Category: I’m Actually Really Rich

Only For My Eyes

Wen Le saw Su Zhenzhen and Jin Lin getting closer and closer, and was surprised. Jin Lin was Sun Youmei’s boyfriend. Wen Le knew this, so…

Why was he dancing with Su Zhenzhen while Sun Youmei was watching from outside the dance floor with envy and jealousy?

It was really strange.

Wen Le asked in a low voice, “What are they trying to do?”

Zhou Kao replied, “They’re exchanging dance partners.”

Wen Le said speechlessly: “If you didn’t bring me onto the dance floor, they wouldn’t have thought of doing this.”

Zhou Kao said, “She would have come and invited me directly.”

Wen Le retorted, “So what?”

Zhou Kao stuck to the rhythm and lowered Wen Le’s waist, and her long legs bent in a soft arc.

Wen Le got up slowly.  Zhou Kao looked at Wen Le’s forehead while Wen Le looked at Zhou Kao’s chin, and they gracefully spun around.

Zhou Kao smiled slightly and whispered, “How can a gentleman refuse a lady in public? It’s extremely rude to make her lose face.”

Wen Le glared at Zhou Kao and asked, “So, that’s why you agreed to dance with me?”

Zhou Kao chuckled softly at Wen Le’s words, and there was a hint of teasing in his eyes when he looked at Wen Le, “What if I said yes?”

Wen Le smiled wryly, and loosened her grip on Zhou Kao’s hand. She was about to leave with “then you can play by yourself”, when Zhou Kao suddenly grabbed her hand and pressed her against his chest.

Wen Le was caught off guard and exclaimed in surprise, then looked up at Zhou Kao with her beautiful eyes.

Zhou Kao lowered his head and whispered in Wen Le’s ears, “If I wanted to refuse, I wouldn’t have given you the chance to ask me.”

TN: SCREAMSSSS FANGIRL ALERT!!!!!

Wen Le looked at Zhou Kao.

There was a smile in Zhou Kao’s eyes, “Just like this.”

Zhou Kao glanced behind him at Su Zhenzhen and Jin Lin who were getting closer. He whispered to Wen Le in a low voice, “Keep up with me.”

Then following the sound of rapid music, Zhou Kao held Wen Le tightly, and the two of them spun in rapid strides in the center of the dance floor.

Wen Le’s skirt flew up like a black butterfly.

The two of them spun around at a fast pace, with their footsteps perfectly synchronized as if they were one person. They turned from one end of the dance floor to the other, leaving Su Zhenzhen and Jinlin far behind, and the distance between the four of them widened again.

However, this move caught the attention of everyone on the dance floor.

But the two of them ignored everyone else and danced to their hearts’ content with the music.

Wen Le leaned her entire weight on Zhou Kao, with one leg wrapped around his, and the other lightly touching the ground. Zhou Kao’s hand was around Wen Le’s waist, lifting her up and spinning her around.

Their dance was unique and ostentatious, and people gradually stopped their movements and looked at the two of them dancing gracefully on the dance floor.

The music was still playing, and Zhou Kao leaned close to Wen Le’s ears and said, “Look.”

Wen Le gasped softly, “What?”

Zhou Kao chuckled, “We can also finish a waltz calmly.”

Upon hearing this, Wen Le laughed and said, “As long as you don’t get angry with me, even if it’s not a waltz…”

Wen Le suddenly stopped speaking.

Zhou Kao asked, “What is it?”

Wen Le’s eyes flickered as she said, “Even ballet, I can dance with you.”

Zhou Kao sighed lightly and took Wen Le in a spin. He said calmly, “Unfortunately, I don’t know ballet.”

Wen Le burst out laughing at his response.

Zhou Kao asked, “What’s so funny?”

Wen Le said, “Nothing, I just imagined what you would look like dancing ballet.”

Zhou Kao’s eyes were full of smiles, not realizing how gentle his tone was. He asked, “Is it that funny?”

Wen Le nodded and laughed again. Her laughter was so stunning that even Zhou Kao was momentarily stunned.

Wen Le’s beauty was acknowledged by everyone, and Zhou Kao had seen it many times. She wasn’t someone who didn’t smile, on the contrary, she often wore a smile on her face. However, that smile was completely different from the one she had now.

She was always polite and distant, even when her smile was gentle, it always made people feel that she was hard to approach. This mask-like smile made Wen Le look like a painting hanging on the wall, beautiful but somewhat distorted and unreal.

But now, Wen Le was different from before. Her eyes were lively and flexible, and there was a graceful air about her. Her smile came from her heart, and the infectious joy that spread to Zhou Kao made him feel like she was glowing.

Zhou Kao’s throat bobbed up and down, his voice tight, and his gaze fixed on Wen Le’s face, as if he wanted to capture this moment. “So, I can’t learn it, but you seem to have learned ballet.”

Wen Le denied, “I haven’t learned it.”

Zhou Kao clicked his tongue, not believing her.

Su Zhenzhen and Jin Lin couldn’t catch up with the two of them, either because of their poor dancing skills or poor coordination.

As the two of them danced, Yi Ze’an’s live broadcast exploded again.

Yi Ze’an invited a partner onto the dance floor, a senior sister from the same department.

And the person Yi Ze’an brought along was still using equipment to film the scene, mainly to capture Yi Ze’an.

But as Wen Le and Zhou Kao stepped from one end of the dance floor to the other, they couldn’t help but be caught on camera.

-Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! They are dancing again!

-Ah ah ah ah ah ah!

-No, didn’t the little brother say that there was something urgent that he had to take the little sister away? Why is their urgent matter going to dance?

-There’s something fishy going on.

-Ah ah ah ah ah ah! I!! Love!! it!!

-Acting like there’s an urgent matter is just an excuse to come and find the girl, haha.

-Tsk tsk, haven’t you guys noticed? When that young man left, he tightly held the girl’s wrist. Who would grab a female colleague’s wrist like that? Clearly, it was not an urgent matter.

-Hahahahaha, he’s in a hurry, he’s in a hurry, he must be burning with jealousy, right? Hahahahaha.

-*Liked*

-Tsk tsk tsk, scheming BOY, is he flirting with the girl UNDER THE GUISE OF BUSINESS?

 -Scheming scheming!

-An An is so naive, tsk tsk. He’s no match for that young man. It’s hopeless, he can’t get the girl.

-Haha, are all boys these days so scheming? An An, give him the girl! You belong to us.

As the song ended, it was free time.

Su Zhenzhen never got to dance with Zhou Kao.

Zhou Kao looked at Wen Le’s high heels, “Does your ankle really not hurt?””

Wen Le shook her head, but she had been wearing high heels all night, so her feet were a little tired.

Zhou Kao seemed to notice a hint of exhaustion in Wen Le’s expression and said softly, “Go and rest for a bit. I’ll go talk to Su Zhenzhen.”

Wen Le looked at Zhou Kao, wondering why he was telling her this. He usually didn’t like to explain things to others.

Zhou Kao didn’t say anything else, he turned around and stopped Su Zhenzhen who was walking towards them. The two of them went to a quiet corner.

Wen Le looked in the direction they disappeared and withdrew her gaze. She seemed to sense the hidden annoyance that Zhou Kao covered up with politeness, of course, it was directed at Su Zhenzhen.

Wen Le went backstage to see if there was anything she could help with, then she went to find her roommate.

From a distance, she saw Bao Xiaofan talking to a guy with a smile on his face. Wen Le smiled and quietly walked away.

Cheng Hui beckoned to Wen Le from a distance.

Wen Le walked over and saw a girl in a white dress next to Cheng Hui. The girl had a pure and gentle temperament, and she was a little beauty.

Cheng Hui introduced her and said, “My friend from the club, Dan Shan. My roommate, Wen Le.”

The girl was very gentle and had a good temper. Wen Le greeted her, and the three of them stood chatting together.

Cheng Hui said, “Do you see the guy across from Bao Xiao Fan?”

Wen Le glanced over and said, “I saw a guy, but I didn’t get a good look.”

Cheng Hui said, “He’s supposedly the male god she secretly fell in love with in high school.”

Wen Le laughed and said, “Bao Xiaofan had crush on more guys than there are tiles on the walls of the Forbidden City.”

Cheng Hui said, “Who said so. Our little Bao looks honest, but she actually has a pond in her heart, and she can have several pretty boy fish in it at the same time.”

Wen Le chuckled. Dan Shan also smiled softly.

The group of people were standing very close to the west side entrance of the gymnasium. Hearing what seemed to be a quarrel, Wen Le glanced over at the west side entrance.

Cheng Hui said, “It’s Sun Youmei. She had another fight with her boyfriend and will probably stay in the dormitory tonight.”

Wen Le thought of the dance that Su Zhenzhen and Jin Lin performed today and could probably guess why.

While they were talking, they saw Su Zhenzhen leave the gym in despair from another direction.

Wen Le wore ten centimeter high heels and stood all night. To be honest, her feet and waist hurt, but as a staff member, she had to stay until the end of the dance party. The only place she could sit was the audience seat on the stage, and her cheongsam was slightly raised. Even if she wore safety shorts, Wen Le did not want to sit in a high place.

Although Wen Le’s feet hurt, she didn’t show it and continued to chat with the two people with a smile, occasionally moving her feet carefully.

While they were talking, they suddenly saw Zhou Kao walking towards Wen Le from the backstage.

Cheng Hui nudged Wen Le and said, “Is he looking for you?”

Wen Le blinked, “I don’t know.”

Shan Shan’s eyes were full of smiles, “I think he’s looking at you.”

As they were speaking, Zhou Kao walked up to Wen Le and said, “Wen Le, come over for a moment.”

Wen Le didn’t understand and looked in the direction Su Zhenzhen had left. She thought, didn’t Su Zhenzhen leave earlier? Did something really happen?

After saying goodbye to her roommate, Wen Le followed Zhou Kao.

Zhou Kao took Wen Le to a small office on the second floor.

Wen Le thought that all the small offices on the second floor had been borrowed for use as dressing rooms, but unexpectedly there was one that wasn’t.

The key was that all the bags and luggage were in the dressing room, and all the doors were locked for safety, but Zhou Kao had the key to this office.

“Come on in.”

Wen Le followed Zhou Kao inside and looked around. The small office was very clean, with some files on the desk, and the key was that there was a large, soft sofa.

Wen Le’s eyes lit up almost as soon as she saw the sofa. Could her feet finally relax?

Just as she was thinking this, Zhou Kao said, “Go on and take a seat”

Wen Le sat on the sofa, feeling almost as if she wanted to sigh in relief. Her feet were finally free. Since her feet no longer hurt, her mood improved, and her voice softened and sounded a bit lazy and coquettish as she asked, “What do you want from me?”

Zhou Kao took a hot drink from behind his computer desk and put it in front of Wen Le. “It’s a bit of business.”

Wen Le looked at the hot drink and suddenly felt thirsty. She had forgotten to drink water all night because she hadn’t brought any.

Wen Le took the hot drink, which was a glass of hot milk.

Wen Le’s mood seemed to lighten a bit more. She asked with a smile that she didn’t even notice, “When did you buy this?”

Zhou Kao said, “Just now.”

Wen Le remembered that Zhou Kao seemed to have disappeared for a while after Su Zhenzhen left, so it must have been during that time.

Wen Le said, “Thank you.”

“I was just a little thirsty, so I bought an extra cup.

TN: yeaaaa righttttt we believe you ZK 🙂

Wen Le glanced at Zhou Kao’s coffee and then at her own hot sweet milk. Oh, he bought too much and didn’t even buy the same thing twice.

Wen Le pursed her lips, suppressing a smile, and looked at Zhou Kao. “Do you have a straw?” Her lipstick was not stain-proof.

Zhou Kao chuckled lightly at her words, and his deep laughter echoed in the small office. Wen Le moved her ears, feeling a bit tingly.

Wen Le glanced at Zhou Kao. “What, aren’t people allowed to have baggage?”

Zhou Kao handed Wen Le his straw from the paper bag. “You were so fierce tonight, I thought you didn’t care about baggage.”

Wen Le stared at him incredulously. “Fierce? When was I fierce?”

“When you were dancing the tango.”

Wen Le stared at him, is this dog man blind? She gave up her face and tried so hard to be alluring, but he called her fierce?

Wen Le was about to be angered to death.

Zhou Kao lowered his eyes and ignored Wen Le’s glare. “It’s fine for me, I can handle it. But don’t be so fierce to others.”

Previous | Index | Next

Yet Another Dance

To liven up the atmosphere, more than half of the staff responsible for the party learned the waltz. After the opening dance by Wen Le and Zhou Kao, the male host began to liven up the atmosphere.

However, there were still many people at the event who did not know how to dance, and it was the staff’s goal to encourage them to join in.

The staff who had learned to dance would invite someone of the opposite sex who didn’t know how to dance to join them on the dance floor and sway to the music.

Encouraged and led by the staff, more and more people began to bring their dance partners onto the dance floor and follow the staff’s steps, and this experience was also very interesting for those who had never danced before.

This was not a formal dance, so there was no need to be too concerned, and everyone was relaxed and was having fun on the dance floor.

In this way, the party became truly lively.

Most of the staff were dancing on the dance floor, while the remaining staff were responsible for the music equipment, security, and order at the event.

Since Wen Le had just finished the opening dance, she stayed with the staff responsible for the music equipment.

As they were talking, someone suddenly called her name.

“Wen Le!”

Wen Le turned her head, “Yi Ze’an?”

Yi  Ze’an had been involved in almost all the preparations for the party, so it was impossible for Wen Le, as one of the staff, not to know him.

Yi Ze’an had someone with him, but Wen Le didn’t know who the person was. They were holding a device and filming Yi Ze’an.

Wen Le glanced at the camera, didn’t say anything, and just asked Yi Ze’an, “Is there something you need?”

The camera was recording, and it was filming the two of them from the side.

To be honest, Wen Le felt a little uncomfortable.

