Chapter 179: Reunion Dinner

When Hyson came back to the dorm, he was surprised to find the all the members had gathered around. Even Huang Shuyi had come back from his sleep sanctuary.

"Oh! Our young one is back!" Huang Shuyi was the first one to get up and hug Hyson who was taken aback by this enthusiasm. Huang Shuyi even rubbed his head like he was petting a dog as he said, "Trust me, Xiao Fai, I missed you a lot."

"Did you even have time to miss me?" Hyson shot back without holding anything back.

Fang Yiwen snorted with laughter, "I always have faith in Yue Fai to say the right thing."

"Little vampire, shut up!" said Huang Shuyi to Fang Yiwen before turning to Hyson. "Why are you always suspicious? Even if I spent my days sleeping, I continued to see you in my dreams. What does that prove? It proves that I genuinely was missing you!"

"Is that why you came back earlier than planned?" questioned Hyson. From his expressions, one could easily deduce that the young man didn't believe his words at all.

"No," the answer came from Lin Zhen who was feeling strange seeing Huang Shuyi's enthusiasm. Usually, this red-haired devil only knew how to sleep. He couldn't tell what happened in the past two weeks to make him act so excited. Did he take the wrong medicine or did he finally managed to sleep enough? Deciding not to focus on Huang Shuyi, he told everyone, "Shuyi is approached to become a mentor for an idol training show. And that's why the company called him back from his sanctuary."

"That's good news," said Hyson sincerely. "Congratulations, Yi Ge."

"Xiao Fai, what do you think I value more? My sleep or this show?"

"Your sleep!" responded Hyson without any scruples.

Lin Zhen interjected at this point in a harsh tone, "Shuyi, you better not cook up any ideas in that brain of yours."

Huang Shuyi looked at the leader of their group as he said, "Zhen Ge, aren't you overthinking? I don't like tiring things. What makes you think I'd like to 'cook up ideas'? My brain's energy will run out sooner if I started thinking like you do."

Hyson and Fang Yiwen chuckled at Huang Shuyi's words while Lin Zhen was left glaring at him.

"Forget it, we should all eat first. It has been days since we all ate together," said Lin Zhen as he ushered everyone to get to the dining table.

"Yiwen Ge," began Hyson. "Didn't I tell you I was going out on dinner with the screenwriter?"

Fang Yiwen pushed Hyson down on the chair saying, "Yes, you did. But as if I don't know you. Our Yue Fai can't eat well with strangers. It took you a year to get familiar with all of us and only then you looked comfortable eating with us."

"Aiyo! Xiao Fai, poor thing! You didn't get to eat well?" asked Huang Shuyi with concern. "It's a good thing that Zhen Ge has some conscience left even after moving out. See! He cooked so many things for us."

Lin Zhen snorted when he heard that, "How come I only look like a good leader when I cook for you Shuyi?"

"Do you have any other qualities?" retorted Huang Shuyi.

Lin Zhen's body moved over as if he wanted to hit Huang Shuyi but fortunately, someone held him back. Pei Zi Hong had been sitting silently since the time he came back after receiving Lin Zhen's call. And he only talked now when he tried to calm down Lin Zhen, "Don't listen to him. You know how he is."

Lin Zhen looked at Pei Zi Hong's face before taking a deep breath to calm himself. He decided to disregard Huang Shuyi and turned to Hyson, "Little Fai, this dinner is specially prepared for you. Congratulations!"

"Yes! Congrats, our young one!"

"More power to you!"

"Congratulations, Xiao Fai!"

Hyson was momentarily taken aback when he heard all of them congratulating him sincerely. And when he looked at the table filled with dishes that he liked to eat, he felt touched and fortunate to have met this group of people.

He scratched the back of his head in embarrassment as he said, "There was no need for all of this. It's just a movie role. No big deal."

"What do you mean by it's just a movie role?" questioned Huang Shuyi. "Do you even realize how big the 'Secret' franchise is?" He took a pause and went on, "You're gonna play the role of 'Yang Anyu.' It's a character that left the fans with complex feelings. Even the author of the book claimed that Yang Anyu is the most precious baby to her. Don't you dare take it lightly!"

Hyson stared at him before glancing around at others, "Zhen Ge, when did Yi Ge get so passionate about something?"

"Isn't it because he is part of those millions of fans of the book?" responded Lin Zhen knowingly. "He had been more nervous and excited than you since he found out what character you're about to play."

"So, you all gathered for this dinner?" asked Hyson.

"Yes, and to catch up as well."

"We were all together just about two weeks ago," reminded Hyson.

"Really? Why did I feel like it's been longer than that?"

Hyson didn't continue this discussion as he focused on eating. Everything on the table was to his liking, how could he refuse? Besides, it was true that he didn't eat anything with Sora earlier. To not make the dinner awkward, he did take a few bites. He didn't want to be disrespectful to the lady before her but he really wasn't able to eat more with a stranger.

"Yiwen, what did I tell you last time?!"

Hyson looked up when he heard Lin Zhen calling out Fang Yiwen, the latter had his phone in one hand and his chopsticks in the other hand. Clearly, most of his attention was on his phone screen.

"You said to not use my phone on the breakfast table," replied Fang Yiwen calmly. "Good thing, currently we are at the dinner table."

"It's the same bloody table!" growled Lin Zhen through gritted teeth.

"Pfft!"

The rest of them couldn't help laughing at seeing this scene. Seriously, all of them really knew how to test Lin Zhen's patience.