Chapter 17

<details><summary>Characters List</summary></details>

<details>Le Han – Main Character</details>

<details>Gua Gua Gu – In-game main character’s name Daji / Enchanting Imperial Concubine – In-game alternate character’s name</details>

<details>Qi Xun – Male Lead</details>

<details>Mu Yi Cheng Zhou / Mu God – In-game main character Zhan Ge – In-game trumpet’s name</details>

<details>Zhou Yao – Qi Xun’s best friend</details>

<details>Meng Bu Meng – In-game main character’s name</details>

<details>Emperor of Qi – Zhou Yao’s husband</details>

<details>Lu Jiao – In-game main character’s name</details>

<details>Qin Yuyuan (Princess Qin) – Qi Xun’s pursuer</details>

<details>Axue – In-game main character’s name</details>

<details>Zhang Yang (Prince Tang) – Le Han’s pursuer</details>

<details>Qiao Rui – Le Han’s roommate and friend</details>

<details>He Yiming – Le Han’s previous crush and senior student</details>

<details>Zhao Yifei – Le Han’s high school classmate</details>

<details>Yu Manman – Le Han’s high school classmate and He Yiming’s ex-girlfriend</details>

Edited by Bubbles

On the stage of the small theater, the host was still speaking. From time to time, Qiao Rui would look back to the audience, frown slightly, and absently answer the questions that had been prepared in advance.

At the back of the auditorium, where the lights were not very bright, Le Han and the girl in front of him were still deadlocked.

When Le Han heard the girl say the name of the man, his body became even stiffer. He didn’t expect to meet these two people here at the same time.

The girl’s friend looked at Le Han, sneered, and looked like she was too lazy to care about it. She turned her head away.

However, the girl didn’t plan to just let this matter go and coldly said, “Hey, what about my clothes?”

Le Han moved his lips, frowned, and said, “I don’t have a tissue with me.”

“I don’t care. Find a way to clean it for me,” the girl said as she stared at Le Han.

As Le Han wanted to say something, he smelled a familiar scent approach from behind him. He couldn’t help but tense when a hand passed his side from the back and handed a tissue to the girl.

A cold voice sounded behind Le Han’s ear, “Take it.”

The girl’s eyes moved to the person behind Le Han; for a moment, she looked at the tissue with a smile, then took it from the other’s hand and slowly wiped her clothes.

Le Han froze on the spot and then stepped forward to leave.

However, his wrist was suddenly caught, and the man behind turned him around and took out another tissue to wipe the stains on his body.

Le Han dodged and said in a low voice, “No, thank you.”

But the other party’s strength was too great; Le Han struggled twice and couldn’t get away. He carefully looked at both of his sides and didn’t move too much, not wanting to attract other people’s attention.

When the girl saw this, her expression turned cold once more.

The person in front of Le Han quietly helped him clean his clothes and didn’t say a word to him. The other party stood very close, and his temperament was as cold as usual. Le Han knew that as long as he raised his eyes, he would look at the man’s face, and perhaps he would see his quiet and focused appearance.

How much he’d liked this person before was how much he now wanted them to stay away from each other.

“That’s enough, don’t wipe it!” Le Han pushed He Yiming’s hand away.

As soon as this happened, the girl could no longer hold her breath. She squeezed the tissue into a ball and said, “You two came together?”

Le Han didn’t want to talk to her, so he didn’t give her any attention. The man in front of Le Han didn’t say a word either and ignored the girl. He glanced at Le Han and stuffed the tissue into his pocket.

The girl angrily said, “He Yiming!”

Le Han was a little annoyed and said to the person in front of him, “Okay, let go of my hand.”

He Yiming slightly narrowed his eyes.

Le Han stared at him and said, “Let go of me!”

After that, he tried to get away again, but the other party was still motionless. Le Han didn’t know what the man was thinking, and he got a little angry.

The girl stood there, staring angrily at the two men who ignored her. “I’m talking to you!”

