Chapter 34: Elevator Entrance (Part 1/2) (1/2)

Chapter 34: Elevator Entrance (Part 1/2)

Luo Nan raised his head in amazement, meeting his Aunty in the eyes. This successful career woman, who was the head department manager of a multinational corporation, just so happened to be frowning:

“Don’t tell me that you’re going to wear your school uniform to this dinner?”

“Oh no, I’ll go wash up.” Luo Nan ran inside the apartment having no idea how he passed the ordeal. He gave a glance to the study in the meantime, to the large black leather suitcase on the table. It was very conspicuous, but he didn’t see any traces of it being moved. This made him let out another breath of relief.

Luo Nan swapped to casual clothes very quickly, but Luo Shuqing really wasn’t totally pleased with his outfit. It was clearly a formal dinner, but Luo Nan was even bringing his old-fashioned notebook. It was as if he was going to record notes at a meeting. What was this all about?

In the end she didn’t mention it. She just said, “Let’s go,” and was the first to walk out the door. She clearly wanted to send Luo Nan to the dinner site.

Luo Nan was already used to his Aunt’s intensive style. He followed her sincerely like an obedient child.

The twenty minutes of travel time to the dinner site was doomed to be filled with struggles. His not-even-one-month of high school life was interrogated from all sides with importance placed on his relationships with other students. This area of Luo Nan’s life was practically blank, and it made him be in quite the sorry state.

He barely made it to Limestone Water Village Pub. Lu Shuqing acted as the most conscientious driver, flying directly to the entrance of the establishment and indicating to Luo Nan that he could step off. Her sharp eyes swept across the pub’s entrance in the meantime.

Luo Nan knew his Aunt’s intentions, but there was nothing he could do about it. He could only pray a few times in his heart. He opened the door and got off the car, entering into the establishment.

Perhaps his luck turned for the better as Luo Nan was able to discover the registry of the Mutual Assistance Group in the corner of the large hall as indicated by the invitation. Though there was no one manning the station, there was still the electronic display. Luo Nan was soon able to find his own name.

His Aunt’s call came through when he had finished signing: “Don’t stay out too late. Give me a call when the dinner is over.”

Luo Shuqing’s flying car flew away outside the pub. Only then did Luo Nan relax a bit.

Luo Nan had swept his vision onto the number of people registered when he was registering; there were actually over a thousand people. There existed an upper limit to the number of members in a society of Acumen College; this sort of scale wouldn’t appear in any of them. Only a get-together could exceed the limitations of a society and draw forth a large show of this sort.

Mmm. So there were this many people. One more wouldn’t be much. One less wouldn’t be much. He didn’t need to run over and attract the distaste of others.

Anyway, this fellow Zhang Yingying was really not reliable. The sound of her voice made it seem like she had been waiting in the pub for a long time. But now there wasn’t a trace of her in sight?

Luo Nan was just about to contact her, but a chuckling voice came from behind him before he could make the call:

“Nanster! I thought you would never come.”

It was the voice of his comrade. The buff Xue Lei walked over with large strides and right at his side was none other than his girlfriend, Chen Xiaolin. The two had high statures and long limbs. They came to be in front of him with just a few steps of effort.

Luo Nan rushed to stop his call. He felt both awkwardness and bafflement:

Didn’t these two get this information far too quickly? He had just arrived and just signed his name.

Things would have been quite manageable if it were just Xue Lei. But Luo Nan had to perform proper etiquette in front of Chen Xiaolin: “Sorry Senior Chen. I was busy and I came late.”

Chen Xiaolin’s lips actually pursed into a smile: “Actually, Leister and I never expected that you would come. I was shocked when the registry sent out the message.”

“This……” Luo Nan didn’t know how to respond for a time.

It seemed that Chen Xiaolin had drunk some alcohol; her cheeks were slightly red. She spoke much more straightforwardly: “Anyway it’s good that you were able to come Nanster. This counts as giving me face. After all, your signature counts as my accomplishment.”

The conversation had already moved to this point. Obviously Luo Nan couldn’t say, “Actually, I didn’t want to come. I actually need to go now.” He could only follow these two into the banquet hall.