Chapter 56: Reason loses out to emotion after all

“Asaba, don’t go so fast, think about it.”

“I’ve given it a lot of thought, I’m sorry Kim.”

By the time school finished at noon, the rain that had fallen all morning had stopped and the school path was a little wet.

Asaba Rika pulled his bag over his shoulder and walked sullenly, rushing to the library to wait for Shen Yu to finish his class.

At her side, a stylishly dressed boy, no more than a few centimetres taller than her, followed her with deadly determination.

“So are you looking for a prom date for tomorrow night? If not, I’m the one to go with, right? Those white people just don’t get on with you at all ……”

The speaker is a Korean student named Kim, a level above Asaba Rika, who has been in China for almost two years.

It is now the second week of school and in addition to the usual school freshers’ party, the international students have their own orientation party, mainly in the form of a dance party to make friends.

Prom is a very popular event for students in Europe and the United States, and it can be a humiliating event if you can’t find a female partner. In order to get an invitation to say yes to a girl, guys often do all sorts of things, sending flowers and gifts and so on, and they won’t give up hope of finding a date until the last minute.

“I can’t dance, I’m sorry!”

Asaba Rika didn’t want to pay attention to him, and if it wasn’t for the requirement to be present at the ball tomorrow night, she wouldn’t have wanted to attend.

“I can teach you if you don’t know how, Asaba is a very smart girl and there are no requirements for the prom, I’ll teach you all afternoon and you’ll learn in no time.”

“I don’t have time this afternoon either.”

After all, there are so few girls as good looking as Asaba Rika, and it would be something to brag about in the circle if she attended as his date.

A high proportion of the Chinese study abroad circle is made up of Korean students, who are numerous, have their own groups at school and don’t like to get in touch with Chinese people, dress very trendy, mingle in China where consumption is cheaper and stress is less, and go back to Korea when they get tired of playing, or they can show their friends back home those things about their study abroad.

Of course, there are international students everywhere, but Asaba Rika doesn’t get along with them and doesn’t want to hang out with them.

Seeing that Asaba Rika did not agree, the man surnamed Jin also changed his euphemism and said in an experienced manner, “If Asaba is really not available, forget it, but you have just come to China alone, you are not familiar with this place, right? I’ve been here for two years and I can usually take care of you. Do you have any places you want to go, I can take you there.”

“No thanks, I’m already taken care of and he must have more experience than you.” Asaba Rika refused without hesitation.

Her step was quicker. She had never seen such a cheeky boy in Japan, and it was so rude to pester him when he had clearly said no.

“More experience than me? Is that Chinese?”

“No?”

When he heard it was a Chinese, the man named Kim laughed and said, “If it’s a man, then Asaba students should be careful, maybe he is looking at your beauty and is cheating you.”

Asaba Rika stopped in her tracks and finally got angry and glared at him, “I forbid you to talk about my boyfriend like that! He’s a very nice guy! Don’t you ever follow me again!”

The man named Jin froze, not really seeing that Asaba Rika already had a boyfriend.

He was about to speak again when Asaba Rika turned his head and walked away.

……

Shen Yu ties the umbrella belt tightly and holds it like a sword in her hand.

He had already arrived at the entrance to the library, a little curious as to why Asaba Rika had not yet arrived, and after waiting for a while, he walked in the direction she had come.

At the junction, he saw Asaba Rika, but the silly girl was walking with her head down and never looking around, so she just walked past him next door.

Then she is followed by a boy who turns Shen Yu off at first glance.

“No classes this afternoon, let’s hang out and I’ll take you to meet new friends.”

“No!”

“It’s okay if you don’t dance with me, I’ll pick you up tomorrow night and go over to the dance together ah ……”

“No need! No need! Don’t you follow me anymore! I’m angry!”

After following Asaba Rika for a while, Shen Yu probably understood what was going on.

University campuses are full of such hormone-drenched males who make people sick.

An unexplained feeling of irritation came over me.

I just felt that the more I saw of the man, the more I wanted to cut him with the knife of the beheading demon.

Shen Yu then reached out and pulled the man named Jin, who was still moving forward to follow Rika, with great force.

Because of inertia, the man surnamed Jin was pulled violently at this moment and immediately stumbled, falling to the side of the green belt, and his clothes were wet and mottled by the wet leaves.

“What do you do?! (in Korean)”

The man surnamed Jin, who was a little over 5’7″ tall, a cut shorter than Shen Yu, and dressed like a sissy in what he thought was a trendy outfit, quickly climbed up from the green belt and tried to make a move, but stood still in front of Shen Yu.

If it had been any other skinny boy, he might have fought back, but the sight of Shen Yu’s height and size, and the stick-like black umbrella in his hand, immediately made him wince, and he took two steps back.

In particular, Shen Yu’s fierce eyes, cold and frightening, made him feel visibly stressed.

“We know each other? (in Korean)”

“What the fuck are you muttering about?”

Shen Yu took the black umbrella in his hand and pointed it at the other side, feeling that the broken umbrella was like the knife that usually cuts through the demons of the mind, sharp as a tack.

Although he works out less now, at least he was on the basketball team in high school, and his explosive power is no joke.

Being far away from home, the man surnamed Kim did not dare to start a conflict with the local students. After hearing what the other man said, he thought carefully, he had never come into contact with Chinese students, who was this man?

“We don’t know each other, do we?”

The man surnamed Jin rubbed his left shoulder, this guy was terribly strong, the pull he had just given him was clearly with emotion, it was almost dislocated, but he could not understand what he had done to offend him.

The noise here also caught the attention of Rika, who was walking sullenly, and she stopped to look back, her eyes widening in surprise, then feeling reassured, she bounded over to Shen Yu.

“Shen Yu! What are you doing here! Sorry for the delay, I kept you waiting ……”

Without speaking to Rika, Shen Yu took two steps in the direction of the man named Jin and nodded at his cheek to warn him, “Show some respect. Do you understand?”

After saying this, Shen Yu took Asaba Rika home.

The timid and fearful man named Kim, who already understood Shen Yu’s boyfriend’s identity, dared not start another confrontation and, after glaring at him, also left in a huff.

……

I didn’t cycle over today, so it was good that the rain stopped at noon, which seemed a bit muggy afterwards.

Asaba Rika keeps his head down and doesn’t say anything, his little face is flushed and he doesn’t know if it’s from the heat or what.

It wasn’t until she felt a few more stares around her that she whispered as if pleading, ” Shen Yu …… you …… you’re hurting me… …”

Shen Yu was still in a bit of a mood, although he didn’t understand why he was so annoyed, but just seeing the man with the surname Jin pestering Rika made him want to hit someone in particular.

It was also a subconscious act to pull her away just now.

Only when he heard Rika’s reminder did he react and let go of his hand like an electric shock.

Asaba Rika also drew back her small arm quickly, and light red marks could be seen on her pale skin.

“Does it hurt?” Shen Yu was a little apologetic.

“It’s okay ……”

Rika whispered, with a tone that seemed a little elated.

After walking a little further together, she looked up at Shen Yu and smiled.

” Shen Yu is so dominant just now, it’s the first time I’ve seen Shen Yu fight with someone and his eyes are so fierce ……”

“Scared you?”

Shen Yu also calmed down, although he did not fight, but also considered to move, not to mention Asaba Rika felt surprised, even the always sensible, he could not understand how the emotions were suddenly agitated.

Asaba Rika shook his head and said.

“I feel so relieved!”

“So, Shen Yu can be my dance partner tomorrow night?”