Chapter 3: Brutally Honest
Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations
Editor: PlumSauce
Yun Yingzhi didn’t give Huai Boshe a chance to respond. He immediately removed him from his friends list—blocked, deleted, all in one go. Once the person was cleared out, he found a quiet place to calm himself down.
About ten minutes later, he received private messages from several classmates. They asked if he had had a disagreement with Huai Boshe. They explained that Huai Boshe had tried to contact him but couldn’t reach him, so he could only find them to relay the message.
Yun Yingzhi froze. He still couldn’t understand what Huai Boshe was thinking. Huai Boshe didn’t even like him. His closeness had always been for Yun Yingyao. Hearing him say breakup should have made him happy, right? Yun Yingzhi didn’t understand. But he had no intention of unblocking Huai Boshe.
After calming himself, he stood up and started walking back to the dormitory. Before he could even enter the dorm, a hand grabbed his wrist.
It was Huai Boshe. His grip was very strong, causing Yun Yingzhi slight pain.
He furrowed his brows, meeting Huai Boshe’s eyes. “Let go of me, or I’ll get other students to help.”
Curious students nearby glanced over, some with threatening expressions. No doubt, Yun Yingzhi and Huai Boshe together formed a clear contrast of strength. With Yun Yingzhi equated to a small rabbit, the students looked at Huai Boshe warily. Regardless of whether Yun Yingzhi was in the wrong, his weak second form in a group of fierce beasts meant he shouldn’t be bullied.
In front of everyone, Huai Boshe released Yun Yingzhi’s wrist. “Yingzhi, let’s talk alone.”
Yun Yingzhi lifted his chin slightly, his eyes red, his already stunning features even more breathtaking. He asked, “Weren’t you saying earlier you didn’t have time? That you were in a bad mood and didn’t want to talk to me?”
Huai Boshe replied, “Yingzhi, don’t act like that. I really am frustrated right now.”
Yun Yingzhi asked, “Frustrated about what? About the fact that the person you like rejected your confession a second time—or even more?”
Huai Boshe froze, his gaze flickering. “You know?” Before Yun Yingzhi could respond, he asked again, “Who told you?”
Yun Yingzhi said, “Does it matter?”
Huai Boshe shook his head. “So… you’re mad at me over something so small?”
Yun Yingzhi paused, momentarily stunned. No. By his logic, wasn’t his anger perfectly justified? Why did Huai Boshe act as if this wasn’t worth being upset about? He felt a momentary crisis of confidence, then became even angrier. He thought, Huai Boshe really is a scumbag!
Huai Boshe took a deep breath. “Yingzhi, our emotions are unstable right now. Let’s both calm down. I’ll come find you next time.”
He turned and left.
Other students immediately crowded around Yun Yingzhi, asking what had happened between him and Huai Boshe. Huai Boshe paused, his ears twitching as he eavesdropped on the conversation behind him.
He heard Yun Yingzhi say, “It’s nothing… Huai Boshe isn’t a… good—” He swallowed back the word “lover” mid-sentence, “—friend!”
“What happened with Huai?” one student asked.
Yun Yingzhi replied, “He arranged to meet me, then forgot and went to confess to someone else.”
One student exclaimed, “Wow, Huai really went too far. If it were me, how could a confession be more important than a date with Yingzhi?”
“Though, for some people, girlfriends are far more important than friends.”
“Huai… is he love-brained?”
Huai Boshe’s already low spirits sank even further. For the first time, he realized that Yun Yingzhi always seemed to be surrounded by all kinds of people. Oh, and another thing—these people were generally unreasonable. Before, whenever he walked together with Yun Yingzhi, he hadn’t noticed it. Yun Yingzhi always liked to revolve around him, so he never felt the crowd. But thinking back now, there had indeed always been a swarm of people around Yun Yingzhi.
For the first time, Huai Boshe felt pressured by the people surrounding Yun Yingzhi. But… Thinking about it, their years of friendship… There shouldn’t be a problem, right? No, there shouldn’t. He thought that once Yun Yingzhi calmed down, if he coaxed him a little, everything would be fine.
Yun Yingzhi returned to the dorm, surrounded by students. His three roommates were there. They had just come back from the cafeteria, unpacking their food but hadn’t started eating yet.
