Chapter 65 Please Don't Talk About Him Like That

Lin Feng gave a weak wave of his hand. "Don't call me captain. Starting today, the Azure Dragon Squad is disbanded."

"Captain!"

"I said don't call me captain!" Lin Feng suddenly turned his head, his gaze fierce like a wolf about to attack.

The squad members looked awkward and dropped the matter.

Lin Feng turned and walked away, stopping after a couple of steps. "Right, have that Fang Dawei come see me."

"Understood, Brother Feng."

...

Nighttime.

Inside a barbecue KTV outside the campus, a large private room on the third floor.

Zhao Fangting and Li Yu had their arms around each other's shoulders, singing even worse than ghosts wailing, earning relentless disdain from everyone else.

Outside the private room, Lin Bai stood by the window at the end of the corridor, calling Qin Ruowei once again. The result remained unchanged—still no answer.

There were three days and a little over three hours left on the countdown for the sub-quest "Harmony Brings Wealth." When the countdown ended, if Qin Ruowei still refused to answer his calls or accept the existence of Li Ruonan, then he would...

"Ahem! System, is this the outcome you wanted?"

A novice to smoking, Lin Bai coughed so hard his eyes streamed with tears the first time he lit a cigarette.

[Beep! I understand women very well. You still have a chance.]

"But you don't understand humans, and you don't understand the Chinese."

This time, the system did not reply. Perhaps Lin Bai actually made a valid point.

"What are you thinking about? Why aren't you going inside to have fun?"

While he was lost in a trance, Xu Youmeng's soft voice came from behind him.

Lin Bai turned around, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and smiled. "First time smoking, not very good at it."

Xu Youmeng gave him an eye-roll, reached out to take the cigarette from his hand, and threw it on the ground, stamping it out.

"Stop smoking. It's bad for your health."

The lighting in the corridor was rather dim, and the mottled colors reflecting off Xu Youmeng made her look dreamlike and unimaginably beautiful. Lin Bai stared at her in a daze.

[Beep! Main quest triggered!]

[Main quest: Take Xu Youmeng's first time! Quest reward: 5,000 points.]

Lin Bai was speechless, muttering inwardly, "Let me survive the next three days first."

"Thank you, Lin Bai."

Xu Youmeng stood beside Lin Bai and said out of nowhere.

Lin Bai knew what Xu Youmeng was referring to and smiled. "Is a verbal thank-you all I get?"

Xu Youmeng turned her head, her expression shifting from initial bewilderment to a playful annoyance.

"You really push your luck the moment you're given an inch, aren't you? Aren't you afraid I'll tell your girlfriend?"

Lin Bai shrugged. "Not really afraid at all. When it comes to girlfriends, the more, the merrier."

What Lin Bai meant as a heartfelt truth sounded utterly irresponsible to Xu Youmeng. With a parting shot of "scumbag," she turned and walked away.

...

That night, everyone drank heavily, including Lin Bai.

...

The next day.

His biological clock woke Lin Bai up naturally at half-past six in the morning, his body suffering immensely from a hangover.

Lin Bai forced himself out of bed and splashed cold water on his face, finally clearing his head a little.

The dorm was filled with thunderous snoring. Lin Bai put on his clothes and went out for a run.

At the familiar south campus running track, Lin Bai lay panting on the lawn after completing four laps. Looking at his running shoes and the familiar track, the youthful figure of Qin Ruowei in sportswear surfaced in his mind.

"Winded after just three laps? Are you even capable? I'm going ahead, you rest."

"What are you looking at? I'm lending it to you, remember to pay me back when you have money."

"I bought it for you. If you don't want it, what am I supposed to do with it? Wear it myself?"

"I wouldn't mind."

"..."

Scene after scene from the past rushed over him like a tidal wave, battering Lin Bai's nerves and causing him unbearable anguish.

Unlike Chen Shuya, Qin Ruowei was beautiful, kind, intelligent, and gentle...

And he had managed to lose such a nearly perfect girlfriend!

Slap!

"Idiot!"

Lin Bai struck his own face, consumed by profound regret.

