Love, Gun, Cupid

But can he trust Du Juan and follow her teachings?

Du Juan is my savior, Cupid from heaven, powerful and beautiful. I have made a pact with her; she will help me achieve my love, and I will use our love to help her complete her graduation project.

What bad intentions could she possibly have? We even became one in our dreams, a fusion that no one else could match. What reason do I have not to trust her?

Therefore, Jasmine must be shot, the rolling bullets piercing her heart, possessing everything she has amidst her screams. The ultimate pleasure is pain, pain breeds resistance, resistance exists to enhance submission, and submission brings pleasure.

Lin Jiade's world turned pink, just as his world was flat; in this absurd illusion, only absurd conclusions were correct. Thus, Lin Jiade arrived at a conclusion that was both correct and absurd—

"I……"

Lin Jiade uttered a single word and then stopped. His mind fell into a silent and cold blank. The energy deep within him surged forth, the pink was dispelled by the icy blue, and the world returned to its spherical state.

He discarded the revolver and pointed it like a sword. Ice-blue energy filled his palm, and with a swing, he severed the chain between Du Juan and his heart.

This was the first time Du Juan had been humiliated since meeting Lin Jiade. She withdrew her hand and looked at Lin Jiade with surprise and uncertainty. At this moment, the young man was cold and sharp, like a sword that had been forged.

Du Juan was unwilling to be outdone, but the facts were laid bare before her: Lin Jiade had already been beaten to it by someone else. Humiliation and disbelief alternated in her emotions.

"Lin Jiade, what exactly did you encounter?" she asked.

Chapter 53 Confession (Bonus Chapter for Advancement)

Lin Jiade didn't react. Du Juan sighed and said, "I originally thought our meeting was accidental and your good fortune, but maybe things aren't that simple."

However, the teachers at the school would probably prefer a more complex love story, where I defeat the competition and possess you. I will submit the best graduation project.

My mother said all men are big liars. At first, I didn't believe her, but now I do. You kept saying you were just an ordinary person, and I believed your lies. I never imagined you possessed such hidden power, even allowing me to experience the taste of defeat for the first time…

How wonderful! You've taken my first failure. I love surprises. Can you use your unknown power to forcefully change me?

But Lin Jiade, you gave me three feathers, yet I will never be third, never!

Du Juan quieted down and restrained her greed, but her desire for Lin Jiade rose to a new level—originally, he was just her current favorite lover, but now, she couldn't live without him.

Pride and prejudice compel Du Juan to uncover Lin Jiade's secrets and the forces and figures that caused her setbacks. She vows to use that person to change Lin Jiade and to make Lin Jiade change her in return.

Lin Jiade was unaware that he had inexplicably gained a lot of favor with Du Juan. He had a dream in which he was a little kid who, because he admired the soccer characters in the anime Captain Tsubasa, wanted to sign up for a soccer academy for professional youth training.

That was the first time in his life that he had such a strong desire; it was his dream, the life he aspired to. So when were his dreams and aspirations destroyed?

Damn it...

He suddenly opened his eyes, the icy blue in his pupils fading. The sticky feeling of sweat made him feel uncomfortable. He looked down and realized that he had fallen asleep fully clothed.

"Strange, why am I sleeping with my clothes on?" he muttered to himself.

Lin Jiade is not an exhibitionist or a naturist, but he cannot deny that when he could sleep in his underwear, he rarely wore pajamas on top, which is why he felt it was a bit strange to sleep in clothes.

He threw off the covers, drew back the curtains, and the light of dawn mingled with the chirping of birds, filling his senses.

The sunshine and joyful melody lifted Lin Jiade's spirits, and Du Juan smiled when she saw him, saying, "It seems you've regained your energy."

The young man nodded: "I had a dream last night about things from the past, which led me to an ordinary life that was completely different from what I had expected."

This was incredibly painful, almost killing me, but I thought, I've survived such difficult things, and with your help, I think I can face this too.

Du Juan praised, "Pain can completely defeat a person, but sometimes it can also be a furnace that reshapes a person, making them stronger."

The same trick can't defeat you a second time, right?

