Li Dongqiang silently looked at Lu Yuan who was searching for something in his pocket out of habit.
Li Dongqian had thought that Lu Yuan wanted to take out a cigarette. But after he took out the entry pass, Li Dongqiang’s heart violently trembled. In fact, even his neck was spasming. The feeling of being stifled was extremely strong.
“You…Lu…Lu Yuan…you…So, you are already an invited member?” He glanced at the entry pass and only felt it looked so familiar and blinding under the light. After that, he stuttered as he spoke to Lu Yuan.
“Eh…This is the first time I’m here and I don’t know the way. But I think I should have been invited… Oh, by the way, I have two entry passes. Why don’t I give you one?” After Lu Yuan glanced at the empty area around the main gate, he handed over an entry pass to Li Dongqiang in the passing.
In any case, he already had one. It was useless even if he had an extra one, and Li Dongqiang looked like he really wanted to enter.
Hence, Lu Yuan might as well do him a favor.
“I…” Li Dongqiang’s throat trembled as he gulped down a mouthful of saliva. He glanced at the entry pass in Lu Yuan’s hand covetously.
To him, this represented qualification, this represented honor! Even if he returned to his dorm, this matter was so awesome that he could boast about it for three days straight…
After all, being able to enter an event as prestigious as this was something extremely impressive. But being impressive was not the important point. The most important thing was that he could look at the great beauty, goddess Chen Xi, of Yan University at a close distance!
Also, if he somehow managed to converse with Chen Xi, and she had a good impression of him, he would even be smiling in his dreams.
“There you go…” Lu Yuan passed it over to him.
“I really want it, but…sigh…it’s useless even if you give it to me. After all, it’s the professor who gave the pass to you. If I enter with your pass, I will still be chased out.” Li Dongqiang shook his head and closed his eyes.
Dreams were beautiful.
But reality never was.
At this moment, he felt extremely depressed.
“Oh, I will enter first then? Someone is urging me to come in quickly…” Lu Yuan initially wanted to console Li Dongqiang who looked so pitiful. But he decided to give up after he saw the number that just called his phone.
The Old Master was calling again.
“Mn, alright.” Li Dongqiang nodded, staring blankly at Lu Yuan who was heading in the direction of the main gate. Also, under the stunned gazes of the security guards, he produced two entry passes. After walking through the tunnel, Lu Yuan was frowning, as though feeling that having one extra pass was something extremely troublesome. It felt like he would rather exchange this pass for a pack of cigarettes.
For an instant, Li Dongqiang’s fragile heart suffered an unprecedented impact!
He had thought that his identity as someone from Yan University was enough for him to brag and act cocky before a newbie like Lu Yuan. He had wanted to flaunt his literary and cultural knowledge…
But…
Everything changed after Lu Yuan received a call at the west gate.
They were indeed different!
Some people had to put in their utmost effort to reach the endpoint, but as for some people…
They were already standing at the endpoint right from the start…
Sigh…
Wrong!
“Lu Yuan!” Just when Lu Yuan was about to enter, Li Dongqiang suddenly thought of something and frenziedly rushed over.
“What?” Lu Yuan halted.
“You spawn of a dog, did you really major in forestry?” Li Dongqiang’s voice was strange. It sounded like he was gritting his teeth.
“Mn, that’s right. What about it?” Lu Yuan nodded with bewilderment as he looked at Li Dongqiang.
“Nothing.” Li Dongqiang felt somewhat beside himself.
“Oh.” Lu Yuan had a strange look on his face as he cast another glance at Li Dongqiang. After that, he walked into the venue.
Over ten seconds later…
“I don’t believe it!” Li Dongqiang suddenly shouted out loud as though he was crazy. He felt even more depressed now.
Damn… a bunch of outstanding students from the liberal arts couldn’t match the couplet, but someone studying forestry managed to do it?
This disparity…
It was indescribable.
Wasn’t this too psychologically shocking?
“…” Lu Yuan was speechless after he heard the roar.
Right now, it wasn’t the time for him to swindle investments, so there was no need for him to lie. However, what was with Li Dongqiang’s expression of disbelief?
Why was it that every time Lu Yuan told the truth, no one believed him?