"It's all your fault, you stupid system! Give me back my Ruowei! Damn it!"

[Beep! Request invalid.]

Just a second before Lin Bai felt he was losing his mind, an unfamiliar man approached him.

A buzzcut, black shirt, casual dress trousers, black leather shoes, and a luxury wristwatch.

Axiomatically opulent at a single glance!

Lin Bai looked up, finding the man's face strangely familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.

The man sat down right beside Lin Bai. "My name is Qin Yulong, Qin Ruowei's second older brother."

Lin Bai gave a start, turning to look at the man.

| "Second Brother, you..." |

Qin Yulong raised a hand. "Stop. Don't try to cozy up to me. Who is your second brother?"

Lin Bai was left speechless and said nothing.

Qin Yulong braced his hands behind him, closing his eyes to breathe in the fresh morning air.

"I didn't come to see you for any particular purpose, so don't be nervous. I just wanted to tell you one thing."

"Ruowei is my biological sister. Ever since she was little, our whole family has treated her like a precious treasure. If you ever dare to hurt her or make her suffer any grievances, don't say I didn't warn you beforehand."

With that, Qin Yulong stood up, did a few stretching exercises, and turned to leave.

"Second Brother, wait!" Lin Bai snapped out of his daze and called out to Qin Yulong.

...

Qin Yulong paused and turned back to look at Lin Bai. "Still calling me that?"

Ignoring him, Lin Bai stepped right up to Qin Yulong. "Is Ruowei doing okay?"

Qin Yulong gave Lin Bai a strange, head-to-toe examination.

"Whether she's doing well or not, don't you have a clue yourself?"

Lin Bai stalled, entirely at a loss for words.

"I've already told you what I came to say, kid. I've got my eyes on you."

Qin Yulong pointed two fingers at his own eyes, then pointed them at Lin Bai, and turned to walk away.

This time, Lin Bai did not chase after him, simply watching Qin Yulong recede into the distance.

At a certain moment, across a certain distance, Qin Yulong's retreating figure finally made Lin Bai recall something, bringing sudden enlightenment.

"Wait, isn't this the guy who sat on the reviewing stand for the National Flag Guard?"

...

Spending the weekend without Qin Ruowei, Lin Bai lacked the energy for anything. He slumped on his bed under the air conditioning, pondering what he should do next.

Just as he lay paralyzed until lunchtime with his stomach growling, Lin Bai finally got up to hunt for food.

As luck would have it, his phone rang at that exact moment. Thinking it was Qin Ruowei, Lin Bai snatched it up quickly, only to feel a wave of disappointment upon seeing it was Li Ruonan.

"What is it?"

"Are you really that reluctant to take my call?"

Li Ruonan's voice came through the receiver, tinged with a hint of grievance.

"No. Is something the matter?" Lin Bai truly could not muster the energy to banter with Li Ruonan.

"My period hasn't come."

Hearing this, Lin Bai stiffened slightly, but quickly recovered. He said, "What I told you before—have you thought about it? If it's not an option, I'll go buy medicine this afternoon, and as compensation, I'll give you one hundred thousand yuan."

Morning-after pills were extremely harmful to a woman's body, and besides...

"Are you a pig? How long has it been already? Taking medicine is completely useless by now!"

Li Ruonan sounded furious on the other end of the line and abruptly hung up.

Lin Bai felt somewhat perplexed. He didn't know much about these matters anyway and didn't think too deeply about it, heading out toward the cafeteria.

Meanwhile, in Li Ruonan's dormitory.

After hanging up, Li Ruonan angrily kicked her chair as if it were Lin Bai.

The dorm door opened, and Cao Ying walked in carrying two takeout meals, handing one to Li Ruonan.

"Here. Look at you lately, you've lost weight."

With only Cao Ying and Li Ruonan in the room, the two began to eat, though Li Ruonan remained somewhat absent-minded.

"What are you thinking about, Ruonan? You aren't still thinking about that bastard, are you? What on earth is so great about him?"

"Don't talk about him like that..." Li Ruonan instinctively frowned and retorted.