“I’m not a Saint Seiya…” Lin Jiade thought for a moment, then added, “But now, I want to wear a Saint Cloth. Are you my Athena?”

Du Juan laughed and said, "Maybe I'm Pandora."

"I was in a daze. Did I go straight to sleep after returning home feeling dejected last night?"

"Yes, something did happen."

"What happened?" Lin Jiade asked.

I like you even more now.

"Oh."

Du Juan's cheeks puffed out: "Was that a perfunctory answer?"

Lin Jiade didn't believe that statement, just as he didn't believe that Ma Jianai was a "loser" in "The Child I Pushed." It's precisely because he had no expectations that he could be so calm... Yeah, right.

"Great!"

From home to school, this phrase kept echoing in Lin Jiade's mind.

The young man went to his professional class but was distracted during the class: he hadn't considered the future while dating Jasmine, which was a mistake he made, but it's not too late to make amends.

After much thought, he concluded that to seize the future, he had to grasp the power of the rod.

The young man passionately envisioned his future with Jasmine: dating - confession - work - marriage - having children - midlife crisis - lonely old age - hoping for children to grow up - he or Jasmine would be buried, leaving the other to await the call of death.

Imagining his and Jasmine's life from confession to burial, the weight of their lives brought tears to Lin Jiade's eyes like pissing beef balls.

Ms. Yang, who had already forgiven Lin Jiade, was so angry that her face turned red. She picked up a piece of chalk and accurately hit Lin Jiade on the forehead.

He was called to the office after class, but he didn't face Ms. Yang's verbal storm. Because of the strange misunderstanding before, Ms. Yang felt smugly that she was a deeply sinful woman.

She had no interest in Lin Jiade in that way. Occasionally, when she saw classmates she was still in contact with discussing men's sex, she would pretend to be an experienced but clueless keyboard warrior, but at the same time, she couldn't help but think of Lin Jiade's strong body.

These dark, unhealthy, and immoral desires will not affect Ms. Yang's rational judgment. In order to cut off her improper thoughts about her students, she has recently seriously considered going on blind dates.

Meanwhile, she was worried about how to tactfully tell Lin Jiade to end his troubles. So when she saw that Lin Jiade was distracted again today, she called him into her office to listen to his thoughts so she could prescribe the right remedy.

Lin Jiade was completely unaware of the more serious misunderstanding between him and his teacher. He treated his teacher as a tree stump and a listener, confiding, "I've been very troubled lately because I was certain that I had feelings for that person, but just last night, I denied myself."

"Rejected?"

Ms. Yang breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a slight sense of loss. She had returned to being an unwanted 28-year-old spinster. Men kept their distance from her because of her educational background, and she knew a little about how women treated her.

At this moment, she also became anxious.

"Because my feelings are too superficial. I only like her because of her appearance, and I know there will be problems if I'm with her."

But I only have a general feeling that I can overcome the problem; I'll leave the future to the future.

He slammed his hand on the table, startling Teacher Yang. The young man, lost in his own world, unconsciously glared back at him with a resolute look.

He was tall and strong (187cm, 84kg), and the enhanced magic made his eyes look even more ferocious. Teacher Yang's heart and the sanitary napkin shared the same pressure.

"That's not right. We need to figure out those practical things now, otherwise it will be too late when problems arise!"

Lin Jiade sat back down: "I'm making life plans right now, and I'm feeling a bit lost: I know the problems I need to overcome, and I know the general direction for solutions, but what specific steps should I take to begin?"

This question stumped Ms. Yang, who already had this plan and was now enjoying success in both her career and love life.

When she graduated with her bachelor's degree, she chose to take the postgraduate entrance exam. First, she didn't want to be the one with the lowest degree in her family, which would be too embarrassing. Second, she simply didn't want to find a job and wanted to enjoy life for a few more years. Third, she believed that a higher degree would give her an advantage in the job market.

As for relationships? What are those? She has a house, an income, and an education. She can pick any handsome man in the world she wants.

Every day she's single now is the price she pays for her frivolous plans for the future.

"No matter what, it always makes me feel better to be able to tell others about my troubles. Thank you, Teacher Yang."

Real Madrid has advanced to the Champions League semi-finals, hence the extra chapter.

