Fu Cheng hadn’t merely taken the initiative to ask him out. He had chosen to do it on a special day like Double Eleven and the implication behind that was obvious enough.
There was no need for Wen Moxue to pretend to be surprised. Genuine delight naturally appeared on his face, only to deflate immediately afterward like a balloon that had suddenly been punctured.
“Tonight probably won’t work. I still have to go to the track and run later. The sports meet is only a couple of days away, so I can’t slack off now.”
His original plan had simply been to muddle through the 3,000 meter race and count finishing as a victory.
But he had already spent so much time, energy and physical effort on all of this recently. It would be a waste if he didn’t get something out of it. He might as well fight for a ranking.
They were a liberal arts college, so there weren’t many boys participating in the long distance events to begin with. In the 5,000 meter race, simply managing to finish would probably be enough to secure a placing. The 3,000 meter race might be a little more competitive but at his current level, he should at least have a chance of coming in at the bottom of the rankings.
This might very well be the only athletic honor he ever earned in his entire life!
Seeing how full of fighting spirit he was, Fu Cheng’s lips curved slightly. He wondered who it was that had been crying and whining a while ago about not wanting to run.
“Then I’ll wait until you finish.”
“Okay, big brother. Mwah.”
The moment Wen Moxue naturally said those words, even he startled himself.
Terrifying.
He had actually become capable of saying something only a sweet, coquettish girl would normally say without even thinking about it!
Sure enough, wearing women’s clothing too often would eventually bring divine punishment.
After ending his call with Fu Cheng, Wen Moxue immediately changed clothes and headed to the track for his run.
Shu Yan had a date with his boyfriend that day, so he definitely wasn’t coming.
When Wen Moxue arrived at the track, he ran into Meng Qingzhu at the entrance.
“Wen Moxue, you’re not going out to celebrate either?” Meng Qingzhu asked with a faint, mocking smile.
Wen Moxue really wasn’t very familiar with him. He answered indifferently, “I’m a single dog. What am I supposed to celebrate?”
Meng Qingzhu folded his arms across his chest and gave a cold laugh. “If you don’t like him, then stay away from him. Hanging him along like this, isn’t that a little too shameless?”
The ‘him’ he was referring to was obviously He Rao.
Wen Moxue laughed when he heard this. This guy couldn’t win He Rao over himself, so now he had decided to vent his frustration on him instead.
“If me running at the track counts as hanging him along, then why don’t you buy the track? I’ll stop coming here.”
He Rao had originally approached him under the excuse of teaching him long distance running techniques. After the lessons ended, Wen Moxue could clearly sense that He Rao liked him and he had indeed considered keeping his distance.
But he had to come to the track every day to run. Even when he didn’t ask He Rao to come, the other man would eagerly show up, greet him and accompany him for a run.
Was Wen Moxue supposed to chase him away?
Wen Moxue spread his hands. “You can’t buy the track anyway. Shu Yan and I have created so many opportunities for you two to be alone together yet you still couldn’t win over the person you like. Now you see me as an easy target and decide to bully me instead. You’re really both useless and pathetic.”
With that, he ignored Meng Qingzhu’s face, which had turned the color of pig liver, entered the track and immediately began running.
After he had completed one lap, someone joined him at his side.
It was, unsurprisingly, He Rao.
“A’Xue, you didn’t go out to celebrate today?”
Wen Moxue slightly furrowed his brows when he heard that form of address.
He asked in return, “Why didn’t you go?”
He Rao scratched his head. “Everyone around me is already in a relationship. I’m the only single dog left, so there’s no one to spend the holiday with.”
Thinking about how He Rao’s romantic attention had somehow ended up falling on him, Wen Moxue felt a little irritated. He replied neither warmly nor coldly, “As long as you’re willing, there are plenty of people lining up to get into a relationship with you.”
“Then would I have the honor of asking you to help me get into a relationship?”
Wen Moxue stopped walking.
He had thought He Rao’s confession would come after the sports meet. He hadn’t expected it to happen today.
That was actually perfect.
Now he could reject him openly and properly.
He Rao pulled out a bouquet of roses from somewhere.
“A’Xue, I like you. That day, when I saw you running beneath the setting sun, it felt as though you had stepped into my world on a path of starlight. From that moment on, there was someone living in my heart. I want to be the one and only person who gets to enter your heart, too. Will you date me?”
