Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 638 - 631: Setting Sail, The Party, Old Xiao?

Chapter 638: Chapter 631: Setting Sail, The Party, Old Xiao?

Afternoon.

As the time for the cruise ship to set sail drew near, more and more passengers began boarding.

Although the ship had been docked for two days, there were always some people who would be late, very late, or even change their plans at the last minute.

Some people who had things come up suddenly were even selling their tickets in the square at the port.

And in the crowd, one chubby little guy was particularly eye-catching.

While everyone else was busy boarding, only he stood in the middle of the crowd, looking around.

In his hand, he was holding two tickets.

"Hey, these are the two tickets I scrimped and saved for, hopefully, this time I’ll seal the deal."

"Right, I wonder if Ah Jiao has arrived. She better not be late, it’s almost time to board."

He glanced at his watch, his expression turning anxious.

Because there wasn’t much time left before the end of boarding.

If Zhang Wei were here, he would be surprised, because this little chubby guy was none other than his good buddy Luo Xiaobu.

Obviously, Luo Xiaobu had arranged to meet a girl again.

But you know, girls always like to be late.

As time grew increasingly tighter, sweat actually started to bead on Luo Xiaobu’s shiny forehead, despite it being November.

Luckily, the girl he was waiting for finally appeared.

Not far off, two girls in gaudy clothes and heavy makeup were coming this way, dragging their suitcases together.

Seeing one of the girls, Luo Xiaobu hurriedly waved his hand because that was the Ah Jiao he had been waiting for.

However, he didn’t recognize the other girl.

"Look, there’s that fatty!"

Upon seeing Luo Xiaobu, Ah Jiao quickly spoke to the girl beside her, and after exchanging a look, they headed toward him.

"Ah Jiao, I’ve finally waited for you."

"Xiaobu, let me introduce you to Yan Yan, she’s my good friend," Ah Jiao said.

"Oh, hello Yan Yan."

Luo Xiaobu hurriedly extended his hand.

Yan Yan, though inwardly disdainful, knew she would need his "help" in a moment, so she put on a friendly face and also reached out her hand.

After they shook hands, Luo Xiaobu hurriedly pointed toward the boarding entrance.

"Ah Jiao, there’s not much time left, shall we hurry on board?"

As he spoke, he was about to help Ah Jiao with her luggage.

"Hey, wait a minute!"

But Ah Jiao stopped Luo Xiaobu.

"What’s wrong?"

"Xiaobu, actually, my good friend Yan Yan, she doesn’t have a ticket, so she can’t get on the ship."

"Ah, no ticket, so she..."

Luo Xiaobu looked stunned, wondering why she came without a ticket.

Seeing Luo Xiaobu’s confusion, Ah Jiao gave Yan Yan a look, and then pressed herself against Luo Xiaobu.

"Xiaobu, Yan Yan has always wanted to come on the Dongfang Star but never could get a ticket. Since you have two tickets and you’re so generous to invite me, why don’t you be even more generous and give the other ticket to Yan Yan?"

"This..."

Luo Xiaobu didn’t even have time to appreciate Ah Jiao’s initiative, as she rubbed against him, clueless to his discomfort.

Seeing Luo Xiaobu fall silent, Yan Yan exchanged glances with Ah Jiao.

"Come on, as a man, how can you be so indecisive? Make a decision, will you? A grown man like you can’t give up a ticket? I’m a girl here, can’t you just yield like you did for Ah Jiao?"

"This..."

"Xiaobu, Yan Yan is my best friend, please let her have it." Ah Jiao started her "assist," softening her tone and giving Luo Xiaobu a coy look.

"But this ticket..."

"Xiaobu, I know what you mean, you want to have a wonderful journey with me, but I’m scared all by myself, and even with you, it’s no good. Only Yan Yan and I have been playing together since we were little. If she’s with me, I can really enjoy this trip and be happy. You wouldn’t want me to be unhappy for these 15 days, right? So please, I’m begging you, give the ticket to Yan Yan."

Ah Jiao’s voice softened, and she wore a pleading look.

"Fatty, do you see? Our Ah Jiao is begging you like this, can’t you understand, or do we need to teach you how? Besides, I saw several scalpers selling tickets on my way here; you can just go buy another one yourself, right? A big man dragging his feet, that’s not very manly!"

Yan Yan applied relentless pressure from the side, her words not only agitated but also laden with contempt and disgust.

