Damn, How could my family be so wealthy?!-Chapter 412 - 411 Tasting Alone

Because the onlookers had already dispersed, knowing Su Mu was the young heir of the Su Family Group.

Everyone was busy taking an extra look at the privileged young master, so who had time to bother with Zhou Haoming, who had become a loser?

So, when Wang Yibo and Zhou Haoming’s group left the pedestrian street, it was actually very quiet.

There were no whispers or contemptuous and mocking glances.

The crowd that had seen the exciting contest had all left.

Later on, those who appeared on the pedestrian street had no idea what had happened before.

Of course, no one made any comments then.

But without Su Mu there for comparison,

Zhou Haoming’s face still successfully caught the attention of a few girls on the pedestrian street.

After all, the title of "the most handsome guy at Z University" wasn’t for nothing.

"Look, that guy is so handsome."

"Yeah, yeah, he’s even more handsome than the seniors at our school."

"Wait, you’re right. The handsome guy walks strangely, could it be that he has mobility issues?"

"Now that you mention it, it does seem that way, but he doesn’t look injured."

"How could anyone get injured just walking around here? Maybe that’s just how the handsome guy walks."

"That’s such a shame, though. It would be great if he were normal."

"Nobody’s perfect; I guess that’s exactly what they mean when talking about someone like him."

"Suddenly I feel that the seniors at our school are more handsome."

"Let’s go, let’s go; there’s nothing to see here. He’s just a cripple."

With a wave of their hands, the girls turned and left without a second thought.

But Zhou Haoming just stood there like an idiot for several minutes.

A cripple?

Had he now become a cripple in the eyes of others?

Zhou Haoming really felt an urge to vomit blood.

He had just taken a fall, making his walking a bit awkward, that’s all.

How did that turn into being a cripple?

As an able-bodied person, Zhou Haoming couldn’t tolerate this kind of insult.

And yet, those girls didn’t even give Zhou Haoming a chance to explain.

They had already mercilessly turned and left.

Zhou Haoming could only stifle his resentment in his belly.

After all, Zhou Haoming couldn’t catch up to the girls and insist on explaining that he wasn’t a cripple, could he?

Never mind the fact that in his current state, he might not even be able to catch up to them.

Even if he did, it was likely that before he could get a word out, he would be mistaken for a skirt-chaser.

Zhou Haoming felt that the only way he could vent was to glare furiously in the direction the girls had departed.

Insensible fools.

He criticized the girls in his mind.

On any normal day, girls would be the ones approaching him to chat.

How could it ever come to today’s episode of being spurned?

Zhou Haoming felt that he was simply incompatible with Huadong City.

In his heart, Zhou Haoming made a decision. He would leave Huadong City immediately after tomorrow’s competition.

Not a minute longer.

Zhou Haoming was anxious to get back because he had a very important matter to consider.

And that was that in two months, Su Mu would also become a member of Z University.

The most important thing was, Su Mu hadn’t entered Z University as an ordinary college entrance examination candidate.

Su Mu had been recruited by the director of the admissions office of Z University.

It could be said that Su Mu’s admission to Z University was a face-giving gesture to the school.

It wasn’t to say that Su Mu came to Z University to seek education or anything of the sort.

As such, Su Mu didn’t need to do much, as he already had a special status at Z University.

Not to mention, Su Mu’s appearance was downright crushing Zhou Haoming’s.

Together with Su Mu’s family background, Zhou Haoming really didn’t know how he should face Su Mu in the future.

No, it was more like Zhou Haoming didn’t even have the opportunity to face Su Mu.

You should know, after today’s bet, Zhou Haoming would have to circle around whenever he saw Su Mu.

Even if he didn’t circle around, Zhou Haoming would have to maintain a distance of more than three meters from Su Mu.

Zhou Haoming didn’t know if by forcing Su Mu like this in the same campus, it would cause other students to be suspicious.

If someone with an agenda inquired further and found out about his contest with Su Mu today,

Zhou Haoming would really feel like he had no face to show to others.

Zhou Haoming was eager to return to school because deep down he still harbored a sliver of hope.

That was because Z University didn’t just have one campus in Wudong City.

The thing Zhou Haoming could do now was to find out exactly what major Su Mu was enrolled in.

If he was lucky, Zhou Haoming felt that there was a possibility he wouldn’t have to be at the same campus as Su Mu.