“……”
It was obvious that He Rao had rehearsed this little speech. Even his eyes looked somewhat unfocused as he spoke, as though he were trying to recall the lines he had memorized.
There were quite a few people on the field at this hour. When He Rao suddenly pulled out a flower and confessed his feelings, quite a number of them turned to watch the spectacle.
A few of them were clearly He Rao’s friends. They stood nearby clapping and chanting for the two of them to get together.
Wen Moxue looked at the expectant young man in front of him, then at the bouquet of vivid, fresh roses in his hand. His tone remained calm as he refused, “I can’t help you with that. Sorry.”
He Rao froze for a moment before realizing that Wen Moxue was responding to his earlier request to “help him get out of being single.”
He hurriedly said, “You don’t have to reject me so quickly. We can get to know each other as friends first. Just give me a chance, okay?”
“That’s right, give him a chance!”
“Our Brother He is a really good guy. He’s especially good at taking care of people.”
“Yeah, yeah. It’s basically just gaining one more friend, isn’t it?”
His friends chimed in one after another, helping him put in a good word.
Wen Moxue frowned. He actually disliked this kind of confession scene, where a whole group of the other person’s friends and relatives stood around egging them on. It made it seem as though refusing was somehow ruining everyone’s fun.
“You’re not my type. I know very clearly what kind of person I like, so there’s no need for you to waste your time on me.”
“What kind do you like? I can change!”
Wen Moxue shook his head. “If you don’t like someone, you simply don’t like them. Even if you change, you’d only be imitating what you think I like.”
As soon as those words were spoken, the atmosphere around them fell silent.
Wen Moxue knew this would happen.
He no longer had any mood to run, either. He gave He Rao a slight nod before turning around and leaving the field.
He should have gone on that date with Fu Cheng instead. What a massive loss.
He thought that would be the end of the matter but unexpectedly, on his way back after class the following day, Wen Moxue noticed several students looking at him strangely. Some were even pointing at him and whispering among themselves.
Shu Yan had spent the entire previous night with his boyfriend. Now, he wanted to hold his waist every time he walked.
He was exceptionally sensitive to the gazes of those around them. He immediately straightened his body and whispered, “Oh my God, did they figure out that my boyfriend fucked me all night and now I can’t even straighten my waist? This is so embarrassing!”
Wen Moxue: “……”
Sometimes, he really didn’t know what to say about him.
“Is there a possibility that they’re actually looking at me?” Wen Moxue said.
Shu Yan noticed it too and scratched his head. “Seems like it. Wait, don’t tell me you got exposed or something?”
At the thought of that possibility, Wen Moxue’s face went pale. Shu Yan hurriedly took out his phone. “Don’t panic, don’t panic. It shouldn’t be very likely. I’ll go ask around and find out… Got it.”
Shu Yan quickly obtained some firsthand information. It was a link to a post on their university forum.
Shu Yan clicked it open and took a look. Only after confirming that it wasn’t about Wen Moxue’s cross dressing being exposed did he dare send it to him.
Wen Moxue clicked the link and entered the post. The moment he saw its contents, he was so angry that he actually laughed.
Title: Exposing Hai University’s “Campus Belle” and His Little Scheme of Selling Himself Out to Get Things for Free!
OP: I heard that the campus hunk of the Physical Education Department publicly confessed to a certain campus belle on the field today. As expected, he was rejected. However, before this, plenty of students had seen the two of them running together on the field, looking intimate and happy. The department hunk fell harder and harder day by day, completely unaware that the campus belle was only using him to mooch off his running expertise. Now that the department hunk has nothing left to give, the campus belle has predictably abandoned him. How tragic.
Actually, this isn’t the first time the campus belle has sold himself out to get something for free. Apparently, he once even mooched off an English Department academic star who had already graduated just to pass CET 6. When he was rejected, that senior was apparently driven into depression.
Another student who refused to reveal their name said that they had also been mooched off for a paper by the campus belle. Tsk, tsk. The campus belle really does pass through a field of flowers without a single petal touching him.
Although the post didn’t name anyone directly, plenty of students had seen Wen Moxue and He Rao running together on the field. The reference to the “campus belle” was simply far too obvious and everyone decoded it almost immediately.
