That night, the pair's display of "intimacy" was seen by everyone, causing the site traffic on the campus forum to increase considerably.
There was a post titled "Out of the 818 frenzied female fans who had chased S school's prince, who won in the end?" that was very popular.
After Zhong Qin had notified his of the post, Zhan Yu had no desire to check it out. However, his roommate still pushed him to skim through several pages of the post. The first comment included a photo that the dorm leader secretly took, which showed Lu Bai turning around and speaking to Zhan Yu.
Zhan Yu thought that it must've been the lighting that had created a false impression. If not, why else would he see a slight touch of tenderness in Lu Bai's eyes? Of course, he was the only one who assumed that it was the lighting playing tricks on the photo. Thousands of others thought that the look in Lu Bai's eyes were exceptionally tender as he glanced back at Zhan Yu.
As a result, after the photo was posted, some mourned, some cried, and some directly scolded Zhan Yu as shameless! Then, the main event broke out; after seeing several comments that scolded Zhan Yu for being shameless, everyone started joining in, crying out the same thing. They also very considerately dug out his (Zhan Yu) old history of chasing after the male god. In fact, they reviewed all of his old awkward and embarrassing moments. Compiled together, it should be called "Zhan Yu's Growth Record of Shamelessness"!
After hundreds of pages of scolding, someone finally changed up the tune: "Ah, this boy is actually quite praiseworthy and courageous! If there was someone who chased after me like this, I might reciprocate as well!"
Hence, everyone's focus shifted again; they studied the secret of "how to win over the aloof school prince"!
Zhan Yu wanted to prostrate before their brainlessness.
It truly was impressive!
Lu Bai's fame, coupled with this popular forum, caused the name 'Zhan Yu' to become recognizable to more and more people.
When Zhan Yu went to the school cafeteria to eat, people around him were no longer focused on their meals. Instead, they purely put their efforts into staring at him. As a result, he no longer visited the cafeteria as often.
Of course, there were still some small troublesome matters, but Zhan Yu sincerely and earnestly warded them away.
Zhan Yu stared at the group of girls blocking his way.
"Classmates, I'm really not in a relationship with Lu Bai."
"You're lying!"
"Who is Lu Bai? He is the school prince of our college, the male god! Who do you think I am to be able to match up to him?" Zhan Yu enthusiastically exaggerated Lu Bai's status.
"Oh, that's true!" The person suddenly understood. "So you are speaking the truth?"
"I swear to God!"
"But... doesn't that post say..."
"The post was just blindly stating things. Lu Bai and I have no relationship with each other whatsoever!"
Zhan Yu had bitterly tried to persuade them, and they had miraculously believed him. As they walked away, one of the girls even vowed "Don't worry, I will help you clear up this matter."
En, the kind students immediately replied to the post once he got home: "Just now, I asked Xhan Zhan herself. He swore to God that he and Lu Bai aren't in a relationship with each other. He doesn't even think about him, everything is clear and innocent. Everyone, you can rest assured and go wash up and sleep." After the post was sent, quite a few people inquired about the truth of the statement by posting comments underneath the claim.
The kindhearted student earnestly replied to each of the posts.
Mao Shiyuan excitedly looked at the posts and comments and had even taken a few screenshots of them. He showed the screenshots to Lu Bai and asked, "Lu Bai, what did you do to make Young Zhan wholeheartedly deny the relationship between you two? What's more, it seems like he's trying to avoid you as one might with snakes and scorpions!"
When Lu Bai finished looking through the forum and its information, he frowned and glanced at the picture. Lu Bai smiled an ice-cold smile as he just thought of something, then replied Mao Shiyuan one word: "Oh."
Mao Shiyuan didn't think that Lu Bai would respond, but he actually responded this time!
He was excited as he replied, "Damn, I think I smell adultery in the air!"
Lu Bai sneered, his slender fingers quickly typed a sentence on his phone before he sent, "You should ask him how he felt that night when he met my mother."
Mao Shiyuan was excited to the point that he couldn't even type his words correctly! He immediately replied,
"What is this situation? You guys actually got together while hiding it from other people? Quickly tell me, how long has this been going on?"
Lu Bai indifferently replied, "You can ask him." Continuing on, he acted as though he remembered something else: "I'm very curious how the people in the forum will react when they hear that he had seen my mother."
