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âEating vinegar for the other personâŠâ
day twenty| eat vinegar for the other person
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Wang Guangning didnât know whether it was just his misconception, but he felt that the contents of Zhang Lingyiâs text messages this time made it seem as if they really were in a relationship and that he was the one who had an affair with someone else.
Ah, what kind of mysterious headcanon was this?!
Wang Guangning stared at the texts wordlessly, then reluctantly dialled Zhang Lingyiâs number.
The call was picked up rather quickly by Zhang Lingyi, âShou shou, how could you cheat on meÂč?!â
[1] çșąæćșćą: translates literally to âthe red apricot tree leans over the garden wallâ, and is an idiom to describe a wife having an illicit lover.
Wang Guangning rubbed his temple. âItâs a misunderstanding.â
âOf course I know that itâs a misunderstanding!â Zhang Lingyi hmphed, âAs if itâs possible for you to still like Yu Haining.â
Then why did you send over so many accusatory texts?
Wang Guangning changed from kneading his temple to rolling his eyes. However, it had to be said that Zhang Lingyiâs confidence and trust in him made Wang Guangning feel somewhat warm inside.
âWhen I saw your texts, I thought that you were angry!â said Wang Guangning.
âAh, really? Did it really seem like that?â Zhang Lingyi smirked, âThen thatâs good. Coincidentally, Iâm supposed feel jealous today. Didnât I perform really well?â
Why is your logic so unfathomable?
Wang Guangning had the urge to hang up.
âBut, what exactly happened? Regarding the post and that photo?â
Wang Guangning briefly explained everything to him.
âFuck, Yu Haining really isâŠâŠâ Zhang Lingyi was a person with good manners, and couldnât say anything too unpleasant towards women. Thus, he ended up resentfully closing his mouth. However, the more he thought about it, the more unwilling he felt. âShou shou, donât worry. I will help you to settle this matter.â
âWhat are you thinking of doing?â Wang Guangning felt a bad premonition.
âHe he, you just need to wait for the good show.â Zhang Lingyi finished speaking then hung up.
Wang Guangning stared at his phone in resignation. Sun Siyang sidled over to gossip, âGuangning, who were you talking to?â
It had to be said that Wang Guangning was usually quite a principled person. There was a lot of gossip regarding him on FXingRen, and some were real while others were false. However, Wang Guangning had always upheld himself with the attitude that âthe truth would speak for itselfâ, and didnât like contending with other people. Even if it was his closest friend, Sun Siyang, Wang Guangning would find it too bothersome to explain unless he was persistently pressed about it.
Yet, Sun Siyang had clearly just heard him explain the situation to the person on the other side of the phone. They must be very important personâŠcould it be that she was Wang Guangning real girlfriend?!
Sun Siyang felt as if he had discovered the truth.
Wang Guangning rolled his eyes then hooked his arm around Sun Siyang and dragged him forward, âYouâre a man, so donât gossip so much. Letâs go and eat.â
After Wang Guangning and Sun Siyang finished their dinner and returned to the dormitory, the matter had unexpectedly escalated.
A male student who had admired Yu Haining for a long time posted a thread on FXingRen and indignantly denounced that Wang Guangning simply was unable to meet Yu Hainingâs standards and so on.
With sharp and incisive words, the male student described how Yu Haining was a girl who was beautiful inside and out, and would absolutely not just wantonly visit hotels with other people. He labelled Wang Guangning as an empty flower vaseÂČ and said that he must have used despicable means to trick Yu Haining.
[2] è±æ¶ć: someone with an attractive appearance but without substance.
In order to prove how detestable Wang Guangning was, Zhang Lingyi was also accidentally brought into it.
In the post, the male student energetically praised Zhang Lingyi for possessing an excellent temperament and appearance, and wrote that Wang Guangning wasnât even worth being used to carry Zhang Lingyiâs shoes. The main purpose was to borrow Zhang Lingyi to set off Wang Guangning. The final verdict that he obtained was that if Yu Haining didnât even view Zhang Lingyi as worthy, how could Wang Guangning be up to par?
