Fang Qiming’s body stiffened and the smile on his face froze.
Soon, he relaxed and smiled. “I’ve told you, Bingyao, that I won’t give up. I will persist until I finally move your heart!”
He was extremely emotional when he said that, as though those words had touched his own heart.
Liu Bingyao was shocked and did not know how to reply.
She decided that she had wasted enough time on him. She looked around and her eyes sparkled.
“Please accept these flowers, Bingyao!” Fang Qiming handed her the bouquet.
Liu Bingyao walked around and away from him.
Fang Qiming was instantly embarrassed.
He turned around to see the person she was meeting. He was immediately dumbstruck.
He was incredibly shocked that Liu Bingyao, the Beauty Queen who had been cold to all her pursuers, was smiling pleasantly to an unknown male student. They even looked intimate.
‘How… is that possible?’
He thought that he was dreaming!
Then, his face immediately turned ashen.
He remembered a rumor that he heard not too long ago that Liu Bingyao was behaving intimately with a male student of unknown identity in the cafeteria.
He did not believe that rumor back then, but he was forced to believe it now.
That boy was obviously that bastard in the rumors!
The corner of his eye twitched. His gaze upon Tang Hao turned vicious.
The girls all around were also surprised.
Their gaze fell on Tang Hao.
“So he’s the guy in the cafeteria that day?”
“He looks not bad! He’s still no match for Council President Fang though!”
The girls shook their heads.
In their eyes, Council President Fang was not only handsome and rich, but he was also the student council president. There would not be another more perfect boy than he.
The one currently in front of the beauty queen was dressed rather plainly. That had already placed him on a lower tier than Council President Fang.
“Who is he, Bingyao?” Fang Qiming asked sternly as he stepped toward her.
Liu Bingyao furrowed her brows. She looked disturbed. “None of your business. Let’s go, Tang Hao!”
She grabbed Tang Hao’s hand and walked away.
Everyone around them exclaimed in surprise.
The beauty queen had proactively grabbed the boy’s hand. That must have implied that the two were in a relationship.
Fang Qiming was rooted on the spot. His face was eerily sinister.
“You snatched my woman in front of me? Are you tired of living?” He mumbled to himself resentfully as he watched the two of them leave.
Tang Hao was still stunned as he was being dragged along by Liu Bingyao.
He did not expect Liu Bingyao to be so forward.
“Holy! What’s going on?”
“Oh my god! Is that Beauty Queen Liu? Are my eyes playing tricks on me?”
Cries of surprise were heard wherever they went.
Liu Bingyao’s face and neck were red from embarrassment, but she did not let go. She finally did so when they arrived at a secluded place.
She looked awkwardly at Tang Hao and stammered, “That… That Fang Qiming is a… a nuisance!
“Does he think that he’s better than everyone else? He’s only a student council president. What’s so great about that?” She grumbled.
Before Tang Hao could say anything, she turned around and walked ahead. “Let’s go!”
She took a few steps, then touched her face with her hands. Her cheeks were burning.
Tang Hao scratched his head and could do nothing else but to follow behind.
Cao Fei and a few other students were waiting at the main entrance. They were all students from First High.
First High was the top high school in Westridge District. Many students managed to qualify for Z University every year.
They heard of Tang Hao from Cao Fei, and they were more curious than surprised.
“You’re here, Brother Hao! See, I told you that you can do it!” Cao Fei came up to Tang Hao and acted fawningly.
Liu Bingyao blushed again.
Tang Hao faked a cough. “Ahem! Let’s go!”
Cao Fei looked at the time on his phone. “It’s about time!” They hailed two cabs and rode in them to Blue Sky Hotel.
They arrived at their destination in about twenty minutes.
They got off the cabs and went into the hotel.
Cao Fei led them to a hall, as though he was familiar with the place.
Many people were already at the place. They were all eighteen-year-old teenagers. They gathered in small groups and chatted among themselves.
Everyone turned to look at the people who had walked in.
The entire hall immediately boiled over with excitement.
The group that had just entered the hall was from Z University.
Z University was the top university in the province, and one of the top universities in the entire Huaxia. Z University students were high achievers with bright futures.
The teenagers were eager to build connections with Z University students.
One person among them was the highlight.
“It’s Beauty Queen Liu! She’s here too!” Many people exclaimed.
The atmosphere in the hall was brought to a climax. Many people crowded around them to greet them, especially to Liu Bingyao.
Suddenly, someone was heard speaking loudly over the crowd.
“Isn’t that Tang Hao? Why is he here?”
Chapter 257 - Liu Junjie
“Tang Hao?”
“Who’s Tang Hao? I’ve never heard of him!”
The bustling mood was brought to a halt. Many people showed doubtful expressions on their faces.
They did not remember seeing that name on the list of people who had successfully gotten into Z University that year.
They had never even heard of that name.
Everyone looked at the crowd and their gaze eventually fell on Tang Hao.
They could recognize most of the people in the crowd, except for that one person. He must be the Tang Hao that the person was shouting about.
