Heartthrob, Your Image is Crumbling!

Chapter 400: Themed Class Meeting

Although Liu Yue's new boyfriend did not have much money, his features were quite clean and handsome, giving off that little fresh meat vibe. Since it was his first time visiting his girlfriend's class, it felt like fighting on enemy territory, making him somewhat shy.Liu Yue, however, was very proud, generously introducing her new boyfriend to everyone.

Meanwhile, some people were snickering behind her back, whispering among themselves about how she had gotten yet another boyfriend.

Liu Yue did not hear these remarks. She simply told her boyfriend not to be bashful, as many people here were not even from their class.

"They all came to watch Zhou Yuwen sing. Do you know Zhou Yuwen? He is my classmate! He is amazing!"

Just as she was speaking, Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi walked in.

They had been busy in the office and had only just finished their work.

When Jiang Xinyi heard that Zhou Yuwen was going to sing again, she naturally tagged along.

In truth, the relationship between Zhou Yuwen and Jiang Xinyi had reached a state of deep ambiguity. Since their kiss that night, Zhou Yuwen had escorted her home a few more times. During these walks, he had wanted to kiss her again.

But Jiang Xinyi had stopped him with a single question: "What is our relationship?"

Zhou Yuwen could not come up with an answer, and thus he was discouraged.

However, he had, after all, kissed the lips of the rich young lady.

Even if she refused to admit it, Jiang Xinyi had already tacitly accepted Zhou Yuwen as her boyfriend.

Now that Zhou Yuwen had arrived, Liu Yue spotted him immediately and called out his name loudly.

Over in the corner, Su Qing and Zheng Yanyan, who had been bickering, turned their heads simultaneously to greet him.

"Zhou Yuwen, this is my boyfriend. He really admires you!" Liu Yue declared confidently.

Zhou Yuwen noticed Liu Yue's new boyfriend. He was somewhat thin, and his eyes darted around in a rather shifty manner.

"Zhou... Boss, I am a member of the Xuhuai Association," the young man stammered hesitantly.

Zhou Yuwen let out a soft sound of acknowledgment and turned to Liu Shuo, who was following behind. "One of yours?"

"I have got quite a few people under me!"

Liu Shuo gave a grin. He had originally gone to the office to pick up Lu Hui. When he heard that Zhou Yuwen was going to sing, he naturally had to come and support him, dragging Lu Hui along in the process.

Lu Hui had refused at first, mainly because she was afraid of running into Li Qiang. Now, not seeing Li Qiang in the classroom, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Zhou Yuwen!"

At this moment, Su Qing and Zheng Yanyan called out to Zhou Yuwen together, but then immediately glared at each other.

"You have already broken up with Zhou Yuwen, why are you calling him so affectionately!" Su Qing demanded.

Zheng Yanyan shot back, "I should be the one saying that to you! What right do you have to call him so affectionately?"

"None of your business!"

"None of your business!"

The two of them started bickering like this, and only settled down when Zhou Yuwen let out a dry cough.

Zhou Yuwen was quite surprised and asked why they were there.

"Aren't you going on stage to sing? We came to cheer you on."

"Exactly!"

Zheng Yanyan was wearing shorts paired with black over-the-knee stockings. She toyed with the cheering sticks in her hands, looking quite adorable.

Su Qing, on the other hand, wore khaki overall shorts over a striped shirt, her hair tied up in a bun hairstyle.

Seeing his two wives being so thoughtful, Zhou Yuwen felt deeply gratified.

However, he had completely neglected Jiang Xinyi behind him.

The moment Jiang Xinyi saw Zheng Yanyan, her brows had already furrowed.

'They have already broken up, so why are they still calling out to him so affectionately?'

'Do they have no shame?'

But before Jiang Xinyi could lash out, You Changjin called out to her from behind in surprise.

Jiang Xinyi let out a confused murmur and turned her head.

You Changjin said, pleasantly surprised, "Xinyi, what brings you here?"

