The sound of Fu Ran's voice erupted from all around, "Lu Youran, I like you, will you be my girlfriend?"
"?"
Jiao Yutong turned her head in confusion, only to see everyone holding their phones with astonished expressions.
The audio clip was being played repeatedly.
To the extent that the entire first floor of the spacious cafeteria was filled with Fu Ran's 'confessions' echoing back and forth.
The scene was somewhat bizarre.
"This is a complete reversal of fortune!"
"Fu Ran just dug his own grave socially."
"No way, Fu Ran would be interested in Lu Youran?"
"I don't think it's likely either, but the voice is definitely Fu Ran's."
Amidst the chatter, Jiao Yutong quietly averted her gaze.
Compared to fleeting gossip, she cared more about the food in front of her.
Tang Mobai watched the girl opposite him quietly.
His gaze seemed to block out everything else, his world containing only her.
If not for that incident, she would probably have been gossiping like other girls.
Making cute little expressions.
Instead of being like this now... avoiding everything.
"Why aren't you eating?"
Seeing that he hadn't touched his chopsticks, Jiao Yutong couldn't help but look up and ask.
"Are you uncomfortable eating with me?"
No matter how well she hid it, a hint of awkwardness leaked from her eyes.
Tang Mobai quickly composed himself and said, "Yes."
His voice was lazy, yet it instantly tightened the strings in Jiao Yutong's mind.
"Then..."
"Why did you only order vegetarian dishes? Do you think I'm poor?"
Before the young girl could speak, Tang Mobai placed a chopstickful of meat in front of her.
His tone was nonchalant.
"I can't stand feeling 'green.' Next time you're getting food, you'd better get more meat, so I don't constantly feel like you're hinting at something."
Jiao Yutong: "..."
Does a 'sea king' need to worry about being 'cheated on'?
At this time, on the second floor of the North Cafeteria, at the Mala Xiang Guo (Spicy Stir-fry) stall.
Fu Ran, radiating hostility, pushed through the crowd.
Under everyone's gaze, he stopped in front of Lu Youran, who was about to take her food and leave.
"Did you do this?" he asked, his face dark.
His tone was low and deep, filled with danger.
"That's right."
Lu Youran smiled brightly at him, "Surprise? This is my return gift to you."
Onlookers: "..."
We salute you, brave warrior.
You dare to offend the young master of the Fu family.
Fu Ran narrowed his eyes, looking at her, his expression extremely grim.
He had underestimated her.
To be able to create such a realistic fake audio!
It was truly a waste of her talents to be a student at the Fine Arts Academy!
"I'll give you a chance to explain, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?" Lu Youran tilted her head nonchalantly.
Fu Ran sneered, "Otherwise, you can try to see how much power I have in the Fine Arts Academy."
"The power to twist black into white and call a deer a horse?" Lu Youran scoffed.
Fu Ran's brow furrowed slightly. Lu Youran said, "You and I both know what we actually discussed at the time. Since you're not playing by the rules, don't blame me for using underhanded tactics."
Lu Youran took a step forward, her 1.58-meter height belying her 1.85-meter aura.
"Fu Ran, even if you are the Fu family's young master and the student council president, you can't mess with my lion's head meatballs!"
Fu Ran: "?"
"I waited in line for so long, and you couldn't even leave me one?!"
Thinking of this, the young girl was still furious!
Fu Ran: "??"
She was actually angry because of the lion's head meatballs?!
Simply bizarre.
However...
Fu Ran instantly had a plan.
Three days later, under the scorching sun.
Fu Ran led members of the student council towards Company Nine.
When they arrived, the drill instructor was asking, "Feeling good?"
Company Nine, squatting on the ground and grimacing, paused for a moment before replying, "Good!"
Instructor: "Excellent, add three more minutes!"
Company Nine: "..."
Instructor: "It's not me rewarding you, it's you rewarding yourselves."
Company Nine: "..."
"Are we still going over?" someone asked Fu Ran.
"They're training right now, it's not appropriate."
