Chapter 78 - Successful change of maps.
‘Unfathomable’ did not suffice in explaining how inexplicable Kang Shengzhe’s sudden turn was. It was basically like G.o.d’s thunder had descended from the skies and You Liangxing blanked out, confused. Even Liao Su was stupefied because he could not understand why there was such a huge delay in his reaction timing…
Subsequently after, the stupid big man who said he was going to get a card grabbed firmly onto a coach with the force of thunderbolt, and then—
He actually made a card.
You Liangxing felt so perplexed in his heart he was left with nothing to say, and it was only after Kang Shengzhe had carefully slipped his fitness card into his pocket and an overjoyed Liao Su had learnt of it that You Liangxing asked with much uncertainty: “Ah Sheng, are you really going to work out?”
Resolutely, Kang Shengzhe affirmed: “Yes.”
You Liangxing: “Can you persevere through it?”
There was no malicious intention behind his remark but Kang Shengzhe, whose thoughts were indecipherable to him, showed a huge reaction to it. “I can persevere though it, I’ll definitely persist through it, just wait and see.”
Thus, You Liangxing could only close his mouth, but he was questioning the feasibility of that statement in his heart.
It was very difficult for a person who did not like exercising to start working out. For You Liangxing himself, he had started boxing in elementary school and he had seen countless of people who give up halfway through and never picked up the sport again, to say nothing of the fact that Kang Shengzhe had an innate lazy bone.
However, the matter ended up being rather mystical because Kang Shengzhe seemed to have set down a ruthless heart and he started reporting in from the second day. Not only that, he even got up at a time that people typically would and he strictly followed the training schedule that the coach had made for him, and he did every item.
One day, then two days, followed by a week. Kang Shengzhe came to the boxing gym regardless of rain, hail or shine; teeth clenched and refusing to let go, suddenly displaying the bearing of an unyielding man as he abided by the training rigorously and a.s.siduously, such that even the coach was bragging about him during lunch.
While they were in the same training gym, their exercise programmes were different, but he found that every time he lowered or raised his head, he would see him. From their original status of being online internet friends, it progressed to the point where You Liangxing would stare into his eyes every day.
Every time Kang Shengzhe’s training ended, he would spring over during his resting time to watch You Liangxing practice his boxing. His eyes would always be plastered on his frame as if he wanted to burn a hole into his body while he was alive.
It was fine if it was just one or twice, but he kept up the habit every single day. Even if You Liangxing was slow to react, he could not help thinking bent thoughts.
What the h.e.l.l was that supposed to mean?
Was he trying to hint something at him?
You Liangxing chewed on his chicken breast in his mouth again and again. Liao Su, noticing his preoccupation, knocked on his plate. “Hey, Brother Liang, I’m talking to you.”
You Liangxing responded, “What?”
“What are you thinking about? What has you in a daze? Are you tired?”
You Liangxing: “No.”
Liao Su said: “It’s good that you’re not. You should snap out of it, G.o.d K was talking you.”
Kang Shengzhe was sitting opposite of him, and because his weight had exceeded the prescribed limit, the coach awarded him a plate of green vegetables. You Liangxing asked him: “What did you say?”
Kang Shengzhe was wearing a serious expression, “I feel like I’ve gained some good results as of late, would you like to see at it?”
You Liangxing choked back the instinctive ‘no’ that rose up his throat when he recalled the uncontrollable memory of Kang Shengzhe’s inexplicable convulsion and he decided to change his words: “… Let’s see it.”
Pleased as punch, Kang Shengzhe lifted his shirt up. His skin tone was completely white, and the flat belly and waist he revealed was no different. Expectant, he said: “How is it?”
You Liangxing looked at it carefully before he shifted his gaze away and offered his honest answer: “Nothing has changed.”
Kang Shengzhe was very dissatisfied, “How could there be no changes, my stomach has tightened a lot, look carefully.”
However, You Liangxing was not alone in his inability to perceive changes because Liao Su could not see any obvious results either. Despite that, he tried to justify Kang Shengzhe: “Maybe it’s hard to see it, after all, it has only been a short period of time. Maybe you’ll be able to feel it once you touch it?”
Immediately, Kang Shengzhe became elated. “That’s right, you’ll know after touching it. Liang Liang, come, come here, hurry up and touch it~” As he spoke, his long arm stretched across the table and grabbed You Liangxing’s hand before he sent it towards his person swiftly.
