UCS Chapter 67

Li Mochen had always been a man of swift action. Having made up his mind, he drove toward Gao Gusheng’s college, but when he reached the college vicinity, he found himself in a dilemma.

 

Because he discovered he seemed to have no way to approach Gao Gusheng.

 

Invite him to become a star?

 

No, this method had already been used. After being rejected, he wouldn’t appear a second time—it would damage his dignity.

 

Directly propose keeping him?

 

He always felt Gao Gusheng was different from those other people. He didn’t seem to value money much, so this move probably wouldn’t work either. If he acted rashly, it might make it even harder to handle this little guy in the future.

 

In his distress, Li Mochen actually found some amusement. He hadn’t expected such a little guy to be so difficult to deal with.

 

Interesting.

 

Just as he was thinking of methods, he saw a familiar figure on a street not far from Jing University.

 

Gao Gusheng?

 

How could he be here sweeping the streets?

 

That’s right, amid the autumn atmosphere, Gao Gusheng was wielding a large broom, earnestly sweeping the fallen leaves on the street. Golden sycamore leaves at his feet and above his head formed a brilliant golden expanse.

 

Li Mochen’s brows furrowed.

 

He hadn’t expected Gao Gusheng’s character to be so stubborn—he’d rather sweep streets than come work as a star under him, much less be kept by him.

 

Living such a hard life, yet his back remained as straight as pine wood.

 

Interesting, truly too interesting.

 

Li Mochen gazed meaningfully at the curve of his back rising and falling beneath his thin T-shirt.

 

From this distance, Gao Gusheng’s facial expression wasn’t really clear, yet it made his heart skip a beat.

 

Li Mochen immediately picked up his phone, “Assistant Li, seal off this street. Then get people over here to clean this street spotless.”

 

Good, since he had the backbone to want to earn money himself, then let him have his way.

 

Surely by respecting him like this and helping him, he should be very moved.

 

Assistant Li’s actions were indeed swift. After just about ten minutes, a group of people in black suits blocked both ends of the street. The scattered pedestrians on the street were driven out, looking either angry or bewildered at these black suits.

 

Next, even more black suits wearing sunglasses and carrying brooms came flooding into the street in a mighty procession, beginning to sweep.

 

Passersby: ? That’s it? Big brothers, can you live up to your muscles?

 

Gao Gusheng, who had been earnestly cleaning, was stunned by the spectacle before him. Right before his eyes, the pedestrians were swept clean along with the fallen leaves.

 

What was going on? Was some film crew planning to borrow this street in front of his college for filming? But no one had told him, the volunteer, about this?

 

Many hands make light work—with over forty black-clothed people arriving at once, the street was packed human to human, broom pressed against broom, butt against butt. Gao Gusheng personally witnessed one brother with particularly developed glutes bump another suited big brother far away with one thrust.

 

Before long, the street was so clean it reflected light.

 

Just as he was completely bewildered, the black suits held their brooms and lined up on both sides, creating quite the atmosphere of a court session.

 

Through the parted black-clothed people, Li Mochen slowly walked forward.

 

Looking at the young man before him, Li Mochen curved his lips in a light smile, “Student Gao, are you satisfied with what you see?”

 

What the hell?

 

Li Mochen looked at the flustered young man before him with amusement, “Since this is your choice, then I respect it. However, I helped you out, so shouldn’t you give me a little reward?”

 

Gao Gusheng looked at Li Mochen in disbelief. He pointed at the street that had been cleaned to a reflective shine, his voice trembling, “This—this wasn’t your doing, was it?”

 

Li Mochen smiled and nodded, saying proudly, “I’ve already had people seal off this street. For the rest of today, it will stay clean.”

 

Gao Gusheng was about to lose his mind.

 

He was breaking down: Holy shit, this big brother is insane! This was the volunteer service he’d fought tooth and nail through thousands of competitors to finally snag!

 

Damn it, someone stole his work, his volunteer service hours went down the drain—not cursing would already be considered high class. And he wants a reward? He’d reward him with a big slap!

