Chapter 38: Strange… Why Am I Starting to Think From My Love Rival’s Point of View?
Pretending to be “poisoned” by the crossdressing culture!!
What a genius idea.
They couldn’t just fast-forward to the part where he acted super girly in front of his roommates, okay?
He was shy, he still wanted to keep his dignity! At the very least, he needed to put on an act and find a way to explain himself!
“As long as I pretend to be influenced by this ‘trap’ culture, I can openly go buy girls’ clothes without sneaking around. Nice!!”
Lin Yibai was almost amazed by his own brilliant plan. How could he be this smart?
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He didn’t really want to do this, but what choice did he have?
He kept thinking about how to use crossdressing as a way to slowly make his friends get used to it.
And in the background, there was the cool breeze of the library air conditioning on a summer day.
It was honestly so relaxing. He was even browsing for women’s clothes on Taobao when—
“...Excuse me, can you please be quiet?” A slightly annoyed male voice spoke up in the quiet library.
First of all, that definitely wasn’t directed at Lin Yibai.
When he looked over, he saw a few familiar faces.
They were Gu Xiaoxue’s roommates.
Apparently, they were cracking sunflower seeds and talking too loudly in the library, which annoyed someone nearby.
Yang Yueping spat out a seed shell, frowned, and said, “Who are you? What’s your problem?”
The guy frowned too and reminded her again, “This is a public place.”
Yang Yueping sneered, “Oh, so you know it’s a public place? What, now you think you can control us too?”
The guy clearly wasn’t good at arguing. He hesitated and said, “No, I didn’t mean that. It’s just… you're disturbing others. I’m trying to study for my grad school exams.”
“What does your exam have to do with me?”
“You’re being unreasonable!”
“So what?” Yang Yueping snorted proudly. “What, are you trying to bully us girls? Want me to post about you on the school forum? Let’s see how you handle that.”
The guy backed off right away, as if she were some sort of disaster he needed to escape from.
He couldn’t afford trouble, especially not now.
Everyone knew what the school forum was like. If you got called out there, it could mess up your postgraduate entrance exam.
So he could only walk away quietly, upset.
Lin Yibai saw the whole thing. Like most guys, he really didn’t want to get involved with girls like that.
He picked up a book and held it in front of his face. “You can’t see me, you can’t see me.”
The library was supposed to be a peaceful place for studying.
But when certain people showed up, it was like one rotten apple ruining the whole bunch.
Better get out of here quickly. Before I end up in trouble too.
“...Girls, when we go on that beach trip, we have to help Xiaoxue get her revenge.”
Lin Yibai: “...What?”
He was about to leave, but paused when he heard that.
He had lost interest in the beach trip ever since he saw Gu Xiaoxue’s true colors.
He just couldn’t feel excited about it anymore. He was definitely in that kind of mood now.
He could go, but he really didn’t feel like he needed to.
Standing behind the bookshelf near their table, Lin Yibai heard Yang Yueping continue.
“Of course we have to help Xiaoxue get her revenge. How could that Xia Changyu yell at our Xiaoxue just because of some other girl!”
Hmm! Lin Yibai paused to think.
Did they mean Xia Changyu yelled at Gu Xiaoxue because of another girl?
He should’ve known Xia Changyu was fake.
Lin Yibai even gave a little smirk and said quietly, “And here I thought he might be a decent guy… turns out he’s just a cheating jerk.”
Nothing else to say, he judged him wrong.
And if your love rival is a jerk too, then just let them fight each other like dogs. Time to go, this is boring.
“It’s just a girl working as a greeter at a convention center. I really don’t get what Xia Changyu is thinking, choosing some stranger over Xiaoxue. We have to teach him a lesson this time.”
Lin Yibai: Huh?!
If his guess was right, that girl working as a greeter…
Could that actually have been him when he was doing a part-time job as a girl?
No need to guess anymore. They were definitely talking about him.
Lin Yibai, who was already about to leave, turned around again and quietly stayed behind the shelf, to collect some important intel.
“Sister Yueping, how are we going to do it this time?”
“Do what?” Yang Yueping popped a sunflower seed and rolled her eyes. “Remember what we did to Lin Yibai? Let's just do that same thing to Xia Changyu!”
Lin Yibai: What??
“Wait, you mean—”
“A test, of course! Don’t you remember?”
“Of course I remember.” Another girl giggled sneakily and said, “Back then, we said it was to test how much Lin Yibai loved Xiaoxue… I didn’t think our boyfriends would actually beat him up that badly!”
“Hahaha, stop!” Yang Yueping burst into laughter, nearly losing it. “I almost died laughing back then. Lin Yibai really thought he did something noble and touching. But he never guessed it was all planned by us!”
Fire nearly burst from Lin Yibai’s eyes!
He used to brag about that moment when drinking with his buddies.
But now… to find out this was the truth?
Lin Yibai took a deep breath and whispered, “Did… did Xiaoxue know about all this?”
The answer was obvious.
From what Yang Yueping and the others said, not only did Gu Xiaoxue know about it. She even brought it up often as a joke to laugh about.
“So, Sister Yueping, are we going to ‘fake it till it’s real’ again this time?”
“Obviously!” Yang Yueping snorted and smirked. “Anyway, even if we beat Xia Changyu up, it’s not a big deal. If we get caught, we’ll just say it was a ‘test of his love for Xiaoxue.’ Just like with Lin Yibai. He’ll have no choice but to take the beating like a fool, hahaha!”
Lin Yibai quickly tried to pull out his phone to record everything they were saying. But it was too late.
The library staff finally stepped in and escorted Yang Yueping and the others out.
Lin Yibai leaned back against the bookshelf.
He checked his bank account. The 2,500 yuan from his part-time job had just arrived.
“I really didn’t want to go to the beach trip. But now…” Lin Yibai let out a long breath and said angrily, “They’ve gone too far!!”
When something you were once proud of… turns out to be a joke in other people’s eyes. Then sorry, but yeah, now he was truly mad.
And now, they were even planning to hurt someone else.
Looks like I have a real reason to go to that beach trip now!
Lin Yibai’s eyes burned with anger. He clenched his teeth and said, “I’m not going because of that idiot Xia Changyu, and I’m not trying to save him from getting beaten up. I’m just still mad about how they fooled me back then.”
There’s nothing more to say. I want revenge!