After the man in the suit left, Ai Xiaoxing placed the flowers at the back of the classroom.
A whole row back there was now piled high with flowers, each more beautiful than the last.
"Sir, there are flowers everywhere again today. You can come pick them up."
After a while, a security guard with a head of white hair, though not yet fifty, walked over.
"I've spoken to the florist. They'll buy them back for half price. Just go straight there; you don't need to haggle. I reckon you'll get around two thousand this time."
"Thank you, young lady. You're so kind."
"You don't have to thank me. Your wife's illness will definitely get better."
"Haha~ I've made peace with it a long time ago. If she passes away, I'll just go with her."
After the man in the suit left in a daze, the more he thought about it, the more unwilling he felt.
Which bastard had the Campus Belle asking him out?
How could he be so full of himself?
I won't stand for this!
With that, his expression suddenly twisted into a scowl. He opened the campus confession wall and began furiously pounding away at the keyboard.
"Fellas, you won't believe this. I ran into a Shrimp Head Man today. He actually made Campus Belle Ai ask him out..."
Sure enough, when men started acting all coy, women didn't stand a chance.
The man in the suit posted a little essay, and it immediately sparked heated discussion.
Quite a few students had even put up rewards.
The reward had gone from a bag of spicy strips and a pack of instant noodles to a whopping thousand yuan.
Everyone had just one goal: find that guy and give him a good dressing-down!
The Campus Belle, whom they hadn't managed to ask out in four years, was throwing herself at you and asking you out?
Who could put up with that?!
But Xu Yi had no idea he was already at the center of a storm.
After collecting Ai Xiaoxing's red packet, he went back to farming minions.
Teammate: Old geezer, why aren't you buying a Lightning Blade?
Eel Can Also Kill People: The Lightning Blade ran out of juice. It's charging.
Teammate: Then buy a Witch's Cape.
Eel Can Also Kill People: I washed it. It's not dry yet.
Teammate: Our jungler's a beast.
Eel Can Also Kill People: Where's the wild ox?
Teammate: "..."
"Ugh~ How boring."
Xu Yi sighed. After trying several times, he'd confirmed it.
He couldn't get Emotion Points online.
Money was hard to earn, and everything else was a pain too.
Xu Yi was about to head out and eat with the quirky girl.
Just then, Wang Liang shouted excitedly, "Holy crap, Campus Belle Ai asked a strange guy out to eat?!"
Liu Yu: "Seriously~ She even made the girl ask him out first. Is he even a man?"
Xu Yi blinked. What was going on?
Though beauty was like a passing cloud to him, he did know a little about Campus Belle Ai.
Pure and pristine, elegant, talented and versatile.
She was not only the goddess of the music department, but also number one on the campus beauty rankings.
You could say she had quite a zest for life.
Of course, that was all hearsay.
Xu Yi had never met her. He'd only seen her photos on the confession wall.
Still, he was a little surprised that she was pulling something like this so close to graduation.
Was she giving up on maintaining her image? Not even pretending anymore?
Huh? Why hadn't he seen her when he went to teach today? Had she taken the day off?
Wang Liang suddenly smashed his ten-yuan keyboard. "Damn it, which rich guy is stealing our goddess from us now?"
Xu Yi: "What if he isn't stealing her? Maybe the Campus Belle is just throwing herself at him?"
Negative Emotion Points +50
Liu Yu: "I'm so jealous! If the Campus Belle showed up in front of me, I wouldn't even dare look up at her. And some rich guy gets to eat with her."
Wang Liang: "If I catch that rich guy, I'll definitely... grovel at his feet! I'll lick his boots, I'll lick, I'll lick..."
Xu Yi made the face of that old man on the subway meme. Those two were impossible to watch.
Then Xu Yi tried to comfort them. "Calm down. Don't embarrass yourselves. Why grovel? It's not like he's a prison guard."
Liu Yu stared at him. "Xu Yi, aren't you angry?"
"What would I be angry about? With no women in my heart, my blade draws itself!"
"Fair enough. You're practically the Crown Prince now. You're not like us anymore." Liu Yu sighed, looking a little melancholy.
Things were different between them now. He really missed two years ago.
