Seizing Dreams [B1]

Ch26 - End of the Year

K...kaikai... <3
Translated by: DMlations/Zryuu
Edited by: FistFullOfDollars and Amelea

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"What are you doing?!" A familiar voice rang out. Coffee had been splashed all over Yu Hao's head and he looked absolutely miserable. When he looked over, he realized that it was Chen Yekai.

He didn't know when Chen Yekai had arrived at the café. He suddenly shouted, "Are you looking for a fight?!"

With this one roar from Chen Yekai, the middle-aged man was instantly frightened. Whenever his teacher, Chen Yekai, turned fierce, he would be extremely imposing. He had shouted at Yu Hao before, but he appeared even more frightening today. Yu Hao was afraid of Zhou Sheng, but he was even more afraid of Chen Yekai, because Zhou Sheng would throw a fist to your face the moment he got angry, with no time for you to react before the punch connected. But when Chen Yekai gets mad, he would destroy the other party's psychological defenses.

"Pay up." Chen Yekai pointed at the floor covered in coffee, "You trash."

That customer struggled for breath as he stared at Chen Yekai. Chen Yekai was wearing a casual suit jacket and looked just like an unreasonable rich second generation. The customer instantly turned meek and only looked at Chen Yekai.

"You dare avoid payment?! You think Laozi wouldn't beat you to death right here?!" Chen Yekai's voice sounded out like thunder as he exerted 80% of his lecture theatre shouting abilities. Yu Hao felt as if the french windows in the flower café were about to get destroyed by a hurricane.

That customer didn't say another word as he opened up his WeChat app on his phone to pay. The clerk in charge of collecting payment scanned his code and said, "Four cups of Vanilla coffee."

The customer didn't even want the coffees anymore, and he left quickly.

Their surroundings fell silent. Yu Hao went to look for a paper towel to wipe his face. The clerk said, "Next, please."

Chen Yekai left the coffee counter as if nothing had happened. Yu Hao whispered to the clerk, "I'll clean up the mess."

"It's been hard on you." The clerk was a big man who had just entered the workforce. He patted Yu Hao's hair that was soaked in coffee.

As Yu Hao wiped the coffee counter, he looked towards where Chen Yekai was sitting. When did he come? He had been receiving orders the whole day today, so he hadn't noticed him. Yu Hao had suffered from many such setbacks before that made him feel like he was braving through stormy seas. When he delivered takeout in the past, some people would even slam the door in his face, but it would always be okay once he had settled down. Not all customers are like that, and there were more good people in this world than bad.

Chen Yekai was currently drinking coffee and chatting with another woman that Yu Hao recognized. She was Professor Lin Xun's wife, "Liang Laoshi" Liang Jinmin, who was introduced during the college performance. Liang Jinmin wore a pair of sunglasses today, and was speaking to Chen Yekai in the corner in a low voice. Chen Yekai was listening to her silently with a stern expression on his face.

To meet Chen Yekai at the café after 8pm and wear sunglasses - was she previously a movie star? Was she afraid of being recognized? Yu Hao glanced at them a few more times. Liang Jinmin only stayed in the café for a short while longer before she got up and left.

When it was close to 9pm, Yu Hao was wiping the floor as he knelt down on one knee. Chen Yekai walked over and said to him over the coffee counter, "Don't work anymore, let's go."

Yu Hao looked up and smiled, "I have to work."

"I'll find a job for you." Chen Yekai said, "You can't go on like this either, where will you find the time to study?"