Chapter 6: I Want You

  Sitting in front of them was an absolutely stunning beauty. She had a pair of clear, bright eyes, delicately arched brows, long eyelashes that trembled slightly, and fair, flawless skin with a faint pink hue. Her thin lips were as tender as rose petals, but the slight furrow of her straight, elegant nose showed she was angry.

  What is a beauty? This is a beauty. Compared to her, Xu Danlu was nothing. Xu Danlu was like a ripe peach, while the girl before them was pure and beautiful to the extreme. Just looking at her face, even compared to Yang Fei, she wasn’t inferior at all. And that angry look added an entirely different charm. This was truly the feast of a college animal.

  “What are you looking at!” The beauty saw their lewd faces and grew even angrier. She snorted and turned her head away.

  Zhang Yang and Zhou Wei exchanged glances, then started a silent conversation with their eyes.

  “Damn, are you blind? There’s a pure beauty right in front of you, and you’re still filming Xu Danlu?”

  “You idiot, aren’t you supposed to be the so-called friend of women? You’ve been sitting here for quite a while. Didn’t you smell Chanel No. 5?”

  The two glared at each other for a few seconds, then almost at the same time seemed to recall something. They both leaned down, lowered their voices, and cautiously asked, “Could she be the legendary freshman beauty from the Department of Journalism and Communication? Xia Weiwei?”

  “Cough…” Zhou Wei immediately shrank his shoulders. “Let’s change seats!”

  “Why?” Zhang Yang looked at him suspiciously several times. “What’s the story?”

  Zhou Wei glanced around, then secretly pointed at Xia Weiwei’s back, lowering his voice as much as possible. “You idiot, her dad Xia Qingguo is the deputy mayor of Meining City. And think about it—she’s just a freshman, yet she’s already studying Advanced English IV. She’s literally a goddess of both beauty and brains. Not one of us, you know…”

  “True enough. Then let’s find somewhere else to study our video.” Zhang Yang secretly glanced at Xia Weiwei’s back and immediately agreed. As a sub-provincial city, being a deputy mayor of Meining City was already a top-tier position. And someone who could take English IV right after entering college—definitely not one of their kind.

  When the two left, they didn’t notice that Xia Weiwei sitting in front of them seemed to have heard their conversation. Her brows furrowed slightly, and her fair oval face showed a hint of disdain.

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  Zhang Yang eventually copied the video from Zhou Wei, thought for a bit, then casually deleted Zhou Wei’s original file.

  Zhou Wei was furious, cursing Zhang Yang as an ungrateful bastard, a modern-day Huang Shiren who wanted to hog everything for himself. After cursing for a while, he finally warned Zhang Yang not to use it for anything illegal.

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  Of course, Zhang Yang understood what he meant. He must have thought Zhang Yang wanted to use the video to blackmail Bai Liangfeng. So Zhang Yang shook his head firmly. “Relax. I’m not that stupid. I’ve got another use for it. Anyway, I owe you one this time.”

  Blackmail? Yes—but not Bai Liangfeng. The one Zhang Yang wanted to “blackmail” was Xu Danlu.

  Xu Danlu was one of the top beauties in the College of Chemical Engineering at Meining University. The College of Chemical Engineering was one of Meining University’s most famous technical faculties, renowned even nationwide. As a 211 and 985 project university, its admission score was already higher than most regular top-tier schools. For Xu Danlu, a girl, to stand out among so many competitors and enter a department filled with men was already impressive.

  Back in her freshman year, Xu Danlu had been unanimously recognized by the pack of wolves in the college as its campus belle due to her lovely face and proud figure. Although others later took the title, she soon regained fame as the “sexy goddess” thanks to her short skirts. She had even more admirers than Jenny Lee, the current Chinese-American belle of the college.

  Rumor had it that although she dressed seductively, she was quite conservative in thought. But judging from today’s video, those rumors were truly nonsense. If this wasn’t called open-minded, what was?

  Xu Danlu and Zhang Yang had no real interaction in college, though they knew each other. They had even been high school classmates, though not close. Of course, “not close” meant she didn’t know Zhang Yang, while Zhang Yang certainly knew the school belle of Anping No.3 High School, Xu Danlu.

  Xu Danlu’s mother was a teacher, her father a worker who had retired early due to injury. She had two younger sisters still in school, so her family wasn’t well-off. Naturally, Zhang Yang wouldn’t blackmail her for money.

  Back at the dorm, he sent Xu Danlu a message, then compressed the video into a file and sent it to her, setting a password for opening it.

  Xu Danlu was, of course, surprised. Although they had each other on QQ, in three years they could count their chats on one hand.

  But when she entered the password Zhang Yang sent and opened the video, her face immediately turned pale.

  “Did you film this? What do you want?”

  Zhang Yang could easily imagine what Xu Danlu’s face looked like right now—disgusted. He hadn’t wanted to do this, but if he wanted to complete that M-level mission, he had no other choice. And she was so open anyway; touching her for five seconds shouldn’t be a problem, right?

  “I didn’t film it, but I have the original. As long as you agree to do one thing for me, I’ll delete the whole thing.”

  “Zhang Yang, you’re shameless. I’ve known you for years, and I can’t believe you’re this kind of person.”

  Being scolded like that made Zhang Yang’s face flush. His hand trembled; he almost replied, “Forget it, let’s pretend this never happened.”

  But then he remembered the M-level mission and gritted his teeth. “Yeah, I’m that kind of person. If I don’t see you tomorrow morning, I can’t guarantee where this video will end up.”

  Xu Danlu went silent. She was probably thinking about what to do. After a long pause, she finally typed back, “What do you want to see me for? I have no money.”

  “I don’t want your money! Just need a little sacrifice from your body.”

  “Shameless!” Xu Danlu glanced down at her towering chest and her long legs wrapped only in hot pants. For some reason, a heated image flashed through her mind. No money? Then he must be after her body.

  The thought made her shiver. Though she looked open, smiling and flirting for money every day, even letting others touch her, it was only to earn more and help her family. But if it came to actually going to bed with someone, she couldn’t accept it.

  Could that damned Zhang Yang actually want to sleep with her?

  No way could she agree—but if the video really leaked, she’d be finished. Doing something like that in class, even if not expelled, once it hit the internet, she’d be infamous by morning.

  Thinking about that, she completely broke down, leaning weakly against the headboard as tears rolled down her fair cheeks.

  Suddenly, she wiped her face, returned to the computer, and quickly typed: “Where do we meet?”

  Zhang Yang thought about it. It was only five seconds anyway—just pretending to be a couple by Peony Lake. It’d be over in a minute. So he replied, “By Peony Lake in front of Jia Building Three.”

  He wanted to save even the hotel money by having sex outdoors?

  That man was utterly shameless. Xu Danlu gritted her teeth in fury, biting her lower lip until it turned red. “Please, there are so many people there. How can we do that kind of thing?”

  “It’s fine. I’ll be quick.” Zhang Yang thought about it. During the day, there weren’t many people by Peony Lake anyway. Just stand under a tree, and it’d be done.

  “Despicable, shameless, useless!” Xu Danlu ground her teeth as she muttered curses under her breath. Zhang Yang really was despicable, shameless, and useless—and quick to admit it.

  After sending an angry emoji to Zhang Yang, she shut her computer, hugged her bare white legs, and curled up on her bed. She sat there blankly for a long time, her eyes reddening again as tears silently dripped onto the thin quilt.