"Oh, I just got off work. I heard your class had a performance, so I came over." Seeing You Changjin, the flare-up Jiang Xinyi had been about to unleash was tempered with a bit of reason. She figured that since she was so much older than them, making a scene would not look good.

"I didn't expect you to come. Come with me, I will take you to a seat near the front." You Changjin still had not entirely given up hope.

That was until Jiang Xinyi replied, "No, it's fine. I will just sit with Zhou Yuwen."

As she spoke, Jiang Xinyi subconsciously tugged on Zhou Yuwen's arm.

Zhou Yuwen had been so focused on chatting with Su Qing and Zheng Yanyan that he had not caught what Jiang Xinyi said. He simply glanced back at her.

Then Zhou Yuwen said, "You can just sit with Yanyan and the others then."

"I still need to go prepare. I cannot keep you company," Zhou Yuwen added, bidding the girls farewell.

Everything flowed completely naturally.

Only You Changjin felt a slight wave of melancholy upon seeing this scene.

Zhou Yuwen headed to the back to prepare, where Gu Yaoyao had readied a guitar for him.

He planned to tune the guitar backstage first.

This classroom was actually the dance studio used by the Dance Club for practice. The space was large enough to set up a small stage, with a resting area in the back.

A small-scale class meeting was not a formal affair; it began the moment they decided to start.

The hosts for the event were Chang Hao and Gu Yaoyao.

Zhou Yuwen went over by the window backstage to practice his guitar.

You Changjin watched Zhou Yuwen strumming the guitar, lost in thought.

The words Liu Jing had spoken to him earlier still echoed in his ears.

Previously, You Changjin felt that it was probably just Liu Jing's wishful thinking. With Jiang Xinyi's high standards and the fact that she was so much older than Zhou Yuwen, how could she possibly like him?

However, the look in Jiang Xinyi's eyes when she looked at Zhou Yuwen just now...

You Changjin's mood turned rather gloomy.

He walked over.

"Yuwen, keeping busy?"

"Hmm? Mr. You, is there something you need?" Zhou Yuwen asked curiously.

You Changjin said it was nothing.

"You play the guitar really well."

"I am alright."

You Changjin just sat down beside Zhou Yuwen, listening to him practice.

It was Yu Chengqing's Can't Help But Love You. "Hard to forget, the first time I saw you..."

"...those charming eyes of yours."

You Changjin suddenly asked, "By the way, Yuwen, I heard you broke up with your girlfriend?"

Zhou Yuwen replied that they just had a little conflict.

"It doesn't count as a breakup. Look, aren't they here to watch my performance right now?"

You Changjin chuckled. "What do you think of your Sister Xinyi?"

"Huh?"

Zhou Yuwen paused, taken aback.

You Changjin continued, "I want to play matchmaker for you. What do you think of your Sister Xinyi?"

"Mr. You, you must be joking, right?" Zhou Yuwen stood straight up.

While Zhou Yuwen and You Changjin were having their heart-to-heart, the themed class meeting had already begun.

The first act was a Three and a Half Sentences comedy skit performed by the boys' dormitory.

Four people performed it, each delivering one line.

The lines, copied from the internet, were quite amusing when read aloud.

The students in the audience were doubled over with laughter.

However, the female students who had gathered by the window to watch the fun were whispering among themselves, wondering when Zhou Yuwen would take the stage.

Chang Hao and Gu Yaoyao were watching from offstage, chatting in hushed tones. Chang Hao remarked that the class meeting was going pretty well and could be considered a success.

Gu Yaoyao smiled and said they couldn't let their guard down; until the very last step, no one knew what the final result would be.

When Lu Hui first arrived, she felt quite uneasy, terrified of running into Li Qiang. But after scanning the room and failing to spot him, she felt a strange sense of unease.

'Did something really happen to him?'

Earlier, Li Qiang had sent Lu Hui a message.

He said that if she continued to ignore him...

...he would kill himself.

Now, Lu Hui was genuinely frightened.

