Chapter 384: Welcome Party

Yang Yin, at about 167 cm, is exceptionally tall among the girls, especially in this era of scarce resources.

Yet being pressed beneath Lu Cheng feels like a chick caught by an eagle.

Clearly Yang Yin is scared; even her usually smiling eyes look as if startled, they don't blink, and her heart thuds.

"You… what are you going to do…"

Lu Cheng's face is full of mockery, and the gap between his face and Yang Yin's is barely two centimeters.

"Do what? Since you know what kind of person I used to be, you should understand what I want to do to you."

Lu Cheng says, gently lifting Yang Yin's jacket; today she is wearing a thin round‑neck sweater underneath, her collarbones clearly visible.

Yang Yin, embarrassed and angry, pushes the jacket back down in one swift motion.

"Are you trying to act like a hooligan? It's broad daylight, and we're still in the dormitory—aren't you afraid of being seen?"

Lu Cheng just wants to scare her a bit, so he won't be blackmailed by her every day.

"I'm a hooligan myself, nothing to fear; a hooligan's self‑cultivation is to be able to start a revolution anytime, anywhere."

"You're bullying me…"

Yang Yin is on the verge of tears; Lu Cheng knows his aim is achieved, so he adds firepower, pulling open the other side of her jacket.

"I advise you not to resist, or I'll just get more excited."

Lu Cheng today is unlike any Yang Yin has ever seen.

"Waa… why are you bullying me?"

Seeing that Yang Yin is indeed terrified, tears ready to fall, Lu Cheng is satisfied and releases her.

"I'll let you off this time; if you dare blackmail me again, I won't be courteous."

Yang Yin sits up, straightening her clothes, pouting in grievance.

"Who's blackmailing you? Good intentions are taken as donkey liver and lungs; you just wanted me to take you back to the dormitory, I just wanted to give you a cigarette."

"Give a cigarette, what kind of cigarette?" Lu Cheng didn't understand at first.

Yang Yin opens the package she just received; inside indeed is a cigarette still in its packaging.

"Here, this is for you."

Lu Cheng raises an eyebrow, but doesn't step forward to take it; who knows what this little girl is scheming, otherwise why would she give him a cigarette in the first place.

"Trying to bribe me? Pull me into the water? Make me a leverage to blackmail me?"

Yang Yin rolls her eyes: "Who's bribing you? You're just a lousy president, what could you possibly bribe, acting like you're some high official."

Lu Cheng, taken aback by the retort, looks a bit embarrassed, perhaps having misunderstood the girl.

"Then why did you give me a cigarette in the first place?"

"I wasn't thinking, these winter holidays have been enjoyable, I was invoking your reputation, not just using it for free, so I thought of giving you something."

A girl giving someone a cigarette? Only Yang Yin could do that, but it does cater to his taste.

"Then why didn't you give it to me on the way?"

"Because I was afraid it would look bad; I'm not afraid, I'm afraid it would affect your grand, majestic image as president."

Thinking it through, Lu Cheng realizes he misread her, his tone softens a few degrees: "Where did you get the cigarette?"

Yang Yin, while tidying her luggage, casually says: "Stolen from my dad."

"……"

Lu Cheng suddenly doesn't know what to say; he had just pinned her to the bed, almost made her cry.

The atmosphere on the spot becomes tense; Lu Cheng unconsciously opens the cigarette, takes a stick and puts it in his mouth.

Yang Yin ignores him, bends over and continues to make the bed.

Lu Cheng watches like that for a while, then finally says: "Well, I'm leaving now; if you need anything, you can go straight to the Student Union to find me."

Just as Lu Cheng turns to leave, Yang Yin, as if not angry anymore, says: "Then what about the bullying you just did?"

Damn, another leverage added.

Lu Cheng looks at the made‑up bed, gestures: "Then how about I let you push me back."

Yang Yin bursts into a laugh: "You really are a hooligan at heart!"

She actually laughed, and this carefree girl holds no grudges, so Lu Cheng leaves the Girls' Dormitory.

Just downstairs, a window on the third floor is pushed open; Yang Yin sticks her head out and shouts: "Lu Cheng, you're just a big bad Wolf in sheep's clothing."

Lu Cheng pauses, lifts his jacket, deliberately points at his collarbone, and looks up.

Yang Yin knows he's provoking her, and immediately, angry again, pulls the window shut.

……

The Welcome Party is scheduled for a week later; students who sign up for programs now have enough rehearsal time.

In the dormitory, when Lu Cheng lies on the bed, holding the program list and doing a final check, Zheng Guoping knows the last program is a Social Dance that all students can join.

Zheng Guoping suddenly gets a nasty idea; he thinks that when the Social Dance is underway, halfway through, he'll pull the circuit breaker.

That way, the whole hall will plunge into darkness, and the scene will turn into chaos.

During the chaos, he could under the pretense of protection grab the girl into his arms.

When Lu Cheng hears his rotten plan, he scolds him for being immoral.

"Hmm, I agree!" Lu Cheng strongly approves.

Both are mischievous people; Zheng Guoping knows he'll agree, the only worry is… who will flip the breaker?

Zheng Guoping is the one who will dance the Social Dance; he previously couldn't dance, but after learning from Lu Cheng for a while, he's become proficient.

After thinking it over, he decides to let Wei Shu pull the breaker; after all this guy isn't interested in any Social Dance.

But how could Wei Shu do such a boring thing, he has time to read books instead.

"Then, I'll pay, and buy you a book."

To carry out the plan, Zheng Guoping had to bleed.

This time Wei Shu didn't hesitate: "Deal."

The Welcome Party the next day proceeded in Da Litang as scheduled.

As a prominent figure in the school, Lu Cheng became the focus of the whole venue the moment he took the stage to deliver the opening speech.

Especially the freshmen who just enrolled this year all wanted to catch a glimpse of the President's charisma.

Lu Cheng also did not disappoint anyone; whether in appearance or speech, his confident demeanor on stage made many girls cast admiring glances.

A number of female students began to whisper below.

"Hey, have you heard? Our Lu President was recommended to the university as a Borrowed Student."

"Is that so? Then he must be outstanding."

"I've looked into it; our Lu President has many titles. I heard he's a train marshal and also the director of a Research Institute—quite impressive."

"Whoa, you've dug up so many details; you're not starting to like the President, are you?"

"Forget it, I don't; but with the President being so outstanding, others still don't favor me."

"That's not certain; how would you know without trying? They said the Welcome Party ends with a Social Dance, so it's a good chance to mingle."

Listening to the girls' quiet gossip, Yang Yin dismissed them, thinking to herself, "You're all duped by this Lu Cheng."

He's not as great as he appears; he's a big bad wolf in sheep's clothing.

After Lu Cheng finished his opening speech on stage and invited a school leader representative to speak, the program performances began.

They had rehearsed for a week; although the schedule was a bit tight, the acts weren't too complicated, and each performance proceeded smoothly in order, leaving the watching leaders very satisfied.

When all the performances ended, the final act was the Social Dance, which counted as a free activity.

Those who wanted to stay could join; those who didn't could return to the dormitory.

The leaders, however, politely left Da Litang.