Rejected by the Campus Belle, I Find My True Love-Chapter 256 - 254: Freshmen are such a trap

"A controversial topic?"

Cui Hao didn’t quite understand what Xue Yang meant.

Although he was a bit of a playboy and loved surfing the web, he mostly used the internet to hit on girls. It’s just a shame that, so far, not a single girl had fallen for his tricks... Pfft, I mean, seen through his roguish exterior to his tender heart.

"For example: ’Bro, I’ll send pics in black stockings if you carry me in the game.’"

"He said he was going to sleep, but he was actually playing games with another girl."

"I accepted your friend request, not a girlfriend proposal."

"Topics like those."

"Also, remember to have those bloggers encourage users to make top-ups. They should know what to do."

"Okay, Boss."

Xue Yang looked around the room and asked, "Hmm? Why isn’t Wu Xiaoya at the meeting?"

"I’ll go get her," Yu Kexin said, standing up and walking out.

A moment later, she returned with Wu Xiaoya.

"Xiaoya, to make things easier, I’ll just call everyone by their names at the company from now on."

Wu Xiaoya, holding a stack of documents, sat down next to Yu Kexin. "Okay, Boss."

She really wasn’t used to working yet. She wondered how everyone else had adapted so quickly.

"Xiaoya, you know everyone here now, so you’ll be in charge of recruitment and logistics for the studio. Any problem with that?"

"No problem."

Kexin said I should just follow the boss’s lead, so what could possibly be a problem? Absolutely no problem. Huh? Why am I calling Xue Yang ’Boss’ too? Is this title contagious?

After giving a few more brief instructions, Xue Yang let everyone get back to their work.

...

Just before the end of the workday, Xue Yang received a call from Jennifer.

"Xue Yang, come over to Haojue KTV. I’ll buy you a drink."

"I don’t drink."

"If you don’t drink, we can sing."

"I can’t sing."

"Then just come and chat with me."

"I worked all day and I’m exhausted. I don’t want to chat; I just want to go home and lie down."

"Alright, look, I mainly just want to apologize. Come on, little bro. Give your big bro a chance, okay? Otherwise, I’ll never have peace of mind."

"Wait for me."

Xue Yang grabbed his coat and headed out.

Since he didn’t need to pick up Lin Xi, Xue Yang didn’t really have much to do when he got home early. As for the novel *My Precious Boy*, it was on hiatus because Lin Xi had her college entrance exams and Xue Yang was busy commuting between two places.

Everyone was very understanding about this. They said they would check in every day and just asked him to remember to update once the female protagonist was back.

The book had already reached 500,000 words. With its intermittent updates, the readers had grown accustomed to waiting. Some devoted fans had even created custom cards for the male and female leads, starting long discussion threads and holding giveaways in the comments section. Xue Yang only saw all of this later when he was browsing the comments.

It seemed that everyone genuinely loved the novel Lin Xi had written. For that, Xue Yang felt truly happy for her from the bottom of his heart.

As for Jennifer, Xue Yang didn’t actually blame him. After all, he was just an employee following orders. Who would dare disobey their boss, especially when that boss was Si Wen? If he didn’t listen, there was no telling what kind of trouble she would stir up.

Seeing Xue Yang heading out, Cui Hao stood up.

"Bro, leaving so early? Where are you off to?"

"Meeting someone."

"A guy or a girl?"

"A guy."

"You’ve got another favorite? No wonder you’ve been so cold to me lately." Cui Hao’s dramatic wail successfully drew everyone’s attention.

"Act normal. He’s a friend I made at a part-time job."

"Oh, well, go on then. I have a date to get to myself."

"You have a girlfriend now?"

"Of course! You have a girlfriend, so I can’t fall behind. But I’m keeping her a secret for now, since you still haven’t let me meet your girlfriend. Whenever you’re ready to bring her out, we can all get together. Anyway, I’ve got to go."

After speaking, Cui Hao grabbed his coat and left cheerfully.

Girlfriend? What girlfriend? It was all just to one-up Xue Yang. It looks like I really need to find a girlfriend soon. Otherwise, if Xue Yang suggests a double date someday and I show up empty-handed, I’ll lose so much face. I’ve already lost to Xue Yang in so many other ways. I have to at least hold my own when it comes to having a girlfriend.

As Wu Xiaoya was packing her things, she asked, "Junior Brother Cui, are you heading back to school?"

"Ah, yes. Are you going back too, Senior Sister?"

"I am. Let’s go back together."

"Sure."

Cui Hao leaned against the doorway, waiting quietly for Wu Xiaoya.

Xue Yang was already downstairs. He started the engine and drove toward the location Jennifer had given him.

Haojue KTV wasn’t far from their university, only about a five-minute drive. It seemed Jennifer had come here tonight specifically to apologize to him.

Soon, the Audi was parked in the Haojue KTV parking lot.

Following Jennifer’s directions, Xue Yang found his private room.

Jennifer wasn’t alone; a foreigner about the same age as him was in the room with him. When Xue Yang entered, both of them stood up.

"Xue Yang, you’re here! Let me introduce you. This is Tony. He’s a good friend of mine from when I was studying in America. He’s currently in the Dragon Country to develop new energy."

Tony extended his right hand in a friendly gesture. "Mr. Xue, it’s a pleasure to meet you."

Xue Yang returned the handshake. "It’s a pleasure to meet you too, Mr. Tony. I’ve heard about new energy; it’s a promising emerging industry."

Hearing this, Tony’s eyes immediately lit up. "Oh, you’re the first person I’ve met since coming to the Dragon Country who has said that. Everyone else thinks new energy can’t replace fossil fuels and insists it will be phased out of the market soon." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Tony had been feeling discouraged by repeated setbacks, which was why he had asked Jennifer out for drinks today. As it happened, Jennifer was also planning to apologize to Xue Yang, which led to this scene.

Tony and Xue Yang hit it off right away, falling into a deep conversation as soon as they sat down.

Jennifer, who only understood design and knew nothing about new energy, could only listen in silence from the side.

This is strange. I was the one who set this up, so how did I end up becoming the odd one out?

"Xue Yang, I feel like you’ve really changed since the New Year holiday. Did you go home to get rebuilt from scratch or something?"

"I just got duped by someone, so I grew up a little."

Jennifer was surprised. "You’re just a freshman. Who would try to dupe you?"

Xue Yang thought for a moment before saying, "You’re right. I’m just a freshman, so I must look like an easy target."

"..."

Jennifer’s mouth twitched slightly. That explanation actually seemed to make sense.

University students have always been the ’easiest to fool’ group. Only our company’s sales manager would be idiotic enough to think they lack purchasing power and want to give up on them. That’s such a huge slice of the pie. Is he blind?