Chapter 68: Pen God · Destined Lover
Just as Cheng Xuyuan’s popularity was skyrocketing, challenging Tang Ying and An Ye, he suddenly announced a shocking news on Weibo.
“One-sentence news: I voluntarily quit the entertainment circle, goodbye everyone.”
His calm tone seemed to be just saying that he didn’t want to eat today, leaving people both incredulous and regretful. Some people speculated that Cheng Xuyuan’s relationship with Xiang Boyan was real, so he chose to quit the entertainment circle to accept Xiang Boyan’s support.
Of course, only Xiang Boyan himself knew that Cheng Xuyuan had never told him about this. He angrily called him, but found that he couldn’t get through. When he contacted the boss of Yincheng, Su Linrui, he was told that Cheng Xuyuan had disappeared.
Completely disappeared, as if evaporated from the world.
Just as Xiang Boyan was cursing Su Linrui for being an idiot who couldn’t even manage his own artists, Linda brought in a letter, the signature on it was Cheng Xuyuan.
Xiang Boyan immediately hung up the phone, carefully and nervously opened the envelope, inside was Cheng Xuyuan’s handwriting.
"Boss Xiang:
I wrote this letter to say goodbye to you. You don’t need to look for me.
I can’t fall in love with you. Even if you say that I had a past with you before I lost my memory, I still can’t fall in love with you.
I hope you won’t be sad, and I hope you can do what you want to do. Stay healthy, and may everything go well.
Cheng Xuyuan."
The clichéd farewell and blessing words plunged Xiang Boyan into endless gloom, but in this gloom, he seemed to recall the scene when he first met Zhou Yuanzhe.
He should have understood early on that neither Zhou Yuanzhe nor Cheng Xuyuan had ever liked him.
He once told Zhou Yuanzhe that he liked him, and that he was free.
In the end, he chose freedom.
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At the same time.
Because the system is not in this world, Cheng Xuyuan must immediately go to the next world.
Cheng Xuyuan closed the door, his body gradually disappeared into the space-time channel, the scenery in front of him gradually became blurred, and then completely plunged into darkness.
The voice of the main god in the dark was particularly solemn: “Plug-in No. 10287 failed to find the system in the ‘Brilliant Star Path’ world, so it is now departing for the ‘Pen God’ world. Please note that the memory of the plug-in is still in a formatted state, it will automatically recover after finding the system, please be careful.”
“Start backtracking the space-time channel, arriving at the ‘Pen God’ world in five minutes…”
Cheng Xuyuan closed his eyes in the darkness.
The space-time channel gently opened a crack after five minutes, and he landed smoothly on a soft bed.
The brand-new identity information he obtained in this world flooded into his brain.
Cheng Xuyuan, male, 18 years old, just got admitted to the top national university, Hangda, and is going to report to school tomorrow. His family is quite well-off, and his family treats him well. He has always been an obedient and good student since childhood.
The main god specifically gave him information about the protagonist: The protagonist of this world is the most outstanding student in the Computer Science College of Hangda.
Since he is the most outstanding, as long as he surpasses him in studies, he can disrupt the world order, right? Cheng Xuyuan lay on the bed thinking.
“Xiao Yuan.” Cheng Xuyuan’s mother walked into the room, looking at him helplessly, “Have you packed your things yet, why are you resting on the bed?”
Cheng Xuyuan jumped off the bed and started packing his clothes efficiently, “I’ll be done soon.”
Cheng’s mother is gentle and has always spoiled him. She walked into the room, sat on the edge of the bed, and nagged, “Xiao Yuan, this is your first time going to the capital since you were a child, don’t get lost. Mom heard that there are many scammers in college, you should be more careful, it would be best if you could get to know some fellow villagers. By the way, I heard that Gu Juncheng from Nancheng No.1 Middle School is also there…”
“Mom, I’m not a child anymore.” Cheng Xuyuan looked at her helplessly and interrupted her, “It’s not that easy to be fooled. Besides, scammers usually commit crimes by acquaintances, so fellow villagers are not reliable.”
