Ch. 16
Chapter 16. Lin Wan Broke Up with Jiang Yichen in Public, and He Smiled
In the front row of the venue,
Jiang Yichen lay there comfortably while Su Linyu sat beside him, smiling as she fed him fruit.
Fortunately, everyone around them was a classmate who knew his identity. They could only put on faces full of envy, jealousy, and resentment.
“Brother Yichen, is it good?” Su Linyu blinked her bright, lively eyes and asked happily.
Jiang Yichen nodded. After thinking for a moment, he said, “Su Linyu, doesn’t waiting on me like this not really suit your status?”
“How could that be? Being able to take care of you, Brother Yichen, is the happiest thing in my life.”
Su Linyu set down the fruit platter and looked at him with affection in her eyes. “In the past, aside from bringing you breakfast, it was hard for me to see you at all.”
“But today I can finally get close to you, Brother Yichen. I even took a photo with you, fed you food... Oh my God! I almost feel like I’m dreaming.”
“Even if Brother Yichen already has Lin Wan in his heart, I’m still super, super satisfied.”
Jiang Yichen: (☉_☉)
Sigh. It was the same as ever. Su Linyu always made a huge fuss over even the tiniest bit of kindness he gave her.
But that was fine too. Being in a relationship was exhausting. You had to look after the other person’s emotions and think everything through for them...
In his previous life, he had nearly thrown away half his life just to pursue Lin Wan.
Now he only wanted to slack off. A personality like Su Linyu’s was actually much closer to his ideal.
“Brother Yichen, in a little while I have to go onstage as the student representative to give a speech. Can I go get ready?”
Suddenly, Su Linyu twisted her hands together and asked for his permission.
A smile touched Jiang Yichen’s lips. “That’s your business. You can decide for yourself.”
“No. Nothing is more important than you, Brother Yichen. I’ll only go if you agree.” Su Linyu was stubborn.
The corner of Jiang Yichen’s mouth twitched. “Fine. I agree.”
“Mhm! Thank you, Brother Yichen.” Su Linyu waved at him and walked toward the dressing room behind the stage.
Jiang Yichen watched her retreating figure and smiled.
Student representatives. He remembered that there had been two student representatives at the ceremony in his previous life. One was Lin Wan, who had received a guaranteed spot in the Yanhuang Team, and the other was the genius campus belle Su Linyu, who possessed the SSS-grade 【Vermilion Bird Blaze】.
And it had also been Su Linyu who, when Lin Wan publicly announced their breakup, stepped forward and confessed to him in an attempt to preserve his dignity.
But at the time, he had been completely out of his mind. In front of everyone, he had cursed Su Linyu and begged Lin Wan not to break up with him.
That eventually led to the Su family breaking off the engagement.
Heh...
Jiang Yichen shook his head. Now that he had decided to slack off, he only cared about his own comfort and happiness.
Scheme against me and break up with me? Then go ahead and enjoy yourselves. I’m done caring. Let’s see what you do after that.
He withdrew his gaze, only to suddenly notice that someone was staring at him.
With the enhancement of the Void Scripture and the Void Mirror, his perception of the surrounding space had grown sharper and sharper.
Jiang Yichen turned his head and saw five familiar figures come into view.
“The Yanhuang Team? What are they doing here?”
He was a little puzzled, but after a moment’s thought, he immediately shook his head. “What the hell does that have to do with me?”
In keeping with the system’s philosophy of slacking off, his own happiness came first.
As he ate and drank, Jiang Yichen kept feeling that something was missing.
This quality of life really was not good enough. Once he got home, he needed to spend some money and properly improve it.
A customized villa, a fusion of smart technology and formations, top-tier bedding and daily necessities... all of it had to be arranged.
While Jiang Yichen was thinking about this, the host, dressed in a formal and elaborate suit, walked to the center of the stage and began delivering the usual opening remarks.
“This graduation ceremony is not only the day you students part ways, but also the day you set out on a new journey to render meritorious service to Huaxia.”
“Here, I wish all of you excellent results in the graduation assessment three days from now. Slay demonic beasts and serve the nation.”
“Now then, let us invite Lin Wan to the stage. She is from Huazhong University and, indeed, the only student in the entire country to receive a guaranteed spot in Huaxia’s number one battle team, the Yanhuang Team. She will now deliver a speech to inspire all of our students.”
As soon as the host finished speaking, a wave of cheers for “Senior Lin Wan” erupted from the audience.
To receive a guaranteed spot in the number one battle team meant that one’s future path in martial arts would be practically smooth sailing.
“Wow, wow, wow, Lin Wan is coming out! I heard she doesn’t have the backing of a great family, so the fact that she got into the Yanhuang Team shows just how unbelievably hard she worked.”
“Exactly. Lin Wan is now the role model and goddess of ordinary martial arts students like us. I’m going to follow her example in the future too. Great families, talent... I still believe that Heaven rewards diligence.”
