Chapter 49: 049 Strict Defense To Ensure Safety
Waiting, waiting, the agreed-upon Saturday afternoon for the social gathering finally arrived.
More than half of the boys from Class 1 of the Computer Science and Technology major attended this social gathering. The rest either had wallets too shy, or had chickened out, or disdained such vulgar occasions. Wang Heng also wanted to align with these classmates who had transcended low-level tastes, but his roommates were too enthusiastic, making it hard for him to refuse.
For today, Tang Hexing and Fu Hanwen had ordered new clothes online early, picked from the ‘type male zone’ in the Taobao mall. Now not only had they changed into good-looking brand new clothes, these two had also pooled money to buy a can of hair wax, styling what they thought were the best hairstyles, simply flashy to the extreme.
Wang Ke’s mentality was comparatively normal; after all, from childhood to now, girls had confessed to him more than once or twice. He just simply tidied up, very refreshed and natural.
But Wang Heng was different from all of them.
Limited by the regulation of ‘not appearing too anomalous,’ he couldn’t go dressed like a beggar, nor deliberately skip bathing for five days to accumulate a full body odor. So he changed into the dark sportswear he bought in his second year of high school, the oldest outfit in his suitcase. Additionally, he specially bought a pair of thick, clunky black-framed glasses. This way, he could eliminate the possibility of any newly met girl liking him, right?
But Wang Heng still felt a bit uneasy, so when he saw that stall at the school gate, his eyes lit up.
At this moment, a dozen or so boys had just walked out of the school gate and, led by Sun Xing Si, were heading toward the nearby coffee shop. Everyone’s walking speed wasn’t fast, enough time for Wang Heng to run to the stall to buy a small item and rejoin the main group.
What Wang Heng bought was prayer beads.
Tang Hexing had the sharpest eyes and, seeing the new prayer beads on Wang Heng’s wrist, couldn’t help exclaiming in surprise: “You’re joking, right? Wearing that to a social gathering?”
Wang Heng: “I’ve said it early, I’m not interested in three-dimensional girls. If you guys hadn’t dragged me this time, I definitely wouldn’t have come.”
Fu Hanwen squeezed between the two, one arm around Tang Hexing’s shoulders, the other around Wang Heng’s shoulders.
He said earnestly: “Xiao Tang, you have to understand Teacher Wang’s good intentions! Think about it, with Teacher Wang’s level, what if he accidentally steals the girl you like later? So wearing prayer beads is to tell everyone that he has no worldly desires.”
Wang Heng nodded in agreement: “Exactly, prayer beads are for declaring one’s resolve. The ‘ming’ of ‘explain’ and the ‘zhi’ of ‘volition,’ got it?”
“Teacher Wang really is…” Tang Hexing had a face full of moved, “So righteous!”
Fu Hanwen suddenly turned his head to look at Wang Ke beside him and asked: “So, are you planning to compete with us for girls today?”
Wang Ke: “No such thought… Haven’t I told you guys too? I’m not interested in these old women.”
“Alright then, wait a sec!”
Fu Hanwen turned and dashed off, ran to that stall, bought another string of prayer beads, and came back panting.
“Good boy, put it on, declare your resolve too!” He shoved the prayer beads into Wang Ke’s hand.
Thus, the over 1.8-meter tall handsome young man Wang Ke also cluelessly put on a string of prayer beads.
Then, these dozen or so boys laughing and joking walked into that coffee shop.
Sun Xing Si had already booked with the shopkeeper in advance, having them arrange over a dozen square tables together into a long table. One side of the long table for boys, the other for girls—perfect in theory.
The boys all sat down, but the opposite side was empty.
“Wasn’t it agreed for exactly four o’clock? It’s already 3:50 now, I thought we were pretty late!” Soon, a more impatient boy voiced a protest.
“Just wait a bit, wait a bit, I’ll check.” Sun Xing Si took out his mobile phone and went out to make a call.
Wang Ke sighed softly: “This guy really has it tough to be a class cadre…”
Fu Hanwen pursed his lips: “This is the matter he took on, of course he has to handle it himself. Hey, Wang Heng, what are you looking at now?”
Tang Hexing also craned his neck for a look: “This time it’s not code, it’s a full English webpage?”
Wang Heng came back to his senses and replied: “It’s news, some news reports from foreign sites.”
“Bitcoin,” Tang Hexing read out the bolded word in the title, “You’re looking at Bitcoin?”
Wang Heng: “Yeah, I have some interest in it.”
Fu Hanwen: “Really? I’m pretty interested in Bitcoin too…”
Wang Heng said in a low voice: “I bought a few last month.”
Fu Hanwen conceded admiringly: “Teacher Wang is indeed awesome! A few Bitcoins, that’s gotta be several thousand yuan, right?”
Wang Heng nodded: “That’s why I say, I’m very bullish on it.”
Wang Ke beside them looked completely bewildered: “What are you two talking about… several thousand yuan?”
Tang Hexing hadn’t heard much about Bitcoin either, so the next ten minutes were Fu Hanwen explaining Bitcoin to the two noobs, while Wang Heng continued looking at news on the side.
Nearly ten minutes later, the girls from Finance University finally arrived.
The girls who showed up, including Sun Xing Si’s cousin sister, totaled nine. Sitting on the other side of the long table, compared to the 18 boys opposite, they suddenly seemed like rare commodities. More importantly, these girls were all good-looking with nice figures and had put on makeup, instantly making quite a few boys feel inferior.
Wang Heng breathed a sigh of relief—among these nine girls, there was no Han Yixuan.
It seemed the power of the worldline correction mechanism wasn’t strong enough to reach that near plot-kill level of terror.
With his mind at ease, Wang Heng lowered his head to continue looking at his mobile phone. When he sat down, he specially chose the most corner position; now with his head down, the girls opposite naturally wouldn’t easily notice him. Next to him were the tall and handsome Wang Ke and the lively Fu Hanwen drawing attention, so Wang Heng was even safer. Opposite him, those two chairs were empty, very desolate.
Of course, the self-introduction segment was unavoidable.
Almost everyone was experiencing a ‘social gathering’ for the first time, so they were a bit nervous when introducing themselves, just dryly stating their name and interests. Including Wang Ke—though his looks made the girls’ eyes light up, a self-introduction like “otaku who likes two-dimensional stuff” was really lackluster.
When it was Fu Hanwen’s turn, the guy suddenly got inspiration: “Good afternoon, ladies. I’m Fu Hanwen, gender male, hobby girls. I’ve been warm-hearted since childhood, like helping classmates solve problems. Everyone can come to me for anything, including but not limited to fixing computers, online shopping rushes, downloading movies, and such.”
Wang Heng covered his face, simply unable to look straight: “What a self-aware simp… and a cloud simp at that.”
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Right, the reader group is 181013959. Interested classmates can join the group to watch, urge updates online… though urging might not work.
