Chapter 38: Growing Reputation
Chapter 38: Growing Reputation
After Lin Mu and the other three left, Xing Weilong and his crew still sat in the car, stunned.
“What the heck, was I hearing things just now? Did you guys hear anything?”
“Huh? What did you say, Brother Long?”
The underlings immediately looked at each other, not understanding what Xing Weilong was talking about.
“From the way they were talking just now, that brat Lin Mu actually stayed with those women last night?”
Xing Weilong said it himself, but even he had a hard time believing it.
“You must have misheard, Brother Long, that’s impossible! Who could possibly stay with those tigresses?”
His buddies shook their heads like shaking drums.
“Didn’t any of you hear it? That brat said when he got up, all three of them were still sleeping. Damn! They really stayed together last night!”
Xing Weilong grabbed his own hair and let out a sharp cry.
“Brother Long, it must be an illusion!”
“Damn it, what’s so special about that brat! They actually stayed together! My Yuru! She couldn’t possibly have already been…?!”
The thought of the four of them staying together immediately brought all kinds of indecent images into Xing Weilong’s mind, and he let out another miserable wail.
“Hurry, I need to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible. My Yuru, you absolutely can’t be ruined by this brat!”
Xing Weilong anxiously ordered his underlings to quickly investigate and get everything clear.
“Don’t worry, Brother Long! We’ll find out soon!”
On the other side, Li Guangrui was completely dumbfounded. He had been fully devoted to pursuing Song Yuru, and now, hearing this news, he was so angry his nose seemed crooked.
Basically all the students at Donghai University knew he was pursuing Song Yuru, but she had actually already moved in with another man. How could he ever show his face at school again?
“Investigate! Investigate thoroughly for me! Dig up everything about that kid, find out about his ancestors for eighteen generations!”
His face pale with anger, Li Guangrui trembled all over.
“Yes, young master, we’ll go investigate right away!”
Several attendants quickly nodded in agreement.
“Beauty Ye, Zixi, little ancestor, this is school. Don’t hang all over me like this; it doesn’t look good.” Seeing the murderous looks from the guys around, Lin Mu gave a bitter smile.
“It’s fine. I don’t mind, so why do you care?” Ye Zixi continued to hook her arm around Lin Mu’s shoulder, completely ignoring the stares from people around.
“That beauty looks kind of familiar!”
“Yeah, I think she was two grades ahead of us, right?”
“Right! Isn’t that Ye Zixi, the school beauty from two years ago?”
“Whoa! It really is her! Wasn’t Song Yuru in the same year as her?”
“Who’s that guy? How can he hang out with three great beauties? Such incredible luck!”
“Ye Zixi is throwing herself at him, and he actually doesn’t want it. I’m so envious, man!”
“What do you know? This is called playing hard to get. He’s an absolute idol! If I could be like him, I’d die happy!”
“Listen, just listen to how many guys envy you. They want it but can’t get it! And here you are complaining!”
Poking Lin Mu’s waist, Ye Zixi giggled.
Lin Mu heard those male students clearly, but he felt quite depressed. Those guys made him out to be some kind of love god, but in his heart, he was really pure!
After cultivating for tens of thousands of years, he didn’t even have a cultivation partner. His heart was completely devoted to cultivation!
Seeing Lin Mu’s frustrated look, Song Yuru couldn’t help but chuckle too. She changed her position and hooked onto Lin Mu’s other arm.
Being hooked by Ye Zixi wasn’t too bad, but his right arm in Song Yuru’s embrace was different. With senses far beyond ordinary people, Lin Mu could very clearly feel the swell of Song Yuru’s chest.
He could even faintly feel a small, hard bump constantly rubbing against his arm.
For the other students, it was an incredibly envious scene, but for Lin Mu, it was sheer torture. In this regard, he was still a novice.
Since Song Yuru had to go to class, the group soon separated, and Lin Mu went to another classroom.
Having followed them all the way, Xing Weilong, who finally saw the four split up, quickly huffed and puffed as he ran over. “Miss Ye, I’d like to ask you something.”
“Xing Weilong, is there anything between us to talk about?”
Ye Zixi looked the fatty up and down, then shook her head with a laugh.
“Miss Ye, I already apologized for yesterday’s matter. Besides, it wasn’t a big deal. Please be magnanimous and forgive me!”
Xing Weilong beat around the bush. “I just wanted to ask you, did that brat Lin Mu stay with you all last night?”
“Whether they stayed together or not, what’s it to you?”
Ye Zixi completely ignored Xing Weilong, pulling Ling Xuanrong as she walked the other way, showing no intention of dealing with him.
Being ignored again, Xing Weilong trembled with anger all over, but there was nothing he could do. In terms of family background, Ye Zixi’s origins were even greater than his. Unless absolutely necessary, he didn’t want to fall out with Ye Zixi.