“Damn, whether you like it or not, Lin Wan is seriously amazing. I heard the Yanhuang Team is backed by Huaxia’s top great family, the Jiang family. That’s incredible.”
“...”
Listening to them, Jiang Yichen curled his lips into a faint smile. Some people always mistook the help they received from others for their own ability.
“Young Master Jiang, isn’t that your girlfriend? When you borrowed money before, you even mentioned her to me.”
“Yeah, your girlfriend is really incredible. There’s only one guaranteed national slot in the Yanhuang Team, and she managed to get it. That’s no small feat.”
“Young Master Jiang, you sure know how to play. You’ve got Miss Su by your side, and you’re also keeping such an impressive girlfriend outside. Tell us about it, will you?”
The classmates around him also came over to curry favor and flatter him.
【Ding! A slacking-off choice has been triggered.
Choice One: Just like in your previous life, do everything possible to explain your relationship with Su Linyu and prove that the only person you love is Lin Wan. Reward: the title of ‘Devoted Simp.’
Choice Two: In your previous life, you were so afraid Lin Wan would misunderstand that you exhausted yourself explaining things. After being reborn, you have chosen to slack off. Having two or three close confidantes is enough. Reject all ineffective socializing. Reward: ‘Low-level Slacking-off Gift Pack.’】
A choice had been triggered, and there were only two options. It seemed the level of slacking off involved was pretty low.
Jiang Yichen glanced back at his classmates, ignored them, and continued leisurely sipping the bottle of red wine worth ten million.
The classmates around him, who had been eagerly trying to win the Jiang family’s favor, felt as though a bucket of cold water had been dumped over their heads. Yet they did not dare voice their anger and could only shut their mouths in silence.
Tang Long and Chu Xingchen, who were seated not far away, were both stunned.
“This is one hundred percent wrong. In the past, whenever anyone misunderstood his relationship with Sister Linyu, Brother Yichen would explain himself desperately until the other person was completely convinced.”
“Today, not only is he being intimate with Sister Linyu, he’s not even explaining himself anymore. Could it be that he’s changed?”
Chu Xingchen frowned, his eyes full of disbelief as well. “Let’s keep watching. Getting Jiang Yichen to change is harder than ascending to heaven. He must be planning something.”
“That’s true. He spent four years licking after Lin Wan until he was humbler than a dog. How could that possibly change overnight?” Tang Long nodded and glanced toward Jiang Yichen in the front row.
【Ding! The host has made a slacking-off choice and obtained a ‘Low-level Slacking-off Gift Pack.’ Would you like to open it?】
Jiang Yichen looked at the probability of a low-level pack producing a Supreme-grade item.
Five percent!
Other than the guaranteed reward from a Supreme-grade gift pack, he had never gotten a Supreme-grade item from any other pack. That made this five percent even less likely.
“Open it.”
【Congratulations, Host. You have obtained: one million in funds, and 3 Middle-grade Miasma-Breaking Pills.】
???
Huh?
No, seriously? This lousy?
Jiang Yichen was speechless, but when he remembered that it was only a low-level gift pack, he found it understandable.
The Middle-grade Miasma-Breaking Pill was still decent enough. It was an essential pill for a Fourth-Realm Martial Master to break through into the Fifth-Realm Grandmaster. But since he cultivated automatically, he had no need for it.
System, hurry up and give me a slacking-off choice that rewards a Supreme-grade gift pack.
Jiang Yichen was filled with anticipation.
“Wow! Lin Wan is onstage! That dress is so beautiful!”
At that moment, a female student suddenly cried out in astonishment.
Hearing that, Jiang Yichen lifted his head and saw Lin Wan walking gracefully onto the stage in the White Swan gown he had gifted her, then taking the microphone from the host.
In an instant, the audience was dazzled by how beautiful she looked, and waves of cheers swept through the hall.
Jiang Yichen, however, remained utterly indifferent. There was not the slightest reaction on his face as he quietly watched the clown perform.
That was the beauty of a slacking-off life. Watching clowns make fools of themselves was also one way of keeping himself in a good mood.
After Lin Wan finished delivering a long speech onstage, the lights suddenly dimmed, and she looked in his direction.
“Today, aside from this speech, I also have one very important matter to announce.”
Lin Wan bit her lip and stared at Jiang Yichen below the stage, but she could not see the slightest trace of nervousness on his face.
“An important matter?”
At once, everyone’s attention turned to Lin Wan.
“Jiang Yichen! Our four years together weathered so much. Why did you betray me?!”
“We agreed that if I got into the Yanhuang Team, you would marry me, but you... you’re despicable and shameless!”
Lin Wan’s tearful voice rang throughout the entire venue, and on the giant screen behind her, intimate photos of Jiang Yichen and Su Linyu began to play.
In an instant, the entire hall fell into dead silence.
【Ding! A slacking-off choice has been triggered...】
Jiang Yichen, however, smiled.