CH 21

The student wearing expensive clothes came from a well-off family. He was so angry that he stood up to yell at the two of them. His companions also stood up, watching silently.

“Sorry, sorry, it’s all my fault.” Cheng An’an glanced at Ling Mu, took out a towel from his pocket, and squatted down to wipe the boy’s shoes.

The boy was originally angry, but when he saw Cheng An’an’s face, his attitude changed. He grabbed Cheng An’an’s arm, and gently lifted him up. “It has nothing to do with you. He bumped you. You’re still frightened, and don’t need to apologize.”

Cheng An’an had a delicate face and voice, and the boy, as an alpha, was reluctant to lose his temper with such an omega. Because of Cheng An’an’s beauty, he even wanted to get closer to this beautiful omega. Therefore, the target of his anger directly became Ling Mu, who was standing beside him indifferently.

“You, ugly monster, it’s okay to look ugly, but you can’t even do such a small thing like serving properly. Why are you wasting air by living?” The boy grew even more angry as he saw Ling Mu’s cold eyes. “What, you don’t even have the courage to admit wrongdoing? You have to let someone else take the blame, right? Let me tell you, if you don’t pay me back today, I will let you know the meaning of suffering!”

Ling Mu sneered at the face twisted in anger. “I didn’t bump into him.”

The implication was that this accident was entirely Cheng An’an’s fault, and had nothing to do with him.

Cheng An’an bit his lip and reddened at his words. Pulling the boy’s arms, he said, “I’m sorry, senior, it’s all my fault. Classmate Ling didn’t mean it, don’t blame him. I’ll help you wipe it clean, and as for your clothes, can I take it back and wash it? I really don’t have any money, so don’t be mad at me…”

The appearance of a grieving weak beauty apologizing melted the boy’s heart, and he was even more reluctant to see Cheng An’an’s suffering. He turned to comfort him, “I know you didn’t do it on purpose, don’t worry, I don’t need your money.”

After saying that, he immediately changed his face and roared at Ling Mu: “Where is your store manager! Call your store manager here! I don’t believe you!”

“It’s useless for you to call anyone, I didn’t touch him.” Ling Mu’s eyes were very cold. If it weren’t for keeping this job, he wouldn’t want to even say a few words.

Qiu Zhenyang watched all this from the corner. His brows were already furrowed, and he was very unhappy.

Ling Mu is not an irresponsible person. Since he said he didn’t hit Cheng An’an, he must not have hit him. Qiu Zhenyang didn’t know what was going on with Cheng An’an, but now he was obviously digging a pit for Ling Mu!

The store manager was in the office, and quickly walked over to the boys and apologized.

“I’m really sorry, because of our shop’s negligence, we will compensate you for your trouble!” The store manager is a senior beta, and has some management skills, so he could handle this situation proficiently.

But words alone could not relieve the boy. He stepped forward and grabbed Ling Mu’s collar fiercely, sneering at the store manager. “Compensation? I don’t want your store’s compensation, I want this person to pay! Also, I want him to kneel down and apologize for my shoes, and I don’t want him to appear in this store again in the future!”

This request was obviously excessive, and even the store manager was a little embarrassed.

“You f*cking let go!”

Ling Mu finally exploded. The tray in his hand hit the boy’s hand holding his collar. The boy let out a pained cry, and his anger deepened. “If he continues working here, this beverage shop will be shut down!”

“Shut down?”

Just when everyone was at a stalemate, Qiu Zhenyang walked over with a sneer with hands in his pockets.

“Just you? You, a blind and deaf guy, can even threaten to shut them down, I’m afraid you must be dreaming?”

“Who are you saying is blind and deaf?”

Qiu Zhenyang’s appearance surprised everyone, especially Cheng An’an, who looked straight at him with red eyes, looking extremely aggrieved. Those beautiful eyes seemed to be complaining to Qiu Zhenyang, stubbornly swallowing the pain, not daring to express the sourness in his heart.

Anyhow, seeing Qiu Zhenyang’s suddenly conflicted expression is enough.

He turned his body, hurriedly focusing his eyes on the boy who was making trouble, raised his eyebrows and said, “You couldn’t have not heard that Ling Mu said he didn’t bump into anyone? Blaming him like this, if you’re not deaf, then what? Are you stupid?”

Ling Mu also saw Cheng An’an’s eyes on Qiu Zhenyang. He pursed his lips, and squeezed the hand holding the plate tightly.

“You believe what he says? I think he is jealous of how good-looking others are, so he deliberately framed him! After all, there aren’t many guys as ugly as him now. In order to attract the attention of others, he can do anything!”

Qiu Zhenyang’s face darkened, and his frown deepened. “Keep your mouth clean.”

“I’m not clean? Why don’t you say his hands and feet are not clean!” The man wanted to show off in front of Cheng An’an, and didn’t want Qiu Zhenyang to steal his limelight, so he did not give in an inch.

The beta store manager looked left and right and didn’t know how to persuade them. He was thinking about calling the school’s security guard, when Qiu Zhenyang turned to look at him. “Are you the store manager? I see your store has surveillance. Just call up the surveillance and everything will be resolved.”