But when she invited Yi Ze’an to the party, she had tacitly agreed to let him bring his equipment, and when he filmed the performances on stage, she, as the host, must have already been included in the live broadcast. If she said she was uncomfortable now, it would be too hypocritical.

Yi Ze’an seemed a bit restrained and nervous, his voice a bit tight, and he said sheepishly, “You look beautiful tonight.”

Wen Le was momentarily stunned, thinking he was going to say something else. Then she smiled and replied, “Thank you, you look handsome too.”

Wen Le had a special demeanour about her. Although she appeared gentle, she also gave people a sense of distance and was difficult to approach.

Wen Le’s facial features undoubtedly passed the test of various distances from the camera, and now, with the camera less than half a meter away, the stunning impact of the close-up filming that focused only on her facial features was even more direct and impressive.

There was another small wave of sensation in the live broadcast room.

-I’m dying from laughter

-What kind of immortal looks is this? I’m so jealous.

-Why would someone who looks like this want to attend A University?

-Hahaha, am I the only one taking crazy screenshots? How amazing are these features? Just a random shot and it’s a beautiful photo.

-Hahaha, I’m also taking screenshots.

Yi Ze’an’s face turned a little red as he said, “The netizens in the live broadcast room really like you.”

Wen Le nodded politely and said, “Thank you.”

Yi Ze’an thought Wen Le was a bit nervous in front of the camera and pointed to it, saying, “You can say hello to them.”

Wen Le:……

Wen Le couldn’t help but look at the camera and smile. She didn’t know what to say, so she said, “Hello everyone, you’re all welcome to apply to A University.”

Yi Ze’an burst into laughter, and the other staff members around Wen Le also laughed.

The commentary barrage in the live broadcast room paused for a moment, and then began to flood the screen.

-Ah Ah Ah Ah, sister, you look so good!

-Puhahaha! What is this? Welcome to apply to A University? The admissions office must be very happy to have a student like you in the school! Hahaha, I’m laughing to death.

-Wuwuwu, I also want to apply to A University, but my ability doesn’t allow it.

-Miss, do you know that your way of greeting is very special?

-After hearing this sentence, I looked at the date and felt like I had returned to the time when the universities were competing for students just after the college entrance examination ended… It’s so familiar…

Yi Ze’an smiled and said, “You don’t have to be so serious. They like you very much and are just curious. Can they chat with you?”

Wen Le couldn’t refuse and nodded.

Yi Ze’an said, “The dance you just performed shocked everyone. Can you tell us what kind of dance it is?”

Wen Le replied, “Let’s call it a tango for the time being.”

Yi Ze’an said, “Wow, we learned the waltz initially, and you and Zhou Kao also started with the waltz, why did it turn into a tango?”

Wen Le playfully blinked her eyes and said, “Probably because I was challenging him.”

“I have a question for you. With so many boys inviting you, why did you choose Zhou Kao? Was there a prearrangement?”

“Wen Le!”

Before Wen Le could answer, she heard someone call out to her.

It was Zhou Kao.

Zhou Kao slowly approached and appeared in front of the camera, starting a new round of screen brushing in the live broadcast.

The crowd present all looked towards Zhou Kao.

Zhou Kao nodded lightly as a greeting to everyone.

-Ah ah ah ah! It’s that little violin brother!

-Damn! That nodding action, even I as a guy find it so cool.”

-“Ah ah ah ah! I’m a little excited. My goodness, this is an unparalleled scene of two men competing for one woman! It’s too ‘sou’ (dramatic)!”

Wen Le didn’t know why Zhou Kao came here. “What’s going on?”

Zhou Kao’s gaze swept over the camera and Yi Ze’an. His eyes were deep and cool as he said, “There aren’t enough people over there. Come with me for a bit.”

As he spoke, he took Wen Le’s wrist and pulled her around to leave.

Wen Le breathed a sigh of relief in her heart and said to the people present, “I’ll go over first.”

Yi Ze’an looked slightly surprised as he watched Wen Le leave. To be honest, he had intended to invite Wen Le to dance with him, but he didn’t expect Zhou Kao to cut in.

Zhou Kao’s warm and dry hand held Wen Le’s wrist as he strode forward, and they attracted some attention along the way. However, Zhou Kao remained composed and didn’t pay attention to it.

Wen Le had to run to keep up and was still curious about what was going on.

Zhou Kao led her to a deserted corner and let go of her hand.

Wen Le looked around and asked, “What’s the emergency that needs help?”

Zhou Kao answered her question with a question, “Does your ankle still hurt?”

Wen Le instinctively moved her ankle and replied, “No, why do you ask?”

Zhou Kao glanced at the dance floor, then turned his gaze to Wen Le and said, “Then dance with me again.”

Wen Le was taken aback, “What?”

Zhou Kao didn’t repeat himself. He simply bent over, extended his hand, and invited Wen Le.

Wen Le didn’t refuse. It was like how Zhou Kao didn’t refuse her. She gently placed her hand on Zhou Kao’s hand.

The two slid into the dance floor holding hands.

There were many people in the dance floor, with some dancing skillfully and others just swaying to the music. Their attention was mostly on their dance partners, so the two of them blended into the crowd without attracting too much attention.

Wen Le held onto Zhou Kao’s arm while Zhou Kao’s hand rested on her shoulder. The music was soothing, and they were dancing the waltz they had not finished before.

The gentle music seemed to soften their auras. Wen Le’s voice was soft in the music as she asked, “Why dance again?”

Zhou Kao glanced back and didn’t hide anything from Wen Le. He turned around with Wen Le and adjusted their positions. Then Wen Le saw what Zhou Kao saw before.

It was Su Zhenzhen.

Su Zhenzhen had indeed come to the event with Sun Youmei. Her target was clear.

Zhou Kao.

So when Su Zhenzhen saw Wen Le accepting Zhou Kao’s invite for the first opening dance, Su Zhenzhen almost bit her silver teeth off.

It was supposed to be her stage, her spotlight, her man.

She was supposed to be engaged to Zhou Kao, and she would be Zhou Kao’s only dance partner. Zhou Kao would only kiss her hand and invite her to dance, taking her to pirouette in the center of the dance floor, while everyone envied her.

She was supposed to be the center of attention, the leading lady.

Su Zhenzhen wished she could skin and tear Wen Le apart. Zhou Kao should only be dancing with her!

At that time, Sun Youmei was having a fight with her boyfriend, Jin Lin.

Jin Lin originally didn’t want to come tonight, and Sun Youmei had an argument with Jin Lin for a few days. In the end, it was unsure if Jin Lin had thought it through by himself or decided to coax Sun Youmei, and eventually came.

At the beginning, everything was fine. But it didn’t take long for Jin Lin to start chatting on WeChat with his mobile phone in his hand.

Sun Youmei asked who was looking for him, and Jin Lin said it was a few friends asking him to go for a drink, but he had refused them.

Sun Youmei didn’t believe him and wanted to see his phone, but Jin Lin had already cleared all recent chat records, and his entire recent WeChat contact list was empty. He also scolded her for being overly suspicious.

Later, the dance party began, and all the couples around went to the center of the dance floor to dance. Sun Youmei wanted Jin Lin to take her to dance.

Sun Youmei knew that Jin Lin could dance, because Jin Lin had said that this was one of the social etiquette that they had to learn in their circle.

But Jin Lin didn’t want to, saying, “I’m not going, you don’t know how to dance either.”

Sun Youmei glared at Jin Lin angrily, “You can just teach me!”

Impatiently, Jin Lin said, “These shoes I’m wearing today are handmade in Italy and are my first time wearing them. If I teach you, my shoes will be ruined.”

Sun Youmei was so angry that she couldn’t speak.

Meanwhile, Su Zhenzhen had no idea how Sun Youmei was feeling. She turned around and reached out her hand to Jin Lin, saying, “Lin Zi.”

Only then did Jin Lin lazily put away his phone and say, “Okay, Miss.”

He then bent down and took Su Zhenzhen’s hand, and both slid onto the dance floor.

They both learned social dances before and danced better than anyone else in the room.

Sun Youmei felt like she had been slapped in the face. Her boyfriend had just refused her and in the next moment, went to the dance floor with another girl. Sun Youmei angrily stared at the centre of the dance floor and once again realized the gap between her and that circle.

Su Zhenzhen didn’t dance with Jin Lin to make Sun Youmei jealous. In fact, she didn’t care about Sun Youmei at all.

She found Jin Lin only because he was the only gentleman by her side who could dance the waltz.

She didn’t care whether it was Jin Lin or Yin Lin*. She just wanted to get onto the dance floor, where she could exchange dance partners. She wanted to dance with Zhou Kao, how could she let that woman dominate Zhou Kao?

*TN: a pun on the word ‘jin’ = gold, and ‘yin’ = silver; SZZ could care less who she chose to dance with.

Although Jin Lin was a playboy, he wasn’t stupid. He could naturally see Su Zhenzhen’s intentions.

There was no denying that Zhou Kao’s dance partner was a beauty.

Previous | Index | Next

To Shock The Whole Audience

Wen Le smiled and said, “Oh, then what do you think?”

Zhou Kao gave a soft retort and did not reply.

Wen Le also retracted her beautiful legs wrapped around Zhou Kao’s waist. No matter how many men followed reluctantly, the slender and fair legs were still hidden back behind the dress after all.

The two took a bow and slowly withdrew.

The applause lasted for a long time.

Wen Le stepped down, and her senior sister greeted her excitedly, screaming with Wen Le in her arms.

“Ahhhh~! My goodness! Lele! You guys were so sultry!”

The senior sister’s friends also came over, “Damn I’m gone, look at my eyes, I’m so excited that I could cry.”

A female department head of the student union said, “Damn it! Wen Le, what you two danced was not the same kind of dance as what we learned together, right?”

Wen Le nodded, “No.”

The senior sister sneered and said, “When did you two practice secretly behind our backs?”

Wen Le smiled and said, “Really did not.”

“What kind of dance was that? It was so…so f*cking emotional.”

“Tango,” Wen Le explained: “It just so happens that both of us know it so we just danced casually.”

The senior sister blushed, “Although you two were dancing like it was a war, I was still blushing and my heart was pounding.”

“Ah ah ah ah! You guys are so good at flirting.”

Senior sister said, “That’s it, if it were me, I wouldn’t even be able to hold my gaze! I don’t even know why I’m so excited.”

“It feels like though it is you two who danced such a dance, it’s not you who stirred each other up, but it is the audience who were all stirred to death by you.”

“It’s true, I saw a male classmate from the student union, watching you two dancing, his face was flushed, his fists clenched tightly, and his neck was all red too.”

“Do you know what this is called? This is what you call an attack of lethal beauty.”

“Correct! Attack of lethal beauty!”

“Tomorrow night is the masked ball, and I am suddenly looking forward to you and Zhou Kao!”

“That’s right! There will be a masked ball tomorrow! Ah ah ah, I’m looking forward to it, I don’t know if there will be any surprises.”

The senior sister winked at Wen Le as she spoke.

Wen Le didn’t know what to say, and her senior sister suddenly approached, “What kind of perfume did you use, why does it smell so good?”

Wen Le said, “It’s the classic perfume series of the Y brand.”

“Is it? I also have that, but why is it different from the one on you? This one on your body is a bit woody, and the Y brand one doesn’t have this smell.”

Wood fragrance…Wen Le suddenly thought of Zhou Kao for some reason. The cologne that Zhou Kao sprayed tonight seemed to be…

Wen Le was taken aback, and for some reason, her face suddenly became a little hot, so she couldn’t help but change the subject and said, “That might be because people were spraying other perfumes in the dressing room, I can’t remember.”

“It smells so good, I’ll try mixing the scents next time.”

Wen Le:……

TN: hahahaha you can try senior sister but I doubt you’ll be able to get the same scent unless you find a guy like Zhou Kao to dance closely with you~

Yi Ze’an was an Internet celebrity with millions of fans on a certain video APP.

The persona he set up for himself was that of a handsome straight-A top student, and he cultivated a large number of female fans.

Some time ago, the Social Council invited him to participate in this orientation. After reading the plan of the orientation, he accepted the invitation without hesitation, and after communicating with the person in charge, he added a performance segment for himself.

He could become an Internet celebrity with millions of fans not only because of his personality but also because of his sensitivity to the market. He could always catch the point that netizens wanted and market it to them.

And this Orientation was undoubtedly a good opportunity for him.

Netizens were curious about the top elite school in the country. He would always record lots of campus vlog on weekdays, and the number of views had always been good.

Prestigious school, dance party, social networking, hunks and beauties.

These were all elements that could attract netizens.

Yi Ze’an thought that he might be able to increase his exposure and gain more fans through this live broadcast.

Therefore, he began to prepare early, even though he was not a member of the Student Union or the Student Council, he was almost fully involved in the planning, promotion, and decoration of this gathering.

Yi Ze’an brought his equipment and had already discussed with the staff to select the best location in the gymnasium to shoot the entire stage clearly.

And the situation that night far exceeded his expectations. Shortly after the live broadcast began, his live room became popular, with nearly seven-digit views.

His number of fans grew rapidly, and Yi Ze’an hardly had to show his face. He only needed to sit in the crowd, aim the camera at the stage, occasionally give commentary, and interact with fans. And if he wanted more traction, he would just stir up the crowd. With just that, his live room’s rewards for that night had six digits.

After the opening ceremony, Yi Ze’an gave his usual commentary, “The opening ceremony is over, and next is the dance party. Our host for the opening dance is my goddess, Wen Le.”

Wen Le walked out of the crowd, and the barrage began to discuss this beautiful woman wearing a black cheongsam. When Wen Le appeared on stage, Yi Ze’an’s live room had already caused a sensation. Wen Le, wearing a black cheongsam, stood on the stage, which was truly shocking, but Yi Ze’an was chatting with his friends and didn’t pay attention.

Wen Le chose her dance partner, and Zhou Kao kissed Wen Le’s hand. Due to the distance, no one could see the ring on Wen Le’s hand, and everyone thought Zhou Kao was kissing Wen Le’s hand.

