Chapter 175
Ye Liangchen chuckled softly, pouring himself another glass of beer. He gazed at the golden liquid, raising it high: “Even if I endure countless hardships, all for the sake of a smile from the princess, this drink represents my half a lifetime of clarity, my madness for love.”
With that, he downed the drink in one go.
Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
Xue Shaohua felt an inexplicable surge of emotion and couldn’t help but applaud: “‘My half a lifetime of clarity, my madness for love’—that’s the most domineering thing I’ve ever heard.”
“Ye Liangchen, sometimes you really don’t seem like a student at all. You’re more like a seasoned adult, with those melancholic eyes, the carefree way you drink alone, and the maturity of your words!”
Ye Liangchen waved his hand casually: “Mature? Not really. I’ve just seen through the superficiality of the world.”
“As for what you call ‘style,’ I have no idea what that is. Everything I say comes from my heart.”
“If that’s what you mean by ‘style,’ then okay, I accept it.” A slight smile curved at the corners of his mouth.
With a confident toss of his hair, he added, “Actually, there are things you don’t know. What you see is just what I want you to see.”
Xue Shaohua flicked his hair back: “What do you mean?”
“It’s simple yet complex. It’s not that I don’t want to tell you; some things in life need to be understood on your own.”
To emphasize his depth, Ye Liangchen tilted his head at a forty-five-degree angle, raising his beer toward the moon above: “Let’s put it this way: you’ve only seen the first layer, while I’m already in the atmosphere.”
Even if Ye Liangchen faced defeat in front of Hu Yuying and the others, at twenty-eight, he found it easy to handle a college student.
What if they were from A University? In dreams, weren’t they all just working for him?
With that thought, Ye Liangchen downed his drink again.
Seeing him nearly choke, Xue Shaohua frowned and said, “You should drink less.” He didn’t want to be the one to take Ye Liangchen home.
Ye Liangchen coughed violently a couple of times, but to maintain his composure, he merely said, “What’s the point of saving this drink? Am I supposed to use it for reminiscing?”
“Xue Shaohua, do you know what life redemption means?”
Xue Shaohua shrugged: “What are you trying to say? That you’re some kind of redeemer?”
Snap!
Ye Liangchen snapped his fingers: “Bingo, you got it right.”
He chuckled self-deprecatingly: “Yes, I am indeed a redeemer, and the three people who need my redemption are Hu Yuying, Li Qingxue, and Lin Wanning.”
“Don’t laugh; I know you don’t believe me right now.” Ye Liangchen took a deep breath. “Time will prove everything.”
“Now, let me enjoy this moment, savoring these hard-won pleasures.”
With that, Ye Liangchen slowly stood up, closed his eyes, and spread his arms toward the moon in the sky.
In this peak era of non-mainstream society, his words and actions might seem foolish in the future, but for now, they symbolized a spirit of freedom.
Xue Shaohua couldn’t help but feel a sense of solemnity. For some reason, every time he saw Ye Liangchen make this gesture, he felt a sense of sanctity about him.
Especially now, as Ye Liangchen slowly retracted his arms and embraced himself.
“Even though they’ve been deceived by Long Aotian, do you see me panicking?”
As he spoke, Ye Liangchen tossed his hair back, two fingers resting on the bridge of his nose, slowly raising his gaze to Xue Shaohua.
It was a look of confidence, and at least Xue Shaohua could see that confidence shining through.
“So what’s your plan?”
“I’ve never liked a girl as much as I like Hu Yuying. She’s beautiful and has the perfect figure, like a lovely angel to me.”
At this point, a hint of regret flickered in Xue Shaohua’s eyes. He couldn’t understand why, despite being so outstanding—one of the top handsome guys in his class—he couldn’t seem to catch Hu Yuying’s attention.
No matter how hard he tried to attract her, he always ended up failing.
He had seen Long Aotian; in terms of looks, he was a bit rougher than himself.
Sure, he was a bit taller and more muscular, but Xue Shaohua felt he was only a hair’s breadth away from being better than Long Aotian.
