After finishing his afternoon classes, Shen Yuqing stretched lazily. He planned to check on the cat first to see if it was feeling any better. As soon as he stepped out of the classroom, he saw Lin Sui walking toward him from a distance.
“Brother Qing,” Lin Sui called out.
Shen Yuqing waited for him to get closer and asked, “What is it?”
Lin Sui said, “Didn’t I send you a message?”
Shen Yuqing remembered now—it was something about him finding out which bar Song Wangzhuo was working at and asking if he wanted to go check it out together.
Of course, Shen Yuqing wanted to say no. Unless it was a plot-related moment, he hoped to avoid all the male leads and not even see them if possible.
But that was clearly impossible.
Just as Shen Yuqing was about to come up with an excuse to reject Lin Sui’s invitation, a scene appeared in his mind right on cue:
The bar was dimly lit, with flashing lights sweeping quickly across everyone. On the center stage, Alphas and Omegas danced in revealing outfits. People waved their drinks and screamed at them.
In a dark corner, Song Wangzhuo was forced to kneel on the floor with someone stepping on his shoulder. An expensive bottle of liquor—worth over ten thousand—was tilted, the liquid pouring down his back.
Song Wangzhuo’s body tensed from the shock, which made the man holding the bottle sneer. “What, our top student can’t even handle a little alcohol?”
Shen Yuqing looked up and said to the man, “I already said, however many bottles you can drink from this table, I’ll pay for them all.”
The foot on Song Wangzhuo’s shoulder pressed down even harder. The man said, “Top student, what kind of face is that? You really make me… feel sorry for you.”
Song Wangzhuo glared coldly at him. Many people passed by and saw the scene, but no one stepped in—not even his colleagues.
No one wanted to get involved.
Shen Yuqing took his foot away and said, “Come on, top student. Drink.”
【Please head to the bar to complete the storyline related to Song Wangzhuo.】
At this moment, the system was just a heartless mission machine:
【Please accept Lin Sui’s invitation.】
Lin Sui raised his slightly sore arm and waved it in front of Shen Yuqing. “What are you thinking about?”
Shen Yuqing snapped back to reality and said, “Alright. I have something to do first, I’ll come find you later.”
Lin Sui opened his smart device while replying, “Okay. I’ll ask the others if they’re free around seven tonight.”
Shen Yuqing nodded. “Alright, send me the address.”
Then, looking at Lin Sui curiously, he asked, “Why is your hand shaking?”
Lin Sui froze for a second, then quickly got defensive. “Who said my hand is shaking?! Yuqing! Don’t spread lies!”
He quickly lowered his arm and acted like nothing happened.
The system kindly explained:
【He did too many push-ups this morning, and his body hasn’t adjusted yet.】
Shen Yuqing had a hard time not laughing, but seeing Lin Sui look like he was about to explode, he held it in. “Alright, alright, I must’ve seen it wrong. See you tonight. Bye.”
Of course, Lin Sui didn’t miss the teasing in Shen Yuqing’s eyes. It was all because Shen Yuqing said in the morning that Song Wangzhuo’s muscles were impressive. He wasn’t happy about it and secretly went to the gym at noon.
And then he realized—Song’s muscles weren’t just for show.
Now his hands were still shaking uncontrollably.
Lin Sui was furious but couldn’t say a word!
Shen Yuqing didn’t care about Lin Sui’s little tantrum. He went to the pet hospital to check on the cat. That afternoon, he had even taken the time to name it—Lucky.
The system couldn’t help complaining:
【Why didn’t you just call it “Get Rich”?】
Shen Yuqing bent down and looked at the sleeping Lucky in the cage.
【You’re so tacky.】
The system was speechless and went offline again.
By the time Shen Yuqing left the pet hospital, it was already dark. He wondered if Pei Yiyan and the others had settled in yet. But he didn’t have time to check right now.
He hailed a car and arrived at the bar Lin Sui mentioned in about ten minutes.
It was a newly opened bar. Before the entrance was a long alleyway that looked ordinary, but at the end of it was a lively entrance.
Shen Yuqing looked up at the bar’s name—Infinity.
Not a bad name.
After scanning his ID to enter, he found the bar was two stories. The first floor was a dance floor with scattered seating around it. The second floor had booth-style private seating. At this hour, many seats upstairs were already taken.
“Brother Qing!” someone shouted from above.
Shen Yuqing looked up and saw Lin Sui and the others waving at him from the second floor.
He went upstairs. It was less noisy than the first floor but still bustling.
In his past life, Shen Yuqing had gone to bars with colleagues two or three times, but none had been this lively.
Lin Sui said, “Why were you so slow? We’ve been waiting half an hour!”
He handed him a glass of alcohol. Shen Yuqing took a sip—it was sweet and sour, like fruit juice. Pretty good.
He finished it soon after.
Lin Sui noticed and commented, “Good thing this drink wasn’t strong. Otherwise, you’d already be passed out.”
Shen Yuqing shrugged. His alcohol tolerance was actually decent.
After sitting for a while, a fashion show started downstairs. The others got excited and rushed down with their drinks.
Before going, Lin Sui handed Shen Yuqing a small device. “Press this. It’s Song Wangzhuo’s call button.”
The bar belonged to a friend of his, so getting hold of Wangzhuo’s call button was easy.
Shen Yuqing lowered his eyes to look at the small call button in his hand. He thought, If I just don’t press it and wait out the whole plot here, maybe nothing bad will happen.
He continued pondering, and Lin Sui didn’t bother him. He just swirled his drink and went downstairs to relax.
For a while, Shen Yuqing was alone in the booth. He poured himself another drink and leaned back on the sofa.
Then the system nudged him again:
【Please complete the storyline related to Song Wangzhuo.】
After the second reminder, Shen Yuqing lazily yawned.
【No rush.】
Just as he finished replying, he saw Song Wangzhuo coming upstairs carrying a tray.
He wore the bar’s uniform—a white shirt tucked into dress pants, highlighting his slim waist. Just walking upstairs earned him countless stares.
There were Alphas, Omegas, and Betas—all looking at him with judgmental and lustful eyes. It was as if they wanted to drag this powerless Alpha into bed and tear off his clothes.
Shen Yuqing shivered and shifted further into the booth, trying to avoid being seen.
But just as he moved, he saw a familiar Alpha walk up to Song Wangzhuo. The man immediately grabbed his waist, reeking of alcohol, and shouted loudly:
“So you’re the Song Wangzhuo who made Brother Qing angry?”
Song Wangzhuo frowned and tried to push him away, but the Alpha was clearly drunk and dragged him into an empty booth instead.
Slurring, the man said, “Making Brother Qing upset, huh? You must have a death wish. You like selling drinks, right? Bring me ten bottles. However much you can drink, I’ll buy.”
At that moment, Shen Yuqing felt very conflicted.
This Alpha… your lines are way too familiar.
“Drink on your knees!”
At the same time, Shen Yuqing’s system data panel started going wild.
【Target: Song Wangzhuo
Corruption Value: 81
Favorability: -55
Mission Progress: 8%
Status: Semi-awakened】
【Corruption Value: 83, Favorability: -56】
【Corruption Value: 84, Favorability: -58】
Shen Yuqing: …
Shen Yuqing: What did I do to deserve this?!