"Haoming, hurry up, we need to go back and rest," someone said.

Zhou Haoming was already walking slowly, and after such a delay, he had naturally lagged far behind his teammates.

When someone turned their head and saw that Zhou Haoming hadn’t caught up, they urged him on.

Everyone thought that tonight’s incident was over.

Now they all urgently needed to return to the hotel to rest properly and replenish their energy to face tomorrow’s game.

Seeing how Zhou Haoming had delayed everyone for so much time, the speaker’s tone was somewhat impatient.

People are like that.

When Zhou Haoming was once considered a prominent figure at Z University, no matter what he did, everyone would have more patience with him than with others.

Now that they knew Su Mu would become their schoolmate,

everyone’s attitude towards Zhou Haoming had naturally changed.

In the eyes of these basketball team members, Zhou Haoming was now just an ordinary student.

The only potential prominent figure at Z University could be Su Mu, and Zhou Haoming was no longer related to that status at all.

"Alright, I got it," Zhou Haoming responded.

Zhou Haoming’s attention had been called back by the shout.

Pulling his gaze away, since those girls had already walked far off, staring after them was pointless for Zhou Haoming.

It seemed like they never looked back, so Zhou Haoming had just wasted his feelings staring for so long.

He hastened his steps as expected, and Zhou Haoming realized that although his teammates had called out to him,

nobody slowed down or seemed to wait for him.

Zhou Haoming felt that, as an injured person, his teammates should at least show some concern for him.

Of course, Zhou Haoming would never voice such thoughts.

He wouldn’t indulge in such self-humiliation again.

It could be said that sometimes jealousy can terrifyingly cloud one’s judgment.

Zhou Haoming’s jealousy was solely because of Xuanxuan, which led him to envy Su Mu.

Driven by intense jealousy, Zhou Haoming repeatedly made a series of actions that seemed inexplicable to others.

In the end, the result could only be him tasting the bitterness alone.

Enduring the pain throughout his body, Zhou Haoming quickened his steps and finally managed to catch up with his teammates’ pace.

Seeing Zhou Haoming had followed, no one paid attention anymore.

As long as he didn’t get lost, no one really cared about anything else.

Had this been in Wudong City instead of Huadong City,

people probably wouldn’t have cared whether Zhou Haoming kept up with the group or not.

In Wudong City, everyone knew that Zhou Haoming could find his way back to the university.

They’re all adults— who needs looking after?

Ignored by everyone, Zhou Haoming tasted the bitterness of being ’left behind’ for the first time.

And so, the group walked away from the pedestrian street, hardly drawing any attention.

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"Su Mu, do you think this is pretty?"

Jiang Xinxuan held up a crystal keychain shaped like a pair of small rabbits and asked Su Mu.

"So-so, too childish,"

Su Mu wasn’t really into small animals.

He naturally wasn’t interested in a keychain in the shape of little rabbits.

"Too childish? Alright then."

Her boyfriend didn’t like it, so Jiang Xinxuan put down the trinket she had picked up.

"What about this one? What do you think of this Pikachu?"

"You like this sort of thing?"

Su Mu felt it was childish from the bottom of his heart, but he didn’t want to keep dampening his girlfriend’s enthusiasm.

Su Mu thought that as long as Xuanxuan liked it, that was good enough; after all, it was just a little thing, so if she liked it, why not just buy it?

"Not really, I thought you boys would like it,"

Shaking her head, Jiang Xinxuan could tell that Su Mu didn’t like the Pikachu keyring design.

Jiang Xinxuan then honestly expressed what she had in mind.

"I thought you boys would like these things,"

"These are what kids like,"

Su Mu corrected his girlfriend’s words.

Su Mu was a man, wasn’t that something Xuanxuan should deeply understand by now?

Why would he be interested in cartoon characters from animations that only children liked?

"Let’s keep looking,"

Clutching Su Mu’s arm, Jiang Xinxuan was particularly interested in matching keychains that day.

Not for any other reason, but Jiang Xinxuan just wanted to have a pair of couple’s keychains with Su Mu.

In Jiang Xinxuan’s opinion, she and Su Mu had too few couple’s items.

Almost none at all.

"Look, the young master of the Su Family group is over there,"

"Oh my god, Young Master Su has a girlfriend? And she’s a big beauty, it seems I don’t stand a chance."