“Yingzhi, weren’t you going to find Huai Boshe? How did you get back so quickly?” Yu Feiwen asked.
“Did you eat?” another roommate asked.
Yun Yingzhi rubbed his stomach, feeling a little hungry. Even though his second form was a tiny rabbit, he had always had a huge appetite. No matter what moment, he could always eat, and even heartbreak didn’t affect his appetite.
“Some things happened,” Yun Yingzhi said, pausing, then added, “Can I eat with you guys?”
The three roommates welcomed him. The four of them sat around the table and began to eat together.
Yu Feiwen noticed Yun Yingzhi’s reddened eyes and asked, “Yingzhi, what happened with Huai Boshe?”
Yun Yingzhi shook his head, indicating he didn’t want to talk about that person, and started competing for food with his roommates. It was impressive—despite being a seemingly delicate boy, Yun Yingzhi fought for food like a pro. Even the other three, seasoned eaters themselves, struggled to keep up. He showed no sign of the soft, gentle rabbit persona he usually projected.
By the time fifteen minutes had passed, they had polished off all the takeout. After quickly tidying up the trash, they returned to their respective activities. Yun Yingzhi collapsed onto his bed, rubbing his stomach, still thinking about Huai Boshe. After a moment, he sat up and looked at his three roommates. “There’s an update about my… friend.”
The three roommates, each busy with their own thing, immediately looked up at him.
Yun Yingzhi felt the three pairs of eyes on him at once. He took a breath, carefully choosing his words. “It’s about my… friend—the one with a green patch above his head. He saw his lover confess to another close friend.”
The three roommates immediately visualized it: the girlfriend had confessed to Yun Yingzhi? What a dramatic love story. Interesting. Very interesting.
They pulled their chairs up to Yun Yingzhi’s bed and sat neatly in a row, ready to hear all the gossip.
“This was the second confession—at least the second time. That is, the person… his true love in his heart… rejected the confession.”
In their minds, the three roommates had completely cast Yun Yingzhi as the beloved “white moonlight” in this story. It made sense. Since kindergarten, countless people had confessed to Yun Yingzhi, and he had never accepted any of them. Accepting anyone would have been abnormal. They once again deeply felt that Yun Yingzhi was a dangerously beautiful sinner.
After a pause, Yun Yingzhi said, “My friend is really, really angry!”
The three of them put themselves in the situation and also felt furious—to get together with my good brother 3 crush a strong opponent?
The first search result gave him the answer:
Some espers are really pitiful. Even though they have a second form, it is extremely weak, and they haven’t awakened any special abilities yet. But fate hasn’t abandoned them—they could fight using weapons!
Yun Yingzhi’s eyes lit up. This was exactly his strong suit.
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Translator Notes:
- Meaning “close friend”1, a lover got involved with me. True trust had been misplaced, brotherly bonds shattered in an instant—it was truly despicable.
Yun Yingzhi asked, “If this happened to you, what would you do?”
The three fell silent immediately.
Yun Yingzhi clenched his fists and asked again, “What would you do?”
Yu Feiwen said, “We’d just have to accept it?”
“Ah?” Yun Yingzhi was stunned. Just endure it like that?
Another roommate said, “I put myself in the situation. As a guy, what could I even do to a girl?”
“Break up. Go your separate ways.”
Yun Yingzhi thought for a moment and said, “Then let me put it another way. What if that girlfriend wasn’t a girlfriend, but a boyfriend?”
Yu Feiwen and the others became even more curious, wondering who that poor guy with a vast green meadow on his head, who had a boyfriend, could possibly be. A name immediately popped into their minds. Huai Boshe.
Yu Feiwen said, “If it’s a boyfriend, that’s easy. Just beat him up badly.”
Yun Yingzhi felt a bit awkward and added some details, “But… my friend isn’t very strong. He might not win in a fight.”
Hearing “not very strong,” the three hesitated, immediately ruling out Huai Boshe. As the top student of the second year, his strength was formidable.
“Since your friend isn’t strong, then they need to find a way to become strong themselves.”
Yun Yingzhi’s eyelid twitched. Reluctantly, he revealed more details. The three roommates looked at Yun Yingzhi with suddenly subtle expressions.
