All of Cheng Chen’s plans were destroyed by Lin Zimao’s sudden appearance!
His initial idea was to torture Lin Zimao in private first, give him a stick first, then offer him a sweet date1先給他吃一棍子，再給他一個甜棗 (xiān gěi tā chī yī gùnzi, zài gěi tā yīgè tián zǎo): from the idiom, 打一巴掌，給個甜棗 (dǎ yī bāzhang, gěi gè tián zǎo), lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom); fig. to deal harshly with sb, then offer sth by way of consolation., and finally give him a sum of money to leave Feige University, find an excuse to let him leave planet Feige without anyone noticing.
But who knows, who knows, Lin Zimao, this person is simply uncontrollable, no, he doesn’t follow the routine at all, he actually dares to come directly to find him! He actually went straight to himself!
Based on Cheng Chen’s past experience, he has yet to encounter an opponent who directly puts everything out into the open, for a moment, he couldn’t come up with a countermeasure.
No, it should be said that those people before were no match for him, as long as he used some tricks, the other party would back down and never appear in front of him again.
This time, Cheng Chen finally kicked an iron plate, he didn’t expect that he would encounter such a tough opponent as Lin Zimao, who was as tough as a mountain, can’t be moved no matter how hard it was kicked.
He knew last night that all four people he sent were defeated by Lin Zimao, but he didn’t care too much about it at the time, and also thought that Lin Zimao had no evidence and would not pursue it, even if he knew that he was the one behind it, so what, based on his relationship with Lin Zimao, no one would believe that they have a grudge with each other.
But now, Cheng Chen realizes that he had taken things for granted, Lin Zimao is not one of the people around him, he’s a little different!
Others are afraid of his family background, the friends around him, and the invincible2無所不能 (wú suǒ bù néng): lit. [one] does not have anything that [one] cannot do; omnipotent; all-powerful; almighty. image he has created, but Lin Zimao was not afraid, he doesn’t even know his own family background.
Cheng Chen regrets handling the matter too hastily, he should have pulled Lin Zimao to a corner and have a ‘good’ talk with him, at that time, if he act like he’s being bullied again, wouldn’t it be better? Now he is a little flustered, and doesn’t know what to do, those things that were hidden from the world before have suddenly come to light, leaving him at a loss3無所適從 (wú suǒ shì cóng): not knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do; to not know what course to take; not know whom to turn to..
This Lin Zimao was born to oppose him!
By the way, what did he just say, he wants to pursue Jiang Xuan?
He actually wants to pursue Jiang Xuan!
Someone coming from a garbage planet actually wants to pursue Jiang Xuan, what a joke.
Now for Cheng Chen, face is a big deal, but he still has to fight back: “It’s your right to pursue, you don’t have to look for me, I’m not Brother Jiang Xuan’s guardian.”
Lin Zimao said deliberately: “Then please don’t say anything misleading again in the future, I’m not pursuing you!”
Just when Cheng Chen thought he could save some face, he was once again brought back to square one by Lin Zimao, he was so angry that his whole body was trembling, however, he couldn’t just slap Lin Zimao in front of everyone, he was so infuriated, and he was on the verge of exploding.
He had just spoken so loudly, almost destroying the image he had previously established: “I only misunderstood your meaning.”
However, Lin Zimao didn’t buy his explanation at all, he also had no intention of giving Cheng Chen any face, he disdained to deal with people like this who dared to act but didn’t dare to take responsibility.
“You didn’t misunderstand, you did it on purpose, anyway, I’ve said my piece, my pursuit of Jiang Xuan is my freedom, please don’t interfere in our private affairs, whether he likes me or not, it has nothing to do with you. If you want to duel with me, go ahead, but please use real mecha! I will never refuse!”
Cheng Chen was hit by his straightforward tone that he find himself in an awkward situation4上不去下不來 (shàngbùqù xiàbùlái): lit. can’t go up or down, T/N: The idiom I found that similar to this is, 下不來臺 (xià bù lái tá), means to be put on the spot; to find oneself in an awkward situation., his breathing became heavier.
Did he dare to challenge Lin Zimao? He didn’t dare!
