Chapter 1

Looking at the belle of the Art Department kneeling beneath him and sucking his dick, Lin Fei felt that everything was so unbelievable. This morning, he had still been a broke loser who had just been dumped by his girlfriend, yet in just one day, he had actually managed to get the belle of the Art Department to service him. This... this was way too fucking awesome...

More than ten hours earlier, Lin Fei, sporting a bird’s-nest hairstyle, stood in the small grove beside the school’s artificial lake, holding a newly bought iPhone 13 in his hand as he anxiously waited for his girlfriend, Zhou Xinyi, to arrive.

Recently, after class, Lin Fei would go work part-time delivering takeout, staying busy until late at night before dragging his exhausted body back to the dorm to sleep. The continuous lack of sleep and having no time to take care of himself made Lin Fei look extremely disheveled. The reason he was working himself so hard was because Zhou Xinyi had told him many times that she wanted to replace her phone with the latest iPhone 13. It wasn’t until yesterday, after Lin Fei’s desperate efforts, that he finally saved enough money for the phone. This morning, for once, he slept in at the dorm until after nine o’clock. As soon as he got up, he glanced at the time, quickly washed up, and planned to go buy the phone to give Zhou Xinyi a surprise. “Fourth, where are you going?” Everyone else in the dorm had gone out, leaving only the eldest, Hu Dahai. He had originally been battling away at his computer, but when he saw Lin Fei preparing to leave, he finally spoke up.

“I got paid yesterday and finally saved enough money to buy the phone. I’m planning to buy it right away and give Xinyi a surprise. First, I’m going to get a haircut and tidy myself up. Today is destined to be my moment of glory.” Lin Fei looked in the mirror and used his hand to straighten his fluffy, messy hair.

“Wait a second.” Hu Dahai stopped what he was doing and shamelessly left his character standing at the revival crystal, ignoring his teammates’ curses as he walked over to Lin Fei’s bed with a grave expression and sat down.

“What’s wrong, Boss? Why so serious?” The guys in the dorm normally got along extremely well, always joking and messing around together, so Lin Fei rarely saw such a serious expression on Hu Dahai’s face.

“Linzi, listen to me. Don’t rush to buy that phone yet. Hold on to your money for now.” Hu Dahai glanced at Lin Fei and spoke hesitantly.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Fei pondered Hu Dahai’s words, and a bad feeling rose in his heart. “You’re not trying to borrow money, are you, Bro?” Lin Fei exaggeratedly covered his pocket and deliberately joked in a relaxed manner.

“Borrow my ass. Zhou Xinyi’s name is practically written all over that money of yours. Don’t ask why. Anyway, just don’t buy it yet.” Hu Dahai laughingly cursed before abruptly changing the subject and asking, “I’ve noticed you’ve been leaving early and coming back late lately. Have you two seen each other recently?”

Lin Fei’s heart sank, and his bad premonition grew stronger. In fact, Lin Fei hadn’t seen Zhou Xinyi for a long time. Ever since Zhou Xinyi complained to Lin Fei last time that her roommate Liu Yinyin was always showing off her new phone in front of her, implicitly blaming Lin Fei for never buying her one, the two of them hadn’t met again. Lin Fei hadn’t seen her in class either. Originally, Lin Fei hadn’t paid much attention to it. He thought Zhou Xinyi was angry and deliberately avoiding him. He had been holding something back in his heart, which was to hurry up and save enough money to buy the phone and give Zhou Xinyi a surprise, so he had deliberately refrained from messaging her as well. But after hearing Hu Dahai’s words today, something must have happened on Zhou Xinyi’s side.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen her. What’s wrong? Dahai, did you hear some rumors?” Zhou Xinyi had been the goddess in Lin Fei’s heart ever since their freshman year. They were already juniors now. After being her simp for three years, Lin Fei had only finally managed to win her over a few months ago. He knew Zhou Xinyi had dated two boyfriends before, and both of them had pretty good circumstances. Although Lin Fei always felt that he wasn’t as outstanding as her two ex-boyfriends, he always believed that no one could compare to how well he treated Zhou Xinyi. Could it be... that her ex-boyfriend had come back to pester her again?

“Sigh, Linzi, it’s not that I heard some rumor,” Hu Dahai said as he looked at the dark circles beneath Lin Fei’s eyes and hardened his heart.

“Yesterday, I personally saw her get into Zhang Jiaming’s car. I’d already heard some rumors before that she’d been getting very close to Zhang Jiaming recently, but there wasn’t any evidence, and with you disappearing all day every day, I didn’t mention it to you. But I saw what happened yesterday with my own eyes. Call her today and ask her what’s going on. It won’t be too late to buy it afterward...”

“Oh...” After hearing that Zhou Xinyi had gotten into Zhang Jiaming’s car, Lin Fei felt as though his brain had been struck by lightning. He didn’t even hear anything Hu Dahai said afterward. He merely stared dumbly as Hu Dahai’s mouth opened and closed. It wasn’t until Hu Dahai patted him on the shoulder and returned to sit in front of his computer that Lin Fei finally came back to his senses.

Impossible. Absolutely impossible. Although Zhang Jiaming was handsome and rich, he was a notorious playboy. How could Zhou Xinyi...?

Lin Fei excitedly dialed Zhou Xinyi’s number.

“Hello, what’s wrong?” Zhou Xinyi’s gentle yet indifferent voice came from the other end of the phone.

“Xinyi, where are you?” Lin Fei tried his best to make his tone sound natural.

“I’m in the dorm. Oh, right, Lin Fei, I happen to have something to talk to you about. Let’s meet and talk in person.” Zhou Xinyi’s tone contained neither sadness nor joy, making it difficult to tell what she wanted to talk to Lin Fei about.