Yu Feiwen summarized, “So, your friend—the one with the green meadow on his head—and the boyfriend are in the same grade. The boyfriend studies well, is strong in combat, and ranks at the top, while your friend… is bad at everything?”
Who was that miserable guy wearing the green hat? The three roommates thought silently.
Yun Yingzhi’s cheeks flushed slightly. Though it was true, such a summary felt a bit too harsh.
“Yes,” he admitted reluctantly.
Yu Feiwen patted Yun Yingzhi on the shoulder. “The gap is pretty big, but if I were your friend, I’d try to transform myself.”
Yun Yingzhi asked, “Transform?”
Roommate Ji Xiaobo said, “Yeah, surpass that boyfriend in every way. Didn’t you say he’s extremely excellent? Then of course, he has to be surpassed in every aspect.”
Yun Yingzhi, “…”
The third roommate, Jing Haomiao, said, “Start with grades first, then surpass him in social connections.”
Ji Xiaobo added, “Also focus on appearance. According to you, Yingzhi, your friend—the one with the meadow over his head—was plain-looking, so he was easily deceived in love. Make him pay more attention to his appearance. If possible, using his hair and wardrobe to outshine that scumbag would be perfect.”
Yun Yingzhi summarized mentally: following the roommates’ revenge plan, he would have to overtake Huai Boshe in grades, combat ability, social connections, and appearance.
Yu Feiwen added, “By the way, your friend probably has no dating experience before. Not many people liked him in the past, right?”
Ji Xiaobo said, “Tell him to wait until he’s improved in every way, then find a partner—a better partner than that scumbag.”
Yu Feiwen added, “That way, that scumbag will regret it.”
Yun Yingzhi added one more goal to the previous four: he would need a boyfriend—or an equally outstanding girlfriend—who excelled in every way compared to Huai Boshe. Yun Yingzhi’s eyelid twitched. Five goals in total, all extremely difficult.
First, grades. Huai Boshe was the top student of the grade; he was at the very bottom of his class.
Second, combat ability. Huai Boshe was widely recognized as the strongest in the second year, with his second form as a giant tiger. He, however, was… universally considered the weakest in all of Fansa Academy, a soft, fragile little white rabbit. The gap was nothing short of a chasm.
Third, social connections. On this point, the two came from similar backgrounds—both were sons of generals—so surpassing that wasn’t going to be easy.
Fourth, appearance. Each had their own strengths and weaknesses.
Fifth, finding a partner better than Huai Boshe. It seemed that the only candidates he could approach were seniors in the third or fourth year.
Yun Yingzhi thought that one, two, three, four, five—it really was a series of increasingly difficult and perilous tasks. Despite thinking this, Yun Yingzhi had already started making plans. He opened his personal terminal and considered who he could ask for help to tutor him, to improve his grades in Chinese and politics.
Who were the top students in the third and fourth years? He wanted to ask if he could pretend to be in a relationship with them. Whether the relationship was real didn’t matter—what mattered was delivering a blow to Huai Boshe’s pride. He also needed to go to a styling shop to get a complete makeover.
And then…
The last two problems: second, crushing him in combat; and third, surpassing him in social connections. First, fourth, and fifth had at least some possible direction, but second and third… there wasn’t even a path forward. He could put the third aside for now, but the second—without a doubt—crushing him in combat would be the most satisfying. He didn’t really want to give that up.
Just then, Ji Xiaobo said, “For a prodigy, there’s no greater blow than being crushed beneath someone else’s feet.”
“That makes sense,” Yun Yingzhi said, deeply agreeing. He became even more determined to focus his efforts on that goal.
What Yun Yingzhi didn’t know was that Yu Feiwen and the others believed that the innocent “white moonlight” entangled in his emotional drama was actually him. So they hadn’t said anything. At this point, they thought the ultimate revenge would be to make the green-hat guy fall in love with his boyfriend’s beloved.
They tacitly agreed not to suggest this—they certainly didn’t want the school beauty dating so early.
Yun Yingzhi opened the StarNet and searched for keywords:
How can a powerless esper2In this story, “espers” refer to humans who have special powers and abilities.
