The Sick Villain Just Want to Live

Zhu Tong couldn’t figure it out. Shao Ming’s family just wanted to open a milk tea shop in a safe and sound way, why would someone always jump out and make trouble?

What are they trying to do? 

Last time, it was Yuan Shaozhou’s jealousy and mental distortion. It was also because of his family power that he could do something nastier than a normal student could do. But this time, the accusation came from a well-known model. This kind of earth-shattering thing didn’t seem like something that came from mere students.

Could it be… was this the doing of the white moonlight’s “love rivals”? But the heartthrob was only a 1st Year high schooler now! It’s illogical that things had developed to the point of people in power throwing their hats in the ring.

‘So, who was the culprit?’ 

As Zhu Tong thought, something suddenly appeared in front of him.

A menu-like book was handed to him, and a familiar voice – somehow oddly polite – sounded in his ear: “Dear customer, do you want to order?” 

“…”

Zhu Tong turned his head, and saw Shao Ming’s unshakable smiling face.

‘He’s not nervous despite things going this wrong. What could make him nervous?’ Zhu Tong wondered. He really couldn’t figure it out. 

Instead, he obediently took the menu and looked at it. 

The menu of Shao Ming’s milk tea shop was not just a simple price list, but there’s also a picture of the finished product.  Zhu Tong never had these kinds of drinks, so every picture dazzled him. 

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Shao Ming stood next to him and said, “Turn it to the back. The one in front is more suitable to drink cold, and it won’t be as tasty if it becomes a hot drink. These are more suitable for you, which one do you want to drink?”

 Zhu Tong asked him back instead of replying, “Do you know how to make it?”

“Does he know how to make the drinks?” Luo Suo walked over and repeated Zhu Tong’s question, “Half of the drinks in our store were concocted by Ming-ge. Do you know why the business in the store is so good? Because none of our competitors could mix those drinks themselves.” 

“…”

Zhu Tong looked at Shao Ming again, thinking, ‘So he’s interested in researching drinks?’

Shao Ming returned Zhu Tong’s dumbfounded look with a customer service smile. “Have you selected it?”

Zhu Tong looked down, closed the menu, and said, “Can I have the last one I drank?” 

“Pudding sago milk tea?”

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Zhu Tong nodded. “Yeah.”

Shao Ming raised his eyebrows with interest.

Zhu Tong wondered, “What’s wrong?”

‘…Is it actually a hard drink to make?’ 

Shao Ming smiled and said, “I can’t tell, you are really such a loyal person?”

Zhu Tong thought, ‘What do you mean?’

Regardless, he replied honestly, “I’m not used to trying new things. As for others, I’ll slowly try them one-by-one in the future.”

“Try them all slowly in the future?” Shao Ming asked. He narrowed his eyes slightly as he took back the menu book with a smile. “Alright. Please wait a moment, Dear customer. I’ll make it for you right away.”

He “took” the order and walked around behind the counter, Zhu Tong’s eyes followed him all the time. Suddenly aware that something was wrong, Zhu Tong turned his head, only to find the eyes of others in the shop all fell on him.

“?”

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Zhu Tong looked at Luo Suo, “What’s wrong?”

Luo Suo suddenly came back to his senses, “It’s nothing, I just feel…”

‘–You two acted as if there’s nobody else in this room. It’s as if there’s no crisis happening.’ 

It’s surprisingly harmonious.

Because Luo Suo trailed off, Zhu Tong was even more confused. But he didn’t think of it much, because there’s more pressing matters. He turned his head slightly and looked at the woman standing in front of the counter.

Shao Yujie was wearing the overalls uniform of the shop. Her permed hair was tied behind her head with a headband, and she wore a light makeup. She had this kind of intellectual beauty unique to her age.

Zhu Tong walked over to her and nodded slightly, “Hello, Auntie, I’m Shao Ming’s classmate, and my name is Zhu Tong.”

Shao Yujie: “…”

In fact, when he was ordering just now, Shao Yujie was looking at this boy. She had never seen Shao Ming being so considerate to anyone.

For all of Shao Ming’s friends she knew – take Luo Suo as an example – if Luo Suo wanted to order, it would be nice if Shao Ming didn’t just throw the menu to his face from behind the counter.

