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"Fake."

"Real."

The two spoke at the same time, but their answers were completely opposite.

Zhou Zhou burst out laughing. "Pfft, hahaha... Xuxu, how can you be this cute?"

[I think he's cute too. I want to kiss him a couple of times, preferably hug him too.]

Duan Xu: "..."

He had already become immune to the word "cute." As for kissing and hugging, he was numb from hearing about them.

Not knowing what to say, Duan Xu simply ignored them. He went to the balcony to wash his feet, then climbed straight into bed.

Hmph! Once I draw my bed curtains, I won't love anyone!

Seeing this, Shen Yanlang reined in his smile and gripped the bed rail with both hands. "Xuxu, you're going to bed this early? We haven't done laps around the track yet."

"Not going!" Duan Xu was especially firm now.

Shen Yanlang did not force him this time. He only said, "Then get some rest."

At that moment, Zhou Zhou frowned and said, "Yan-ge, someone on the forum is saying bad things about Xuxu."

As he spoke, he was already typing out replies to argue back.

When Shen Yanlang heard that, he asked for the post's location and opened the forum on his phone.

Duan Xu heard it too. He had originally climbed into bed because he wanted to browse the forum alone, so he looked at the post Zhou Zhou had mentioned first.

The post had been made sometime after National Day. It was specifically for shipping him and Shen Yanlang as a couple.

#The Campus Hunk and His Beta Roommate#

The title was eye-catching, simple and clear.

The content roughly described how they had started shipping the two of them.

At first, it was because Shen Yanlang was the campus hunk, while Duan Xu was the person closest to him. Then Shen Yanlang had carried the sleeping Duan Xu back to the dorm twice in a princess carry, and that was how people began shipping them.

Recently, Shen Yanlang had practically been glued to Duan Xu's side. He bought him breakfast, helped him get meals, did laps around the track with him, and so on. Anyone with eyes could tell something was up.

[Sisters, this is a newly released photo. Come look!]

[Ahhhh! Drinking from the same cup of milk tea, one sip from you, one sip from him—this is killing me with sweetness!]

[I was there in person. I almost died on the spot from how sweet it was!]

[An indirect kiss! By rounding up, they've already entered the halls of marriage!]

Duan Xu: "..."

Was that not rounding up a little too much?

Further down was what Zhou Zhou had mentioned. If there were people shipping their pairing, then there were naturally people who disliked it. No, it should have been people who disliked Duan Xu.

Shen Yanlang was the campus hunk and a high-quality S-rank alpha. Plenty of people liked him and wanted to be the one by his side.

When that person became someone else—and an ordinary beta at that—the jealousy had nowhere to go.

[Wake up, okay? They just spend a little more time together. Is that really necessary?]

[Exactly. Shen Yanlang is an alpha. How could he possibly be with a beta?]

[I don't think that Duan Xu is anything special to look at either. He's always making the campus hunk do this and that for him. He's probably just a fake innocent.]

[You think you're good-looking? So good-looking you could blind people!]

[Our campus hunk likes Duan Xu. What are you going to do about it?]

[People who call others fake innocents are often the biggest fake innocents themselves! Blegh—]

Duan Xu recognized the last ID. It was Zhou Zhou. He could not help smiling, feeling grateful that Zhou Zhou had spoken up for him.

Just then, Zhou Zhou suddenly cried out, "Holy shit! Yan-ge is awesome!"

Duan Xu jumped. What was going on?

He hurriedly refreshed the post and discovered that the newest reply had actually been posted by Shen Yanlang. He had even used his own name as his username.

Shen Yanlang: [I like Duan Xu. I'm pursuing him. I don't want to hear unpleasant things, especially things about Duan Xu.]

After he posted that, the thread fell silent for a long while before new replies gradually began appearing.

[Holy crap! Have my eyes gone blind? Is this really him?]

[Yes, it's really him. Everyone, scream together!]

[Ahhhh!]

[What does it feel like to ship a couple and have it turn out real?]

[Campus hunk, you have to keep it up! We all support you!]

[Support +10086!]

However, more unpleasant comments appeared.

[The campus hunk is personally pursuing him, and Duan Xu still won't agree? He thinks way too highly of himself.]

[He takes himself way too seriously. Does he think he's such a hot commodity?]

Shen Yanlang: [I've noted down your IDs. Get ready to apologize.]

[The campus hunk is mighty!]

[The campus hunk is so domineering when protecting his husband!]

[I'm shipping them so hard I could die!]

Duan Xu put down his phone and touched his face. It was burning hot. He did not need to look to know that it must be very red too.

Shen Yanlang really... was too good!

He touched his chest. His heart was beating wildly as he finally began to face his feelings for Shen Yanlang.

It had been over a month. Shen Yanlang had pursued him without fail every single day. It would have been a lie to say he was not moved. And whenever he heard Shen Yanlang's suggestive inner thoughts, he could not help feeling shy.

It was shyness, not disgust or rejection.

So did he really have feelings for Shen Yanlang?

At that thought, Duan Xu's heart beat faster and faster, and his face grew unbearably hot. He flopped onto the bed and could not help kicking his feet, making quite a bit of noise.

Both Shen Yanlang and Zhou Zhou looked up at his bed curtains. Shen Yanlang even asked, "Xuxu, what's wrong?"

"Did he see it too?" Zhou Zhou whispered.

Hearing that, Shen Yanlang walked to his bed and gripped the rail. "Stop looking. Let's go do laps around the track."

"Not going." Duan Xu's voice was muffled as he buried his head beneath the covers.

Shen Yanlang thought he was upset after seeing those nasty comments and said again, "I'll make them apologize to you right away."

Before Duan Xu could react, Shen Yanlang directly called Xue Jingshu and asked him to look them up through the backend. Xue Jingshu readily agreed.

Within minutes, Xue Jingshu sent the information he found to Shen Yanlang. With it in hand, Shen Yanlang immediately contacted those people and told them to apologize. Otherwise, he would go find them in person and expose their information.

Those people were all omegas and could not withstand such threats. One after another, they agreed to apologize in the post.

Once the apologetic replies appeared, Shen Yanlang knocked on the bed rail. "Xuxu, they've apologized. Take a look, then stop thinking about it."

Duan Xu froze. He was still immersed in his own thoughts. Dazedly, he opened the forum on his phone, and sure enough, every person who had spoken nastily had apologized.

Seeing their apologetic replies, many people gathered to watch the drama. They also said the campus hunk was awesome and that he always did what he said.

Duan Xu closed his phone and rubbed against the blanket. It seemed that his liking for Shen Yanlang had grown a little more.

Duan Xu could not help curling his lips into a smile, but before long, his face fell again because he thought of Han Xi.

He believed in Shen Yanlang's feelings for him, and he knew Han Xi did not have that kind of interest in Shen Yanlang for now. Yet he was still worried.

It was like a ticking time bomb. He did not know when it would explode.

"Thank you," Duan Xu said quietly.

With an alpha's sharp hearing, Shen Yanlang caught it. The corner of his lips lifted as he thought, Looks like it isn't entirely a bad thing.