In the face of the two women’s relentless onslaught, Luo Xiaobu, whether his mind was fogged by grease or whatever, ended up handing the two tickets to Ah Jiao and Yan Yan.

Luo Xiaobu stayed put, while Ah Jiao and Yan Yan, without a backward glance, dragged their suitcases aboard the ship.

"We’re finally on board, so this is the Dongfang Star, huh? It really is beautiful. I’m sure I’ll meet my true love on this ship."

"Hehe, Ah Jiao, you’re really something, hoodwinked a ’lick-dog’ into willingly giving up his ticket. Now we can both have a good time," Yan Yan chuckled.

"Yeah, it’s just a ’lick-dog’. I can have as many of them as I want. If it weren’t for him being somewhat useful, I wouldn’t bother with him at all."

"Now, let him go buy his own ticket. But I bet it’s too late by now. When I was coming, there were barely any scalpers left outside."

"Heh, just a groveling dog, not worth the attention of us sisters. Let him be."

Ah Jiao and Yan Yan, the two women, had completely dropped their facades at this point. It turned out that all the nice things they had said to Luo Xiaobu before were just to string him along.

Once they got the tickets, they naturally kicked Luo Xiaobu to the curb.

Moreover, after they boarded the ship, they didn’t even look back at Luo Xiaobu, let alone mention him without a sneer on their faces.

The harbor.

"No, I have to snatch a ticket!"

After some time, Luo Xiaobu finally came to his senses and hurriedly sprinted towards the square ahead.

Unfortunately, by the time he got there, the square was already deserted.

All those who were selling tickets had disappeared as well.

When he had arrived, the place was bustling with travelers and scalpers hawking boat tickets.

Now, not to mention scalpers, there wasn’t a traveler in sight.

"This..."

Luo Xiaobu looked at the empty square and completely collapsed onto the ground.

He realized he had been played yet again.

"Damn it, I’ve already told my family that I’m going on a 15-day vacation, and I’ve even arranged for my annual leave at work. What am I supposed to do now?"

Luo Xiaobu was helpless, with a look of total despair on his face.

"Oh no, really, how can this be? I’m about to board the ship!"

But just then, he heard a reluctant cry near his ear.

He saw a man holding a boat ticket with a defeated look, turning his head back every three steps as he looked at the Dongfang Star, about to set sail, with hesitation on his face.

"Alright, alright, I got it, I’m coming back now. You guys better wait for me!"

In the end, the man ended the call, stared at the ticket in his hand, and zoned out.

"Damn, my 15 days of leave, all for nothing, freaking hell, I wasted my money too. That damn woman better have a real emergency!"

With that, the man tossed the ticket aside and quickly walked away.

Watching the ticket falling to the ground, Luo Xiaobu was stunned for a while; seeing that the man was now far away and no one else was around.

"Could this... could this possibly mean there’s still hope for me?"

He quickly picked up the ticket and, pulling his suitcase, sprinted towards the ship with a pace close to a 10-second 100-meter dash, and just before the ship set sail, he boarded the deck.

Bang!

Luo Xiaobu leaped aboard, along with his luggage, catching the attention of the last few passengers to board.

"Huh, this chubby guy!"

A woman among the people ahead spoke with a chill in her tone.

"Sorry, sorry, got a little excited, just a little excited!"

Luo Xiaobu patted his clothes and apologized repeatedly.

"What are you looking at?"

One of the woman’s companions, a man, said with a cold voice.

"Nothing much, just a nobody!"

"Then pay him no mind. We’re not here on this ship to fool around. There’s no reason to waste our time on nobodies!"

"Yes, Mr. Duanmu!"

The woman nodded respectfully towards the man and then the group moved into the body of the ship, disappearing into the darkness.

"Strange, that girl’s silhouette seems familiar!"

Luo Xiaobu watched them walk away, especially the woman who had just spoken, and clearly paused for a moment.

But he had met many women recently, having gone on more than twenty blind dates, so he couldn’t remember which one it could have been.

Now holding a ticket, he just wanted to find his room first, and then go look for Ah Jiao...

...

The evening.

Amidst a loud humming, the Dongfang Star finally set off.

The massive vessel left the harbor, carrying over eight thousand tourists, and more than a thousand crew members—a nearly ten thousand strong crowd—departing from Dongfang Capital.

In the next half-month, the Dongfang Star would take its passengers on a cruise through the tropical seas, visiting five tropical cities, kicking off a highly anticipated sea voyage.