 

Gao Gusheng tentatively stepped back two paces. After all, with so many black suits around, if a real fight broke out, he definitely wouldn’t have the advantage.

 

He suppressed his anger and forced out a fake smile, “President, I still have class in a bit, so I won’t keep you company for chat.”

 

“Bye now!”

 

Li Mochen didn’t stop him either, watching Gao Gusheng’s retreating figure with a light smile curving his lips.

 

Getting shy, how cute.

 

Gao Gusheng, who had successfully escaped, immediately pulled out his phone the moment he disappeared from that psycho’s sight—

 

“Hello, Traffic Police Brigade? It’s like this—there are people illegally parking here, and illegally occupying public facilities. They brought people to block off the main road in front of our college, and many cars and people are being stopped from coming and going.”

 

The Traffic Police Brigade was outraged upon hearing this. How dare someone be so arrogant?

 

Just as Assistant Li was directing the black suits to block curious onlookers, two police cars charged into the encirclement. One car of traffic police got out and immediately began issuing tickets to illegally parked vehicles on the roadside.

 

The black suits—over forty of them had come in more than ten cars, and every single car got a ticket.

 

The other car of traffic police herded this group of people to the roadside like shepherding sheep.

 

Incidentally, because this road blockade was so massive and egregious in nature, Li Mochen and Assistant Li, as the masterminds, were also taken to the police station.

 

Li Mochen, who was arrested on the spot, looked at the traffic police beside him in disbelief. He never would have dreamed that he, the mighty president of Wanxing Entertainment, would one day be taken to the station.

 

He frowned and said, “I’m the president of Wanxing Entertainment.”

 

The traffic police were already angry at this kind of person who occupied public facilities, and hearing his tone—completely unrepentant—thought to themselves that this must be some brain-damaged rich second generation from who knows where.

 

The captain, seeing his unrepentant attitude, angrily said, “In ancient times, even princes who broke the law were punished the same as commoners. In today’s society everyone is equal—I don’t care what kind of president you are. Even if you were chairman of the board, if you break the law you’re coming with us!”

 

…The all-powerful President Li was taken away just like that.

 

Gao Gusheng observed the situation from the shadows. Seeing this group of psychos get taken away, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his head full of question marks.

 

What was wrong with this person? Did he have zero legal knowledge?

 

Blocking roads—did he really think he was some domineering CEO from a novel?

 

“I want the entire Traffic Police Brigade to know—I’ve contracted this whole street for you!”?

 

However, Gao Gusheng had no idea that his collision with the psycho president was just getting started.

 

Assistant Li took all the responsibility, and Li Mochen was released.

 

This arrest had left Li Mochen both angry and furious. He never could have imagined that he’d one day experience a day trip to the Traffic Police Brigade. If people in the industry found out about this, who knows how they’d laugh at him.

 

He stood in his office with a dark expression. This beautiful panoramic office had light from the windows illuminating his sharp features. Looking down from above, he could see the magnificent cityscape, as if the entire city was under his feet.

 

Normally, he would properly appreciate this scenery beneath his feet. But now his mind was full of that little bastard who had sent him in.

 

Interesting, truly interesting.

 

No one has ever dared do something like this to me.

 

The more Li Mochen thought about it, the more he was actually amused by his anger.

 

Just then, his other assistant brought up investigation materials about Gao Gusheng’s recent activities.

 

Because of his constitution, Gao Gusheng rarely went out. In other words, in others’ eyes, Gao Gusheng was a complete shut-in, maintaining a two-point line between home and dorm every day, rarely going out to eat with friends.

 

This was mainly because Gao Gusheng’s bodyguards hadn’t been in position during the previous period.

 

Because of this, the few friends who were frequently with Gao Gusheng became particularly conspicuous.

 

Li Mochen looked at the materials on Gao Gusheng’s friends, raising his eyebrows slightly.

