Chapter 12: Gossip News
Lin Tian, who had just walked a few steps, suddenly turned around.
He tossed the business card in his hand towards the sky, and it spun in an arc before falling to the ground.
"Mr. Gao, you said it!" Lin Tian was extremely annoyed by the condescending attitude of the homeroom teacher.
"That’s right, I’m saying it. With your 300 points, even getting into a third-rate college is unrealistic. Dreaming of getting into the Medical University, huh, not a chance!" Mr. Gao retorted.
"See you at the unified exams!" Lin Tian threw out a parting statement, no longer paying attention to Mr. Gao, who was left standing there shaking with anger.
Having just played a basketball game, Lin Tian was now covered in sweat, and he planned to go back to the dorm, take a quick wash, and change clothes before heading to class.
But on the way back to the dorm, he kept getting stopped by girls.
They all wanted to chat and get to know Lin Tian, and some of the bolder girls openly expressed their desire to be Lin Tian’s girlfriend.
This left Lin Tian a bit taken aback, "I just played a basketball game, do they really need to go this far?"
"Do they really need to act so infatuated?"
Unbeknownst to him, his current looks and basketball skills were already comparable to those of a celebrity.
After who knows how many girls he’d already turned down, another beautiful girl appeared before Lin Tian.
Why say she’s a beauty? Because her arrival made Lin Tian’s eyes light up.
Black canvas shoes, denim shorts, black t-shirt, with a tall figure and slightly innocent stunning face, she exuded youthfulness all over.
"Hello, I’m Liou Qingcheng, can we get to know each other?" The beauty introduced herself while extending her right hand.
Looking at Liou Qingcheng’s smiling face, Lin Tian almost had the impulse to reach out his right hand to shake hers.
But... but reason told him not to extend his hand.
"Currently, I have nothing, and a beauty like her is destined to have many men pursuing her. To avoid getting hurt again, or to protect myself, I can only cruelly refuse!" Lin Tian thought to himself.
Liou Qingcheng’s bold approach to Lin Tian was witnessed by many passersby.
Soon, many had gathered around Lin Tian and Liou Qingcheng, with the boys watching Lin Tian with envious eyes.
The girls, too, watched Liou Qingcheng with envious eyes.
Liou Qingcheng was truly the school flower of Kanyue City Third Middle School. It’s said that the line of boys chasing her could stretch from the school gate to the back door and around the corner.
So the boys envied Lin Tian, envying that the school flower would approach him on her own initiative, as if it were an unexpected romantic encounter.
The girls envied Liou Qingcheng for her beauty and figure, but also envied her for having the chance to meet such a handsome basketball-playing guy like Lin Tian.
"Why do you need so much time to think it over just to get acquainted?" Liou Qingcheng smiled slightly at the dazed Lin Tian.
She had noticed the other girls who tried to talk to Lin Tian, and without exception, they had all been rejected by him.
But Liou Qingcheng still had the courage to come over and chat, fully confident in her looks and figure.
Confident that Lin Tian would definitely not reject her.
"Sorry, beauty, I need to go back to the dorm to shower!" Lin Tian thought for a while before finally speaking.
This statement was delivered quite plainly by Lin Tian, but it brought Liou Qingcheng’s excited heart to a halt.
It was like a little deer suddenly dropping dead, its heart stopped as well.
"Rejected, I was actually rejected, me, the grand school flower, actually rejected!" Liou Qingcheng’s mind went blank, having a hard time accepting this fact.
A confident person suddenly losing their confidence plunges into chaos.
"I just wanted to get to know you a bit, don’t you like me?" Liou Qingcheng, after a brief moment of confusion, raised her voice.
"I do!"
Lin Tian’s answer left Liou Qingcheng stunned again, even a bit dumbfounded.
What’s this play?
Like me?
But also reject me?
"If you like me, why reject me?" Liou Qingcheng looked puzzled.
"It’s two months until the unified exams, and I want to get into the Kanyue City Medical University, so during this time I need to focus on studying, no other distractions!" Seeing Liou Qingcheng so agitated, Lin Tian felt pity and didn’t want to hurt this beautiful girl’s feelings, so he found a gentle excuse to brush her off.
Upon hearing Lin Tian’s answer, not only was Liou Qingcheng not angry, she even felt a hint of joy: "Indeed, a man chosen by me, Liou Qingcheng, is so ambitious!"
"Your dream university is the Kanyue City Medical University?" Liou Qingcheng asked.
"Yes, what about you? Which university do you want to attend?" Lin Tian asked.
"The Dance Department of Kanyue City Music Academy!" Liou Qingcheng answered Lin Tian’s question but at that moment, she suddenly had the idea of changing her intended major.
"That’s nice, congratulations in advance, you’ll definitely make it!" Lin Tian was clearly not focused on Liou Qingcheng: "If there’s nothing else, I’ll head back to the dorm to freshen up!"
"Go ahead!" Liou Qingcheng nodded with disappointment.
Feeling Lin Tian brushing past her, Liou Qingcheng couldn’t help but ask: "If I ask you at university, can we get to know each other? Would you reject me again?"
"Probably not!" Lin Tian said lazily with both hands on the back of his head, "But we’d have to be at the same university for that to happen!"
Watching Lin Tian’s receding figure, Liou Qingcheng made a decision in her heart, but she was hesitant about it...
"Oh my god, Lin Tian actually rejected the school flower Liou Qingcheng!"
"Big news, shocking news, Kanyue City’s underdog Lin Tian publicly rejects the school flower Liou Qingcheng!"
"Liou Qingcheng’s pursuit ends in rejection, what kind of man is so bold?"
Soon, this news spread quickly, and in the end, the story was twisted.
"They say that after seeing the impressive basketball player Lin Tian, school flower Liou Qingcheng invited him to a quick hotel room..."
But unfortunately, Lin Tian and Liou Qingcheng didn’t know these rumors, otherwise, they would’ve been furious.
Because other students were in class, there were few people in the dormitory, and Lin Tian went alone, wearing shorts, to the water room.
He turned on the cold water tap, filled a basin with water, and poured it over his head.
"Refreshing!" Lin Tian gasped as the cool sensation spread through his entire body.
Just as Lin Tian was enjoying his cold shower, more people crowded into the water room.
Lin Tian didn’t pay much attention, but when he saw the unfriendly glances, he realized this group was from the second class, the same ones he just played basketball against.
"What a coincidence, running into each other again in the water room?" Feng Biao, wearing only briefs, waved a basin with his right hand.
"What? Lost in basketball and now want a fight?" Lin Tian said seemingly nonchalantly, but in reality, he was fully alert.
The water room was small, and there were eight of them. If it really came to a fight, Lin Tian might not be able to win...