Ch51 - Reason (1/2)
“Kaikai?” Fu Liqun said, “What are you guys doing?”
Chen Yekai, “Discussing matters concerning our majors.”
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Zhou Sheng promptly followed up, “Let’s talk about it later.”
This scene seemed bizarre no matter how you looked at it, as if Chen Yekai and Zhou Sheng were……conducting a diplomatic negotiation between love rivals for Yu Hao??! When he linked this to all the gossip he had heard, Fu Liqun couldn’t help but reveal a strange expression on his face.
Yu Hao looked hesitantly at Zhou Sheng, and from the gentle shake of his head, Yu Hao knew that Zhou Sheng had decided to tell him.
Chen Yekai smiled, “Thank you, Zhou Sheng.”
“You’re good.” Zhou Sheng answered.
Chen Yekai’s eyebrows raised slightly but he didn’t hound Zhou Sheng further with Fu Liqun present. He asked the three people in the dormitory, “Want to head out for lunch? My treat.”
“Okay!” Fu Liqun agreed immediately, “And pack some dinner for me too! I only have 300 yuan left to tide me over for the rest of the month!”
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The strange atmosphere in the dormitory continued into their meal. Yu Hao felt extremely apprehensive and kept watching Zhou Sheng’s face. He hoped that Zhou Sheng would give some obvious or subtle clues on how to counter Chen Yekai’s suspicions while resisting and neutralizing his attacks. But Zhou Sheng didn’t look at him. Instead, he spoke to Fu Liqun and asked how he had reconciled, his expression unchanged.
Meanwhile, Chen Yekai had returned to his usual self as if nothing had happened. But within the short span of the past two days, the news of his resignation had already spread throughout the college, and many people had privately discussed about how Chen Yekai and Yu Hao were caught in the woods having a teacher-student love affair, and it was all described in vivid detail. Chen Yekai could only ignore the gossip on campus, let alone try to clarify anything.
But Fu Liqun was the most baffled one. One time in class when someone asked him about Yu Hao and Chen Yekai, Fu Liqun had bluntly asked the person to shut up or else he could just wait for Zhou Sheng to beat him until he looked like an ink wash scroll painting. But after he returned to the dormitory today and saw the scene made by Yu Hao, Chen Yekai, and Zhou Sheng, even Fu Liqun couldn’t really hold on anymore. He feared that something would really happen.
“Was Shan Jie so touched that she cried?”
“Oh yes, yes.” Fu Liqun quickly said, “Let me tell you what happened.”
So Fu Liqun could only try his best to liven up the mood. He talked about how he had managed to reconcile with and deeply move Cen Shan, with the other three applauding all together in the end.
“That’s really great!” Yu Hao spoke first, then glanced meaningfully at Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng pretended that he didn’t notice.
“Congratulations to you both.” Chen Yekai smiled.
The three of them were already very sleepy. One of them had just taken an 11-hour flight on top of suffering jet lag from his previous trip, while the other two had forced themselves to stay up all night.
Fu Liqun, “You all haven’t slept yet?”
Chen Yekai waved his hand and packed dinner for Fu Liqun, then got up to settle the bill.
Fu Liqun said, “You look exhausted, go back and sleep ba.”
“I’ve still got something to do.” Zhou Sheng said solemnly, “I’ll go back to the dorm later.”
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Fu Liqun, “Do you need help, bro?” As he spoke, he looked at Yu Hao again and comforted him, “What’s the matter? Don’t always endure things by yourself.”
When Yu Hao heard this, he suddenly felt extremely moved, yet Zhou Sheng remained silent. After a long time, he looked up at Fu Liqun and said earnestly, “Thank you, Gege.”
Yu Hao began to worry again. After Chen Yekai settled the bill, he actually appeared to be in high spirits, “Let’s continue discussing the project from this afternoon. Liqun, see you tomorrow.”
So Fu Liqun had to get up and leave. Chen Yekai said, “Let’s go talk somewhere else?”
“Give us ten minutes.” Zhou Sheng raised his hand as a signal. Chen Yekai knew that he had gotten to the truth upon hearing this and he nodded briskly, “Let’s look for a cafe ba.”
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In the flower cafe, Zhou Sheng bought two cups of hot chocolate, “Don’t drink coffee anymore, or else you won’t be able to sleep later.”
Yu Hao was at his wits’ end and kept glancing at Chen Yekai.
“We have two options now.” Zhou Sheng briefly thought about it and irritably smoothed out his hair, “One, initiate our backup plan, tell him the truth, and after we save him, use the Golden Crow Wheel to erase his memory.”
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Zhou Sheng explained, “Pressing your forehead is just a trigger; the purpose of it is to return to your dreamscape and erase all your memories regarding me in the dream.”
“How do you erase them?” Yu Hao asked.
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Zhou Sheng said, “Through demolition, but you have to obtain the owner’s permission first. I’ll teach you when the time comes; there shouldn’t be any issues.”
Yu Hao nodded. Zhou Sheng continued, “Two: I still have another way, and he’s bound to lose.”