The girl’s friend didn’t want to get involved at first, but seeing that her friend was in an awkward situation, she turned around and said to Le Han, “Little three.”

Le Han was stunned. He turned his head to look at her, and asked, “Who are you talking about?”

“Who do you think it is?” The girl’s friend continued and said, “Disgusting gay. When you see a man, you not only want to jump on him but also seduce other people’s boyfriends!”

Le Han always knew that the other party hated him. This was not the first time he’d heard such aggressive words. When they were in the same class in high school, she wasn’t the only one who hated him.

Le Han didn’t understand where the ‘little three’ in the other party’s mouth came from.

Le Han had liked He Yiming long before Yu Manman ever got to know him. When the two people got together at the end of the last semester, Le Han didn’t have much contact with He Yiming and even deliberately avoided him. As for their meeting at the beginning of this semester, it was accidental. When they had met, He Yiming went crazy. Le Han never thought that the other would do something like that. It was like getting to know the man again, and it was a bitter disappointment.

Before that, when he was heartbroken, although he was sad, he still couldn’t help but have a little nostalgia for his senior. However, he really didn’t have any ideas about He Yiming.

A week ago, Le Han had heard from a friend of the Public Policy Department that the two had broken up.

When Yu Manman first contacted He Yiming, Le Han knew that she was playing tricks on him and thought he was disgusting. To be honest, even if he was in college, Le Han felt that he couldn’t completely get rid of the main force that had been bullying him since his senior year in high school. It was really bad luck. It only took a bit more than two months for them to fall in love and break up. Meanwhile, Le Han worked hard and didn’t bother with them. He didn’t care why they broke up, but how could it be related to him?

Le Han knew that he absolutely had nothing to do with He Yiming, so he looked back at the other and wanted him to explain.

However, Le Han didn’t expect that when He Yiming heard Yu Manman’s words, he paused slightly and didn’t mean to explain at all. He only looked at Le Han as if to observe his reaction.

Le Han angrily asked, “What the hell is going on? What do you mean?”

He Yiming finally opened his mouth, looked fixedly at Le Han, and said, “I have always wanted to know.”

Le Han was stunned. At this moment, he noticed something wrong because of the other person’s eyes and tone. Le Han was a little surprised and doubted whether he was thinking too much, but He Yiming’s eyes were so direct that they didn’t hide anything. He froze for a moment, suddenly laughed and shook his head slowly, both in disbelief and mockery.

He Yiming twisted his eyebrows.

Yu Manman scolded, “Le Han, you are cheap—”

“That’s enough.” He Yiming clasped Le Han’s hand, took a step forward to block him, and faintly said, “It has nothing to do with him.”

“It has nothing to do with him?” At first, Yu Manman only wanted to vent her anger by cursing a few words, but He Yiming’s actions made her grit her teeth. Regardless of the occasion, she asked, “He Yiming, it’s all like this, and you still dare to say that it has nothing to do with him?”

He Yiming’s tone was very calm, but his words were incomparably direct and made Yu Manman’s expression distort and twist. “It’s my decision to have a relationship with you, and it’s also my decision to break up with you. You and I have nothing to do with Le Han. If we really want to say there is a relationship—”

He Yiming chuckled and continued, “Then I’m afraid that I am not the only one whose original intention was related to him.”

After they broke up, because of their own reasons, they had never seriously talked about it. In fact, Yu Manman had a bomb buried in her heart, and as long as He Yiming ignited it, it would explode. Although she had never imagined they would discuss this issue on such an occasion, she didn’t expect to get this kind of answer from He Yiming.

—He Yiming knew the purpose of Yu Manman’s approach from the very beginning, and he might’ve even known about the feast between her and Le Han a long time ago!

She pretended for so long, but he actually knew everything!

Yu Manman’s face suddenly turned red and then turned white again.

Le Han was still in a daze. Hearing this, he suddenly raised his eyes and looked at the man’s back.

Yu Manman’s voice became sharp and trembled. “He Yiming, why on earth did you date me?”

