Chapter 100: Ling Wu, the Senior Himself?!

【Author's Note: Urgent notice! Since Queque needs to set a word-of-mouth book title, I am specifically asking for title suggestions! In the comments section, you can post four-character book titles that you think fit the story of this text and have depth. Note: Four characters and not overlapping with other works. Bowing in thanks!】

Ling Wu asked again, "Anything else?"

Weilan: "No... nothing else."

Ling Wu snapped his fingers, stood up, and walked toward the door: "Send him home; he will forget what happened this evening."

Xi Huaizhi: "You got it!"

Ling Wu took a taxi back to Sike Academy, preparing to stay in the apartment.

As Jing Du came out of the Student Council office building, he saw Ling Wu walking in from the school gate. The youth was wearing a navy blue school uniform, with fair skin and long legs. The silver school badge on his chest shone brilliantly under the streetlights, and his tie was slightly loose, making him look less aloof in his coldness, like faint starlight in a moonlit night.

Ever since the Art Association, Jing Du had rarely come to the Academy. Having not seen Ling Wu for half a month, even though the other party's hair was just a bit longer, it gave him a dizzying illusion.

The scene of Ling Wu playing the piano at the Art Association inexplicably surfaced in his mind; he was so dazzling.

Jing Du's footsteps moved toward Ling Wu uncontrollably, and he called his name: "Ling Wu!"

?

Ling Wu looked toward the source of the sound and met Jing Du's gaze: "... Is something the matter?"

He had almost forgotten the person named Jing Du.

Jing Du stepped forward and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with him under the streetlight. He was still wearing his blue-light-blocking glasses, his brows and eyes clear and open: "I just came out of the office building and saw your course selection form. You signed up for shooting and fencing?"

Ling Wu said, "Yes."

"Is there a problem with my form?"

"No problem." Jing Du tilted his head and looked at his fair profile: "The Academy has carried out a small reform for this year's elective courses. They have communicated with several families in advance and implemented mandatory assessments. We might be seeing each other in elective classes from now on."

Ling Wu was a bit surprised: "You signed up for shooting and fencing too?"

Jing Du pushed up his glasses: "Mm."

"These two courses earn credits quickly."

The two walked to the fountain. Jingwan and the student apartments were not in the same direction. Ling Wu waved goodbye to him: "I'm heading back to the apartment first, goodbye."

After saying this, he didn't wait for Jing Du's response and walked off on his own.

It didn't take two seconds.

Jing Du caught up quickly. He grabbed Ling Wu's hand and rubbed his thumb over the web of his hand, feeling the thin callus there.

Then his hand was shaken off by Ling Wu.

Jing Du's handsome and cold-looking silhouette was softened by the night, appearing somewhat obscure: "I haven't said goodbye yet, why are you walking so fast?"

"Jing Du, don't you hate me?" Ling Wu's eyes were clear and cold, and his words were very direct at this moment: "I don't think our relationship is good enough to stand side-by-side and talk for a long time."

"Anything else?"

"If not, I'm leaving."

Hate him?

Jing Du stared at Ling Wu's cold and alluring face. He truly hadn't developed any feelings of hatred, so he explained: "Ling Wu, I think you misunderstood. Actually, I have never hated you."

【Jing Du OUT!】

【The male supporting character will punish every stubborn person equally!】

【You don't hate him anymore? Then what were you doing before? Jing Du, has anyone told you that you are really pretentious!】

【Wanting to get to the table now? It's too late. I'm telling you, the table is full of people; go stay somewhere cool.】

【Early Jing Du: I don't play with men, especially men like you. Current Jing Du: Actually, I have never hated you. OUT!】

【Jing Du: Disgusting. Now: Brother, you smell so good...】

【Jin Shaoyu, come quickly! Someone is coveting your brother!】

Ling Wu heard his words, but his emotions didn't fluctuate. He didn't care at all whether Jing Du hated him or not; he simply didn't want to talk to him and was just looking for an excuse to leave quickly.

He couldn't even understand what the point of Jing Du telling him these things was.

A waste of time.

Jing Du brought up the matter of the Art Association: "The 'Moonlight Sonata' you played at the Art Association—it wasn't the first time I heard it. On the day the test ended, I passed by the garden and heard the music on the rooftop, but by the time I walked up to the rooftop, you had already left."

Ling Wu remembered the incident on the rooftop and nodded: "Mm."

He always felt that the other party wanted to say more than just this.

Ling Wu reminded him: "Are you sure you still want to follow me? This way is not on the way to Jingwan."

Before they knew it, in two more minutes they would arrive at the student apartment building. Couples holding hands sat on the benches by the roadside, and the scorching white light of the streetlamps shone down, adding a bit of atmosphere.

Jing Du: "I'll see you to your building."

"Okay."

The two were silent all the way.

Although it was very dark, many students still recognized them and cast many glances their way.

Ling Wu lived in Apartment 9. He looked toward the entrance of the apartment: "I'm here, you can stop here."

There was not a hint of affection in his eyes.

Jing Du was starting to doubt whether the person who initially had tears in his eyes and wrote him love letters was even Ling Wu. How could someone be so affectionate yet so heartless?

Able to walk away at any time, leaving no attachment behind.

Finally, Jing Du said it: "Ling Wu, on September 17th, I am getting engaged to Wei Ranxu. It's a family marriage, and an invitation will be sent to you."

Ling Wu had heard Wei Ranxu mention the engagement when he was taking the exam in Class F, but he hadn't expected it to be so soon.

Jing Du had originally expected to see a look of disappointment and sadness on Ling Wu's face, but a bright smile bloomed on the other party's beautiful face. Those eyes curved, and starlight rippled in their depths. His tone was sincere and earnest: "Congratulations!"

Hearing this "congratulations," Jing Du felt as if something had completely passed away, never to be grasped again.

His eyes, hidden behind his lenses, lost their focus: "Mm."

"It's getting late, you should go back first."

Ling Wu: "Okay."

He was completely unaware of Jing Du's emotional fluctuations and quickly disappeared into the apartment entrance.

After washing up, Ling Wu opened his phone to reply to a few messages, then clicked into the forum account that Jin Shaoyu had registered for him, seeing that many new posts had been published: #Young Master Jin takes Ling Wu to school! #Young Master Jin takes photos of Ling Wu! #Senior Ling Wu's magnificent beauty #Special Student punished by the Rights Protection Department #Suspected Young Master Jin backing his brother.

There were also 99+ replies in the background.

Under the comment Ling Wu had typed, "Jin Shaoyu is not that kind of person":

-1L: Tell us, OP, how much did the evil younger brother pay you for this one?

-2L: Feels like the OP talks like a bot.

-3L: Is your profile picture Senior Ling Wu? So cute, can you DM me the profile picture?

-4L: Still a new account?

-5L: Case closed, suspected to be Young Master Jin's alt account.

-6L: The ID is 05? Doesn't that translate to Ling Wu?

-7L: Look what I discovered, under the #Young Master Jin takes photos of Ling Wu post, the background image and the back view in the OP's profile picture are exactly the same, but the OP is the first-person perspective... which means, you are Senior Ling Wu himself?!