Everyone Loves the Villainous Scumbag [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 33

Luo Jianghe and Luo Xi sat on the edge of the bed, eating the fried skewers and barbecue together. Luo Xi opened the milk tea and handed it to Luo Jianghe first. Luo Jianghe shook his head to decline. His first bite of a fried skewer had been covered in quite a bit of chili powder, leaving him huffing and puffing from the heat.

Seeing that he did not want the milk tea, and since she had only brought one cup, Luo Xi drank it herself. However, noticing that Luo Jianghe was truly struggling with the spice, she handed the milk tea she had already sipped from back to him.

Luo Jianghe waved it away. “I am not drinking that.”

Luo Xi rolled her eyes and let him be.

After eating two more skewers, Luo Jianghe still could not handle the heat. Sweating, he quietly slipped downstairs to grab a bottle of mineral water. When he re-entered Luo Xi’s room, he found his younger sister sitting alone on the bed, silently weeping. The skewers in her hand seemed to have lost all their appeal.

“What is wrong?” Luo Jianghe asked, already having a good idea of the answer.

Luo Xi did not respond. She kept her head down, and her tears fell like expensive pearls, soaking the duvet cover. When something is weighing on your mind, it is much better to speak up than to keep it inside. Seeing her silence, Luo Jianghe started to get genuinely anxious.

“Why are you crying?” He pulled two tissues from the desk, handed them to her, and sat back down on the bed. “Is studying too exhausting? Do you want to stop for a bit?”

Luo Xi shook her head. “In the past, if we went out shopping with Dad at night, he would secretly buy us junk food to eat,” she whispered.

Luo Jianghe smiled at the memory. “You love junk food that much? You have remembered that for this long?”

Seeing Luo Jianghe smiling, Luo Xi’s pout deepened. “I really miss Dad! Waaaaah!”

Luo Jianghe’s response only made her cry harder. Panicked, he motioned for her to be quiet, shushing her so their mother would not hear and come to investigate. Luo Xi cooperated by lowering her volume, but her tears continued to flow. She took the tissues from Luo Jianghe and blew her nose loudly twice.

“Brother, when do you think Dad is coming back?”

Luo Jianghe asked her, “Did you not suspect him of having an affair? What is there to miss about a man who cheats? If Dad really did cheat, we would still stay with Mom anyway, would we not?”

“But I do not believe it! I do not believe Dad would cheat! Everything, everything has to wait until he comes back! I have to ask him before I can give up! I want to ask Dad why he does not want us anymore!” Her innocent words only made the scene more heart-wrenching. She leaned over and hugged Luo Jianghe, resting her head on her older brother’s shoulder.

Luo Jianghe tried to nudge her away. “I have not showered yet.”

“Hmph! Waaaaah.” Luo Xi ignored him and kept crying. She felt that both her brother and mother were cold-hearted. Their father had been gone for so long, yet she had not heard them mention him even once. Luo Jianghe had no choice but to let her cry, patting her back to comfort her.

D City, Hotel

In his room, Fu Chen stared at the messages in the class group chat, lost in thought. He had a cold personality and few friends. Those he was close with were usually people who had proactively approached him and whom he did not find annoying. Consequently, he always found out about news later than everyone else.

The message had been sent at noon, but he only noticed it now. If someone had not tagged everyone in the class, he might have missed it entirely. The message was a video. It was not about school, but a piece of gossip: Luo Jianghe had become a streamer.

The video was a screen recording of Luo Jianghe interacting with fans. A fan from out of nowhere had gifted him fifty thousand yuan in an instant. Although they were not in the same class, Luo Jianghe was outstanding and very famous among the students. If you asked who was most well-known in the school, it would definitely be Fu Chen due to his top grades. If the students did not mention him, the teachers certainly would. But in terms of popularity, it was undoubtedly the kind-hearted, handsome Luo Jianghe, who had many friends.

Below the video was a flood of comments about Luo Jianghe. Most expressed envy or amazement. Some of the more sentimental comments read, “Love always flows toward those who do not need it,” or “Money always flows toward those who do not need it.” In short, one man’s feast is another man’s famine.

It was common knowledge that Luo Jianghe’s family was wealthy. While everyone wore similar school uniforms, shoes did not lie. Luo Jianghe had many pairs of shoes, mostly designer brands. Boys their age might not recognize a Rolex, but they definitely knew their AJs.

Some people were curious and asked for Luo Jianghe’s streaming information, planning to follow him. Fu Chen took note, downloaded the “Little Rabbit” app, registered an account, and found Luo Jianghe. There was a scheduled broadcast for that afternoon.

Luo Jianghe had not saved any past broadcasts. The platform only showed a few short videos he had recorded playing simple guitar pieces. Fu Chen watched every video and liked them all before closing the app.

The next morning, Fu Chen left his hotel early and went to Luo Jianghe’s house. At 9:00 AM, Luo Jianghe, who had stayed up late the night before, had just woken up. He was eating breakfast when Fu Chen arrived. He looked somewhat speechlessly at Fu Chen, who sat across from him with a cup of green tea on the table.