The commentary barrage froze, and Yi Ze’an said sourly, “Ah, if it weren’t for me to give you commentary, I would definitely go down and dance the first dance with my goddess.”

Some fans in the live room made fun of him.

But when the music started, the situation gradually spiraled out of control as the two slid onto the stage. 

The organizers of the gathering had arranged a dance party, and considering that most students could not dance ballroom dance, all the staff learned the same dance, the waltz.

At first, Wen Le and Zhou Kao did indeed dance the waltz for two minutes, but then the style changed dramatically, and the two engaged in an aggressive battle, shocking Yi Ze’an to the point of being speechless.

This…

This was too f*cking shocking…

This was not a dance; it was clearly a war of attrition using beauty as a weapon.

Yi Ze’an stared at the two dancing on the stage, and the goosebumps on his body revealed his excitement and shock. He had forgotten that he was still live streaming, fortunately, the camera had recorded this powerful scene.

The number of viewers in the live room had reached an unprecedented peak, but Yi Ze’an just stared at the two dancers, even forgetting to ask his new viewers to follow him on the platform.

The barrage was rolling crazily, and gifts were flooding the screen.

As the music ended, thunderous applause filled the room.

Yi Ze’an finally came to his senses but choked and blushed, “This f**k…was amazing…”

The audience in the live broadcast room did not feel disappointed or leave because of Yi Ze’an’s neglect. On the contrary, the barrage in the live broadcast room was so active that it was difficult to read, and even frequent buffering occurred.

-Ahhhhh!

-What godlike looks!!!!

-Is this not an art school? Is this not a performance school that gathers all the good looking people?

-An An is obviously so handsome, but the pair who are dancing on the scene…I’m sorry, An’an, I have to switch sides. Oh, my god, I’m dead.

-Awful mass grave.

-Ahhhhhh! Can you please debut together? Give me a chance to ship you two!

-Are they a couple? My god, the girl’s eyes are amazing, my goodness, I have goosebumps all over my body.

-Drooling…

-Everyone! Don’t you realize? These two godly contestants are both A University’s super academic elites!!! And they look so good! I’m dead!

-Ahhhhh! My mom asked me why I was screaming, and I said it’s because I think I’m crazy and want to take the A university entrance exam!!!

-I’m addicted, but what should I do if I want to watch them in the future? Should I study hard and take the A university exam? Oh no, that’s impossible…

-Why do you think they have a relationship? They didn’t dance with any intimate feelings, on the contrary, I feel they just want to conquer each other.

-I love this girl. Her dance is not gentle at all, she is a queen! She wants to conquer this guy!!! Ahhhhh! Miss, you have already conquered me!

-I’m shocked by the students in the dance department next door! Is the quality of A University students so high? Even from the perspective of a professional, they passed this dance! Unbelievable!

-An’an An’an An’an An’an! I need information about that beautiful lady in cheongsam! Hurry up and arrange it!

-It’s rare to see anyone wearing a cheongsam with such elegance nowadays. This girl’s looks, temperament, and body are all amazing!!! Who else can look better in a cheongsam?

-I just ordered a cheongsam. I know I don’t look good in it, but I still want to wear it.

-Did no one notice the handsome guy’s suit? A University’s latest runway model costs no less than six figures. He must be a rich, handsome, and academic elite. I love him, what kind of novel’s male lead is he…

-A University deserves its reputation as the top university in the country. 

Yi Ze’an finally came back to his senses and remembered the netizens in the live broadcast room that he had neglected. He quickly looked at the barrage, but unexpectedly, the barrage was very active.

Yi Ze’an took the time to let the new viewers follow him and answered a few questions.

Yi Ze’an smiled and said, “I…I’m a little excited. After the dance, I can take you to interview the cheongsam lady, my goddess.”

Previous | Index | Next

To Shock The Whole Audience

The author has something to say:

BGM~ In this chapter, the BGM recommended is “One Step Away” pure music, which has a better effect when used with food~

Everyone held their breath, and Zhou Kao stood up slowly.

They were gazing into each other’s eyes, with a smile on their lips.

The lights were casting dreamy filters over them.

And romantic and elegant music suddenly sounded.

Wen Le slowly lowered her gaze and stretched out her arms gracefully. Zhou Kao came forward, and the two were locked in an embrace.

The staff immediately evacuated the crowd, and the crowd retreated, leaving a circular open space in the center.

The two slid on to the dance floor and swayed slowly to the soft music.

The music was melodious and slow.

Zhou Kao’s voice rang in Wen Le’s ears, “The heel is so high, is your ankle okay?”

“This gentleman, I don’t think you should be saying such buzzkill words now.”

The two of them were still swaying on the dance floor,and Zhou Kao chuckled, “Is it a buzzkill? This is obviously a gentleman’s concern for his female companion.”

Wen Le smiled politely, “I think in this situation, you should only praise your female companion for her beautiful shoes, or praise your female companion for her beauty.”

Zhou Kao pondered deeply for a moment, as if he was being put on the spot.

Scumbag!

Wen Le scolded secretly. Sooner or later she would be driven mad by this scumbag.

Wen Le smirked and said, “No, no, no. I think the aura of the two of us is at odds, and it may not be suitable for waltz.”

Zhou Kao led Wen Le to take a step back and did a turn, “What do you want to do?”

Wen Le suddenly approached, “You…Can you keep up with my dance steps?”

Zhou Kao looked down at Wen Le. Her eyes were full of provocation.

Zhou Kao, “You can try.”

The corner of Wen Le’s mouth curled lightly, “You can’t blame me if you can’t keep up later on~”

Zhou Kao was silent but smiled.

“That’s it,” Wen Le chuckled, letting go of Zhou Kao’s hand in a spin and gliding to the edge of the dance floor.

The two were completely separated.

All the audience were taken aback. They didn’t know what was going on, hadn’t this dance just started? Why was it over just like that?

The staff also looked puzzled, and the senior sister hurriedly stepped forward to ask Wen Le if something had happened, whether it was a wardrobe malfunction or her not feeling well.

Wen Le whispered into the senior sister’s ears, the senior sister suddenly widened her eyes and looked at the two of them in disbelief. Zhou Kao was still at the other end of the dance floor at the moment, and then the senior sister ran away with some excitement.

Everyone had a question mark on their faces, and they saw that Wen Le said something to the staff. The staff quickly walked away, and then the music stopped, and Wen Le still stood on the edge of the dance floor with her back to the crowd.

The crowd couldn’t help but start whispering, guessing if something was wrong.

But the next moment the melodious violin music sounded, and everyone couldn’t help being attracted by the music.

Yet, the moment a sharp note was played, Wen Le suddenly turned around. Wen Le’s gentle and soft temperament suddenly changed, and her eyes turned sharp and charming.

Wen Le’s whole persona had changed. She appeared like a very different person, exuding a very aggressive wildness and charm, with a slight smile raised carelessly.

This was definitely an enchantress who knew how to use her beauty to make men fall head over heels yet still loved to play games with the world.

There seemed to be electric pulses in those eyes, and countless people were caught by that glance and were immobilized from head to toe. Their hearts seemed to stop, then started beating again quickly. At that moment, the whispers in the audience stopped, and even many girls held their chests and took a breath.

Zhou Kao also turned around at this moment. He raised his jaw slightly, looked at the stunning beauty who was about to launch an offensive on him on the opposite side, and smiled softly. At that moment, there seemed to be a burst of light in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up the next moment.

Zhou Kao pulled at his tie slightly.

Zhou Kao’s desire to conquer Wen Le was stronger than ever before, and his desire to control and be competitive seemed to overflow from his eyes.

Wen Le this woman…

Wen Le…

Zhou Kao’s eyes had a false sense of confusion under the light, and his slender fingers pulled at his tie, causing his beautiful Adam’s apple to be slightly exposed, adding on to the dreamy filter blessed by the light. Such beauty was lethal to both the men and women.

The music playing was not a romantic dance, it was a passionate war song. This was not a dance, this was the pinnacle of the two great gods, it was the fierce confrontation between the two hunters.

This was a battle of punishment using beauty as a weapon.

And the two evenly matched parties were both ambitious to emerge as the victor.

The wild and passionate tango was indeed more suitable for the two people to fight than the elegant waltz.

The two looked at each other across the entire dance floor, and they both saw the ambition, desire, and hope in each other’s eyes.

Both of them wanted to conquer the other.

Wen Le stepped out with her long legs and dragged the swaying steps into the center of the dance floor. Zhou Kao took the first few steps and pulled Wen Le into his arms from her back.

Wen Le’s back was stuck close to Zhou Kao’s scorching chest, while the side of Zhou Kao’s face was pressed against Wen Le’s cheeks, as if he was smelling the scent of perfume on Wen Le’s body. Wen Le’s ears were also tingling from the scorching hot breaths of Zhou Kao being so close to her.

They were in such close proximity to each other that they didn’t know whose hearts were stirred by this closeness.

And under the melodious sound of music, there seemed to be a sound of exclamation from the audience.

The entanglement and confrontation of the legs of the two while they danced were even more exciting.

The music changed rapidly, and the momentum of the two were completely off the charts. With one step forward and one step back, their movements were both powerful and unrestrained, approaching step by step, with both parties refusing to take a step back.

The audience seemed to have forgotten everything around them, and their eyes followed the two people at the center of the dance floor closely.

Music and lighting always had the charm of seducing people. The other party’s deep and dazzling eyes could shine as bright as the stars because of the lighting, and the high brow bones, deep eye sockets, and the long eyelashes cast layers of shadows upon their faces, as if they were staring affectionately and looking at each other with infatuation.

There was a smile at the corner of Wen Le’s mouth, and there was a light of joy in Zhou Kao’s eyes. The two of them clasped their hands tightly, their distance drew closer, as if they were staring affectionately, but also unabashedly bewitched. Their feet followed each other closely and their legs entangled, fluttering and sliding across the center of the dance floor.

With a pair of elegant high-heeled shoes and expensive leather shoes, their movements seemed to be synchronized, light and elegant, like two cheerful butterflies, chasing and lingering in the middle of the dance floor.

This was probably the ideal romantic dream of all girls.

Wen Le danced in Zhou Kao’s arms, her long hair sweeping across his jaw as she turned, and his hand would be placed on her tight and lean waist.

The entire scene was just so beautiful.

There would be no better dreamy imagination than this.

Zhou Kao held onto Wen Le’s body, while she leaned back with her long hair sweeping down, and her back stretched in a beautiful arc.

Then Wen Le straightened up, with her arms on Zhou Kao’s back, one slender and fair leg wrapped around Zhou Kao’s thighs, and her knees stuck around Zhou Kao’s waist. The posture was ambiguous, leaving much to the audience’s infinite imagination.

Wen Le’s red lips were slightly raised into a smile, charming and seductive at the same time, but her eyes seemed to pierce through the human soul straight with its sharpness.

Zhou Kao’s hand slowly stroked Wen Le’s back rhythmically, and suddenly hugged the person into his arms further when the bass dropped, and his eyes turned oppressive.

Wen Le retracted her long legs, spinning lightly, fluttering like a butterfly, and quickly detached from Zhou Kao’s control in a burst of brisk music, like a butterfly about to escape from captivity.

Zhou Kao took advantage of the situation to hold Wen Le’s hand, as if he was holding on to the last silk thread of a flying bird. The two looked at each other from the distance of their arms, as if they were in a negotiation with the other.

Zhou Kao pulled his hand back, Wen Le rotated and returned to Zhou Kao’s arms. Zhou Kao lowered his head and hugged Wen Le, who was leaning on his back, in his arms.

TN: so much hand holding and hugging in one dance!!!!

Wen Le raised her head and looked at Zhou Kao, who had his head lowered. The two seemed to be immersed in the temptation of poisonous honey again, and their steps cooperated tacitly.

Under the heavy beats of the music, their steamy atmosphere was broken, and neither of the arrogant and powerful parties were willing to compromise with the other.

In this fierce confrontation, both refused to admit defeat, but all the spectators present had already lost and fell under the beauty of these two people.

Clearly, the other party was who they wanted to enrapture, but all the audience fell under their spell instead.

The expedition of the two continued, the dance steps were rapid and intense, and the movements were wild and enthusiastic.

Spinning, hugging, one stepping forward and the other retreating – no one was willing to be left behind.

Finally, at the last closing notes of the song, their close and familiar hug seemed to symbolize that the two had finally reached a reconciliation.

Wen Le relaxed her body and allowed Zhou Kao to hold her in his arms. Wen Le’s long legs crossed the side of Zhou Kao’s legs and wrapped around his waist. Zhou Kao’s breathing skipped a beat, holding Wen Le’s thin waist in one hand, stroking her long legs in the other, and turning rapidly in the ambiguity of the other’s blushing heartbeat.

The audience was driven crazy at this point, as if the leg and the hand that were hanging and touching was their own, their faces blushing and hearts racing unknowingly.

At the end of the music, Zhou Kao leaned over towards Wen Le. One of Wen Le’s beautiful legs was still hanging around Zhou Kao’s waist, and the other was propped on the ground. Zhou Kao’s hand pressed Wen Le’s waist tightly to himself. Wen Le leaned back because of Zhou Kao’s approach. A beautiful lower waist, body and legs bent in a beautiful arc, and her long hair swayed lightly in the air.

When the song finished, the shock of the entire audience did not subside for a long time.

There was no sound on the field, and the sound of a pin drop could be heard.

The unrestrained dance, the fiery atmosphere, the ambiguous mood, and the dreamy lights were all under the spotlight. In the midst of a confrontation and temptation, many people were fascinated and their hearts turbulent.

Yet how could the two people who were the protagonists be so calm?

The two stared at each other closely, with something fiery in their eyes burning their souls straight, refreshing and enjoyable.

The applause was thunderous, and the screams and cheers were endless.

