Zhou Yuwen made a call to Liu Shuo, asking where he was and why Lv Hui was left at the office alone during the renovation.
Liu Shuo said, "I'm out playing billiards, bro."
"The renovation isn't a big deal. Sister Hui is meticulous, so I'm at ease with her overseeing it. What are you up to, bro? Want to come and play some billiards?"
Zhou Yuwen said, "We're in university now. How come you're still behaving like you're in high school?"
"Hey, bro, who cares about high school or university? Isn't it just about having fun? How long has it been since we last played billiards?"
Zhou Yuwen asked Liu Shuo where he was.
Liu Shuo said, "Just outside the school, at the Happy Billiards Room."
Zhou Yuwen hung up the phone, gave Lv Hui another look without saying anything, and turned to leave.
Previously, during the Double Eleven shopping festival, Zhou Yuwen had made three hundred thousand from a courier part-time job. He directly invested two hundred thousand of his own into the expansion of the courier station. So far, the courier stations were thriving; out of seventeen schools in the university town, sixteen had Zhou Yuwen's courier stations, and dormitories in Pukou and Jiangning District were also starting up.
Besides his own two hundred thousand, Zhou Yuwen took out one hundred thousand for Liu Shuo to share with friends, and Liu Shuo had about twenty thousand on him.
He had liked hanging out in internet cafes or billiards rooms since high school, and this habit hadn't changed after entering university. After discussing with his roommates, they decided to open a billiards room.
It didn't matter how much money they made; the main thing was to have a place for the brothers to hang out. So, after planning, they really did start it up. The source of thɪs content is novel-fire.ɴet
Just two days after opening, Liu Shuo couldn't wait to show off to Zhou Yuwen.
Following the address Liu Shuo had given him, Zhou Yuwen found the billiards room, which was quite well done, located on the second floor of a shop. This commercial street had been open for about three years; the first floor was quite lively, but the second floor was almost dead. Previously, there had been another billiards room there, but it hadn't done well, so when Liu Shuo wanted it, the two parties quickly struck a deal.
When Zhou Yuwen entered, he found the business was not bad. On closer inspection, he realized the place was full of acquaintances, who all respectfully called him Brother Zhou when they saw him.
Zhou Yuwen nodded slightly and asked where Liu Shuo was.
"Brother Shuo is over there."
Following the direction pointed out, Zhou Yuwen saw Liu Shuo playing billiards.
The billiards room on the second floor was quite spacious, occupying a large area with more than a dozen billiards tables.
Liu Shuo was playing billiards with his roommates, gleefully pocketing balls.
Five or six other young men stood by watching.
As Zhou Yuwen approached, the young men greeted him in succession with a shout of Brother Zhou.
Liu Shuo, seeing Zhou Yuwen, happily grinned and said, "Bro, you're here!"
Zhou Yuwen nodded slightly and asked, "When did you set up this billiards room?"
"I got it a week ago. The previous owner was a senior from our school, so I got to know him and he gave me a good price," Liu Shuo said.
Although it was a half-finished Syrian style, the space was ample, good enough.
Liu Shuo called out to the front desk, "Xiao Ru."
"Bring Brother Zhou a bottle of water."
The girl at the desk, Xiao Ru, looked tall and thin, wearing a sleeveless denim jacket with a matching denim skirt; she had tattoos on her arms, just an ordinary bar girl, but she was rather attractive.
Respectfully, she brought Zhou Yuwen a bottle of ice-cold cola, and then Liu Shuo introduced her, saying Zhou Yuwen was the real boss here.
"Quick, call him Brother Zhou."
The girl obediently called out, "Brother Zhou."
This girl was from a local vocational school nearby; she had already been working at the billiards room before Liu Shuo took over.
Though she appeared a bit undernourished, she was much prettier than Lv Hui.
Girls like her, not so good at academics, were actually quite innocent.
Liu Shuo nonchalantly stated that Zhou Yuwen was the boss of everyone there.
Hearing this, Xiao Ru looked at Zhou Yuwen a few more times, her eyes filled with a hint of awe.
Liu Shuo asked Zhou Yuwen if he wanted to play a couple of racks.
Zhou Yuwen thought it was a good idea and began playing billiards with Liu Shuo while chatting.
Seeing a few people just standing there, Zhou Yuwen said, "Why are you just standing there? Go play if you're going to play. I have things to discuss with Liu Shuo."
When Zhou Yuwen spoke, the few standing by dispersed.
Currently, there were more than a dozen people in the billiards room, both men and women. The men were dressed a bit hippie-style, and the women's attire wasn't much better, all seeming like folks of the street.
Zhou Yuwen said, "There are a few pretty girls here, how come you're still hung up on Lv Hui?"
Liu Shuo laughed and said, "These are just the guys bringing their friends to , I'm not interested in them."
Zhou Yuwen asked, "And you're interested in Lv Hui?"
"Hehe, that's different," Liu Shuo said, pocketing another ball.
With no one else at the pool table, Zhou Yuwen spoke without reservation, saying, "I must remind you, you can fool around with Lv Hui, just don't take it too seriously."
Liu Shuo replied, "Of course, I know that."
"But the problem is, I haven't fooled around yet."
"?" Zhou Yuwen was taken aback for a moment and said, "You haven't fooled around, but you're posting in the friend circle late at night."
And what you posted was, 'Awesome.'
Liu Shuo didn't consider Zhou Yuwen an outsider and was willing to share everything with him.
But speaking of it was really quite embarrassing.
Next to the pool table was a box of cigarettes, from which Liu Shuo took one and started smoking, sighing somewhat.
Here's what happened that night.
Liu Shuo sent Gao Yang away and then drove the van into a secluded alley.
Lv Hui, being smart, realized something was amiss and couldn't help saying, "This isn't where I live."