Chapter 56: Explain It, Young Man

  Enraged Zhang Peng restrained himself and didn't go looking for trouble with Chen Chufan because of a momentary impulse. Of course, he considered that even if he rushed to find trouble, the one who would end up getting hurt was probably still him. So he silently endured it, but in his heart, he was seething with resentment, thinking "Let's see how long you can keep being arrogant".

  Then he began to pray that his sister, who was standing next to him, didn't notice the process of him greeting someone and being ignored. This situation made Zhang Peng, a person who attaches great importance to face, feel extremely embarrassed. But it's clear that all the gods in heaven were too busy to notice his small wish.

  "Who was that just now? You greeted him and he completely ignored you!" Little sister's name is Han Xuejuan, a freshman in the law school. She had only recently met Zhang Peng through an old acquaintance. Normally, Zhang Peng seemed quite arrogant, when others greeted him, he often appeared aloof, not to mention taking the initiative to greet people. But today, he took the initiative to greet someone else, and that person completely ignored him, which couldn't help but pique the girl's curiosity, so she asked.

  "He's just an ordinary classmate, probably thinking about something, so he didn't notice." Zhang Peng put on a nonchalant expression, and from his calm face, it was absolutely impossible to tell how furious he was inside.

  "Oh? If it's a classmate, just go say hello. It's embarrassing to greet someone who doesn't notice!" The girl said casually, but unexpectedly hit Zhang Peng's sore spot, and the anger he had been suppressing suddenly burst out without warning.

  "Stop making excuses! He's just an ordinary classmate, he didn't see it so what's the big deal? Why did he go out of his way to talk to him? What's there to say, how boring!" Zhang Peng's angry voice was a bit loud, startling the girl. She really didn't understand why her casual remark would make the boy blow up like that.

  After being shocked, it's anger.

  In Han Xuejuan's mind, this was still the third time they had a date alone, and she hadn't even explicitly agreed to be in a relationship with Zhang Peng. But despite that, he dared to scold her like that on the street, if she really agreed to be his girlfriend and dated him, wouldn't he become even more overbearing? What did he take her for?

  With such thoughts, the girl immediately changed her expression. "You go back first, I don't need you to send me!" She coldly threw down this sentence, and Han Xuejuan went away with a long stride, not even giving Zhang Peng a chance to explain.

  Standing still, Zhang Peng was filled with all sorts of frustration at this moment. What's going on? Was Chen Chufan really his nemesis? Why did he always have such bad luck every time he met him? He had already stopped taking the initiative to provoke him, and even just saying hello to him could bring trouble upon himself!

  Of course, Zhang Peng would not analyze his own mentality at this moment to see if there was a problem, or if he had already gotten used to it, always attributing his own mistakes to others. It seemed that only by doing so could he make himself feel better.

  So at this time, Zhang Peng had another reason to resent Chen Chufan. Han Xuejuan was a pretty and charming young woman no matter how you looked at her. But before he could even get close to her, Chen Chufan had already ruined everything for him. This completely belonged to the crime of destroying emotions, it was simply unforgivable. He wanted to win back the girl's heart, but didn't know how much effort it would take, and whether he would be successful or not, all because of Chen Chufan.

  Chen Chufan may not know that he can destroy Zhang Peng's feelings just because he walks in a daze. However, even if he knew, he probably wouldn't have the time to reflect on himself, as he can't even sort out his own affairs, let alone bother with Zhang's nonsense.

  Back in the dormitory, Meng Wei and Yang Tao surprisingly hadn't returned yet, which made Chen Chufan somewhat surprised. The news department's female dormitory was even closer to the restaurant where they had lunch today than the music department's female dormitory, not to mention that because she had to wait for Xiao Ge, they left more than ten minutes later than them. Or, did the two of them really have some gains today?

  But it's also good that they don't have to think about their own affairs anymore. However, reality always goes against Chen Chufan; just as he was about to sit quietly and reflect, the landline phone in his dorm room rang at this moment.

  "Hello, who is it?" Chen Chufan ran gloomily to the phone and picked it up.

  "Chen Chufan, what's going on with Chen Xi today?" The phone call was from Ye Siying, and Chen Chufan could hear the resentment in the girl's voice. Clearly, this was an accusatory tone.

  Chen Chufan hastily pleaded his grievances, saying that if he really had any evil intentions, it would be one thing, but the key was that he hadn't thought of anything at all, and yet things had turned out like this, which was truly unjust. Especially since even the normally calm Ye Siying had called to interrogate him, what kind of situation was this? This was in line with the rhythm of having confirmed that he had a problem with that Chen Xi.