 

On top was Sun Jun’s file. Sun Jun’s situation had caused quite a stir—it was all over their circles. He was very clear about the whole story, and the video he often watched was of Gao Gusheng reaching out to pull Sun Jun up.

 

He’d heard that this real young master had now become a disciple under a master, and had made his name at a previous art exhibition, thoroughly entering the painting circle and opening up networking connections.

 

The Sun family was also a major force behind him. That Sun Langgan had been like a different person lately, just burying his head in work as if atoning for sins. The Sun family’s business expansion was very rapid—if they confronted them rashly, even the Li family would suffer some losses.

 

Gao Gusheng had pulled Sun Jun out of the mud when he was at his lowest point. Li Mochen didn’t doubt at all that Sun Jun would be attracted to Gao Gusheng—he might be the most annoying fly around Gao Gusheng.

 

The next photo was of Yun Zhiyi, the Yun family’s young lady, who appeared most frequently beside Gao Gusheng.

 

The next file was on Mo Hua, a sports specialty student with high natural talent who might enter the national team. He’d grown up in an orphanage with no background, but the welfare institution behind him was property under the Gao family’s name, so it wouldn’t be good to approach from that angle.

 

In the photo, Mo Hua had no expression, giving off an inexplicably dangerous feeling.

 

The last file was on Zhou Jing, a mathematical prodigy who had skipped three grades to enter Jing University. Though the youngest in this group, he had already joined a mathematics professor’s research team, with limitless prospects ahead.

 

Li Mochen was proud and arrogant—he didn’t think this group of kids would threaten him, but he’d always been someone who liked to plan ahead.

 

Since the little kitten wasn’t being good and dared to show its claws to him, then he couldn’t be blamed for clipping the kitten’s nails. Consider it a small punishment.

 

He could tolerate Gao Gusheng’s little temper, and those small tricks of his wouldn’t hurt him in the slightest, but a kitten that dared to show its claws to its master needed to be punished—only then would he know what he should and shouldn’t do.

 

After Gao Gusheng was by his side, there couldn’t be these flies buzzing around him.

 

…

 

That evening, Gao Gusheng’s group gathered together, each wearing a very complex expression. Among them, Gao Gusheng’s face looked like the bottom of a pot that hadn’t been scrubbed for ten years.

 

“Come on, everyone tell us what you encountered this afternoon.”

 

Mo Hua adjusted his wrist guards, “A few people told me that if I get close to you again, they’ll break my legs and cancel my qualification to enter the national team.”

 

Sun Jun smiled somewhat helplessly, “Someone told me that with Sun Langgan around, I’d never get the Sun family’s assets. They said they could help me gain real power in the Sun family, on the condition that I can’t get close to you.”

 

Zhou Jing pushed his glasses, with a stack of math problems still beside him, “He told me to stay away from you, otherwise this time they came for me, but next time they’d come for my parents.”

 

Gao Gusheng was furious listening to this. What he hated most were these methods that involved dragging relatives and friends into it. One fake Wen Liang, one Li Mochen—he’d really been putting up with these two psychos for a long time.

 

He hadn’t expected that after that previous bout of insanity, Li Mochen still wasn’t done.

 

He was so angry that the veins on his forehead were throbbing. Just as he was about to slam the table hard, he didn’t expect someone beside him to slam it faster and louder than him.

 

Yun Zhiyi slammed the table and stood up angrily.

 

“What the hell? What is this supposed to be? I’m clearly the only girl beside little Sheng, right? Why did he warn each of you one by one but specifically didn’t warn me? Do I look like I have no charm at all?!”

 

Gao Gusheng: …

 

Mo Hua: …

 

Sun Jun: …

 

Zhou Jing: …

 

Faced with this deadly question, Zhou Jing calmly pushed his glasses and took the lead, “Is there a possibility that maybe the other party thinks you and Gusheng have reproductive isolation? After all, humans and monkeys can’t fall in love.”

 

“Glasses! You die for me—!!”

 

Gao Gusheng quickly coughed lightly to redirect the fire, changing the subject, “Anyway, don’t worry about this matter, I’ll handle it.”