Cheng’s mother couldn’t argue with him, so she had to say, “Okay, okay, as long as you know. By the way, wear a mask when you go to school, so you won’t be accosted by little girls on the road… Also, you can decide for yourself about things like dating, but don’t slack off in your studies, a place like Hangda is like rowing upstream…”
“If you don’t advance, you retreat, right?” Cheng Xuyuan felt like he was back in his youth when his mother kept nagging him, feeling both familiar and helpless, “Alright, mom, I’m hungry. You go and cook.”
Cheng’s mother felt that Cheng Xuyuan was particularly assertive today, and seemed to look better than before. She stared at Cheng Xuyuan for a while with some confusion, until she confirmed that he was her own son before she got up and left.
Cheng Xuyuan went to bed early in the evening, and early the next morning, when he appeared downstairs at home, the neighbors nearby all came to see him off.
“Xiao Yuan is indeed a high achiever, he’s going to Hangda.”
“That’s right, he’s the city’s top scholar…”
“Speaking of which, our Nancheng has produced a lot of high achievers in recent years…”
Everyone praised Cheng Xuyuan one after another, and many parents brought their children to see him off, saying nothing more than “look at other people’s children”.
Cheng Xuyuan’s father drove him to the capital. After seven or eight hours on the highway, they finally entered the capital’s territory.
Strangely enough, even though the main god had erased Cheng Xuyuan’s memory, he inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity with this world.
After getting out of the car, Cheng Xuyuan said to his father at the archway of Hangda, “Dad, you don’t need to send me in, I can go in by myself, you can go back first.”
Cheng’s father was initially a little worried, but seeing his son’s determined eyes, he agreed, “Alright, then you be careful.”
After driving away, Cheng’s father sighed in his heart. His son, who was originally naive, seemed to have finally grown up.
Cheng Xuyuan, dragging his suitcase and wearing a black mask, walked into the gate of Hangda under the scorching sun.
Today is the first day of freshman registration. The school is crowded with people, and it’s easy to distinguish between freshmen and old students. Cheng Xuyuan stood out among a bunch of freshmen, not only because he was alone, but also because he completely ignored everything around him and just walked with his head down.
When he encountered an uncertain fork in the road, Cheng Xuyuan took out his phone to check the map, then continued to walk on his own, looking incredibly aloof. But Cheng Xuyuan knew that facing this extremely hot weather, he just wanted to quickly put his luggage in the dormitory.
Gradually, the pedestrians’ eyes were intentionally or unintentionally gathered on Cheng Xuyuan.
Strangely enough, even though the young man was wearing a mask, those eyes were captivating. His fair neck under the sunlight made people hold their breath. Some people wanted to help him carry his luggage, but were deterred by the aura of “strangers, keep away” on him.
Cheng Xuyuan dragged his suitcase into the dormitory building, went to the auntie to sign for the key, and looked at the number on the key: 501. Without saying a word, he picked up his suitcase and went straight to the fifth floor.
The dormitory auntie looked at his back in surprise. The kid looked pretty, but he was quite strong.
He opened the door of the dormitory, which was a four-person room, and there was no one inside. Cheng Xuyuan picked a spot near the air conditioner, casually threw his luggage on the floor, and went to the teaching area to register with various documents.
Computer building.
Liu Yuda is the class assistant of Software Engineering Class 2. He got up early in the morning and dressed up carefully, determined to leave a good impression on the software engineering juniors.
Originally, the college arranged for Gu Juncheng to be in charge of the registration of software engineering, but Gu Juncheng, citing too much student union work, casually handed this task to Liu Yuda, his dormmate.
Although Liu Yuda cursed him for being shameless, he still yearned for this job in his heart, after all, he could see the quality of the juniors at the first time.
It’s already afternoon, and several waves of people have come to register, and they all look pretty good. A few of the juniors can even be considered sweet and charming, making Liu Yuda’s heart ripple.
Just then, Liu Yuda, who was playing with his phone with his head down, suddenly noticed that the atmosphere around him had become very quiet, and he could hear the cicadas outside the teaching building.
Liu Yuda looked up.
