I'm Going to Stalk You Relentlessly

Jiangzhou Normal University's north gate.

"Trash Street."

In mid-to-late September, the evenings were still sweltering.

Fang Xian arrived late with a backpack slung over his shoulder.

His three roommates were already waiting by the north gate.

"Xian's finally here."

"Quick, let's work out a battle plan."

Zhang Yuhang wiggled his plump waist as he spoke excitedly.

Fang Xian said, "Song Yizhou is mine. You can divide up the others."

The chubby guy snorted, though he knew his limits. "I'm going to add Lü Yaoyao."

The group had already seen a photo of the girls together on the social feed of Gao Lu, Wang Dashan's high school classmate.

Lü Yaoyao was something else. She looked like Xiaomei from [Tremolo].

Chen Kang narrowed his eyes. He didn't consider the chubby Zhang Yuhang or the short Wang Dashan a threat.

Clearly, Xian was his biggest rival.

"Fair competition."

"Whoever loses has to add the other one... What was her name again?"

Before Chen Kang could remember, Zhang Yuhang let out a strange cry.

"Holy shit, there's a beauty!"

That snapped everyone back to reality.

Fang Xian followed Zhang Yuhang's pointing finger.

Just inside the north gate.

A young woman wore glasses and had long hair that fell to her shoulders. Her checked short-sleeved shirt and washed jeans outlined a slender, graceful waist. In the sweltering summer heat, she seemed to give off an enticingly fresh scent.

A pen was clipped to her shirt pocket. With her oval face and bookish air, she was a textbook beauty—and genuinely stunning.

Beside her, the other three girls were instantly overshadowed.

So that's Song Yizhou?

Fang Xian considered her.

She really was even prettier than she looked on Tremolo.

No wonder the three wimps on his side, Chen Kang included, were staring themselves senseless.

Out of habit, Fang Xian checked his phone.

No urban legends. Clear skies.

It looked like today would be an ordinary dinner.

He would just have to suffer through playing the lovesick fool.

"Why are we still standing outside? Let's go in!"

"We've already booked a table!"

Wang Dashan came to his senses and hurried over to greet them.

Zhang Yuhang and Chen Kang quickly followed.

Inside the restaurant.

Chen Kang handed Song Yizhou a set of tableware he had already rinsed, then picked up the kettle and began pouring water.

From what Fang Xian could tell, Chen Kang came from a fairly well-off family and was adept at dealing with people.

Fang Xian kept things low-key, occasionally chiming in.

Gao Lu was his roommate Wang Dashan's high school classmate—and the girl Wang Dashan had a crush on.

She was pretty cute.

That was Fang Xian's assessment. She had a nice personality too, though she didn't seem to feel that way about Wang Dashan.

Hong Ye was a petite, somewhat shy-looking girl, and the plainest of the four.

As for Lü Yaoyao, the one Zhang Yuhang was pursuing...

By conventional standards, she really was the second-prettiest girl in their dorm, after Song Yizhou.

Unfortunately.

She doesn't seem to have a great attitude.

Kind of... mean-spirited?

Fang Xian frowned slightly.

Beside Song Yizhou,

Lü Yaoyao was frowning inwardly too.

She had spent an hour doing her makeup.

She had thought she might meet some handsome guys.

But instead...

Lü Yaoyao knew she couldn't compare to Song Yizhou, but she considered herself far prettier than the other two girls in their dorm.

She had expected to have her pick of any rich guy who showed up.

Instead, they had come to a cheap restaurant.

And of the four guys across from them, one was fat and another was short.

Chen Kang looked decent enough. His clothes were genuine [Celestara] Celestial Worship, and that one piece alone cost five figures.

Unfortunately, he was completely focused on Song Yizhou.

Lü Yaoyao looked at the last guy.

Fang Xian was fair-skinned and quite handsome, but he didn't look like he had much money.

Not interested. What a waste of time.

With that thought, Lü Yaoyao smiled at Zhang Yuhang, who was busy fawning over her. "Come on!"

"Handsome, let's have a few more drinks tonight."

"Let's celebrate meeting each other today!"

"To a wonderful life on campus. Cheers!"

Before long, Zhang Yuhang was showing signs of drunkenness.

Fang Xian could tell Lü Yaoyao was toying with him.

Song Yizhou could tell too. While fending off Chen Kang's attentions, she turned to Lü Yaoyao. "Yaoyao, why don't we call it a night?"