It’s odd that Shao Ming was willing to guide this boy so carefully and patiently. Plus, he’s also brought here directly by Shao Ming.

Zhu Tong greeted Shao Yujie so solemnly, making the older woman not know how to respond for a moment.

Behind him, Luo Suo suddenly laughed unkindly, “Zhu Tong, are you here to meet your prospective mother-in-law or something? Why are you so formal hahahahahaha!” 

Zhu Tong: “…”

Zhu Tong looked at Shao Yujie a little embarrassedly.

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Shao Yujie’s nervousness had been put away by Luo Suo’s laughter, and she looked over and said with a fond smile, “You kid is talking nonsense again.” 

After speaking, she finally greeted Zhu Tong back. “Zhu Tong, right? Hello, is this your first time coming here to the store?” 

“Auntie, he came here for the second time today,” Luo Suo interrupted her and said, “He also came last weekend.”

–Still limping in line, directly in the sun!

If others knew about Zhu Tong’s circumstances that day, they definitely would think that Zhu Tong really loved Shao Ming.

Luo Suo also thought so, but he wasn’t brave enough to say it out loud. He was afraid of being assassinated.

Shao Yujie: “…”

She wasn’t there last weekend.

Then, she turned to look at Shao Ming again.

However, while Shao Ming listened to the embarrassing scene on their side, he only smiled. He had no intention of helping out at all. He looked like only concentrating on making the drink. 

It was still Luo Suo who stood up and said, “Okay, Auntie, we are in the store today, so go back and rest first.”

Shao Yujie suddenly froze for a moment.

She turned to look at Shao Ming again, with a bit of hesitation on her face. In the end, she didn’t say anything, only smiled at Luo Suo as she replied, “Okay, I’ll go back and find someone to ask about the investigation. You boys… have nothing to do today, because there won’t be customers. If you are bored, just close the store and go out to play, and the wages will be paid.”

“Alright, Auntie. Don’t worry, we will definitely not wrong ourselves.”

Shao Yujie was teased by Luo Suo, went inside and changed into her casual clothes. After she finished changing, she went to Zhu Tong, and said apologetically, “Zhu Tong, there is nothing in the store today, so Auntie can’t entertain you. You… come to eat at Auntie’s home another day, okay?” 

Zhu Tong nodded with a smile, “Thank you, Auntie.” 

Shao Yujie looked back at Shao Ming again, turned around and left the milk tea shop.

Zhu Tong watched her leave and also looked at the counter. He felt that the atmosphere between the mother and son was a bit strange.

Since entering the store, the mother and son have had very little communication. Shao Yujie even communicated more to Luo Suo! But in return, Shao Ming’s reaction to her was also very flat. Very… indifferent. 

He was puzzled, but he didn’t dare to ask more.

Because there was no one in the store, the three idlers found a seat and sat down. Lu Zheyu sat in front of the counter, as if he wanted to use the computer in the store to complete some work. Shao Ming was making milk tea behind the counter. The two of them also made some drinks for themselves.

Only Luo Suo and Zhu Tong sat at the same table. 

Luo Suo took his phone and clicked on his WeChat. Apparently, someone invited him to play a game. He glanced at Shao Ming who was still busy, then at Zhu Tong who was sitting opposite him, and asked, “Do you… know how to play this game?”

Zhu Tong replied, “Yes, but I don’t like it very much.”

Luo Suo: “…”

He immediately gave up his plan to pull him in. 

Just as he was about to ask Zhu Tong why he did not play games on weekends, he saw the boy opposite him take out a stack of practice questions, draft paper, and a pen from the canvas bag he was carrying.

His tools were complete.

“…”

Luo Suo felt that he was not human at all.

But Zhu Tong was not in a hurry to solve the mock exam questions. Instead, he put the things away one by one, and looked in the direction of the counter.

Soon Shao Ming walked towards him with a cup of pudding sago milk tea.

Seeing the learning tools on the table in front of Zhu Tong, Shao Ming had a smile in his eyes. “You’re very hard-working to do this here.” 

Zhu Tong’s attention was only on the drink, and he hurriedly moved the draft paper forward. After pushing to make room for pudding sago milk tea, he replied, “I have nothing else to do anyway.”

