4-22: Second Rejection
In the gloomy sky, snow fell heavily, fluttering like goose feathers.
Visibility was also greatly reduced, and pedestrians hurried across the streets.
Across the street, Jin Xiuchen looked back at him from afar, his cold, dark blue eyes like jade encased in ice amidst the snow and ice.
The man was still wearing that crisp black trench coat, his long, slender fingers gripping the silver-white umbrella handle.
The trench coat perfectly accentuates a man's proportions, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist.
Holding his umbrella, Jin Xiuchen approached Huaiyan like a silent, still shadow in the swirling snow.
He walked towards Huaiyan.
One step, two steps.
The overwhelming snow, the quiet streets, the hurried pedestrians... everything rushed backward until it became a blurred background.
In the biting cold wind, the bleak winter snow scene seemed to have become nothing more than a backdrop for the man.
The other person lowered their blue eyes.
Huai Yan is completely in the shadow of Jin Xiuchen.
The tall man, like a long-standing sanctuary, confined him to a safe and secure space.
To shelter the young from the wind and rain.
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind swept through and filled Huaiyan's throat.
The hem of Jin Xiuchen's trench coat fluttered in the wind, and the ends of his hair trembled slightly.
What are you doing here?
Jin Xiuchen spoke, his tone calm and collected, "Didn't you say you didn't have classes?"
As dusk began to fall, the endless stream of vehicles turned on their high beams, flashing past the two of them and cutting off the twilight.
Huai Yan's heart skipped a beat, and she looked at the man with suspicion and uncertainty.
His voice was dry and hoarse, and he asked in a daze, "How did you know I didn't have class?"
Upon hearing this, Jin Xiuchen seemed to be taken aback for a moment.
The man's ear tips turned slightly red, and he said somewhat awkwardly, "...on the forum."
Huaiyan blinked, not thinking much of it.
The forum really does have everything. He found Jin Xiuchen's course schedule on the forum before.
Looking at it this way, it's not surprising that his information appears on the forum.
……etc.
Did Jin Xiuchen know his course schedule because he had looked at it in advance?
Did the man go out of his way to find him?
Huaiyan's breath hitched; her initial anxiety was amplified to an extreme degree.
He has broken up with Jiang Feng now, so he should be considered single again, right?
Being alone with Jin Xiuchen doesn't seem like anything special?
"I came to the school for something," Huai Yan said in a dry voice, looking nervously into the man's eyes. "Now I have to go home."
Just thinking about that noon when Jin Xiuchen cornered him at the stairwell and said, "Now I'm really pursuing you."
Huaiyan couldn't help but get excited, and even his throat would tighten involuntarily when he was in the presence of men.
He watched as the man slowly tilted the umbrella in his hand towards his head.
After a long silence, Jin Xiuchen said calmly, "I checked the forum."
Huai Yan was taken aback: "...What?"
Then, he belatedly realized what was happening.
Now that he and Jiang Feng have such a bad falling out, the forums must be in an uproar.
If you take a look at the forum now, the most popular posts will definitely be about him and Jiang Feng.
However, this is a good trend, and Huaiyan is not worried.
He just didn't know why Jin Xiuchen would suddenly bring this up.
"What's wrong?" the boy asked softly, with a hint of confusion.
Then, Jin Xiuchen stared intently into the boy's green eyes without blinking.
The man said almost definitively, "You broke up with Jiang Feng."
Mentioning Jiang Feng, the boy's once bright eyes suddenly dimmed.
Huaiyan hung his head, looking helplessly at his toes.
For some reason, he suddenly felt somewhat embarrassed.
It wasn't just about saving face; it was about the very sentence he used to refute Jin Xiuchen back then.
I already have a partner.
What sounded like a firm and unwavering statement back then, now seems different in light of Huaiyan and Jiangfeng's breakup.
It's quite ironic.
In just a few days, the situation suddenly reversed.
“…Hmm.” Huaiyan awkwardly put her hands in her pockets and forced a smile. “He cheated on me.”
Huaiyan didn't know whether the specific details of what happened had been analyzed clearly on the forum.
However, he still has a lot of faith in the ability of modern netizens to gossip and their analytical skills.
I believe that on the forum, Huaiyan has already been portrayed as a perfect victim.
No matter how you look at it, the one who cheats is always in the wrong.
Huai Yan has already positioned himself on the moral high ground simply by relying on this point.
"And now?"
Hearing the boy's dejected tone, Jin Xiuchen tilted the umbrella slightly closer to the boy.
The man's voice was deep and pleasant, yet tinged with a hint of caution as he asked, "Can I pursue you now?"
In an instant, Huaiyan's restless hands, which were tucked into his pocket, froze.
His pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart leaped into his throat.
Few people can experience such dramatic emotional swings in such a short period of time, like riding a roller coaster.
Yes.
Huai Yan should have realized earlier that Jin Xiuchen's inquiry about Jiang Feng had only one purpose.
