Chapter 286

Chapter 286

Without changing expression, Ding Ye rather clumsily changed the subject.

Zhang Bei followed his lead, and their conversation wandered farther and farther afield.

Suddenly, Ding Ye seemed to remember something. He looked down at the ticket he had already bought.

“Boss, want to come somewhere with me for a bit afterward?”

“Hm?”

“Somewhere good. Definitely a new experience.”

The memory of Qingqing taking him to play live-action Counter-Strike instantly flashed through Zhang Bei’s mind.

His guard went up again.

“Tell me where first!”

“Don’t ask. Get ready, Boss. We’ll leave once I’m done here!”

Ding Ye checked the time and hurried off to queue for Werewolf.

Zhang Bei’s long-developed persecution complex quietly assured his subconscious that this was another plot against him.

He had even begun considering who was behind it.

Li Yang was impossible. After his last failure, the kid wouldn’t make another move so soon.

You Bai and Gu Yue were out too. They didn’t have time to plot against him right now.

That left only one candidate: Qingqing!

It never occurred to Zhang Bei that Ding Ye could devise a scheme against him himself.

After all, he lacked both the influence to rally people and Qingqing’s utter fearlessness in the face of suffering.

Zhang Bei petted his turtle for a while before a pale-faced Ding Ye approached.

“B-Boss, l-let’s go.”

“Don’t you want to rest?”

“N-no need.”

A Werewolf scenario normally lasted an hour.

But when Ding Ye saw that it was Insect Academy, he simply opted to blow himself up.

Everyone in the building had gone down with him anyway. Only he knew whether the trade had been worth it.

Car keys in hand, Zhang Bei followed Ding Ye to the parking lot.

They drove farther into the outskirts, eventually leaving the asphalt behind for dirt roads.

Only after a full half hour did Ding Ye slow his car up ahead and stop outside a farm.

Zhang Bei stared at the sign in silence for a moment.

Had he misunderstood?

Had this guy really brought him out for fun?

Dingyang Red Moon Stables!

Zhang Bei could certainly call the place familiar. With a wealthy second-generation heir like Heizi around, he had tried plenty of things long ago.

Still, he hadn’t been here for five or six years. He didn’t even know whether the owners had changed.

“Well? Nice place to unwind, right?”

Zhang Bei locked his car and nodded. “It is.”

The two walked on and soon entered the stables.

A man with a belly big enough to sail a boat in hurried to greet them.

“Welcome, welcome! What would you gentlemen like to try?”

Ding Ye looked excited. “The obstacle course. Is it available now?”

“Certainly. Follow me!”

Zhang Bei remained silent for a long time. Only when Ding Ye was about to pay for them both did he speak.

“Could I ask something? Are membership cards from a few years ago still valid?”

The man paused.

“They are, but we’ll need to verify your identity for one that old.”

Zhang Bei nodded. “The card’s under Strategist, linked to King Yan. The identification code is four zeros followed by four eights.”

With those details, the man quickly brought up the account.

He looked at the membership tier, then quietly closed the screen.

“Please follow me, sir. Diamond members have a separate area.”

Ding Ye went numb. Helplessly, he followed Boss Zhang.

“You’ve even been here before?”

Zhang Bei nodded. “I used to come for a while after finishing high school.”

“What’s with the Diamond membership? Doesn’t that take a lot of money?”

“I honestly don’t know. I haven’t been here in ages.”

He really didn’t know much about it. After high school, Heizi had brought him here whenever he was bored.

They had obtained the cards then. As for the tier?

Please. With a rich heir for a friend, where wouldn’t you have the highest-level membership?

Still dazed, Ding Ye followed Boss Zhang to the back of the stables.

There were spacious grounds, lush green lawns, and…

A couple having an argument.

Seeing this bonus entertainment, Zhang Bei hastily stopped the man from speaking.

He pulled Ding Ye over to the best vantage point and settled in to watch.

After a full five minutes, he had pieced together what had happened.

The cause was common enough. The couple had stayed together since graduating from university.

The man had achieved some success in his career, but his increasingly busy schedule left little time for his girlfriend.

Of course, that might also have had something to do with the “vixen of a secretary” she kept mentioning.

The drama played out for more than ten minutes.

Only when Zhang Bei had nearly finished the snacks he carried did it approach its finale.

Sorrow filled the woman’s eyes.

“So you finally admit it?”

“Yes. I like her. Let’s break up.”

At the deepest point of grief, people couldn’t cry.

The woman gently closed her eyes and remained silent for a long time.

“From now on, I’ll never have to fear you being with another woman. If she’s after your money, you’ll get what you deserve. If she loves you as sincerely as I did, she’ll never fare any better than I have.”

With that, she picked up her bag and headed out.

Zhang Bei nodded quietly. “Not bad. A pretty perfect ending.”

Ding Ye stood beside him, completely numb.

Wherever Boss Zhang went, strange things always happened.

Besides, who crouched around eating snacks and watched a couple argue for more than ten minutes?

Only after the couple had gone did Zhang Bei rise and turn to the manager.

“Do you have any of Prince’s offspring?”

The manager paused. “We do, but they’re not fully trained yet.”

Prince was the horse Zhang Bei had often ridden on his visits years earlier.

It had a fiery temperament, but excelled in every respect.

“That’s fine. Bring one over.”

“Certainly. Right away.”

The manager turned to Ding Ye.

“Is there a horse you’re familiar with, sir?”

Ding Ye rubbed his nose. He had only been here twice. There really wasn’t a horse he knew well.

Zhang Bei scratched his head too. “You don’t have a horse? Want me to recommend one?”

Ding Ye stared at him with mixed feelings.

What did he mean, “don’t have a horse”?

Did he know how to talk to people?

But this was Boss Zhang, after all. Ding Ye was long used to that mouth of his.

“I’m not very good at riding.”

Zhang Bei nodded. “Any of Rabbit’s offspring still here?”

The manager nodded quickly. “Yes!”

“Then give him one of Rabbit’s. The temperament hasn’t changed much, has it?”

“No. Just as gentle.”

Horses depended heavily on their genes.

Whether temperament or ability, genetics accounted for eighty percent of the result.