Are You Feeling Weak

The street photographer, holding his 'big lens', took a series of photos. Gu Yue carefully selected the best-looking ones and happily paid to get the prints.

The photo session was finally over. The two turned and headed towards H City's most famous snack street.

It was called a snack street, but it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a snack city. The alleys inside were intricate and dauntingly large. However, the repetition rate of snacks was quite high. Many extremely famous local specialties were repeated every few steps, which was genuinely a bit hard to take.

After wandering around for a good while, the repetitive food options made both Lin Yu and Gu Yue lose interest.

They exited from the nearest small alley opening, came to the roadside, hailed a taxi, and planned to leave.

Sitting in the taxi, Lin Yu leaned back against the comfortable seat, thinking that they had eaten, played, and taken photos tonight. Surely Gu Yue would be willing to go back to the hotel and sleep obediently now?

Just as he was thinking this, Gu Yue, sitting in the back seat, suddenly scooted forward. She leaned half her head out near Lin Yu's ear in the passenger seat, her eyes sparkling with excitement as she suggested:

"Let's go to a bar!"

???

Lin Yu's head was full of question marks. He asked, puzzled:

"What for?"

"You can find those anywhere!"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Lin Yu looked at Gu Yue, his tone carrying a hint of warning as he said seriously:

"Don't tell me you've never been to a bar!"

Given how Gu Yue used to be, Lin Yu would believe it if someone said she was a permanent resident of bars!

"Aiya~"

"I just want to see what's different about bars in different places~"

Gu Yue pouted, grabbed Lin Yu's shoulders with both hands, and shook him persistently, whining and cooing as she acted spoiled:

"Come with me to check it out~"

"Come with me~"

"Let's go, let's go~"

Lin Yu was getting a headache from her pestering, but he was indeed feeling a bit tired, so he proposed:

"How about tomorrow night?"

"I'm really a bit tired today."

"No!"

Gu Yue refused without a second thought. Then, she suddenly changed her expression. Her moist eyes narrowed, her brows furrowed with disdain, and her gaze swept over Lin Yu from head to toe as she asked with a look of contempt:

"Brother Long, how come you get tired so easily?"

"Are you... weak??"

??????????

The question marks on Lin Yu's head multiplied as if they could reproduce on their own, almost overflowing in no time.

Lin Yu turned his body to face forward, leaning against the backrest, and stopped looking at Gu Yue. He pointed forward and said coldly:

"Let's go."

"We're spending the whole night at the bar. Whoever says they're tired is a grandson!"

"Yay ヽ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ"

Gu Yue raised both hands in cheer, not forgetting to tell the driver:

"Driver, destination: the biggest, most famous bar around here. Let's go!"

"Alright!"

The driver, who had been enjoying the show from the sidelines, responded with a wide smile. He hadn't encountered such interesting passengers in a long time.

Look at this young couple, one lively and fun, the other able to take a joke—they're just a perfect match!

The taxi started and merged into the river of lights.

Lin Yu sat in the passenger seat, arms crossed over his chest, face cold. Although he vaguely felt like he had fallen for some trick...

Lin Yu didn't care!

This concerned a man's dignity. Even if it were a mountain of swords or a sea of flames ahead, Lin Yu would wade through without changing his expression!

...

The car slowly stopped. Lin Yu and Gu Yue paid and got out.

Right in front of them was S City's largest bar. As the winter break for most students hadn't ended yet, the bar was very lively, with a queue already formed at the entrance.

Lin Yu and Gu Yue obediently lined up. When it was Lin Yu's turn, the security guard at the door just glanced at him, then lifted his chin, signaling for Lin Yu to go right in.

Lin Yu walked in. When Gu Yue behind him tried to enter the bar, she was stopped by the security guard at the door.

Curious, Lin Yu stopped to watch her, wondering why she was being stopped.

Gu Yue's behavior at this moment was a bit odd. Her hands hung naturally at her sides, two plain, clean little hands nervously fidgeting together in front of her. She kept her head slightly lowered, and the lively, cheerful aura on her face was gone, replaced by a quiet demeanor tinged with a hint of nervousness.

She looked like a model student who had never had any contact with the real world.

To put it plainly, she was putting on an act.

The kind of act where you pretend to be innocent.

The next second, the security guard reached out his hand in front of her and said:

"Let me see your ID."

Lin Yu saw very clearly that after the security guard said this, the corners of Gu Yue's mouth suddenly tightened, twitched upward, then were pressed down again.

Trying to hold back a laugh, she took her ID card out of her bag and handed it to the guard. The guard looked at it, handed it back, and let Gu Yue in.

The moment she entered the bar, Gu Yue instantly reverted to her true self, both happy and smug.

Lin Yu gave her a speechless look. What's there to be so pleased about?

He took two steps forward, gritting his teeth.

Damn.

If only he had pretended a bit earlier too!

If he had tried to act young...

...

Well... it's probably better that he didn't...

...

Lin Yu had thought Gu Yue was just giving in to curiosity, planning to take a look, walk around a bit, and then call it a night.

But he didn't expect her to actually get into the mood. She chose a booth, clearly not planning to leave anytime soon.

Lin Yu wanted to leave, but remembering his bold declaration in the car, he was too embarrassed to go.

If Gu Yue caught him and started calling him "Sister Long" from then on, the embarrassment would reach epic proportions.

Helpless, Lin Yu could only sit down with Gu Yue, gradually letting his eardrums adjust to the bar's deafeningly loud music.

The booths in the bar had a minimum spend requirement. Gu Yue wasn't completely foolish; she didn't order a bunch of cheap fake liquor. Instead, she ordered two bottles of severely overpriced but decent red wine, a few freshly mixed cocktails, and some snacks.

She knew more than Lin Yu had expected.

Lin Yu took out his phone to scan the QR code on the table for ordering drinks. He didn't want to drink alcohol and planned to order a sweet beverage.

After scanning, he saw: canned cola 20, glass of cola 50. Lin Yu immediately wanted to call the police.

Sorry, boss.

I'll never act tough again by asking people if they've seen gangsters when I'm fighting.

Who could be more gangster than you guys?

Putting down his phone, Lin Yu looked at Gu Yue sitting across the table, his gaze resentful.

You've got money now, huh, kid?

You just ordered all this stuff without a second thought. At this bar's prices, it probably cost several thousand!

The thought that his former little follower now had so much money, while he himself had all these connections but hardly any cash, and still had to rely on Sister Zhuzi back home... it made Lin Yu furious.

He could only channel his frustration into his appetite, devouring the grilled chicken wings on the table.