I'm a sophomore in college, what the heck is this "male god cultivation system"?

Chapter 152 Relationship Breakdown (Part 2)

In relationships, when couples argue, in 90% of cases, the phrase "reasoning" only adds fuel to the fire.

Song Yang and Chocolate were clearly not among that one special case, so...

"I'm unreasonable?" Chocolate sneered, "I told you yesterday we were going on a date, but you went to an internet cafe and stayed up all night, only leaving right before the date. So now you're saying I'm unreasonable?"

"I admit it was my fault." Song Yang raised his voice several octaves and shouted, "But haven't I already apologized for this? Why are you still harping on it?"

Besides, I was playing a game at the time. This is a crucial point: you kept harping on my phone and even accused me of hitting you. Who's being unreasonable here?

The two argued louder and louder, attracting the attention of some people in the vicinity.

At this moment, Chocolate was suddenly glad that she had worn a mask today, but she didn't want to continue arguing. If she kept arguing, she might end up on the musical notes in an hour.

“Okay, I won’t be reasonable.” Chocolate nodded, her tone suddenly becoming calm.

However, seeing Chocolate's appearance, Song Yang did not feel any joy of "victory." Instead, his mood suddenly sank, and he had a vague feeling that something bad was about to happen.

"Xiaoyun, don't be like this." Song Yang's voice lowered again. "We're both at fault in this, we shouldn't..."

"Song Yang, it's over between us," Chocolate said coldly, then turned and left.

Song Yang froze on the spot.

Chocolate wasn't the type of person who liked to break up. The two dated for three years, and although they would have arguments, Chocolate never mentioned breaking up even once.

Generally speaking, if someone never uses breaking up as a bargaining chip in a relationship, once they bring up breaking up, the relationship is usually truly over.

Song Yang hadn't expected that Chocolate would break up with him over something like this, so he stood there stunned for a few seconds before he reacted and quickly ran forward.

As he ran, he called out, "Xiaoyun, don't..."

He was almost catching up with Chocolate when he instinctively reached out to take her hand, trying to hold her back.

However, the moment his hand touched Chocolate's right hand, he saw the other person suddenly turn around and slap him hard across the face.

"roll."

The burning pain on his face and the cold voice in his ear made Song Yang stop in his tracks.

Meanwhile, the stares of onlookers also hurt his pride. He took a deep breath and then quickly left the scene.

He didn't intend to let go of the relationship, but he really didn't want to humiliate himself in such a public place.

'I'll find an opportunity to talk to her properly tonight. We can't really break up over something so small.'

Song Yang remained somewhat optimistic, believing that Chocolate was only acting out of anger and to save face, which was why she proposed breaking up.

If you buy yourself your favorite chocolate cake tonight, sincerely apologize, and this matter shouldn't be impossible to resolve.

As for now...

"Ah~" Song Yang stretched and yawned, deciding to go back to his dorm for a nap.

After all, he stayed up all night at the internet cafe last night, so he should take a good rest this afternoon to recharge. This will also give him and Chocolate a chance to calm down, making communication easier once they've both calmed down.

……

At noon, Chen Yan used Lin Zhixi's meal card to experience the cafeteria at Jianghai University.

"Your cafeteria is great, the food is good and the prices are cheap."

Chen Yan couldn't help but sigh, after all, Jianghai University of Electronic Science and Technology was fine in other aspects, but the cafeteria was...

It can only be said that Chen Yan ate out or ordered takeout for nearly 70% of his first two years of university.

The food in the school cafeteria wasn't even much better than what he had in high school.

"If you had worked harder back then and hadn't been thinking about dating all the time, you could be studying here now, and I could even call you senior."

Lin Zhixi held a piece of egg tart and, before taking a bite, made a comment about Chen Yan.

"I only dated in high school, but that doesn't mean I only think about dating," Chen Yan said irritably. "High school was so stressful, I had to find something to do."

"Studying? In high school, I spent most of my time studying, except for the occasional daydream."

Lin Zhixi said this with a hint of smugness in her voice.

"Oh right, right, right." Chen Yan casually pointed in a direction and teased, "I happen to know a nunnery in Hangzhou. You can go straight to work there after you graduate. Being a nun is quite lucrative these days, and with your high education, you're very competitive. Maybe you'll become the abbess in a couple of years."

