This rejection was undoubtedly the most remarkable Lin Wu had ever encountered, showcasing brilliance not only in extinguishing the confessor’s hope but also in eradicating any lingering emotions.
Consider, for instance, the case of the campus beauty, Senior.
In the brief moment following the rejection, she maintained a silent gaze with Buzz Cut, appearing composed. However, Lin Wu discerned layers of introspection in her fleeting eyes—
“Not into people?”
Seriously?
No, he was sincere.
Wait, would a normal person use “I don’t like people” as a rejection reason?
Is he out of his mind?
This guy seems to have judgment issues with people…
“Wang Ye,” Senior eventually spoke again, “Have you never been attracted to anyone? I mean the kind of attraction that leads to wanting a relationship.”
Buzz Cut: “No.”
Senior: “If one day you find that person…”
Lin Wu felt a tinge of melancholy.
Even if he found her, it would still be someone else’s love. Did he have to let Buzz Cut bring the girl who had finally captured his heart and then face heartbreak again? Senior, please wake up!
Senior: “If you find that person, be sure to post it on your social media so I can mock you to my heart’s content.”
Lin Wu: “…”
Senior, you’re amazing.
The campus beauty confessed openly and departed with poise.
Under the wall, only Wang Ye remained.
The wind rose and fell sporadically, and the fog thickened. So much had transpired today, and Wang Ye felt his current position was apt for reassessing everything.
Dawn broke, and an unusual, dense fog enveloped the area.
During breakfast in the cafeteria, his favorite egg pancake was unavailable.
On the way to the classroom, two classmates were goofing around, and he found it amusing. Just as the lively scene concluded, two people nearly collided with him. He swerved lightly, swearing it was just a minor adjustment. However, he collided with a group behind him, and the three were taken to the office for criticism.
After the canceled class, he returned to the dorm for a nap, only to be summoned again.
—Once is a coincidence; multiple times are fate. Wang Ye suspected that today was exceptionally unlucky, ominous for various matters. It was best to avoid going out, attending class, confessing, and eating egg pancakes.
Lin Wu couldn’t fathom why Buzz Cut hadn’t left under the wall.
Could it be that he secretly harbored feelings for Senior but had to reject her for some reason, leaving him stranded in sorrow after her departure?
Regardless, whether Buzz Cut wanted to leave or not, Lin Wu had to depart.
The security guards outside the wall had completed their patrol, and the footsteps had faded. Lin Wu hugged the top of the wall, ready to swing his leg over when he heard a soft “meow~”
A small black kitten, peeking from the bushes below the wall, eyed Wang Ye, the intruder, cautiously.
Wang Ye also noticed it, initiating a standoff across the air.
The small black cat seemed somewhat fierce.
But Wang Ye, who remained silent… darn, he appeared even more menacing.
Initially thinking it might be a hairstyle issue, Lin Wu began to doubt as time passed in the silent confrontation. This guy exuded a “I’m a gangster” aura from head to toe!
Suddenly, Wang Ye made a move.
Lin Wu was startled. Was he really going to harm a small kitten?
Swish—
He crouched down.
Anticipating, he raised his hand, beckoning to the small black cat, “Mimi.”
Lin Wu: “…”
Who said every cat is named Mimi!
The small black cat remained unmoved, seemingly wanting to step back.
Wang Ye: “Meow meow?”
Wang Ye: “Xiao Hua?”
Wang Ye: “Er Mao?”
…Lin Wu felt like scratching him.
Perhaps Wang Ye’s enthusiasm in assigning random names had struck a chord with the cat. After struggling to come up with names, the small black cat finally, cautiously, took two steps forward.
Wang Ye was instantly encouraged.
“Er Mao, come here, Er Mao.”
Finally, the small black cat approached him.
Wang Ye’s eyes lit up as he reached out towards those furry little ears.
“Snap!”
The small black cat scratched the back of his hand, contentedly scampered away, and vanished.
Lin Wu felt relieved, thinking, “Well done.”
Happiness is contagious. Unexpectedly, the Wang Ye under the wall lifted his head without warning.
They locked eyes.
The laughter of onlookers froze on Lin Wu’s face, and Lin Wu remained frozen on the wall.
It’s getting windy.
The fog surged like a wave, obscuring you and blurring me.
In the last moment before the sight was swallowed by the thick fog, Lin Wu saw Wang Ye decisively turning around without hesitation, muttering, ‘What the heck.’
Lin Wu: ‘…’
He misunderstood an honest male classmate.
It turns out that not liking people is really just that – not liking people.
After successfully climbing over the wall, Lin Wu received a location from Li Junchi – they found the person with Xia Yang.
Lin Wu was surprised at how quickly these two found each other. Looking at the location, it was just around the corner on the opposite street, less than three hundred meters from the north gate in a straight line.
With the location, things became easier.
In this weather, there were basically no daredevils driving on the street. Lin Wu directly sprinted over in the shortest diagonal line according to the location direction.
Just arrived, without seeing anything clearly, he heard Xia Yang cursing.
‘Driving a Cayenne, is it equipped with wind and fire wheels or a universe ring? Does it have a fish bladder that can go underwater or a propeller that can fly? Anyone with a brain over two liang knows that going out by car in this weather is suicidal. You guys go and commit suicide on your own, find a place where there’s no one, and it’s done. Why hit the streets? Are you causing trouble for the country and the flowers? Are you guilty or not?’