His logic really wasnât just ordinarily unusual!
Even Zhang Lingyi was shot when lying downÂł.
[3] èșșçäčäžæȘ: internet slang to describe someone getting unjustly ridiculed, attacked or implicated for just being present.
However, the incredible thing was that many people actually agreed with the male studentâs perspective.
Although Wang Guangningâs popularity was quite high, the male students in F University who didnât know him would, to some extent, hold envy and hate towards him. In particular, those who admired Yu Haining were naturally unable to watch their own goddess falling into another personâs clutches. Hence, they all became a member of the brigade engaged in a crusade against Wang Guangning.
As far as the female students were concerned, their image of Wang Guangning had always been that of an elegant man. There was nothing they could do after hearing about the news he had a girlfriend, but to their surprise, the news that broke out was actually a sex scandal about booking a hotel room together.
Even though the university students in this age were already not as pure-minded as before, it was another thing to have such a matter be exhibited right at their front door.
Many people expressed their misconceptions about Wang Guangning. I didnât expect for him to be the same as the other male students: a lecher who only thinks with his lower half.
Wang Guangning was shot numerous times.
âFuck!â Wang Guangning sat in front of his computer and watched the post spread like wildfire.
âGuangning, do you want go online and explain?â Sun Siyang asked as he glanced at Wang Guangning darkly clouded expression.
âForget it.â Wang Guangning waved his hand, his expression changing to that of one who had experienced the vicissitudes of life. âA wise man does not believe in rumours. Who cares about him?â With that, he then climbed onto his bed for an afternoon nap.
He was indeed worthy of being Wang Guangning. Even at this moment, he was so calm and collected.
Sun Siyang admired him secretly.
âAh, exactly who did I offend?!â Wang Guangning hid in his quilt and howled in anguish, then exerted all his strength and knocked against the wall.
Sun Siyang: ââŠâŠâ
Anyhow, as a xiao cao who was often mentioned in other peopleâs gossip, Wang Guangning still displayed sufficient composure. After sleeping, he got up and walked out to the self-study hall to revise, feeling completely refreshed.
The days near the end of the term were very boring and irritating. Other than having exams, they would continuously revise. It was no wonder that everyoneâs enthusiasm for gossip was so high. After all, they needed to relieve their stress.
Although Wang Guangning felt extremely depressed, he was certain that as long as he didnât pay attention to it, the matter would pass in a few days.
It would be fine as long as his friends believed him. As for those who had nothing to do with him, their opinions were irrelevant.
However, Wang Guangning didnât expect that after a day of fermentation, the âHotel Incidentâ would end up being pushed to the top.
The reason was that Zhang Lingyi also joined.
The story went like this: Originally, Zhang Lingyi was feeling quite unhappy about the label the other people had recklessly thrown at Wang Guangning. He had just been thinking about how to gently help Wang Guangning clarify things, but didnât expect that the situation would actually escalate after just taking a nap.
A male student had suddenly written a post and attacked Wang Guangning, and there was even numerous replies.
Angered, Zhang Lingyi sat in front of his computer and his fingers flew. Soon, he typed out a large section of text and posted it on the thread, using a name that basically everyone at F University recognised. Hence, many people were shocked one after the other upon seeing it.
Fuck, even Zhang Lingyi took action. And what he wrote is just as sharp and incisive.
