That Legendary Background Friend

Qin Yunhai took a deep breath, his tone growing even gentler. "Weiwei, before every man meets his true soulmate, he thinks he likes women. Sadly, true love only exists between people of the same sex; the opposite sex is merely for reproduction."

Wu Wei fell silent and continued typing on his keyboard.

"Weiwei, even a woman like Lan Meng pursued you and you still rejected her. Don't you know that lots of people are saying you turned Lan Meng down because of me?" Qin Yunhai persisted.

Wu Wei could not be bothered with Qin Yunhai's theatrical act and continued what he was doing.

"Weiwei, there are already more than a dozen boys' love fanfics about our pairing on the campus forum. Do you really not want to give it a try?"

Wu Wei's hands trembled. This time, he was genuinely frightened.

"When did that happen? How did I not know?"

If he had known, there would never have been such a thing.

Qin Yunhai suddenly burst into laughter.

"Stay calm, Weiwei. What's the big deal? We're both too outstanding. It's perfectly normal for female students to ship us together."

Wu Wei could not stay calm.

"If I find out you wrote those slash fics, I'll make you understand why flowers are so red."

"I'm a biology student. How could I possibly have the writing skills for that sort of thing?" Qin Yunhai said carelessly.

The reason he and Wu Wei were close, and the reason there were fangirls at school fantasizing about him being together with Wu Wei, ultimately came down to their reputations at the university.

Wu Wei was the most renowned academic genius in the School of Computer Science.

Qin Yunhai was the most prominent student in the School of Biology.

The first time they met and talked, they reached a consensus:

The two most promising and inevitable trends in the future were artificial intelligence and genetic modification. That was why Wu Wei chose the School of Computer Science, while Qin Yunhai chose the School of Biology.

They had indeed both made names for themselves in their respective fields.

In many people's eyes, they were two outstanding talents. In truth, they were. But they had none of the rivalry people fantasized about in novels.

The world was vast.

And their sights were set far ahead.

So they became friends—very good friends.

Few people knew that Wang Zixuan and Lan Meng were also friends, old friends who had grown up together.

When Wang Zixuan saw Lan Meng, he froze.

"Young Miss?"

Lan Meng was also somewhat surprised to see Wang Zixuan.

But when she noticed Wu Wei was not there, she seemed to realize something and did not directly state why she had come.

"I came to see you," Lan Meng said seriously.

Elsewhere, Qin Yunhai said to Wu Wei, "Hurry up and play their audio."

"This surveillance feed has no audio."

Qin Yunhai looked at him as if to say, Are you kidding me?

The school surveillance cameras naturally had no audio, but if Wu Wei wanted to hear it, he would definitely be able to.

Wu Wei did not say much. He took out a pair of earphones and handed one side to Qin Yunhai.

Wang Zixuan and Lan Meng had no idea they were being monitored, so their conversation was very direct.

"Wang Zixuan, what happened with Li Long and Kuang Zhiguo?"

"I don't know," Wang Zixuan replied without hesitation.

But Lan Meng did not believe him.

"The Wang Family did not come this far easily. Wang Zixuan, don't bring disaster upon your family." Lan Meng warned him seriously.

Wang Zixuan's expression turned extremely ugly in an instant.

"Young Miss, you suspect me?"

"I suspect Wu Wei."

Wang Zixuan's eyes lit up. "What if I told you that Wu Wei really was behind what happened to Li Long and Kuang Zhiguo?"

Lan Meng was silent for a moment before saying, "Then report it to the authorities."

It was such an obvious thing to do.

Yet Wang Zixuan had needed to ask her.

"Do you have evidence?" Lan Meng continued.

After a moment of silence, Wang Zixuan answered resolutely, "I do."

"But I won't let you warn Wu Wei. I know you like him."

For him, the most painful part was that Wu Wei and Lan Meng had met because he had introduced them.

Just like in so many stories: one friend accompanied another to apply for film school, only for the one who had wanted to apply to fail while the friend who had merely accompanied them got in and eventually became a huge star.

That unknown friend then splendidly became a background figure, with even his name never being known.

Wang Zixuan was that background figure.

University was a wonderful place for learning and self-improvement, but it was also a place where hormones fermented. To vent those hormones, a practice gradually emerged—dormitory mixers.

A girls' dormitory and a boys' dormitory would become paired dorms. In their spare time, they could go out for meals, shop, sing karaoke—everything, in short, was for the sake of finding a partner.

Many people wanted to pair up with Lan Meng's dormitory, but for some inexplicable reason, Wu Wei's dormitory was chosen.

Everyone thought it was an accident, but it was not.

Wang Zixuan and Lan Meng had known each other for a long time.

In fact, he had enrolled at Imperial Capital University in order to follow in Lan Meng's footsteps.

The Lan Family had assigned him to protect Lan Meng.

But he wanted to do more than that.

Then Lan Meng fell for his roommate, Wu Wei.

It had to be said that it was a tragic story.

"Young Miss, I've already made one mistake. I personally delivered you into Wu Wei's hands, but I won't make a second one. Wu Wei will inevitably spend the rest of his life in prison. No matter how brilliant he is, the Lan Family will never accept him."

Hearing Wang Zixuan's forceful words, Lan Meng's expression became somewhat strange.

"Can you stop me from doing what I want?"

"Yes, I can. Young Miss, do you know why I dared to entertain improper thoughts about you?"

Their difference in status had always been obvious, and Wang Zixuan had always been far more mature than Kuang Zhiguo and Li Long.

Lan Meng's expression grew stranger and stranger. She had guessed the reason.

"Wang Zixuan, you awakened."

She stated it rather than asking, showing that she had already confirmed it.

Wang Zixuan finally smiled. "Yes, Young Miss. I've awakened my talent—Dream Builder. From now on, I'm an Awakened, above ordinary people. So I'm qualified to pursue you, and I'm the only one qualified to pursue you. A mere ordinary person like Wu Wei isn't worthy of being with you."

"Go to sleep. When you wake up, everything will be over."

Wang Zixuan directly knocked Lan Meng unconscious.

Wu Wei took in everything before his eyes. Rather than rushing to save Lan Meng, he looked at Wang Zixuan with a strange expression.

"Yunhai."

"Hm?"

"I've read some novels where protagonists become utterly arrogant after gaining a cheat ability and think they stand above ordinary people. The question is, who gave them that courage?"

Superpowers were still abilities.

Yet many people seemed to forget that there were many kinds of abilities.

Intelligence was an ability. Mentality was an ability. Learning was also an ability.

Why did some people always think that awakening some unnatural talent meant they could crush every other kind of talent?

When all was said and done, it was still about the person.

And when had Wang Zixuan ever been stronger than Wu Wei?