Chapter 1662: Character Depends on the Company You Keep

“He’s done every drug you can buy here and abroad, even asked people to get him stronger stuff. Later he got hooked on women too, and the way he played around was insane.”

“In front of the Loo Family he acts so well-behaved. Every year when he comes back for New Year, he’s all preppy, wears glasses, doesn’t play games at home, just reads. He doesn’t go out partying either. Aunt Loo is scared he’ll feel stifled at home and keeps coaxing him to go hang out with friends. He says he grew up overseas and has no friends here. Aunt Loo feels so bad for him, can’t think of any other way to make it up to him, so she just gives him money. Then that brat flies back out of the country and blows it all. Later every time he used, he’d be with women, playing like a total beast. His body’s already hollowed out, and that thing for carrying on the family line is basically ruined.”

Huo Linxi let out a breath. With girls at the table, he’d already held back from getting too graphic. From a distance he saw Mr. Loo and Mother Loo greeting guests, sighed, and lowered his voice: “I heard last month Uncle Loo went over there on a business trip without telling him, and on a whim went to see him. The scene in that apartment, tsk… Uncle Loo went ballistic, dragged Loo Yao straight away. Didn’t even let him go back to school, just processed a leave of absence for him. Not long after they got back, somehow he ended up tangled with Shen Shixuan, insisting he had to marry her like his life depended on it. The Shen Family’s status obviously doesn’t match the Loo Family’s, but Loo Yao is ruined, and above him there’s an older brother who’s way too outstanding. No one’s counting on him to contribute anything—staying alive is enough. So if he insists on marrying someone, they just let him. It doesn’t matter anymore anyway.”

Huo Linxi glanced toward where the group had just come from. A bunch of young people, some overseas returnees, some blond blue-eyed foreigners. They didn’t actually look that full of youthful energy; the minute you got close, every single one of them was shady as hell.

“Uncle Loo gave them hush money, but these kids are used to doing whatever they want. They’re just drinking buddies to Loo Yao, what secrets could they possibly keep? Any random person asks and they spill everything.”

After he finished, everyone at the table went quiet.

After a good while, they finally heard Mo Tingshen give a faint laugh. “Compared to him, our little Yaen Chi is practically a paragon of virtue.”

“Exactly!” Huo Linxi agreed wholeheartedly. “Brother Chi is bad, sure, but he’s got principles. He’s had so many girlfriends, yet it’s like his skills in that department have never even been unlocked. The furthest he goes is holding hands—how freaking pure is that?”

Lu Zhenzhen: “…”

Nan Jiaojiao: “…”

Xu Tingting: ???

Who?

Yaen Chi?

Sure enough, whether someone seems decent depends entirely on who you compare them to.

Xu Tingting stared, dumbfounded. “I honestly have never seen anyone like that. Brother Loo is so nice—how can his little brother be like that? It’s terrifying.”

Xu Shu patted her head. “Yeah, it is terrifying. Don’t ever get involved with people like that.”

She lifted her chin. “I wouldn’t. I’ll stay far, far away!”

“Mm.”

Xu Shu smiled lightly. Uncle Qing has looked into all the friends around her; Xu Shu has always been happy to let Uncle Qing keep an eye on things for him. Who knew that right when the two of them were both busy, someone like Song Jin would slip through the cracks.

The little girl hasn’t met that many people. Hear a few sweet nothings and she thinks it’s true love.

Nan Jiaojiao felt a bit off. “I’m going to the restroom.”

Bo Yanching hooked her arm. “Want me to go with you?”

“No need, it’s on this floor, I’m not going far. Tingting can come with me.”

Xu Tingting nodded obediently. “I asked Jiaojiao to go. It’s our girls’ trip.”

“Alright then.” Bo Yanching’s fingers brushed lightly over her fingers. “Come back soon.”