Zhou Kao and Wen Le’s eyes were still tightly glued to each other as if there were stars twinkling in their eyes, which were extremely beautiful.

Wen Le and Zhou Kao were a little short of breath. Zhou Kao slowly calmed down and asked Wen Le in a low voice, “How was it?”

Wen Le was slightly out of breath, with a smile in her eyes, and glanced at the audience. Perhaps she had not yet emerged from the state she had just been in. This glance was full of charm. She seemingly didn’t know it, and only said, “It seems that you passed.”

Zhou Kao held Wen Le’s waist, and the two of them slowly straightened up, breathing in the scent of each other’s bodies, “I only passed?”

TN: This chapter was really difficult to translate with all the dance moves! Hope you guys enjoyed it though!! 🙂

Previous | Index | Next

TN: dun dun dun, a long-awaited chapter with an exciting title!!! So sorry for the mini hiatus that we had >< It has been a tough few months but I am glad to announce that Lavvy and I are back!! We have already stockpiled some chapters so we will try our best to be updating more regularly from now on 🙂

The First Kiss

The lights of the stage shone on Wen Le, and the smiles from the beauty on the stage dazzled the minds of the people in the audience.

They only saw the beauty smiling cleverly, and it was like before they could recover from being spellbound by this beauty, she fluttered away.

Everyone didn’t even hear what the first program was because their eyes only followed the figure until a burst of music sounded. The first program was the champion of the last campus singer competition with a rock and roll invoking tune, and the atmosphere quickly heated up.

Wen Le breathed a deep sigh of relief when she stepped down from the stage.

Upon seeing this, the male host smiled and said, “Are you nervous?”

Wen Le replied, “A bit, mainly because it was too sudden, and I couldn’t prepare much.”

The male host comforted her, “But you are doing well, don’t be nervous.”

“Thank you.”

The two of them walked backstage as they talked. The senior sister was chatting with several department heads. Seeing Wen Le, she greeted them, “Lele, are you nervous?”

Wen Le greeted a few people and said, “It’s alright, I didn’t feel as nervous after I went on stage.”

The senior sister said: “I knew you would be okay, what’s the next program?”

Wen Le glanced quickly backstage, saw the person performing next and said, “It’s Chi Xinman from the faculty of Arts.”

A few people followed Wen Le’s gaze and saw Chi Xinman wearing a white Hanfu*, her hair pulled into an ancient bun, and her delicate makeup. She was talking to her friends, and seemed a little nervous as she kept taking deep breaths. 

*Hanfu: the traditional styles of clothing worn by the Han Chinese.

One of the department heads of the student union who was talking to the senior sister asked her, “Is she from your Social Union?”

The senior sister replied, “No, she’s not.”

The department head was puzzled, “Then how did you guys know she could dance and invited her to perform for the event?”

Another senior sister of the Social Union next to the department head informed, “Chi Xinman is the belle of the faculty of Arts. We originally sent invitations to those people who have their own fans on BBS. As for her performance, she applied for it herself.”

The department head of the student union said, “Oh really, she’s quite enthusiastic then.”

The senior sister sneered, “Are you stupid? Next week will be the school belle competition. Why do you think she volunteered? Isn’t she just using this opportunity to grow her popularity.”

The department head of the student union was taken aback when he heard this, “Ah, it’ll be the school belle competition next week? I forgot all about it.”

“Wen Le, have you signed up for it yet?”

Wen Le shook her head, “Nope.”

Several senior sisters present were a little puzzled, “Why?”

Wen Le couldn’t say that she didn’t like these trumpet-blowing names, so she just gave an excuse, “There have been a lot of things recently, and I don’t have time.”

Several people felt a little disappointed when they heard what Wen Le said.

Wen Le’s senior sister sighed, “Oh, I have always expected that Zhou Kao would be the school hunk and Wen Le the school belle. This way, the Student Union will have a school hunk and our Social Council will have a school belle, which then could be considered comparable.”

The department head of the student union lamented, “Actually I really don’t understand how it came to this. Why is the school hunk based just on votes? Yet, the girls have to compete based on their talents to be crowned the school belle. Just look at this double standard every year, what does this make our school’s school belle?” 

A senior sister added, “I think this competition was made just for the sports faculty. You see, the champions of the school belle competition every year are basically aerobics students. Who can compare to these professionals? In the end, tsk tsk, the face value of the school belle is somewhat questionable from year to year.”

“Wen Le, are you really not participating?”

Wen Le openly babbled some excuse, “I’m really not participating. Anyway, I also don’t have any talents.”

In actual fact, she had learned both dancing and musical instruments since she was a child, but she didn’t want to compete for the name of the school belle.

Several people couldn’t help being disappointed when they heard her reply.

Very soon, the first program came to an end before more could be said, and Wen Le was the host of the second program.

Wen Le stood at the foot of the stage steps waiting to take the stage.

When Chi Xinman saw that it was Wen Le hosting, her face turned stiff, but she recovered quickly in a moment without anyone noticing.

At the end of Wen Le’s hosting, Chi Xinman would take the stage, with two figures in black and white contrasting sharply.

Needless to say, without comparing facial appearance, and just comparing their body curvatures, Wen Le was already a level better.

Chi Xinman’s white costume was also quite gentle and beautiful. She had thought it would amaze people with its beauty, but she didn’t expect Wen Le to be hosting her segment.

With Wen Le helming the stage in front, Chi Xinman then took the stage. Even if it was a unique Chinese traditional costume, the visual impact on the audience was not as good as she imagined.

Seeing the reaction from the audience, Chi Xinman couldn’t help being a little disappointed. Obviously, the original host was not supposed to be Wen Le.

The Student Union and the Social Council worked hard on this opening ceremony.

Rock and roll, hip-hop, and even went out of their way to invite two people for some comic dialogue*. Other than these programs that could hype the atmosphere, the rest of the programs were all selected topics and various faculty belles and hunks who are quite popular.

*comic dialogue = typically found in China, where a pair of comedians entertains the audience with wordplay

For example, Yi Zean, an Internet celebrity who was not that popular, was to compete with Zhou Kao, the highly popular school hunk, and so on.

There were not many programs, and the opening ceremony was not long, only lasting an hour.

In the second half, Wen Le was almost done with her part of hosting. It was only then that she could finally completely relax. Wen Le walked to her senior sister and chatted with her for a while.

The senior sister held her mobile phone and smiled saying, “Everyone on BBS is asking when Zhou Kao will be going on stage.”

Wen Le looked around the backstage and asked, “Is he still in the dressing room?”

Senior sister replied, “I don’t know, I didn’t see him.”

Wen Le looked at the program list and said, “He’s the last on the list.”

The senior sister lamented, “The chairperson is really good at playing. He deliberately got him to be the last one, and didn’t let him say what he was performing, such that even none of our internal members could get to know.”

The senior sister turned her eyes and looked at Wen Le.

Wen Le took a step back, “What?”

The senior sister narrowed her eyes and asked, “Lele, you…do you know something?”

 Wen Le blinked, “Why would I know? As you all know, I am actually not close to him.”

The senior sister suddenly sneered, “What are you nervous about? Who said that you two are very close? Don’t they all say that it is often his opponent who knows them best?”

Wen Le was speechless, who’s nervous?

The senior sister continued asking, “Do you know anything?”

Wen Le replied, “I don’t know. But I guess he will definitely perform some small musical instruments, such as the Xiao, flute or violin.”

The senior sister said, “Why? Who knows he might dance and sing a song.”

Wen Le denied, “It’s impossible, it must be an instrument. This is based on my understanding of my opponent.”

The senior sister looked at Wen Le suspiciously for a moment, “Okay, I’ll believe you for now.”

Zhou Kao was scheduled for the last program. The announcer was the male host, and Wen Le was talking to her senior sister backstage. Zhou Kao and the chairman walked in from the backstage entrance.

A whistle sounded backstage.

Wen Le was tugged at by the senior sister, who motioned to her to look.

Wen Le turned around and saw Zhou Kao walking over slowly in an elegant black expensive tuxedo.

At that moment, the two of them locked eyes, both seeing the amazement in each other’s eyes, and then slowly retracted their gaze.

Zhou Kao walked aside to talk to the staff on the scene, and there was a burst of laughter from the boys over there.

Not far from them, the girls were screaming quietly.

“F*ck, I’m going crazy. Did you see him, my God! The moment he walked in from that door, I thought I had come to an international big-name fashion show!”

 “Even male models dare not stand out so much.”

“The tux on him looks so expensive.”

 “So handsome, I’m dead.”

 “Those long legs! This face! This temperament! Heaven, heaven, heaven, heaven!”

The senior sister gulped her saliva, “This is also…It’s way too cool…”

Wen Le laughed and said, “That’s right.”

The senior sister suddenly pointed to a box behind Zhou Kao exclaiming, “Damn! Wen Le! It really turned out to be a violin!”

Wen Le also saw the musical case, and was not surprised.

The senior sister looked at Wen Le suspiciously and asked, “It can’t be him who told you before, right?”

Wen Le replied, “You think too much.”

The male host took the stage to announce the next segment, “Next, let us please invite….Zhou Kao!”

 “Ah ah ah ah ah ah!”

 “Zhou Kao!”

 “Zhou Kao! Zhou Kao!”

The moment the male host’s words fell, the entire gymnasium was almost overwhelmed by the screams of the girls.

The male host ran backstage clutching his ears and complained sourly, “This is the loudest scream I have heard since the opening ceremony.”

The senior sister took Wen Le’s hand and mercilessly pushed the male host away, “What are you doing? You’re blocking the way!”

Male host, QAQ

The senior sister ran to the side of the stage and pulled Wen Le along to watch Zhou Kao’s performance under the stage.

The girls backstage had already taken the front row seats. Wen Le and her senior sister stood in the back row, barely seeing Zhou Kao’s figure.

Zhou Kao walked slowly on stage, dressed in an elegant and expensive suit, with straight and slender legs, wide shoulders and a narrow waist, showing a tall and toned body. This caused another wave of screams from the girls in the audience.

Zhou Kao stood still on the stage, with a noble temperament, indifferent eyes, and a beautiful face. The lighting added a dreamy filter to this beauty.

With the right lighting and music, a charging atmosphere could be roused, and even create a false illusion of love for the audience.

Zhou Kao raised his jaw slightly, set up the violin, and slowly played.

The melodious music sounded, the venue was silent, and everyone looked at Zhou Kao with burning eyes.

Zhou Kao seemed to be immersed in music.

The music became more and more passionate, but Zhou Kao’s eyes remained indifferent. Yet this strong contrast stirred the hearts of the audience till it became more and more unbearable.

No one would not be curious about how mesmerising it would be when such a pair of deep eyes show an obsessive and emotional look. Who could change the indifference in these eyes and turn this cold person into the most infatuated and loyal lover?

There would probably be no such person.

It was best if there was no such person.

TN: HAHA LOLLLLL the audience will probably cry if they knew at this point, our male lead was already seriously considering our goddess Wen Le~

Fortunately, as they all knew, Zhou Kao had countless suitors, but no one had ever been able to move him. Such an excellent man would probably not indulge in love.

At the end of the piece, the audience was silent for a long time before they returned to their senses, and the applause lasted for a long time.

Perhaps not many people could understand and appreciate the music of Zhou Kao, but there was no one who would not know how to appreciate the beauty of Zhou Kao.

At the end of the opening ceremony, the male host took to the stage to read the closing words, but Wen Le did not appear next to him.

Because she was preparing for the next show, the first segment of the orientation program

Opening dance.

The venue where the Orientation was located was the largest stadium in the school. Because of the opening ceremony showcased performances, the audience sat in the spectator seats of the basketball court, and the stage was built on the basketball court.

Now, the stage was empty. When the dance party would begin, the empty stage would become a dance floor for everyone.

When the male host announced the official start of the orientation, all the staff appeared on the empty stage.

All the staff were decently dressed up, whether they were guys or girls.

At this moment, some spectators, under the guidance of another group of staff, began to slowly walk down the spectator stands, forming a circle around the staff in the middle.

The host took the microphone and said, “Now, let us please invite our staff representative, the popular goddess – Wen Le!”

Wen Le slowly walked out of the crowd, in the midst of much attention, and walked to the centre of the crowd.

The male host smiled, “Now, we ask the goddess to choose your dance partner. All the men present can invite the goddess to dance the first dance.”

Right after he finished his words – it was unsure if it was for the effect of the event or something else, all the staff in suits bowed, stretched out their hands, and issued invitations to Wen Le.

This situation was like a switch because after the staff did that, other guys walked up to Wen Le one after another and stretched out their hands to issue invitations.

Wen Le was already fully surrounded by men standing around her.

/

At this moment, Wen Le, who was the focus of the crowd, could feel the countless glares, jealousy, and envy that were focused on her. Having already expected it, Wen Le ignored them.

Wen Le looked around. Originally, she only wanted to choose the senior closest to her as her dance partner, but suddenly, Wen Le saw Zhou Kao who stood at the edge of the crowd with cold eyes.

Wen Le suddenly raised a mischievous smile at the corner of her mouth.

Wen Le glanced at the crowd in the audience who were gradually walking down to the stage, it wasn’t as much as she thought.

Then, let’s hype it up further.

Wen Le looked straight at Zhou Kao.

Zhou Kao’s gaze met hers.

Wen Le smiled, and she slowly raised her hand in the direction of Zhou Kao’s position.

Zhou Kao narrowed his eyes slightly, and almost immediately understood Wen Le’s intentions.

Zhou Kao pulled out a smile of interest from the corner of his mouth. He did not cower from her challenge and walked out of the crowd.

The men present seemed to be aware of Wen Le’s movements.

Wen Le’s hand was raised flat in the air, and the wrists encircled by the jade bracelet were slender and snow-white. She was waiting for someone to hold this snow-white soft hand, and take this beauty onto the dance floor to dance the first dance under the eyes of the entire audience.

Who would this person be?

Everyone looked at where Wen Le’s sight was directed to, and saw Zhou Kao slowly walking from the crowd.