As soon as Lin Zimao finished speaking, he turned his head and saw Jiang Xuan approaching.
He walked up to Jiang Xuan and announced to him: “Senior Jiang Xuan, from today on, I, Lin Zimao, will officially pursue you!”
When everyone was eating melon, and haven’t managed to understand whether it was a love triangle, one-sided love, or a two-way secret love, Lin Zimao had already finished his declaration.
It can be said to be a great momentum5氣勢如虹 (qì shì rú hóng): magnificent; grand; forceful.!
Rather than saying this to Jiang Xuan, this was said to tell other people!
It was Jiang Xuan who took the initiative to confess his feeling that day, now it’s Lin Zimao’s turn, this is his way of confessing.
In full view of everyone, he suddenly stepped forward and hugged Jiang Xuan, and whispered: “Don’t agree with me just yet.”
Jiang Xuan knew what he had in mind, he responded in a low voice very cooperatively: “Um.”
Others thought that Jiang Xian had come to defend Cheng Chen, as a result, Jiang Xuan ate melon, but it turns out that the melon is related to himself6吃瓜吃到自己身上 (chī guā chī dào zìjǐ shēn shang): T/N: similar expression is also used by Ji Chen in Chapter 040 Overnight, but in this case, the melon (gossip) is related or about themselves., and was even confessed to on the spot?
But why do they think it’s cool for Lin Zimao to confess his feeling to Jiang Xuan so openly?
Not right, Lin Zimao wasn’t pushed away by School Grass Jiang!
Come to think of it, it was mentioned on the forum that Jiang Xuan took the initiative to hug Lin Zimao, it turns out it’s not a lie, it was true.
This actually brings out the fact that Cheng Chen’s previous remarks about his close relationship with Jiang Xuan were a little false if Cheng Chen and Jiang Xuan are really childhood sweethearts whose love is more solid than gold7情比金堅 (qíng bǐ jīn jiān): love is more solid than gold (idiom); describes a very firm relationship., at this time, Jiang Xuan should have pushed Lin Zimao away, however, Jiang Xuan didn’t push away, perhaps he was scared?
After Lin Zimao announced his decision, he took the initiative to let go of Jiang Xuan.
In fact, Jiang Xuan still hoped that he would hold him for a longer period of time, now he regretted the basic rules he had written at the beginning, but Lin Zimao wants to enjoy the process of pursuing him, then he should cooperate.
Cheng Chen was speechless with anger by Lin Zimao’s actions, his hands and feet went cold!
Because after Lin Zimao hugged Jiang Xuan, he left without turning back to show off his power8耀武揚威 (yào wǔ yáng wēi): to show off one’s military strength (idiom); to strut around; to bluff; to bluster; to prance about; to thump one’s chest; to swagger about. to him, if he turns around and shows off, he could have retaliated, for example, by challenging Lin Zimao to a fair competition or something.
Now that things have been brought out into the open, if Cheng Chen sends someone to trouble Lin Zimao again, he would be in trouble himself, he has fallen into a passive position.
Cheng Chen feels as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly.
If someone comes looking for Lin Zimao, harms him, or if he goes missing, the first person others will think of is Cheng Chen, perhaps including Jiang Xuan.
So many people are here today, they all overheard their conversation.
Cheng Chen regrets it now, he shouldn’t have taken advantage of other people’s moral values to deal with this matter just now.
Damn Lin Zimao, I will make you regret it!
When Cheng Chen cursed Lin Zimao in his heart, Jiang Xuan walked up to him and asked without caring about his face for the first time: “What did you do to Lin Zimao last night? What video did he show you?”
At this time, Cheng Chen didn’t know that what he ordered Bao Da to do had already been discovered by Jiang Xuan.
Jiang Xuan was also surprised at first, because although Cheng Chen had been attached to him before, but he had never caught him doing this kind of thing in private, or maybe because he didn’t really care, he also haven’t carefully understood his personality.
Now that he has someone he wants to protect, he naturally pays attention to it.
Cheng Chen’s mind is even darker than he imagined.