That little bit could easily be compensated for with his sunshine, charm, and humor. So why wouldn’t Hu Yuying even glance his way or give him that heart-stirring smile?
He just couldn’t figure it out!
Clearly, he was so much better than that Long Aotian!
Ye Liangchen scoffed, shaking his head helplessly as he stood up and walked toward the front desk: “Excuse me, beautiful, do you have a pen I could borrow?”
With a flick of his hair and a confident smile, he approached.
The front desk beauty couldn’t help but twitch her lips, feeling a strange urge to dig her toes into the ground, but her professionalism kicked in, and she smiled as she nodded, retrieving a pen for him.
Ye Liangchen took the pen, turned to leave, but halfway there, he suddenly stopped, raising the pen high without looking back, his voice echoing with a bubbly tone: “Thanks!”
Back at his seat, Ye Liangchen smirked, saying, “Did you see that beauty smile at me just now?”
Xue Shaohua didn’t quite understand what Ye Liangchen was getting at, but he nodded along.
“What can I say? That’s just my charm. If I weren’t a redeemer, I’d have plenty of beautiful women around me.”
As he spoke, he twirled the pen in his hand, then pulled out a cigarette, writing three names on it.
In Xue Shaohua’s bewildered expression, Ye Liangchen slowly lit the cigarette: “Writing their names on a cigarette and inhaling it, isn’t that a unique way of merging our bodies...”
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Chapter 212: Liangchen Will Accompany You to the End
Xue Shaohua’s eyes lit up, and he looked at Ye Liangchen with newfound seriousness.
If before he thought Ye Liangchen had a bit of style, now he was ready to call him the strongest!
He quickly grabbed the pen from Ye Liangchen’s hand and wrote Hu Yuying’s name on the cigarette.
Watching Xue Shaohua’s actions, Ye Liangchen merely smiled and said nothing.
He had only shown a hint of his unremarkable strength, and Xue Shaohua was already convinced.
Shaking his head helplessly, he poured himself another drink. Just as he had said earlier, how could a princess understand the burdens of a knight?
His carefree demeanor was just a facade; inside, he was already riddled with wounds, recalling how Hu Yuying, Li Qingxue, and Lin Wanning had treated him today.
Even now, a faint pain lingered in his heart. How could they say such things about him?
He had given so much for them, yet they wanted to sever ties!
In his past life, all it took was a slight frown or a hint of sadness for them to worry about him...
“I never expected a butterfly’s flutter could cause such a big change.”
“But isn’t that what makes it interesting?”
With that thought, Ye Liangchen’s expression darkened. The darker side of him could now face Long Aotian head-on, taking two of his attacks without falling. Indeed, darkness made him three times stronger!
“I didn’t deny you any chances, but you rejected them all. Don’t blame me now.”
“When you all finally see Long Aotian’s true colors, wanting my redemption won’t be so easy. You’ll have to chase after him through the flames of your own making.”
He downed his drink in one go, then tapped his fingers on the table.
Seeing Xue Shaohua’s attention drawn to his actions, Ye Liangchen said in a low voice, “Keep an eye on Hu Yuying these days. If you see her jotting anything down, find a way to send me the contents!”
Hu Yuying was a business queen, having started her entrepreneurial journey in college. Although he was well-protected in his dreams, he had no idea what her business ventures entailed.
But if Xue Shaohua could sneak a photo of what she wrote, he could intercept it before it happened.
That was the price of rejecting him.
“You could have just accepted me and let things develop slowly, and everything would have been like in my dreams.”
“Unfortunately, you hurt me. I didn’t even hold it against you for being forced by Long Aotian, yet you dared to repeatedly reject me. That’s just too damaging to my fragile heart!”
This plan was just for Hu Yuying; he wouldn’t let Li Qingxue and Lin Wanning off the hook either.
In his past life, Long Aotian had resorted to underhanded tactics to win Li Qingxue’s heart, though he had managed to thwart them.
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