“Okay, then let’s meet in the grove by the lake in half an hour.” After hanging up, Lin Fei casually threw on a jacket and rushed out.

“Linzi, don’t act impulsively if something happens...” Hu Dahai’s voice sounded from behind him.

In the end, Lin Fei still jogged all the way to the phone store and bought that iPhone 13. He believed Zhou Xinyi wouldn’t betray him. At most, the two of them had gotten into a disagreement, and Zhang Jiaming just happened to be pursuing her again, causing her to waver momentarily. After all, he had pursued her both openly and secretly for three years. When she had a breakup, he had stayed by her side and comforted her. When she fell in love again, he sincerely wished her happiness. When she broke up again, he came back and continued listening to her complaints, staying up all night without sleeping and talking with her on the phone for hours. In the end, he finally moved her heart. During the six months they’d been together, he’d done everything he possibly could to treat her well. It wasn’t as if she didn’t know. No. She definitely wouldn’t betray him. Amid his anxious waiting, that figure finally appeared before Lin Fei, approaching from the distance.

Lin Fei looked at the delicate and pretty Zhou Xinyi before him. They hadn’t seen each other for several days, yet she was still just as beautiful. She wore a square-necked, waist-cinching black long-sleeved top over an A-line dress with a V-shaped lace neckline, making her look youthful and beautiful.

“Lin Fei, let’s break up...” Before Lin Fei could even speak after they met, Zhou Xinyi spoke with a resolute expression.

“Xinyi, it was my fault these past few days. I neglected you. Actually, I’ve been working part-time because I wanted to give you a surprise. Look, look, I bought you the phone you like. Please don’t be angry anymore, okay?” With a panicked expression, Lin Fei held out the box containing the phone toward Zhou Xinyi.

Looking at the brand-new iPhone box in Lin Fei’s hand, Zhou Xinyi didn’t take it. A trace of reluctance flashed through her eyes, but immediately afterward, she still said firmly to Lin Fei, “Lin Fei, thank you for treating me so well all these years, but I actually don’t like you. The reason I accepted your confession was because you comforted me during that period, and I really did need someone to help me walk out of the shadow of my breakup. You just happened to appear, that’s all. Don’t blame me. For the past six months, I’ve constantly tried to accept you, but I can’t... I’m sorry.”

“Is it because of Zhang Jiaming?” Listening to Zhou Xinyi’s words, Lin Fei felt as though all the strength had been drained from his body. He stared into her eyes and asked despairingly.

“Lin Fei, I don’t want to lie to you. Actually, he and I were together back in high school. He was my first love. Although we later broke up, I’ve always had him in my heart, and these past few years, he’s actually helped me quite a lot in secret...” After saying this, Zhou Xinyi waved the latest iPhone 13 Pro Max in her hand at Lin Fei. “He already bought me the phone a few days ago. Keep yours for yourself. Treat yourself better from now on. Goodbye.” After saying that, Zhou Xinyi turned around and was about to leave.

Lin Fei’s face turned deathly pale. In his desperation, he grabbed Zhou Xinyi’s wrist. “Why? Xinyi, you know Zhang Jiaming is a cheating scumbag. How many girlfriends has he gone through these past few years? Why? Why do you still like him? He won’t genuinely love you!” Lin Fei roared helplessly in fury.

Zhou Xinyi jerked her wrist several times but couldn’t break free from Lin Fei’s grip. His grip made her wrist ache painfully, and she couldn’t help becoming angry. “Let go of me! How do you know he won’t genuinely love me? At least he can give me things that you can’t. Hurry up and let go, Lin Fei. Acting like this only makes me feel disgusted by you, do you understand? Let go!” Zhou Xinyi looked at Lin Fei with disgust as she violently shook her arm, as though Lin Fei’s hand were the filthiest thing in the world.

“You...” Lin Fei’s heart felt as though it were being cut apart as he looked at Zhou Xinyi staring at him with disgust. He silently released his hand. He never expected that after giving so much, all he would get in return was the word disgusting.

From a distance, he watched Zhou Xinyi gracefully walk toward the school gate, lower her head, and climb into the Maserati that everyone at the school knew belonged to Zhang Jiaming.

Lin Fei stood there dejectedly, staring blankly at the Maserati speeding away, feeling like he was nothing but a joke.

“Isn’t that Lin Fei? You don’t know him? He’s the guy who’s always delivering food to Zhou Xinyi downstairs at the girls’ dorm. Yeah, the King of Simps.” Two girls passing by looked at the miserable Lin Fei and whispered to each other.

“Didn’t I hear that he successfully got together with Zhou Xinyi?”

“You call that successful? Zhou Xinyi just treated him as a backup. Didn’t you see Zhou Xinyi get into Zhang Jiaming’s Maserati just now? Those two have been doing this every day for the past few days. They go out at noon and come back together in the morning. He’s the only one who doesn’t know. What an idiot............”

“Shh............ Stop talking. Look at him, he’s pretty pitiful. Let’s go.” The two of them glanced contemptuously at Lin Fei before quickly walking away.

Lin Fei ignored the looks from the two of them. So many years of being a simp had long since made him immune to sarcasm and ridicule, but their words echoed in his ears like thunder. She was already staying out all night this quickly?!

Lin Fei roared inwardly, I’ve been with you for half a year, and I haven’t even kissed you once. At most, we held hands while shopping!

It’s only been a few days, and you’re already staying out all night together?

Heh, disgusting, and you have the nerve to call me disgusting?!

After his helpless rage subsided, Lin Fei dejectedly walked over to a bench by the roadside and sat down.

Heh, King of Simps, I’m the King of Simps, hahahaha... Lin Fei laughed silently.