Fu Ran stood under the shade of a tree, arms crossed, watching the spectacle.
Then, he took out his phone and adjusted the focus.
Click—
Several contorted, ugly photos were captured.
Three minutes later, the instructor: "Let me ask again, feeling good? Be honest."
Company Nine immediately replied: "Not good!"
Instructor: "Excellent, add three more minutes!"
Company Nine despaired.
Fu Ran squinted his eyes and stepped forward, saying, "Instructor, it's hot today, how about we have some watermelon first?"
As he spoke, the student council members carried over watermelons.
The instructor nodded, "Alright, rest first, have some watermelon."
Lu Youran's eyes lit up instantly.
Watermelon!
Happy!
Happy your mom!
"What do you mean by this?"
Lu Youran glared at Fu Ran, her cheeks puffed out.
Fu Ran said with a serious face, "I'm truly sorry, the survey was not meticulous enough, and there was one less portion for you."
The watermelon was cut by him, and the last few slices were cut quite roughly.
So...
Lu Youran understood, "You deliberately came to mess with me today!"
Fu Ran smiled, "How could I? It's purely a coincidence."
"Hmph."
Lu Youran looked down at her phone, ignoring him.
Fu Ran turned to leave but inadvertently saw the distinct line of her neck, exposed by the sun.
It was covered in sweat beads.
Lu Youran, who was angrily scrolling through her phone, suddenly paused.
Then, with a delighted expression, she ran over to Wen Tingxue.
"Xuebao, Xuebao!"
"Look!" She flipped her phone over, the screen displaying Yu Wenli's profile picture.
Against the sunlight, in a camouflage uniform.
"This..." Wen Tingxue was stunned, "Where did this photo come from?"
Why didn't she have it?
Lu Youran exited the interface, "Here, Weibo hot search."
Every year during military training, a batch of handsome guys and beautiful girls would go viral, and this year was no exception.
However, the heat was earlier than in previous years.
Wen Tingxue tapped it and saw that many people were commenting on Yu Wenli's photo.
[Is this the level of beauty I can see?!]
[I'm speechless, all I can say is handsome!]
[Please weld that camouflage uniform onto him.]
"Looking at the popularity, it should go viral soon," Lu Youran said.
Wen Tingxue's scrolling fingers paused, "Can it really go viral?"
Lu Youran opened her mouth, but before she could speak, she heard people around her discussing.
"Wow! Did you see the Weibo hot search? That new student from the music academy is so handsome!"
"Saw it, saw it! Absolutely stunning! I heard his name is... Yu Wenli?"
"I declare, he is my new husband! If he enters the entertainment industry, I will definitely be a fan!"
"He seems to be in a band, and he was popular once before..."
Lu Youran gestured with her chin, "Do I need to ask? He's this popular, I estimate he'll go viral by lunchtime."
"Oh."
Wen Tingxue nodded thoughtfully.
If it could really go viral, it would be a good thing for him, but she was afraid...
"Here."
Fu Ran returned, holding a very large slice of watermelon.
Lu Youran squinted suspiciously, "Is it poisoned?"
Fu Ran sneered, "It won't kill you."
With that, he shoved the watermelon into her hand and turned to leave.
Lu Youran sniffed it, confirmed it was fine, and took a big bite.
Sweet and juicy!
Refreshing!
Finally, it was noon. Wen Tingxue eagerly took out her phone and opened Weibo.
As she had feared, her worries had come true.
That trending topic, including Yu Wenli's photo, had completely disappeared.
As if it had never existed.
At this moment, at Lin's Media.
Kang Wei pushed open the door to the President's office, her face flushed with anger, "Did you buy the hype for him?!"
Ahhh, I'm so sorry!!
It's almost New Year's, and I'm really busy with work, so I don't have time to write. The remaining two chapters will be posted later and will be available in the morning.
[PS: I feel like the supporting characters have a bit too much screen time in the recent chapters. If you don't like it, I'll try to simplify their roles.]