“Did you not say you had something to ask me? Go ahead,” Luo Jianghe said.

Luo Mother stood at the top of the stairs and called out to the helper in the kitchen, “Auntie Wang, please take down all the curtains today to wash them. Start upstairs first.”

Auntie Wang responded from the kitchen, took off her apron, and hurried up. Once the first floor was clear, Fu Chen turned to Luo Jianghe and asked, “Who was that person yesterday?”

Luo Jianghe was uncomfortable with the sudden questioning. It felt like a mix of concern and interrogation. It sounded like something he would ask his sister if she were dropped off by some random guy. The problem was that Fu Chen was his peer. Furthermore, Fu Chen’s attitude toward him was rather ambiguous. Even back at school, the normally friendless Fu Chen would sometimes specifically seek him out to have lunch.

Luo Jianghe never explicitly rejected him, treating him as an ordinary friend, but he often felt Fu Chen crossing boundaries. He tugged at his pajama sleeves and rubbed his hand against the dining table, looking down. “I told you, did I not? A friend.”

Fu Chen’s eyes remained fixed on Luo Jianghe. “Gu Qiu, the CEO of the Gu Group, is friends with you? How did you two meet?”

Fu Chen had been wondering why that man looked so familiar. The Gu family’s business reached overseas. While the Fu family was wealthy, they were not primarily in commerce. Both families were “Old Money,” prestigious clans with centuries of history and no shortage of wealth or connections.

However, the Gu family excelled in business and produced many talented individuals, whereas the Fu family focused on national technical talent. Their paths rarely crossed. Still, Fu Chen had heard of Gu Qiu. Word was that the patriarch of the Gu Group had two sons. The eldest was capable but sickly, and the second was a spoiled man who could not lead. After the eldest son passed away, the patriarch took his eldest grandson, Gu Qiu, to his side to groom him personally. At the time, Elder Gu was already over fifty. No one knew how much longer he would last. Consequently, he was extremely strict with Gu Qiu, training him almost like a machine.

Perhaps due to this rigorous upbringing, Gu Qiu’s methods were incredibly ruthless from the moment he stepped into the business world. Now twenty-eight, Gu Qiu had fully matured. He had learned to mask his nature, but high society still remembered his brutality. Could a wolf ever truly stop eating meat?

“Regardless of how you met, I advise you not to get involved with someone like that. If he decides to devour you, he will not even leave the bones.”

Fu Chen was acting like a controlling older brother, which made Luo Jianghe uncomfortable. Being lectured by an eighteen-year-old “younger brother” when he was technically a twenty-something soul in this body felt odd. However, he knew Fu Chen was acting out of concern.

While Gu Qiu was not someone to be trifled with, Luo Jianghe felt he had not provoked the man, at least not yet. As for whether Gu Qiu would seek revenge later when he eventually betrayed Yu Wuyang, that was hard to say. But that did not conflict with getting along with Gu Qiu for now.

“This is my social life. I will handle it myself.”

“You…” Just as Fu Chen was about to ask about the live streaming, the sound of rapid, heavy footsteps thudded from upstairs. Both Luo Jianghe and Fu Chen looked toward the staircase.

“Oh dear, that was a nasty fall. Let me look at the injury first,” Auntie Wang’s voice drifted down.

Hearing this, Luo Jianghe stood up and rushed to the base of the stairs. “What happened?”

He saw Luo Mother leaning against the wall with one hand while Auntie Wang supported her with the other. She was descending the stairs anxiously, gasping in pain. However, as soon as she saw her son, she suppressed her winces.

“Jianghe, Mom has to go out for a bit. Take care of your sister. If I am not back by evening, you two eat first.”

Luo Xi, who had been holed up in her room, heard the commotion and ran out. Seeing her mother’s state, she hurried down the stairs. “Is there news about Dad?”

Luo Jianghe went up and took over supporting his mother from Auntie Wang. He could feel her body trembling slightly. It was not just from the pain of the fall. He could sense that she was on the verge of a total breakdown.

Luo Jianghe said, “Mom, we cannot let you go out like this. If something is happening with the family, we have a right to know. Let me go with you.”

“I am going too! I want to find Dad!” Luo Xi insisted.

Luo Jianghe had a sinking feeling. Perhaps the family company had already been seized, and his father was burdened with massive debt, or perhaps he had already been taken by the police. If he could not pay it back, prison was the only option.

Luo Mother and Father were already divorced, but if his father went to prison, it would affect Luo Xi and Luo Jianghe’s future eligibility for government positions, though he personally had no intention of joining the civil service.

“Jianghe, Mom,” Luo Mother looked at her son, her breathing becoming shallow and ragged as if she had forgotten how to breathe. Before she could finish her sentence, she burst into tears. Although she was a stay-at-home mother, she had a strong character. Yet now, that strong woman had completely lost her composure in front of an outsider.

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