You Liangxing’s palm became hot and his entire body stiffened. At that moment, a jolt went through his heart and whatever sensations he had beneath his hand did not reach his brain. Instead, his nerves seemed to have jammed and he withdrew his hand in a confused manner. Kang Shengzhe gazed at him with renewed antic.i.p.ation. “Have my muscles tightened?”
There was something wrong with You Liangxing’s brain as he said the first thing that came to mind: “No.” After he regained his composure, he continued with a faint voice, “You don’t have muscles, you’re thinking too much.”
Kang Shengzhe could not help but fake some sobs. Pouting, he said, “You Liangxing ah, I advise you to be kinder.”
Liao Su laughed, “G.o.d K, if you keep looking at your muscles every day, the effects that you see will not be large. And if you want to surprise someone, you need to not meet them for a period of time. It’s just like height; it’s hard to notice the difference in your height when you see it every day, but after not meeting for a few years only to come into contact again later will cause a scare, and it is as if your height has increased by a large proportion.”
What Liao Su said was a common fact, and as Kang Shengzhe digested his sentence internally, he felt that the logic was very reasonable. Decisively, he pulled his shirt back down and said mysteriously: “You’re right, I need to hide for a while.”
You Liangxing could not help but think: What is the point of hiding, you don’t even have it.
Initially, You Liangxing thought Kang Shengzhe was just saying it, but Kang Shengzhe actually started hiding from him. Furthermore, what he hid was not only his muscles, he even hid himself away because from that moment on, Kang Shengzhe stopped appearing in front of him openly whenever they were training. Instead, he would hide away and steal looks from afar, and whenever You Liangxing looked back at him, he would scurry away, leaving behind a streak of smoke.
Every day, Kang Shengzhe would have his fill of stolen looks of You Liangxing, whereas You Liangxing could not even catch a glimpse of him, apart from his big feet and half his head because Kang Shengzhe could not hide them.
Thus, one month pa.s.sed like that, and You Liangxing felt like he was going to die from the poison that was this upsetting plan.
The day was spent for dry training, and the gaming time at night with Kang Shengzhe was used to its utmost utility. Whenever they were idle and with nothing to do, he would speak a few lines to You Liangxing in the game or WeChat, and if there was anything amusing, he would send that too. But other than those few interactions, especially when it concerned the discussion regarding You Liangxing on Weibo and MengMao TV’s live broadcasting room, Kang Shengzhe would cut them off every time they appeared on the screen.
Speaking of which, ever since the last instance where he entered Kang Shengzhe’s live broadcast, You Liangxing had entered the ranks of Kang Shengzhe’s harem because of the fans. Even though he only appeared in one game in every other week of Kang Shengzhe’s live broadcast, the fans were still extremely enthusiastic as they matched him and Kang Shengzhe together. They even gave them a name called ‘Truly Fragrant’ CP.
Once the Truly Fragrant CP appeared, a huge group of CP fans immediately appeared on Weibo and they were so immense in numbers that they virtually doubled that of those supporting the KK and Little Sword Fairy pairing, which squeezed Little Sword Fairy and he became the ex-wife.
As one browsed through Kang Shengzhe’s Weibo, the comments attempting to summon You Liangxing were ubiquitous.
【There was no Sister Liang in the live broadcast today, the anchor shat and forgot to bring his toilet paper】
【If Sister Liang is not around, why am I watching your live broadcast??? To look at you being a single dog??】
【Begging Sister Liang to use her mic! I heard that Sister Liang’s voice was superb and I would like to see one of the legends that has been rumoured along rivers and lakes! 】
【IMHO, life has become flat and insipid without Sister Liang.】
【Unexpectedly, there comes a day where I am begging to be abused by couple dogs.】
Liao Su was a fan of Kang Shengzhe and he would essentially stalk KK’s Weibo every day. And every time he read those similar comments with the foreknowledge that You Liangxing was Sister Liang, it was akin to a joke that was constantly poking at him. As he scrolled through them, he seemed to be trapped in a middle of an epilepsy as he was shaking and twisting on the sofa.
You Liangxing asked: “Why are they calling me Sister Liang?”
Liao Su looked at him and giggled, “Sister Liang, listen to yourself speak.”
You Liangxing: “Huh?”
Liao Su: “After listening to your own ‘huh’, think back about it well and hard, don’t you have any awareness in your heart?”
