The moment Yun Mengyan took the initiative to link her arm through Zhou Yu's, she regretted it.
Just back in the car, he had made it very clear that there was no need to continue pretending to be her boyfriend.
Yet, provoked by Sun Qing a moment ago, why had she muddle-headedly gone and stood by Zhou Yu's side once again?
Now she found herself in a tight spot.
Should she shake Zhou Yu off?
Just as she was hesitating, her small hand was enveloped by a large palm.
"I'll walk you back!"
Zhou Yu's deep voice sounded right beside her ear, probably because the two of them were standing so close.
Yun Mengyan felt Zhou Yu's breath gently brushing against the wisps of hair on her forehead, sweeping across her skin, tickling her.
She tried hard to ignore the heat radiating from the man's palm.
She didn't even notice Sun Qing, who was closely following behind and shouting for them to wait.
Seeing the two of them ignore her and leave her in the dust without even looking back, Sun Qing was boiling with rage.
Hearing people around her exclaiming over the campus forum on their mobile phones, she couldn't wait to get back to the dormitory to take another look. She quickly found a corner to put down the heavy bags in her hands.
Opening her phone, her fingers flew to the campus forum.
Without needing to search, the main characters of the hottest post on the page were precisely the two people who had just ditched her.
Seeing the photos of the Heart of the Ocean, a flash of dazzled admiration crossed Sun Qing's eyes.
The author of the post had even thoughtfully provided readers with the detailed specifications of the Heart of the Ocean.
Of course, the most eye-catching part was the price of the Heart of the Ocean: 1.28 million!
Gasp!
In Sun Qing's eyes, admiration was completely replaced by greed!
That was a necklace worth over a million!
And Zhou Yu had just casually given it away to Yun Mengyan like that.
Was Yun Mengyan lacking in jewelry?
Why wasn't she the one who received the Heart of the Ocean?
Seeing Yun Mengyan holding up the necklace so casually with a nonchalant expression on her face made her blood boil!
Looking at the dazzling Heart of the Ocean, then looking at the tens of thousands of yuan worth of perfumes and designer bags on the floor, they suddenly didn't seem appealing anymore!
The screech of brakes rang out, and the surrounding crowd let out another burst of exclamations!
"Is today a Ferrari auto show or something? How come two more just showed up?"
"Hey! Look, isn't that Young Master Gong? The car behind is Young Master Li's! But neither of their cars seems as nice as Zhou Yu's!"
"Are you stating the obvious? Zhou Yu's Ferrari supercar is in the tens-of-millions class!"
Gong Liyang and Li Qiang had just stepped out of their cars when they heard these remarks.
Their anger flared up instantly!
Originally, their cars weren't as fast as Zhou Yu's, and they had let Zhou Yu snatch Yun Mengyan away first, and to top it off, their driving speed hadn't even matched Zhou Yu's.
After finally driving to the school gate, they were met with such comments.
Wasn't this a blatant slap in the face?
Only after getting out of the car did the two of them notice that three Ferraris were parked side by side.
Now the comparison was even more direct!
Gong Liyang clenched his fists. Li Qiang was such an idiot.
Why hadn't he looked properly before parking!
Now they had parked right next to Zhou Yu's Ferrari, losing face to astronomical proportions.
Li Qiang shrank back under Gong Liyang's laser-like glare.
You couldn't really blame him, though!
These were the only two parking spots left near the school.
Not park here?
Park on the main street instead?
Gong Liyang's thick brows furrowed into a straight line. He had tried his absolute best to speed up and catch up!
Yet he was still a step too late!
There wasn't even a trace of Zhou Yu and Yun Mengyan left at the school gate.
Today was supposed to be the day he confessed his feelings!
Never had he expected that not only would Yun Mengyan refuse to give him a chance, but she had even found some lowlife to be her boyfriend.
Where was he supposed to put his face after this?
That's right!
Even if Zhou Yu drove a Ferrari worth tens of millions, he would never admit that Zhou Yu was better than him!
The car was probably rented, or maybe it was just a cheap shell slapped onto an ordinary car.
Truth be told, Gong Liyang at this moment was almost identical to Li Qiang, who had suffered a critical hit from the Heart of the Ocean.
