Chapter Thirty-Five: Acting Crazy and Selling Stupidity

  From the moment he stepped into the luxurious hotel, Pang Guang's heart had not been at peace, always thinking about meeting Zhang Xiaoting. He found a disgusting excuse to slip out and find a place with fewer people, eagerly flipping through his phone to dial the last incoming call number.

  The phone was answered quickly, and a sweet female voice said: "Hello, Rich Hotel."

  "Uh? Help me get Xiaoting to answer the phone." Pang Guang was taken aback, this voice was obviously not Zhang Xiaoting. Zhang Xiaoting's voice was also sweet, but it was absolutely not the one he heard now.

  "Hello, Mr.? This is the switchboard of the Rich Hotel. You're looking for Little Ting? Which room is she in? Tell me the room number and I'll transfer you over."

  "There is no room number, I am an employee of your hotel, named Zhang Xiaoting."

  "Sorry sir, our hotel staff are not allowed to receive external calls during working hours, thank you for your call, goodbye!"

  "Oh." Pang Guang silently hung up the phone and returned to the private room, only to find Lin Junyun and Kong Yuemei already in a heated argument, their faces red with rage.

  "Mom, I don't want to, didn't we agree that it was just an act for others to see? Why do we still have to move in with them?"

  "Jiun-yun, Mother is doing this for your own good, trying to lighten your burden." Kong Yue-mei consoled Lin Jiun-yun.

  "Right, right! Since we're putting on a show, let's do it thoroughly. You can move in with me and live here. Firstly, it'll shut up those gossipmongers, secondly, it'll reduce your rent burden, and thirdly, I can also help tutor Pang Guang with his studies. It's a win-win situation!" Pang Dahu joined the team to persuade them.

  "Dad..." Pang Guang's eyes widened in shock, and he hastily walked into the private room: "You mean to say that you want them to move in with us? I strongly disagree, besides, can our little nest accommodate them?"

  "Now that you're also studying in the Dongcheng District, I plan to sell the house in the suburbs and use the money as a down payment for a bigger house in the Dongcheng District. You don't need to worry about these things." Pang Datou said with a hint of drunkenness and complacency: "I've got everything arranged, it's my house, whoever I want to live there will live there, whether you agree or not."

  "Haha, come on, let's have a drink." The principal watched them quarrel, and the wine bug was hooked again: "Good, do it all the way, perfect! That's settled then, we'll chat while we drink."

  "Half a cup or one cup?" Pang Dahu also happily raised his wine glass, feeling that he was too brilliant and mighty, even thinking of such a profound idea as asking Wen Junyun to tutor Pang Guang's homework, worthy of drinking a cup to reward himself: "Cheers." After finishing speaking, he tilted his neck again, and another cup of strong liquor went down his throat.

  "Oh no, how did you guys forget me? You should be penalized with three cups of wine." Kong Yue Mei saw the principal and Pang Da Hu colliding a cup, became unhappy, and knocked on the table shouting.

  "Oh, right, you should be punished, haha." The principal said while pouring wine.

  Watching several adults drinking like crazy, Pang Guang, Lin Junyun and Liu Miao were speechless.

  "Hey, how come you suddenly want to move in with me?" Pang Guang poked Lin Junyun's waist and asked softly.

  Lin Junyun made a gesture with his eyes in the direction of the principal's seat: "He's afraid that others won't believe him."

  Pang Guang was stunned and thought it was his father's intention, but it turned out that the principal was the real mastermind behind the scenes.

  "What's to be done now?" Lin Junyun shrugged and pouted, "The engagement date has been set, on New Year's Day, there will be a grand feast here, I'm ruined by you, inexplicably becoming second-hand goods." As Lin Junyun spoke, his brow furrowed in distress, a hint of irritation seeping into his tone.

  "Cut it out, do you think I'm desperate?" Pang Guang's puffed up eyebrows rose, his face like a rice cooker, "I'm still single, and suddenly a fake wife appears out of nowhere, it's really not worth it for my future mistress, it's too damn suffocating."

  "Pang Guang, I'll kick you to death!" Lin Junyun's face involuntarily flushed with a hint of redness, and using the table as cover, he kicked out with one foot, but missed.

  "Jun Yun, what are you doing?" Kong Yue Mei asked, Lin Jun Yun's commotion caught the attention of the adults who were clinking their cups together, and they all stopped to look.

  "Mom, it's nothing. There was a mouse under the table and I kicked it away." Lin Junyun said to Pang Guang with gritted teeth.

  "How can such a high-end restaurant have mice?" Kong Yue Mei actually lifted the tablecloth and stuck her head under to take a look.

  Pang Guang barely held back his laughter, and after calming down a bit, he poked Lin Junyun's waist: "Your mom is really funny, more playful than my mom."

  "Need I say more? Don't you see whose mother it is?" Lin Junyun raised an eyebrow, finally getting a chance to show off.

  "I was thinking, our dining table doesn't have a tablecloth. I'll ask Dad to buy one later. Otherwise, when you guys move in with me in the future, there won't be anywhere for Auntie to hide."

  "I'll kick you to death, you dead rascal." Lin Junyun let out a "pu" sound and spat out the soup he had just taken into his mouth. As usual, another kick went over, still missing.

  "Jun Yun, what are you kicking your feet around for? You almost kicked Mom's face!" Kong Yue Mei asked puzzledly as she poked her head out from under the table.

  "Mom, it's okay, I just got bitten by a mosquito on my calf." Lin Junyun clicked his tongue, but he was three seats away from his mom, how could he kick that far?

  Kong Yue Mei shook her head and said to the principal, "Principal, this restaurant is not only infested with mice but also mosquitoes. It's really unsanitary, and the prices are ridiculously high. You must get them to give us a discount later." Kong Yue Mei was speaking to the principal, but her eyes were clearly fixed on Pang Guang and Wen Jun Yun, smiling brightly like a peach blossom. While others were getting drunk, she had a good tolerance for alcohol and had seen all of Pang Guang and Lin Jun Yun's movements earlier. As they say, "beating is intimacy, scolding is love." Given the current situation, there was clearly a possibility of further development. Pretending to be foolish or pretending to sell oneself out - what's the point? Wait until Jun Yun really gets involved with this official's son, and see if he still dares to bully me. All those "dog" and "eight" nonsense will be left in the dust.

  "That's it, that's it, must be discounted." The principal's forehead bulged with a vein, and after belching loudly, he shouted towards the outside: "Spicy next door, waiter, come in!"