Chapter Fifty-Four: Bearing the Burden

Lin Jiade didn't expect to get an answer from the other party, but the fact that there hadn't been any gossip about him in the department recently proved that Teacher Yang had kept his secret, so he dared to tell the other party.

People's joys and sorrows are not shared. Lin Jiade poured out his unanswerable thoughts to the other person and left happily, but it was the woman's turn to experience the anxiety he had once fully tasted. Frustrated, she held her head in her hands in the office, unable to find relief for a long time.

"Senior Hehuan, I need your help," Lin Jiade sent a message. "I need your help."

"Who are 'you'?" Hehuan replied.

"You and Senior Kapok, you are the only people I can ask for help from in the club."

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"It's about Jasmine, and it might involve me too. Shall we meet and talk?"

Lin Jiade was somewhat uneasy. Hehuan's attitude towards the alien races could only be considered neutral, and it was hard to say whether she would be willing to help them with their troubles. As for Mumian... they were even less familiar with her.

His only hope now is that the goodwill he has accumulated from shipping him and Jasmine as a couple will come in handy.

With each second of waiting, Lin Jiade's burden grew heavier. Hehuan seemed to be considering it, and it wasn't until a minute later that she replied, "Okay, let's talk in person."

She sent him her location. Lin Jiade went to the cafeteria on another campus and searched aimlessly until Senior Sister Hehuan waved to him. Only then did he see the familiar island in the unfamiliar sea.

Naturally, he "coincidentally" encountered Kapok there, this freak who refused to show an inch of her skin and ate in a way that surprised Lin Jiade—

Lin Jiade looked at the other person wearing a full-coverage helmet, the texture of which was like black jade, with a smooth surface without a single crack, yet food and chopsticks could pass through the helmet smoothly inside and outside.

What surprised him even more was that the students around him ignored it, as if it were a perfectly natural thing, just like the steady rise in local housing prices.

But that didn't matter. He got some food and sat down opposite the woman. Currently, they had only exchanged contact information, but Lin Jiade felt their relationship was probably not even that of acquaintances.

However, Kapok is the most powerful magic researcher Lin Jiade knows so far, and he has no choice but to seek Kapok's help for Jasmine's crisis.

Senior Sister Hehuan might be more likely to be persuaded, but in Lin Jiade's mind, Senior Sister Hehuan is just a teammate who sets up the ball for him, and in the end, his shot will definitely go towards the kapok tree.

After taking his seat, he went straight to his point: "Jasmine said she was threatened, and that I was threatened as well. She's in a state of extreme emotional distress and may have lost the ability to make the right judgments about things."

So, I'd like to ask, in this situation, how should Jasmine resolve the threat to her personal safety and protect herself... Would calling the police be helpful?

Hehuan's expression immediately turned somewhat awkward, and she stammered, "Now...it might not be possible."

Lin Jiade became anxious: "Why? Jasmine hasn't broken the law, and she's cooperating with the Empire's operation. We can't just ignore her like this, it's unreasonable!"

Hehuan's face became even more embarrassed. She hesitated to speak, but Mumian, who was next to her, answered directly: "Why do you think that everything in reality has to be based on reason? If everything were based on reason, why would reality be the way it is?"

Lin Jiade was momentarily speechless. He said, "If the two seniors know anything, could you perhaps reveal a little bit..."

"Uh……"

While Hehuan hesitated, Mumian said directly, "Jasmine's matter was an accident, but not an isolated incident. This matter involves some old stories..."

"Kapok!" Hehuan glared at Kapok. "Are you crazy? You're breaking the rules!"

"Is this explicitly stated in the confidentiality regulations?" Kapok asked rhetorically.

"No, but if you want to return to Brilliant City, you must abide by this tacit agreement."

"Then, I won't go back to Brilliant City. Better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond. Fuxing City is fine too, at least the pressure here is much lower," Mu Mian said slowly.

Hehuan's already sizable chest heaved violently, attracting the attention of veteran fan Lin Jiade. Lin Jiade had never seen her so angry before.

She rubbed her forehead and said after half a minute, "This is insane. Come with me."

Wasting food is bad...