“Who’s that guy? I’ve never seen him before! Is he from First High too?”
Everyone whispered among themselves.
That voice was heard again, except that he sounded more scornful. “He’s a student from First High, alright! We were in the same class, but he was expelled.
“I think most of you should know the news! He was the one who was expelled after fighting with Tianhao!”
That person came into view as he spoke. He was none other than Liu Junjie, Zhang Tianhao’s best friend.
Liu Junjie’s face was dark and brooding as he glared at Tang Hao.
His eyes flashed with hatred.
Tang Hao had punched him before back in high school. When they met again, Tang Hao had slapped him twice and had publicly humiliated him. He could never forget that grudge.
What made him more envious and hateful was that the lowly, unworthy person in his eyes arrived together with the beauty queen.
When he saw them together the last time, he attributed it to pure coincidence since they did not appear to be very close. However, it was the second time he saw them together.
That was not a coincidence anymore!
‘How dare he?
‘Tang Hao didn’t even graduate high school. He’s also from a mountain village. I’ve heard from Tianhao that he’s a gigolo.
‘Even if he isn’t a gigolo, he’s probably only some menial laborer with his qualifications.’
His heart was burning with envy when he saw Tang Hao standing together with his goddess.
“What? So that’s him?” Some people exclaimed in surprise. They seemed to have remembered him.
Back then, news of the incident had spread widely. A lot of people in Tang Hao’s year knew about it.
“So that�
��s him! I heard that his family is poor and he didn’t continue his studies after that. It means that he isn’t a college student!”
“If he’s not a college student, why is he here? Furthermore, he came along with the Z University students too!”
Everyone’s expressions toward Tang Hao changed as they whispered among themselves.
Their gaze turned condescending and mocking.
Invitations to that gathering were extended to college students in Provincial City. Tang Hao should not have been invited, but he was present at the venue together with the Z University students. How shameless could he be?
They looked down upon that guy who did not graduate high school.
Many people there were Tang Hao’s classmates. “Junjie, didn’t you say that he’s a gigolo now?” They whispered.
As they did so, they cast a hateful gaze toward Tang Hao.
Liu Junjie’s gaze was sinister. “Yes, he’s a gigolo now! Don’t you know how disgusting he can be?”
Everyone exclaimed in surprise when they heard that.
“What? A gigolo? That can’t be!”
“It’s hard to say. There’s a market for young people like him!”
“That’s utterly disgusting!”
Everyone’s gaze upon Tang Hao turned into disgust.
Liu Bingyao’s face darkened. She was becoming angry.
Liu Junjie had used that to defame Tang Hao the last time they met. It was the same thing again.
The Z University students that came together with Tang Hao had awkward looks on their faces. They did not believe those claims, but they did not understand why Liu Junjie was spreading rumors about Tang Hao.
Then, they remembered that Liu Junjie and Tang Hao were classmates.
Meanwhile, Cao Fei was livid.
He pointed a finger at Liu Junjie. “Dammit, Liu kid! What are you saying? You’re the one who’s a gigolo! You’d better watch your mouth!” He cursed.
Everyone was dumbstruck when they heard that.
Even Liu Junjie was confused.
‘I’m talking about Tang Hao. What does it have to do with Cao Fei?
‘Has he lost his mind?’
However, Cao Fei was indeed a student from Z University, and he was quite popular among the schoolmates. Liu Junjie dared not offend him. “I wasn’t talking about you, Cao Fei!” He explained.
“Talking bad about Brother Hao is the same as talking bad about me!” Cao Fei said angrily.
Liu Junjie was once again confused.
‘Why is Cao Fei speaking up for Tang Hao? He’s calling him ‘Brother Hao’ too! He’s really lost his mind! Cao Fei is from a prestigious university. Why would he call that lowly trash as his brother?’
Everyone was also confused, especially Cao Fei’s ex-classmates.
“Do you know him, Cao Fei?” One of the boys whispered to him.
“Of course I know him. He’s my Brother Hao!” Cao Fei said coldly.
Everyone could only find it ridiculous.
Liu Junjie could not find a response for a long time.
He did not expect that Tang Hao had befriended Cao Fei. When it came to matching wits, Liu Junjie was no match for Cao Fei.
Knowing what was best for him, he kept his mouth shut.
Then, he thought of something and smirked. “Cao Fei, don’t forget why we’re all gathered today. We’re all college students. Does he deserve to be here? He didn’t even graduate high school.”
Everyone looked at him with expressions of approval on their faces.
“That’s right. Not any random rabble can be here tonight.” Some people agreed with him.
Cao Fei smirked and said nonchalantly, “Who says that Tang Hao isn’t a college student? Let me tell everyone here. Brother Hao is now a student at Z University. He’s in the same class as I am too!”
The hall immediately fell into silence.
Everyone had an incredulous look on their faces.
They thought that they had misheard.
‘Tang Hao is in Z University? How is that possible?
‘He didn’t even graduate high school. So how could he be a college student, and a student of a prestigious university at that?’