 

Sun Jun looked at Gao Gusheng with concern, “Little Sheng, I told my parents about this. They said they’d have a talk with the Li family—the Li family doesn’t need to go head-to-head with our family. Don’t try to tough it out alone.”

 

Zhou Jing, who had escaped from Yun Zhiyi’s “claws,” calmly pushed his crooked glasses hanging on his nose bridge and smoothed down his hair that looked like it had been hit by a fart, “Gusheng, how did you provoke him?”

 

Gao Gusheng irritably scratched his hair and sighed, “I’m not clear on what this psycho is thinking either. Could it be that when he previously wanted me to join Wanxing Entertainment and I didn’t, he held a grudge?”

 

“The first time we met, this person seemed quite normal, but now when we meet he’s turned into a psycho.”

 

“Could it be that my charm is too great, and even Wanxing’s president can’t resist my charisma?”

 

“I know being handsome is a sin—I should be cut into a thousand pieces.”

 

Yun Zhiyi slapped the back of his head, “Be serious, little Sheng. What time is it, and you’re still clowning around?”

 

“Can’t you see what he’s trying to do? He wants people around you to distance themselves from you, cutting off your social connections. Hurry up and call to ask if your dad is okay.”

 

While dialing, Gao Gusheng said, “That’s not very likely. My dad is a public servant after all—surely he can’t reach his hand into the bureau.”

 

After a busy tone, the call connected. Gao Gusheng briefly explained today’s events, then asked, “So dad, you’re okay on your end, right?”

 

Nothing unusual had happened on Gao Shi’s side.

 

Assistant Li was still locked up at the Traffic Police Brigade, and Li Mochen himself had just made a trip through the station. Presumably, he had some psychological trauma about stations for the time being and didn’t want to get involved with anything station-related.

 

In any case, he didn’t dare to be so arrogant as to move against Gao Shi for now.

 

Although he knew his old dad would be fine, Gao Gusheng still secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he walked to a corner and said to his father, “Dad, send over those twenty bodyguards from last time. I want to duel that idiot president!”

 

“No, twenty isn’t enough—I want forty!”

 

Hearing his son’s furious roar, even though Gao Shi was angry, he couldn’t help but be amused, “Forty people and you call it a duel?”

 

Gao Gusheng said righteously, “Of course it’s a duel—it’s forty of us dueling him alone.”

 

Gao Shi shook his head, “Alright, stop fooling around. I can send you bodyguards, but you can’t have them fight or gang up on people—that would get you arrested.”

 

Gao Gusheng scratched his head, “Mm, okay, but if he strikes first, that should count as self-defense, right?”

 

…

 

In any case, Gao Gusheng ultimately succeeded in requesting forty generals from his old dad.

 

He returned to his little companions and waved his hand with great spirit, “Don’t worry, by tomorrow this guy will be dealt with by me. Don’t worry about it.”

 

Sun Jun smiled bitterly looking at Gao Gusheng like this, feeling even more worried.

 

Zhou Jing pushed his glasses and said rationally, “With your father around, there really doesn’t seem to be anything to worry about. Call me if you need anything—I’ll bring my advisor along.”

 

Zhou Jing was the teachers’ darling, and Gao Gusheng had no doubt that if Zhou Jing opened his mouth, those old professors would really rush over to back him up.

 

But just thinking about a group of white-haired old professors holding thermos cups, leaning on walking sticks, trembling as they rushed over to support him made him feel truly wicked.

 

What virtue or ability did Li Mochen have to be able to mobilize so many old professors? Bah! He didn’t deserve it!

 

Mo Hua still had that calm, indifferent look, but his words carried a ruthless edge, “If there’s a need to fight tomorrow, you can call me.”

 

Gao Gusheng frowned, “What fighting? We’re civilized people. And Huazi, you need to be careful with your body—you’re a future athlete, you can’t get injured.”

 

Yun Zhiyi slammed the table and stood up, her ponytail bouncing behind her head.