Mao Shiyuan was stunned...did he want to publicize their relationship?
Crap! He wished he could get closer to Zhan Yu now. But the way he was going about things right now didn't seem to be his usual style. After all, the way he spoke made it seem like there was a conspiracy behind it all.
Even though he didn't fully understand the situation, Mao Shiyuan still fulfilled what he thought was Zhan Yu's wish. Underneath the forum, he added oil to the fire by stating,
"According to the male party involved, the other male (Zhan Yu) party has already met his parents. The involved party had said, and I quote, 'you should ask him how he felt that night when he met my mother.'"
The forum was just calming down, but Mao Shiyuan's comment had sent them into a frenzy once again.
"What's with this situation?"
"I know this I.D., it's senior Mao Shiyuan!"
"Your mother! Isn't senior Mao Shiyuan living with senior Lu Bai?"
"That scared me! This means that the source of the information is definitely reliable!"
"He actually had already seen his parents! It seems like we can't keep school hunk Lu anymore!"
"Wu, wu, wu. The school prince has an owner now, let's all go wash up and sleep."
"Is there still room on the school roof? I want to book..."
"I already told you that there would be a good show, you guys just didn't believe me!"
"Zhan Yu isn't worthy of our male god! I reject this couple!"
"Are you stupid? He's already met his parents, so there's no use even if you reject it!"
"I'm heartbroken! My male god..."
Zhan Yu was at the library; he had just finished reading half of his book when he was beckoned back by an urgent message on his phone.
He pushed open the door to his dorm and found that all the girls in his class were gathered there.
Zhan Yu was surprised, "Are you guys having a party?"
"Zhan Yu, stop acting dumb! We all know!"
Zhan Yu was still unaware, so she asked, "Know what?"
"We know the matter between you and the school prince!"
"What?"
"You've already met the school prince's mother, isn't that right?"
Zhan Yu thought about it, but still didn't understand the true meaning behind those words, and truthfully replied, "Yeah, I met her."
"Oh my god! Zhan Yu, you are amazing!" After Zhan Yu finished speaking, they surrounded him and started their inquisition: "What kind of method did you use to capture him? Quickly tell us!"
"Oh right, how far have you guys gone? Have you guys kissed or hugged?"
"Is the school prince considerate? Did it feel good to kiss him?"
Zhan Yu was still oblivious to the situation. In order to answer their quick succession of questions, he had to increase his voice by a few decibels. He was still baffled when he asked, "What are you guys talking about?"
Zhong Qin explained, "Senior Mao said that you and the school hunk are in a relationship!"
"Huh?" Zhan Yu was speechless until she saw what Mao Shiyuan had posted. His expression became gloomy, "Is this person ill? Why is he making up rumors?"
Sun Miaomiao was the first to refute him, "Rumor? Are you saying that senior Mao isn't telling the truth?"
This...it was the truth.
"I saw his parents, but I had only greeted them by nodding my head. Does that even count as meeting his parents?" said Zhan Yu unhappily. "Does that mean that of all the parents I've met, if they have a son whose age is similar to mine, that would mean we're dating?"
After Zhan Yu had finished venting, he was still annoyed, "I don't need to explain the situation to you guys. I don't have any relationship with Lu Bai. I'll be hostile with anyone who dares mention Lu Bai to my face in the future!"
Did Lu Bai have illness? He had tried so hard to minimize his presence, hiding and avoiding him. But it seemed that he didn't like to see other people living well!
No one had ever seen the polite and amiable Zhan Yu become angry. The girls glanced at each other, but no one spoke up besides Sun Miaomiao, who mockingly smiled at Zhan Yu.
Zhan Yu had used the computer's ID to reply to the post:
"I am Zhan Yu. I'm here to declare that Lu Bai and I have no relationship with each other. If anyone tries to start making rumors about us again, I will really capture Lu Bai for myself!".
Zhan Yu was so angry with Lu Bai for deliberately causing trouble, that he couldn't help but think over and over of the harsh punishments he would suffer hundreds of times in helis mind.
He went through a lot of trouble pretending to act tough to calm down the women's gossiping, but who knew that once men started to gossip, it was even worse?
Ji Yi was an honest-to-goodness freak; he had already been bothering him for the past few days about it.
