Chapter 17: The Vicious Fake Young Master of a Wealthy Family · 17

Zhou Xu hadn’t expected that Su Wenyu previously didn’t live in the school dormitories, but instead lived in his own off-campus apartment.

But on second thought, the Su family was so wealthy, and Su Wenyu’s personality was clearly one that had been coddled and raised in a greenhouse. It was understandable that he wouldn’t like squeezing into a dorm room with others.

Given the option to live off-campus, most people wouldn’t want to cram into a school dormitory.

“I’d still rather live in the dorms,” Zhou Xu said after a moment of silence, rejecting Shi Pei’s suggestion.

After the underwear incident last night, Zhou Xu’s wariness toward Su Wenyu had reached its peak.

In the Su household, although the two of them lived in the same villa, the villa was large, and they each had their own suites. The feeling of living together wasn’t that obvious.

But if they moved to an off-campus apartment, that might not be the case.

Zhou Xu was even worried that without anyone around to keep Su Wenyu in check, he might dare to sneak into his room in the middle of the night.

After considering all these factors, Zhou Xu gave up the more comfortable and free living environment off-campus and chose to stay in the school dormitory.

“I just started school; I want to interact more with my classmates on campus,” Zhou Xu found a perfectly sound reason, one that made Shi Pei too embarrassed to press him further.

“In that case, that’s fine. If you find living on campus uncomfortable, you can always move out,” Shi Pei said.

Zhou Xu nodded and said, “Okay.”

Su Wenyu listened to their conversation while eating his egg custard, and the more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong!

If Zhou Xu lived on campus, and the two of them were in different majors, and if Zhou Xu didn’t even go home on weekends, wouldn’t they end up not seeing each other even once a week?

How would he farm Villain Value then? How would he complete his mission?

“Me!” Su Wenyu quickly raised his hand, swallowed the last bite of egg custard, and said hastily, “Then I want to live on campus too! I want to be in the same dorm as my brother!”

A sharp look from Zhou Xu immediately swept over him. He really does like me!

Giving up a large off-campus apartment to squeeze into a school dorm with him—Su Wenyu truly was plotting something against him.

Zhou Xu was now even more convinced that Su Wenyu was gay and trying to turn him.

“The dorms are all four-person rooms. You won’t like that kind of environment,” Zhou Xu said, determined to squash Su Wenyu’s desire to live in the dorms by making the male dormitory sound awful. “You might end up with a roommate who hoards socks without washing them, or one who stays up late gaming with loud noise that makes it impossible to sleep.”

Su Wenyu had never attended school before, nor had he ever experienced what a school dormitory was like. Hearing Zhou Xu’s description, he truly had second thoughts.

But as soon as he thought about the Villain Value, Su Wenyu felt he could endure it!

“I’ll buy anti-poison gas masks and earplugs,” Su Wenyu said. “I’ll buy extra and share some with you!”

Zhou Xu was silent for a moment, then politely refused: “…Thank you, but I won’t need them.”

Su Wenyu insisted on living in the school dorms, and he wanted to be with Zhou Xu.

Zhou Xu really wanted to refuse, but with Shi Pei and Su Duanhong present, if his refusal was too firm, it might make his parents think his relationship with Su Wenyu was bad, inevitably causing them worry and leading them to want a heart-to-heart talk.

Fine. If he wants to live on campus, let him.

Zhou Xu figured that with Su Wenyu’s pampered nature, he wouldn’t last more than a few days before demanding to move out.

Thinking of this possibility, Zhou Xu stopped trying to dissuade him.

Shi Pei wanted to give Su Wenyu a few more words of advice, but Su Duanhong cut her off with a “Heh heh” chuckle.

“It’s about time you experienced true campus life by living in the dorms. We spoiled you too much before, raising you with a temperament that can’t endure the slightest hardship.”

“Look, back in our day…”

Just as Su Duanhong was about to launch into a long lecture, Shi Pei mercilessly covered his mouth.

“Alright, it’s time. The driver is waiting outside. Off to work with you,” Shi Pei urged.

Su Duanhong glared at her: “Let me finish my sentence.”

“Finish it when you get home tonight. Go, go, go, go to work,” Shi Pei shooed him away impatiently.

Not only do kids these days not like hearing elders go on about “back in our day” and “how we used to do things,” but even Shi Pei was tired of listening to Su Duanhong constantly talk about those old stories. What was there to boast about? Shi Pei’s ears were growing calluses from hearing it.

“Alright. If you guys want to live on campus, I’ll have someone arrange it. If you’re not used to it, you can move back out. The off-campus apartment is bought anyway; it’s not like it’ll grow legs and run away,” Shi Pei decided on the spot.

Thus, the matter of Su Wenyu and Zhou Xu living in the school dormitory together when the semester started was settled.

Aside from Zhou Xu, everyone else was quite satisfied with this choice.

During the few days before the semester started, Su Wenyu was very busy, so busy he didn’t even have time to get close to Zhou Xu.

Because the original host also had no experience living on campus, Su Wenyu had to search online for what items he needed to bring to the dorm. Following the netizens’ checklist, he prepared his dorm supplies item by item.

With the semester about to start, Su Wenyu’s emotions were tinged with both excitement and nervousness.

Back in the real world, due to poor health, he had lived year-round in a sanatorium. From childhood through his teenage years, his courses were taught by private tutors who came to his home. He had never experienced what attending school was like.

Sometimes, seeing lively school scenes on TV, Su Wenyu couldn’t deny he felt longing. But he knew his own physical condition well at the time—attending school was an unrealizable wish.

