Chapter 752 - 771: Green Tea Talk
Chapter 752: Chapter 771: Green Tea Talk
If the replies had stopped there, the whole issue with the post probably would have been over.
However—
The poster, for reasons unknown, deleted the original description but then added a rather ambiguous and misleading comment at the end of the thread.
"My bad. It’s just, I’m a single girl hiding out in the Mecha Department, and I’ve seriously never seen a moment that sweet before, so I couldn’t help but snap a pic QAQ. I had no idea Qiuqiu had a boyfriend. I’ve never seen him around."
The key takeaways:
The boyfriend is rarely, if ever, seen.
The girlfriend, who attends classes in the Mecha Department, is often seen in "sweet" moments with other men.
Tsk.
The insinuations, both blatant and subtle, were certainly interesting.
Juicy gossip always spreads like wildfire.
When Qiuqiu got back from a quick solo training session at the Spirit Healing Department, Tingting told her the situation had escalated.
The word "speechless" was practically written on her forehead.
Her speechlessness turned to annoyance, her tone sinking. "Are they treating the school forums like their personal stage? All these characters making their grand entrances."
’Do they think being anonymous gives them a free pass to spew that manipulative, woe-is-me nonsense without being held accountable?’
’So much for the Mecha Department. Instead of studying mechas, they’re busy being malicious.’
She had too much on her mind lately to bother with these childish games. She was about to forward the whole thing to the dean to handle when Tingting suddenly yelled, "Hey! Qiuqiu! Huo Jia just posted a public reply!"
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Huo Jia was dejected for a while after he got back.
It was a strange feeling.
It felt like defeat, yet it was different from simply losing.
When he lost a battle, Huo Jia’s entire being would ignite with a fighting spirit, eagerly anticipating the next clash where he would emerge victorious.
But this time...
He knew, with absolute clarity, that he had lost. But there was no fighting spirit, only the urge to retreat.
Her heart already belonged to someone else.
And she was very happy.
The prodigy hid in his dorm room, sighing. His cousin wasn’t staying in the dorm much lately due to some family matters.
Fortunately, he was alone.
The silence would allow him to slowly build a wall around his heart, to gradually extinguish these strange emotions and let everything return to normal.
He didn’t want to train, afraid he might run into Jiang Qiuqiu in the training room again. Huo Jia decided to take it easy for a few days.
A few days later, just as he had finally composed himself and was about to head out, Huo Deng returned.
The moment Huo Deng walked in, he had the most peculiar expression on his face.
It became even more peculiar when he saw Huo Jia. "Jia, I had no idea you were this incredible!"
"Do you like Jiang Qiuqiu that much?"
"You even... tried to steal her away?"
"???"
"What are you talking about, ’steal her away’?"
"You didn’t?" he asked, surprised.
’Maybe I almost did, unintentionally,’ Huo Jia thought, ’but I failed anyway.’
The "corner" had defended itself, shattering his already shaky confidence.
"What exactly is going on?"
"It’s... it’s the stuff on the school forums."
And so, Huo Jia found himself looking at the long thread that Huo Deng had saved.
"What is all this?"
"...Sweet moments?"
"..."
"Utter nonsense."
He slowly scrolled down and suddenly spotted Qiuqiu’s reply.
His gaze fell on the two words "just friends." Huo Jia’s lips tightened. ’These pictures must have caused her a lot of trouble,’ he thought.
He decided to post a reply as well, just like Qiuqiu.
But as soon as he opened the thread, he saw the anonymous poster’s manipulative, feigned-innocence comments and the new wave of discussion about Jiang Qiuqiu they had sparked.
Namely, the suspicion that she was cheating.
...
’What a load of bullshit!’
’She’s so obviously in love with her boyfriend.’
’She’s courageous and devoted.’
How could anyone slander a person like Qiuqiu? In an instant, Huo Jia logged in with his real name and jumped into the thread, ready for battle.
As the other main character in this "story," his comment was, predictably, drawing a lot of attention.