 

“Don’t worry, little Sheng! I won’t let this psycho touch you! I’m going home right now to have my parents send me twenty more bodyguards. I’ll lend all these bodyguards to you, don’t worry!”

 

Gao Gusheng was moved to tears, “Sister Yun, you’re so fierce.”

 

With the plan settled, Gao Gusheng began contacting Li Mochen. Li Mochen had left Gao Gusheng more than one business card, so Gao Gusheng casually flipped through and found one, then called the number. It rang twice before being answered.

 

“Hello.”

 

The man’s voice was low and elegant, quite captivating.

 

Gao Gusheng secretly wondered to himself—the number on this business card was actually answered by him personally? Wasn’t he afraid of being annoyed to death by phone calls?

 

What Gao Gusheng didn’t know was that after doing those immoral things this afternoon, Li Mochen had been expecting Gao Gusheng to call him. He’d been waiting by the phone all evening.

 

Gao Gusheng was too lazy to beat around the bush with this psycho. He got straight to the point, “You were the one who threatened my friends this afternoon?”

 

Li Mochen chuckled softly, “You’re calling me just because of them?”

 

Gao Gusheng thought his words were completely baffling. If not for his friends, what else would he be calling about?

 

Gao Gusheng was impatient, “What right do you have to do that?”

 

Li Mochen replied, “No particular reason, just trimming the kitten’s claws.”

 

Gao Gusheng got goosebumps all over from that sentence.

 

“Dude, you stole my volunteer service activity this afternoon and illegally occupied the street. I was just fulfilling a citizen’s duty.”

 

Li Mochen said instinctively, “I haven’t even settled the score with you for calling the Traffic Police Brigade.”

 

As soon as these words left his mouth, Li Mochen instinctively frowned. This sentence didn’t fit his domineering CEO persona at all—it felt like his whole aura had dropped several levels.

 

The voice on the other end sounded very speechless, “Dude, you did that stuff and won’t let people talk about it? Let’s be honest here—if you should go to the station, then go. Admit your mistakes and you’re still a good man.”

 

Li Mochen’s face completely darkened. This was nothing like the conversation where he controlled everything that he’d imagined.

 

Normally, anyone who dared to poke at his wounds like this would have been dealt with long ago, but the person in front of him wasn’t just poking his wounds—this person had personally created those wounds in the first place.

 

Yet listening to his voice, he found him mischievous and quite adorable.

 

“I assume you called me for some other reason?”

 

He tried to steer the conversation back, hoping to take control of the dialogue.

 

Gao Gusheng went along with it, “Ah, that’s right. About my friends’ situation, I’d like to have a talk with you. How about we meet tomorrow at the coffee shop next to my college? What do you think?”

 

As soon as Gao Gusheng opened his mouth, Li Mochen was stunned by this huge surprise.

 

This was truly an unexpected delight. Li Mochen had wanted to ask Gao Gusheng out before and had tried several times without success, but this time the boy had agreed so easily.

 

Li Mochen adjusted his sitting position.

 

He was wearing a black silk bathrobe, sitting in the moonlight with a wine glass in his hand, gently swirling it. The red wine in the glass reflected the moonlight, casting beautiful colors.

 

Heh, as expected—just a little kitten with slightly sharper claws. No matter how sharp the claws, it was still a cat.

 

With the home advantage switched, Li Mochen finally found his familiar feeling and became unhurried.

 

He knew that teasing a kitten couldn’t be all tension all the time. Since the kitten was showing its belly to him in submission, he didn’t mind giving the kitten a little treat.

 

So he readily agreed, “Fine, let’s go to your college then.”

 

Gao Gusheng confirmed, “Tomorrow morning at ten o’clock then—you don’t have any problems with that?”

 

“No problem.”

 

Li Mochen was about to say something more when he heard a busy tone—the phone had been hung up.

 

He wasn’t annoyed either. Looking at the disconnected phone, he shook his head, almost able to imagine the young man on the other end with flushed cheeks and bright eyes from anger.

