Chapter 129: Zhang Yu’s Call

I gestured to Sister Lin to stay quiet and answered the call myself. 

The moment I picked up, Zhang Yu’s voice roared through the line: “Idiot, where the hell did you go? You just left without a word! Do you even consider me a brother?”  

“D*mn!” After holding it in for a while, I could only let out a single word.  

When Zhang Yu didn’t respond, I sighed and said, “I got into college. I didn’t tell you because I was worried you might not have passed!”  

“You got into college? Stop joking! With your sorry state, if you can get into college, I’ll smash my balls. Now tell me where you really are!” Zhang Yu clearly didn’t believe me.  

This wasn’t the time to feel sorry for his balls, so I firmly replied, “I really got in. I’m in the capital…”  

“The capital? Did you get into Ts!nghua or Pek!ng University?” Zhang Yu asked playfully, still doubtful.  

I coughed and then replied, “Well, not those two, but I got into Shenghua!”  

“I knew it! With your level, Shenghua is the best you could manage!” Zhang Yu laughed, but his voice suddenly stopped. Then, he shouted, “What the hell! Shenghua—Ch!na’s top university! Are you joking with me right now?”  

“This isn’t a joke…” Honestly, I couldn’t blame Zhang Yu for not believing me. Even though I worked hard for the last ten days before the college entrance exams, it was still hard to believe that I got into Shenghua.  

“D*mn! D*mn! D*mn!” Zhang Yu cursed three times before saying, “You lucky idiot!”  

“Come on, it’s called skill!” I replied smugly.  

“Ugh…” Zhang Yu sighed. “You’re lucky. Off to the capital while Fatty and I are stuck in this dump!”  

“You and Fatty are still in our hometown for college?” I asked, puzzled.  

Zhang Yu chuckled and swore, “You’re overestimating us. Fatty and I are in vocational schools, and we’re not even in the same one.”  

“I’ll come back to visit when I get the chance!” I sighed. Though Zhang Yu’s words weren’t the nicest, they warmed my heart.  

Although I shared a dorm with Lu Sen and the others now, our bond couldn’t compare to what I had with Zhang Yu and Fatty.  

We had spent two years together, and they had supported me through the toughest times in my life.  

“Gotta go! The dorm supervisor is here again. Let’s chat later!” Zhang Yu said as he prepared to hang up. But before he did, he added, “Take care of yourself over there. If it gets too tough, come back home…”  

Beep, beep, beep… 

The call ended, but I still whispered, “I will…”  

Sister Lin, noticing I put my phone away, asked, “Who called you?”  

“A friend you don’t know,” I replied with a smile.  

Sister Lin suddenly gave me a teasing grin. “Was it some girl who has a crush on my little brother?”  

“Uh… it was a guy!” I replied helplessly.  

Sister Lin exaggeratedly covered her mouth. “Wow, I didn’t think you had such a heavy taste—you like men!”  

“Hey! You’re the one who likes men!” I retorted indignantly.  

To my dismay, Sister Lin burst into laughter. “Of course, I like men!”  

Oh, great! I walked right into that one.  

“By the way, Sister Lin, what’s with all those cars parked with bottles of water on their roofs? I saw lots of girls taking the bottles and getting into the cars.” I quickly shifted the topic, both out of genuine curiosity and to avoid Sister Lin teasing me further.  

Sister Lin paused briefly, then laughed and said, “You’ll find out soon enough. I’m heading back to my dorm now. See you around!” With that, she turned and left.  

I wasn’t really expecting an answer, so I shook my head and headed back to my dorm.  

I needed to resolve the situation with Zhao Gao quickly and find an excuse to move out of the dorm. Otherwise, Mei’er and I wouldn’t have any chances to meet in the real world—it’d be too boring to only meet in the Purple Mansion.  

When I pushed open the dorm door and stepped inside, the door slammed shut behind me with a loud “bang!”  

Lu Sen and Hao Shuai were sitting on chairs, staring at me with serious expressions. The one who closed the door, Diao Sinan, returned to his seat and joined them, his gaze locked on me as well.  

Being scrutinized by three grown men made my skin crawl.  

“Spill it! What were you doing with that sophomore English department beauty?” Lu Sen barked.  

I gave an awkward chuckle. “We just took a stroll. Do you guys have to be so serious about it?”  

“Boss, Second Brother told me to ask if you went for some outdoor action with that beauty!” Diao Sinan asked earnestly.  

What the hell?  

Hao Shuai dropped his serious expression and laughed helplessly. “This has nothing to do with me. They dragged me into this.”  

“Third Brother, you can’t back out now! Otherwise, we’ll never find out what Boss did!” Lu Sen gave Hao Shuai an exasperated look.  

“Oh, so you know I’m the boss, yet you still want to interrogate me? Are you tired of living?” I said, moving toward Lu Sen.  

Seeing this, Lu Sen quickly pointed at Diao Sinan. “Boss, it wasn’t me! It was Fourth Brother’s idea!”  

“I didn’t do it!” Diao Sinan protested vehemently.  

I gave Lu Sen a playful smile. “Who’s going to believe that?” Then, I waved my hand. “Brothers, let’s teach him a lesson!”  

“Do you admit your mistake now?” I asked Lu Sen.  

Lu Sen looked like he was about to cry. “I was wrong! Just let my little brother go—he’s innocent!”  

“Okay, Fourth Brother, let him go!” Diao Sinan immediately released Lu Sen’s “little brother” after hearing my command.  

Hao Shuai and I let go of his arms and legs as well.  

Sigh, sometimes you have to show them who’s boss in the dorm.  

“By the way, what were you saying about the department beauty?” I asked, remembering Lu Sen’s earlier comment.  

Rubbing his sore spot, Lu Sen replied, “Oh, I was bored earlier and checked the school forum. There’s a pinned post discussing the campus beauties, and that girl you were with is one of them.”  

You’ve got to be kidding me! Sister Lin made it onto the campus beauty rankings? What a joke! Her che*st size is a fatal flaw!  

“Where is it? Let me see!” I gestured for Lu Sen to hand over his laptop.  

“Boss, I have it right here!” Diao Sinan handed me his laptop. I took a look and, sure enough, Sister Lin was on the campus beauty rankings—and ranked pretty high too.  

Looking at the photos, I finally understood. All the pictures only showed faces, like oversized ID photos.  

If it’s just based on looks, Sister Lin is absolutely goddess material. Heaven is fair, after all.  

Scrolling through, the forum was buzzing with discussions about the campus beauties. There was a thread about the campus hunks too, but the fangirls couldn’t compete with the power of the lecherous wolves.  

Naturally, that thread had been buried.  

The most popular thread at the moment was one discussing the freshmen campus beauties. I moved the cursor and clicked on the eye-catching thread titled, “Shenghua’s Freshman Campus Beauties Ranking—Photos Included!” 

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