Chapter 108: Chapter 107: Incredible Good News!!!

"Pfft—"

Qin Shan gulped down two-thirds of a bottle of beer in one breath and couldn't hold it in, spraying it out suddenly.

It was a disaster for Boss Pu, sitting directly opposite him.

On his phone, on his head, on his face, his upper body was all covered in beer.

He was thoroughly drenched in a beer bath.

"Hahahahaha..."

Gu Yu and Yu Shutong couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Eeek!" Boss Pu let out a strange cry, hurriedly stood up and started hopping around, trying to shake off the beer on him.

But it was obviously futile, only drawing strange glances from the people around him.

Gu Yu handed him a few tissues, but the first thing he did was not to wipe his face or head but his phone…

"The head can be wet, clothes can be dirty, but the phone cannot break!"

Boss Pu grinned, causing everyone to laugh even more.

Gu Yu, seeing Qin Shan laughing too, tentatively asked, "Hey Third Brother, have you moved on that fast?"

Qin Shan was about to open a second bottle of beer, not willing to accept his prior failure.

Hearing Gu Yu's question, he put down the beer and looked up at Gu Yu, his smile fading slightly.

After a moment's hesitation, he shook his head.

"No, it can't be that fast, but I'm not as fragile as you think."

"Besides, breaking up isn't without its benefits. Look, I used my freshly earned manuscript fee to treat you guys to barbecue."

"I wasn't this generous before, you know!"

He laughed at himself a bit.

"Pop—"

The beer bottle cap flew off, and Qin Shan passed the beer to Gu Yu, then cracked open another one for himself.

Gu Yu took it, his gaze subconsciously drifting to the apartment building across the street.

A window on the seventh floor facing the road was lit up—Gu Yu had counted before, that was Lin Xinyue's room.

Just then, a shadow flickered at the window and his phone sitting on the table buzzed and lit up.

Xinyue: "Don't hold back on drinking, if you drink too much, I'll come pick you up."

Gu Yu felt a warmth in his chest when he saw the message.

Looking up again, Lin Xinyue was waving at him.

Gu Yu: "You won't be mad at me for going out tonight without calling you, right?"

Xinyue: "Why would I? When you guys drink, you must have things to talk about. It's not great for a girl like me to join in!"

Xinyue: "Alright, alright! I won't disturb you anymore! I'm going to put on a face mask and binge-watch my shows! Message me if you drink too much!"

Gu Yu had just received the message when the figure at the window disappeared, clearly Lin Xinyue was off to apply her face mask.

He looked at the message, a warm smile spreading on his face.

It felt so good to be understood and cared for by the person he liked!

"What's up? Is your girlfriend checking in on you? A little drinking should be fine, right? Ah, that's nice... Jinfeng never cared to ask what I was up to before."

Qin Shan stretched his neck, watching Gu Yu reply to the message with a mischievous smile.

Gu Yu just smiled and nodded, not showing him the conversation, so as not to stab at his freshly wounded heart.

"Drink! Drink the hell up! To Third Brother's newfound freedom, cheers to the whole bottle!"

Gu Yu stood up and raised his beer, and the other three followed suit, arms linked and clinking glasses, cheering in unison: "Cheers!!!"

After a round of hearty, uninhibited drinking, they sat down again.

Laoer wasn't really a drinker, his face had turned red all the way to his neck after just half a bottle, whereas Boss Pu and Qin Shan showed no change at all.

As for Gu Yu, he also wasn't great at drinking before, but ever since his constitution improved, now even after downing a bottle, his face didn't redden and his ears didn't get hot.

"Keep it going, keep it going!"

The four of them pushed the cups and changed the toasts, the purpose of today was to help Qin Shan lift his spirits, after all.

There would be no stopping until he was completely drunk!

Leveraging the drunkenness, Qin Shan finally expressed his true feelings.

"Guys, actually, it's not Jinfeng's fault—it's all on me! I am just a damn writer who doesn't stick to the right path. After writing for so many years, I'm still a flop with no achievements to my name."

"Jinfeng made the right choice by choosing Wu Huan, people naturally pursue the best there is."

"Just like writing a novel, a great male protagonist naturally attracts the affection of girls; it's just unfortunate that I am not the protagonist who can attract Jinfeng."

"In the end, it's all because I am just not good enough."

Qin Shan looked dazedly with bloodshot eyes, swaying while clutching a bottle of liquor in his hand.

Seeing the third brother's dejected look and his just-spoken words, Gu Yu finally understood his inner thoughts.

He still couldn't get over Wan Jinfeng, who betrayed him, and blamed all the faults on himself.

No wonder he slapped himself at the time, instead of Wan Jinfeng.

He blames himself for not being good enough!

The third brother... his expectations of himself are too high, and he is far too forgiving towards others.

Is the third brother bad? Impossible!

A top talent from a prestigious 985 university, though not in the top few of his department, but he still managed to grab every class scholarship every year.

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Besides, the third brother isn't only good at writing; he also has a knack for business.

That's already more than most of his classmates!

But he still blames himself, something Gu Yu felt he absolutely couldn't tolerate!

He would definitely not let the third brother keep drowning in unnecessary self-blame!

Mulling over this, Gu Yu's lips curled into a slight smile.

He walked over to Qin Shan and threw an arm around his neck.

"Third brother, everyone, I received some fantastic news this afternoon, and I was planning to tell you all in a few days, but considering how the third brother is now, I've decided to tell you now!"

Gu Yu looked at the three of them, his face showing a mysterious smile.

"What's this fantastic news that you even planned to delay telling us? I didn't expect you, Laosi, to have learned to keep secrets too!"

Boss Pu, after downing five bottles of beer, was leisurely eating skewers, looking completely carefree.

Laoer, who had already been knocked out by the drink, obliviously lifted his head.

He still had the last bit of consciousness left.

Curiosity filled Qin Shan's flushed face too; he also wanted to know what news was so explosive that even someone like Laosi would call it fantastic!

"Don't rush, put down the bottles in your hands and the skewers too, lest you accidentally injure the people around us later."

Gu Yu's face held an undiminished air of mystery as he took the bottle from Qin Shan's hand and placed it on the ground.

Boss Pu also set down his skewer but was already itching with impatience like a monkey scratching his face; after all, he was a naturally impatient person, and under the influence of alcohol, he couldn't wait a second longer for the news Gu Yu was about to reveal!

"Laoer, wake up, get up and listen to this fantastic news!"

He slapped Laoer on the shoulder.

Yu Laoer forced himself to gather his spirits, poured mineral water on his face, and forced himself to wake up.

"Everyone's ready, Laosi, tell us. What's the fantastic news? Did you win the lottery? Are you planning to give each of us a million?"

Qin Shan turned to Gu Yu, guessing.

Gu Yu shook his head and pretended to look down on Qin Shan:

"It's not that I won the lottery, it's that the four of us won the lottery! A million? Too little! That's thinking too small!"

"When did the four of us buy a lottery ticket?"

Boss Pu was utterly confused.

Yu Shutong also carefully thought back—they had never bought lottery tickets, had they?

Gu Yu cast a wary glance at the passersby at the tables around them, then leaned forward, huddling closer to the middle of the table, and whispered:

"The game we developed has blown up!!!"

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