The store manager was speechless. No matter whether they watched it or not, it was his own waiter who offended the customer – is this necessary?

But Qiu Zhenyang doesn’t care about this, he only wants to prove Ling Mu’s innocence.

“What’s the matter, is it inconvenient?” Seeing that the store manager was not moving, Qiu Zhenyang looked at him again.

Cheng An’an, who was on the side, gently tugged at the boy’s sleeve with a pale face, and forced a smile. “I’m really sorry. No need to trouble the store manager to retrieve the recording, I’ll pay you back.”

Then he returned to Qiu Zhenyang, and said: “Zhenyang, you too, don’t make trouble. The store manager works very hard, don’t bother him.”

Zhenyang??? What the hell???

Qiu Zhenyang hurriedly walked a few steps closer to Ling Mu, hooked his arm as if to prove his innocence, frowned and said to Cheng An’an, “Why are you acting so intimate? We’re just classmates. Also, this person is obviously looking for trouble and disrupting business. I just asked your store manager to check the monitoring to block his mouth, how can you call it making trouble?”

Ling Mu, whose arm was suddenly hooked, his heart skipped a beat. He didn’t know why but he didn’t want to break free and simply went along with Qiu Zhenyang.

As for Cheng An’an, his face paled further, and he said with a wry smile: “Ah, I thought we were still close with our one-year friendship… I’m sorry.”

He lowered his head, and that reluctant smile made people feel distressed.

The boy and the store manager couldn’t bear it anymore, while Qiu Zhenyang’s face wrinkled.

In the end, the store manager still didn’t retrieve the surveillance, mainly because Cheng An’an admitted his mistake wholeheartedly, and begged the boy to stop embarrassing others. In order to win Cheng An’an’s favor, the boy also pretended to be generous and said that he would not pursue it, and finally asked for Cheng An’an’s terminal number.

After sending the customers away, the store manager sighed with his hands on his hips and said to Cheng An’an, “Go inside and rest first. There are not many people now, so you can come out later.”

Cheng An’an said thank you, and before leaving, dragged a glance at Qiu Zhenyang, but the latter didn’t even give him half a look.

After turning around, Cheng An’an’s expression changed immediately, and he frowned.

After the school test, Qiu Zhenyang never looked for him once, but he delivered water to Ling Mu in front of so many people, which made Cheng An’an worried. Cheng An’an knew what happened between Ling Mu and him. Their engagement was broken, so what are they doing now?

That is to say, in order to understand Qiu Zhenyang’s attitude, Cheng An’an thought of this method when he came out of the lounge and saw Ling Mu bring Qiu Zhenyang into the store.

But the truth was completely different from what he imagined. Qiu Zhenyang actually stood on Ling Mu’s side! Why did Qiu Zhenyang’s attitude towards him change so much? Is it really related to that Ling Mu?

With this question in mind, Cheng An went to the lounge absentmindedly.

“Ling Mu, can you change your temper? You told me that you had a lot of part-time experience, and that you were in urgent need of money, so I promised you could work part-time here. Otherwise, do you really think I’m short of manpower?”

The store manager was very unhappy. Although he didn’t judge people by their appearance, he was very dissatisfied with Ling Mu’s attitude towards the customers just now. They are originally in the service industry, and such people who do not know how to work are really disgusting.

Ling Mu had already wrenched his arm from Qiu Zhenyang’s hand, and said with a stiff face, “If it’s my fault, I will apologize.”

“What’s the matter, do you still think it’s not your fault? Do I have to call up the surveillance camera before you can admit it?”

“I said that I didn’t bump into him, how many times do you want me to say it?”

Ling Mu originally had a fiery temperament that would explode when touched. Even when he restrained himself when facing the customers just now, his fists were clenched.

Part-time work is part-time work, he doesn’t need to bear the fault of others! What he sells is service and labor, not dignity! There is no need to cater to unreasonable guests!

Qiu Zhenyang stopped Ling Mu and said to the store manager, “I suggest you call up the surveillance camera and take a good look at it. Forcing someone’s head down to apologize shouldn’t it be the style of a good store manager, right?

The pair singing and dancing made the manager even more angry. Grabbing the serving tray in Ling Mu’s hand, he raised his hand and pointed to the door: “Okay, you have a backbone, you are right! No need to come in to work tomorrow, our little store can’t hold you, this big buddha!”

​​Ling Mu directly released his pent-up anger, directly tearing off the uniform he wore over his shirt, threw it on the table, and walked out.

Qiu Zhenyang shouted a few times, but the guy didn’t listen at all, so he could only tell the store manager, “Even if he left, you still need to pay Ling Mu for today’s salary.”

Annoyed by the cheeky Qiu Zhenyang, the store manager directly transferred a sum of money to Ling Mu’s account through the terminal, and said angrily to Qiu Zhenyang: “Fine! Now get out!”

“Okay, don’t be so angry, business is booming~” Qiu Zhenyang was satisfied. With a big smile on his face, he waved his hand, and left.

QZY: Mumu, is innocent! I’ll fight you!

CAA: QZY, help~

QZY: Who are you?

QZY: Mumu, Mumu, I’m on your side!

LM: …

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