Chapter 8: Neither Fish Nor Fowl (Additional Chapter 56 for Huang Jin Meng @ Top Ink Fan)_2

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It was not unlike those who failed to snag concert tickets trying their luck at the door.

Nie Guangyi had no interest in whether these people were chasing celebrities or scrambling for tickets.

Yet, he was irked from the start by the lightboard man's remark—

"You guys can't even imagine how genius the design of Nuo's new coffee shop is."

Genius?

What's this genius about?

Is it genius in raising geese, or genius in releasing pigeons?

Come on, do you folks have some misunderstanding about design?

A coffee shop that limits to 24 people a day, isn't that just stupid?

Has anyone ever run a coffee shop like that?

If it were limited to 24 cups and then heading back to rest after selling out, that could be somewhat reasonable.

If you're not short on cash, you can reserve all your time for yourself.

But here's the problem, the limit is on people, not on the number of cups.

Open for a day, limited to 24 people.

Is this about running a coffee shop or looking for a marriage partner?

Nie Guangyi already had a bias against Cheng Nuo.

And because of the lightboard man's words, his prejudice soared even higher.

Despite his disdain, Nie Guangyi inevitably felt a bit of itchiness in his heart because of what the crowd had said.

What kind of coffee shop is this, anyway?

What had he missed when he glanced inside earlier?

How could a place with absolutely no style attract so many people standing in line to get in?

Curiosity killed the cat.

He really wanted to go in and take a look!

But to follow a bunch of people fawning over a "coffin board" inside, that's too demeaning, isn't it...

He's a genius architect who's about to gain international fame!

Nie Guangyi's Libra traits were blatantly obvious at this point.

Staying in the car wasn't right, nor was getting out.

Outside the car, someone finally noticed Nie Guangyi's presence and began to question the lightboard man, "Didn't you say you were the only one who knew the exact address two days in advance? How come there's someone who got here before us?"

Turning around, the lightboard man also looked surprised.

He didn't greet Nie Guangyi but led everyone straight towards the studio.

He acted as if he was afraid someone else would beat him to it.

This behavior further aggravated Nie Guangyi.

He was so irritated his hair seemed to stand on end—and it definitely wasn't because of the strong hold of his hair gel.

And so, the Libra man spent two more minutes agonizing in the car.

At the moment he reached out to press the door-opening button, he saw Xuan Shi running quickly towards the car.

Nie Guangyi patted his chest muscles.

Lucky for him, he was only 0.01 seconds away from debasing himself by getting out of the car on his own.

He withdrew his finger.

He waited until Xuan Shi knocked on the car window several times.

Then he leisurely reached out to press the window-opening button.

"Group leader?" Nie Guangyi asked knowingly.

"Suddenly a lot of people showed up, Anuo already told them we were here first, so we get to go in and pick a table first," Xuan Shi said.

Nie Guangyi looked clearly unhappy.

But that didn't affect the speed at which he got out of the car.

He had seen the writing on the wall.

If he now claimed to have no interest and put on airs by not getting out of the car, they would have "no more vacancy" for him inside the "counterfeit" place.

But giving in like this didn't suit his personality either.

Following Xuan Shi, Nie Guangyi strolled along, passing by the lightboard man, and suddenly spoke coldly to Xuan Shi, "I'm not familiar enough with you to sit at the same table. You go inside and find a table to sit at, but I'll be sitting by myself when I come in."

There were a total of six tables.

Four chairs were arranged around each table.

Limiting to 24 people per day, that must have been the calculation.

Even though he didn't know him before at all, Nie Guangyi just disliked the lightboard man.

Brother Guangyi was never someone to compromise for peace.

If someone annoyed him, he was sure to cause a little havoc.

Better both not pleased than to sulk alone.

No, that's not right!

It should be at least three people feeling upset.

He was pleased to see Cheng Nuo in a bind.

Cheng Nuo unhappy, he was happy.

He didn't understand what was wrong with him.

No deep hatred, just feeling that Cheng Nuo, as a person, was not worthy of his brother's affection.

It wasn't about any degree, background, or matching social status, none of that trite nonsense.

He just thought that Cheng Nuo was not of good character and didn't deserve his brother's love.

Yet Little Shizi willingly hung himself on this one tree.

All Brother Guangyi could do was accompany him to take a look.

Of course, compared to visiting his brother's girlfriend, he was more interested in the building itself.

"Aurora's Intention" had registered the studio a year and a half ago.

So why did this building seem to appear out of thin air?

No introduction could be found anywhere.

And even that story about moving in, he had only heard about from Cheng Nuo.