(Damn, did I have a dishonest face? What’s wrong with this society? Where was the trust between humans? … How rigid.)
(Eh, why do I suddenly feel like smoking?)
………
Lu Yuan naturally didn’t smoke. His last cigarette had been smoked when he was outside.
Lu Yuan subconsciously glanced at his surroundings. After seeing that he couldn’t buy cigarettes here, he could only give up.
He was a little disappointed.
Now, he only hoped that this Poetry Exchange could end earlier, so he could purchase a pack of cigarettes.
It was unknown why, but Lu Yuan’s urge to smoke had grown stronger recently.
(Sigh…this can’t continue on. Seems like I got to quit. Smoking harms my health, so it’s better for me to smoke half-a-pack at one go instead of a full pack!)
After Lu Yuan criticized and reproached himself for a while, he finally entered the door leading to the Poetry Exchange.
Upon entering, after signing in his attendance, Lu Yuan headed to the segment on the entry pass and was preparing to sit down.
In any case, he planned to idle his time away after getting a seat. He didn’t wish to be in the limelight; hence, he wouldn’t lose any face.
Lu Yuan nodded slightly as he looked at the people that completely filled up the great hall.
“Hello, you must be Lu Yuan, right? Earlier, Professor Liu has already instructed me. He told you to sit in this section.”
“Oh, oh. Here?”
“Yes. There’s a number on your entry pass that indicates your seat number.”
“Okay.”
A tall youth in glasses hurriedly went over to welcome him when he saw the entry pass in Lu Yuan’s hands. He pointed to a seat at the side.
“Lu Yuan? Please sit over there. The seat at the side is the seat number your entry pass indicates. Grandpa Chen specially saved the place for you.” Lu Yuan nodded when he saw that the youth had quite a kind face. He was preparing to sit down, but at this moment, a petite girl came over and tugged at the corner of his shirt.
“Eh…” Lu Yuan glanced at the other entry pass. This entry pass was something the Old Master left for him.
Lu Yuan glanced at the tall youth in glasses with a bewildered look on his face.
What did this mean?
“Dao Yuting, what’s going on with you? Lu Yuan gained entry via the west gate. He naturally will sit with our modern poetry society!”
“Shen Rong! Lu Yuan is a young talent our Grandpa Chen invited over. He naturally will sit with our classical poetry society. Chen Xi is also from the classical poetry society. Why are you snatching him from me?” The petite little girl, Dao Yuting, placed her hands on her hips. Her entire person radiated a very powerful aura!
“Professor Liu said so. Lu Yuan obtained the entry pass from the west gate, so he will be seated with our modern poetry society!”
“Even so, our Grandpa Chen invited him first. Don’t think of snatching him away from me!”
“What do you mean by snatching? This is the rule set for the Poetry Exchange meet. Aren’t people of your classical poetry society a stickler for rules? What now? Are you going to break the rules?”
“What nonsensical rules are you speaking of? Lu Yuan entered from the main gate, not a side gate!”
“What do you mean? He obtained the entry pass from the west gate; hence, he should sit here by right!”
“He also has the invitation entry pass!”
“…”
Lu Yuan, who was standing at the side, watched as this man and woman suddenly quarreled. After that, when he saw the gazes of people in the surroundings, his expression became a little bit bitter.
“Who is this person, why have I never seen him before?”
“No idea, he should be a newbie. He looks quite arrogant though!”
“Wait a minute, he matched Old Liu’s couplet?”
“Naturally. You can tell just by looking at his entry pass!”
“Wrong, Old Chen was the one who gave him the entry pass. Why would he need to head over to Old Liu’s place to match his couplet? Could it be that he came here specifically to show off?”
“How arrogant!”
“Later on, let’s give him some unpleasant looks. How dare he be so arrogant the moment he comes here.”
“…”
Countless discussion sounds rang out. Among which, Lu Yuan heard a few unkind words…
At this moment, he seemed to become the focal point of the crowd.
It was like he became the public enemy.
What was this?
Was there a difference to where he sat?
Lu Yuan found it unbearable.
(I only want to find a place to sit down while idling my time away!)
(Why are you guys suddenly quarreling? This…)
(Can I still keep a low profile?)