Chapter 130: Why Say “Good Morning”? Next Time Say “I Love You”
If the netizens who got dragged into this mess could learn something from it, then at least Pu Tong’s statement wouldn’t have been for nothing.
After posting the clarification, he didn’t want to pay any more attention to the matter. As long as no trouble came knocking, he was more than happy to enjoy some peace and quiet.
After finishing his homework, Pu Tong finally glanced at his phone and discovered that their four-person group was discussing the matter.
The group members were simply too fast at surfing the internet, to the point that he didn’t even need to look for anything himself……
Pu Tong: [So, did my clarification work?]
Lin Yuxi: [Pretty effective, actually, people had already started suspecting that they weren’t the same person. After all, the record of that friend of yours was way too different from yours in the past……]
Liu Neng being bad at the game actually became the biggest piece of evidence?
Yi Zhi Xuenai sent a screenshot, filled with netizens’ discussions about the matter:
“To be honest, I knew that 0-5 Crocodile wasn’t Pu Tong the moment I saw him.”
“He even thought about us, he really, I can’t even.”
“Pu Tong’s account is practically my dream account, so it’s perfectly normal for someone to borrow it, right? It has all the skins I want, can I borrow it for two days too?”
“Okay, okay, we know you don’t play games anymore, but if you don’t play games, then release a new song! I haven’t heard a new song from you in two weeks, I’m dying of impatience, hurry hurry hurry hurry hurry!”
“So, you’ve quit the game? You don’t want to become a great summoner anymore? Trash, get online!”
It felt like the thread had gone completely off-topic……
It was as if the netizens didn’t really care who had been playing the game at the time; they just thought it was funny.
And after learning that Pu Tong had gotten into this mess because he lent his account to a friend, they found it even more amusing.
Because of this incident, they actually felt that Pu Tong seemed a little more real, and that they could joke around with him and tease him.
Pu Tong rubbed his nose, feeling that this was actually pretty good……
He didn’t want to become the “my idol” in his fans’ mouths, nor did he want to become “the god of the music scene.” If someone liked him and liked listening to his songs, then they could be fellow fans, friends, and just hang out together.
Perhaps the incident had started because of an accident, but in the end, the outcome was still good.
Another thing worth mentioning was that his two lines, “Kind words build good karma, cruel words hurt the heart” and “One kind word warms three winter months, one cruel word chills six summer months,” had also been reposted many times.
Early the next morning, after eating the soft-boiled eggs his mom had made, Pu Tong couldn’t help giving her a thumbs-up.
“You’ve improved, these soft-boiled eggs are pretty good.”
“Thanks, thanks, but I made hard-boiled eggs?”
Never mind what I said.
He made his way to school and discovered that far more people than usual were greeting him today……
Had everyone started forging good connections with kind words?
Everyone who struck up a conversation with Pu Tong received a response without exception, and only then did they realize that Pu Tong really wasn’t one of those celebrities who walked around with their eyes above everyone else; he was still an ordinary person whom they could get close to.
“Morning……” Pu Tong had no idea how many times he had said “morning” that morning. Had these people all gone crazy, or what? Some of them had even run all the way over just to say hello before leaving.
Could greeting me give you some kind of lucky buff?
“Why say ‘good morning’? In the morning, you’re supposed to say ‘I love you!’”
Yu Wanwan had arrived at her seat at some point.
“Huh?”
“It’s a meme, haven’t you seen this meme?” Yu Wanwan smiled. “Come on, say it!”
He had seen this meme before. Anyone who spent enough time in group chats had definitely seen this picture.
But saying those few words out loud yourself was so weird……
And it seemed like there was a suspicion of using a joke as an excuse to confess your true feelings, which would be way too tacky.
“Tch……” Yu Wanwan gave him a disdainful look and said nothing more.
You had your chance and you still blew it!
There were only two days of classes this week, while from Wednesday to Friday they would have their midterm exams. At the same time, it seemed that the graduating seniors in Grade 12 would also be taking their final mock exam.
Perhaps because the exams were approaching, Yu Wanwan was studying quite seriously, and the two of them didn’t interact much.
Pu Tong had a feeling that she would improve quite a lot on this exam. After all, ever since the first monthly exam ended, she had been studying very seriously, as if she were trying to prove something.
Thinking of this, Pu Tong smiled faintly without making it obvious. This silly girl, studying wasn’t about proving yourself; it was a process of constantly improving and correcting yourself……
“Want to make another bet?” During the break, Pu Tong struck up a conversation with her, intending to help her relax.