On the other hand, Lin Zimao is someone with a clear mind, when he has something to say, he’ll say it, doesn’t say one thing in front of people and another behind their backs, if there is any issue, he will address it on the spot, if Cheng Chen hadn’t done anything to him, why would he come over to confront him directly.
Furthermore, during military training, he knew who smoked in the Mecha Maintenance class two, Wang Yi doesn’t smoke, Lin Zimao obviously lied because he didn’t want to embarrass him.
He never thought that it would be Cheng Chen who would cause trouble for him again.
Cheng Chen was making a mental draft, but Jiang Xuan didn’t give him a chance to react: “You don’t need to make excuses to deceive me, why are you targeting Lin Zimao?”
In Jiang Xuan’s presence, Cheng Chen always behaved obediently, innocently, and adorably, at least that’s how he saw himself.
He is now even more panicked than when Lin Zimao approached him, why did Jiang Xuan ask this way, why did he tell himself not to make excuses, what did he know?
Cheng Chen now doesn’t know how much Jiang Xuan knows, and what his opinion was.
His immediate reaction was to deny9矢口否認 (shǐ kǒu fǒu rèn): to deny flatly; to completely and staunchly deny; make a complete/flat denial. it: “Brother Jiang Xuan, I’m not looking for excuses to lie to you, I didn’t do anything to Lin Zimao, he was beaten up, so he came to slander me for getting someone to beat him up, I was just confronting him about this.”
Jiang Xuan said without any emotion: “You swear that you are telling the truth.”
Cheng Chen hesitated: “I…” His eyes reddened, and then he looked around and talked to him, “Brother Jiang Xuan, we’ve known each other for so many years, you still don’t believe me as a person? You’d rather believe an outsider than what I say?”
Before Bao Da’s incident, Jiang Xuan might still take Cheng Chen’s explanation into consideration, but now, as far as he concerned, Cheng Chen credibility is zero.
The fact that Cheng Chen didn’t dare to swear is the best proof, he felt guilty, and he dare not.
Jiang Xuan has already gotten the answer he wanted from Cheng Chen’s behavior.
Originally, Cheng Chen had a chance to reform and start afresh10改過自新 (gǎi guò zì xīn): to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf; correct one’s errors and make a fresh start; mend one’s ways/manners., explain the matter clearly, but he lies every time he speaks, such a person doesn’t need a chance at all, he blocked the way himself.
Cheng Chen may not think that what he did was wrong.
Jiang Xuan was too lazy to watch him perform a crying scene for even one second, and finally said a sentence: “You’re well aware of yourself.”
Cheng Chen, whose tears hadn’t yet fallen, watched Jiang Xuan turn around and leave ruthlessly, and began to regret it again!
He wanted to catch up, but was stopped by a few of his friends, they felt that he had been wronged and needed comfort, but now he just wanted to chase after Jiang Xuan, and try to explain again!
A group of melon-eaters started gossiping on the forum after the main characters left the stage.
【Damn it, a shocking melon! School Grass Jiang has a falling out with his childhood sweetheart? Lin Zimao announced on the spot that he was pursuing School Grass Jiang!】
The original poster described in detail what happened that day, this is probably another sensational incident after Jiang Xian gave Lin Zimao a hug.
The melon-eating crowd immediately came to the forum to watch the excitement.
There are also people betting on whether Lin Zimao can catch Jiang Xuan.
– School Grass Jiang didn’t refuse Lin Zimao’s hug on the spot?
– Is Lin Zimao really going to pursue Jiang Xuan?
– Damn, so high-profile, I actually kind of want to know the follow-up.
– When did he start pursuing?
– Why do I feel that Cheng Chen is like a white lotus flower11白蓮花 (bái liánhuā): “white lotus flower”, metaphor for a pure, innocent and harmless person; (sarcastic, slang, especially of a female) one who appears sweet and innocent but is actually corrupt, cunning or deceitful., is he trying to frame Lin Zimao? Otherwise, why would Lin Zimao be looking for him?