When Zhan Yu walked out of the library, he couldn't help but sigh upon noticing Ji Yi approach from behind him. He looked back at him expressionlessly.
"Why are you still following me? I don't need to attend any other competitions."
"Can't I talk to you now that you're not going to competitions?"
Zhan Yu chuckled and answered impolitely, "Hmm... you really can't."
Ji Yi was flustered at his ruthless remarks.
Seeing that his face was fairly ugly, he stared at him and smiled smugly while continuing to speak, "I don't want any relationship with your department or the student union. You should be conscientious enough not to put me in a tight spot. I just might lash out unkind words if I can't take it anymore."
Zhan Yu's threat prompted Ji Yi to ask, "Just like when you lashed out on the forum about winning Lu Bai for yourself? Well, I hope you would do the same for me."
Zhan Yu was shocked. He posted rumors about winning Lu Bai over, but it was only to make the girls stop. Under no circumstances would they would wish for the one they admired or liked to have his own angel. Even if these girls didn't date the school prince, simply knowing that the male god was single was enough to bring them joy.
He knew that they didn't want him and Lu Bai to be together since they heard of how shameless he was. With Lu Bai's strange attitude, he might have really ended up winning him over if he maintained this shamelessness.
Zhan Yu knew that they wouldn't risk it.
Therefore, the truth proved that noone would 'YY' him and Lu Bai anymore. He was satisfied.
But Ji Yi really misunderstood.
Zhan Yu couldn't help but sigh, responding, "If you had half of Lu Bai's looks and power, maybe I could accept you... reluctantly."
Ji Yi was speechless.
Seeing that he stopped talking, Zhan Yu was very pleased. Good! He could slip off!
Who would have thought that Ji Yiーin his freakish behaviourーwould grab his wrist?
"You're rejecting me because Lu Bai and I are in the same department? Or is it because he was the former president of the student union and I'm the current one? Is that why you don't want relations with anyone that had to do with him?"
Zhan Yu couldn't help but knit his eyebrows annoyedly when he saw him grab hold of his slender wrist.
Before he crossed over, he had always been single. At most, he had feelings towards one or two girls at school and chatted with them. But he never got together with them, they didn't even hold hands. But now, Ji Yi the freak was having his way with his wrist.
Zhan Yu calmly looked at his wrist and raised his chin, "Let go."
Zhan Yu looked at him and said gloomily, "You guessed right! I'm not willing to have any relationship with anyone or anything related to Lu Bai. Even if he left the school, I wouldn't be willing to mention the architecture department or even the student unions. All you did was borrow the light Lu Bai left behind."
"You're not being fair to me," Ji Yi replied.
"We're not related in any way, and I'm not planning to be friends with you. Why should I be fair?"
Zhan Yu couldn't help but add, "Ji Yi, your department is on the east side while mine is on the west. Stop letting me see you so often, okay?" What he really meant was that he didn't want to see him at all!
Ji Yi's expression darkened.
Zhan Yu didn't care much about it. There weren't many people in his department who were similar to Lu Bai. The only problem left was Ji Yi; he couldn't help but feel like he didn't know what he wanted. Instead of staying by his side and wasting brain cells, why not bug off earlier on? That way, he could peacefully do what he wanted to.
Zhan Yu felt extremely accomplished after leaving Ji Yi, to the point where he even hummed a song while going out to look for food. What he wasn't aware of was that besides Ji Yi in the architecture department, Mao Shiyuan was also looking for him.
He asked many people before finding out that Zhan Yu was in the library. Upon arriving he saw Zhan Yu and Ji Yi having a conversation.
When he heard Ji Yi questioning Zhan Yuーasking if he wasn't willing to have any relations with people related to Lu Baiーhe eagerly took out his phone and recorded them. He even laughed at Lu Bai's misfortune when Zhan Yu admitted to it.
"Haha! I wonder if A'nan will turn green with anger after seeing this video!"
Originally, he thought that Zhan Yu became smarter and learnt that there was no sweetness behind forced words. Today, he learned that was not the case; rather, he was ruthless and heartless!
Mao Shiyuan thought that Zhan Yu was much more interesting than before. Because of this, he wanted to get closer to him and find out even more about him.
To be continued....
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