Luo Suo, who also had nothing to do: “…”

‘This feels like a direct attack to me.’ 

But then Luo Suo rationalized that he actually had things to do – he went to the Internet, and went to see the news reported on the TV yesterday. 

The TV news reported the drug test results of a certain model, but did not announce what the model mentioned about the Shangming milk tea shop. Instead, it was a Weibo marketing account that relayed what the model had said and posted pictures of the milk tea shop.

Fewer people watch news on TV these days, and more people surf the Internet.

So the milk tea shop was in a disaster.

Luo Suo found the marketing account that guides public opinion, clicked in and took a look. After a second, he immediately spat.

“A group of idiots who brainlessly follow the trend! This matter has not been investigated yet!”

The comment area was full of shit, to put simply. 

[How could our Millet get drugged by this? Milk tea is harmful!]

The model under investigation is named Xiao Mi, and fans affectionately call her “Millet1“. 

[The damn milk tea shop is said to have escaped an inspection before. The fuck is the Food Safety Department doing? Hurry up and check it honestly!]

[Milk tea mixed with opioids, such a wicked thing can be done! Millet must be compensated.]

[A run-down milk tea shop can’t afford to pay for our Millet’s loss even if it goes bankrupt!]

[Don’t worry Millet, we will always believe in you.]

“Believe your mother! Only garbage celebs have this kind of garbage fans!” Luo Suo cursed. He turned to Shao Ming, asking, “Ming-ge, what should we do?”

Shao Ming returned it back to him, “What do you want to do?”

Luo Suo said, “Of course get back to her! They can find a model to slander us, so we can do the same to her!” 

Shao Ming looked at him with a smile, “Who are you looking for?”

Luo Suo hesitated, because Shao Ming made a point.

–Exactly who can they hire? Not to mention, even if they found the perfect person, could they convince them, when the matters involved drugs? 

 Luo Suo grumbled as he thought about the matter. Then he suddenly turned his head and looked at the youth sitting in front of the computer at the counter, but he still didn’t speak.

Zhu Tong also looked at Lu Zheyu, a little confused.

At this time Shao Ming said, “Okay, don’t worry about this matter. We’ll talk about it after the investigation results come out.”

Luo Suo was a little frustrated. Sitting at the table and leaning against the window, he said, “But who did this?”

He was struck by an epiphany. He raised his head and said, “It can’t be the boss your aunt said, right? Didn’t she come here today for that matter again? Damn, I’ve never seen her with such a low-quality character!

Zhu Tong was stunned.

He was sure that Luo Suo and the others hadn’t been to the milk tea shop when Shao Ming’s aunt said those words in the milk tea shop.

–Does this mean… this isn’t the first time that woman tried to pimp her own sister? 

He couldn’t help looking at Shao Ming worriedly.

Before he could formulate something to say, Luo Suo has already said for him, “Fuck, nothing will happen to Auntie, right?”

Shao Ming snorted lightly and said, “Boss Wu? He doesn’t have the ability.”

If that surnamed Wu had this method, there’s no need to use Shao Yuhan as a middleman. 

Zhu Tong: “…”

Shao Ming said it in a light tone, but Zhu Tong could hear some disdain and contempt in it.

He suddenly had an idea–

‘…Shao Ming knows the culprit?’ 

Probably because his questioning gaze was too obvious, Shao Ming suddenly looked at him. “What’s wrong?”

Zhu Tong shook his head hastily.

Shao Ming leaned over. “How is it?” 

Zhu Tong looked down at the pile of paper in front of him, mumbling, “I haven’t started to do it yet…”

 Shao Ming: “I mean the pudding sago milk tea.”

Zhu Tong: “…”

–Well, he hadn’t drunk it yet. 

He lowered his head and took a small sip. After letting the sweet taste permeate his mouth, he raised his head, and said, “It’s delicious.” 

“Really? Thank you for the compliment.”

Zhu Tong repeated it in a more serious tone, “It’s really delicious.”

Shao Ming looked satisfied. 

Luo Suo, who felt his existence felt forgotten: “…”

‘Do these two remember their current situation?’

Her name is 萧觅 Xiāo mì; while “Millet” is 小米 Xiǎo mǐ.