While complaining, Chen Yan also made a "Amitabha" gesture.

"Bah bah bah."

The two exchanged a few teasing words and quickly finished their meal.

After finishing their meal, as the two walked towards the parking lot, Chen Yan sighed casually.

"What's wrong?" Lin Zhixi looked at Chen Yan and said gently, "Have you been very tired lately? Why are you sighing so much?"

"I wouldn't call it tiring," Chen Yan stretched his arms and replied, "but it was quite busy today."

"I'm quite busy." Lin Zhixi paused for a moment, then quickly said, "If you're busy, you don't need to make time for me. You can practice calligraphy anytime."

"It's not that busy. I mainly have things to do in the mornings and evenings." Chen Yan shook his head. "I have to take care of some things at the company in the morning, and I have to go to the school in the evening. Sundays are busier than other times."

"Why are you going back to school? To see your teachers?"

"No." Chen Yan waved his hand and briefly explained what had happened.

Then, he noticed that Lin Zhixi was looking at him with a strange expression.

Why are you looking at me like that? You don't think I'm lying, do you?

"No, we're siblings, of course I trust you, how could you doubt me?" Lin Zhixi waved her hand, a mischievous glint in her eyes.

"I just think that, given your lecherous nature, if you meet a pretty enough high school girl, you might actually end up keeping her as a sugar daddy."

"What do you mean by 'with my lecherous nature'? I was just appreciating beauty," Chen Yan retorted. "Besides, am I that lecherous? If we're talking about pretty girls, there really aren't any prettier girls around me than you. Have I done anything inappropriate to you?"

As soon as he said it, Chen Yan realized something was wrong.

After all, those words sounded a bit ambiguous, and Lin Zhixi wasn't the kind of person who was thick-skinned; what if she overthought it...?

Chen Yan discreetly observed the other person out of the corner of his eye and noticed that the girl, who had been quite lively just moments before, was now keeping her head down and remaining silent. 'She seems alright, I hope I didn't really bother her.' Chen Yan pondered for a moment and decided to explain first to avoid any misunderstanding from the girl.

Before he could speak, Lin Zhixi suddenly looked up at him with bright, sparkling eyes.

"Are you saying you've never seen a girl prettier than me?"

'Come on, I thought she was overthinking it, turns out she's just being narcissistic...' Chen Yan chuckled to himself, realizing how absurd his previous thought was.

Given Lin Zhixi's clear-headed personality, if he really had any ideas, he would probably have been seen through by others long ago, and they would have quietly distanced themselves from him.

The reason he and Lin Zhixi can get along so comfortably now is essentially because neither of them has any ulterior motives towards each other... In a relationship, the more you want to get, the more burdens you tend to have, and the more easily you are affected by other things.

Chen Yan considered himself fairly frank with Lin Zhixi, so even though he knew the girl was narcissistic, he still nodded and said:
"Indeed, I've never seen a girl prettier than you."

"Thank you." Lin Zhixi smiled and returned the favor, saying, "You're also the most handsome guy I've ever seen."

"Okay, okay, so this is mutual flattery, huh?"

"No, I really think so. Why do you think it's just mutual flattery? Don't you genuinely agree with what you just said?"

Chen Yan: φ(゜▽゜*)

In this atmosphere, the two got into the car chatting and laughing, and sped towards Jiangnan Township.

……

At 5 p.m., Chen Yan first dropped Lin Zhixi off at Jianghai University, and then drove towards Xu Ning's high school.

For some reason, even though it was the weekend, the road conditions were quite good tonight, and Chen Yan arrived at his destination successfully half an hour later.

Just then, students were entering the school, and Chen Yan followed a few students into the school, then headed straight for the dean's office.

Wen Ning had already explained the location of the office to him in detail this morning, and he soon arrived at the door of the Dean of Students' office.

"Knock, knock, knock." He knocked on the door three times.

The next second, a woman's voice rang out in the room.

"Please come in."

Chen Yan recognized Wen Ning's voice immediately. Sure enough, as soon as he entered, he saw Wen Ning and Xu Ning sitting face to face, seemingly chatting about something.