  "There's really nothing between me and her, you think if I had any ideas about her or some kind of improper relationship with her, would I be stupid enough to invite all of you to dinner together?" Chen Chufan hastily explained, trying to clear himself. But saying "clear" seemed a bit excessive, Chen Chufan felt that he was originally innocent, just like the rice paper sold outside the school bookstore.

  "Alright, you said there's nothing between you two, but she didn't even toast anyone at the dinner table and instead came to find you to toast. And she was calling you 'Chen Gege' with such familiarity? It seems like according to your explanation, Chen Xi is Yang Tao's friend, right? And wasn't it said that they were trying to set her up as a girlfriend for your older brother? Could it be that no one else likes your older brother and instead likes you, Chen Chufan?" Ye Siying was completely unmoved by Chen Chufan's explanation and continued to interrogate him. Along with Ye Siying's voice came the loud shouting of Han Xiaohui from the dorm room, clearly telling Ye Siying to hang up the phone and ignore Chen Chufan.

  Every word is a stab to the heart. Upon hearing this, Chen Chufan knew he couldn't hide anything anymore. Otherwise, even if it really snowed heavily in W City now, his reputation as an unfaithful husband would still be unavoidable. Maybe if this phone call was from Han Xiaoxi, Chen Chufan wouldn't think the situation was so severe, but Ye Siyi, who usually appeared indifferent to everything, said this, which truly made Chen Chufan's head numb.

  "This is what happened!" Down Chen Chu Fan no longer hesitated, and recounted in detail why he ran to the south lake last night, how he discovered a sinister plot was about to unfold, and how he bravely risked his life to save the beauty. Following that, he also told her about how Chen Xi lent him a library card today, and how Yang Tao helped him make plans for dinner, as well as all of his inner thoughts and feelings, without hiding anything, laying everything out in the open.

  "What? That Chen Xi is one of the girls who was almost raped last night? You were the first to arrive, and then you subdued the thug and saved them? Really? You're not kidding me, are you? Is this for real?" Ye Siying exclaimed. She really hadn't expected that the protagonist of the rape attempt case that had been buzzing around school today would be Chen Xi, who looked completely calm and collected today. And she certainly hadn't expected that the other protagonist of the incident would be Chen Chufan, who was on the phone with her. This was a bit too legendary, wasn't it?

  Indeed, when things happen to others, they are just stories. But when they happen around oneself, they become a series of tragic and happy dramas. Not to mention such events that many people may not encounter in their lifetime, which can be absolutely called legendary.

  "Of course it's true! I still have Chen Xi's dormitory phone number, she gave me the borrowing certificate at noon today when I wasn't there, otherwise I'll give you the phone number and you can call her yourself to ask!" Chen Chufan hastily said as he saw Ye Siying seemed somewhat disbelieving.

  "Oh? You still have her phone number?" But as soon as the words left his mouth, the girl opposite him immediately asked another question, making Chen Chufan feel even more overwhelmed.

  "I didn't mean to stay! It was Yang Tao who wanted to stay, I really had no intention of doing so!" Chen Chufan felt annoyed, it seemed that all girls were the same, once they got angry, they could always find fault with you.

  Ye Siyi didn't respond immediately, but from the phone, Chen Chufan could hear that the girls' dormitory on the other end of the line had already blown up, seemingly discussing his heroic rescue.

  After a while, Ye Siying's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Your little Xi asked if you were hurt when you fought off the thugs yesterday? And also wants to know how it feels to be a hero who saves the beauty?"

  "Not hurt, no feeling!" Chen Chufan said simply. He didn't know how to answer these two questions. One involved his special physique that he was unwilling to expose, and the other was a topic that would only get darker the more it was talked about.

  "Just because you don't feel it doesn't mean others don't. I think Chen Xi had a thing for you today, but you saved her and she's grateful, that's understandable. However, you need to hold yourself back, don't do anything that would make heaven angry and people resentful, or you'll owe me an apology, and I won't forgive you!" Ye Si continued.

  "Don't worry, I won't! But are you only sparing me because of Xiao Xi? What about yourself?" Chen Chufan seemed to have passed the test, but his brain suddenly heated up and he asked a question that he would never dare ask normally.

  "I won't tell you, hang up first! Tomorrow remember to call your family's Xiaoxi again!" It seemed that Chen Chufan's question had hit the girl's heart, and her voice was a bit flustered, then she directly hung up the phone.

  The busy tone came over the phone, and the dormitory door was also kicked open by someone. The coordination between the two sides was very tacit, and even before Chen Chufan hung up the phone.

  "Lao San, how are you feeling today? Is this the consequence of your perfect decision? I wonder what's going through your mind right now?" Yang Tao's voice followed.

  It seems that heaven has destined Chen Chufan no time to breathe alone.