Neither of them believed for a second that Zhou Yu could be some rich second-generation heir or the illegitimate child of a tycoon...
They both wanted to find flaws in Zhou Yu, expose him, and crush him, forcing Zhou Yu right back to the bottom where lowlifes belonged.
Yet what disappointed him was that, based on his expertise, Zhou Yu's Ferrari was real—probably, maybe, genuinely real.
That left only one possibility: Zhou Yu had rented it!
Yet a voice deep inside told him that Ferraris of this caliber were limited editions; even with money, you couldn't rent one.
What was Zhou Yu's background?
Did he have the money to rent one?
Su Yao stepped out of the car carrying her small handbag with an air of elegance. Along the way, she had tried again and again to make small talk with Li Qiang.
Yet Li Qiang hadn't responded at all.
It was a far cry from his previous sweet-talking demeanor, where every other word was "baby" or "darling."
Finding it boring and pointless, Su Yao simply fell silent as well.
Her mind was filled entirely with the image of Zhou Yu taking Yun Mengyan away in a Ferrari!
She wondered how a tens-of-millions Ferrari supercar differed from a two-million-yuan Ferrari.
Was it much more comfortable?
It had to be!
She had to admit, when the hotel attendant handed Zhou Yu the Ferrari keys, she had truly panicked.
When she saw Zhou Yu sitting in the driver's seat of the Ferrari, she truly regretted it!
Yet at the same time, a deep sense of hatred welled up inside her!
Why?
Was Zhou Yu doing this to guard against her?
Had he been pretending to be poor in front of her all this time?
Was he trying to test her?
How could he treat her like this?
In the car, Li Qiang had been muttering endlessly, utterly convinced that the Heart of the Ocean was fake and the Ferrari was rented.
Only then did Su Yao feel a little better inside.
If everything today was just an illusion, wouldn't she have wasted all that inner turmoil over nothing?
She'd better wait and see...
As for what she was waiting for, only she knew!
"Young Master Gong!"
Sun Qing had just finished browsing the campus forum when she looked up and saw Gong Liyang walking into the campus with large strides.
She quickly put on her trademark smile and greeted Gong Liyang.
Gong Liyang, eager to chase after Yun Mengyan, barely noticed Sun Qing's presence.
He cast a cold glance at her and asked, "Have you seen Mengyan?"
Sun Qing's smile remained fixed, while a torrent of curses ran through her mind.
The moment he saw her, all he did was ask for news about Yun Mengyan. This man was truly infatuated!
"Mengyan? She was taken away by Zhou Yu! The two of them even walked hand in hand!"
Sure enough, upon hearing that Yun Mengyan and Zhou Yu were holding hands, Gong Liyang's brow furrowed so tightly he could have squashed a fly.
His expression turned even gloomier!
He strode rapidly toward the girls' dormitory!
Sun Qing picked up her heavy bags, once again left in the dust.
...
"Alright! You can drop me off here. You... you should head back too!"
Yun Mengyan had no idea what was wrong with herself.
She had just been dragged all the way to the girls' dormitory by Zhou Yu in a daze, completely muddle-headed.
Almost everyone they met along the way stared with wide eyes at the hands they were holding.
A wave of quiet satisfaction washed over Zhou Yu!
As expected, holding the campus belle's hand felt completely different.
The system had told him to refuse, but it hadn't told him to keep refusing forever.
"I don't think your previous suggestion was very good!"
Hearing these words from Zhou Yu, Yun Mengyan's mind instantly snapped back to clarity.
She irritably tried to shake off Zhou Yu's hand, only to find her hand gripped tightly; she gave it a couple of jerks, but couldn't shake him off at all.
"I know it was beneath you to ask you to pretend to be my boyfriend, but let go of me right now! I take back what I said before! Let go!"
Watching the ruffled campus belle, Zhou Yu suddenly found her cold-goddess persona rather cute. How was that possible?
A muffled chuckle resonated from deep within the man's chest.
"I meant that we could improve your proposal a bit. Isn't it just to help you fend off Gong Liyang? Pretending to be boyfriend and girlfriend is still fake, after all! It's too easy for people to see through the flaws! Why don't we try having a real relationship instead?"