CHAPTER 625: SHOULD I GO TO THE CELEBRITIES GATHERING?

Honestly, that Cheng Long really is something, staying quiet from start to finish.

Young Master Lan: "@sweet dumpling, Liu Xia, you guys really don’t need to worry about your jobs. No one can interfere with your positions. Since it was me who arranged for you to be there, I wouldn’t allow anyone to slap me in the face. @Jing Shu, joking is joking, even if you do have some clout, don’t make jokes about other people’s jobs. Rest assured, even if you did make a call, their jobs won’t be lost. After all, I still have a say in the power grid."

Jing Shu: "Do I need to stoop to such lowly tactics?"

Jing Shu chuckled. Threatening people was something she was least good at. What she excelled in was killing—with stones, knives, guns, all methods of killing, but there were many others as well.

A soft knife is still a knife, and it can kill without shedding blood.

Using a job as a threat was a trifling tactic Jing Shu disdained to use. Moreover, it was very easy to hit a snag, just like facing someone like Young Master Lan who wouldn’t give face. Why humiliate oneself?

sweet dumpling: "No, no, no, Young Master Lan, Jing Shu really didn’t threaten me, really. Don’t ask anymore, I was really wrong. I beg your forgiveness, Jing Shu. I was blind not to recognize a great person. This Devil wants my life!! My life!!"

sweet dumpling regretted it, regretted provoking this devil, this Devil!

Young Master Lan: "We’re all classmates here. Let’s talk things out. Jing Shu, no matter what connections you used, why make things so tense? It’s better to leave some room for maneuver when dealing with people, since we have to face each other in the future."

Jing Shu then asked, "@sweet dumpling, @Liu Xia, I heard I threatened you guys? Well then, let’s have a heart-to-heart and see if I really did threaten you. I have nothing to fear if I’m in the right... to prevent anyone from thinking I’m bullying."

sweet dumpling: "Don’t, don’t, please don’t say it, please. I was wrong. Please stop. I really was wrong. What can I do for you to forgive me? I’ll come to the group every day to confess, to apologize, just hoping for your forgiveness."

The university group members couldn’t help but grow curious. What could have scared sweet dumpling to this extent? Could sweet dumpling have done something unspeakable?

Jing Shu must have some kind of secret on sweet dumpling; otherwise, she wouldn’t be acting like this. Even with Young Master Lan backing her up, there was no reason to be so frightened unless Jing Shu had a grip on her lifeline.

Jiang Changke: "The big boss is really powerful. Just showing up determines who has clout. With a flick of a finger, she can crush those little ants. Weren’t these people being so defiant just a few minutes ago? Now look at them, this is what happens when you cross the big boss, huh, let’s see who still dares to speak out of turn."

"Shut up, don’t talk anymore." Jing Shu was truly speechless at this troublemaker. If it weren’t for Jiang Changke, none of this would have happened today. Honestly, how could I have no impression of this person at all? It seems I didn’t even borrow money from him in college.

Young Master Lan: "Alright, alright, it’s not a big deal. Let’s do this, we’re all classmates after all. I know this incident was triggered by everyone’s concern for the Celebrities Gathering. I will try to secure five more spots for everyone, and I can also fight for ten spots for temporary workers on the day of the event. Even though you can’t participate in the auction as waiters, you’ll get to see the event and a free meal.

"Jing Shu, whether it’s true or not, I invite you to join the Celebrities Gathering. How about it? Let’s give them a break? If you do know something, then you surely know that I also have a lot of say in Wu City Power Company. Can we all get along well after this?"

"Wow, Young Master Lan is so awesome, so powerful, to be able to secure that many spots. I want to go too, I want to go."

"I want to work there, count me in for a spot, please."

Jing Shu couldn’t help but chuckle. If it weren’t for turning to Heng Jin to check on sweet dumpling, I wouldn’t have known that this girl had already ’started exercising’ with people from Young Master Lan’s circle—you catch my drift, ’exercising.’ Of course, sweet dumpling has more dirty secrets than just that, or she wouldn’t be so scared out of her wits. She’s practically a double agent, involved not only with Young Master Lan but also deeply connected with his arch-rival. I was quite shocked after going through the files. What a pro! 666! No wonder Young Master Lan is putting on a show of protecting them here. Poor guy, he doesn’t even realize he’s already been betrayed, and sweet dumpling is truly terrified of their relationship coming to light, because the consequences would indeed be very dire. As for sweet dumpling’s husband, Cheng Long, he’s no saint either. What a chaotic world the apocalypse is, what a messy circle they’re in.

Jing Shu looked at Young Master Lan with a bit of sympathy and said teasingly, "Leave the invitation to someone who needs it more; I don’t want it. Let’s call this matter closed. In the future, you should be more careful not to invade others’ privacy. After all, I’m not the kind of person who speaks nicely, and I might do things that would terrify that person.

"Next time, if you provoke me again, things won’t be so simple."

Her words were audacious, but at that moment, no one dared to argue any further.

Even Jiang Changke didn’t dare to speak.

But Young Master Lan’s offer was still too enticing; the Celebrities Gathering’s influence was just too significant, and the topic quickly shifted in that direction.

"Just perfect, there’s one extra spot now, we all want to go!"

With more than a hundred people in the group chat, more and more people began scrambling for the spots. Young Master Lan reveled in the power to decide who could attend, feeling a different kind of thrill, as if he were the boss in another classmate’s domain.

All conversations about whether Jing Shu was the vice president of the Medicine Association were now buried, and sweet dumpling and her group didn’t dare to cause any more trouble. Jing Shu also soon forgot about the whole incident.

After all, as for the Celebrities Gathering, I really don’t need it. Besides, with these rather unsociable university classmates around, I don’t want to be in the spotlight. After all, back in university, everyone was accustomed to constant comparisons.

There are also hidden dragons and crouching tigers among them. Besides Young Master Lan, there are definitely others. Although I don’t know who they are, it’s already the fourth year of the apocalypse. It’s best not to be conspicuous or have people remember you; otherwise, it’s just trouble.

It’s strange sometimes; the very things you don’t want to do are precisely the ones that end up happening.

Not two days had passed since things calmed down when Jing Shu received an invitation from Li Yuetian to attend the so-called Celebrities Gathering.

"I’d better not," Jing Shu refused, making up an excuse. "The factory’s facing difficulties, and we still owe the Township Government a lot of Virtual Coins. I can’t afford the auction."

Li Yuetian was sipping the Turtle Snake Wine that Jing Shu had given him, his happiness almost making him feel like he could fly. It was only after gulping down a satisfying mouthful that he said, "Is that so? That’s a shame. We’re going out there with a mission this time, to recover some resources for the New District. But I heard that this time, there will be a lot of mobile villas. Didn’t you ask me to keep an eye out for you before?"

"Mobile villas???" Jing Shu’s eyes immediately lit up, practically turning into 15W light bulbs.