But isn't this the dean of students' office? Why are there only the two of them here? Where is the dean of students?

"Chen Yan, you're here." Wen Ning waved and pulled up a chair, saying, "Quick, quick, sit here."

Xu Ning, who was standing to the side, did not rush to speak, but watched this scene with slight surprise.

Wen Ning had already told her about knowing Chen Yan when they were in the office, which gave Xu Ning a feeling that "the world is so small, everyone knows each other".

But what Xu Ning was curious about was how Chen Yan and Wen Ning met.

One of them studied in Fengning before high school, while the other has been in Hangzhou since childhood. Even if they had tutoring, they probably wouldn't be able to catch up.

After ruling out the teacher-student relationship, Xu Ning couldn't guess the rest.

She had just asked Wen Ning the same question, but when she got to that point, Wen Ning suddenly became vague and evasive, refusing to answer no matter how she was asked, acting as if she wanted to keep her mouth shut.

Since Wen Ning was her homeroom teacher, Xu Ning didn't press her for details, but her curiosity wouldn't let her off the hook.

"Brother Chen Yan." Xu Ning called softly as she saw Chen Yan sit down.

"Hmm, good evening, Xiao Ning." Chen Yan asked with a smile, "How was your weekend?"

"Not great. After finishing my tutoring class on Saturday night, I didn't get home until 10 p.m. After washing up and going to bed, I played on my phone for a while. When I woke up the next day, it was already noon. I studied for a little while in the afternoon and then had to go back to school."

"Good boy." Chen Yan gave a thumbs up and said self-deprecatingly, "When I was in high school, I never brought my books home. I just coasted through those three years."

"It's quite impressive to get into a top-tier university after three years of studying." Xu Ning's expression was so sincere that Chen Yan didn't know what to say for a moment.

After all, it's quite an achievement for such an outstanding student from one of the top five universities in China to praise him, saying, "Getting into a top-tier university is already amazing." It's like having your girlfriend say in bed, "It's okay, even a small one is amazing..."

Wen Ning, standing to the side, also got goosebumps.

It wasn't for any other reason, but because when Chen Yan addressed Xu Ning, he called her "Xiao Ning," and Ning and Ning sound similar in pronunciation...

In addition, Wen Ning's parents and even Wen Ya all call her Xiao Ning, which made Wen Ning almost instinctively respond when Chen Yan called out to Xu Ning.

Luckily, I thought twice before speaking, otherwise it would have been awkward...

Just as Wen Ning was feeling relieved, she saw Chen Yan turn to look at her and ask, "By the way, isn't this the dean's office? Why are there only two of you here?"

"He went on patrol," Wen Ning replied casually. "He's checking the order in the second and third year high school classes. He should be back in a bit."

At this point, Wen Ning couldn't help but say, "By the way, why haven't Shen Jianan and his parents arrived yet? I remember his mother seemed like a nice person, and she spoke very politely. How did she give birth to such a child?"

"Teacher, have you met his mother?" Xu Ning asked from the side.

"Yeah, didn't he have a fight with Xiao Wang from his class before? He even said he'd send photos and videos and stuff, it caused quite a stir, and his mother came over once." Wen Ning complained, "Does he only care about giving birth but not about raising children? Isn't he just a pure menace to society?"

Just as the three were chatting, a knock came at the door.

"Dong dong dong."

"Please come in," Wen Ning called out, standing up as she did so.

The next second, the door opened, and the first person to walk in was a woman who looked to be only thirty-five or thirty-six years old.

The woman wore a blue suit, was tall and slender, with her hair styled in a bun. She had a dignified oval face, delicate eyebrows and a fine nose, and exuded elegance and grace, giving off a clean, efficient, and decisive impression.

However, her face is now full of "apology" and "helplessness," which has diminished her professional demeanor.

Following behind the woman was none other than Shen Jianan, the man with the buzz cut.

……

"Teacher Wen, I'm so sorry." Shen Shulan apologized to Wen Ning immediately, then her gaze swept over the "victim," Xu Ning...

But as soon as she shifted her gaze, the first thing she saw was the person sitting next to Xu Ning...

"Xiaoyan?"

(End of this chapter)