Wen Moxue was already something of a famous figure at the university. Once the post went up, it was immediately pushed to the top and became a trending thread.
【This is spicy. Front row seats for the drama.】
【Just finished reading it. It’s all the OP’s personal speculation. There’s no evidence at all.】
【Tsk, tsk. Don’t tell me this is another case of someone becoming bitter after being rejected? Got rejected on Singles’ Day and finally went crazy?】
【Wen Moxue has so many fans. The department hunk is a recent one, right? There was even a thread on the forum betting on whether they would get together. There are pictures and everything. His fans should open their damn eyes and take a good look.】
【Shrugs. Using his looks to mooch off people isn’t something he started doing only once or twice.】
【I want to be mooched off by the campus belle too. Shy】
……
Wen Moxue simply shared the post with He Rao.
Warm Water Boils Snow: Should we clarify things?
After sending it, he scrolled down the screen, taking a look at the other ridiculous comments to see what else people had to say.
It wasn’t long before He Rao replied.
He Rao: Isn’t that what happened?
Wen Moxue: “???”
Three genuine question marks seemed to pop up above Wen Moxue’s head. Shu Yan leaned over to look and couldn’t help cursing.
“Fuck! Is there something wrong with his brain? Did the meals we treated him to go straight into a dog’s stomach?”
Wen Moxue also wanted to know how he had managed to come out with such a brain dead statement.
A moment later, another message from He Rao came through.
He Rao: You always look at me with such an affectionate gaze that you make me think I have a chance. I taught you everything I knew without holding anything back and what did I get in return? You rejected me in front of so many classmates. What’s the point of that?
“……”
Wen Moxue had a pair of beautiful, peach blossom eyes. Even when he didn’t deliberately make any expression, his eyes seemed to speak whenever he looked at someone, naturally carrying a hint of a smile. It was very easy for people to feel as though they were being cherished by him.
But he looked at everyone that way. It was simply how he was born.
And this was enough to make He Rao misunderstand him?
Warm Water Boils Snow: Then I’m really sorry. I look at dogs that way too.
Wen Moxue didn’t bother waiting to see how He Rao would respond. He simply deleted him.
He had never been the type to tolerate being wronged. After returning to his place, he opened his WeChat chat window and took several screenshots. Then he logged into the forum, opened the post and replied.
vhjdsh: I’m Wen Moxue. Regarding the three things mentioned by the OP, I’d like to clarify them.
As for selling myself out to mooch off the Physical Education Department’s campus hunk, from the time he started teaching me until now, I’ve treated him to barbecue exactly once. It cost 318 yuan per person. Bill attached. As for the energy drinks and various milk teas I’ve consumed every day, those receipts are attached as well. Shu Yan has also treated him to meals and drinks.
Up until now, I’ve had three bottles of energy drinks from the department hunk, hitched a ride in his car once and learned some running techniques from him.
I thought our relationship was nothing more than a normal friendship where you help me and I treat you to food and drinks in return. If the person involved still feels dissatisfied after reading this, you can tell me your hourly teaching fee. I’ll calculate it and we can settle the difference accordingly, with whoever owes more paying the balance.
As for the English Department academic star, I scored 148 in English on my college entrance examination. Score report attached. Do you really think I need to sell myself out just to pass CET 6?
The reason I was close to him was because one of his uncles had a lot of materials that needed translating and I was one of the outsourced translators he hired. Attached are some of the chat records from when I submitted the translated materials, along with clear records of the payments between us.
As for the matter of his illness, he already had that condition before I knew him. Since it concerns someone else’s privacy, I’m not at liberty to disclose the specifics.
Finally, regarding the paper I supposedly mooched off someone for, I thought about it for a long time before remembering that it was an extracurricular group project during our freshman year. We had to look through a large amount of material and write a 2,000 word paper.
If I remember correctly, you were the one who said you were a contracted novelist for a certain website and had good writing skills, so you would be responsible for writing the paper while I handled searching for and organizing the relevant materials.
I spent an entire week searching for and organizing the materials. You spent one day piecing together bits and pieces from the materials I found and completed the paper. So tell me, who exactly mooched off whom, hmm? Meng Qingzhu? @IReallyCan’tStandWatchingThis
“IReallyCan’tStandWatchingThis” was the username of the original poster.
