Chapter 176 (2/2)
Hua Li spat back at hi split by this da about?”
Chu Cheng’s ruh If elder brother was here he’d probably have to stand on the handle bars”
Lan Jue’s voice was cold and biting “My brother has more self-respect than the two of you If he were here the two of you’d both be desperate to hide fro”
Hua Li snickered “Well he ain’t here is he H the road”
Lan Jue craned his head around the clothing mannequin perched in front of hi the s no way around
Lan Jue rolled to a stop and steadied hiet off!”
Chu Cheng only needed to let his legs relax and drop to the floor to be free of the bike Hua Li had to wait for Lan Jue to release the handled before he could get down
“Hey, you guys are blocking the road!” Chu cheng called out to the four figures before them
“We’re looking for Lan Jue If you aren’t hi voice replied
The young men where clad entirely in black, and bore a sinister air They stared with open hostility at Lan Jue
Hua Li and Chu Cheng looked at their friend in tandem, but it was Hua Li who spoke first “The hell is this? Looking for trouble?”
Chu Cheng was next “These guys don’t knoho you are, huh”
Lan Jue regarded them both “Time to earn your bike ride”
Chu Cheng was literally hopping with excitement “Oh! Oh letan answer
One minute later
The bicycle groaned pathetically as it struggled along the path
“So who’d you piss off, A-Jue? Got these noobs hassling ya Not a one higher than sixth rank I didn’t even get rumbled dejectedly from the back
Hua Li huffed “You didn’t leave any for me, either”
Of course Lan Jue knehere those four hoodlums had come from He could see the moment they used their Disciplines that they had Acquired talents Clearly they were fro knew this as well, but that didn’t answer their question
If they were from the Western Alliance then their o for hiuy was dealt with He was beco a problem
“Hey A-Li, let’s get a song,” Lan Jue said, changing the subject
Hua Li was easily swayed “Any requests?”
“One of the ones froain”
“…”
While Lan Jue and his two co their way holow of the concert The excite students and teachers wandering around campus After all, this was probably a once in a lifetime event
“What? Run away?” Mo Xiao had to employ all her will power not to smash the tea table in front of her in to pieces
Outside, members of the media had already filled up the sizable reception roooing to change his clothes – and then, he’d just vanished
“This bastard! I’ll KILL HIM!” Mo Xiao shot to her her feet in a rage, fists clenched and knuckles white She paced back and forth in the dressing room “Could he be any more unreliable?”
The assistant at her elbow spoke up in quiet tones “Well he is a Pisces”
“I know!” She roared “Alright… help me with some make-up I’ll deal with the journalists Such a Goddamn waste of time”
Ten minutes later
Mo Xiao stepped out to the junket, and appologized to the media that Poseidon would be unable to participate Tearfully she explained that the whole experience had been an e himself, and so was currently unable to hold a fair interview
The craze that had grabbed a hold of the students had also infected the journalists, and the vast majority understood and syht The vocal minority ere still upset with his absence were cajoled by Mo Xiao’s persistent apologies She assured theive interviews as soon as he was able She followed by for the release of Poseidon’s Sounds of Nature special throughout the whole of the three Alliances
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By the time Lan Jue returned to the NEU caht
Zhou Qianlin was standing on her own, tiredly pinching the skin between her eyebrows All afternoon had been talks and considerations, to the point where she was too tired to go on
“By the looks of you, you haven’t eaten yet” Lan Jue was standing beside his bicycle, calling towards her
Qianlin lifted her eyes to look at hi across her face She shook her head “It’s fine, I’ry Just a little tired”
Lan Jue produced a lunchbox from the bike and handed it to her “Here”
Qianlin took it with surprise She opened it to see, and discovered a handful of du within
“Chives and egg,” he said with a grin He handed her a pair of chopsticks “We’ll go when you’ve finished, otherwise you’ll get sick if we eat and move”
“M enough to sit on, then tucked in
Hey, ht here!The Chinese believe that doing anything while eating is bad Here specifically, it is said that if you eat and enous illnesses in Chinese medicine