So, taking advantage of Liu Shuo's absence, she quietly tapped a student in front of her. "Excuse me, are all the students from your class here?"

Jiang Chao looked around and replied, "Yeah, I think everyone is here."

Lu Hui frowned. "That isn't right. I remember there is someone from Jingcheng in your class?"

"From Jingcheng?"

Jiang Chao looked puzzled. He glanced forward at Chang Hao, who was chatting and laughing with Gu Yaoyao, and said, "The Jingcheng Native is here! Look, that guy right in front. He is the Jingcheng Native! Heh, guys from Jingcheng sure are something else!"

Being a Jinling Native himself, Jiang Chao was naturally at odds with anyone from Jingcheng.

Lu Hui glanced at Chang Hao and couldn't help but furrow her brows.

'That isn't right.'

'Why is this guy wearing Li Qiang's clothes?'

"Is he the only one from Jingcheng in your class?" Lu Hui asked again.

"Just this one. A Jingcheng Native is as rare as a giant panda. Oh, right, you asked if anyone from our class didn't show up. You couldn't be talking about Li Qiang, could you?" Jiang Chao suddenly remembered someone.

Lu Hui nodded quickly. "Yes, exactly. Li Qiang."

"How could that guy be from Jingcheng? Sis, who told you that?" Jiang Chao knew that Lu Hui worked for Zhou Yuwen's company, so he was quite polite to her.

Actually, when Lu Hui saw the clothes Chang Hao was wearing just a moment ago, she already had a vague suspicion. A sudden ominous premonition swelled in her heart.

Before she could say anything, the gossip-loving Jiang Chao couldn't wait to spill the beans. "That guy had a failed online romance recently. Right now, he is probably hiding under his blankets crying!"

"Speaking of which, Sis, let me tell you some juicy gossip!"

"That guy is a total bumpkin from the mountains. But guess what? He wore his roommate's clothes to go meet his internet date and claimed he was a Jingcheng Native!"

"Heh! That guy is something else, going around telling everyone he meets that he is a Jingcheng Native. Sis, did you get fooled by him too?" Jiang Chao asked.

He completely failed to notice that Lu Hui's face had already turned ashen.

Lu Hui was quite attractive, and the fact that she was wearing flesh-colored stockings served as a natural temptation for these hormone-fueled, adolescent boys.

At first, it was just Jiang Chao hovering around Lu Hui and talking. But soon, several of his roommates joined the conversation.

"A few days ago, he and Chang Hao almost got into a fistfight over this!"

"Yeah, acting like a total idiot. Like he is in the right for wearing someone else's clothes!"

"Hey now, the guy is nursing a broken heart. It is perfectly normal!"

"What a loser. Who knows which innocent little girl he tricked."

"She might not even be an innocent little girl. It could be some older lady dreaming of marrying her way into Jingcheng."

"Hahaha!"

The boys all burst into laughter as they chatted.

Meanwhile, Lu Hui remained completely expressionless.

At that moment, Chang Hao held up his phone, recorded a quick video, and sent it to Li Qiang.

"Are you sure you aren't coming? A lot of people showed up today. Lu Lin is here too."

Chang Hao was still very responsible. Even after everything Li Qiang had done to him, he still cared about and looked out for his roommate. After all, he was the class monitor.

Back in the dormitory, Li Qiang looked entirely devoid of the will to live.

He didn't know what was wrong with him; he just felt that everything in front of him was meaningless.

That was, until he saw the video Chang Hao sent him.

Even though there were many people in the video...

...his eyes immediately locked onto the figure sitting behind Jiang Chao—the very figure he had been deeply infatuated with.

"Sister Hui!"

Li Qiang abruptly sat up and scrambled to his feet, wanting to go find Lu Hui.

'No!'

'My current clothes!'

'Clothes!'

'Clothes!'

With that thought, Li Qiang's gaze landed on Chang Hao's wardrobe.

Chang Hao had just spent five yuan to add a small lock to it.