It was a scene that could span the century.

Zhou Kao stood still in front of Wen Le, their eyes gazing at each other.

Zhou Kao slowly bowed over, and held Wen Le’s hand, and a smile slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Then, Zhou Kao drew Wen Le’s hand closer, lowered his head, closed his eyes, and gently kissed the emerald ring on Wen Le’s finger.

The lighting shining upon them was rather dreamy, and the kiss was pious and light.

Time seemed to stop at this moment, this was a scene that made all the girls go crazy.

The glamorous oriental beauty had conquered the cold and handsome prince with her beauty.

TN: Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, and if you did feel free to leave a reaction or a comment! 🙂

Previous | Index | Next

Finally, the last part of chapter 17!!

Breathtaking Beauty

Yet, no matter how complicated the process was and the countless of times that things might change, this three-day orientation event still finally happened as planned.

With the cooperation of the Social Council and various departments of the Student Union, all social channels, whether it be the banners, the school broadcasts, the small advertisements or even BBS, had advertisements in place. In order to further increase the flow of people, invitations were also sent to several nearby schools whom they had close relations with.

Not only that, many school hunks and beauties of the school with their own fans also had their own separate invitations. Lastly, to further hype up the event, various programs of the opening ceremony of the orientation invited the champions of the school’s top ten singers and the previous year’s champions, as well as the highly popular runners-up. 

The popularity of this orientation event was directly comparable to the campus singing competition.

For this orientation, Wen Le called her nainai* early and asked if she could borrow a cheongsam. Each of Grandma’s cheongsam** was a hand-made treasure that could stand the test of time and was worth collecting.

*nainai = paternal grandmother in chinese

**cheongsam = chinese traditional costume dress that originated in China.

Wen Le did not have a program during the opening ceremony, but in order to attract attention, Zhou Kao had a program at the opening ceremony. The stage debut of the newly-crowned school hunk was also highly anticipated by everyone.

The cheongsam that Wen Le wanted was only sent on the morning of the first day of Orientation.

Admission to the Orientation would start at 6:30 in the evening.

A few people in the dormitory started dressing up in the dormitory early on in the day.

Man Qingxuan spread the clothes over the entire bed and tried them back and forth in front of the mirror.

Bao Xiaofan, who was on her phone to watch the orientation event advertisement on BBS, said, “Ah ah ah ah! Oh my God, Wen Le, this orientation event of yours this time is simply awesome!”

Cheng Hui added, “Damn, you guys are really good at it! Did you guys also especially invite Yi Zean, that Internet celebrity who competed with Zhou Kao for the school hunk position?”

“We did, we invited all the influencers who have their own fanbase on BBS, but some people refused because they don’t have time,” Wen Le replied. 

Man Qingxuan put down her clothes and said, “I think Yi Zean said that he is going to broadcast live tonight. F*ck, I’m a little excited. I think it will be viral!”

Wen Le said, “Precisely the publicity effect that he could bring, that’s why we invited him.”

Cheng Hui smiled saying, “For this Orientation event, Lele have also worked hard. My God, I can imagine the reaction of those boys after seeing you wear this cheongsam. But Lele, do you need bodyguards tonight? I’m very cheap. One hundred a night is enough.”

TN: Hahahaha I love Wen Le’s dorm mates!

Wen Le refused, “No need.”

Wen Le picked up the high heels she was going to wear, examined the ten-centimetre stiletto, and said, “Have a look at this heel. It’s absolutely fatal, a one-shot kill.”

Cheng Hui gave a thumbs up.

Man Qingxuan covered her face and yelled, “Ah ah ah ah! I am so looking forward to it!”

Bao Xiaofan also fell on the bed clutching her chest, “I can’t wait for it either!”

Cheng Hui said, “All the girls around me during the past few days have been inquiring about what projects Zhou Kao was participating in. I have been afraid to visit the dormitory next door recently. They keep asking about Zhou Kao’s performance. They think Lele must have told me, saying that I knew but just didn’t want to tell them. I was so wronged, I obviously don’t know anything!”

Man Qingxuan said, “That’s right, Lele! You still refuse to tell us! There’s just a few more hours left! Won’t you tell us?”

Wen Le smiled and replied, “If I tell you, then there will be no surprises. Anyways it’s happening in just a few hours. Just wait a little longer for it.”

Bao Xiaofan said, “But we just really really reallllllyyyyyy want to know.”

“Ah ah ah ah!”

Cheng Hui suddenly pointed to Sun Youmei’s bed and said, “She will definitely go. Two days ago, I saw that her phone was showing the advertising page for your Orientation event on BBS.”

Man Qingxuan said, “If she’s going then good for her, but she already has a boyfriend and still wants to go to the Orientation to socialize?”

Wen Le said, “Guess how many people despite not being single will show up at the Orientation networking tonight?”

Bao Xiaofan laughed out, “Definitely many.”

Cheng Hui pointed out, “Did you guys even grasp the main point”

“What’s the point?”, Man Qingxuan asked looking confused.

Wen Le elaborated, “You mean, it’s possible for her to bring Su Zhenzhen? In fact, I had expected it a long time ago, after all, we also invited the school next door. Su Zhenzhen is a student of the art school next door, so it is not surprising that she will come.”

The point was that she felt that Su Zhenzhen had not given up yet.

Cheng Hui inquired, “Do you have any interactions with Zhou Kao for today?”

Wen Le replied, “Not for the time being, but if the crowd is not ideal and big enough, maybe some special segment will be added. Who knows?”

Cheng Hui remarked, “That Su Zhenzhen pushed you down the last time and made you twist your ankle. I’m actually rather afraid that she will find trouble with you again. This time round, there will be so many people, it would be very embarrassing.”

“Actually, I am also prepared for this”, confessed Wen Le.

“And in fact,” Wen Le smiled shyly, “I have a black belt in taekwondo that I can use off-stage.”

–

At six o’clock in the evening, the venue had been almost fully decorated, and all the actors who had tasks in the evening were preparing to get into their outfits in the dressing room.

Wen Le had also been preparing for the opening ceremony of this Orientation for a long time.

In addition to asking nainai for her outfit for tonight, and in order to match the outfit, Wen Le especially went to do a bright red solid colour manicure in advance, and then stopped by the barber shop to style her hair into temporary big waves.

Other than the actors specially invited for this event, most of them in the dressing room were from the Student Union and the Social Council, and they had known each other for quite a long time. As the most dazzling one in the crowd, Wen Le attracted much attention even among the girls.

When Wen Le opened the small box containing her outfit, many girls gathered around. When they saw the outfit placed in the box, the girls couldn’t help exclaiming.

It was a retro black satin cheongsam. This cheongsam was different from the patterns that young people now seemed to find outdated. This cheongsam was very simple, with dark patterns of the same colour on the black satin surface, but it was unexpectedly beautiful. 

They could almost imagine what a sensation Wen Le would cause when she appeared in the crowd wearing this cheongsam.

And most importantly, when Wen Le took the cheongsam out of the box, everyone found that the cheongsam had a split that was not low.

This surprised everyone.

Most people who knew Wen Le knew that she had always been conservative and demure in her dressing. It seemed that no one had ever seen Wen Le wear clothes revealing anything above the knee. This was the first time Wen Le had worn such revealing clothes in public.

Of course, this level of revealing was also relative to Wen Le herself.

After all, other than the slit that opened up to the thigh, this cheongsam still followed her usual dressing style.

Several girls who knew Wen Le well smiled and said, “It seems that Wen Le is really going all out just for this event.”

Wen Le sighed and replied, “Who said I wasn’t going to?”

Everyone laughed when they heard her.

It could be said that everyone had a rough expectation and imagination of how Wen Le would look after putting on the cheongsam, due to already being armed with past experience. But the moment they saw Wen Le coming out of the simple changing room while wearing the cheongsam, the girls present still couldn’t help being jealous to the point where they were overflowing with envy.

There would definitely be no shortage of topics for tonight.

Wen Le sat in front of the makeup mirror and looked at herself. She took an eyebrow pencil to draw her eyebrows slightly thinner than she usually would and used a slightly darker eyeshadow to colour her eyelids. In line with tonight’s dress, she used an eyeliner pen to deepen the contour of her eyes near her lower eyelid, completing the retro eye makeup that made her eyes look more stylish and charming. For the lips, a lipstick from D brand, colour 999 was used to make her lips appear flaming red.

Next, she put on the pearl earrings and jade bangles sent by nainai, and replaced the comfortable flats with ten-centimetre high stilettos.

Wen Le looked at herself in the mirror and thought, Tsk Tsk, Wen Le, you’re really doing whatever it takes to create hype.

As soon as Wen Le finished getting ready, her senior sister from the same department came over, “Wen Le, something big happened!”

The female host of the opening ceremony of the orientation was unable to attend because of bad period cramps, but the event tonight could not be done without a host. What the senior sister meant was that she hoped that Wen Le would take on the role instead.

Wen Le took her senior sister’s hand and said, “Senior sister, is there really no one else? I haven’t really learned to host properly!”

The senior sister replied, “There are no other female hosts. There are other male hosts, but we can’t possibly have two male hosts at once. It doesn’t matter, Wen Le! Didn’t you host an event for your faculty once? It was said that the results were quite good.”

Wen Le thought to herself, That’s because I wrote the script, and had gone through it relentlessly till I memorised it like the back of my hand. I had even recorded myself to correct it countless times.

The senior sister continued to persuade, “It’s mainly because you don’t have a personal segment at the event today, Lele. The other girls who can take the role already have segments prepared, and they can’t get away. In fact, you only have to read according to the script. You don’t have to be too nervous.”

Since her senior sister had already explained in such detail, Wen Le didn’t refuse anymore. Deep down, she knew that although there were a lot of people with the Social Council and Student Union combined, the manpower was still really not enough for tonight. 

Wen Le nodded in response, found the script and hid in a corner where there was no one to memorise as much as she could.

To be honest, Wen Le was under a lot of pressure to just go up the stage with hardly any preparation at all.

At 6:30 in the evening, the students of University A, who had been looking forward to it for a long time, entered the venue with much excitement and expectation.

Wen Le was nervously taking the time to memorize the script at this point in time.

The venue of the gymnasium originally had no stage. Thus, a stage was built temporarily. The backstage was actually just a simple space separated by the back of the LED screen. It could not be used for makeup and changing clothes at all. Therefore, both the girls’ and boys’ makeup were actually carried out in the empty office upstairs of the gymnasium.

At half past six, the noise on the first floor could already be heard in the upstairs office. This was undoubtedly good news for all the staff, because the louder the noise, the more people it meant, and the closer they were to the mission goal.

At 6:45, Wen Le and the male host went downstairs together, walked into the gymnasium through a small door obscured by the stage, and went directly backstage.

There were staff in the background who were busy calibrating equipment, and the seniors arranging the flow of the event.

Wen Le and the male host walked backstage and greeted the classmates they knew. Gazes swept towards Wen Le, and lingered on her for a long time.

“Wen Le, you are so beautiful tonight.”

Wen Le smiled when she heard the words. To be honest, because she was not very well prepared, Wen Le was still a little nervous so she couldn’t lift her spirits to entertain such common pleasantries. But she suddenly remembered something and pulled at her senior sister and said, “Senior sister, is my outfit suitable?”

Wen Le’s dress was not exactly prepared for hosting, but for the opening dance after the opening ceremony.

The senior sister smiled when she heard the words, “Why is it not suitable, it just needs to be beautiful. All the best, don’t be nervous!”

–

At seven o’clock in the evening, the opening ceremony officially began.

Wen Le took a deep breath, nodded to the male host, and the two walked on the stage one after the other.

The microphone had not yet switched on, but when Wen Le’s high heels stepped on the last step leading to the stage, the audience who were still laughing and joking in the audience gradually came to a stop.

The elegant pointed high heels landed gently on the stage covered with the red carpet, a pair of snow-white slender legs loomed under the black fabric, and her delicate and smooth skin appeared amazingly white against the black cheongsam, dazzling people with its beauty.

Almost everyone who saw this scene stopped thinking, their eyes following the beauty, refusing to leave.

It was Wen Le in a black satin cheongsam, paired with waist-length black hair, walking leisurely with such charm and beauty, like a mysterious oriental beauty who had travelled through time and space from a movie.

It was hard to describe how perfect the figure wrapped in the black cheongsam was, and how beautiful the female silhouette could be. It was probably beyond people’s imagination, and it would not be more moving than what Wen Le was showing at this moment.

Wen Le turned and stood still, looking at the audience with a smile on her face, which was confident and calm.

Tender eyes and flaming lips, black satin against snow-white skin, red nail polish and slender fingers, and jade bangles encircling the slender fair wrists.

There was nothing that wasn’t exquisite or beautiful about this woman. She alone on the stage was a visual feast itself.

Dressed in a cheongsam, she was a breathtaking beauty that enraptured everyone.

Previous | Index | Next

Breathtaking Beauty

“What are you guys doing!”

Suddenly, there was a shout from the front.

Everyone around looked at Wen Le’s side.

Wen Le wailed in her heart, this is too embarrassing……

Cheng Hui realized that she had overreacted a little bit, so she couldn’t help but cover her mouth and ran to Wen Le’s side.

It was only at this moment did Wen Le realize that the position they were in was a bit too ambiguous, and Zhou Kao quickly let Wen Le go.

Both of them were a little embarrassed.

TN: Ooo hehe guess they’re so comfortable with each other to be hugging in public like that 😉

Cheng Hui walked over with a smile, “You must be Zhou Kao. I am Wen Le’s classmate, you can leave Wen Le to me.”

As she spoke, she looked at Wen Le.

Wen Le coughed lightly, grabbed Cheng Hui’s arm vigorously, and said to Zhou Kao, “Sorry for bothering you tonight.”

Zhou Kao also replied politely: “It’s alright.”