A tall young man wearing a mask walked into the registration classroom. He was dressed in a simple red and white striped short-sleeved shirt, light-colored jeans, and earthy yellow canvas shoes. The colors were bright and attractive, but what was more appealing was the half-covered face.
'Like a lute player with a half-covered face.'
This was the first thought that came to Liu Yuda’s mind. He knew it wasn’t quite accurate, but at that moment, looking at the mask on the young man’s face, he really wanted to take it off.
The young man, with eyes like obsidian, looked at him and asked in a clear and pleasing voice, “Is this the registration place for Software Engineering Class 2?”
The other class assistants around him were all staring at him intently.
Liu Yuda slowly nodded.
Cheng Xuyuan’s attractiveness, after two upgrades in “Brilliant Star Path”, was already beyond “stunning” in the world of “Pen God”.
Liu Yuda enthusiastically helped Cheng Xuyuan complete the registration procedures. A female classmate next to him suddenly said, “Junior, it’s so hot, why are you wearing a mask?”
Another female classmate took the opportunity to say, “Yeah, how can we confirm your identity if you’re wearing a mask?”
Upon hearing this, Cheng Xuyuan thought it made sense. He casually took off his mask, looked at Liu Yuda nonchalantly, and asked him, “Senior, can you confirm now?”
The room fell silent.
“Con… confirmed…” Liu Yuda was so shocked that he couldn’t finish his sentence, “You look… better than… the photo…”
Cheng Xuyuan put his mask back on, politely thanked Liu Yuda, took his documents, and left straight away.
“Liu Yuda–”
The female classmates’ screams echoed around, “You must give me his contact information…”
Liu Yuda originally thought that his roommate Gu Juncheng was the most handsome ordinary person he had ever seen, but he didn’t expect that Hangda would have such a freshman, whose attractiveness could kill the popular male stars - no, even the female stars.
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After finishing the new student registration work in the evening, Liu Yuda exaggeratedly talked about this in the dormitory.
“Do you guys know? Today, a handsome guy came to Software Engineering Class 2, who is stunning, breathtaking, and earth-shattering!”
His roommate Peng Yuan looked at him, “Liu Yuda, are you gay?”
“No, you don’t understand!” Liu Yuda’s expression was very serious. “That kind of good-looking is not ordinary good-looking. You will keep asking yourself: why is this face on a boy?!”
At this moment, the student council president who had been busy all day at the student office returned to the dormitory.
Peng Yuan casually glanced at him and said, “Can he be more handsome than Juncheng?”
Liu Yuda rushed to Gu Juncheng, grabbed his hand, and exaggeratedly said, “Gu Juncheng, I regret to inform you that your position as the most handsome guy in the Computer Science Department is not secure. There’s a freshman who is extremely good-looking!”
Gu Juncheng looked at him and asked, “Liu Yuda, are you gay?”
Liu Yuda raised his hand to swear to the sky, “If he’s not good-looking, I’ll streak at school.”
“Do you have a photo?” Peng Yuan asked with a raised eyebrow, also showing some interest in this freshman.
Liu Yuda regretfully said, “I was too shocked at the time and didn’t have time to take a picture, but I’m sure I’ll have a chance to take one in the future! Let me tell you, the best-looking part of that boy is his eyes, just like a deer. I’ve never seen a boy with such beautiful eyes…”
At this moment, the fourth roommate, Zhang Yongbo, walked in from the door and looked at Liu Yuda in shock, “Liu Yuda, are you gay?”
Gu Juncheng was not interested in this at all, and returned to his seat with a bag of things.
Peng Yuan glanced at him and asked softly, “Did you go to buy pens again?”
“Hmm.” Gu Juncheng opened his computer to process files, and casually put the pens in the bag into a box.
“You must have hundreds of pens by now, right?” Peng Yuan looked at him with confusion, “Why do you buy so many pens?”
Gu Juncheng casually replied, “I like to collect pens.”
“Don’t lie to me.” Peng Yuan rolled his eyes, “All your hundreds of pens look the same.”
Gu Juncheng put away the box for storing pens, and finally spoke after a while.
“None of your business.”
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