Chapter 44: Proud Scholar x Elite Lawyer 02

In the center of the bar stage sat a singer, strumming his guitar with his head down. The gentle music was a stark contrast to the rock music that had played earlier.

Xie Qingjia sat at the bar as if nothing was amiss, his fingers lightly gripping the wine glass. His affectionate, almond-shaped eyes conveyed a deep, subtle meaning.

According to his understanding, the world outside the Xuanxu realm was partly derived from fictional worlds and partly naturally generated.

Apart from those naturally generated worlds, fictional worlds generally had prototypes, mostly created by the beings of the Xuanxu realm.

When Lu Yan was still the Lord of the Star of Destiny, he had written some storybooks, but all his protagonists were uniformly career-driven.

Regardless of gender, they were all workaholics and overachievers.

However, other writers did not share his preference for career-driven protagonists, writing all sorts of bizarre protagonists and melodramatic plots.

It was likely that the protagonist of this world was created by some writer with a questionable mind, endowing his male lead with absurdly powerful golden fingers without considering the protagonist’s poor character.

Such situations were common, leading to problems in many fictional worlds.

This was why the Fast-Travel Bureau had various types of missions.

The no-CP department Lu Yan used to be in helped the protagonists who were supposed to promote the world’s progress to ascend to higher positions, acting as their mentors and friends.

The romance department he now joined was originally meant to play certain missing characters, such as the doctor friend he played in the world of the domineering CEO protagonist. However, after adjusting his mission, his role changed.

Lu Yan’s mission was transferred from the acting group to the reversal group, dedicated to helping certain worlds that would go astray or even collapse in the future to change their original outcomes.

For example, in his previous world, he prevented the male and female leads from destroying the entire world. In the original plot, after Duke Duan and Yun Shu got married, they plotted a rebellion a few years later. Within a decade of becoming emperor and empress, they had brought the Longteng Kingdom to ruin.

After that, the entire continent fell into endless chaos, with various regions in turmoil, and the feudal lords fighting to the death, causing immense damage to the world.

But with Yun Huai, the host body of Lu Yan, preventing the male and female leads from ascending to the imperial throne, and working together with Qin Jingchuan to build a prosperous era, they led that world to a beautiful future, changing the originally tragic ending.

The current world was not much different. The existence of Kong Liang severely disrupted the normal order of this world, causing the world’s fortune to favor one person. However, the protagonist blessed by fortune was not a good person.

The ultimate outcome of this world, as one could guess, would not be favorable.

Xie Qingjia, who was sitting at the bar, took another sip of wine, and the annoyance between his brows became more and more serious..

“Tsk—” How annoying!

He really wanted to turn this world upside down!

But the current plane was not the no-CP world where he could freely fight and kill.

“Never mind.” Xie Qingjia put down his empty glass and poured himself another drink, drinking one after another, but he didn’t get drunk as quickly as he did in the previous world.

He lowered his eyes, pondering his life direction, thinking about how to become the new protagonist to drive the world’s progress and prevent this world from collapsing.

The Xie family was in business. Xie Qingjia’s father and elder brother were well-known entrepreneurs in China, but the Xie family’s ancestors were not merchants.

A hundred years ago, the Xie family was a scholarly family, with generations of scholars. However, during that chaotic period of war and turmoil, reading books could not save their country.

Thus, the upright ancestors of the Xie family abandoned literature for commerce, becoming industrialists who saved the country through business, making a name for themselves in the industrial and commercial sectors.

They broke through some of the technological monopolies imposed by the West on China, promoting the country’s industrialization and modernization.

In addition, these ancestors of the Xie family persistently engaged in public welfare, founding many primary and secondary schools and social welfare institutions across the country, earning a reputation as industrialists who saved the country.

To this day, the Xie family has become a leader in the business world, with enterprises spanning multiple industries such as finance, energy, power, and real estate development.

However, the Xie family’s business has always been managed by the eldest son, and the original host had no interest in getting involved. The same applied to Lu Yan now.

So, he needed to find another way.

Xie Qingjia stared at the drink in his hand, suddenly remembering that he had applied to a local prestigious university, choosing a major in business management.

He took out his phone and began searching for local schools, his fingers lightly tapping the screen. His gaze was soon drawn to two other schools.

“Should I go to the University of Technology or the University of Politics?”

He was torn between attending the local University of Technology or the University of Politics, wondering whether he should become a researcher or a politician.

Xie Qingjia ultimately chose the University of Technology, perhaps because the original host had studied at the Capital University of Technology in China.

Since this was a reversal mission, he needed to start from where the original host had fallen.

He withdrew his original application and resubmitted his materials to the school he had chosen, waiting for the response.

Xie Qingjia put his phone back in his pocket, finished his last drink, and paid the bill before leaving.

Unbeknownst to him, the man in the private room upstairs had been watching him and followed him out. This genuine French elite lawyer had taken up the act of tailing, his gaze never leaving the young man in front of him.

In the alley outside the bar.

Xie Qingjia walked lazily down the road when two thugs suddenly appeared, blocking both ends of the alley.

“Give me all the money you have!”

The punk with dyed red hair looked at him arrogantly, holding a sharp knife.

He stepped forward aggressively, as if he would take the young man’s life if he didn’t hand over the money.

Xie Qingjia raised an eyebrow, the mole at the corner of his eye glowing with a blood-red hue.

“Robbery, huh…”

He thought about it. The last time, two fools had tried to kidnap him, and he had beaten them so badly that they cried for their parents and ended up in jail.

Encountering such fools right after arriving in this world was like they were asking for death!

Especially when he was in a bad mood.

The man who arrived a step too late didn’t get a chance to play the hero, only to see the seemingly frail young Oriental man easily beat up the robbers and mock them while stepping on the two thugs.

“Truly, you two little turtles have fallen into the salt jar!”

“In this civilized society, you’re still playing the old trick of robbing people. How many years ago was that?” He licked his back teeth and continued to mock them: “You’re getting stupider the longer you live. For such a trivial matter, you’re threatening me with a knife!”

“What? Are you not living tomorrow!”

The two robbers turned red with anger, but they couldn’t resist at all.

They hadn’t expected that someone who looked like a lamb could be so strong. Two against one, and they still couldn’t win, let alone put up any resistance.

“Let me go!”

“Ah! You despicable Oriental man.”