After Zhou Kao left, Cheng Hui grabbed Wen Le’s hand and pressed her for answers, “Le Le, it can’t be right, what’s going on? Are you two together already?”

Wen Le was still immersed in the embarrassment from earlier from which she couldn’t extricate herself, and whispered: “No, it’s just a misunderstanding.”

Wen Le told Cheng Hui all about her bad luck tonight.

Cheng Hui sighed.

“It’s weird, too weird, what kind of weird development is this!” Cheng Hui lamented in regret.

“It’s all my fault. If it weren’t for me disrupting the mood…Tsk tsk, I’m afraid you guys would’ve kissed in such a situation…”

Wen Le pinched Cheng Hui.

“Hiss~”

Cheng Hui smiled and said, “Just kidding, I’m just kidding. But what the hell is going on between him and Su Zhenzhen?”

Wen Le thought for a while and decided to tell Cheng Hui about it.

Cheng Hui listened and said, “Our dormitory won’t go out and gossip, and there’s nowhere to talk to others. I still think that this matter will be spread by her fake girlfriends.”

Wen Le shrugged: “You think so too?”

Cheng Hui said: “But this has nothing to do with us. I am mainly afraid that Sun Youmei will not give up.”

“Su Zhenzhen gave her such an expensive bag in order to let her spy on you. She has tasted the sweetness but suddenly lost her role…this abrupt change, tsk tsk. Of course, we are speculating on the worst possible course of action that she’ll take, but it doesn’t mean that will happen.”

Wen Le said: “She won’t dare to make too much trouble. If she is still bothered by the guidance counselor and her parents, she will definitely need us to cooperate with her.”

Cheng Hui said, “That’s also true.”

“But Lele, are you really not going to be with Zhou Kao?”

Wen Le shook her head very firmly, “Oh, no.”

Cheng Hui said: “Actually, I can’t figure it out. Both of you are single, and also are still rather hung up over each other. Why don’t you just get together? Is it because of Su Zhenzhen and Sun Youmei?”

Wen Le smiled and said, “If I want to be with Zhou Kao, Su Zhenzhen and Sun Youmei would not be a problem. You have to know the main thing is that we haven’t reached that stage yet…”

“Even though I do have a good impression of him and also admire his looks, this kind of attraction really doesn’t give me the urge to get rid of my single status and be with him that way.”

“It’s just a shallow attraction, it’s not up to the point where I have to be together with him.”

Cheng Hui shook her head and said, “I don’t understand.”

Wen Le said, “To put it simply, I still want things to happen on its own accord. I don’t want to date just for the sake of being in a relationship. If the feelings really accumulate to a certain extent, till it becomes affection, and I really really like him so much that I want to be with him right away, only then will I date him.”   

“Besides, it’s also really good to be single.”

TN: Wow our FL is really a strong independent woman~

Wen Le didn’t know how Zhou Kao felt about this, maybe it might be similar to her?

Zhou Kao was also thinking on his way back to the dormitory, thinking about what sort of relationship he and Wen Le had.

He admitted that he really cared about Wen Le, and would even say that she was very special to him.

Wen Le was the only person that had ever moved his heart in his entire life. Wen Le was very special, really really special.

Zhou Kao has come across many girls, and they too were all very outstanding, beautiful, and smart. Yet, those girls just did not have the vigour of Wen Le.

The kind of vigour that made Zhou Kao feel very fascinated, someone who was evenly matched with him.

When it came to the opposite sex, Zhou Kao usually treated them with alienation and politeness.

But when it came to Wen Le, he often wanted to challenge her bottom line and see Wen Le’s disguised mask crack.

He wanted to beat her, defeat her, and even tame her.

TN: LOL typical alpha male….

The unique wild temperament of Wen Le really fascinated Zhou Kao.

Even now, he could still clearly remember the visual and sensory impact of when he first saw Wen Le.

He even believed that Wen Le having brought about the enlightenment of his feelings was not something that should surprise him. After all, Wen Le had enraptured him as early as the first time they met.

Zhou Kao admitted that he had always been attracted to Wen Le till now, but this kind of attraction had not been to the point where he wanted to take the relationship one step forward.

He cared very much about Wen Le’s opinion of him, but he also didn’t care so much about Wen Le. Take for example, when someone confessed to Wen Le, it didn’t make him feel uncomfortable like his territory had been threatened.

Zhou Kao once thought that Wen Le was a school delinquent that engaged in campus bullying, and he was very disdainful of this side of her.

But just a week ago, his previous inherent impression of Wen Le was shattered when he saw her near the school cafe.

Near the school cafe, lived a litter of stray cats.

The school had a stray animal protection society, and some students who liked small animals would prepare cat food, rice bowls and clean water for those stray cats, and sometimes even milk with nutritional powder.

Those stray cats would come out for food from time to time.

However, though some stray cats having interacted with people for a long time were not afraid of people, a thin stray cat was the exception and was very wary of humans.

At noon that day, that little stray cat came out for food. Whenever someone passed by, it would give up eating and hide secretly, and only quietly sneak back out after waiting for them to leave.

At that time, Zhou Kao was sitting by the window of the cafe, and he saw this scene before his eyes.

The little stray cat’s meal had been interrupted several times, and Wen Le just happened to pass by.

Wen Le was holding a book in her hand, and she was carrying onigiris bought from a convenience store.

But Wen Le saw the stray cat cautiously running out of the corner for food from a distance. She seemed to smile, came to a stop, and stood still without moving forward.

The stray cat did not notice Wen Le, and finally was willing to eat the cat food with peace of mind.

Wen Le stood not far away and watched. She didn’t leave or take pictures with her mobile phone. Only till the stray cat disappeared after eating did she leave.

Zhou Kao was certain that Wen Le was indeed waiting for the stray cat to finish eating.

Zhou Kao thought at the time, would such a delicate and gentle action be made by a person who was bullying on campus?

And at that time, he actually only saw Wen Le and a few boys standing there, looking coldly at the people who fell to the ground in embarrassment but they did not take any further actions.

Zhou Kao thought, some stubborn and flawed thinking often distorts the real truth. It can be said that it was because of his youth that he made such a mistake back then, because of the good expectations he had of the girl he liked, and because he easily trusted the words of others. But now, should he make such a mistake again?

So Zhou Kao stopped being fixated on the scene of a misunderstanding in the past and looked at Wen Le again through a new perspective, who was already very different and yet still made him care about her.

–

After resting her foot injury for just a few days, Wen Le then quickly got back on her feet, because there were plenty of things that she still had to do.

The Social Council and the Student Union had decided to host a big event together.

The student union decided to hold a networking event for the freshmen soon after the start of school. The external relations department had pulled a big sponsorship for them, but the sponsor had requirements that they needed to fulfil. As the student union felt that it was a bit difficult for them to handle it alone, they decided to join forces with the Social Council to enjoy the benefits of this sponsorship.

Wen Le was the vice head of the publications department. In the morning, she received news that the Student Union had booked the school’s largest event venue and planned to hold a three-day orientation in the school gymnasium.

The sponsor first paid half of the sponsorship fee and proposed that if the flow of people and popularity of the event on BBS on the first day of orientation reached their target response, they would be willing to increase the sponsorship fee to three times the original amount.

The publicity department of the Social Council and the Student Union was naturally one of the main forces of this event.

For this orientation event, most of the members of the Student Union and the Social Council attended the meeting. Room 333 of building J was filled with people, all of whom were members of the two school clubs.

Wen Le, the vice head of Publicity, was naturally present, while Zhou Kao, a member of the Student Union, was also present.

After the meeting, the Student Union and the Social Council decided to accept the deal of tripling the sponsorship fee and use half of the sponsorship to donate to children in poor areas in the south who had lost their homes and schools due to floods and mudslides.

Meetings were held one after another, and the publicity department and event planning department quarrelled round after round. In between the meetings, there were even disagreements within the publicity and event planning departments.

As the number of people at a scene grew, it would get harder to control them. Further, the nonsense jokes and gossip that festered would be plenty too. 

But among them, people with outstanding abilities were also quickly revealed and received the support and encouragement of everyone. Even the teachers in charge of the Social Council and the Student Union paid a little more attention to such people. This would undoubtedly be very beneficial for these outstanding people for the next election.

The most eye-catching among them were Zhou Kao and Wen Le, who were both popular trending figures on BBS.

Although there had long been rumours of a suspected relationship between the two, once one got close to them in person, they would know that those were really just scandals.

Besides, the way the two get along was quite intriguing.

Sometimes the two would mercilessly attack each other, and sometimes the two would cooperate with each other very tacitly.

Later on, someone asked about the relationship between the two, and the insiders of the Student Union and the Social Council could only conclude with a tangled expression, “They are a pair of equally matched rivals.”

? ? ?

And the person who was asked might add inexplicably, “And the two of them only added each other on WeChat on the day our team decided to add WeChat.”

Tsk tsk.

Previous | Index | Next

Breathtaking Beauty

Zhou Kao raised his hands in the air at a loss, “You…What are you doing?”

Wen Le clung to Zhou Kao’s neck tightly with both hands, still a little shocked, “Insect! Insects, oh my god, it’s so long, it must be a centipede!”

Since young, Wen Le was not afraid of anything, not even snakes, but her only weakness was insects.

Wen Le grew up in the mountains since she was a child. She had climbed trees and crossed rivers, seen wild boars catching snakes, and seen various ‘dangerous encounters’, but her fear of insects had always been a psychological shadow that Wen Le could not overcome.

In other words, this was also related to Wen Le’s experience when she was a child.

The climate in the southwest was hot and humid, so naturally, there were many insects thriving. In addition, Wen Le and her grandfather lived in the mountains, where the vegetation was lush, thus there was even more vast number of insects.

However, it was also unknown what type of physique Wen Le had, that she was particularly attractive to said insects.

It is said that when Wen Le was very young, for some unknown reason, a caterpillar crawled on her little skirt. Only after half a day had passed, did she find out about it and it scared young Wen Le to tears.

As she got older and loved playing outdoors, a grass centipede would climb up to the heel of her feet, which directly scared off her entire soul.

There was even a situation when Wen Le discovered a gecko under her pillow.

In short, using Wen Le’s encounters from childhood to adulthood a history of insect horror could be written.

There were some things that you could get used to after being scared repeatedly by it, but there were also some things that could haunt you for the rest of your life.

Wen Le hung onto Zhou Kao and felt like crying.

What the hell is going on tonight!

Zhou Kao seemed to be aware of Wen Le’s emotions. He was afraid that she would fall and hurt her feet again. So he hugged her tighter and said in a low voice, “Should we go out and wait?”

Wen Le nodded sullenly.

Zhou Kao hugged her, turned his head and whispered softly in Wen Le’s ear: “It’s okay, I’m here.”

Zhou Kao put his warm palms on Wen Le’s back, and his low and slow voice sounded in Wen Le’s ears, inexplicably giving people a sense of security that made people relax and want to rely on him.

Zhou Kao walked out under the trees and found a clean corner to put Wen Le down. Wen Le managed to stand firmly on one foot with the help of Zhou Kao, and sighed.

“I thought you weren’t afraid of anything.” Zhou Kao spoke.

Wen Le sneered: “Am I not?”

Zhou Kao raised his eyebrows.

Wen Le said: “Insects, an anti-human species, are not included.”

Wen Le looked down and confirmed that there were no insects under her feet, “I’m probably more unlucky today.”

She had been going to school for so long, and to be honest, Wen Le hadn’t seen any insects for a long time. She didn’t know why they had to appear in front of Zhou Kao today……

Honestly speaking, Wen Le was a little depressed. It was probably because this encounter compromised the image of an invulnerable winner she had always maintained in front of Zhou Kao.

Zhou Kao thought that Wen Le’s bad luck meant her twisted ankle, and Wen Le’s ankle injury was indeed an innocent disaster that had an indirect relationship with him.

For this nonsense disaster, Zhou Kao needed to give Wen Le an explanation.

In fact, the relationship between Zhou Kao’s family and Su Zhenzhen’s family was not so close.

Su Zhenzhen’s family was in business, and Zhou Kao’s father was in politics. There was basically no intersection, and even if you were to compare the families which could be ranked according to a social hierarchy, Su Zhenzhen’s family did not have such a high position in the upper-class circle.

Zhou Kao’s maternal grandfather’s family were the ones who are really close to Su Zhenzhen’s family.

The two families were able to get acquainted with each other, not because they were in the same social circle, but only because the two families were neighbours, and Su Zhenzhen’s mother was a hostess with excellent hospitality and cooking skills.

Su Zhenzhen’s family stayed next to Zhou Kao’s grandfather’s house, so the two of them knew each other since they were young.

But later, with Zhou Kao’s father’s transfer, and Zhou Kao studying at the most famous private school in Q City, they also hadn’t met for seven or eight years.

The next time Zhou Kao saw Su Zhenzhen again, was after the college entrance examination was over.

At that time, Zhou Kao’s grandfather gave Zhou Kao a company, and Zhou Kao followed his uncle to learn to manage the company. During that time, he lived in his grandfather’s house and met Su Zhenzhen next door a few times, but they also didn’t talk.

Su Zhenzhen went to school early. Although she was in the same grade as them, she was actually one year younger. Even when she was a child, Zhou Kao always regarded Su Zhenzhen as his younger sister.

They hadn’t seen each other for seven or eight years and were very unfamiliar with each other.

Moreover, the two of them didn’t really have many common topics to talk about, and their total conversation would only amount to a few sentences.

At that time, Zhou Kao’s uncle happened to have some business dealings with the Su family, so it was inevitable that during some drinking gatherings, he would sometimes bring Zhou Kao.

At the drinking table, Zhou Kao’s uncle may have drunk too much. He said that the two families have known each other since they were young, and the children were about the same age. Wouldn’t it be a good thing if they could make up a pair?

At that time, his uncle was just being polite. He was just an uncle, how could he set up a marriage for his nephew without his father’s knowledge? At that time, everyone present regarded it as a joke, but the Su family actually took his word for it. 