He Yiming spoke slowly, “Are you sure you need me to explain why?”

Yu Manman seemed to be stabbed, and her whole body trembled.

For what reason?

From the beginning of their relationship, He Yiming had been absent-minded just like a cloud, distant and uncertain, as if he had never taken her seriously. And just after two perfunctory and ridiculous months, the man broke up with her.

After the breakup, Yu Manman was uncomfortable and forced herself to stare at He Yiming’s every move in a masochistic manner. She watched silently, not knowing what he was thinking, and there was no clear next step. Yu Manman was puzzled at first, but after following him secretly several times, she found that he intentionally or unintentionally approached Le Han. Yu Manman recalled the contact between the two men in the past, and she gradually guessed the cause of He Yiming’s series of actions.

What did He Yiming date her for?

—In fact, He Yiming didn’t care about the person he dated at all. He just needed a tool to determine his own mind! He actually liked Le Han!

At first, Yu Manman had approached He Yiming just to provoke Le Han. But He Yiming was well-regarded, handsome, and outstanding. How could Yu Manman be indifferent? She didn’t know that one day she would become a stepping stone for Le Han! Moreover, she didn’t think that He Yiming would actually use her and humiliate her so simply and cruelly!

Because she didn’t want to face the matter directly, she never asked He Yiming. But now, she finally couldn’t help but ask, and the answer she got was as cruel as she’d thought.

Yu Manman’s friend couldn’t help scolding, “Scumbag! That’s disgusting! What do you take Manman for?”

Le Han’s voice suddenly sounded, and he said coldly, “Let go.”

He Yiming turned his head and said in a low voice, “Wait a minute. I have something to tell you.” He Yiming didn’t expect to meet Le Han today and talk about this topic. But since it happened, he must say what he wanted to say.

Le Han looked at He Yiming directly; his voice was chilly and he punctuated every single word, “I, said, let, go.”

Before, although Le Han was disappointed with He Yiming, his attitude had never been so cold. He Yiming was slightly startled and a little confused.

Le Han said, “If you don’t let go, I’ll beat you up.”

He Yiming frowned and tried to explain, “Le Han, I—”

At this time, Yu Manman threw away her milk tea, rushed forward, clasped He Yiming’s shoulder, and slapped him on the face.

Even before this, their quarrel had already attracted the attention of some students. As soon as He Yiming was slapped, the onlookers began to discuss, and some people even took pictures. He Yiming was already the object of gossip in the campus forum. Now that such a big drama had happened, how could everyone not pay attention to it?

He Yiming’s face was slapped, and his eyebrows furrowed. He noticed the camera’s flash on the side and blocked Le Han’s body.

But how could Yu Manman let Le Han go? After she hit He Yiming, she moved her hand to slap Le Han. Her eyes were red, and she gasped for breath.

Le Han’s body trembled all over, and his head was buzzing. He gritted his teeth, pushed He Yiming away, and took his hand back. However, the force was too big, and his foot was tripped by Yu Manman’s friend. When he stepped back, he couldn’t stand firm. Hurriedly, to not let his back touch the ground, he turned around and fell on the floor directly!

“Le Han!”

“Le Han!”

Two voices sounded— one was He Yiming, who was restricting Yu Manman, while the other came from the front. When Le Han looked up, he saw Qiao Rui anxiously running over with his guitar on his back, followed by two tall and handsome men.

One of them scolded, “Fuck, what happened!”

The other put his hands in his pockets and followed lazily. When he saw the situation, he straightened his back, took his hands out, and quickly stepped forward.

He Yiming wanted to help Le Han up so his hands subconsciously loosened, thus allowing Yu Manman to break free and rush to Le Han like crazy.

Qiao Rui rushed over, held Yu Manman, and pushed her away. “Damn, what are you acting so crazy for!”

Le Han got up from the ground, was supported by a pair of hands, and a low and sweet voice sounded above his head, “Is everything okay?”