Friendships Capsized in an Instant

Are there cows?

Chun was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes. After thinking carefully for a moment, she gently shook her head.

"I don't know her. I've never seen a girl with light blonde hair before, and Wuling has never mentioned her."

She and Wuling had only met twice since they first met. If he knew her at all, she knew absolutely nothing about him.

Kuai Niang's eyes widened instantly, her face filled with disbelief. She leaned forward, lowered her voice even further, and spoke with increasing certainty.

"You don't recognize him? That's even more strange."

She recalled the scenes she had just witnessed while peering through the glass: Wuling's bent-over posture, the girl's embarrassed expression—every single image seemed off.

"Let me tell you, I definitely didn't see wrong. The two of them were alone by the roadside for a long time, whispering to each other for ages. The atmosphere was incredibly ambiguous. I thought you knew, but it turns out you didn't know either."

Chun frowned almost imperceptibly, a hint of doubt arising in her heart.

That doesn't make sense. From what she knows, Wuling shouldn't have a girlfriend, and his emotional intelligence doesn't seem like that of someone who would engage in ambiguous relationships.

Chun's mind was a bit of a mess; too many things had happened that night, and her brain couldn't quite process it all.

"Could you have seen wrong? Or maybe you were just classmates from school and happened to run into each other and chatted for a bit?"

Chun hesitated before speaking, trying to offer a reasonable explanation.

"Impossible."

Kuai Niang immediately rejected the idea, shaking her head vigorously like a rattle-drum, her face full of certainty.

"Why would an ordinary classmate put on a hair clip by herself? Why would the two of them be alone together so late? Why was she so shy the whole time? I'm a good judge of character; that girl definitely has a crush on Wuling."

She became more and more excited as she spoke, her short legs swinging incessantly on the sofa.

Hearing this, Chun calmed down considerably. Was it that the girl was interested in him, rather than the other way around? Then it was alright.

"The atmosphere was fine when you and Encore parted ways with him this afternoon, but then he turned around and was alone with another strange girl. Chun, you really didn't know anything about this?"

"I don't know, what's wrong?"

Chun shook her head indifferently. After hearing that Wuling wasn't interested in that girl, she was already relieved.

Besides, even if it were true, so what? She doesn't recommend being a mistress—no, she should say being a concubine, because she still can't get over the mental hurdle of being a mistress.

As for why Huanglong doesn't practice polygamy? There are plenty of examples. It's not like Huanglong doesn't have it, but other places do. Lahai-Roi can have polygamy, and so can Ashihara. If all else fails, they can just not get a marriage certificate.

Chun silently gave herself a thumbs up for her cleverness.

Seeing her nonchalant attitude, Kuai Niang became anxious and gently tugged at the corner of her clothes.

"Why are you still so calm? This is nothing. A strange girl was alone with him late at night, and he even put a hair clip on her hair himself. It's obvious they're dating, and dating with marriage in mind. He's going to marry Wuling. Don't you mind?"

"Stop, stop, stop! How did we get onto the topic of marriage?"

Chun raised her hand and rubbed her throbbing temples. Although she didn't think Kuai Niang was wrong—after all, it's true that dating should be with marriage in mind, and that's what she thought too—wasn't this leap a bit too far?

"Your imagination is running wild! The girl was just shy on her own, and you've already planned out their entire futures?"

The Kuai Niang covered her mouth in surprise.

"Chun, you're actually taking his side now? You've only known each other for a short time! You don't trust me, but instead you're siding with him?"

Chun carefully counted on her fingers.

Three days.

Kuai Niang:?

"All told, I've known Wuling for three days, since this Thursday. As for how many times we've met, including today, we've only seen each other twice."

Kuai Niang:???

When I asked a question, it wasn't me who was acting strange, it was you.

"You've only known each other for three days? And you've already met twice?"

Kuai Niang even wondered if there was something wrong with her hearing system. She recognized the individual characters, but couldn't understand them when they were put together.

You've only known him for three days, and you're already taking his side? I'm out of line. We've known each other for almost three years, haven't we? We've met more than two thousand times, haven't we? Is three years of friendship really as fragile as paper in the face of love?

Chun, are you just a hopeless romantic?

"No, I know that seeing isn't always believing, and I don't completely trust what I see, but at least you should have some doubts. Don't you even have any doubts?"

"And another thing, you actually trust him so much after knowing him for only three days? What about me? We've known each other for almost three years, and our friendship has already capsized."

You trust him so much after only knowing him for three days? If you actually start dating him, you'll be willing to give him your life.

Seeing the Kuai Niang's heartbroken and betrayed expression, I felt strangely amused.

"Why is your little brain like Encore's, always thinking about these weird things?"

"I'm just stating the facts, and besides, I trust him completely."

"Why? You've only known each other for three days, why do you trust him so much?"

Because belief... doesn't need a reason.

"I believe you, M*!"

"No, no, no, calm down, Rover, calm down."

Inside the dormitory, Calcharo was running away like a stray dog, with Wuling chasing after him.

He fled, he was pursued, but he couldn't escape.

"Go to hell with your calmness, fuck your mother, pay up! This is the first time I've heard of having to pay in installments for a few milk teas. You've only paid me a few times before, and you still won't this time, you motherfucker."

Wuling followed angrily behind. He knew he hadn't been wrong to suspect Calcharo before. "Just ignore whether it's right or wrong," he thought, "And now it's coming in handy."

"Give it to me or not! Give me the money or not! If you don't give it to me, I'll break the snow leopard's legs!"

Lingyang, who was sitting on the bed watching the show:

No, why did he break my leg if he wouldn't give me money?

But before he could think any further, Wuling had already grabbed the pipa that Calcharo had placed underneath and was about to break Lingyang's leg, shouting things like, "I'll make sure you eat my bottom line."

Lingyang: No, what are you talking about? I don't understand.

"Wait! Hold back the leopard under the pipa!"

At the critical moment, Calcharo leaped and snatched the pipa, successfully protecting the snow leopard's legs. Due to the momentum, he also sat on a white plastic chair placed to the side, with his back to Wuling.

"Ah~, the 'guaranteed payout king' has arrived."

"Ah, I wouldn't dare."

Wuling: "Enough nonsense, Calcharo, your days of relying on my guaranteed minimum are over. Give me back the gold ball."

Calcharo: "If you want it, you have to come and get it yourself. You already know that rule."

After saying that, he slowly sat up from the white plastic chair and turned around to face Wuling again.

Wuling: "I knew you'd say that."

A series of unintelligible drumbeats began at that moment.

Calcharo: "How many times have we fought?"

Wuling: "It's hard to say, but in my childhood memories, we were always fighting."

The two looked at each other and both smiled inexplicably.

"It's time to put an end to this, Calcharo!"

Wuling waved the Blood Oath Covenant he had somehow acquired.

"To end it all at once."