After being moved to tears by the sworn enemy's pheromones - Chapter 13

Shen Jin was startled, his actions on the shore became flustered, “Gu Yu, don’t act impulsively—”

The door to the changing room closed, and Shen Jin hurriedly knocked on it. In his mind, the plot had already progressed from Gu Yu getting into a fight and being expelled to himself sheltering the other in a rundown rental, the two of them lighting an oil lamp together. However, a few minutes later, Gu Yu emerged unscathed, saying, “Stop knocking on the door. Let him finish the cleaning, and you can go get your money from the logistics manager tomorrow.”

Shen Jin was dumbfounded, but Gu Yu put his phone back in his pocket, looking at him as if he were a fool. “I haven’t stooped to starting fights on campus.”

He continued, “When they wouldn’t leave the poolside, I started recording with my phone, giving him a choice: either fight me alone—I can’t guarantee he’ll win, but I can guarantee he’ll be the one getting expelled for starting trouble; or he does all the work he’s supposed to, and I’ll delete the video. It’s up to him.”

Although the conflict wasn’t major, the “good students” were working diligently in the heat, while members of the swimming team were provoking trouble. If it escalated to the college level, the consequences could indeed be significant.

Moreover, both sides had some history, and the person in front of them looked extremely aggrieved and resentful. “I’ll admit defeat today. Don’t let me catch sight of you off-campus again.”

Gu Yu stared straight at him and replied, “Then you’d better remember my face.”

With the hot weather, staying in the venue for an extra minute was torture. Gu Yu said to the air, “I’m going back. You guys can stay or leave.”

Shen Jin realized and immediately grabbed his roommate to follow Gu Yu out of the venue, showing no intention of splitting ways.

After a hundred meters or so, Gu Yu finally turned around in resignation and asked, “Why are you guys following me?”

Qin Zhu shrugged and said frankly, “They both want to sleep with you. I’m just going along because it’s on the way.”

Both of them looked as if they wanted to cut off Qin Zhu’s tongue, and Shen Jin explained, “Today, let’s consider it a temporary alliance against a common enemy. So, I want to invite you to a milk tea shop as a gesture of gratitude.”

He glanced at Gu Yu and raised his eyebrows. “Your look just now was good. You seemed like you could clean up the pool with blood, or even go straight to the Supreme People’s Court for an appeal.”

Gu Yu avoided eye contact and reluctantly agreed, unable to shake them off. However, Qin Zhu, who was most skilled at stirring up trouble, asked as they walked, “But why did you help us? Weren’t you going to ally with the swimming team?”

Gu Yu’s eyelashes trembled slightly, but his expression remained unchanged. “Who knows if they’ll bully the old, weak, sick, or disabled? It wouldn’t be right not to help in such a situation, especially since you’re somewhat a friend of my friend’s dad, and I have no grudge against you.”

This friend was probably referring to He Senzhou, who played games with Qin Zhu every day. Shen Jin laughed for a while before saying to Gu Yu, “Alright, I’ll transfer half of today’s earnings to you first. Let’s go to the milk tea shop near the south gate.”

Implicit in his words was that Gu Yu’s help made today’s work so easy.

Gu Yu was slightly stunned, then chuckled with a hint of sarcasm, “You’re quite clear about things.”

He glanced at the 150 yuan transfer received on WeChat, too annoyed to even click on it. When they finally arrived at the milk tea shop, he simply sat down and said, “Taro pearl milk tea, no pearls, no taro, no milk, no sugar.”

“Sir, are you here for tea and health?” Shen Jin leaned over to help him order. “Change his order to mango pomelo sago, double mango, less grapefruit, 30% sugar, extra ice.”

Gu Yu noticed that Shen Jin still remembered his preferences to some extent. He licked his lips and turned his head, saying, “…No sugar.”

To better maintain the physique of an adult alpha, it was better to control the sugar intake. But realizing that nobody cared about his abs or chest muscles, and he couldn’t just strip like Yan Ze in public, he became annoyed again, saying, “Forget it, 30% sugar.”

Shen Jin was puzzled, but in the end, he bought him a cup of mango pomelo sago with 30% sugar, placing it in front of him and even inserting a straw. “Here you go.”

Today’s truce was obviously peaceful. Gu Yu glanced at the menu. Adding extra mango to the mango pomelo sago would cost an additional 6 yuan. However, Shen Jin had a simple lemon water, which probably cost about 4 or 5 yuan. With his eyebrows furrowed, Gu Yu couldn’t help reaching out, “Suddenly, I want lemon water. Let’s swap.”

Shen Jin’s hand was forced to accept a cup of mango pomelo sago. He probably hadn’t been this puzzled all year, but Gu Yu remained expressionless, casually asking, “What about Yan Ze? Didn’t he have conflicts with you guys? How come it seems like he likes the senior now?”

“Don’t even mention it. Even dogs would shake their heads.” Shen Jin quickly refused. “How could that be liking?”

Qin Zhu chimed in, “Are you sure he’s not trying to annoy Shen Jin and make me a white-haired person sending a black-haired one?”

Gu Yu didn’t look at them throughout the conversation and simply said, “…Oh, I see. Just asked casually. Anyway, I’m just an outsider. How would I know if you guys really have conflicts.”