The Zhou family was a fairly established family in the upper-class circle, and their foundation was rather solid. Having a marriage alliance with such a family was also quite decent for a family like the Su family whose foundation was not stable enough, not to mention the benefits it would bring, which made them really excited.

So the Su family, who had already accepted this decision in their minds, went about spreading the news.

Su Zhenzhen probably also had some interest in Zhou Kao, noticed the excitement and happiness from her family, and thought that she was about to become Zhou Kao’s fiancee.

But the implementation of the Su family’s marriage plan did not go smoothly.

Father Su and Zhou Kao’s father and grandfather were not familiar with each other. The closest person the Su family could contact from the Zhou family was Zhou Kao’s uncle.

But Zhou Kao’s uncle knew the situation of the Zhou family.

The Zhou family was very upright. Although they did care about finding a well-matched partner in terms of social status, the children in the family had always been allowed to pursue love freely. It was impossible for the Zhou family to covet the Su family’s money and have a marriage alliance with them. In other words, the Su family could benefit from the Zhou family, but the Zhou family did not stand to gain from the Su family.

Further, to be honest, it was rather unsightly of the Su family to cling to the Zhou family with such mildly aggressive behaviour.

If Zhou Kao and Su Zhenzhen were really attracted to each other, then the Zhou family would not object to them. However, if Zhou Kao did not have any feelings for Su Zhenzhen, it would be basically impossible for such a family to have a marriage alliance with the Zhou family.

Zhou Kao’s uncle knew the temper of the Zhou family, so when he heard Su Zhenzhen’s father talking about this, he just laughed and brushed off the topic, without even acknowledging it.

Afterwards, Zhou Kao’s uncle also secretly scolded himself for talking too much at the beginning. If he hadn’t been drunk and talked nonsense, how could he have let the Su family have such thoughts?

But how could the Su family give up so easily?

If it didn’t work the first time, then try a second time. The first few times the matter was brushed off by Zhou Kao’s uncle, and he then even hid from Father Su for several days for this matter.

How could Father Su not detect Zhou Kao’s uncle’s attitude? He had long known that the Zhou family did not have the intention of having an alliance marriage, but he was unwilling and not reconciled to think otherwise.

In addition, Su Zhenzhen really liked Zhou Kao, so he shamelessly went to confront Zhou Kao’s uncle to talk about the matter.

Now that Father Su had done this, Zhou Kao’s uncle was unable to avoid the topic anymore, and thus called his brother-in-law in front of Father Su.

Father Zhou knew immediately what was going on after listening to the situation. He just said, What age are we in? His daughter-in-law would naturally be brought back by Zhou Kao himself. Who Zhou Kao wants to marry is his own business. When he wants to get married, he will tell us naturally. Nowadays aren’t we all emphasizing that children are independent individuals? As parents, we have to learn to let them go on their own.

Zhou Kao’s father said it very tactfully, but his attitude was still very clear. Our family will not engage in such marriage alliances.

Thus this wishful engagement finally ended without illness.

Zhou Kao took into account the girl’s reputation and only vaguely said the gist of the story. Wen Le herself could probably guess the rest of it.

Wen Le still believed in Zhou Kao’s words, agreed with Zhou Kao’s point of view, and said, “Don’t worry, neither I nor our dormitory will talk about it.”

Only…This matter was originally revealed by Su Zhenzhen herself. To be honest, Wen Le felt that even if she were to keep it secret, Su Zhenzhen’s fake girlfriends would probably stab her in the back and spread the news themselves.

Take for example, what Sun Youmei did.

However, Wen Le didn’t say much about these, she believed that Zhou Kao could also guess it in his heart.

Compared with Su Zhenzhen’s affairs, Wen Le was more concerned about regaining the face she had just lost because of the insects.

Perhaps because Wen Le and Zhou Kao only came to know of the other due to them competing for the first position in the grade, whenever Wen Le faced Zhou Kao, she would always have the desire to win. To her, the pleasure of gaining the upper hand in a duel with Zhou Kao was no less than the satisfaction of winning a prize in a competition.

With a smile in Wen Le’s eyes, she asked, “It’s just why are you explaining this to me?”

Zhou Kao glanced at Wen Le and said lightly: “I was just afraid that after working so hard to carry someone back, I’ll still be scolded by some people as a scumbag who already has a fiancee yet still goes around hugging other girls.”

Wen Le raised her eyebrows and replied with a smile: “It turns out that you care quite a bit about your image in my heart.”

Zhou Kao asked Wen Le rhetorically, “Oh really? You feel that I really care about how I appear in your heart?”

Zhou Kao never failed to catch on.

Wen Le curled her lips and said, “Forget it, I can never win against a law student. Are the people in your law faculty more sharp-mouthed than others?”

“Oh, aren’t you the best debater on your debate team?”

“You want to see me at the debate?”

“Don’t you always want to beat me?”

 “I have good self-confidence,” Wen Le said: “I just can’t take anyone overtaking me on the ranking. No matter who it is, I can’t allow it.”

“Someone’s really competitive.”

Wen Le raised her head and smiled like a flower, “You say it as if you are not the same.”

Zhou Kao smiled but said nothing. He did not agree, nor did he disagree.

“Hiss~”

Wen Le lowered her head, “Something bit me!”

Zhou Kao thought Wen Le would still jump up, subconsciously supported Wen Le’s waist, and took her into his arms, “Where?”

Wen Le was embraced in Zhou Kao’s hug, and her forehead brushed Zhou Kao’s Adam’s apple. Every breath she took was full of Zhou Kao’s scent, and she couldn’t help feeling a little hot and bothered.

“What are you guys doing!”

Suddenly, there was a shout from the front.

TN: Oops I wonder what happens next!!

Previous | Index | Next

TN: Apologies for the delay in updating!! Life got in the way haha. But all I can say is that the novel is definitely picking up pace from now!! 😉

You’re The Only One I’ve Ever Piggy-Backed

Zhou Kao picked up Wen Le and weighed her in his arms, saying, “the infirmary isn’t too far from here.”

“You put me down, I don’t believe I can’t go there by myself!” Wen Le yelled.

“Don’t move,” Zhou Kao smiled sullenly as he hugged her even tighter. “Let’s go.”

On the way to the infirmary, they passed by many people. Wen Le lowered her head completely, attempting to conceal her face with her hair.

Zhou Kao discovered Wen Le’s intentions and said lightly, “it’s pointless, stop trying to hide.”

Zhou Kao carried her to the infirmary and put her down. Wen Le thought to herself, he appears thin, but his body is packed with muscles.

“Muscles are pretty good.”

TN: LOLLLL Wen Le remember to keep your mouth closed and not let your drool drip out….

“I’m afraid I have to find a doctor to see if there is a muscle strain,” Zhou Kao remarked. “It was a bit heavier than expected.”

TN: HAHAHAHA LMAO i freaking love Zhou Kao’s sense of humour, please!!

Wen Le: !!!

“Classmate, do you have to say this in front of me?” Wen Le asked.

“Beauty, your boyfriend said this in front of you on purpose so you can feel sorry for him,” the school doctor said, smiling.

Zhou Kao coughed lightly and turned his head embarrassedly.

Wen Le sneered softly, “Doctor, do you think a guy like him can get a girlfriend?”

“Why can’t he?” asked the school doctor, amused. “He’s such a handsome young man that if you grabbed any random girl, she’d be willing to be his girlfriend.”

Wen Le sneered, “then you can ask him if he has caught any.”

The school doctor looked at Wen Le meaningfully, and said with a smile, “I think he caught one already.”

Wen Le:……

The school doctor took a look at Wen Le’s ankle. Because it was a little swollen, he would have to go down to the pharmacy to get some medicine before wrapping it.

“Little girl, I don’t have much help around here,” the doctor said as he handed Wen Le a bottle of medicinal oil. “It wasn’t easy for him to carry you all the way to the infirmary. Pity your boyfriend and use this to assist him in rubbing his arms; otherwise, he may be unable to lift his arms tomorrow.”

Wen Le was mortified. “This isn’t really my boyfri…” 

The doctor smiled and went down to get the medicine for Wen Le.

Zhou Kao sat next to Wen Le and stretched out his arms, “come on.”

Wen Le:……

Zhou Kao closed his eyes and let Wen Le rub his arms with her soft hands, ordering “use more force” like an uncle.

Wen Le: !

Wen Le clenched her teeth quietly as she applied more pressure to his arms.

Zhou Kao’s arms were packed with muscles that were as hard as steel, and massaging them was a difficult task.

Additionally, maybe because of the high proportion of muscles in Zhou Kao’s body, his body temperature was higher than that of Wen Le.

Wen Le could feel Zhou Kao’s scorching breath and smell his cologne while sitting next to him. She felt a little hot while kneading her hands on Zhou Kao’s arms again.

The school doctor was still dispensing medication at the pharmacy and neither of them had anything to say. The space was so quiet for a while that they could hear their own breathing, and the air felt strangely scorching.

Zhou Kao’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down.

The tips of Wen Le’s ears slowly turned pink, and it was unsure whether it was hot or because of something else.

After a few moments, Zhou Kao said quietly, “that’s enough.”

Wen Le responded with a murmur and drew her hands back.

Nonetheless, the heat from Zhou Kao’s body remained in her hands.

Zhou Kao abruptly stood up. Wen Le wasn’t sure where he went, but when he returned, he held a wet wipe in his hand and said, “here.”

Wen Le didn’t react. “Huh?”

Zhou Kao tore the wet wipes’ wrapping paper apart and handed it to her again.

Wen Le reached out and took the wipe and wiped the medication oil from her palm.

The school doctor eventually returned. He applied the medication to Wen Le and massaged her ankle for a few minutes before telling her to wear the bandage for two days.

Wen Le nodded and responded to the doctor diligently.

However, Zhou Kao still had to send her back to the dormitory.

The school hospital was not close to Wen Le’s dormitory building. Wen Le also knew that if she were to let Zhou Kao carry her back again, his arms would be aching for quite some time.

Wen Le clenched her teeth and asked the school doctor for a pair of scissors.

Zhou Kao asked, “what are you doing?”

Wen Le did not respond, instead taking the scissors and bending over to lift up the hem of her skirt, cutting along both sides of the red figure-hugging skirt.

With just two big strokes, she cut her beloved figure-hugging long skirt into one with high slits on both sides.

The slits on both sides extended all the way up to her thighs, revealing two long snow-white legs beneath the charming red skirt.

Zhou Kao averted his gaze, his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down unconsciously, thinking to himself, with such a skirt, you might as well not wear anything.

Sure enough, Wen Le looked best in the long skirt that didn’t expose her legs. 

Wen Le didn’t know what was going through Zhou Kao’s mind. She returned the scissors to the doctor and said to Zhou Kao

“Piggy-back me.”

Zhou Kao:……

Wen Le wrapped her arms around Zhou Kao’s shoulders, and two long, snow-white legs hung around Zhou Kao’s waist.

What was even more damning were the two soft mounds on Wen Le’s chest that were pressed against Zhou Kao’s back.

TN: LOLLLLL pervert alert~ Control yourself a little, male lead hahaha

Damn it.

Zhou Kao couldn’t help but breathe a little bit heavier.

Wasn’t it better to have just carried her instead?

Wen Le thought that Zhou Kao was tired, and she couldn’t help but complain about it in her heart.

Wen Le didn’t hesitate and asked quietly, “am I really that heavy?”

Zhou Kao seemed to chuckle but made no sound.

Wen Le couldn’t help but become incensed and embarrassed, so she yelled, “Zhou Kao!”

“Not heavy,” Zhou Kao whispered.

Wen Le was skeptical. “You can tell the truth, I won’t get mad.”

“To be honest, I don’t know,” Zhou Kao said, smiling, and suddenly whispered, “after all, you’re the only one I’ve ever piggybacked.”

TN: swoon alert x1

Wen Le’s ears went numb, her face flushed, and she secretly cursed this bastard.

Blindly flirting so casually.

“However,” Zhou Kao suddenly changed his words and said, “if you are heavy…”

Wen Le was anxious: “So what!”

Zhou Kao smiled and said, “Then I will just bear with it…”

Wen Le: ! ! !

He’s so infuriating.

“If even you can find a girlfriend, I will…”

Wen Le suddenly cut off her words and stopped talking. After all, it was a superficial world, and this guy was quite handsome.

Zhou Kao asked, “what will you do?”

Wen Le rolled her eyes, “I will congratulate you, it’s truly another great miracle for the world.”

The two kept bickering back and forth all the way, and finally reached Wen Le’s dormitory.

Because it was a girls’ dormitory building, it was not appropriate for Zhou Kao to go up with her.

“I’ve asked my roommate to come down and pick me up,” Wen Le said, stepping off Zhou Kao’s back. “Thank you for today; you can head back now.”

Zhou Kao made a sound of acknowledgement but did not move. It seemed that he planned to wait till Wen Le’s roommate arrived before leaving.

But Wen Le returned too early today, and none of her roommates were present in the dormitory. Wen Le had sent a message to Cheng Hui, but it would still take her more than ten minutes to return even if she were to rush back.

At night, the scene beneath the girls’ dormitory building resembled the small garden of the deserted path that Wen Le had always refused to cross.

The boys reluctantly sent the girls to the dormitory building. They were all hugging and refusing to let go, giving lingering kisses, holding hands and dawdling. Every day, the same scene was played out downstairs.

Unfortunately, perhaps because of the time Wen Le returned tonight, there appeared to be far too many reluctant couples gathered at the girls’ dormitory tonight.

Wen Le and Zhou Kao were also a guy and a lady and yet standing there at this moment, both of them looked very out of place and embarrassed.

A couple was hugging and kissing right in front of them, while another couple was cuddling together on their left, and…

Wen Le pointed to the right embarrassedly, and whispered to Zhou Kao, “why don’t we go over there?”

Zhou Kao glanced to the right.

There were a few pine trees planted beneath the girls’ dormitory building, and to the right of it was a small garden with some trees that could be regarded as a secluded quiet spot.