Moreover, Ye Zixi had practiced martial arts since childhood and was said to have reached a very high realm. Although he didn’t know what level that was, none of his underlings could handle Ye Zixi.
“Brother Long! If we can’t do it openly, we’ll do it in secret. Why don’t we find a way to kidnap her? She simply doesn’t take Brother Long seriously at all!” one underling suggested.
Slap!
Xing Weilong directly slapped him. “If you want to die, don’t drag me down with you! A woman like that will naturally have someone to deal with her; we don’t need to worry about it. Go investigate and get information for me now!”
“If I don’t get this matter cleared up, I can’t eat or sleep well. My heart keeps racing; it’s really annoying!”
Xing Weilong glared angrily at his underling, then sinisterly watched the two girls’ retreating backs.
Since you’re helping Lin Mu so much, I’ll find someone to thoroughly mess with him. Hmph! Trying to play with me? You’re still too young!
Watching the two girls’ figures get farther away, Xing Weilong secretly hardened his heart. His small, round eyes shifted slightly, and he immediately thought of a dirty trick.
“You, come here.”
Xing Weilong pointed at another underling.
“Brother Long, what are your orders?”
“Go check immediately whether that Jian Shixiang is still in the Martial Arts Club.”
Xing Weilong gave a sinister smile, stroking his fleshy chin.
Lin Mu had no idea that so many people were plotting behind his back. After entering the classroom, he scanned the seats and couldn’t help feeling somewhat disappointed.
After these past couple of days, having been spoiled by three beauties, Lin Mu’s standards had become pickier. Seeing that there wasn’t a single beauty in the classroom, his mood for attending class immediately sank.
Without much selection, seeing an empty seat next to a four-eyed girl, Lin Mu walked straight over.
After shopping all day with Song Yuru and the others, and being groomed from head to toe, Lin Mu was no longer his previous self. Now, he could be considered a handsome guy.
“Wow, since when did our school get another super handsome guy!” A female student, upon seeing Lin Mu, was immediately shocked by his good looks.
“So handsome! He’s definitely at the level of a school heartthrob! How come we never noticed him before?”
“Ah! He’s totally my type!” A chubby girl’s eyes sparkled with little red hearts, staring at Lin Mu like a lovesick fool.
The originally very calm classroom suddenly became somewhat noisy because of Lin Mu’s appearance. There was male students’ jealousy, female students’ admiration—all kinds of emotions.
“Classmate, may I sit here?”
Lin Mu walked up to the four-eyed girl. Before she could react, Lin Mu had already sat down by himself.
Just then, Ling Xuanrong and Ye Zixi also walked into the classroom. Seeing Lin Mu sitting with a completely unremarkable four-eyed girl, they immediately covered their mouths and giggled.
After sitting next to the four-eyed girl, Lin Mu noticed that this female classmate was quite tall—only a head shorter than him, at least 175 centimeters.
But she wore glasses, seemed a bit dull, and her clothes showed she wasn’t very good at dressing up. At this moment, Lin Mu automatically ignored the fact that just one day ago, he himself had been a country bumpkin.
After one large public class finished, the morning had passed. Lin Mu, whose stomach had been growling with hunger for a while, didn’t go out to eat with the three girls. Instead, they had a meal at the school cafeteria.
Lin Mu, who had originally planned to get his own food, was pressed down onto the bench by Song Yuru, who told him to wait there obediently. Then she went to the service window to get food.
“Just sit. Yuru is like this—every time we come with her, she’s the one who gets the food; she never lets us go.” Ye Zixi giggled and sat down closely next to Lin Mu.
It was exactly lunchtime, and the cafeteria was frighteningly crowded with students, packed everywhere. Only Lin Mu sat there leisurely, with two beauties beside him and another beauty getting food for him.
This kind of treatment immediately made many male students envious. In an instant, Lin Mu’s popularity at school rose significantly.
Xing Weilong, who had followed them to the cafeteria, was even more enraged when he saw Lin Mu like this.
But he didn’t know that the moment he entered the cafeteria, everyone’s eyes focused on him, because many people knew that Xing Weilong was pursuing Song Yuru.
“Brother Long, something’s off. Why is everyone looking at you as soon as you came in?” An underling gently nudged Xing Weilong and cautiously said.
Xing Weilong looked around, and it was true. Especially many male students were looking over, but when they met his gaze, they quickly looked away.
After a moment’s thought, he figured out what was going on. He almost spat out blood in anger—these people were clearly waiting to see him make a fool of himself.
If he didn’t make a statement today, he probably wouldn’t be able to hold his head up at school anymore.
For the sake of his reputation, Xing Weilong braced himself and walked straight toward Lin Mu’s table. No matter what, he had to make a statement today; otherwise, how could Brother Long continue to mix in this school?
Seeing Xing Weilong walk straight over, Ye Zixi did not look pleased to see him. She turned her head and said coldly, “This table is full. Go somewhere else. Don’t go looking for trouble!”