Goddess Cultivation Plan - Chapter 40 – Lying to Myself
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Chen Hao stared blankly as Lin Jin quickly ran away, watching Lin Jin run into the boys' dormitory...
Actually, Chen Hao had already noticed among the freshmen a person named Lin Jin. As the president of the Disciplinary Committee, when he was interviewing students for enrollment into the association at the beginning of the school year, he noticed Lin Jin. At first, he was wondering if this was the same person from three years ago. However, he found that, though this Lin Jin had some resemblance to that person from three years ago, this Lin Jin was a boy.
Lin Jin had once told him when they "broke up" that he was a man, and had even proved it by using a male voice. However, Chen Hao did not believe it until now, thinking that Lin Jin from that time had just grown tired of their online relationship and made up an excuse.
He vaguely remembered that three years ago, some changes in his family had made him introverted and silent, even somewhat depressed. But then, while he was closing himself off in his room playing games, he encountered a girl named Lin Jin...
At first, they just played games together. Later, they began to chat, venting their unhappiness in life to each other, and gradually, they began to treat each other as emotional dumpster. As they played together more and more, Chen Hao asked to voice chat while gaming, exchange photos, and even video chat.
Chen Hao has not forgotten the shock he felt when he saw the girl's picture back then.
In the photo, the girl had short hair that didn't even reach her ears, looking spirited. Her face was chubby and extremely cute, creating a strong contrast with her hairstyle. The girl was dressed in men's clothes, and even her manner of speech was like a man's. But maybe because Chen Hao originally liked androgynous girls, or because of their long-term communication, he had a peculiar feeling for this girl. Anyway, Chen Hao fell in love with this girl at first sight...
Then he asked for an online relationship. He knew that online dating was unreliable, but the girl's home was in Fuzhou, not too far from his home in Xiamen, so he planned to find some time to meet the girl during the summer vacation.
Because of his online relationship with the girl, he began to save money and took a part-time job, hoping to save enough money to meet the girl during the summer vacation. Also, having someone to confide in, his introverted and depressed heart gradually came out of the darkness. Though it was only three months, it gave him the illusion of being reborn. For this reason, his feelings for the girl deepened. He became much more cheerful after coming out of his introverted and depressive state.
However, three months later, the girl went out of the province to visit her mother. When she came back, her father found out. At that time, the girl seemed to be in a bad mood, but Chen Hao, who was busy with studies and part-time work, didn't notice it until the girl proposed to break up. She told him she was actually a man, and that her online relationship with him was just a ploy to get game skins.
Of course, Chen Hao didn't believe it at all. He persistently sent messages to the girl, expressing his feelings every day. Although those words seem embarrassing now, Chen Hao at that time thought it might move the girl.
During the summer vacation, Chen Hao even went to Fuzhou, hoping to find the girl. But he didn't know that the girl's home was actually in a county-level city below Fuzhou.
Later, the girl never logged into her QQ account again. Only in the recent days did he suddenly find that the girl had logged in again. He eagerly contacted her, but was met with only a few cold responses.
For three years, he never had a relationship with anyone else. Despite his good looks, he rejected all the girls who pursued him. He only wanted to find someone similar to that girl again, or to find that girl herself.
And now, Chen Hao found... that the girl from three years ago seemed to be indeed right by his side. She had just met him, confirmed that he was the boy from three years ago, and then ran into the boys' dormitory... Boys' dormitory?!
What the hell!
If he remembered correctly, that Lin Jin who shared the girl's name just now lived in the dormitory next to his, and that Lin Jin did indeed look somewhat similar to the girl.
Chen Hao felt like his worldview was about to collapse. The person he had been waiting for for three years was actually a man?! This would be difficult for anyone to accept.
"Maybe it's her younger brother?" Chen Hao talked to himself, deceiving himself, and he even successfully fooled himself. Optimistically, he talked to himself, "Yes, it must be her younger brother, trying to test me, right? She must also be in the school, otherwise she wouldn't have found out that I'm here."
"Hey, why are you blocking the way by standing at the door? Aren't you letting me do business?" The newsstand owner came up to him, his brows furrowed, his tone somewhat disgruntled.
"I'm sorry." Chen Hao quickly apologized several times and moved aside, then pondered whether he should directly find the person who claimed to be Lin Jin but was actually Lin Jin's younger brother to ask about Lin Jin's whereabouts.
Chen Hao's face was a bit excited. He wanted to hide his laughter, but found it hard to do so.
Lin Jin's younger brother was in the dormitory next door, so it should be pretty easy to find him when he gets back.
Chen Hao immediately started running towards the dormitory, but he noticed that his phone was vibrating like crazy. He slowed down, answered the call, and found out it was a notice for a sudden student union meeting.
He had to change his direction, with a bit of regret, and head towards the teaching building. But Lin Jin's younger brother was just next door, so finding him should be quite easy.
On the other side, Lin Jin ran back to his dormitory with his heart pounding. Once he got to the dormitory, he collapsed in the chair, gasping for breath.
Of course, his heart was not pounding because he saw Chen Hao, but because he was tired after running three to four hundred meters at the speed of a hundred-meter sprint.
"Hey, Wu Min!" Lin Jin called to Wu Min, who was wearing headphones and playing a game.
"What's up?" Wu Min moved the headphones away from his ears a bit, asked while still playing the game.
"If anyone from other classes comes looking for me, just say I'm not here." Lin Jin anticipated that Chen Hao would definitely come looking for him. But just after he said it, he immediately regretted it. "Just say there's no such person! Or say that I've moved out."
"What happened? Did you get into trouble?" Wu Min furrowed his eyebrows slightly, hanging the headphones around his neck and turning his head to look at Lin Jin, who was disheveled from running. "You didn't provoke any gangs or school bullies, did you?"
"Tch, our school is so remote, even gangs don't want to come, okay?" Lin Jin rolled his eyes. "Do you think I look like the kind of person who would get into trouble?"
Wu Min recalled the knife in Lin Jin's wardrobe that looked just like a real one, nodded, and answered affirmatively: "Yes."
"Whatever, just tell anyone from other classes who's looking for me that I'm not here." Lin Jin made a face, not sure how he gave Wu Min the impression that he was a troublemaker.