World One

The bell for evening study rang on time. The students who had been ready to sprint a minute before took off immediately and rushed out of the classroom as the bell rang.

Luan Ye put away the notebook, put his bag on his body, and followed the crowd out.

After reaching the first floor, the crowd slowly dispersed in their respective directions.

Luan Ye did not hesitate and went straight to the podium in the playground - then he discovered something very coincidental: Yu Xiaoduo had arrived early, and was now standing in the place where Gao Yuan had stood before, waiting for him.

Luan Ye cleared his throat.

Yu Xiaoduo heard the voice and turned around quickly.

Her face didn't look very good, and she looked a little haggard: "You're here."

"Well, I want to have a good talk with you." Luan Ye sat down at the edge of the podium, "Come, sit down."

Yu Xiaoduo sat down, with a distance of two people between them.

"I didn't mean to do that," she whispered. "...Why didn't you explain yourself and just left?"

The two of them were now considered influential figures on campus. The campus forum, which had been largely deserted for eight hundred years, was nearly paralyzed by Yu Xiaoduo's post. Students from other schools and within the school were eager to join, fearing they'd miss out if they arrived too late.

Not to mention that only half a day has passed.

So the eyes of the people on the playground were now drifting here intentionally or unintentionally, but they didn't dare to get close to listen because they were afraid that they would turn around and leave after being discovered.

"Because I think you're not wrong? You're not exaggerating this matter." As the person involved in the incident and the target of more criticism, Luan Ye didn't care about these glances at all. He just turned his head and looked at Yu Xiaoduo. "But that's not important. I came to you this time to apologize to you."

Yu Xiaoduo was startled, and turned to look at him, her voice trembling a little: "...Apologize, to me?"

She thought she would feel the pleasure of revenge after telling this matter, but in fact, she spent the whole day in panic and fear.

She was afraid that something might really happen to Luan Ye.

After posting that message, her anger was like a balloon being punctured by a needle, and it quickly deflated.

She began to panic about the consequences of her momentary indulgence.

Most of those looks and comments were not directed at her, but she still found it difficult to accept and frightened.

Luan Ye was wrong, but even though she knew he wouldn't like her, she still secretly hoped that he would like her. Even after he expressed his anger at her for being so arrogant, she felt that she was also wrong because she wondered why Luan Ye was angry at her.

So when Yu Xiaoduo came here today, she was already prepared to be blamed by Luan Ye. She never expected that Luan Ye did not blame her - and his attitude now was simply unbelievably calm.

"Yeah." Luan Ye nodded. "I know you like me, but I still ask you if you can do me a favor after rejecting your confession. This is disrespectful to you."

"I'm sorry," the boy said.

At this moment, he finally reunited with the original Luan Ye who most attracted Xiaoduo's attention.

Yu Xiaoduo inexplicably felt like crying, and she actually cried out loud.

She was overwhelmed by self-blame and guilt all day long.

Some people helped her to blame Luan Ye, while others said that she was too extreme.

She never thought that Luan Ye would apologize to her: "I'm also... I'm also... sorry."

Luan Ye took out the paper he had prepared early in the morning from his bag, took out a piece and handed it to her.

Yu Xiaoduo took the paper from him, then sobbed and said, "Can I still... come to see you in the future?"

[System.] Just in case, Luan Ye didn't directly answer Yu Xiaoduo's question, but instead mentally requested help from someone off-site. [Can you help me figure out if Yu Xiaoduo said this out of a desire to improve her relationship with me, or if she still has feelings for me?]

[How could you ask the system to see these things?] Having said that, Maoqiu still scanned Yu Xiaoduo's thoughts and said, [Host, rest assured. Her love and possessiveness for you have completely dissipated. Now she truly wants to be your friend.]

"She's been through so much on this day," Maoqiu sighed. "Her mentality has finally changed. She's gained self-respect and self-love. She'll definitely never do something like this again."

[Actually, if she had thought about it carefully at the time...if you were really gay, how could you fall in love with the opposite sex just by being with them for a long time? Unless you were bisexual from the beginning.]

Luan Ye ignored its sigh and just felt that this little gadget was becoming more and more non-mechanical.

