Cheng Cheng’s guess was not far off; the boys, enraged by the earlier posts, couldn't help but start fantasizing about the beautiful girl by Li Yundong’s side, Su Chan, and use this as grounds to launch a retaliatory assault on the female students of Tiannan University.

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and the boys and girls immediately erupted into a fierce exchange over the matter. The girls ceaselessly listed Li Yundong’s merits—how he could fight and scrap, how he was humorous and witty, how handsome and rugged he looked, and how tender and considerate he was to his girlfriend—using these points to vehemently criticize the current crop of young men as "irresponsible, lacking backbone, utterly unambitious, devoid of romance, barbaric and crude, little feminine submissives."

The girls had made their move, and the boys naturally refused to be outdone.

They, in turn, listed Su Chan’s virtues one by one: "Beautiful without a trace of arrogance or delicacy, possessing a cheerfully scatterbrained personality, nothing like today's girls who constantly talk about money and materialism, which is vulgar and repulsive. Most importantly, she’s more stunning than movie stars but wears not a single designer label, which speaks to her simplicity and modesty!"

In these times, the war between men and women never finds a victor. Women curse in every forum that "there isn't a single good man under the sun," yet men repeatedly rail that "no woman is not vain and obsessed with money!"

Which came first in this world: the wealthy sugar daddy who steps up to entice women into becoming kept mistresses, or the beautiful woman who seeks to bypass the mistress stage and ascend to the status of a legitimate wife without earning it?

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

This was a question worthy of contemplation.

As the discussion gradually veered toward **societal issues, everyone inevitably felt the weight of the topic. Some began to slowly withdraw from the debate and sink into thought, and the rate at which replies accumulated on the gossip forum noticeably slowed.

But just then, an ID named "Who’s Afraid of Being a Shut-in Like Me" suddenly posted a line on the thread titled "Who Is the Most Perfect Female Partner Near You?": "Damn it, who posted this? Daring to fantasize about my Su Chan! Don’t you want to live?"

This single sentence immediately stirred up a massive wave. Within nearly the same instant, dozens of lurkers and hundreds of online students flooded the thread, cursing the poster—ninety-nine percent of whom were male.

But after a short while, this ID dropped a sentence that blew the forum apart: "What the hell is wrong with you people? I'm Li Yundong, and Su Chan is my girlfriend! Anyone who gets an idea about her, I'll beat them up!"

Li Yundong?

It was Li Yundong!

Li Yundong was online!!

This news instantly swept across the entire forum and every QQ group on campus. Students who had already grown bored were instantly re-energized as if they’d been injected with adrenaline; some who were already asleep were woken up and rushed to log back onto the school forum.

Many immediately doubted the ID’s authenticity, firing off replies like, "How do you prove you're Li Yundong? I could say I’m Li Yunxi!"

Li Yundong was currently at his new place, using his laptop. After returning, he had showered and practiced his internal energy for a while. He was bored, too restless to sleep because of the day’s events, and thought about chatting with Su Chan about her sudden knowledge of martial arts, but wasn't sure how to bring it up. In his indecision, he decided on a whim to open his computer and log onto the school forum.

Before Su Chan appeared in his life, he had been a regular visitor to that forum, though back then he was a quintessential shut-in. Naturally, since he wasn't famous on campus, nobody paid attention to his words or actions. But now it was different; a casual remark upon logging in immediately caused a sensation.

"How do I prove I’m Li Yundong?" Li Yundong looked at the replies and couldn't help but laugh in exasperation.

"Tell me how you want me to prove it!" Li Yundong replied.

Immediately, a bored user chimed in below: "Post a pic, give us your measurements!"

Further down, a more serious person suggested, "That’s simple. Post your phone number, and we’ll give you a call to verify—that way we’ll know!"

Li Yundong responded, torn between laughter and tears, "How do you even know it’s me talking? Do you all recognize my voice?"

