A breathtaking scene.
The peerless Li Luo.
That immortal-like face belonged only in heaven; it had no place in the mortal world.
The little girl was overcome with tears.
She was glad she hadn't gone to class.
Instead, she'd been watching videos.
Otherwise, she might have missed this video, and that would have been a lifelong regret.
The little girl was utterly captivated. She silently marveled, How could someone be so beautiful?
Her intense admiration drove her to keep watching.
The Immortal's story slowly unfolded.
Autumn leaves fell.
A small hill.
The scene moved toward the breakup, where Tang Wulin delivered those lines.
"Although... I really don't want to say this..."
"But..."
The little girl was so furious that she cursed aloud. "Damn that green tea! Go die! How dare she treat my Immortal Brother like that!"
She had completely forgotten that she was in class.
The teacher was right there at the lectern.
The young teacher had only just graduated.
She scolded the little girl for watching videos in class, then angrily confiscated her Soul Guidance Communicator.
She glanced at it by chance.
On the screen, she saw Li Luo, graceful as an immortal, pointing his long sword.
The young teacher was captivated too...
Scenes like this played out from time to time all over Aolai City, until the video finally went completely viral.
Li Luo became famous.
And Tang Wulin, who played the green tea, became famous along with him.
But Tang Wulin's fame was the kind that came with a black mark.
The girls commented under the promotional video.
[Immortal Brother is so beautiful]
[I want to have little monkeys with Immortal Brother]
[Exactly, we have to give Immortal Brother little monkeys. But before that, I suggest we beat that green tea to death]
[She was the one who abandoned our Immortal Brother]
[Beat the green tea to death]
[Green tea must die]
The video's sudden popularity caught Principal Gao off guard.
Everyone was talking about how green tea had to die.
No one was mentioning Red Mountain Academy.
For Principal Gao, this was a terrible loss.
No!
He had to steer the conversation.
Principal Gao hired a large army of paid commenters and sent them into action.
They tried to direct the discussion toward Red Mountain Academy.
The comments seemed to improve.
Someone mentioned Red Mountain Academy.
[Immortal Brother studies at Red Mountain Academy]
[Let's go]
[Let's head to Red Mountain Academy]
Principal Gao had already spotted comments like those. He said with satisfaction, "At least all that effort wasn't for nothing."
But before long,
Principal Gao was in tears.
A new trend had appeared in the comments.
[Let's go, let's head to Red Mountain Academy. That green tea goes to Red Mountain Academy too. How dare she let Immortal Brother down?]
[Green tea must die]
Tang Wulin stared at his Soul Guidance Communicator and at the promotional video that had soared to the top of the City Circle's trending list. He trembled all over.
Every comment was now the same: [Protect Immortal Brother! Green tea must die!]
He knew who the Immortal was.
And he knew who the green tea was.
Damn it, wasn't he the green tea?
Why was everyone out to get him?
Was he really so universally despised?
Tang Wulin felt miserable and scared. He screamed inwardly, Why am I always the one who gets hurt?
After school, he made a point of finding Li Luo.
"Brother Luo, can I walk with you?" Tang Wulin asked.
Li Luo had already turned Tang Wulin down many times. By all rights, Tang Wulin shouldn't have asked again.
This time, Li Luo refused him just the same.
Li Luo explained, "Wulin, I've told you many times already that we don't go the same way. Why do you keep asking?"
Tang Wulin dolefully held out his Soul Guidance Communicator to Li Luo.
"Brother Luo, take a look."
Li Luo took the communicator, asking, "What do you want me to look at?"
A moment later, he fell silent.
Li Luo had only checked the City Circle during the morning break. Back then, the promotional video hadn't fully blown up, and there hadn't been all those comments about green tea.
He hadn't expected that, by the afternoon,
the Immortal would have made it to the top of Aolai City's trending list.
He saw the orderly rows of comments saying [Green tea must die], too.
No wonder Tang Wulin was scared.
If it were him, he'd be scared too.
Wulin really had it rough.
Li Luo thought for a moment, then said, "Wulin, have you considered that if you walk with me, people will be far more likely to recognize you than if you go alone?"
"Are you sure you still want to come with me?"
Tang Wulin's face twisted with indecision. Brother Luo wasn't wrong. Brother Luo played the Immortal, and he played the green tea. If they walked together, people could easily figure it out.
He grimaced. "Brother Luo, what should I do?"
"Get a headscarf or something and wrap it around your head. And since you're not wearing a skirt right now, it should be hard for people to recognize you," Li Luo suggested.
"Fine, I guess that's all I can do," Tang Wulin replied.
He felt a pang of regret. He'd probably have to wear the skirt he'd been dreaming about in secret from now on.
He absolutely couldn't let anyone see him.
Otherwise, he'd be done for.
Seeing that Tang Wulin had taken his advice, Li Luo didn't say anything more and turned to leave the classroom.
He didn't want to say anything that might give Tang Wulin the wrong idea.
Li Luo stopped talking and quietly picked up his book.
He was going to be a quiet, handsome young man.
He planned to wait until Tang Wulin left before heading out himself.
Tang Wulin took out a spare piece of clothing, wrapped it around his head, and walked out the academy gate.
As soon as he stepped outside, he heard someone shout.
"Stop right there!"
"Don't run!"
"Are you Tang Green Tea?"
The girls were fierce fighters. The moment they spotted Tang Wulin sneaking around, they immediately called out to him.
Tang Wulin shuddered all over and stammered, "I... I... I'm not Tang Wulin. N-no, no, I'm not Tang Green Tea."
The girls stared hard at him.
Their sharp gazes raked over Tang Wulin from head to toe again and again.
Just as Tang Wulin was about to cry out, "I'm doomed,"
he heard the pleasant voice of the group's leading big sister from across the way. "Sisters, Tang Green Tea is a girl, and this guy with his head wrapped up is a boy."
"He can't possibly be Tang Green Tea!"
Joy welled up in Tang Wulin's eyes. "That's right, that's right! Sisters, there's no way I could be Tang Green Tea."
"Just like all of you, I really like the Immortal, Li Luo."
"We're all the same."
Tang Wulin's will to survive was fierce. To save himself, he was willing to become sisters with all the girls.
But he was getting ahead of himself.
"Bah!"
"You're a guy. You think you can like the Immortal just like us?"
"Dream on."
"Hmph, if you dare get any ideas about our Immortal..."
The leading big sister looked at Tang Wulin's crotch with a murderous glint in her eyes. "Then I'll make you one of us for real."
Tang Wulin suddenly felt a chill between his legs.
Time to get out of here.
He couldn't afford to mess with these women.
The mighty Golden Dragon King fled in disarray.
While Tang Wulin was drawing their fire, Li Luo quietly slipped out through a small gate at the academy.
He pulled the brim of his baseball cap low over his face.
He made it home without a hitch.
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