Black Myth: Starting from the Destined One-Chapter 55 - 51 A Grudge Over an Arrow

“Right, right, right. The two of you should spend some time together to cultivate your feelings. Who knows, we might become one family in the future.”

Huang Yi’an always felt that there was something between Li Ping’an and Wanyan Mengwen. Teasing them, he sat down in the police car, rolled down the window, and continued:

“I have to return to the station to report this matter right away, and there’s much to be handled afterward, so I’m leaving first!”

“Alright, then let’s go to your place.”

Li Ping’an, who led a rather frugal life, finally agreed to Wanyan Mengwen’s request.

They drove to her place, which was a cozy apartment in a singles complex, not very large, about sixty square meters with just one living room and one bedroom. Wanyan Mengwen had kept it neat and pretty, and the whole house was fragrant throughout.

“The maiden’s chamber in this small abode is indeed fragrant!”

Li Ping’an sat on the couch somewhat embarrassed.

“Do you want to take a shower?”

“No, I showered before I came.”

“Then don’t go to sleep yet, I’ll take a shower first.”

“Okay.”

After pouring a cup of tea for Li Ping’an, Wanyan Mengwen went to her room to change into her pajamas.

Li Ping’an finally had some downtime and decided to watch some videos to entertain himself while waiting for Wanyan Mengwen to finish her shower.

But as soon as he turned on his phone, he discovered that his roommates and class monitor had sent him three WeChat messages around ten in the evening, the time he had been engrossed in Taoist scriptures at Silver Dragon Tower.

Li Ping’an opened the messages from his dorm leader, Jiang Liuer, first:

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Father Jiang: Li Ping’an, you’ve been humiliated big time. Some lowlife has posted about your confession to Yuan Furong on the campus wall.

What followed was a screenshot. Someone had exposed Li Ping’an’s confession to Yuan Furong, the campus belle of Hehuang University, on the campus wall.

The person who exposed it was extremely malicious, not only revealing Li Ping’an’s photo, academic department, dormitory, and other personal information, but also filled the text with ridicule and mockery. The evildoer’s malicious intent and wickedness were clear.

“Damn it, it must have been a classmate! Otherwise, they couldn’t have known my private information!”

Furious, Li Ping’an immediately thought the heinous act could only have been done by his dorm mates, Jiang Liuer, Zhu Ganglie, and Sha Sheng. But after thinking it over, he realized that although the three of them were indeed petty people, they would never do something so disgusting.

With no clue at hand, and feeling both embarrassed and ashamed, Li Ping’an braced himself, his face burning red, and looked at the comments below. The comments were overwhelmingly one-sided, mocking Li Ping’an for being a toad wanting to eat swan meat.

Some scumbags even photoshopped Li Ping’an’s head onto a clown’s body, posting it in the comments for others’ amusement, with the number of likes reaching over three hundred!

“Damn it, it’s all because of Jiang Liuer, Zhu Ganglie, and Sha Sheng, these three bastards, that I’ve now truly become a clown! Damn! Damn! Damn!”

Things had already reached this point, and there was no use blaming those three beasts. Li Ping’an then clicked to open a message sent by the class leader, Li Tianyi:

Scumbag Class Leader:

Li Ping’an, the selection for the poverty subsidy has ended. In previous years, we looked after you because you’re an orphan, so we always gave you a spot. But this time, other students are also contending for it. Considering that you’ve already received it for three consecutive terms, we didn’t include your name this time. The list has already been submitted. Next time, next time for sure you’ll be on it.

“Damn, the class leader, this scumbag, a lapdog of the advisor, goddammit, is it because my sons confessed to Yuan Furong for me that you have to give me such a hard time?”

Li Ping’an was so angry he could barely contain himself and wanted to type back an insult, but his rational mind told him not to.

This class leader, Li Tianyi, his dad is a high-ranking official, and his mom is a big-time businesswoman, coming from a wealthy and powerful family with quite the handsome look.

In a typical feel-good story, such a person is generally portrayed as a bully who’s ignorant and useless.

But reality was not like that. Although born with a silver spoon, he was an extremely hard-working and ambitious person. In just his sophomore year of college, he had already managed a joint bachelor’s-master’s program and became the chairman of the student council. He wasn’t just popular among female students at his university, but he was also favored by various professors.

His major was Chinese Literature, but he also minored in Clinical Medicine. A paper he wrote last semester was even published in ‘The Lancet,’ which is considered to be the top publication in the field of medical science.

Such a favored child of heaven, no matter whether he pursued politics, business, medicine, or anything else, was bound for a bright future. He was currently the most promising student in the sophomore class at Hehuang University.

He had openly courted Yuan Furong before, only to be rejected by her. When others saw that Li Tianyi, an outstanding person among the cream of the crop, couldn’t win Yuan Furong’s heart, those who were less qualified than Li Tianyi didn’t dare to pursue her, except for Li Ping’an who was recently pranked by his roommates.

It’s exactly like the saying goes: It’s not the rich second generation’s wealth that’s scary, but their diligence. Li Tianyi could be considered a template for the perfect man, the object of countless girls’ dreams.

In contrast, Li Ping’an, though handsome, came from a much too humble family background. An orphan raised in a welfare home, he had given his all to gain admission to Hehuang University. Every summer and winter holiday, when other students were traveling with their girlfriends, he would work in a live-in restaurant job to earn tuition and living expenses.

Now, with the high cost of living, the money he earned from his jobs was hardly enough, so every year he had to compete for poverty subsidies in front of his classmates, who looked at him with disdain, just to barely manage to continue his university education.

Therefore, putting looks aside, there was no comparison between Li Ping’an and class leader Li Tianyi on any front; this was also the reason Li Ping’an had hesitated to confess to Yuan Furong.

Li Ping’an, though seething with rage and even wanting to punch Li Tianyi dead, still held back.

Although he had typed out curses aimed at Li Tianyi’s entire family, in the end, he resignedly deleted them all. He meekly sent a disingenuous reply to class leader Li Tianyi:

Understood, respected class leader Li Tianyi, sir.