In actuality, Zhang Lingyi did not post much as it was mainly just divided into three pointsââ
<b>Firstly, Iâd like to ask the handsome guy⎠who started this thread to not compare Wang Guangning with myself. Iâm not from your family, so if you want to compare, then put yourself forward. Furthermore, if you have the ability, then go chase after Yu Haining. Slandering those who are tall, rich and handsome is just too plebeian. You should also eat more grapes, otherwise youâll always think that theyâre sourâ”.</b>
[4] éŁäœćž ć„: a form of address
[5] è仄äžșèĄèæŻé žç: this is referring to the tale of <<The Fox and the Grapes>>, where a fox comes across a vine of grapes and wants to eat them. However, is unable to reach the grapes as theyâre too high up. After failing in his attempts many times, the fox gives up and says that he didnât want to eat the grapes in the first place since theyâre too sour. (He also proceeds to tell the other animals that the grapes are sour.) In this context, Zhang Lingyi is telling the male student that he shouldnât slander and criticise Wang Guangning if he doesnât actually know anything.
<b>Secondly, Wang Guangning doesnât have any relationship with Yu Haining at all. I was there at the time and followed along, he had only sent her to the hotel to rest. The person who posted the photo is unkind, they only kept Wang Guangning and Yu Haining in the frame but not me.</b>
<b>Thirdly, and this is the most important point, it is absolutely impossible for Wang Guangning and Yu Haining to be together because he and I are a couple. </b>
<b>This is the truth, thank you!</b>
As soon as this came out, the entirety of F University exploded.
For a start, the dear friend who had posted this thread was publicly slapped in the face by Zhang Lingyi, then ridiculed until he had cuts and bruises all overâ¶. He was ashamed and unable to show his face, and from then on, was known as âF Universityâs number one loserâ.
[6] äœæ ćźè€: to be totally refuted
Upon reading Zhang Lingyiâs post, everyone accepted his words. The entire university knew that Zhang Lingyi and Wang Guangning did not get along well. With this being the case, the fact that Zhang Lingyi stood out on behalf of Wang Guangning and clarified the situation proved that Wang Guangning really was innocent. He had been wrongfully accused to the point that even Zhang Lingyi was unable to tolerate it any longer.
Finally, and most importantly, Zhang Lingyi unexpectedly said that he and Wang Guangning were actually together.
All the rotten women in F University were immediately agitated.
Could this be considered as Zhang Lingyi publicly coming out of the closet?
For a moment, the rotten women took action and stood up in succession. Within their group, PS was conducted and their conversations were unceasing.
At the same time, debates regarding the roles of shou and gong between Wang Guangning and Zhang Lingyi became hot topics.
In contrast to the excitement of the rotten women, everyone else approached the part of Zhang Lingyiâs post that was similar to a coming out of the closet statement differently.
Unexpectedly, their opinion was unanimousââ
 Fuck. Yu Haining, this is a tragedy!
It should be noted that Wang Guangning and Zhang Lingyiâs incompatibility was comparable to that of North and South Korea. Therefore, the hidden meaning behind Zhang Lingyiâs words was equivalent toââWang Guangning would rather become gay and be a couple with Zhang Lingyi than to be together with Yu Haining.
This statement held a different approach to what people in ancient times saidââwhat can no longer be endured, will no longer be toleratedââbut the result was the same.
If I were able to be with Yu Haining, then who else in the world would I be unable to get together with? Even if it was with the completely incompatible Zhang Lingyi, I would still be able to calmly become a gay couple with him.
Hence, this then devolved into a different problemââ
Exactly what did Yu Haining do to cause these two men who had fought for her attention in front of the entire school not long ago to rather become gay than be involved with her?
The ability of the masses to completely change the topic was quite high as their capability to think properly was basically nonexistent near the end of the term.
Thus, everyone began discussing Yu Hainingâs âsecretâ in high spirits and ignored Zhang Lingyiâs coming out of the closet confession.
This was because they all thought that Zhang Lingyi used a rhetoric technique and wrote that as an exaggerated contrast, rather than describing a real thing.
According to everyoneâs logic, if they really were together, how could they just announce it so openly in public? Shouldnât they be trying their best to conceal it?
In this amusing-to-death era, if you were serious, then you lost.
