Chapter 10 : Chapter 10
Chapter 10. He Didn’t Bring Breakfast, and Lin Wan Was Furious
Huazhong University, Ceremony Hall.
The pleasing notes of violin and piano echoed all around. Onstage, Lin Wan held her violin and played through clenched teeth.
If the music had not covered it up, the students watching the rehearsal might well have heard her stomach growling.
That was right. She had not eaten breakfast. No, that was not quite right. It should be said that the bastard Jiang Yichen had actually dared not bring her breakfast today!
Jiang Yichen, you petty little man. What was wrong with me pursuing a better future?
You used my family to threaten me in order to keep me tied down, and now you still have not taken the initiative to bow your head and admit your mistake. You even stopped bringing me breakfast!
You are shameless and despicable. If you have any guts at all, then do not come to the graduation ceremony. We will see whether I forgive you or not. Hmph!
Dressed in the White Swan gown Jiang Yichen had given her, with a pair of snow-white wings hanging from her back, Lin Wan endured her hunger and continued performing.
“Wow! Senior Lin Wan is so beautiful. I’ve seen that swan gown before. I think it costs over ten million. Senior Lin Wan is really rich.”
“Exactly. Senior Lin Wan is also the only student in our school who got a guaranteed spot in Huaxia’s number one Yanhuang Team. With an S-rank talent, being able to enter the top team must have taken no idea how much effort.”
“A perfect senior like Lin Wan already has a boyfriend. What a pity.”
“Lin Wan’s boyfriend? Isn’t that Jiang Yichen, the one who ranked dead last in the graduation mock assessment? He only reached the Second Realm after four years of cultivation. He is a complete waste. How is he worthy of Senior Lin Wan?”
“So what if he is useless? Jiang Yichen has money. Do you? Stop running your mouth.”
“You—”
“Are you insane? He is the eldest young master of the Chu family. We can’t afford to provoke him.”
The moment everyone heard that, the words at the tips of their tongues were swallowed back down. They looked displeasedly toward the back, where Chu Xingchen stood in his graduation robes.
The Chu family ranked fourth in Huaxia. People from ordinary families like them simply could not afford to offend someone like that.
“Hero Chu, tone it down a little. We promised Brother Yichen we would not reveal his identity. Do not let it slip just because you speak too fast.”
At the side, Tang Long, the young master of the Tang family, who was somewhat plump, hurriedly tugged at Chu Xingchen and reminded him in a low voice.
They were both descendants of top-tier families and had grown up together, so their relationship was fairly good.
It was just that after Jiang Yichen fell for Lin Wan, he started borrowing money everywhere to support the team. His friends, classmates, and even their counselor all began avoiding him, and their relationships gradually grew distant.
Chu Xingchen let out a cold snort and crossed his arms. “I simply cannot stand certain women who rely on other people’s help and then smugly mistake that for their own ability.”
“She even has a male best friend, Ye Chengyu, the Student Union President. She has no shame at all.”
Tang Long shrugged, making his double chin even more obvious. “Stop trying to uphold justice. If you lay a hand on Lin Wan, Jiang Yichen will be the first to come after you.”
Speechless, Chu Xingchen turned around and was about to leave.
But then he saw Ye Chengyu, dressed in a Student Union uniform and wearing heavy makeup, neither masculine nor feminine in appearance, hurrying into the hall with a whole group of people.
The two of them could not help pausing in their tracks. Yet Ye Chengyu did not even glance at them and instead walked straight onto the stage, interrupting the rehearsal.
The audience below the stage was also left baffled.
“Wan’er, Jiang Yichen still hasn’t come? No one has arranged the ceremony venue yet, and there are only five hours left before it starts.”
Ye Chengyu spoke anxiously, his sharp, feminine voice so shrill that everyone around could hear it.
The expressions of the surrounding students immediately turned strange.
Tang Long and Chu Xingchen also showed surprise.
In the past, whenever Lin Wan attended an event, Jiang Yichen would arrive ten hours early, personally set up the venue, and prepare surprises for her so that she would become the center of attention for everyone.
And now he still had not arrived? Something was definitely off.
“I... I don’t know. What is wrong with him? He did not send anyone to set up the venue either?” Lin Wan was surprised as well.
Jiang Yichen had never been like this before. Fine, he had not brought her breakfast today, but now he was not even coming to arrange the venue. What on earth was he trying to do?
Ye Chengyu was growing anxious too. Setting up the stage was the Student Union’s job, but Jiang Yichen had always taken care of it in the past.
Now that Jiang Yichen was not coming, if the venue was left unfinished, the blame would ultimately fall on him alone.
“Wan’er, hurry and contact Jiang Yichen. Tell him to send people over immediately to set up the ceremony hall. This is his responsibility. If anything goes wrong, he will bear full responsibility.”
A sense of unease rose in Lin Wan’s heart. The last time she had brought up breaking up with Jiang Yichen, had he not begged for her forgiveness like a lapdog?
So how could things be like this now...?
She hurriedly took out her phone and dialed Jiang Yichen’s number.
“Sorry, the number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable.”
Hearing that, Lin Wan’s pupils contracted. She could not believe her ears.