He just nodded at Yu Xiaoduo and said, "Okay, then we can be... best friends in the future?"

Yu Xiaoduo burst into laughter because of this 'best friend', but soon her eyes were red again: "But didn't you break up with your partner because of this? What should I do?"

"I'm going to tell you something, but you can't tell anyone else." Luan Ye looked at her.

Yu Xiaoduo nodded seriously, raised her hand, and made a swearing gesture, looking a little playful.

"I sent that message without asking him, but he still saw it and decided to stand up with me." Luan Ye whispered, "—so I have to thank you."

"Hmm!" Yu Xiaoduo blinked and asked him in a low voice, a little embarrassed, "Um, I want to cry again. Can you...can you give me another piece of paper?"

Now that she knew she hadn't ruined Luan Ye, nor caused him to break up with his partner, she began to feel like crying again.

Luan Ye nodded and handed her the whole packet of paper: "I'll give it to you."

"Thank you." Yu Xiaoduo took the packet of paper and looked at Luan Ye again. "By the way, are your ears okay?"

Luan Ye blinked: "Don't worry, it's okay."

Yu Xiaoduo's eyes were still red, but she was smiling when she left.

Luan Ye sat on the podium for a while, and only stood up and walked back when he felt his legs starting to feel numb.

It's really interesting. Gao Yuan broke the ice with him in this place, and Yu Xiaoduo really talked to him in this place as well.

It’s quite strange to think about it, as if this is where I started and where I started again.

Thinking of Gao Yuan... Luan Ye suddenly remembered something he had long forgotten. He silently took out his phone and logged into his account.

Gao Yuan has already sent him a message.

: I'm done! Boyfriend.

: I'm going to take a shower first.

: I'm done with the shower! Boyfriend!

: I'm ready!

:……?

:Boyfriend, are you still there?

: [crying]

Damn, how could I have forgotten! Luan Ye looked at the crying emoji Gao Yuan had sent five minutes ago and felt a rare blush. How could he have forgotten Gao Yuan's previous statement that he wanted to see his roommate tonight?!

The fur ball on his head coughed awkwardly: [Sorry, host, I forgot about this as well.]

"It's okay," Luan Ye replied in his mind while sending a message to Gao Yuan, "Just explain it to him clearly."

Sorry, I made an appointment with Yu Xiaoduo after evening study. I wanted to make things clear with her and apologize for my impulsiveness. We just finished talking now. I'm heading to the dorm now. I'll call you when I get there.

[Is this enough of an explanation?] The fur ball left its host's hair and twirled around Luan Ye's face. [Wouldn't he be unhappy if the host mentioned 'Yu Xiaoduo'?]

[Of course.] Luan Ye looked at the message Gao Yuan sent and curled his lips. [But even if Gao Yuan is unhappy about this, he'll eventually know that his boyfriend wants to say goodbye to this matter completely...]

So no matter how unhappy he was, Gao Yuan would reply to him like this in the end.

:Okay, then when you get back to the dorm, remember to video call me.

: Next time we meet, you must also tell me what you talked about with Yu Xiaoduo.

:May I?

This time Luan Ye only replied with two words: OK.

There are several boys in the dormitory.

Not to mention that after Luan Ye posted that message, they quickly accepted the fact that their roommate had a boyfriend.

So when Luan Ye expressed her desire to video chat with her boyfriend, they showed more curiosity - curious about what kind of person the other person was, and also curious about whether Luan Ye's boyfriend's appearance was similar to Luan Ye's.

After Luan Ye entered the dormitory, Xu Zhixin asked Luan Ye if he had resolved the matter and what Yu Xiaoduo said.

After getting Luan Ye's answer, he sat down on his bed very satisfied.

Then, after Luan Ye said that she was going to video chat with her boyfriend in a while, he ran over from the sink so quickly that his slippers almost fell off.

"I can't wear headphones yet, so I'll play it out loud later." Luan Ye used the excuse he had prepared in advance and said to them, "But if you guys don't mind, I can play outside."

"No! Oh, it's so cold outside!" Xu Zhixin had already pulled a chair out from under the long table when he said this, and then sat directly next to Luan Ye, "It's just right for us to help you!"

