My Straight Best Friend Thinks It's Bro Stuff novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: Four Four Seven One
By six that evening the flat on Phoenix Lane held thirty-one people, a hot pot on an induction hob, and Aunt Lin.
She had arrived at four with two assistants and eleven carrier bags and had taken over the kitchen without a word of discussion.
She now stood at the stove with a ladle, directing traffic.
"Stop filming my broth. Bin, wash those. Ji Hao, you're tall, reach the top shelf."
"Chen-chen, sit down and eat or I'll tie you to the chair."
"Mama, we have a hearing in three weeks," said Fu.
"And you'll face it with a full stomach."
Tang sat on the sofa with a bowl on his knee, wedged between Ji Hao and the arm.
Every available surface had a swimmer on it.
The table had been pushed against the wall, and the whiteboard had been turned to face the room.
On it, Luo Bin had written in neat capitals: PROJECT FOUR FOUR SEVEN ONE.
"I want it noted that nobody consulted me about the name," said the professor, from the only armchair.
"It tested well," said Luo Bin.
Coach sat on a kitchen stool with a cup of tea, looking tired and grim.
The captain stood by the window.
Fu stood at the whiteboard with a marker and the green notebook open, and the whole room was quiet.
"The sample number on that form is Cen Mingyu's," he said. "That is a fact."
"The federation has confirmed it in writing. The question is what to do with it."
"Take it to the Dean now," said Tang. "Tonight. Take it to the police."
"If we do that, he has time."
"For what?"
"To say his card was stolen," said the professor. "To say somebody copied his number."
"To delete the account, the messages, the form. A bare number is a thread. He will cut it."
"Then I'll go and ask him," said Tang.
"No," said Fu.
"I just want..."
"I know what you want."
Fu looked at him across the room.
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