Yu Wanwan stopped writing and glanced at him, then gently shook her head.
“No need.” She smiled brightly. “Because I’m definitely going to win this time!”
Naturally, Yu Wanwan was referring to the rules set by their previous exam: if she scored higher than Pu Tong in even one subject, she would win.
“Oh-ho…… Pretty confident, huh!”
“You taught me well!” Yu Wanwan smiled.
Whenever she didn’t understand something, she would simply ask Pu Tong since he was right there. After all that back and forth, she could be considered half a disciple, so it was time to slay her master and attain the Dao!
Pu Tong immediately got fired up:
“If there’s even one subject where I don’t score higher than you, I’ll take your surname.”
“Yay, yay!” Yi Zhi Xuenai clapped her hands and turned around.
“If you marry into her family, you can take the surname Yu!”
Well, that was actually true……
Bah, that kind of thing absolutely could never happen.
“Take the surname Yu?” Pu Tong’s expression was a little strange.
“It sounds kind of weird.”
“Why? What’s wrong with the surname Yu?” Yu Wanwan glared fiercely at him. What, was he discriminating against surnames now?
“How should I put it?” Pu Tong was a little embarrassed.
“The two characters in the surname Yu sound weird when put together……”
“Hm?” Yu Wanwan frowned, not feeling that there was anything strange about it.
She silently repeated it a few times and immediately realized what was wrong.
“Dirty, lewd, perverted!”
Sexual desire, huh?
Pu Tong was a little embarrassed. She was the one who had asked first.
“What’s wrong with the surname Yu?” Yi Zhi Xuenai tilted her head, not quite understanding.
How could a foreign friend possibly understand a great Chinese homophonic pun so easily?
“Then if you put it that way, your surname isn’t much better!” Lin Yuxi thought it was rather amusing and joined the conversation. “Pu-surname male!”
“Holy crap……”
He’d forgotten about that. His surname was already Pu, and he was male, so wasn’t that literally “Pu-surname male”?
“What are you guys talking about?” Yi Zhi Xuenai still didn’t understand the Chinese homophonic pun.
“To be honest, the Japanese girl’s surname is the weirdest……” Pu Tong suddenly glanced at her, his expression a little strange.
Yi Zhi Xuenai, wouldn’t that be a……
“Don’t be such a pervert!”
Yu Wanwan wished she could punch his head clean off. How was this guy thinking about this stuff all day long?
“I don’t understand, I really don’t understand!” Yi Zhi Xuenai covered her ears and shook her head repeatedly. She clearly didn’t understand, but it didn’t sound like anything nice……
The three of them couldn’t really explain it either, so they could only brush it off with classifiers like “a cat” and the like.
“Come to think of it, it seems like my surname is the only good one!” Lin Yuxi rested her chin on her hand.
To be fair, she was right.
There were countless web novels, and Ye, Lin, Xiao, and Chu accounted for half of them. Whether it was a cultivation clan or an urban tycoon, you didn’t need anyone to explain what kind of treatment that meant, right?
“Oh, it doesn’t matter what surname you have anymore. We don’t usually address each other by our surnames anyway……” Yu Wanyan hurriedly tried to smooth things over.
Wasn’t that true? The three girls usually called each other “Wanwan,” “Xuenai,” and “Yuxi,” so what did their surnames have to do with anything?
“I always use your full name, so don’t count me in!”
Pu Tong waved his hand. Calling a girl by her given name without her surname was way too intimate, and he simply couldn’t bring himself to do it.
“How so?” Yi Zhi Xuenai scratched her head.
“You usually just call me Japanese Girl……”
“Your name is just too long.”
A four-character name was such a hassle to say, okay? Wasn’t “Japanese Girl” much more convenient?
“Then you can call me Xuenai, or Xuenai-chan!” Being called Japanese Girl all the time was so weird, especially since they were already so familiar with each other.
“It’s not like I don’t call you by your name!” Pu Tong sighed.
“It’s just that your name is too boring, so I don’t call you that.”
“Eh?”
“For example, don’t you Japanese have lots of interesting surnames?”
Yi Zhi Xuenai froze for a moment. Interesting surnames?
“For example, if your name were Azuma Xuenai, I’d definitely call you by your full name every day!”
If I called you Azuma Xuenai every day, it would feel like Xuenai was my wife!
“Dame yo!” Yi Zhi Xuenai’s face immediately turned bright red.
“You can’t do that kind of thing, I……”
“You really are quite the naughty one!” Yu Wanwan’s fists clenched.
(End of Chapter)
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