Chapter 44: Gu Yifan: College Life is So Good
"Ahem~"
While everyone was still stunned, Gu Yifan coughed, turned to Wang Zibo, and asked, "Zibo, what were you just saying you wanted to do?"
"Huh?"
Wang Zibo hadn’t processed the situation yet and replied, a bit dopily, "Go to the snack shop!"
"Oh!"
Gu Yifan nodded. "Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go!"
With that, he got up and walked straight toward the classroom door.
Wang Zibo still hadn’t snapped out of his daze, and Gu Yifan was already at the classroom door.
Seeing him just standing there, Gu Yifan turned his head and shouted irritably, "Hey, are you coming or not? Class is about to start! Go? My ass!"
"Ah! Oh, oh..."
Seeing this, Wang Zibo scrambled to his feet and followed.
They left behind a crowd of dumbfounded onlookers.
Han Ning’s hand, holding a lunchbox, froze in mid-air. She stared at Gu Yifan’s back, her delicate, lightly made-up face etched with grievance. Her nose stung, and her eyes instantly reddened. She turned and hurried back to her seat, tears finally streaming down her face.
She buried her face in her arms on the desk, her body trembling slightly. She felt utterly wronged!
...
"Holy shit!"
"Brother Fan, you actually rejected Princess Ning just now!"
"I mean, aren’t you afraid she’ll really start ignoring you from now on?!"
Walking on campus, Wang Zibo looked at Gu Yifan in utter shock.
Gu Yifan’s pace faltered slightly. He stopped, turned to his best friend, and said calmly, "Isn’t this better?"
Wang Zibo: "Brother Fan, you... This..."
"Sigh~"
"I just feel like... you’ve chased Princess Ning for so many years. To give up just like that now, it seems like a waste on your behalf."
He sighed softly, speaking with a hint of emotion.
"That’s just how feelings are. There’s no ’worth it’ or ’not worth it’."
"Besides, in three months, we’ll be in college, and everyone will go their separate ways!"
"Ending this ’ill-fated relationship’ early and embracing a new life—that’s the way to go!"
Gu Yifan said lightly.
"This..."
’He actually makes a lot of sense.’ Wang Zibo looked at his best friend with a complicated expression, momentarily at a loss for words.
"Alright, the gaokao is almost here. Don’t overthink it!"
"If you have that kind of free time, you’d be better off thinking about how you’re going to handle the mixed-gender beatdown from your parents when your barely-passing ’third-tier university’ scores come out!"
Gu Yifan glanced at him and said flatly.
Wang Zibo: "..."
While Wang Zibo was silent, Gu Yifan crossed his hands behind his head. He gazed at a snowman some kid had built near the snack shop a short distance away and said softly, "Honestly, high school is just a tiny part of your life. The girl you think is a goddess right now... just wait until you get to college. When you see beauties gathered from all over the country, then you’ll know what ’a hundred flowers vying for beauty’ really means!"
After hearing this, Wang Zibo suddenly felt that compared to his good brother Gu Yifan, his own perspective seemed a bit narrow.
He clenched his fists, feeling a secret thrill of excitement. His heart was suddenly full of anticipation for his upcoming college life.
"Oh, right!"
Just then, Gu Yifan suddenly pulled his gaze back, glanced at Wang Zibo, and said lightly, "By the way, let me just remind you: college life is the best!"
After saying that, he didn’t linger and walked straight into the snack shop.
"College life is the best...?"
Hearing Gu Yifan’s meaningful words, Wang Zibo paused. He stood there, muttering to himself.
He thought about it for a long while but still couldn’t figure out the meaning. Looking up, he saw that Gu Yifan had already entered the snack shop.
"Hey, Brother Fan, wait for me..."
He said, then hurriedly ran over.
As for Gu Yifan’s last sentence, he temporarily tossed it to the back of his mind. After all, the most important thing right now was to fill his stomach!
...
「A few minutes later.」
Gu Yifan and Wang Zibo walked into the classroom just as the bell for class rang.
The two had just returned to their seats when the head teacher of Class One, Year Three—Ye Xiangying—walked in on her high heels.
Ye Xiangying was a young woman who looked to be in her early thirties. Dressed in professional teacher’s attire with a pair of semi-rimless, gold-wired glasses, her mature aura was on full display.
"Class begins!"
She strode directly to the lectern by the blackboard. After sweeping her gaze across the room, she pushed up the gold-wired glasses on her nose and addressed the class coolly.
SHUFFLE~
In an instant, everyone reflexively stood up.
Seeing this, Wang Zibo hastily shoved the half-eaten piece of bread in his hand into his mouth and stood up with the others.
"Good morning, teacher~"
...
"COUGH, COUGH~"
He’d shoved it in too forcefully, and Wang Zibo choked so hard that tears almost came to his eyes.
’Just as I thought!’
’The movies are all lies!’
’This feels really uncomfortable!’
’Looks like if I get a girlfriend in the future, I can’t ever let her do this!’
’After all, a man has to cherish his own girlfriend!’
Wang Zibo thought, wanting to cry but having no tears.
His coughing was particularly jarring amidst the chorus of "Good morning, teacher~".
"Wang Zibo!"
Ye Xiangying, standing at the lectern, frowned and shouted his name.
"Huh?"
Startled at being called out, Wang Zibo was a bit bewildered.
"Mmph..."
After a three-second daze, he finally reacted, the sound coming out as an unintelligible mumble.
"What kind of look are you going for?"
"Are you practicing the Toad Style, or the Lion’s Roar?!"
"Hahaha..."
...
As soon as she said that, the entire class couldn’t help but turn to look at Wang Zibo. At the sight, they all burst out laughing, some even snorting like pigs.
Wang Zibo: "...-_-||"
Hearing the class’s laughter, his face turned beet red with utter embarrassment.
If a crack in the floor were to open up right then, he would have jumped into it in a heartbeat, wishing he could stuff his entire body inside.
Unfortunately, the girls in the class most likely wouldn’t have been willing!
So, he could only swallow his embarrassment and try his best to compose himself.
’Anyway, as long as I’m not the one who feels awkward, the awkward ones are them!’
He psychoanalyzed himself with some good old Ah Q spirit.
"BANG~!"
"Quiet!!!"
"What’s so funny? You think this classroom is a wet market?!"
"Did you get a perfect score on your language arts essay? Or a perfect score in math?!"
"Is it really that funny!?"
Ye Xiangying picked up a blackboard eraser and slammed it on the lectern, her face dark as she spoke.
HUSH~
The class fell silent in an instant, everyone lowering their heads, not daring to meet her gaze.
It couldn’t be helped.
During their school days, there were few students who weren’t afraid of their head teacher.
Seeing that no one dared to speak, Ye Xiangying said, expressionless, "Everyone sit down. Class is starting now."
SHUFFLE~
Without exception, everyone obediently sat down.
"Phew..."
Meanwhile, Wang Zibo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
And for good reason.
’Thank goodness that "old hag" of a head teacher didn’t keep picking on me. Otherwise, I would have had to spend another agonizing 45 minutes standing at the front of the classroom!’
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