Sword Among Us Chapter 34: Metamorphosis

"Brat, you went to drink, didn't you?"

Happy held a tray and moved to the Three Lonely Wolves' side in their university's canteen. The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and their smiles morphing into profound ones.

"We couldn't tell, but all those who come out of Murong Clan are indeed extraordinary. It has only been a while, and you're already ahead of us."

Happy found himself unable to say anything about this, but he was puzzled in his heart. He cupped his hands together and blew into his palms. His nose twitched.

"I don't stink of wine."

"Duh!"

The Three Lonely Wolves nearly had a stroke from how exasperated they were. Ci Qi even looked guilty, as if he had committed a great crime.

"Happy… you've become stupid."

"Haha! If we can keep the alcohol in our bodies after we drank it in the game, why would you need to even log out to eat? Just continue drinking and eating in there, and live the rest of your life in the game."

They knew about what had happened because when they finished their lectures and returned to their dorm, they heard a certain someone cry out tipsily for another two pounds of beef and one pot of Red Daughter. They had wanted to drag the brat out of his bed right away.

Their voices were not low, and a group of people sitting by the table not too far away from them heard it. They could not help but snicker.

"Heh heh, as expected of a nerd."

"Stop laughing. He heard it." Xu Xin quickly lowered her head with a red face.

During the month, she had heard quite a lot of news regarding Chen Kaixin in secret. It was rumored that he had never gone to class again, and the lecturers never said anything. Many people went to talk to their lecturers about excusing themselves from classes as well, but in the end, all of them returned rejected and crestfallen.

It was very simple.

The teachers had brought out a set of course completion test papers from the previous year and told them to do it.

Hence, some rumors about Chen Kaixin studying by himself until he could complete the course completion tests and even obtaining the qualifications for graduation spread through the university. This news made Xu Xin curious about him, and admiration bloomed in her. She was also slightly delighted about this.

The only thing that made Xu Xin slightly dejected was that after that incident, she never met him on any of the roads or anywhere else. If it were not that she had heard that he would appear in the canteen during noon, she would have thought that he had been deeply traumatized by the accident which along with the pressure from the rumors caused him to withdraw from the university.

To ensure that wasn't true, she had taken the initiative to suggest eating in the canteen.

What she hadn't expected was that Happy would still be very energetic, and his gaze was much brighter and more confident than before. At the moment he walked into the canteen, he did not seem to be affected by the strange gazes around him. He appeared to be very relaxed and in his own environment.

However, the girls beside Xu Xin seemed to have seen through her. When Happy arrived, they increased the volume of their voices, though it was hard to say whether they did so deliberately or not. A few gazes swept toward them. They were filled with curiosity and passion, and it made Xu Xin feel incredibly awkward. She badly wanted to find a hole and crawl into it.

But the girls beside her did not seem to feel that way at all.

"What's wrong, Sweet Little Xin Xin, are you feeling sorry for him so soon?"

"No way? Are you seriously feeling sorry for that nerd?"

"Luo Luo, what's with that tone? He's considered handsome too, you know?"

"So, Young Ya, you like studious looking handsome guys, huh? Hey, Xin Xin, why don't you help her score a boyfriend? Go and create a chance for her." The girls instantly laughed together. Their chatter and giggles were loud, and they showed no signs of lowering their voices at all.

The boys by the side felt depressed.

The Three Lonely Wolves glared at a certain person as if they shared a common hatred for him. That certain person was Happy!

"Young Ya is pretty good too."

"Happy, you're lucky."

It was only then that Happy realized that the department princess, Xu Xin, for whom he had pined for a long time, was also among the beautiful flowers that were talking to each other. He could not help but be stunned for a while.

"Sweet Little Xin Xin, the studious handsome guy is staring at you."

"Anymore nonsense from you, and I won't wait for you."

Xu Xin glared at Luo Luo while disappointing everyone by swiftly casting a glance at Happy's direction. Just as everyone expected, she met Chen Kaixin's stunned gaze, and she lowered her head while blushing.