If only he could turn back time. He'd definitely have fawned all over Xu Yi and become his number-one sidekick.
The only one to blame was himself for fawning over the wrong person back then. Yang De was a total dick.
He'd fawned over him for so long, only to end up in prison.
"Anyway, brothers, I'm off to keep working my side job," Xu Yi said.
The two of them already knew Xu Yi had a part-time job, so they didn't ask any questions.
They just assumed it was some peculiar hobby of a rich young master.
After finishing this job, he'd go eat with Uncle Li that evening.
Xu Yi had just reached the door when his phone chimed with a new message.
It was from Yu Xue, which surprised him.
Everyone at school knew Yu Xue as an iceberg.
Apart from music, she was cold toward everything.
She gave the same icy expression to boys, girls, and even school administrators.
Her username was much more normal than that quirky girl's.
Flame Snow: You there?
Groveling at Cockroach Guards: ?
Flame Snow: Let me buy you dinner... will you come?
Xu Yi took a deep breath. What was with these women?
Were they not even going to bother keeping up appearances anymore?
Then, without the slightest hesitation, Xu Yi replied.
Groveling at Cockroach Guards: Not coming.
Flame Snow: Why not?
Not coming meant not coming. Why ask why?
Xu Yi thought that, but didn't dare send it.
Groveling at Cockroach Guards: Teacher, I'm really busy. I'm graduating soon and don't have time. I still have several papers to write. (Pig Hero riding a horse.jpg)
Do you dare look directly at the sun?!
Flame Snow: Then when will you have time?
She just wouldn't let it go. Was this woman really that clueless?
Didn't she know that in the adult world, not saying yes was the same as saying no?
Groveling at Cockroach Guards: Teacher, I'll definitely ask you out to eat once I've finished my papers.
Heh~ Whether I finish them or not is up to me.
I make several yuan a minute. You want to eat with me without placing an order?
Go eat shit!
After sending the message, Xu Yi didn't bother checking what she said next.
He turned off his phone and headed for the school gate.
When he got there, he found that no one had shown up.
He was used to it by now. Girls took their time; that was normal.
An hour to do makeup, half an hour to change clothes.
Only then did Xu Yi notice how crowded the school gate had become.
A whole bunch of guys were loitering around, pretending not to be there while their eyes darted everywhere.
Xu Yi immediately perked up. The blood of Great Xia stirred in his veins on the spot.
There was gossip to watch! Let's go~
"Bro, what's the gossip? I'm curious."
"Gossip about Xidi?"
"Heh~ You think you're funny?"
"There's no gossip."
"Then why are you all gathered here?"
"The Campus Belle's at the school gate. Didn't you see the confession wall? She's waiting to go eat with someone.
"We're just curious, so we came early to wait. We want to see who the hell that guy is."
"You guys have way too much free time," Xu Yi couldn't help saying.
"Heh~ You have no idea how beautiful the Campus Belle is. Just standing there is a feast for the eyes."
A bunch of simps. They were beyond saving.
Xu Yi sighed. When were these simps ever going to stand up for themselves?
You guys can watch all you want. I'm going to eat with my boss.
Just as Xu Yi finished thinking that, he felt someone tug at the hem of his clothes from behind.
Xu Yi turned around and saw a very pretty girl.
She had her head lowered shyly, her lips pursed.
"Senior Xu Yi, I..."
"Then let's go eat."
Astonishment Points +10
"Huh? Eat? Senior Xu Yi, you're being so forward. But I haven't done my makeup or gotten ready yet..."
Xu Yi looked speechless. Seriously, what was the point of asking him?
She'd invited him out to eat, but wasn't ready.
Hearing Xu Yi say that, Jia Yi looked like she was about to cry. "I... I wasn't asking you. I don't mind going without makeup, though."
Xu Yi froze. "You weren't the one who asked me out to eat?"
"No."
"Xu Yi!"
A pleasant voice rang out.
Ai Xiaoxing was so angry her teeth were clenched. I've been waiting for you in the cold at the school gate, and you turned around and started flirting with another girl.
What a jerk!
Swish, swish, swish~
Countless gazes from all around immediately turned toward Xu Yi.
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