Li Yundong's lack of evasiveness convinced over half the people online that the ID genuinely belonged to him. They began to chatter excitedly, brainstorming suggestions. An ID named "Sunflowers in My Hometown" posted, "I’m Li Yundong’s classmate. I can recognize his voice."

Cheers erupted instantly, and the forum elected this user, "Sunflowers in My Hometown," to call Li Yundong’s phone.

Pressed by the online crowd, Li Yundong impulsively posted his mobile number online.

Almost as soon as it was posted, a call came through. Li Yundong answered: "Hello? Who is this?"

A girl’s excited voice boomed through the receiver: "Lili, it really is Li Yundong!"

A familiar female voice then came over the line: "It’s really him? No way, let me talk to him!"

Since modern phones can save numbers, Sun Li—despite having contacted Li Yundong a few times before—had absolutely no memory of his number. She had been following the commotion on the forum, and upon hearing that the number truly belonged to Li Yundong, she gasped in shock and took the phone: "Hello? Hello? Li Yundong, is that you?"

Li Yundong managed a wry smile. "My class monitor, why are your calls everywhere I go?"

Sun Li burst out laughing. "Li Yundong, congratulations! You’ve gone viral; you’re the campus’s number one rising star now!"

Li Yundong laughed and scolded, "What rubbish! Who cares about that! Hurry up and see if you know the moderator for the campus board. Have them delete that thread fantasizing about my girlfriend; it’s annoying me!"

Sun Li drew out her words languidly. "Ooh, getting bossy now that you’re famous, are we? People really change once they get popular, huh?"

Li Yundong looked helpless. "My dear class monitor, just do me this one favor!"

Sun Li chuckled. "I can’t help you with that. You’re on your own!"

With that, she hung up.

While Sun Li was speaking to Li Yundong, her roommates had already excitedly posted the news online that the number really did belong to Li Yundong.

"This is really Li Yundong; I just spoke to him!"

"Haha, everyone who wants to hear Li Yundong's magnetic voice, call now before his phone explodes!"

Sure enough, Li Yundong had just hung up with Sun Li when another unknown number dialed in. He answered to hear a cheerful, pleasant voice with a thick Northeastern accent—a man: "Is this Li Yundong? Ah, big brother, it really is you! Man, you were awesome tonight. I swear, I worship you now. You don’t believe me? That’s my honest truth, absolutely, one hundred percent! Hey, are you still listening? Hello? Hello..."

Li Yundong hit the disconnect button with a strange expression, muttering, "What kind of lunatic was that?"

But as soon as he hung up, another number rang. Li Yundong recognized this one as a woman, but her voice was as rough as Zhang Fei’s, speaking in a thick Shaanxi dialect: "Oh my god, are you really Li Yundong?"

The sound startled him so much he flinched and immediately pressed the hang-up button. But as soon as he did, the phone rang again!

Li Yundong got angry, instantly powered off his phone, and tossed it aside.

By this time, the school forum had exploded. Those who managed to get through were showing off wildly in the thread, while those who couldn't were sighing in disappointment.

Watching the forum posts frantically refreshing, Li Yundong couldn't help but let out a disbelieving laugh. "These people really have nothing better to do!"

Su Chan emerged from the bathroom after her shower, wearing one of Li Yundong’s oversized casual shirts, completely bare underneath, with two faintly visible peaks showing through the fabric at her chest. She wore his wide pajama bottoms, and her small, delicate toes peeked playfully out of her sandals.

"What’s wrong? Who were you talking to?" Su Chan saw Li Yundong sitting alone at his desk, sulking, so she smiled and sat down beside him.

Li Yundong looked at the girl before him, who was beautiful in every way, and feigned anger. "Someone’s making a move on you, and I’m jealous!"

Su Chan giggled, suddenly planting a loud kiss on Li Yundong’s cheek. Then she looped her arm through his: "My lord, this girl belongs only to you; no one can take her away!"

Li Yundong put on an expression of feigned doubt. "Really?"

Su Chan’s eyes curved into crescent moons, her smile so sweet it seemed it could melt Li Yundong.