You Liangxing: “……”
You Liangxing punched Liao Su in the chest, and the topic was thus thoroughly exterminated from You Liangxing’s apartment.
Time gradually flowed, and quickly, they reached the end of another month. September was arriving and the inst.i.tutions and students all over the country started mobilising as they busied themselves in their respective schools. A University was no exception as it prepared itself for a new semester.
As the President of the Student Union, You Liangxing had to report to the school in advance to organise the necessary work, and Liao Su, as one of the Sports Section Head had to follow along as well. Before they even had the time to clean up their dorm after returning back to school, various tasks had already been sent their way and they were so busy that their feet barely touched the ground.
Unlike Kang Shengzhe who only need to report that everything was settled because he was a freshman, this was the time where school leaders and seniors had a particularly heavy workload. The teachers had problems in turns, and the students below them and in different sections were all awaiting their arrangements. It took You Liangxing and Liao Su two tireless days before they had everything – from general affairs to its foundations – arranged and in working order.
However, just because everything was arranged did not mean that everything was fine. This could only be considered the beginning; whether it was the half a month-long military training or the orientation party that was happening at a later date, You Liangxing was also responsible for facilitating it.
On the first of September, the freshmen officially entered the school and after the arrangements for the welcoming of the new arrival at the different colleges and faculties were settled, You Liangxing and Liao Su s.n.a.t.c.hed the little leisure time they had and sneaked off to the small snack street outside of A University for a while.
While they were eating, Liao Su did not even put down the mobile phone he was holding once, and he bore a striking resemblance to a negative example that should serve as a warning of what should not be repeated with his lowered head. You Liangxing let it slide and quietly ate his food instead. Halfway through, Liao Su abruptly said: “Say, has G.o.d K reported yet?”
You Liangxing paused: “How would I know?”
If everything had been normal, You Liangxing would have been calm and peaceful. Although it might come off as indifferent, his manner of speaking would always be placid, concise and unbiased whenever he replied with a clean and typical ‘I don’t know’. However, the moment Kang Shengzhe was mentioned, his mood changed slightly, and the words he said had an unexpected tinge of annoyance and it seemed to drip acid.
Fortunately, Liao Su did not pay any heed to it because he was engrossed with playing his phone. You Liangxing, however, noticed that he was being inappropriate and tightened his leash on his mood.
You Liangxing could not be blamed for his odd reaction to the topic. Ever since Kang Shengzhe said he wanted to hide away, he had continued his secrecy for more than a month. You Liangxing did not even manage to see his complete shadow, let alone his entire, proper person. Although they still talked in the game and on WeChat every day, You Liangxing still felt an unfathomable displeasure.
He was very displeased.
Very, very displeased.
Once he thought about it, the food in his hands was no longer appetising. You Liangxing put down his chopsticks and said: “Are you done eating?”
“I’m done eating. Wait, give me a moment, don’t go! What are you in a hurry for, we’ll be busy again once we return, isn’t it better to stay here for a while to surf the internet?” As Liao Su was speaking, he kept his head down and exited Weibo. Suddenly, a strange thought entered his mind and he entered A University’s web forum.
Liao Su did not have the habit of perusing the web forum, and the main reason was because every time he entered, the top posts would be the alumnus and students secretly photographing You Liangxing time and time again, inviting everyone to lick their screens together.
Whenever Liao Su encountered such posts, he would give a snort of contempt in his heart.
Whether it was You Liangxing’s front and side profile, or if he was clad in a suit or casual clothing, who had seen it more than him in the entirety of A University?
But did he ever sneak a shot? No!
Because he was not the sort of person who would work for the benefit of the public!
However, while Liao Su did not like seeing people use his own dorm mate’s face to attack the self-esteem of the boys in A University, he was extremely clear about the situation within A University’s web forum. When he thought back about last year, the web forum had been extremely lively, and with the minimum score line breaking a record high in A University’s history thus far, this year should be no exception.
He tapped on the homepage of the web forum, and sure enough, one of the top posts was published at eight in the morning. As of right now, the thread already had more than five thousand posts in it.
Liao Su took a closer look. The name of the post was enclosed in red, and it was composed to attract attention: The Live Broadcasting of the Welcome Reception in the University Colleges! Gather up the handsome men and beautiful ladies who are entering A University’s Ocean! 【There’s pictures!!!】