Hence, the Zhang xiao cao who had originally been waiting for the matter of Wang Guangning and himself being a couple to spread all over the school and break the hearts of many girls, sat in front of his computer and watched everyone discuss what exactly Yu Haining had done and could only be deeply dejected.
En. I say, everyone. Donât you think that the matter of me being a couple with Wang Guangning is more shocking?
While Zhang Lingyi was extremely puzzled over this, Wang Guangning had already exploded from anger.
âZhang Lingyi, can you be any more reckless than this?!â
Even over the phone, Zhang Lingyi could imagine Wang Guangningâs appearance as the other flushed with anger. Consequently, he replied feebly, âI was just stating a fact.â
âStating your head!â Wang Guangning hmphed and hung up. Clearly, Zhang Lingyi wished for the world to be in chaos.
He was finished. Wang Guangning seemed to be really furious.
Zhang Lingyi wiped his face. Ah, he really did just want to help Wang Guangning!
Wang Guangning cut off the call, then continued reading the post with anguish.
In actuality, he also knew that Zhang Lingyi had done this to help him. It was only that the other had been so daring. If other people had taken it seriously, then things would have been quite difficult to clear up.
If they really were together, then it didnât matter. They might as well just casually come out of the closet.
But the problem was that this was all just an agreement.
Wang Guangning also did not know why he was feeling so uncomfortable.
Thankfully, everyoneâs focus was not on this. Or rather, no one believed that Wang Guangning and Zhang Lingyi would really have something with each other.
After all, if it had been a few weeks ago and someone said that he would be a couple with Zhang Lingyi, Wang Guangning would definitely beat that person up into pieces.
Therefore, it wasnât that he didnât understand. It was that the world changed too fast.
Wang Guangning worriedly closed the forum and prepared to play a game, when someone knocked on the door.
The other person living in the dormitory was absent. Only Wang Guangning who was reading the post and Sun Siyang who was taking a bath was left.
âCome in, the door isnât locked.â Wang Guangning said.
Hence, the door was pushed open and Zhang Lingyiâs bald head which grown a bit of black hair stretched in, âShou shou.â
Wang Guangningâs temple twitched and with a fierce expression, he said, âWhat?â
âAh, Iâm here to apologise!â Zhang Lingyi blinked innocently and slipped in. In his hand, he held a small glass bottle.
âForget it, I know that you were only trying to help.â Wang Guangning rubbed his head. There was really no way for him to stay irritated at Zhang Lingyi any longer.
âI just knew that shou shou is the best.â Zhang Lingyi flattered.
âEnough!â Wang Guangning became more cheerful and he waved his hand, âIâm not angry anymore, so you can quickly get lost now!â
âEn, since shou shou isnât angry anymore, letâs complete another matter!â Zhang Lingyi shook the small bottle in his hand, âIâve already eaten vinegar for shou shou, but shou shou hasnât eaten vinegar for me!â
Wang Guangning stared at it. Fuck, it really was a bottle of white vinegar!
âYou want me to drink this?!â Wang Guangning vowed that as long as Zhang Lingyi nodded, he would kick the other back to Mars.
However, it had been stated before that Zhang Lingyi was a brilliant and knowledgeable young man. Thus, he decisively shook his head after seeing the expression on wang Guangningâs face. âNo, this bottle of wine is for you to remember this by.â After he finished speaking, Zhang Lingyi placed it on the table then said in a cool manner, âIâm going to go now.â
Then he rolled outâ· at high speed.
[7] æ»: Same word and meaning as to when WGN told ZLY to âget lostâ. It directly translates to âroll awayâ.
Donât laugh at how he had escaped so quickly in abandon. With his experience, Zhang Lingyi knew that if had walked just a bit slower, then he would be the one ending up having to drink the contents in that glass bottle.
After exchanging blows with Wang Guangning for so long, Zhang Lingyi had already profoundly understood the difficulties of being a loyal dog type gong.