermore, it was not only his Land Rover, but also Yue Kai’s BMW and Hu Qingsong’s Audi A4.
“You guys…”
Tang Xiu couldn’t help but force a smile after seeing Yue Kai and Mu Wanying’s group of seven.
“You’re finally back, Eldest Brother Tang,” Yue Kai smiled. “If you hadn’t come back tonight we’d probably have to sleep in the open. Now, confess to us honestly, where did you go, buddy?”
“I had an appointment with a friend, so we went out to dine.” Tang Xiu smiled.
“A friend?”
Hu Qingsong came over and grinned, “Big Bro Tang, for you to stay up late and have dinner in the middle of the night, don’t tell me that this ‘friend’ is a belle who got her heart moved by your performance?”
Tang Xiu couldn’t help laughing. After opening the courtyard gate, he walked inside and said, “You guys are really smart. Yeah, you’re right. A great beauty had indeed invited me to dinner tonight. Also, the place we went was kind of upscale, too. Huh, what’s wrong? Are you blaming me for not taking you with me?”
“Cut it out!”
Yue Kai, Hu Qingsong, and even Xue Chao raised their middle fingers toward Tang Xiu, contempt on their faces.
Instead, it was Mu Wanying who was smiling as she asked, “Tang Xiu, can you tell us who’s this great beauty who invited you to dinner?”
“Zhang Xinya.” Tang Xiu slightly smiled and answered.
_Puah…_
_Cough, cough…_
They made strange noises, the disdaining expression on their faces turning more vivid. Even Li Xinjie and Jiang Feiyan couldn’t help but giggle. However, Mu Wanying’s smile faded a bit. She looked a bit distracted, and there was a pensive look on her face.
Afterward, some of them drove in and parked the cars in the courtyard before entering the villa. After tonight’s freshmen welcoming party ended, their group looked for Tang Xiu, be his mobile phone was turned off. Hence, they ran over and waited in vain, getting somewhat hungry as a result. Yue Kai fully played Lei Feng, trying to be selfless and devoted as to call for a takeout, yet he turned out to be as not great as Lei Feng, for he let everyone know that he had done a good deed.
On the second floor.
Tang Xiu returned to his bedroom and was preparing to change his clothes. Just as he took off his jacket, someone knocked his door.
“Is there something you need, Wanying?”
Bare-chested, Tang Xiu opened the door. Mu Wanying was outside, lightly smiling as he asked with a curious expression on his face.
Mu Wanying’s gentle gaze swept over Tang Xiu’s muscular frame. She then said, “I didn’t expect for you, who has such a thin frame, turn out to have such a streamlined and attractive muscles. Anyway, I indeed have some matters to talk to you about.”
“Come in, then!”
After replying smilingly, Tang Xiu walked to the cloakroom to get some clean clothes. Then, he went to the bathroom and came back to the room, saying, “What is it? Tell me!”
“Have you known Zhang Xinya for a long time?” Mu Wanying smiled and asked.
“Not too long!” Tang Xiu looked blank before shaking his head and answering, “The first time I met her was several days ago. I just didn’t expect to meet her again at Shanghai University tonight.”
Astonished and surprised, Mu Wanying said, “You know her for such a short time, yet it seems your relationship with her is very good?”
“It’s ordinary. A friend of mine is Zhang Xinya’s good sister,” Tang Xiu smiled and replied. “Later on, I also bumped into her in Hong Kong, and experienced some things together. Shortly put, she’s a good person.”
With a shaken heart, yet maintaining her composure, Mu Wanying asked, “How was it? For a man to be tempted by a super celebrity?”
“Well, I don’t think that the woman who can tempt me has been born yet.” Tang Xiu chuckled. “Anyways, let’s not talk about her anymore. I don’t think you came looking for me just to ask this, right?”
“No.” Mu Wanying shook her head. “What I wanna ask is, how did you practice your zither skills? When you played the zither… it was like I was pulled inside it. I once read in an ancient book that some people can use music to bring others into that conception realm, as if they really appeared in that world. That kind of realm, it should be the highest realm of music, right?”
Looking deeply at her, Tang Xiu then shook his head and said, “That was not the highest realm of music. But even if I tell you, you’ll probably not understand it.”