 

He must be very cute.

 

…

 

That’s what Li Mochen had thought.

 

But no matter how much he thought about it, he never imagined that when he arrived at the coffee shop with only one assistant, what would greet him was a sea of black suits, just like yesterday’s role reversal.

 

And among the crowd of black suits, Gao Gusheng was sitting boldly in the center of the coffee shop, legs crossed, with the bearing of a master, looking quite arrogant.

 

This was completely different from the teary-eyed little kitten he’d imagined. This wasn’t a kitten at all—it was a man-eating tiger.

 

Li Mochen paused for a moment, wanting to confirm whether these black suits were classmates he’d hired to pretend, but unfortunately for him, he was disappointed. As a president himself, he could tell at a glance whether these people were real bodyguards or temporary extras hired from the crowd.

 

And at this moment, he finally realized that something seemed to have deviated from his expectations.

 

For instance, hiring these bodyguards—even just for a few hours—shouldn’t be something a poor student could afford.

 

Gao Gusheng lifted his chin and tapped the table. A black suit stepped forward to pour him tea. Gao Gusheng waved his hand with a smile, “Come, President Li, have a seat.”

 

Li Mochen frowned, “What do you mean by this?”

 

Gao Gusheng shrugged, “What do I mean by what? President Li, you should know that when you called so many bodyguards that day and blocked the road, I was very scared, so I called some people to boost my courage.”

 

Without allowing Li Mochen to argue, two muscular black-suited men half-dragged, half-pulled Li Mochen and pressed him into a chair. An iced americano was even placed in front of him.

 

Gao Gusheng smiled wickedly, “How about it? Now President Li can listen to me properly, right?”

 

Li Mochen’s expression was dark, “Gao Gusheng, I have good feelings toward you. Stop your jokes now, while there’s still time.”

 

Gao Gusheng said with a smile, “Oh my, what jokes? I don’t understand what you mean. I just invited President Li here for a cup of coffee.”

 

Li Mochen laughed in anger, “You wouldn’t want your father to lose his job, would you?”

 

If someone cursed Gao Gusheng, he’d at most curse back, and after venting his anger it would be over. But if someone cursed Gao Shi, that touched Gao Gusheng’s reverse scale—this grudge he’d remember into the next lifetime.

 

His expression immediately darkened, his cold gaze no longer resembling any soft, cute little kitten, but rather a young wolf.

 

“Interesting. President Li’s mouth is still so stubborn now.”

 

The two stared at each other, as if lightning flashed through the void. The people around them didn’t dare breathe, as if witnessing a duel between two alpha wolves—looking away would be another form of showing weakness.

 

Li Mochen was in a disadvantageous position but showed no sign of fear, while Gao Gusheng, though young, already had the bearing of an alpha wolf.

 

However, their staring contest was interrupted after just a few dozen seconds by a series of ding-dong sounds that rang throughout the entire coffee shop.

 

These were all the phones in the coffee shop ringing together.

 

Gao Gusheng made a gesture and took out his phone, looking down and saying, “Wait, let’s pause for a moment. Let me check the message first.”

 

Li Mochen’s face darkened. He had originally thought that conquering this version of Gao Gusheng would be quite interesting, but he hadn’t expected the other party to abandon him just like that.

 

He had treated this confrontation as a hunter-and-prey chase, but his opponent had just… abandoned him because of a message.

 

Li Mochen sneered coldly, “It seems you…”

 

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Gao Gusheng suddenly look up at him with a very complex expression.

 

“Um, President Li, maybe you should check the message first?”

 

Li Mochen said sarcastically, “I’m someone who respects my opponents, unlike certain people…”

 

Gao Gusheng rudely interrupted him and sincerely suggested, “Really, President Li, I think you’d better take a look.”

 

Gao Gusheng’s voice was as sincere as a big bear confessing honestly to having stolen corn from someone’s field two miles away.

 

His eyes were filled with sincerity.

 

“President Li, your family’s gone.”

 

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