Wen Moxue had many admirers. In fact, most of them did not turn hostile like He Rao after being rejected. Quite a few remained friends with him afterward and they still kept in contact.
One junior from the Computer Science Department who had pursued him in the past had sent him the results of an IP address lookup for the original poster and, as expected, the result wasn’t surprising at all.
At this time, most of the students were in class, so the forum was practically dead.
Everyone thought Wen Moxue was usually rather aloof and they were curious whether he would even bother responding.
Nobody expected him to personally jump into the fight to clarify everything. He even directly exposed the original poster’s name. The previously lifeless forum suddenly became lively.
【Holy shit, the campus belle is badass. I love this attitude of having a mouth that can speak for himself and refusing to swallow any grievances.】
【Can someone explain who Meng Qingzhu is?】
【You might not understand if I just give you his name but among the few people who have been running together recently, one is the campus belle’s friend, Shu Yan. The other guy is him.】
【“The other guy.” LMAO, buddy, your mouth is vicious.】
【I’m an insider, so I know. Yesterday, I saw Meng Qingzhu confessing to the department hunk on the field and getting rejected.】
【Hahaha, couldn’t get the department hunk himself, so he made a post to drag someone else down instead? Clown.】
【From Wen Moxue’s explanation, it sounds like the department hunk also thinks he was mooched off. Emmm… hard to say.】
【The two of them treated him to meals and drinks. That’s at least 500 yuan, right? What kind of long distance running techniques are so expensive? Someone spent that much money and you still call it mooching?】
……
Meanwhile, Shu Yan managed to get in touch with that academic star from the English Department. He had already graduated but fortunately, Shu Yan still had him added on WeChat.
The academic star explicitly stated that his depression had been related to his family of origin and had nothing to do with Wen Moxue. He also said that he did not like his illness being dragged into the matter and publicly discussed and hoped that the poster would delete the post and apologize.
He posted the chat records as well as receipts showing the meals he had treated He Rao to. His meals had been slightly cheaper but they still came to more than 200 yuan per person.
In other words, including the drinks, milk tea and everything else, the two of them had spent around 600 yuan treating He Rao. This only earned He Rao even more ridicule from everyone.
Amid all the commotion, Wen Moxue spoke again.
vhjdsh: @IReallyCan’tStandWatchingThis My request is as follows: Delete the post, make a public post under your real name apologizing to me and that senior and keep the apology post up for at least one week. Otherwise, I’ll report this to the police.
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ChaptersChapter 1 · You think you can get away with this?Chapter 2 · That clueless straight guyChapter 3 · It’s just women’s clothing, right?Chapter 4 · That’s clearly a girl’s voice!Chapter 5 · Fu Dog, prepare to die!Chapter 6 · I possess a masculine charmChapter 7 · This skirt makes her look like a slutChapter 8 · Fu transferred 10,000 yuan to you.Chapter 9 · Black stockings photosChapter 10 · The older man asked for the photos himself!Chapter 11 · I bumped into an old man while dressed as a manChapter 12 · An older man took the initiative to ask him out!Chapter 13 · Forums where posts were postedChapter 14 · Eating with an older manChapter 15 · Pattting HeadChapter 16 · The older man’s heart flutterChapter 17 · Don’t keep posting these kinds of photos.Chapter 18 · Exclusive private photos of an older manChapter 19 · I was kissedChapter 20 · Unique seduction methodChapter 21 · My lips are swollen from being kissed.Chapter 22 · Watching legs in a videoChapter 23 · Absence makes the heart grow fonderChapter 24 · The Older Man’s FallChapter 25 Part 1 · We broke up! We broke up!Chapter 25 Part 2 · We broke up! We broke up!Chapter 26 · Is he your dad?Chapter 27 · This man has a face that looks very similarChapter 28 · I do mind, I only like womenChapter 29 · I’m dizzyChapter 30 · Fair legs that would drive any foot fetishist crazy.Chapter 31 · Put it on and let me seeChapter 32 · Crossdressing againChapter 33 · PunishChapter 34 · Punish Fu Jiahang’s scumbag fatherChapter 35 · Massage the waistChapter 36 · HeartbeatChapter 37 · Men are no longer able to function after the age of 25Chapter 38 Part 1 · BedmatesChapter 38 Part 2 · BedmatesChapter 39 · PossessivenessChapter 40 · Little Godmother