"Didn’t you see the beauty leaving with Young Master Su just now? Only realizing it now?"

A girl showed a look of heartbreak.

As if she would have a chance with Su Mu if he didn’t have a girlfriend.

Some people around found it strange— the beauty had left with Young Master Su.

Was the girl blind?

How could she have missed such an obvious person?

"I came later, I didn’t see Young Master Su in the beginning,"

The girl lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly.

She had only arrived at the pedestrian street later on and of course had missed the earlier exciting competition.

Later, when she heard that everyone was going to take another look at the young master from the Su Family Group, she thought this was a great opportunity for herself and followed along.

The girl hadn’t expected that Young Master Su was already taken.

Besides, the girl standing next to Young Master Su was clearly from a wealthy family, judging by her attire which one couldn’t afford without a certain level of wealth.

Along with Jiang Xinxuan’s attractiveness, the girl knew she stood no chance.

Many people suddenly poured into Jewelry City.

But everyone was conscious not to crowd around Su Mu and Jiang Xinxuan.

Even these conversations were carried out in hushed tones.

Therefore, Su Mu and Jiang Xinxuan did not notice these people who had specifically followed them to take a few extra glances.

Because neither Su Mu nor Jiang Xinxuan found any of the little accessories in this shop to their liking, they moved on to another store.

Jiang Xinxuan had also visited this pedestrian street’s Jewelry City with friends before.

Jiang Xinxuan felt that today she encountered the greatest flow of customers she had ever seen here.

Maybe it’s because of the fireworks banquet tonight.

Jiang Xinxuan didn’t think much of it and felt that this was the reason why there were especially many people tonight.

The second shop, then the third, and still, they had not picked out anything they really liked.

Because of the outstanding appearance of Su Mu and Jiang Xinxuan, the owners of each shop personally came out to enthusiastically welcome them.

However, if they did not take a liking to something, they just didn’t.

Even the owner’s personal attention was futile.

"The fireworks banquet is about to start. If you can’t pick anything now, you’ll have to wait until next time," Su Mu said.

Su Mu knew that this pedestrian street was not a city that never sleeps.

By eleven o’clock in the evening, all storefronts on the pedestrian street would have to close.

So Su Mu felt that if Xuanxuan couldn’t pick out something she liked this time, she might truly return empty-handed tonight.

"Let’s look at one more shop, and if there really isn’t anything, we’ll just have to come next time," Jiang Xinxuan said.

The possible first couple’s item between her and Su Mu was very important to Jiang Xinxuan. She couldn’t afford the slightest carelessness.

Jiang Xinxuan felt that if she really couldn’t pick anything today, she would rather come again next time than settle for something at random.

"Okay, we’ve still got some time left. Let’s look at one more shop," Su Mu said, checking his watch.

There was still time before the fireworks banquet, and he could continue to accompany Xuanxuan for a little while.

"Handsome guy, beautiful girl, didn’t you find anything you liked in our shop?"

"All of our jewelry pieces are the latest fashion. Maybe take another look?"

"Or perhaps tell me what exactly you’re looking for, and let me make some recommendations for you," the store owner persisted. ƒreewebɳovel.com

The store owner had been personally attending to them all this while.

Hearing that the handsome guy and beautiful girl might leave, the store owner immediately spoke up, hoping to retain this attractive couple.

Su Mu and Jiang Xinxuan hadn’t noticed, but the store owner was very shrewd.

The store owner noticed that as soon as the handsome guy and beautiful girl had entered his shop, others had also started to flow into his store.

Of course, the store owner understood that this was the influence of the handsome guy and the beautiful girl.

Because while those who had followed them into the store seemed to be choosing jewelry, the glances that kept sneaking towards the handsome guy and the beautiful girl said it all.

Of course, these following customers, in order to make their act of ogling at the handsome guy and beautiful girl not so apparent, had also purchased quite a few items.

The store owner mentally calculated and figured that the turnover for just this short period probably matched an entire day’s earnings.

Naturally, the store owner hoped that the handsome guy and the beautiful lady would stay in his store a little longer.

The longer the handsome guy and beautiful girl stayed, the more people they would attract, and the better the business would be, wouldn’t it?

If the handsome guy and the beautiful girl left, these customers would surely follow suit.