Chapter 178: Hey, Man, You Have the Same Name as the Gaokao Top Scorer

Chapter 178: Chapter 178: Hey, Man, You Have the Same Name as the Gaokao Top Scorer

A chubby, bashful face appeared before him.

Who else could it be but that damn troublemaker—He Dongdong?!

Damn!

What rotten luck!

Gu Yifan cursed inwardly. He ignored the shouts and walked straight ahead.

"Hey, Brother Fan, Brother Fan... Wait for me!"

When Gu Yifan didn’t pay him any mind, He Dongdong hurriedly yelled.

He shouted as he ran to catch up with Gu Yifan.

A moment later, he ran ahead and blocked Gu Yifan’s path.

’Damn it!’

’This damn fatty can actually run this fast?!’

"HUFF... PUFF..."

Gu Yifan’s expression darkened. He looked at the breathless He Dongdong standing before him and asked coldly, "What do you want?"

"Uh..."

Seeing Gu Yifan’s hostile attitude, He Dongdong quickly explained, "Brother Fan, I don’t mean anything by it. I just want to be your friend."

"Sorry, I’m not looking for friends!"

Gu Yifan said coldly.

’Damn it. A guy I suspect is a bottom runs up asking to be my friend. He’s lucky I haven’t slapped him across the face already!’

"This..."

He Dongdong was a little embarrassed by what Gu Yifan said.

"Brother Fan... Um, I’m really not gay!"

he said in a hurry.

"I don’t care."

"Whether you’re gay or not, it has nothing to do with me."

Gu Yifan said, his face devoid of expression.

With that, he turned and walked away without looking back.

...-_-||

He Dongdong wore a bitter expression as he watched Gu Yifan walk away.

He just admired Gu Yifan for being an academic genius, but now he was being treated like some kind of gay pervert...

What a mess!

He knew that this time, there was no way to clear his name.

...

「7:28 PM.」

Gu Yifan found the classroom for Finance and Management, Class 1.

As soon as he stepped through the door, he saw that the room was nearly full.

His arrival drew quite a bit of attention.

The girls were shocked that there was such an incredibly handsome guy in their class, and their eyes couldn’t help but sparkle.

The guys, on the other hand, couldn’t help but mutter a few choice words under their breath.

For one simple reason.

A guy even more handsome than them had shown up in their class.

Damn it!

As for his identity as the top scorer in the college entrance exam, nobody recognized him.

Now, if it was just the name Gu Yifan, everyone probably knew it. After all, he was the bastard who’d wiped the floor with all of them in this year’s college entrance exam.

But as for what he looked like, most people either didn’t know or hadn’t bothered to find out.

Besides, the photo of him in the newspaper had been extremely blurry.

So!

It was perfectly normal that no one recognized him.

Amid the girls’ whispers, Gu Yifan found a corner seat in the back and sat down.

Glancing around the room, Gu Yifan noted that the entire Finance Class 1 had about 50 students, with a roughly one-to-one ratio of men to women.

’As expected!’

’There really were a lot of girls studying finance. At least it wouldn’t be like one of those STEM classes full of bachelors.’

"Hey, buddy. The girls in our class are pretty top-notch, huh!"

Just then, a voice spoke up beside him.

Gu Yifan turned his head and saw a guy with a flashy pompadour grinning suggestively at him.

"Uh..."

Gu Yifan was taken aback for a second.

"My name’s Peng Shaoqiang, but my friends call me Young Master Peng. And you are, buddy?"

The flashy guy with the pompadour grinned at Gu Yifan.

Looking at this overly familiar guy, Gu Yifan didn’t put on any airs. He gave a slight smile and said, "Gu Yifan."

"Gu Yifan... Great name!"

Peng Shaoqiang blurted out without a second thought.

Gu Yifan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

"Hey, wait a minute!"

Suddenly, Peng Shaoqiang lowered his voice, looking puzzled. "Why does the name Gu Yifan sound so familiar?"

"It’s a common name. No surprise it sounds familiar," Gu Yifan said casually.

"Uh..."

Peng Shaoqiang paused for a moment, then nodded instinctively. "That’s true!"

He completely forgot that he had just called it a great name!

Just then, a guy with glasses sitting in front of them chimed in quietly, "I think the top scorer from the college entrance exam has the same name."

Gu Yifan and Peng Shaoqiang both glanced at him. The guy with glasses said shyly, a little embarrassed, "Hi, I’m Wang Shouyi."

"??????"

"The one who sells the ’Thirteen Spices’?" Peng Shaoqiang blurted out.

Wang Shouyi: "...-_-||"

His face flushed slightly as he said awkwardly, "No, it’s just the same name. Just like how this brother here shares a name with the top scorer from the exam."

"Oh, right!"

It finally dawned on Peng Shaoqiang. He slapped his thigh and said, "What a coincidence! Dude, you have the same name as this year’s top exam scorer!"

"Mm... It is quite a coincidence!"

Gu Yifan paused for a second before smiling slightly.

...

"BRRRRING—"

At 7:30 PM, the bell for class rang right on schedule.

At the same time.

A chubby figure appeared breathlessly at the classroom door, right as the bell was ringing.

He scanned the classroom, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Then he took a deep breath and hurried toward the back of the room.

"Brother Fan~"

Gu Yifan was listening to the flashy Young Master Peng and Wang Shouyi of "Thirteen Spices" fame rating the girls in the class when a somewhat familiar voice sounded beside him.

He turned his head and saw the flushed, chubby face of the "gay guy," He Dongdong.

Gu Yifan: "..."

’Damn it!’

’He’s like a ghost I can’t shake!’

This time, Gu Yifan was well and truly speechless.

He Dongdong grinned at Gu Yifan. "Brother Fan, what a coincidence! I can’t believe we’re in the same class! Hehehe..."

Gu Yifan shot him a look but said nothing.

He Dongdong didn’t seem to mind. He giggled and turned to the guy next to him, who was busy with his phone. "Hey bro, excuse me, can you let me through?"

The guy glanced up at him but didn’t say anything.

He just nodded and made way for him.

And just like that, He Dongdong got his wish and sat down next to Gu Yifan, leaving Gu Yifan utterly at a loss for words.

"Hey, Old Fan, you know this guy?"

Peng Shaoqiang, who was sitting nearby, heard the commotion and asked Gu Yifan curiously.

"Don’t know him."

Gu Yifan said flatly.

"Oh, okay."

Peng Shaoqiang nodded, though his eyes betrayed his confusion.

He had just clearly heard the chubby guy call him Brother Fan, yet Gu Yifan claimed not to know him.

’There’s definitely something fishy going on here!’

he thought to himself.

Hearing Gu Yifan say he didn’t know him, He Dongdong’s face twisted into a bitter expression.

Noticing Peng Shaoqiang staring at him, he gave the other boy a shy smile before turning to whisper to Gu Yifan, "Brother Fan, you have to believe me, I’m really not gay!"

Gu Yifan: "..."