Chapter 22
Xiaowei's eyes widened, clearly very interested, but the man called A-Yun redirected his attention to Shangguan: "Didn't expect to run into you here, Fei-ge. I thought you preferred basketball."
"I also always thought you preferred tennis." Shangguan said.
It seemed like the two were very familiar, but their tone carried a confrontational edge, especially Shangguan, clearly showing hostility. Huh? Were they business rivals?
I tried my best to recall companies that were rivals with our firm, but I couldn't think of any. Forget it, I was always terrible at this anyway, and even if they were rivals, it wasn't my concern to worry about.
Just as I was thinking this, the man called A-Yun turned to me: "Let me introduce myself, I'm Shangguan Yun."
Shangguan Yun? Even if I was the most oblivious person, I immediately made the connection to Shangguan. Shangguan was called Shangguan Fei, and he was called Shangguan Yun—does that mean the two were related? But I'd never heard of Shangguan having any relatives... um, okay, maybe he mentioned it and I just didn't remember.
"Ha, finally exposed yourself, you said your name was Yang Yun but you were lying to me!" Xiaowei started complaining over there.
"Yang Yun really is my name, look at my passport, it's right there. But Yang is my mother's surname, Shangguan is my father's. Although I say I'm Yang Yun outside, in front of Fei-ge here, not using Shangguan would get me beaten up."
Yang Yun smiled—it seemed he had a lot of respect for Shangguan, but from that smirk in his eyes, the respect always carried a hint of mockery.
Shangguan didn't say anything, and of course I wouldn't pipe up either. My biggest wish right now was to get as far away from this guy as possible, as far as humanly possible.
But whether it was because I hadn't shown enough respect to the gods in my daily life or whatever, despite my attempts to avoid him and Shangguan's cold face, this guy was extremely enthusiastic and insisted on sticking with us to play golf. And Xiaowei was adding fuel to the fire beside us. Although I was ten thousand times unwilling, with Shangguan's tacit approval, I couldn't say no.
The already可怜 little day off had become even more miserable. Looking at those grasslands thriving under the hot spring's nourishment, I truly felt like crying.
Golf had always been called the sport of the rich, and for most wealthy people, Saturday and Monday weren't all that different, so there weren't many people on the course. But our arrival still drew others' attention—the reason was simple: youth. We were practically the youngest group on the entire course.
Yeah, golf was basically a sport for middle-aged and elderly people anyway. Only a freak like Shangguan would enjoy a place like this! I silently cursed Shangguan in my heart. Actually, regarding his hobby, I had originally felt somewhat grateful. Either way, golf was a leisure-type sport, so even being forced to come along was within acceptable limits. If it were tennis, basketball, soccer or something like that... just thinking about it was a disaster.
But now I truly wished he'd preferred those sports, because at least then I wouldn't have to deal with Shangguan Yun!
"So this is what a golf course looks like, experiencing it in person is really different." Xiaowei commented beside me, waving the club in a way that made it look more like she was preparing to fight someone.
I held my club, silently following behind Shangguan—not because I was too intimidated by his threats to defend my legitimate right to a day off, but because surrounded by enemies, staying close to him was the safest option. At the very least, um, at least with him around I didn't have to worry about Xiaowei biting me. As for Shangguan Yun, I was trying my best to hypnotize myself: I didn't see him, I didn't see him...
This method actually had some effect, if he hadn't kept looking in my direction.
"A-Yi, honestly confess, what exactly is your relationship with A-Yun!" Xiaowei grabbed my clothes, her voice low and conspiratorial, looking very mysterious.
"Wh-what kind of relationship?" I tried my best to put on a bewildered expression, but I knew my face was turning red again.
Sure enough, Xiaowei immediately showed a contemptuous look: "Stop pretending, even a blind person could see something's going on from the way you look! You better confess honestly!"
"There's really no relationship, I only learned his name today, and I've only met him once before." I said very sincerely, and this was also the truth.
"Really just once?"
"Of course!"
"Then it was love at first sight?"
"...Huh?"
"You have a crush on him, right!"