That notification meant Jiang Yichen had blocked her.
Jiang Yichen, you dared to block me! You have really gone too far!
In the past, she had always been the one to block Jiang Yichen first. She had never suffered this kind of grievance before.
Lin Wan clenched her hand tightly and called several more times, but it still would not go through.
“Wan’er, how did it go? Is Jiang Yichen coming or not?” Ye Chengyu even forgot his dainty hand gesture as he snatched the phone from Lin Wan.
Number unavailable! This...
Ye Chengyu froze. The people below the stage did not know what was happening, but whispers had already begun to spread.
“What is going on? Senior Lin Wan’s boyfriend did not come? I remember that every time Senior Lin Wan showed up at an event, he was always right there beside her.”
“I’ve seen it too. That useless Jiang Yichen stuck to Senior Lin Wan all day long. It seriously made me want to hit someone.”
“Could they have had a fight? Did Jiang Yichen get angry and refuse to come?”
“Hah. Other than having a bit of money, he is beneath Senior Lin Wan in every way. He dares get angry?”
“...”
The murmuring of the students made both Ye Chengyu and Lin Wan look increasingly anxious.
“Wan’er, the last time you brought up breaking up, it did not turn out like this. What exactly happened?”
“If Jiang Yichen does not send people over, then with the Student Union’s manpower, there is no way we can finish setting up the venue in five hours.”
Ye Chengyu spoke in a low voice, his face full of urgency.
“I...” Lin Wan felt something stuck in her throat. For a moment, she could not answer at all. She did not know what exactly had happened to Jiang Yichen either.
But just as the two of them were at their wits’ end, a Student Union member suddenly rushed into the hall.
“President Ye, Jiang Yichen is here. He just arrived at the school gate, and he’s with Su—”
Before he could finish, Ye Chengyu’s eyes lit up at once, and he turned to stride off the stage. “Come on! Take me to him.”
Lin Wan also let out a sigh of relief, a smile curling her lips.
Was Jiang Yichen coming to apologize to her?
He had threatened her family, failed to bring her breakfast, and nearly caused her to lose face in front of everyone.
Even if he knelt to her, she would never forgive him!
Watching her male best friend leave, she ultimately gave up on chasing after him to demand an apology from Jiang Yichen herself.
Jiang Yichen would definitely come and apologize to her of his own accord. When that happened, she would make him give her an explanation.
“Hero Chu, looks like we were overthinking it. Brother Yichen is still the same old Brother Yichen. He has not changed at all.”
Below the stage, Tang Long shook his head and sighed.
But Chu Xingchen frowned. The anxiety on Ye Chengyu and Lin Wan’s faces just now had not been an act.
“Let’s follow them and take a look. Something about this feels off.”
He grabbed Tang Long by the collar and walked out of the hall.
At the school gate.
As Jiang Yichen and Su Linyu stepped out of the car, they immediately drew the attention of quite a few students.
After all, Su Linyu was the number one campus belle at Huazhong University, a genius with an awakened SSS martial talent, and the goddess admired by ninety percent of the male students on campus.
Jiang Yichen paid no attention to the looks around him and turned to instruct, “Uncle Feng, bring a camera. We’re going to take some pictures around the school.”
Uncle Feng stared blankly for a moment, then nodded.
“We? Take pictures?” Su Linyu, on the other hand, widened her round eyes and tilted her head as she pointed at herself.
Jiang Yichen smiled. “You do not want to take pictures with me? Then forget it...”
“Yes! I do! I really, really, really do!” Su Linyu hurriedly interrupted him, clasping her hands before her chest. “Ahhh, I can take pictures with Brother Yichen now. Heaven, I’m so happy.”
In the past, Brother Yichen had hidden from her every day, terrified that people would discover their engagement. She could only follow behind them and secretly photograph him.
Then she plastered his pictures all over her room so that she could see Brother Yichen the moment she woke up.
But now, Brother Yichen actually wanted to take pictures with her. She was so moved she nearly cried.
Tiny pearly tears even welled up at the corners of her eyes.
“...” Jiang Yichen had no idea how to respond. Why was she this excited just over taking a few pictures together?
“Let’s go.”
“All right, Brother Yichen.”
Under the dumbstruck gazes of the students around them, Jiang Yichen and Su Linyu walked into the school.
He had intended to find a place to take pictures, but then he saw more than a dozen people striding quickly in his direction.
Hm?
Jiang Yichen looked over. “Ye Chengyu...”
【Ding! A slacker choice has been triggered.】
【Choice One: Just like in your previous life, for Lin Wan’s sake, agree to Ye Chengyu’s demand to set up the ceremony venue. Reward: ‘Cuckold’ title.
Choice Two: Faced with Ye Chengyu’s moral coercion, you step forward and argue with him, then let his words ruin your wonderful mood for the day before leaving school in anger. Reward: ‘Peerless Idiot’ title.
Choice Three: Have the butler drive Ye Chengyu and the others away directly, then stroll around campus with Su Linyu, take photos at different spots, and enjoy the beauty of a slacker’s life in a cheerful mood. Reward: ‘Intermediate Slacker Gift Pack.’】