– Also want to know why? The circle is so chaotic12貴圈好亂 (guì quān hǎo luàn): T/N: might be an Internet buzzword, 貴圈真亂 (guì quān zhēn luàn), (neologism, slang, ironic, humorous) The lifestyle of people in your social circle is something I cannot easily comprehend. It was often used on Weibo to ridicule the complicated interpersonal relationships in the entertainment industry at that time, and then developed into a satirical Internet language. It was often used to satirize a higher-class circle where relationships were chaotic and troubles often occurred..
While this post was being discussed, another post that was just posted instantly caused a heated discussion!
At first glance, it looks like a clickbait poster13標題黨 (biāo tí dǎng): (neologism) one who posts messages and articles under exaggerated or sensationalised titles, or such posts and articles; clickbaiter; ‘sensational headline writers’, people who write misleading titles in order to generate clicks from Internet users; clickbait author; clickbait poster..
Look at the person who posted it again: Lin Zimao.
Alright.
Read the title carefully.
【Pursuit Record Post of Senior Jiang Xuan.】
– Did someone steal Lin Zimao’s number!
– Lin Zai, is that you?
– Damn, it’s Lin Zimao’s style, the tone is exactly the same as the pursuit declaration I heard at the scene today.
– Our School Grass Jiang deserves to be pursued in such a way!
– But what if School Grass Jiang refuses?
– He agreed.
– Upstairs, go away, School Grass Jiang is beautiful alone, and does not accept campus love!
【Original Poster】 Lin Zimao: I’m going to deliver dinner to Senior Jiang now, I hope he likes braised eggplant14紅燒茄子 (hóngshāo qiézi): Braised Eggplant. 
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– Damn, damn, damn, is this the beginning?
– It’s so fucking action-packed!
– I hate it! I also want to deliver dinner to Senior Jiang!
– School Grass Jiang will definitely throw the dinner into the trash can, heh.
– If you catch the Iceberg School Grass, I will live streamed eating ten durians in one hour.
【Original Poster】 Lin Zimao: Get your durian ready.
– Che.
Lin Zimao, who was holding the communicator to reply the forum post, was eating a bite of braised eggplant fed by School Grass Jiang.
Lin Zimao continues to stare at the screen: “I want to eat braised pork ribs15紅燒排骨 (hóngshāo páigǔ): Braised Pork Ribs. 
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Jiang Xuan snatched his communicator: “Eat first.”
“Oh.” Lin Zimao pulled his meal in front of him.
Jiang Xuan handed him the chopsticks: “Until when do you plan to ‘pursue’ me?”
Lin Zimao confidently said: “Isn’t falling in love supposed to be a process?”
Jiang Xuan asked him: “When do you think would be a good time for me to say yes?”
Lin Zimao ate a piece of fish that Jiang Xuan had deboned, said: “No rush, no rush.”
Jiang Xuan raised his head and looked at Lin Zimao, who was extremely excited, he couldn’t bear to to spoil his good mood, and said helplessly: “Alright.”
Lin Zimao suddenly had a whimsical idea: “You first pretended not to agree with my pursuit, but after my unremitting efforts, I finally got the beauty in my arms!”
Jiang Xuan slowly put down his chopsticks, and stared straight at Lin Zimao: “Oh? Beauty?”
Lin Zimao, who was eating a piece of spare rib, suddenly realized that Jiang Xuan’s gaze was a bit dangerous, and quickly changed his words: “That is being moved by my sincerity, and then fall in love with me.”
Jiang Xuan asked him: “How do you plan to ‘pursue’ me?”
Lin Zimao really had a plan, he started counting on his fingers: “Went to the library to bring you some juice, boldly join you for meals at the cafeteria, and then pretend to bump into you during your morning run, stroking Jiaoyan…”
Jiang Xuan listened with interest: “What else?” There’s quite a lot of script.
Lin Zimao winked at him and said straightforwardly: “I also plan to kabedon16壁咚 (bìdōng): T/N: From Japanese 壁かべドン (kabedon), (neologism, colloquial, usually of a man towards a woman) the act of putting one’s hand against a near wall (romantically or hostilely), creating a barrier with the arm and preventing someone from moving. 
you.”
Hahaha, JX refused to be called a beauty…
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