Let him see who is the one who kidnapped their school hunk!

What does it look like?

Liu Ting's movements were half a beat slower than Xu Zhixin's, so he could only sit on the other side of Luan Ye: "Yes, let's see!"

It seemed that all of these people's attention was attracted by Luan Ye's "calling her boyfriend", and they didn't even ask him about his plan since he had posted before that they had broken up.

The other roommates who were a step behind Liu Ting and Xu Zhixin could only stand behind them so that they could see the phone screens.

Fortunately, everyone was filled with curiosity, and no one complained about having to stand there.

Luan Ye took out the phone stand, adjusted the angle, and clicked on the video call. Gao Yuan on the other end quickly clicked the connection.

——Then people on both sides fell silent at the same time.

Luan Ye was silent because he had never thought that the first time he video-called his boyfriend would be like this. He always felt inexplicably embarrassed and ashamed.

Gao Yuan was silent because he first saw his boyfriend, and then his eyes were all directed at his boyfriend's roommates, who were either leaning on his boyfriend's shoulders or leaning on him. If he didn't want to give Luan Ye's roommates the first impression of being jealous, he might have just asked, "Can you please stay away from him a little?"

In this awkward situation for both sides.

Xu Zhixin! A true warrior! He! Bravely stood up!

And bravely shouted: "--Fuck!"

Luan Ye gave him a look of disdain.

"Holy crap!" Xu Zhixin pointed at him, a look of shock on his face. "The girl you're dating is also from a sports school!"

"Are you sick? Do you know how to use words?" Liu Ting heard this and immediately looked past Luan Ye in the middle to Xu Zhixin on the other side. "What do you mean by 'bubble'?"

"Luan Ye and I are officially in a relationship," Gao Yuan said decisively, "We're not just flirting!"

Don't talk nonsense! They finally got the conversation going!

"Yes." Luan Ye nodded in agreement.

"No, isn't that the point?!" Xu Zhixin retracted his hand that was pointing at Luan Ye. This time, he pointed at Gao Yuan on the other side of the screen. "I know him! He's the most handsome guy in the sports school! My girlfriend always tells me that I'm not as good-looking as him!"

Now more than one person was looking at Xu Zhixin.

Gao Yuan hadn't considered limiting Luan Ye's boyfriend to his roommates; since everyone in his dorm was there, he simply turned on the speakers. A few people who hadn't been working out hard to begin with didn't even bother pretending and simply crowded over, staring at the other side of the screen.

They didn't bother to ask Gao Yuan why he said he was dating someone with a name that was obviously a boy's, nor did they bother to look at the handsome guy in the middle who was attracting everyone's attention. Their first reaction was: "Oh my god, who is that! Whose girlfriend said he's not as good-looking as Gao Yuan? Come and see!"

Let's see what's going on... No, to be fair to you!

Then they looked at Xu Zhixin, who was raising his hand with a look of grief and indignation on the other side of the video, and turned to look at Gao Yuan who was sitting here.

How to say it, Xu Zhixin actually looks like a little puppy, and has two dimples when she smiles.

It can’t be said that he looks bad. He has the kind of appearance that is very popular with girls.

But Gao Yuan, he really is the kind of guy who makes any boy exclaim in admiration when he sees him. This, combined with his aggressive aura, makes it even harder to take your eyes off him.

One is very popular with girls, and the other is very popular with both boys and girls.

If we were to say who won, it would definitely be Gao Yuan.

"It's like this, brother." Gao Yuan's roommate was still a little hesitant, "You're quite good-looking, but the way you two look..."

There's really no comparison...

While they were still trying to figure out how to say it without sounding too harsh or offensive, Liu Ting had already stomped on Xu Zhixin's face: "There's no comparison at all. Do you think a village beauty can be compared to a city beauty? Of course not. So I think your girlfriend is right. Absolutely right!"

As for what is the right way?

Of course, Xu Zhixin's face is not as good as Gao Yuan's.

——Damn. Gao Yuan's roommates all turned their eyes to Liu Ting. It was too early to say that the warrior just now was a warrior. It was obvious that this one was the real warrior.

"Fuck!" Xu Zhixin was furious. "I've tolerated you for a long time. What do you mean by that?"