PPS Chapter 57

It took several days for the tooth marks on Gu Yusen’s face to disappear. He looked at his still handsome face in the mirror, and satisfiedly stroked his chin, shaving off a circle of stubble.

Chu Zhaoyi had finished his preliminary competition artwork, and naturally, it was time to go back to class. Zhang Haoyu, who hadn’t seen his good roommate for a long time, excitedly wanted to hug him.

Chu Zhaoyi calmly dodged and took out two steamed buns from the bag, stuffing them into Zhang Haoyu’s hands.

Zhang Haoyu knew that these breakfasts were enough to sell seven or eight egg pancakes, so he didn’t know whether to accept them or not.

“What’s wrong?” Chu Zhaoyi asked, a little puzzled by his strange movements, and sat in the seat Zhang Haoyu had saved.

The strange thing was that Li Yu and Xie Haoran used to sit with Zhang Haoyu, but now only the two of them were at the seats Zhang Haoyu had saved.

“It’s nothing… it’s just that after knowing these buns are so expensive, I don’t dare to eat them,” Zhang Haoyu said somewhat uneasily, clutching the two buns.

“Brother Sanmu is rich,” Chu Zhaoyi blinked, speaking as a matter of course.

Zhang Haoyu hadn’t reacted yet, but a student next to him made a strange laugh, and didn’t forget to mutter to his friend, not knowing what he was saying.

Zhang Haoyu ignored the two buns, glared fiercely at the student, and then sat down, sighing deeply.

Chu Zhaoyi didn’t want to pay attention to him.

But Zhang Haoyu held up his phone in front of Chu Zhaoyi.

“Zhaoyi, there’s some dog barking going on in the forum recently. Someone leaked that you have mental problems and also a hearing impairment.”

The post appeared two days ago. Originally, Chu Zhaoyi had already become a minor celebrity at school due to his appearance and his relationship with Gu Yusen.

Once this post came out, it completely pushed Chu Zhaoyi into the spotlight.

The original poster didn’t specify what the so-called mental problem was, leaving it to people’s speculation. There were all sorts of things being said in the comments. But overall, there weren’t many bad comments. Society is always more tolerant of pitiful people.

But the subsequent revelations brought this public opinion to a climax.

First, Chu Zhaoyi wasn’t Gu Yusen’s younger brother, but a so-called “kept younger man.” The two had an improper relationship of being supported. And Gu Yusen had found connections to directly stuff Chu Zhaoyi, a mentally ill person with hearing problems, into A University.

As soon as this matter came out, it completely aroused public anger. A University, as a top university in the country, was something so many people sharpened their heads to squeeze into. Now knowing that capital could easily get people in, the problem was huge.

Second, Qin Professor’s student was Chu Zhaoyi.

How could someone who entered A University through connections become Qin Professor’s student?

The original poster immediately disappeared after leaving this question. The post’s popularity grew higher and higher, and finally, the matter was linked to Gu Yusen and the Gu family. It was nothing more than Gu Yusen using his power to pressure Qin Professor into accepting this so-called “student.”

It was bad enough to force someone in, but to force in someone who wasn’t quite normal. And Qin Professor was a major authority in the industry, so many people began to speak out against the injustice done to Qin Professor.

This matter had fermented for two days and was now known throughout the school.

Gu Yusen had been busy with company matters these past two days and didn’t have time to pay attention to these things. Chu Zhaoyi didn’t browse forums either, spending 10 out of 24 hours a day painting, so how could he know about this? If Zhang Haoyu hadn’t brought it up, he might not have known about it even after graduating.

Chu Zhaoyi roughly understood the whole story, withdrew his gaze, and opened the book on his desk.

No wonder he had seen so many strange looks on his way to school today.

“! You, aren’t you going to clarify?” Zhang Haoyu didn’t expect Chu Zhaoyi to react this way. He even briefly wondered if he was making a fuss over nothing, but! No! The heat of this matter was too high! What if the school noticed and expelled him!

Chu Zhaoyi looked at Zhang Haoyu strangely, as if not understanding why Zhang Haoyu was making such a big deal out of it.

“Most of it is true,” Chu Zhaoyi said concisely.

Zhang Haoyu’s eyes widened, and he said in a low voice that only the two of them could hear, “Ahhhhh, don’t talk nonsense, I don’t believe it!”

Chu Zhaoyi turned his head, facing Zhang Haoyu, and tapped the hearing aid on his left ear, making a crisp sound.

“Hearing aid.”

“The right ear can’t hear, so what did you just say? I can’t hear it.”

Zhang Haoyu was silent. He had always thought that Chu Zhaoyi just liked trendy outfits, and the things on his ears were headphones.

“Then…”

“Mental illness too, the doctor seems to have said it’s autism.” Chu Zhaoyi knew what Zhang Haoyu wanted to ask, so he simply answered directly.

Zhang Haoyu was silent again. So, was this why Chu Zhaoyi didn’t interact much with people and was introverted? They deserved to die!!!

“As for being supported, I guess so. The money I spend is all given by Brother Sanmu,” Chu Zhaoyi understood the word “supported” and felt that it did reflect the relationship between the two, so he generously admitted it.

Zhang Haoyu was silent.

“Any more questions? If not, where does this class start? What page?” Chu Zhaoyi hadn’t been to class for almost two weeks and couldn’t keep up with the pace.

“48…” Zhang Haoyu answered numbly.

“No, no, no, this isn’t right.” Zhang Haoyu felt there was a problem, but he couldn’t think of what it was for a moment.

Chu Zhaoyi looked at him like he was an idiot.

“I remember, did the Gu family pull strings for you to get into A University?”

No one else would dare to ask such a question, only Zhang Haoyu, the airhead.

“What do you think?” Chu Zhaoyi opened to page forty-eight and took out his pen.

“I don’t think so,” Zhang Haoyu shook his head. In fact, the most damaging of all the rumors was this one. Not only did capital use connections to get into A University, but he also entered Professor Qin’s tutelage. But he didn’t think Chu Zhaoyi and Gu Yusen were those kinds of people.

It didn’t seem like it.

“Then it isn’t,” Chu Zhaoyi replied casually.

“I knew it, that’s good, that’s good.” Zhang Haoyu completely breathed a sigh of relief, he knew it.

…

“That means you’re that awesome! Professor Qin took a liking to you directly!!!” Zhang Haoyu reacted after a long time and let out a sharp shout.

If it wasn’t capital at play, then that proved: his roommate, was a big shot!

Chu Zhaoyi subtly dodged to the side, feeling embarrassed.

Zhang Haoyu was secretly excited, his face flushed from holding it in. These past two days, he had been worried about the rumors outside, but he had overlooked that if those rumors were false, then how amazing would Chu Zhaoyi be…

Chu Zhaoyi looked at the teacher walking in to teach from the door and breathed a sigh of relief.

Class was about to start.

Zhang Haoyu could finally be quiet, right?