For some reason, when he met Xu Xin again, Happy actually became calm.

This was the department princess he had a crush on for a long time, but nothing had ever come out of that crush. She was still as gentle, attractive, shy, and pure as before. He wondered just which lucky bastard would ever be able to hold her in their embrace.

That person was not him though.

When he thought of this, Happy nodded and smiled at Xu Xin instinctively. Then, he discreetly looked away and sat down in between the Three Lonely Wolves, who had suddenly become silent.

Everyone was stunned speechless.

Happy's sudden bright smile caused the girls at that table to suddenly lose their voices.

And over at their table, the Three Lonely Wolves had been observing the changes in Happy's emotions all the while. At this moment, they looked as if they had just seen a UFO during daytime. Their mouths hung open in shock, and this expression seemed to have been fixed on their faces.

Were their minds playing tricks on them?

Half a month ago, this brother of theirs had nearly committed suicide because of how embarrassed he was. How could he be so calm and composed when he was so close to Xu Xin?

"Are you still Happy?"

"Young Bai, check the level of alcohol in his blood." The solemn look on Chen Fan's face caused Happy to roll his eyes at him.

"Could you stop talking nonsense? By the way, if any of you need in-game money, I have some with me." While he had spent nearly three thousand taels of silver crumbs for drinks the day before, he still had nearly six thousand taels of silver crumbs in his savings account. It could be considered quite a huge sum.

"Don't even think about changing the topic, brat." Qi Ci revealed his intentions straight away. He slapped the table and looked like a police officer who was offering a suspect a lighter sentence if he told the truth. "Tell us the truth, are you… really not drunk?"

"Just go away."

Happy rolled his eyes and began to leisurely deal with the food on his plate.

'Hmm… since there's a beautiful girl by my side, I still need to take care of my image. Ah, what the heck, I'm such a fake.'

While he cursed himself, Happy still tried to put up on an act of wolves in gentlemen's clothing with the Three Lonely Wolves…

Before long, Xu Xin and the others gathered their plates and trays and left.

Happy did not know whether it was their intention or not, but they chose to leave on the lane by his side.

Even more surprising was that Xu Xin actually walked to their table with a slight flush on her cheeks.

"Chen Kaixin." There were hints of embarrassment in her gentle voice. "Could you come over for a while? I would like to speak to you."

"Alright."

When he saw that she wanted to say something, Happy quickly and politely got up from his seat. Under the countless surprised, envious, and jealous gazes from the wolves in the canteen, he went to the snack shop next to the canteen with the girls.

The Three Lonely Wolves watched the group leave while shoving the remaining grains of rice into their mouths through gritted teeth.

"Traitor. He's a hoes before bros kind of guy."

"We'll teach him a lesson when we get back."

"That's right."

…

The three girls from Dorm 203 took the initiative to be scouts at the snack shop beside the canteen so that they could create a chance for Xu Xin and Happy to be alone. However, the girls kept their ears open so that they could eavesdrop on their conversation, just like the gossip-loving girls that they were.

"Honestly, I've been trying to look for a chance to apologize to you all this while. I've been too rash back then. It must have caused you a lot of trouble, right?"

Happy took the initiative to open up the topic of conversation. When he remembered how silly he had been, a faint smile appeared on his lips. He did not expect that he would be able to get a chance to resolve the awkward situation from his previous life.

The feeling of redoing everything was… actually pretty good.

Right after he finished speaking, Xu Xin turned around. There was a slightly apologetic look on her ethereally beautiful face. "I should be the one apologizing. If I had a chance to explain things, there wouldn't be so many rumors around. I heard that… you drank a lot of alcohol after that. You must have been very unhappy."

"Not really. At the very least, I'm very happy right now. If it weren't for those rumors, I wouldn't have had the chance to talk to the department princess alone, right? Speaking of which, heh, I have to thank them," Happy said calmly, and a faint blush appeared on Xu Xin's fair cheeks.