Chapter 162: Departing in Anger, A Sense of Crisis!
"You Shanshan, don't you dare meddle in this business. Watch yourself, or I won't be so polite!" Zhang Jianan said with a sullen expression.
"Oh my, oh my! What is this? Does the esteemed Young Master Zhang intend to throw hands with me here?" You Shanshan retorted in a sarcastic tone.
"Don't think that just because you have the You family backing you, I wouldn't dare hit you."
"Ha! Young Master Zhang certainly has a fierce temper. Wanting to hit a woman now, how impressive."
"You..."
At this moment, Feng Yunxin interrupted, "Zhang Jianan, what more do you want at this point?"
"Yunxin, it's not that I'm talking about you, but this crazy woman You Shanshan is simply too annoying." Zhang Jianan then looked at the lackeys behind him and said, "Let's go!"
"Lin Han, if you have any spine, face me in a duel at the freshman welcoming ceremony!"
"Good riddance!" You Shanshan sneered.
...
"Are you alright?" Feng Yunxin walked over to Lin Han and looked him up and down.
Lin Han replied, "I'm fine. You arrived just as things were about to get physical, Senior Sister. This is the second time you've gotten me out of a tight spot today. Thank you so much."
"We're all from the same school. It's only natural to help out when one can," Feng Yunxin said softly.
"Hey brat, is that all your gratitude amounts to? My Yunxin took on the risk of offending people, and a simple 'thank you' is all you have to say?" You Shanshan stepped forward and said.
Lin Han looked at this young woman with a strange expression. While Feng Yunxin gave off the vibe of a mature and elegant beauty, this little girl was entirely mischievous and quirky. Furthermore, the moment she opened her mouth, it was as if she had swallowed gunpowder; the air was thick with hostility.
"Shanshan, what are you saying?" Feng Yunxin frowned slightly and whispered.
"Yunxin, you're just too kind. With scum like Zhang Jianan, if you don't beat him up properly a couple of times, he'll just keep pushing his luck," You Shanshan sighed, then suddenly smiled mischievously. "How about you transform from your gentle goddess persona into an aloof, ice-cold goddess right now?"
"Anyway, no matter what you look like, someone will always adore you. What do you think? Care to consider it?"
Feng Yunxin stood frozen in place for a moment before responding, "Little girl, are you itching for a beating again? How can you make fun of me in a situation like this?"
"Stop tickling, it's tickling... tickling!" You Shanshan burst into irrepressible laughter, then turned her gaze to Lin Han and asked, "Hey kid, am I right?"
"Right, you shouldn't let people like that get away with it," Lin Han stammered.
"I wasn't asking you that part, I meant what I said after!" You Shanshan rolled her eyes. Such a blockhead!
"Senior Sister Yunxin... is beautiful no matter what."
Lin Han forced the words out through grit teeth. It was his first time ever saying something like that in such a public setting.
Hearing this, the playful tussle between Feng Yunxin and You Shanshan instantly came to a halt, and a shy blush crept across the former's cheeks.
"Don't talk nonsense."
"Yunxin, Yunxin, your face looks just like a monkey's backside! How can our great beauty still blush like this?" You Shanshan teased with a radiant smile.
"Oh please, stop it," Feng Yunxin said in a flustered tone, feeling somewhat embarrassed by such open praise in front of a crowd.
"Junior Lin Han, everything is settled here now. You can go back to finishing your meal, we'll be heading off first."
You Shanshan chimed in, "Go on, go on, little junior, we're taking off."
"Alright, thank you both, Senior Sisters," Lin Han stammered, watching as the two senior students turned and left the cafeteria.
The very next second, pairs of gloomy, probing gazes locked onto him.
Lin Han hurriedly retreated into his private dining room, terrified that these students might eventually give in to the urge to beat him up. Yet the moment he stepped back inside, six pairs of eyes stared fixedly at him.
"Lin Han, confess right now! What is your relationship with that gorgeous senior sister!" Teng Xinqi immediately demanded.
Lin Han answered honestly, "She just happened to be part of the freshman reception team this morning. It's not what you guys are imagining."
"We don't believe it!"
Yuan Si wore a suspicious expression as he said, "Brother Han, although the two of us are like brothers, the pain of having one's potential romantic interest stolen is irreconcilable!"
"There really is nothing going on! It's my very first day here, who could I possibly know?" Lin Han said helplessly.
At that moment, Gongsun Lianxi threw an arm around Lin Han's shoulders and said, "Lin Han, not bad at all! Making contact with Senior Sister Feng Yunxin on your very first day. According to our campus forum, Feng Yunxin is rated as one of the top ten campus beauties of our university."
"You look so honest, but I guess you can't judge a book by its cover. Come on, how far has it progressed? Did you get her contact info?"
Lin Han rolled his eyes. These guys clearly refused to believe he had no romantic interest in Feng Yunxin. After all, Feng Yunxin's beauty was truly top-tier. If he were in their shoes, he wouldn't believe that someone could remain entirely unfazed by her either.
"I got her contact info. She added me when she was showing me around earlier. But so what? It's just adding a contact, nothing more."
"You even got her contact info?! You've already surpassed ninety-nine percent of the freshmen. It looks like Feng Yunxin must have a favorable impression of you, otherwise, she wouldn't have given it to you," Gongsun Lianxi analyzed knowingly.
Yuan Si spoke up with a deadpan, serious expression, "Brother Han, didn't you say you have no designs on Senior Sister Feng Yunxin? How about you hand her contact info over to me, I'll take care of it!"
"In your dreams! Lin Han, from now on you're my dad, just give it to me!" Teng Xinqi declared with absolute determination.
"Get lost, all of you, get lost. You guys don't look like decent folks at all," Lin Han said, rolling his eyes in annoyance.
"Cut it out, you guys. A brother's potential partner is strictly off-limits! Right now, we should be giving Lin Han our full support instead of infighting. Let's raise our glasses and toast to Lin Han's future marital bliss!"
Lin Han: "???"
Though filled with a head full of question marks, Lin Han still raised his glass to celebrate with the rest of them. After a few rounds of heavy drinking, Lin Han half-carried the inebriated group and slowly made his way back toward the dormitory.
Upon reaching the room, he fished a key out of Yuan Si's pocket, jammed it into the lock, and tossed the three of them onto their respective beds, finally bringing an end to the ordeal.
Even Lin Han felt a slight, dull ache in his head by this point. They had consumed far too much alcohol tonight, and he had been forced to rely on a healing spell just to slightly alleviate the effects.
By the end of the drinking session, Yuan Si was trying to toast a pair of chopsticks. That alone showed just how absurdly drunk they had gotten. Since it was everyone's first time meeting, once the alcohol started flowing they simply couldn't stop—after all, having been cooped up at home for so long, gaining this sudden freedom naturally made them somewhat overly excited.
Just as Lin Han was drifting off to sleep, a faint throbbing pain suddenly flared up in his mind, and a familiar sensation washed instantly over his entire body.
The crisis warning of the Eye of God!
What?!