That was the plan, in theory.

But in reality, it seemed things were starting to shift...

...

The Dongfang Star.

A VIP room.

Zhang Tianlong stood atop the uppermost deck, gripping the railing before him with both hands, gazing out at the distant sea.

Behind him, the coastline grew ever more distant, and the cluster of cities from Dongfang Capital shrank.

Next to him stood Lin Xiangtian and Hua Chaofan.

"So Zhao Qingyan didn’t show up this time either?"

"Yeah, the kid’s always disliked being around a crowd. Among us from the Five Great Families, he’s the one who fits in with us the least."

Lin Xiangtian curled his lip, somewhat helpless about Zhao Qingyan.

"Who cares about him? In any case, it’s not important. If it weren’t for the fact that he’s also a member of the Five Great Families, just his biased attitude toward Zhang Wei alone should’ve cost him."

"Exactly, that guy keeps pushing his luck, even had the nerve to curse me, Lin someone, and I can’t swallow that insult!"

Upon hearing Zhang Tianlong mention Zhang Wei, Lin Xiangtian couldn’t suppress his anger and it surged forth immediately.

Zhang Tianlong nodded, then looked towards Hua Chaofan on the other side.

"And your big-headed brother, why didn’t he come?"

"No way, his ’super strength’ couldn’t get through the security check."

Hua Chaofan pointed towards the security gates at the boarding entrance, then spread his hands.

"Alright then."

Zhang Tianlong didn’t have much to say to that.

"Big brother, there’s new information." Just then, Zhang Dihu appeared.

He was supposed to be under investigation, yet here he was, able to show up on the Dongfang Star.

"What information?"

"The person you’re waiting for has sent a message, saying they’ll board on the sixth day."

"The sixth day, that’s the second city, right?"

Zhang Tianlong nodded, showing he understood.

Just then, a minion dressed in black came up to Zhang Dihu’s ear and whispered a few words.

"Big brother, there’s more news, a guest we both know has arrived!"

"Oh? Who is it?"

Zhang Dihu leaned towards Zhang Tianlong’s ear and whispered a few words.

"Hahaha, caught a fish!" Immediately, an amused expression spread across Zhang Tianlong’s face.

"Come on, Fatty Lin, Hua family, let’s go meet the important guest on the ship. It’s the first day of the voyage, and I have to give a speech at the evening party!"

The group left the top deck and entered the interior of the ship.

...

Inside a VIP room.

"Pair of 3s."

"Pair of 5s."

"Pair of kings!"

"Can’t follow."

"Pass."

"Straight."

"Can’t follow."

"Pass."

"Plane with wings, and it’s a Spring!"

Zhang Wei burst out laughing as he slapped his cards down, then waved towards Jessica at his side.

"I won, it’s your turn."

Jessica immediately took Zhang Wei’s place and joined the game of Fight the Landlord.

The defeated landlord, Zhao Xiaoxiao, pouted unhappily.

"Darn it, lost again and even got reverse-Springed, cripes!"

The second lady said this and looked again at the other person at the card table, Mo Yuzhu.

Her gaze lingered several times over the bust area of both Mo Yuzhu and Jessica.

"This time, I have to take on two big-breasted monsters, huh? Watch me!"

Thinking this, the second lady started shuffling the cards, full of fighting spirit.

Meanwhile, Zhang Wei, who had won the game, went up to the second floor of the VIP suite to meet with Xia Qianyue who was standing by the window.

"Who would’ve thought, Councilor Mo and Forensic Yang, they’re actually fed up with Classmate Mo."

Zhang Wei said as he approached Xia Qianyue with a smile and, taking the chance, wrapped his arms around her from behind.

"Yes, Zhuzhu was so sad when she talked about her parents with us." Xia Qianyue also smiled, not minding Zhang Wei’s wandering hands.

"But that makes sense. The two of them probably don’t get to go out often, definitely wanting to be in their own little world, even if that means treating their own daughter like a third wheel."

Zhang Wei said this, glancing at Mo Yuzhu and the rest, who were enthusiastically playing Fight the Landlord below.

"But this way, won’t our room have an extra person? What are we going to do about that? Someone will have to bunk up, right?"

"Then how about you go sleep on the sofa?"

Xia Qianyue blinked, seemingly unable to catch the implied meaning in Zhang Wei’s words.

"This..."

Zhang Wei was immediately displeased.