The taste of lemon water was sour. He opened his phone, intending to study vocabulary to distract himself. However, Shen Jin tapped his elbow and said, “What are you studying? I’ll explain it to you—after all, you’ve also made enemies with the swimming team now, so it’s best to know your enemies.” 

Gu Yu paused for half a second, his lips finally twitching upward slightly. “Okay, go ahead. I’m listening.”

Shen Jin pressed his hands against the cup of mango pomelo sago he had given Gu Yu and began speaking, his voice slightly lowered.

“Actually, our grudge with them stems from us rescuing an omega who was almost assaulted by a swim team member, Du Jun.”

*

The initial incident wasn’t complicated at all; they simply helped a senior from the School of Fine Arts on a late night in a small alley in West Street.

All three of them clearly saw Du Jun fleeing, and it was impossible for them to simultaneously misidentify him. However, the vice-captain, Yan Ze, went to great lengths to defend him, explaining that Du Jun was young, only 17 and not yet an adult. He had worked hard in training since he was young to afford his education and couldn’t possibly do such a thing.

At the time, Yan Ze said, “This kid was isolated by his roommates as soon as he entered university because he couldn’t afford the electricity bill. For this matter, he had to sell the smartphone his grandmother had saved up for him to buy over two years. Later, I saved him from suicide. You’re accusing me without evidence and turning it into me siding with him?”

His serious expression was rare, as he said to Shen Jin, “I’m sorry, even if you and I are destined, I can’t turn a blind eye to right and wrong.”

Before this incident, the esports majors had a good relationship with the students from the School of Physical Education.

In the eyes of other top students at C University, they were somewhat “unskilled”. The two majors trained together during military training and were among each other’s first friends in college. After military training, they often ate, drank, played games together, and no one expected that they would fall out over something like this.

At that time, Shen Jin was so angry that he laughed and replied, “You’re pretending to be a saint here, protecting him, instead of asking him where his wristband fell off that day?”

There were more than just Du Jun among the students living in poverty. The omega was also working late because her family lacked money. Qin Zhu, as usual, bluntly said, “What’s the big deal about selling a phone for 300 yuan? Trying to play the hero in front of your dad?”

Unable to resolve the dispute, Shen Jin and his friends took the victim to seek help from a third party, hoping to obtain the “decisive evidence” demanded by the swim team before taking further action.

However, at that time, West Street was undergoing its third phase of construction, and surveillance cameras were not fully operational. Coupled with the fact that the incident was unsuccessful and both parties were students—Du Jun was not even of legal age—the third party was reluctant to review the surveillance footage further. They preferred to downplay the matter to avoid any complications.

After running back and forth several times, the third party advised the girl not to dwell on it too much and ruin the future of a promising young man. Disheartened, they were pushed out, having failed to obtain any answers.

Upon hearing this outcome, someone from the swim team came to mock them: could a 17-year-old with eight abs in the sports program be considered strong? We start at 40 minutes, harder than diamonds. Isn’t that omega just earning blood money?

Although Shen Jin and his friends cursed at the swim team member, they still felt guilty for not being able to help the girl.

Finally, the girl’s plea was tearful: she was about to start her internship, so… let’s just forget about it.

So, from beginning to end, she was kissed forcibly, choked, had her buttons torn off embarrassingly, and was driven away, while being told that Du Jun was a “promising young man.” However, Du Jun hadn’t even seen the scene where they tried to reconcile, and Yan Ze believed it was all a misunderstanding. At most, they had misidentified the person. Otherwise, why would the third party not intervene?

The matter ended helplessly, and both sides only engaged in verbal disputes. Yan Ze eventually paid for Shen Jin’s medical expenses out of guilt, but because Du Jun withdrew from the team, there was no possibility of genuine reconciliation between the two sides.

*

Another quarter passed in the milk tea shop, and Shen Jin finished speaking about the past with a sense of disappointment. “Back when we were still brothers, Yan Ze was always like this. You don’t need to pay him any mind.”

“…Hmm.” Gu Yu listened silently for a long time before asking, “How’s the senior doing now?”

“It seems she’s interning at a game company doing art and has made a few friends,” Shen Jin replied. “I won’t tell you the more private details, but we’ve kept in touch with her all along. We told her about what happened with Du Jun being temporarily suspended from school because of us.”

Gu Yu had never been involved in these matters, but Shen Jin felt the need to inform him, as if they were still in the same school despite being apart for a year, and Gu Yu had never been far from his life.

There weren’t many people around the shop. Gu Yu nodded thoughtfully and asked after a long pause, “Then, is your hand injury serious…? Did you lose a lot of blood…? Did you cry again?”

“Huh?” Shen Jin was momentarily puzzled but quickly became wary, answering truthfully, “I didn’t cry, and it’s healed now. Isn’t my twenty years of being single still about my hand speed?”

He glanced at his two roommates, feeling a bit embarrassed. Gu Yu was very clever, and suddenly asking about this, could it be that he had discovered that he was also afraid of pain?

He was worried that his combat effectiveness would be looked down upon by his archenemy. Shen Jin subconsciously covered his forehead. Luckily, his phone’s notification bar lit up with a push notification at that moment. He quickly pretended to check his phone, deftly avoiding Gu Yu’s inquisitive questioning.