‘What kind of thing is this? You guys parked your car nicely on the side of the road and let someone scratch the trunk? I even said that he’s walking around with the Five Talks and Four Beauties, and you guys are letting him set you up? Don’t embarrass yourselves here, okay? Are you parking on the side of the road? There are no lines on the ground, and if you draw them, it’s a double lane. You’re obviously on the wrong side of the road, and you even claim it’s the golden ratio point. If a master of performance art comes, you’ll have to forward praise to you. If you don’t, you just don’t understand art…’
Lin Wu approached, and the scene finally had some outlines.
A Porsche Cayenne, the paint near the right headlight was scratched, an open suitcase on the ground, clothes and Harbin sausages still lying in the suitcase. Several large lobsters had fallen out of the box, and there were a few pits on the dirt road, not sure if they were caused by the lobsters. This area was all undeveloped land enclosed by developers, and the roads were all dirt roads like this. No traffic lights, no crosswalks, and no cameras. However, in this weather, cameras wouldn’t be of any use.
The opposing party had four people, all standing under the car, just as Xia Yang had said. The position of their car was almost in the middle of the road. Claiming to stop here might be plausible due to the thick fog, making it impossible to continue driving. However, claiming to have parked by the roadside would be a complete lie.
But Xia Yang’s positioning of Ren Feiyu as the “country’s flower” was a bit off.
They were young, but the others looked even less mature! Just four little rascals, who seemed to be a year or two younger than them.
Lin Wu’s fiery spirit for confrontation was momentarily dampened.
“Da Yu, are you okay?” he asked Ren Feiyu first, addressing the most important issue.
“I’m fine,” Ren Feiyu looked around, his voice a bit hoarse, “it’s just that the fog is too thick. I was in a hurry to get back to school and didn’t see their car stop in the middle of the road. The suitcase hit directly.”
“As long as you’re okay,” Lin Wu sighed in relief, then felt a bit dizzy, “why do you keep shaking your head?”
“No…,” Ren Feiyu immediately stopped shaking his head and looked up at the sky.
Lin Wu frowned and slapped his head, forcing him to look at him.
The fog was thick.
But it still couldn’t hide the corner of Ren Feiyu’s mouth that had been broken.
Lin Wu’s voice turned cold, “Did they attack you?”
If taken seriously, this situation would indeed be somewhat perplexing. One side parked recklessly, the other wasn’t paying attention. Ultimately, however, the blame rested on the challenging weather conditions. A step back from both parties could potentially resolve the matter.
“Not only did they attack, but,” Li Junchi sneered, “they also extorted ten thousand from Dayu to repaint the car at the 4S store.”
Lin Wu chuckled and started cracking his knuckles, “Getting it painted in gold, huh.”
“It’s not your turn,” Li Junchi patted his roommate’s shoulder in preparation and gestured towards the opposite side with his chin.
Lin Wu looked over, only then realizing that the four guys on the other side all had injuries on their faces. The leader managed to maintain a tough posture leaning on the car, but the three behind him looked like their heads were about to explode. They tugged at him several times, whispering, “Let it go, anyway, you’re not short of this money…”
Lin Wu couldn’t believe what he was seeing, looking at Ren Feiyu in disbelief.
Ren Feiyu was even more incredulous, “How is that possible.”
… He just knew.
So there was only one possibility left.
Lin Wu raised an eyebrow at Li Junchi, “Did you and Xia Yang do this?”
Li Junchi shook his head, “Xia Yang did it on his own.”
Lin Wu asked, “You didn’t intervene?”
Li Junchi said, “Intervene? With his crazy style, I was afraid that if I went up, I would get beaten up too.”
Lin Wu was completely confused, turning to look at Xia Yang, who was still arguing with the “bears” in the distance, “What’s going on…”
The four “bears” in the Cayenne now shared the same mood with Lin Wu.
They never expected that the helper brought by the timid guy would not only not be timid but would be damn crazy.
There’s an old saying, fearing the tough and fearing the reckless. If there’s something scarier than being reckless, it’s being reckless and having a broken mouth.
“Didn’t your parents teach you to respect the elderly, love the young, yield to pedestrians, wait for the bus, help grandma get on the bus, give a seat to grandpa in the subway? Did your nine years of compulsory education all go into your dog’s belly? Don’t you know the directions when driving a damn car? Are you eighteen already? Is your hair grown? Is the car yours? Show me your driver’s license, show me your driving record…”
The four clearly couldn’t hold on anymore. The leader, who managed to maintain a tough posture leaning on the car, even though his face was battered, nodded at the three behind him. They looked like they were about to explode. They whispered, “Let it go, anyway, you’re not short of this money…”
The leader’s face turned even worse, and he said viciously, “I’m not short of this money, but because he’s from this school, just from this school, it’s ten thousand. Not a penny less.”
Xia Yang retorted, “Hey, I’ve seen people hating the rich and hating the beautiful, but it’s my first time seeing someone hating the educated. Are you confused or just don’t know abcd? Let me teach you: when ‘u’ meets ‘jqx,’ wipe away the tears, don’t cry. When a noun ends with a consonant ‘y,’ change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es’…”
The leader: “…”
The terrifying aspect of this verbal battle wasn’t the opponent’s rich vocabulary but the fact that, even if you were well-educated, you couldn’t find an opportunity to speak. Moreover, you weren’t well-educated, while the other person was brimming with knowledge.
