Twisted Dreams-Chapter 145 - 117: Deathbed Entrustment
Countless thoughts arose.
After hanging up the phone, those thoughts fell one by one.
He hadn’t felt this way in a long time.
Is this considered... a dying entrustment?
For a man, is there any greater promise than a brother’s dying entrustment?
What kind of trust is this?
Wang Shuzheng, to his credit, really treated Li Yang like a brother.
Da Wei’s entrusted sister, for three thousand yuan, timidly making this call?
Li Yang felt a little uncomfortable.
Even if Li Yang didn’t see Da Wei as a life-and-death brother, he was still his only friend, the only one to speak up for him in high school.
If it were a god, the inner self would certainly be unruffled.
If it were Li Yang, he’s said it himself, he’s just an ordinary person bearing a god’s name.
Li Yang stood up, threw on the black trench coat, and donned a round hat, walking out of the villa.
"I should buy a car."
Li Yang snapped his fingers. A black magic circle appeared on the ground, and a giant undead climbed out of it.
The giant undead bowed down, helping Li Yang mount its neck.
Then, it swiftly descended the mountain.
...
At night, South Sea Civil Aviation University, girls’ dormitory.
Standard bunk bed with a desk underneath.
The room was filled with the fragrance of cosmetics, three beds draped with curtains, containing computers, dolls, and snacks.
There was a plain bed, quite incongruous with the rest.
The sheets and covers were school-issued, lacking the trinkets the other girls had, but very clean.
Sitting on the bed was a young girl, her name was Wang Tingting, Wang Shuzheng’s sister.
Three heavily made-up girls giggled as they entered the dormitory.
They brought an assortment of loot from the mall, sharing their spoils, making quite a ruckus.
The phone rang.
The blonde girl picked up the phone, cooing:
"Brother?
Want to go to a bar?
How about Rasputin Bar?
Yeah, yeah, I’ll invite my roommates!!"
The blonde girl hung up, waving her phone smugly, saying:
"See this phone? It’s the new iPhone!
My new brother bought it for me.
Brother wants to take me to a bar, how about we head out tonight?"
The other two girls cheered.
The blonde girl looked at Wang Tingting, who had just climbed down from the bed:
"Tingting, want to join us?"
Wang Tingting smiled politely, shaking her head:
"No, you all go ahead, I have plans with my brother. Have fun."
Having said that, Wang Tingting took her bag and left the dorm.
As she left, the blonde girl crossed her legs disdainfully, mocking Wang Tingting’s back:
"Her, with a brother?
Look at her rustic appearance! Who would be interested in her? Such a hypocrite."
The ’brother’ wasn’t a biological brother.
It referred to a relationship that was more than friendship, but not quite love.
While being ambiguous, this brother should have a certain social status.
Like a rich second generation or a senior executive.
The smoky-eye and curly-haired girl picked up a hand cream from the table, applying it as she snorted:
"She’s just afraid of spending money at bars.
Poor as hell, I hear she didn’t even pay the clothing fee this year.
Besides, don’t you know about her issue with Rasputin Bar?
Ask her to go there, would she dare?"
They were all in the aviation service program, low in scores but high on arts.
Many students chose this program to get into South Sea Civil Aviation University.
This major was perfect except for its higher tuition compared to regular programs, and each semester also required a clothing fee.
Fortunately, aviation students from South Sea Civil Aviation University had a high employment rate after graduation.
The money spent in college could quickly be recouped.
The blonde girl smirked:
"I know about her situation, that’s why I suggested Rasputin Bar.
Look at her trying to act all pure and demure. If I don’t piss her off, I won’t feel satisfied."
The smoky-eye, curly-haired girl held a lipstick against a small mirror, retouching her makeup:
"Guess what? Wang Tingting said she was meeting her brother, but where do you think she’s actually going?"
The blonde girl packed her bag with disdain:
"Probably going to the ten-dollar fast food place?
It’s full of old men; no idea how she can eat that stuff.
Anyway, let’s go, my brother is picking us up in a Range Rover."
...
Wang Tingting stood at the school gate, quietly waiting.
The phone rang.
Wang Tingting glanced at the caller ID, Brother Li Yang.
She quickly answered:
"Hello?"
"Cross the street."
The words on the phone were brief and direct.