But this time, he hesitated for a moment again.
From Jiang Feng's perspective and that of a group of people on the forum, Huai Yan has only just broken up with her boyfriend.
If Huaiyan had agreed to the man's advances at that time, there would most likely have been no way to keep the matter a secret.
If someone else wanted to dig into it, they would definitely uncover a lot of irrefutable details.
Not to mention, Huaiyan is constantly under the gaze of a group of people, with countless people casting their eyes on him every day.
Therefore, if it were revealed that he had just broken up with Jiang Feng and immediately started dating the professor, there would definitely be a huge uproar on the forum.
How would they evaluate Jin Xiuchen back then?
Huaiyan thought for a moment and then immediately stopped the idea.
What if those people say something unpleasant, portraying Jin Xiuchen as a mistress? Wouldn't that be slandering Jin Xiuchen? Even if the one who cheated was Jiang Feng.
Let's leave it for another day.
Huai Yan took a deep breath, trying to organize her thoughts, wanting to politely refuse Jin Xiuchen.
Including this time, he has rejected Jin Xiuchen twice.
Huai Yan found it somewhat difficult to speak up after Jiang Feng rejected Jin Xiuchen twice.
But the matter wasn't over yet. Instinctively, he didn't want the Ghost King to target Jin Xiuchen.
Even if they've got their eyes on him, they still hope the Ghost King will spare the man.
"...I'm sorry, Professor." The boy's face was pale, and against the backdrop of the snow, he looked even more frail.
The boy's voice was apologetic as he softly said, "I'm not ready yet."
A normal person would never look for someone new so quickly after a breakup.
Huaiyan felt that Jin Xiuchen could understand and definitely grasped the principle.
But he couldn't understand it.
Even at the risk of being talked about, isn't Jin Xiuchen afraid?
-
When we got back to the villa, it was almost lunchtime.
However, after seeing Lin Mu at the dining table, Huai Yan lost his appetite and went straight back to his room.
The discussion on the forum is now starting to gain momentum.
Just as Huai Yan had predicted, the tide turned in one direction, and Jiang Feng found himself caught in the vortex of public opinion.
It can be said that Huaiyan had been waiting for this moment since the school announced her relationship with Jiang Feng.
He wanted to see the protagonist get humiliated, and he wanted to see Jiang Feng's most cherished and valued reputation trampled underfoot.
Only now, at this moment when Jiang Feng has received his retribution, has Huai Yan felt a sense of satisfaction at getting what he deserved.
But this is far from enough.
When Jiang Feng was ruthless towards the original owner of this body, he wasn't this gentle.
Huai Yan paused, then, as if remembering something, opened her phone and glanced at the text messages.
As expected, the people we sent out a few days ago have yielded results.
Huaiyan pondered for a few seconds, typed a few lines, and sent them.
In short, he will make Jiang Feng suffer a terrible death.
And that protagonist who deserves to be taught a lesson—after tonight, the other party will definitely find a way to get revenge.
“73.” Huai Yan said, opening the forum. “When will the original owner’s brother return?”
The forum then popped up a live page, and the most popular post was pushed to the front page.
073 looked on and replied, "This afternoon, when the original owner's brother appears, something bad will happen at the villa."
The original owner had an older brother who doted on him.
How much doting do they have on you?
It is said that the original owner did not want to go to school for a period of time.
The original owner didn't dare tell his family, so his older brother helped him commit perjury, causing him to skip school for two months.
Huai's mother found out about this during a parent-teacher conference.
The older brother naturally got criticized, but this incident showed that...
The original owner was at least pampered as a child.
Huai's mother was willing to attend his parent-teacher conferences, his older brother was willing to cover for him, and his father gave him enough environment and space to grow up.
Most importantly, the boy came from a wealthy family and was sheltered from a young age.
Therefore, Lin Mu certainly cannot replace the original owner's position.
Huaiyan nodded, pondering how to deal with her brother, and clicked on a popular post on the forum.
It's about him and Jiang Feng.
[OP | Get Out of Here: Huai Shen and Jiang Feng broke up! Pictures and proof included! Jiang Feng cheated!!!]
[Images][Videos]
[1L: I was there, and I was all smiles.]
[10L: Huai Shen seems really sad? But I still wish him freedom from the torment of love.]
[15L: Jiang Feng is so good-looking, how could Huai Shen have fallen for him?]
[50L: Ugh, OP, please don't post those weird pictures! I just want to see Huai Shen!]
...
A whole bunch of comments appeared, and Huaiyan glanced at them; they were all similar.
Seeing that everyone was attacking Jiang Feng, he felt relieved.
Huai Yan breathed a long sigh of relief.
He closed his laptop, stood up from his desk, and wanted to stretch.
No one felt the thrill of revenge more than him.
The boy just narrowed his eyes and stretched out his arm.
Her slender waist was suddenly encircled by the person behind her.
He was instantly unable to move.
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