Yunyu was sitting on a bench, drinking a cola from the vending machine. He took some more money from Junze’s wallet before returning it back to Junze’s bag before he left the hospital. Yunyu was quite satisfied with his performance when facing Ronghui before.
He was happy that his convincing acting was good enough to help Ronghui. Because truthfully, all he wanted was to make Ronghui a better man. That guy was too good for him or Junze.
"Ah, now I can be relieved, Ronghui will go his own way to be a movie star while I’m going my way to finish this task. Pupa, don’t you think that I’m really good?"
[Pupa: Ding! Yang Ronghui’s Fatemeter increases to 70%.]
[Pupa: Ding! Breakmeter decreases to 45%.]
[Pupa: Ding! Breakmeter decreases to 40%.]
[Pupa: Ding! Breakmeter decreases to 35%.]
Yunyu blinked a few times, trying to process the system notification, "Wait, what just happened?!"
Pupa materialized in front of Yunyu and circled around before bumping its body on Yunyu’s head, "Ouch! Hey! That is definitely intentional!"
"It is intentional," Pupa said nonchalantly, "Do you realize what you did just now?"
"What? I’m helping Ronghui to fix his way!"
"You just accelerated the same path that Ronghui took when he was in relationship with Junze. He also has a powerful backing you know, although I don’t know what kind of backing he has. But he’s now contacting his backing and will go the same path," Pupa showed the Breakmeter that had been decreased by 15%, it was also quite a shock for Yunyu.
"How could it decrease?! I did everything so well!"
"Breakmeter is not only about separating the main couple, but also saving the world. You see, Yang Ronghui’s Fatemeter has been increased to 70%, but the Breakmeter has been decreased by 15%. That means what you did not only triggered Ronghui’s obsession with you, but also gave him enough reason to go his dark path, he will work in mafia business soon."
"... but I just want him to realize that he has a better future than just a high school love..."
"Yang Ronghui’s character setting is that he is a hopeless romantic. Don’t you realize how he could fall in love with Junze in the original setting, although they were obviously unfit for each other. And how could he fall in love with you quickly? Because he is a hopeless romantic!" Pupa explained everything to knock some sense on Yunyu’s head;
"What you just did only made him realize that he is too weak to fight Junze. So he goes his original path to be a mafia, just like Junze, he is going to fight for you. This world is not easy, because both Ronghui and Junze are young and impulsive, and you are their detonator."
"... how could it become messy like this?" Yunyu wondered how it went wrong.
"This is why you shouldn’t try to fiddle with love, because when you try, it becomes really messy."
"... is it that bad?"
"... dumbass," Pupa vanished and left Yunyu alone.
Yunyu was still dumbfounded by it. He obviously had a good intention and he executed it well. He thought that he had a good grasp about love in this world. But he just made everything messier.
Up until now, Yunyu still couldn’t fully grasp what just happened. But he returned to the dorm to check on Ronghui.
Yunyu opened the door and called Ronghui, "Ronghui, are you here?"
No answer. Yunyu turned on the light and saw no one in this room. But all Ronghui’s stuff had disappeared and there was a letter on the table.
Yunyu opened it and read the content:
I will return victorious, wait for me Yunyu. I love you. – Yang Ronghui.
Yunyu gulped, this was a lot worse than he expected. He screwed up the world without knowing what he did wrong. He dialled Ronghui’s phone number, but got disconnected immediately. He called it a few times and soon realized that Ronghui had changed his contact abruptly.
"I think... I accidentally pressed the red button."
***
Ronghui didn’t return on Sunday, Monday and for the whole week. But nobody was concerned about it, because Ronghui often went to a week absent because of a new web drama. But he could always catch up with the study and could always top the class as always.
In fact, all his fans in the school were happy, because they thought that Ronghui would star in another drama. It was only Yunyu and the headmaster who knew that Ronghui had transferred school somewhere. When the news was dropped, everybody was shocked. They spammed Ronghui on his social media, asking why he transferred school, but soon after, Ronghui’s social media also got deleted.
Yunyu sat on a bench in daze, he was thinking about Ronghui a lot. He worried that Ronghui would mix with bad people, because whenever he asked the system about it, Pupa would only say that Ronghui was now conversing in the underworld.
Junze saw Yunyu was dazed on the bench, he returned with two cans of cola and he put the cold cola on Yunyu’s cheek. Yunyu jolted, but he smiled when he saw Junze again. It had been a month since they were officially dating.
Junze had become a docile man after he dated Yunyu. He didn’t mix with his gang members often, at least not in front of Yunyu. Most of the time, they spent their time on the rooftop or on the garden bench, enjoying the leisure day.
"What are you thinking about?" Junze asked.
"Hm? Nothing," Yunyu smiled. He lowered his head and continued writing his assignment.
Junze watched Yunyu’s side profile, he felt that his heart had been softened after dating Yunyu for a month. Yunyu was a really hardworking and studious boy. He was smart, but not snobby. Junze felt at ease whenever he was around Yunyu.
But something made him insecure, because Yunyu was often dazed, thinking about Ronghui. Although Yunyu never said it, Junze had guessed that Yunyu was thinking about Ronghui’s disappearance.
Junze hugged Yunyu from behind and rested his chin on Yunyu’s shoulder, he pouted cutely, "Don’t think about anybody else, I’m your boyfriend."
Yunyu chuckled and pinched Junze’s nose, "Yes, yes, you are my boyfriend. You are just overthinking about stuff. Anyway, you should finish your homework soon, I don’t want you to come to me and beg me to finish your homework again. If you can finish it soon, I will agree to go with you to the arcade for our next date."
Junze tightened his arm around Yunyu’s stomach, he buried his face on Yunyu’s shoulder and inhaled deeply, "Okay, we will go to the arcade for our next date."
Yunyu thought that Junze had been tamed. He had been docile with him and all his bully past vanished instantly when he was around Yunyu, but Junze himself had something different in his mind. He knew that Yunyu couldn’t forget Ronghui easily, so he wanted Yunyu to feel a bit more responsible about their relationship.
Junze asked his father to clear up his entire evening on the day of his date with Yunyu. He wanted to introduce Yunyu to his father.
[Pupa: Ding! Zhou Junze’s Fatemeter Increases to 55%.]