The Secret to Picking Up Girls

“It's… it's nothing!” Zhang Yuze quickly moved past that topic. He didn't want his brothers getting too involved in this matter before he had figured it out.

“Jingang, these past years must have been so hard on you.” Zhang Yuze said, looking at Jingang, his voice filled with emotion.

It's not like all bad students necessarily have bad grades. Back then, among Zhang Yuze, Jingang, and the others, Jingang's grades were even on par with Zhang Yuze's. It's just that if Jingang hadn't taken all the blame back then, the others wouldn't have even dreamed of taking the high school entrance exam, and might have even been expelled. Thinking of this, Zhang Yuze and the other brothers felt like they owed him a lot. Later, Zhang Yuze had to beg his mother to pull a lot of strings to get Jingang released from the juvenile detention center.

“What are you talking about! With my family's situation, even if I got into college, I wouldn't have the money to attend. In that case, why waste the money? It's better to earn some money while I'm young.” Jingang said with a carefree and nonchalant attitude.

From the look of loneliness in Jingang's eyes, Zhang Yuze knew that he actually still loved studying very much, but now he had lost the opportunity. Zhang Yuze's heart ached. From the conversations of Du Tianfang, Lai Yicheng, and the others, Zhang Yuze knew that they hadn't been doing very well these past few years. Zhang Yuze really wanted to change their current situation, but Zhang Yuze understood that he didn't have the power to do so yet.

The drinking went on until midnight. Even though Chen Jialong knew he would be scolded by his parents when he got back, he went all out. The group began to avoid the topic of Xiao Jiahao, trying to talk about happier things, and occasionally bursts of laughter erupted, but the laughter was very bitter.

Life is perhaps like a woman who has been raped, full of helplessness. But everyone is struggling in this helplessness. Perhaps now they can only use alcohol to numb themselves.

When Zhang Yuze was woken up by his mother, it was already seven o'clock the next morning. Moreover, he was covered in the smell of alcohol. Zhang Yuze hurriedly got out of bed. Fortunately, his mother only said a few words to him before going to work. Zhang Yuze was a little puzzled about how he had gotten back yesterday. He didn't even have the slightest memory.

With the college entrance exam approaching, Zhang Yuze found that he really disliked this increasingly tense atmosphere. It felt like he was about to go to the execution ground to be slaughtered.

“Zhang Yuze, why didn't you come to evening self-study yesterday? Do you know that the college entrance exam is coming up soon? You still don't hurry up and enrich yourself. Do you really want to be a deserter!” Liu Mengting said with a solemn face when she saw Zhang Yuze arriving late.

“Mengting, can I understand that you are caring about me?” Zhang Yuze said with a smile when he saw her like this.

“Hmph! Even if I care about you, will it be useful? Will you be able to get into college?” Liu Mengting glared at Zhang Yuze and said disdainfully.

“If I get into college, will you care about me?” Zhang Yuze suddenly found a flaw in Liu Mengting's words.

“You…!” Liu Mengting didn't expect Zhang Yuze to be so quick to make associations. She turned her head away angrily and ignored Zhang Yuze.