Wang Tingting looked across the street, her beautiful eyes slowly widening.
She often heard her older brother mention Brother Li Yang, and had seen photos, but this was the first time she was meeting him in person.
So handsome, much more handsome than in the photos!
Wang Tingting quickly crossed the street, standing in front of Li Yang shyly and uneasily:
"Brother Li Yang."
She was here to borrow money from Li Yang, and had heard from her older brother that Li Yang’s family situation wasn’t good either.
Three thousand yuan to Brother Li Yang was not a small expense.
She felt quite embarrassed about borrowing three thousand yuan.
This was Li Yang’s first time meeting Wang Tingting.
Her facial features were very standard, and her gentle demeanor had a flight attendant feel.
He couldn’t fathom how Da Wei could have such a gracefully tall sister.
But Wang Tingting was too thin, it was evident she was malnourished.
Her jeans were washed out, indicating she lived a very frugal life.
Li Yang asked:
"Let’s grab some food, what do you want to eat?"
Wang Tingting stole a glance at Li Yang:
"Brother Li Yang, since you’ve come to my school, let me treat you to a meal."
She pointed to a shop by the street, playing the host role.
Li Yang turned to look at the shop.
It was a ten-yuan fast-food place.
Li Yang smiled and said:
"Alright."
The two walked towards the ten-yuan fast-food place one after another.
A Range Rover passed by, the blonde girl in the passenger seat happened to see Wang Tingting entering the ten-yuan fast-food place.
She snorted with a hint of contempt:
"See, I told you, saying you’re meeting your brother, what a joke."
.........
This world is quite strange.
There are places that don’t explicitly ban female entry, yet no girls would come.
A pretty university student like Wang Tingting entering such a fast-food place was a rare sight.
Li Yang sat on a chair, watching Wang Tingting eat her eggplant and potatoes with big bites, feeling a bit uncomfortable.
It wasn’t that he looked down on the ten-yuan fast-food place; Li Yang was a frequent visitor himself.
But he felt that he hadn’t taken care of his brother’s sister properly.
Wang Tingting noticed Li Yang wasn’t eating, she hesitated to eat further and awkwardly asked:
"Brother, why aren’t you eating, don’t you like it?
We can go somewhere else, there’s a good grilled fish place near the school."
Li Yang lit a cigarette:
"You seem to have a lot of money, being so generous."
Wang Tingting lowered her head.
Li Yang asked:
"Da Wei, um, what happened to your brother?"
A hint of sadness appeared on Wang Tingting’s face:
"Last year, someone from the Imperial Capital was recruiting laborers where we were, and my brother went.
At the end of the year, he had an accident on the construction site."
Li Yang’s eyes dimmed.
If Wang Shuzheng had sought him out then, the outcome would’ve been different.
He had heard about Wang Shuzheng’s family matters, quite complicated, with a divorced family, neither parent cared for the siblings.
Leaving only Wang Tingting by herself, she must have it tough.
Li Yang softly asked:
"Didn’t the construction site compensate your brother?"
Wang Tingting said:
"The site paid quite a bit.
I spent it all trying to save my brother, but the ICU charges were too high daily.
All the money was spent, and my brother didn’t make it."
Li Yang flicked the ash from his cigarette, expressionless, asking:
"What are your plans?"
Wang Tingting put down the chopsticks, her hands entangled under the table, head down:
"Actually, according to my plan, I had enough for tuition.
I usually worked while studying, and during the winter break, I worked in a bar.
But because of my brother’s situation, I left the bar.
When I went back for my pay, the bar manager wouldn’t give it to me and started harassing me.
I was scared, so I dared not ask for it again."
The term ’harassment’ was particularly grating to Li Yang’s ears.
Wang Tingting looked up, asking softly:
"Brother Li Yang, can you lend me three thousand yuan?
I’ll pay you back during the summer break this year."
Li Yang extinguished his cigarette:
"Which bar?"
Wang Tingting was taken aback:
"Rasputin, why?"
Li Yang stood up:
"Let’s go get your pay, and I’ll introduce you to someone."
For a deity, stepping up for a woman over three thousand yuan is really not worth it.
But for Li Yang, not taking care of an old friend’s ’daughter’ properly is a real loss of face.
..............
ps: Wang Tingting will be useful in the future!