Knowing that Wen Le was afraid of embarrassment, Zhou Kaozhi nodded and helped Wen Le to the wall on the right.

Wen Le had been walking on one foot for quite some time. Her foot was numb, so she leaned against the wall and relied on its weight.

Zhou Kao stood in front of Wen Le.

The distance between the two was very close, but they didn’t speak for a while.

Recently, the weather had gradually cooled down, and the evening was no longer humid and unbearable. Occasionally, the evening breeze would blow in, making it even cooler and more comfortable.

But even the cold wind can’t blow away a certain heat.

Wen Le’s long skirt, with its newly made high slits, was blown up by the wind, revealing her snow-white and slender legs. Zhou Kao quickly averted his gaze, but Wen Le’s long hair was blown up and brushed past his nose.

In front of him were Wen Le’s beautiful legs, and the faint scent of Wen Le’s body was at the end of his nose.

Zhou Kao felt his throat tightening and all of a sudden he wasn’t sure if his decision to stay was the right choice.

Zhou Kao’s Adam’s apple bopped up and down and he subconsciously took a step back in an attempt to increase the distance between them.

 “Ah!! F*ck!”

Unexpectedly, Wen Le suddenly screamed and rushed into Zhou Kao’s arms, holding on to him in a bear hug posture, her two long snow-white legs hanging around Zhou Kao’s waist.

Zhou Kao held his breath.

She was driving him crazy.

TN: AHAHAHA hope you guys liked seeing this pervy yet flirty side of Zhou Kao! The next chapter is craaaazy long so I will probably break it up into 2 or 3 parts, depending on how long I take to translate it, and for Lavvy to edit haha. (Yes Lavvy is back!! Thank you Exodus for stepping in for the last few chapters hehe) Wishing you guys a happy lunar new year ahead 🙂

Previous | Index | Next

To lift or to carry?

“Does it feel good to be labelled as a third party under the noses of the whole school?”

Wen Le only felt a burst of indignation rush straight to her scalp when she heard those words. What kind of shit this is?!

TN: ngl it made me angry translating that line too, what a pompous bitch!!

Wen Le took a deep breath and repeated in her heart: there is no such thing as a free lunch in the world; even if you just used him as a shield, you have to pay a price.

“I understand you feel like you’ve been trampled on, and I also know that most people who are in love don’t think with their brains,” Wen Le said with a serene expression on her face. “But I’d like to clear up a few misunderstandings you seem to be having.”

“First and foremost, I have always been single, and I have no intention of developing a relationship with Zhou Kao beyond that of classmates.”

“Secondly, I double-checked with Zhou Kao, who denied having a fiancee. Of course, he could have lied as well. However, in order to avoid future misunderstandings, I still recommend that if you are truly confident and not afraid of scrutiny, you make your relationship public.”

“Finally, if you still don’t believe me and insist on making a fuss, the three of us can sit down and have a good, open discussion, OK?”

TN: Wen Le 3, Zhenzhen 0 LOL

Wen Le’s eloquence was exceptional as a member of the school’s debate team. It was so intense that the opposition wouldn’t even have the chance to speak.

The other party did not respond even after Wen Le had finished speaking for a while, perhaps because she spoke too quickly.

Likely because the other party didn’t understand Wen Le’s words, she only caught the point that Zhou Kao didn’t acknowledge her as his fiancee, and so unable to control her emotions she began to yell, “who are you to him? Will he tell you everything? Don’t bother him; our parents have almost finalized our engagement. Do you not get the hint?”

Wen Le was reluctant to say anything else. She knew that if she were to continue to explain herself, she would be preaching to deaf ears.

Wen Le could probably guess this girl’s temperament and personality. The eldest lady, who had been spoiled since she was a child, had an impulsive and irritable temper, a straightforward personality, and was probably stubborn and knew what she liked and disliked.

Wen Le didn’t want to waste any more time with her, so she simply asked, “how did you get my phone number?”

The other party seemed a little proud, “why should I tell you?”

Wen Le: “……”

“I wish you a happy engagement,” Wen Le stated. “I have nothing to do with him. If you don’t believe me, you can ask him. Please don’t bother me again.”

“These are your own words,” the other party replied. “I’ll have someone check on you. If you break your word, I will publicize the fact that you are a third party who is ruining other people’s relationships on the Internet.”

Wen Le hung up the phone and saw her three roommates all staring at her. Cheng Hui broke the silence first, “what’s going on?”

“I believe it is the Zhenzhen that Sun Youmei mentioned earlier,” Wen Le said. “According to her, she and Zhou Kao have a soon-to-be-engaged-but-still-not-yet-engaged relationship.”

“It appears that this is the third situation,” Bao Xiaofan responded. “Neither she nor Zhou Kao told a lie. But before the engagement has been officialized, she’s already acting on her status as a fiancee. If the engagement falls through, tsk tsk, isn’t she afraid of getting slapped in the face?

“Well, I’m glad she showed up now to cause trouble,” Wen Le said.

It would have been more embarrassing if she had done this in the future.

 Man Qingxuan suddenly interrupted, “Lele, do you really think Zhou Kao is the kind of person who obviously has a fiancee but is still ambiguous with other girls?”

Wen Le was taken aback when she heard the words. That’s right, why would she think the worst of others?

It seems that she had some anger resulting from this farce and hasn’t vented it out.

“In fact, although the matter of you and Zhou Kao was discussed on the campus network for two days, you and Zhou Kao appeared separately after that,” Chen Hui said. “Now there is basically no other news, and the previous posts have also been buried by other news.”

“That’s right, in the past two days, it was the online celebrity who competed with Zhou Kao for the school hunk that has more explosive news. He was exposed for being a cheater by a direct source. How can someone outside the school know about you two when there aren’t many people paying attention to you two in school?” Man Qingxuam chimed in.

“Not only did she know about this, but she also found your phone number and called you directly,” said Bao Xiaofan. “No matter what I think about it, this sounds like the work of a certain white-eyed wolf.”

“She also told me, ‘I will find someone to check on you,’ Wen Le shrugged.

“She’s not coming back tonight, is she?” she asked, looking at Sun Youmei’s bed.

“She said she’s coming back,” Cheng Hui clarified. “In fact, her family is quite strict with her. She dates and flirts with her boyfriend behind her parents’ backs. She also blocks her relatives and old classmates on social media. She should be terrified that her parents will be notified by the school counselor.”

“Her parents continue to believe that their daughter is diligently studying at school and that she is surviving on the meagre living expenses that they provide her on a monthly basis.”

“Forget it, let’s not talk about such unpleasant things anymore, lest it affects our mood,” Wen Le said. “What do you have planned for the weekend after tomorrow?”

“Oh, you don’t know how difficult it is to teach that child, ahhh!” sighed Man Qingxuan as she lay down on the bed. “The only reason I’m keeping my part-time job now is that I’ll be able to finally get the nintendo switch I’ve wanted for a long time after I get my salary this month.”

“Come on, you can do it,” Bao Xiaofan held her cheeks. “I haven’t made any plans yet. If there’s really no plans, I’ll go home for a meal. I kind of miss the braised pork made by my mother.”

“Our club has a volunteering activity,” Cheng Hui said. “Do you want to come? You can get a certificate for volunteering.”

Bao Xiaofan raised her hand. “I’ll go, I haven’t got my driver’s license. This volunteer certificate just nicely makes up for one innovation credit.” 

“The timing of this event doesn’t conflict with my part-time job, right?” Asked Man Qingxuan. “I’d like to go as well.”

“It’s just for Sunday. Don’t you work part-time on Friday and Saturday afternoons? It shouldn’t be a problem.”

“Then I will go too,” Wen Le said

“Don’t you already have a volunteer certificate, why would you still go?”

Wen Le only said, “Isn’t the point of going to university just collecting various certificates?”

Man Qingxuan spun a pillow and threw it over, “You’re a pervert*!”

*TN: MQX is calling Wen Le a pervert as sort of a Chinese slang for saying that she’s weird for being obsessed about going through all the trouble to collect various certificates when normally people wouldn’t.

They spent some more time joking and enjoying each other’s company. Later, Ai Fei returned from the library. Because it was late, a few of them turned in for the night. Sun Youmei only came back when it was nearly past curfew.

Wen Le was lying in bed, reading a book on her kindle. Suddenly, the phone vibrated, and she glanced at it. It was a message from Cheng Hui.

[She got a new bag.]

Wen Le knew that she was talking about Sun Youmei.

Wen Le hadn’t responded when she received another photo from Cheng Hui.

[I scanned the photo on Taobao*, and it costs almost 100,000RMB.]

*Taobao is an online shopping platform and mobile shopping app in China. 100,000RMB is roughly 14,400 USD.

[She had gushed over a bag that Zhenzhen had purchased. She also mentioned that it was too expensive for her.]

 [Also, I doubt she’d be so stupid as to buy the same bag as Zhenzhen.]

No girl likes having others imitate them.

Having said that, Wen Le understood that this bag had been given to her by ZhenZhen.

And why Zhenzhen would suddenly give her such an expensive bag, thinking of tonight’s call, Wen Le seemed to have found the reason.

Thinking over the call she had with Zhenzhen, Wen Le pieced together the reason why Zhenzhen would give such an expensive bag to someone. 

Sending bags was probably her way of rewarding loyalty and winning people’s hearts.

Tsk tsk, someone sure is generous.

Wen Le gradually had more and more things going on over the next two weeks.

The debate team had to prepare for the competition, and she had to lead the juniors in preparing for the student union’s activities. The school curriculum was also picking up pace and piling on homework, so Wen Le was forced to take a break to write some manuscripts for pocket money.

After almost two weeks of such a busy schedule, Wen Le returned to the dormitory every night even later than Ai Fei. Finally, the debate competition, the Student Union activities and even the submission of manuscripts were done. Wen Le breathed a sigh of relief. She was no longer so busy that she didn’t even have time to eat.

In the past half a month, Wen Le had not seen Zhou Kao. It seemed that Zhou Kao had withdrawn from her life again. However, sometimes Sun Youmei’s actions would reveal some information about him.

Sun Youymei had been in a foul mood for several days. She didn’t even carry the 100,000RMB bag out again, most likely because she was affected by Zhenzhen’s bad mood.

Bao Xiaofan’s words seemed to come true, and Zhenzhen was unable to get officially engaged as she had wished.

But this had nothing to do with Wen Le anymore.

Wen Le had no intention of paying any more attention to this matter.

That night, Wen Le was studying in the library. Suddenly, she received a message on her phone from the editor, stating that there was something wrong with the manuscript and that she needed to revise it. Wen Le didn’t have her computer with her, but seeing as the editor was rushing, she decided to pack her belongings and return to the dormitory.

Wen Le chose the quickest route back as she was pressed for time.

This shortcut passed through a small garden. It was a common dating spot for couples, and lovebirds cuddling together could be seen everywhere. Wen Le was afraid of feeling embarrassed and normally avoided taking this path.

Unfortunately, today she met something more embarrassing than seeing a couple making out.

Right at the entrance of this path, Wen Le bumped into Zhou Kao with a girl.

The two of them were not making out. On the contrary, they were almost a meter apart, and the atmosphere was a bit tense.

Wen Le’s steps became more deliberate. She was debating whether she should take a long detour and walk away, or simply pass by without hesitation

But the girl discovered Wen Le before she could make a decision.

It was a little beauty, with exquisite makeup and well-dressed clothes, and an air of arrogance on her face. Her eyes were red, and she appeared to have a sad look in her eye.

When she saw Wen Le, the girl became very agitated. “I was wondering how I managed to get you to meet me at this time,” she said to Zhou Kao, pointing to Wen Le. “It turns out you aren’t here to see me; instead, you were going on a date with her. You’re insufferable!”

After the girl finished speaking, she ran away crying. She passed by Wen Le, pushed against her roughly, and ran away sobbing.

Wen Le wanted to explain that it was a misunderstanding, but was pushed back and twisted her foot.

Wen Le hissed in pain and broke out in a cold sweat.

Zhou Kao hurriedly stepped forward to help Wen Le.

Wen Le pushed Zhou Kao away, endured the pain, stood with one foot firmly planted, and asked, “what do you think you are doing? Don’t you feel embarrassed?”

“Oh, I’ve been in such situations thrice. Maybe I’ve gotten used to it?” Zhou Kao remarked lightly.

*TN: HAHAHAH I really love the snarky comments made by Zhou Kao.

“You’re not going after her?” Wen Le asked.

“The first three times I saw you being confessed to, I didn’t see you chasing after them,” Zhou Kao asked Wen Le rhetorically with a puzzled expression marring his face.

“But isn’t this your fiancee Su Zhenzhen?” Wen Le asked.

Wen Le had seen Su Zhenzhen’s face on Sun Youmei’s social media.

Zhou Kao looked a little displeased and looked like he didn’t want to elaborate on the matter. But after a while, he didn’t hold back and said, “What century do you think we are in? My family had clearly refused.”

Zhou Kao looked a little irritable, but Wen Le also noticed a trace of grievance from him.

Then Zhou Kao said coldly, “I will carry you to the infirmary on my back.”

That had to be her hearing things, Wen Le reasoned.

“Look at my skirt. Do you think piggy-backing me is possible?” Wen Le asked, pointing to the long red figure-hugging skirt that could only stretch to a point where she could take small steps.

“Oh, let’s do a lift then,” Zhou Kao said, giving her a quick glance.

Wen Le:……

Wen Le stretched out her hand, “This gentleman, please do a princess carry instead.”

Zhou Kao pondered for a while, “The infirmary is far from here.”

Wen Le made an ok gesture, “Alright, this old lady shall walk on her own to the infirmary, is that alright?”

Zhou Kao’s eyes lit up with a smile, and he strode forward, horizontally picking up Wen Le.

It was a standard princess carry.

TN: hahahha the last convo got me LOL. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, and Merry Christmas!

Previous | Index | Next