He never expected that in this small world, he would actually have the chance to experience the feeling of going to school!

Even though it was university, and he couldn’t understand the major the original host studied, it was still going to school!

He could rush to class with classmates, chat and joke during breaks, line up together in the cafeteria to order food, sit together and eat, and in the evenings, they could even go to the bathhouse together to shower!

Su Wenyu had never experienced what it was like to go shower in a communal bathhouse with so many people. Just thinking about it made him feel incredibly excited!

By the afternoon of the last day before the semester started, Su Wenyu had somehow packed three suitcases full of things.

Zhou Xu had only brought one suitcase, the same one he used when returning to the Su family.

Looking at the three 24-inch suitcases placed beside Su Wenyu, Zhou Xu fell silent for a moment before asking, “Are you planning to move your entire home into the dorm?”

Su Wenyu had exerted considerable effort hauling his suitcases downstairs. Wiping non-existent sweat from his forehead at his words, he said, “They’re all things I’ll use! Besides spare clothes, I also need towels, a washbasin, toothbrush, notebooks, pens… lots of things to bring.”

Zhou Xu pursed his lips, wanting to say that aside from essential changes of clothes, everything else could be bought on campus.

Besides, S University was only about an hour and a half’s drive from home. If there was genuinely something he needed, it would be the same if he went home to get it over the weekend.

But seeing Su Wenyu’s eager and overexcited look, as if he’d never lived in a dorm before, Zhou Xu swallowed the words on his lips and let him be.

When it was time to head back to school in the afternoon, the Su family specially assigned two people to send them.

One reason was to handle the procedures for Zhou Xu’s transfer, requiring someone to guide Zhou Xu and familiarize himself with the relevant teachers.

The other was that Shi Pei didn’t feel comfortable letting Su Wenyu go off to live on campus alone. Understanding her younger son’s temperament, she knew he couldn’t even put on a bedsheet himself, so she specially sent someone to help him with such things.

A relatively understated Maybach and a pickup truck loaded with both of their luggage drove out of the Su household one after the other. Su Wenyu sat in the back seat of the Maybach, drowsy and nodding off.

Zhou Xu sat next to Su Wenyu, with the long central saddle separating them. This allowed Zhou Xu to comfortably lean back in his seat and play on his phone without worry. The partition meant he didn’t need to fear Su Wenyu trying anything funny, like pretending to fall asleep and leaning on his shoulder.

The car drove on the highway for an hour, then after exiting the highway and driving for another ten-plus minutes, they finally arrived at S University’s main gate.

Normally, outside vehicles couldn’t enter S University. But the Su family had provided too much financial support to the school. When the car reached the gate, the security guards recognized the license plate and wouldn’t dream of stopping them.

Thus, during the peak return period on this day, everyone at the school gate saw a black Maybach drive into S University.

Someone very familiar with this car even immediately pulled out their phone, snapped a photo, and sent it to a group chat.

[Report!! Isn’t that the Su family young master’s car? Why is he returning to school today?]

The group had many members, and within a second of the message being sent, someone replied: [It might not be his car anymore.]

[Hahahahaha, you’re so savage. Has the Su family already kicked him out?]

[I heard the Real Young Master has been brought home. Why would the Fake Young Master still be there? Anyone with any sense of tact should step aside for the Real Young Master and obediently go back to his real home.]

[I want to see if he still has that condescending attitude now. I used to find it annoying how he always looked down his nose at people.]

[The car seems to have driven towards the male dormitory area. Did anyone see why he went there?]

…

The group fell silent for a moment, seemingly waiting to see if anyone near the male dorms could pass on some news.

About ten or so seconds later, someone spoke in the group.

[Holy shit.]

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[Look at this, is the person getting out of the car with SWY the Real Young Master from the news?]

Two seconds later, the group exploded.

[Holy shit, the Real Young Master and the Fake Young Master are together on campus?]

[Am I the only one wondering why the Real Young Master would come to S University? Rich people really have it good, transferring schools just like that.]

[Why are they both going to the male dormitory? Has SWY been kicked out and can only live in the dorms now?]

Someone hanging around the male dormitory replied: [Doesn’t seem like it. There are several suitcases. Looks like the Real Young Master himself is also living on campus.]

Everyone: […]

[What does this mean? Suddenly struck it rich but not used to it? Giving up a luxury off-campus apartment to live in a four-person school dorm?]

[No idea, but it definitely confirms SWY hasn’t been kicked out of the Su family.]

[Why? He’s being forced to accompany the Real Young Master to live in the dorms. Even if he wasn’t kicked out, his status is no different from someone being fostered, right?]

[Uh… that’s not necessarily true.]

The person posted a newly taken photo. In the photo, Su Wenyu looked bright and spirited, his beautiful face seeming to glow under the sunlight. He was smiling and tugging at a tall, sturdy boy, saying something.

The tall young man had his head slightly lowered, listening to him very intently.

Su Wenyu wasn’t holding any luggage, while the tall young man was carrying two suitcases in his hands—one a plain black one, and the other a light purple one.

This light purple one was clearly Su Wenyu’s, because it clashed utterly with the tall young man’s demeanor.

The person said: [I just heard SWY calling him “Bro” very affectionately. The Real Young Master even helped him carry his suitcase.]

[Not only was he not kicked out of the Su family, but he’s on friendly, brotherly terms with the Real Young Master. Their relationship is quite good!]

When these words came out, the crowd of onlookers waiting for drama and a spectacle all instantly felt a surge of bitterness and envy.