"Let's break up," The woman facing him said coldly.
"...What?" Lin Yuan's smile froze on his face.
"I said, let's break up. I don't want to play these boring games with you anymore." The woman said impatiently.
"I don't understand what you're saying. Could you explain it to me?" Lin Yuan is completely bewildered right now because he has no idea what happened or why she suddenly wants to break up with him.
Although he has had many girlfriends before, he was very devoted to each one of them when they were dating.
"Isn't my meaning clear enough? I've had enough of you. The only reason I was with you in the first place was to get closer to him. I had absolutely no feelings for you. But now my dream prince has told me he's willing to be with me, so why would I still choose you?" She held her hands to her chest, her face slightly flushed, clearly giving off the vibe of a young girl who had just fallen in love.
"Your dream prince? Don't tell me his name is Gu Xingxian?" He said while clenching his fist.
"Now you know, please don't bother me anymore. I'm going to be with my dream prince now." After saying that, she left, leaving him alone and absolutely furious.
Lin Yuan slammed his fist on the table with a loud bang, startling everyone else.
"Damn it! It's Gu Xingxian again. Every single time, every time, this guy ruins everything good that happens to me!"
The woman who walked away was his 9th girlfriend. No, now you can call her his 9th ex-girlfriend.
Lin Yuan doesn't even know if that man did it on purpose, because every time he got a girlfriend, she would be snatched away by that other guy within a month, without exception. When he tried to confront him, he would only be met with mockery, which infuriated him.
He has no idea what kind of charm this guy possesses that makes those women so crazy about him.
But that's no longer important. This is the ninth time... Gu Xingxian has tried to seduce his girlfriend for the ninth time. If he can't get an explanation this time, then his last name will no longer be Lin.
He stepped out of the cafe and hailed a taxi on the side of the road.
"Sir, where is your destination?" the taxi driver asked.
"Go to xx university." Lin Yuan replied, his voice low.
When he was approaching the university, his phone rang in his pocket. He glanced irritably at the caller ID and answered the call. Before he could even speak, a scream came from the phone, startling him so much that he quickly pulled the phone away from his ear.
"What are you doing? Why the hell are you yelling like that?" His voice sounds weak and listless.
"I'm sorry, I overreacted just now. But I do have some very important news to tell you," a girl's voice said on the phone.
The girl who called him was Gu Lili, Gu Xingxian's sister. Although his relationship with Gu Xingxian was terrible, it didn't affect Lin Yuan's relationship with his sister. They ended up being nice friends, and their relationship is even better than hers and her brother's.
"Didn't you get a new girlfriend a month ago? I saw her in school right now." Gu Lili quickly informed him about this news.
"She's also a student at this school; what's so strange about her being there?" He feels a pain in his heart whenever he thinks of this woman now.
"But she is confessing to my brother right now! You two haven't broken up yet, have you?" Gu Lili asked in confusion.
"What the hell are you saying? She's confessing to Gu Xingxian?!!!" He was so angry he almost sat up, but then remembered he was in a car and sat back down.
"Yeah, but what I'm seeing right now is my brother rejecting her. Brother Lin, where are you right now? If you don't come back soon, your head will turn green again." She asked anxiously.
The word 'again' hit him hard. Even Gu Lili knows that it has happened so many times. He's practically become a joke now.
"Wait for me, I'm almost there." He said after taking a deep breath.
Fifteen minutes later, he got out of the taxi. He quickly ran through the university gates, heading towards the location Gu Lili had provided for him. It's the end of summer right now, so students are moving in and packing. Although not everyone is here, there's still a decent amount.
When he finally arrived at his destination, he saw a crowd of people gathered around in a circle.
This is it, he thought. After this has passed, everyone will know I've been cheated on. Although he knew she had already broken up with him, others didn't.
Just then, he spotted his ex-girlfriend rushing out of the crowd, crying. "Gu Xingxian, I hate you! I will never forgive you!"
He was confused; why was she suddenly crying? He found Gu Lili, who was watching the scene unfold nearby, and asked, "What's wrong with them?"
"Brother Lin, you finally came!" She shrugged her shoulders and said, "My brother not only rejected her, but he also scolded her. She couldn't accept it, so she cried and ran away."
"Looking back, we used to be great friends. Who made her fall in love with my brother? Didn't they know that behind his handsome face lay a dokuzetsu?" She sighed.
"Brother Lin, wait… where are you going?" While Gu Lili was still reminiscing about her past with Xiao Yu (Lin Yuan's ex-girlfriend), she saw him rush forward and grab her brother by the collar.
"Gu Xingxian, not only did you steal my girlfriend, but you also made her cry. Now the whole world knows I've been cheated on. How are you going to compensate me for the damage to my reputation?" He said viciously.
Gu Xingxian didn't seem threatened by him at all. He smiled and said, "How about I offer myself to you instead?"
Stunned by his charming smile and handsome face, Lin Yuan paused for a moment, then snapped back to reality. "Who needs you anyway?" He would absolutely not admit that he had been momentarily captivated by his words.
Vocabulary:
1. "Head turning green" or "wearing a green hat" symbolizes that a man's wife or girlfriend has cheated on him.
2. 'Dokuzetsu' is a Japanese term referring to someone who speaks cruelly, maliciously, or sarcastically.