Good job, you simple-minded person, calling you dumb, yet sometimes you’re pretty smart, calling you smart, yet sometimes you just don’t get it.

How could you possibly not understand my obvious intentions?

"Sleeping on the couch isn’t a good idea, it’s cold and the couch is so uncomfortable..."

"We’re heading towards tropical seas next, I just sat on the sofa and it was quite comfortable?"

As Xia Qianyue spoke, she blinked again, a look of confusion on her face.

Zhang Wei: "..."

Zhang Wei cursed inwardly, you simple-minded person, don’t you have any sense of romance?

If it were Jessica, she would have understood by now and would have generously suggested that they could "squeeze in together."

Unfortunately, Xia Qianyue was also present this time.

Since his nominal girlfriend was there, the two had to maintain their distance and not overdo things.

Moreover, Zhang Wei came to Dongfang Star this time with the purpose of resolving his lifelong matters; he couldn’t afford any mishaps.

"Simple-minded, I meant..."

"Respected VIP guests, tonight Dongfang Star is hosting a sailing party. There will be heavyweight guests attending. If you wish to participate, please proceed to Banquet Hall No. 1. We have prepared a sumptuous dinner for you. The cruise staff wish you a pleasant journey!"

"Finally, it’s dinner time, I’m starving~"

"I’m so hungry, I wonder if mom and dad went ahead, but they probably don’t care about me, QAQ~"

"Is it dinner time? I’m really getting hungry."

Hearing the broadcast, Zhao Xiaoxiao and her two friends stopped playing cards and got ready to leave.

"Let’s have dinner, it’s dinner time!"

Urged by his younger daughter, Zhang Wei naturally walked down with Xia Qianyue to head together toward the cruise’s Banquet Hall No. 1.

Guided by the staff, they took the elevator and walked through a few corridors to reach their destination.

It turns out that Banquet Hall No. 1 is quite spacious and gorgeously decorated, extremely luxurious.

Walking into the banquet hall, one could hear melodious music.

Countless waiters in uniform were busy preparing the dinner, and the guests coming and going were all dressed properly, with extraordinary talks. Each held a glass, chatting and laughing.

"So hypocritical~" Zhao Xiaoxiao couldn’t hold back the moment she saw this scene.

This kind of social circle among the elite was what she liked the least.

"No worries, we’ll just go eat, don’t bother catering to others. Just be ourselves and that’s enough!"

Conversely, Zhang Wei was indulgent towards his younger daughter’s attitude.

"Sister Xiao Xia, let’s go eat!"

The younger daughter felt somewhat antagonistic towards Mo Yuzhu and Jessica, but was very friendly towards Xia Qianyue, pulling the latter towards the buffet area.

"Classmate Mo, Jessica, let’s go too!"

Zhang Wei said, guiding the two towards the buffet area.

After all, they didn’t care for social interactions; it was more solid to eat.

The three of them then each carried their plates and set off to get their food.

"Ham, salad, bread, doughnuts, seafood paella..."

"Yo ho, salmon, sashimi with wasabi, seafood caviar, caviar platter."

"Grilled meat, sausages, chicken drumsticks, and even roasted whole lamb, my goodness, there’s quite a variety of food here."

As Zhang Wei strolled through the buffet area, he was attracted by the food at the party.

There was indeed a lot to eat.

"Sister Baihe, with that Hou Liangliang not around, let’s hurry up and grab some food!"

"You don’t have to tell me, I know. This means the departure party is definitely going to be boring. Let’s just eat and leave, and it’d be best if we don’t run into that Hou Liangliang!"

As Zhang Wei was picking out food, two familiar voices reached his ears.

"Damn, Old Xiao!"

Zhang Wei exclaimed, instantly drawing the attention of the two girls who were talking.

"Oh my god, it’s Zhang Wei!"

One of the girls, who had a sausage in her mouth, dropped it onto her tray in shock upon seeing Zhang Wei.

"Oh shoot, it really is you, I thought I was hallucinating!"

The other girl also showed a disdainful expression upon seeing Zhang Wei.

"Old Xiao, how could you do this? We’re well-acquainted, and this is how you react when you see me?"

Zhang Wei, upon seeing the two women, adopted a very familiar tone, smiling and leaning in towards them.

These two women were none other than Xiao Baihe and Tan Yingying.

Speaking of which, it was quite a coincidence that they ran into Zhang Wei here.