Lü Yaoyao's lips curved into a smile. "Wait, wait. Two more drinks, then I'll add you on WeChat."

That only fired Zhang Yuhang up more.

Song Yizhou was a little displeased.

Lü Yaoyao is going too far.

At the very least, it wasn't how she herself would have handled things.

Still, Song Yizhou said nothing more. She had Chen Kang and Fang Xian to deal with.

Honestly, she already regretted coming.

I really should've gone to dinner with my cousin instead.

Meanwhile, Fang Xian was thinking,

and keeping up his act.

"Song, how about adding me on WeChat?"

Chen Kang was still trying tirelessly.

Fang Xian saw what was happening and couldn't be bothered to ask, but he forced himself to play along.

He smiled. "Song Yizhou, how about adding me on WeChat? We can keep in touch."

Song Yizhou looked gentle and bookish, but her refusal was remarkably firm. "I rarely use WeChat or social media. Sorry."

In this day and age?

"I rarely use social media" is such an old-fashioned excuse.

But it suited Fang Xian perfectly.

He put on a disappointed expression.

In the end, none of them got Song Yizhou's WeChat.

All four guys did, however, add the other girls.

The moon shone bright among scattered stars.

"Song Yizhou really is beautiful. What a shame," Chen Kang said.

Fang Xian agreed. "Seriously. She wouldn't even add me. Scary stuff."

Chen Kang and Wang Dashan supported the drunken Zhang Yuhang between them. "But that Lü Yaoyao is bad news."

Fang Xian looked at Zhang Yuhang, who had drunk himself sick.

What had Xiaomei Lü Yaoyao done to his buddy's buddy?

Honestly, Fang Xian didn't care much about a situation where both sides were willing participants.

What did bother him slightly was that, during dinner, Lü Yaoyao had made a snide remark about how cheap his clothes looked.

Fang Xian hadn't minded.

Then Lü Yaoyao had teased him again.

After a few drinks, her joke had turned a little dirty.

"Fang Xian, you look a bit pale. Don't tell me you can't get it up?"

???

Fang Xian believed a man's talent was what mattered most. Whether he could get it up was completely irrelevant!

He didn't care at all!!!

Fang Xian didn't think he was overreacting.

At that moment,

he simply felt that Lü Yaoyao needed to be taught a lesson.

If he didn't, it would gnaw at him. No, wait...

This had nothing to do with him. The point was that she had dared toy with the chubby guy.

Then she couldn't blame him, the club president, for stalking her relentlessly!

[Urban Legend Compendium]

[Activated]!

Damn it. When can I get rid of this startup ad?

"You're the one!"

"Peerless Big Baldie!"

At the north gate, in the shadows,

Fang Xian's eyes turned cold and sinister.

His whole body seemed to vanish into the darkness beneath the blazing lights.

Song Yizhou felt Lü Yaoyao had gone a little too far today.

But she said nothing.

Of the four girls in their dorm, she and Hong Ye rarely voiced opinions. Gao Lu and Lü Yaoyao were usually the ones who got everyone involved.

Both were socially adept in their own ways, and they took an active part in everything from the college's welcome events to other activities.

Still... next time something like this came up, she would find an excuse to decline.

Tonight had been pretty dull.

Especially...

that boy named Fang Xian.

Song Yizhou had the vague feeling he hadn't been sincere. There was a hint of perfunctory politeness about him, almost too faint to notice.

Of course, she didn't dwell on it.

It had nothing to do with her.

She looked over at Lü Yaoyao.

Lü Yaoyao still seemed quite pleased with herself.

Walking four abreast, they looked almost like a girl group.

"The guys weren't much to write home about this time. Next time... I'll arrange the next one."

Lü Yaoyao patted her chest.

All of a sudden,

she felt a strange chill along her spine.

Beneath the dim lights of the main road,

there were fewer and fewer pedestrians.

Gradually,

not a soul remained.

"Huh? What's going on? It's barely past nine. Where did everyone go?"

Lü Yaoyao was momentarily stunned.

The summer evening breeze sobered her up a little.

"Yizhou, Ye, Lu, you..."

She had only just opened her mouth.

Where was everyone?

It happened in an instant.

Something terrifying had happened.

Where was everyone?

On the long, eerie road through the school,

he was the only one left.

The lights stretched his shadow longer and longer.