Liu Junjie came to his senses and laughed. “You must have lost your mind, Cao Fei! I’ve never heard of something so ridiculous!”
Everyone also burst out laughing.
They thought that Cao Fei was speaking nonsense.
Liu Bingyao stepped forward to Tang Hao’s side. “I can vouch for Tang Hao that he is indeed a student of Z University. It’s not just me. These other people here can vouch for him too.”
She then turned to look at the other people that came along.
The roaring laughter abruptly stopped.
The smile froze on the people’s faces.
Then, they sucked cold air into their mouths.
It would have been less believable if Cao Fei was the only one making the claim, but now that even Beauty Queen Liu was saying the same thing, they had no choice but to accept that it was true.
It was nonetheless incredibly ridiculous though!
They had laughed and mocked at Tang Hao earlier, but he turned out to be a Z University student, which meant that they would have to look up to him.
Chapter 258 - Throw Them Out
“That’s impossible!” Liu Junjie roared. His face was contorted.
“How could he be a Z University student? I don’t believe it! Liu Bingyao, don’t think I don’t know your relationship with him. I can’t trust what you say!”
Everyone was shocked as they turned to look at Liu Bingyao.
Then, they turned to look at Tang Hao.
Liu Junjie seemed to imply that the two of them were seeing each other.
That revelation was much more impactful than Tang Hao being a Z University student.
Many people were burning with anger and envy.
Liu Bingyao’s face darkened. “You can ask those people too!” Then, she looked at the people next to her.
Those people nodded.
They might not know how Tang Hao got himself a spot in Z University, but he was undeniably a Z University student.
Liu Junjie trembled and his mind went blank.
Cao Fei might be lying. Liu Bingyao might be lying. However, so many people could not be lying at the same time.
It meant that Tang Hao was indeed a Z University student.
The revelation was like a strong blow to his head with a mallet.
Liu Junjie had always looked down upon Tang Hao. He was someone from the city, and he was also a college student. Meanwhile, Tang Hao did not even graduate high school.
Liu Junjie had always carried a strong sense of superiority.
Everything was turned on its head now. Liu Junjie was only a student of a third-rate university, while Tang Hao was suddenly a student from a prestigious university.
“How could this be?” He mumbled. His face turned pale as though his soul left his body.
The other classmates had similar expressions on their faces.
Tang Hao smirked coldly when he saw their reactions.
He knew that meeting those people would be nothing but trouble.
Suddenly, everyone heard footsteps coming in from outside. A figure came in. He was also a teenager of eighteen years old.
He was dressed in a black suit and stood tall and confident.
He was not exactly handsome, but his appearance was passable.
He looked around as he stepped into the hall and smiled. “So many people came. Not bad at all! I was expecting a lesser crowd. Oh? Why are you all crowded near the entrance?
“Isn’t this Beauty Queen Liu? Good job, Cao Fei!”
His eyes fell on Liu Bingyao.
The hall bustled again when he came in. Everyone stepped forward to greet him.
That person was Li Zhengtao, the famous rich kid from First High.
Li Zhengtao was in good spirits. He nodded at the people to return their gre
etings.
“I’m happy that you all could come. Everyone here is from First High, and we ought to stay in contact and forge strong connections.”
He smiled even more happily as he spoke.
Then, he saw Tang Hao.
His body stiffened as though he had turned into stone. His eyes bulged as though he had seen a ghost.
He turned around and he grabbed his head. “Wait a second. Are my eyes playing tricks on me? Why would that guy be here? This can’t be!”
Everyone was shocked when they saw him behave that way.
“Are you alright, Young Master Li?” Someone asked him.
“I’m… I’m fine” Li Zhengtao waved his hand and said frantically.
Then, his composure wavered again. “This can’t be! Of all places to bump into that guy, why would I see him here?”
Cao Fei was confused. “What’s wrong, Zhengtao?” He asked.
Li Zhengtao turned around and waved his hands. “Nothing’s wrong at all!”
His eyes caught sight of Tang Hao again and his entire face scrunched up. He tried to force a smile but he looked as though he was crying.
He struggled internally for a while, then awkwardly came over and greeted Tang Hao.
“Uncle Tang!”
Cao Fei was shocked. He nearly did a spit take.
Everyone was also stunned.
‘What did I just hear?
‘Li Zhengtao called Tang Hao ‘Uncle’?
‘Utterly ridiculous!’
Liu Junjie was once again dumbstruck. He was more shaken than before.
Liu Bingyao’s mouth opened slightly and her face was full of incredulity.
Tang Hao’s face was unreadable at that moment.
Li Zhengtao was President Li’s youngest son. If he and President Li called each other brothers, then Li Zhengtao would have to call him Uncle, even though they were the same age.
He found it incredibly unsettling to be called Uncle by someone of his age.
However, he returned the greeting. “Hi!”
Li Zhengtao’s face was more awkward than ever. “Why are you here, Uncle Tang?”
“Cao Fei invited me!” Tang Hao said.
Li Zhengtao was stunned. He looked at Cao Fei resentfully.
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