“What is it?” Yu Hao said, “Things have already reached this point, but you still have a way to reverse the situation?”
Zhou Sheng leaned a little closer to Yu Hao and whispered, “As long as we play dumb all the way to the end and are dead set on not admitting anything, there’s nothing he can do.”
Yu Hao turned around to look at Chen Yekai from afar, and said in a low voice, “That won’t dispel his doubts. Besides, in the dormitory, you’re the one who said ‘you’re good’, so you already admitted it!”
Chen Yekai ordered a cup of hot tea and was currently standing in front of the French windows in a daze. The scenery outside looked exceptionally beautiful, with the flowers outside the flower cafe in full bloom, lit by the early summer’s afternoon sunshine.
“We can withdraw our confessions!” Zhou Sheng said, “Later on, we’ll go over and tell him that we’ve thought it through and say that we’ll tell him the truth, but that we’ll have to go somewhere first. Next, flank him on both sides and take him to Fourth People’s Hospital. Don’t mind anything else, just abduct him and rush inside……”
Yu Hao instantly understood — Fourth People’s Hospital was a psychiatric hospital! Zhou Sheng’s plan was too cruel. Like this, Chen Yekai would think that the two of them were discussing how to send him to a psychiatric hospital right now, and afterwards, regardless of whether he was diagnosed with a mental illness, it would be unlikely that Chen Yekai would continue to zealously pursue this matter.
Yu Hao deeply felt that every time it seemed like there was no way out, Zhou Sheng would come up with a cunning, elaborate scheme that was like the light at the end of a tunnel; it was really too godly. It seemed that in the final battle between Chen Yekai and Zhou Sheng, Zhou Sheng was still the victor by a slight margin.
“This method can effectively solve our current dilemma.” Zhou Sheng looked at Chen Yekai before he lowered his voice and said to Yu Hao, “But it won’t solve the ones that will follow, including the matter with Liang Laoshi. You make the call ba.”
Zhou Sheng examined Yu Hao. Yu Hao thought, how could I decide? In fact, he had been in a difficult position from the moment they started helping Chen Yekai. On one hand, Zhou Sheng has always seemed subtly jealous of Chen Yekai; and on the other hand, he seemed to give Yu Hao the impression of ‘I’m only saving him for your sake’.
“I can’t make the call.” Yu Hao said honestly, “How could I decide for you? It’ll be a gesture of generosity at your expense ba.”
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“Gesture of generosity at my expense?!” Zhou Sheng looked like he was in utter disbelief, “So that’s how you’ve always seen me? Yu Hao?! What do you mean by that? Explain in detail?”
“I was wrong!” Yu Hao realised that his old habit had resurfaced, so he quickly said, “I……sorry, Zhou Sheng, don’t be angry! Okay, I’ll definitely reflect on my behaviour……”
Zhou Sheng suppressed his displeasure and said with slight impatience, “Okay, I won’t argue with you now. Why don’t you consider it from a different perspective? When you’re facing a problem where you can’t come to a decision, would you be willing to let me make the decision for you?”
Yu Hao said, “Of course.”
For Yu Hao, if he could give Zhou Sheng the authority to make decisions for any significant events and Zhou Sheng was willing to help him make those decisions, he would actually be very happy instead.
“Then that’s it, isn’t it?” Zhou Sheng got up and said, “I’ll go smoke a cig, think it over carefully ba.”
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Zhou Sheng simply exited the flower cafe and smoked while he sat within the sunshine. Yu Hao understood the meaning behind Zhou Sheng’s words, and by the time Zhou Sheng came back, Yu Hao decided to tell Zhou Sheng what he really thought.
“I think Chen Laoshi is a very good person.” Yu Hao, “Zhou Sheng, he’s also helped us before, we can’t just ignore him.”
“Un.” Zhou Sheng became slightly more solemn and nodded.
Yu Hao continued, “Tell him ba.”
“I was also inclined towards telling him.” Zhou Sheng finished drinking his cup of hot chocolate and answered, “But this isn’t a decision you made just for me, because you have to enter his dream too, so your opinion also matters.”
Chen Yekai had waited for nearly half an hour before Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao finally came to an agreement.
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“Finished discussing it thoroughly?” Chen Yekai said, “I won’t say anything I’m not supposed to; I know the inside story must be quite complicated. You can also believe me selectively, and retain your reservations.”
“Let’s talk elsewhere.” Zhou Sheng said.
Yu Hao suddenly realised that his ‘discussion’ with Zhou Sheng seemed irrelevant to their actual concern. Instead, Zhou Sheng seemed most concerned with the issue of whether ‘their opinions were unanimous’. They hadn’t even planned out how to resolve the problem at hand. But looking at Zhou Sheng’s expression, it seemed like he had already anticipated that this day long ago.
Zhou Sheng, with the other two, walked past the hotel that they had stayed in the day before. Just as he was about to enter and book a room, Chen Yekai took the initiative as he asked, “Are we going to sleep? Let me ba.”