Chapter 17: The Uninvited Guest

  【3000-word chapter seeking collection!】Getting off the car, Tang Li'er curiously looked around her surroundings. She had no idea that there was such a place near the school. Although the pond and nearby ditch emitted a pungent smell, she didn't say much.

  Tang Lian'er knew that since Duan Yue had brought her here, he must have a reason. When men do things, women shouldn't interfere or offer opinions from the side; this was something she had learned through experience growing up at home.

  "Lily, come on in!" Duan Yue put away his bicycle, took out the key and opened the door, saying to Lily.

  As she walked into the room, Tang Lier suddenly discovered that there was another world inside. She had not expected that in such a desolate and dilapidated place, this solitary house would be transformed by Duan Lei into a base. Inside, two rooms were filled with experimental equipment, including bottles and jars, as well as various instruments she couldn't name, clearly a small laboratory; a storage room was also neatly stocked with all sorts of experimental materials; in addition, the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and other living facilities were all complete, truly a case of "small but complete".

  Although it's a bit simple here, you can see that a lot of thought has been put into it. It's obvious that this is the result of Duan Lei's recent efforts.

  Tang Lier felt slightly moved at this point!

  For Tang Lier, who is studying liberal arts, the most curious thing is those novel gadgets in the laboratory. She seems to be a curious baby with countless questions to ask.

  Duan Yue smiled as he watched Tang Lian'er's reaction, and in his heart, he couldn't help but feel a little proud. After all, men always want to show off their unique abilities in front of the people they like.

  There are many things that attract men to women. Apart from appearance, family background and personality, one very important factor is whether they have a drive for career advancement. Isn't there a saying: "Men who work hard are the most handsome!"?

  In such a humble laboratory, a boy followed a girl, introducing his territory and showing off his ideals. Although the starting point was low, it carried a boy's dreams and a girl's beautiful expectations for love and life.

  Two young people immersed in sweetness do not know that as they grow up and enter society, reality and materialism will shatter many beautiful dreams. By then, it will be impossible to find the feeling of being surrounded by sweetness like now, even if there is a pungent smell in the air.

  "Lily, for the next period of time, I'm afraid I'll have to spend a lot of time in the lab." While riding his bike to school, Duan Lei said apologetically: "I will make time to come back to school and see you."

  Duan Lei knew that there weren't many things in this world that could have it both ways, wanting to be romantic under the moonlight and also achieve success in his career was unrealistic. Maybe some people could, but Duan Lei clearly understood that he had to make a choice.

  All successful people can generally endure loneliness and resist various temptations.

  "Uh-huh!" Tang Liu'er nodded obediently.

  The longer Tang Lier was in contact with Duan Lei, the more she discovered that although Duan Lei's slightly quiet personality wouldn't say many sweet words like many boys, it gave her a greater sense of security.

  On the way back, the cars were still speeding by like arrows, and the exhaust fumes were swirling like smoke, but the two young hearts had drawn closer together. Tang Lian'er's hand was unconsciously lightly wrapped around Duan Lei's waist.

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  "Stone, you little rascal!" Duan Lei had just entered the dormitory when Liu Yu said with a sly smile: "In the blink of an eye, you've become a sensation on the school forum!"

  "What kind of character is this?" Duan Lei was puzzled by Zhang Er's words.

  "Hey, take a good look for yourself?" Liu Yu pointed to the computer monitor, and on it was a series of photos showing Duan Yue riding his bike with Tang Lier in the school campus. There were multiple photos, and they weren't just static images either - someone had even added vivid commentary to turn them into a mini-series.

  "The newly crowned school flower of the Literature Department, Tang Lier, and a certain male student have become a loving couple!"

  On the HaiDa BBS, Duan Yue and Tang Lier's photos are prominently displayed, coupled with exaggerated titles, it is impossible not to attract the attention of HaiDian University students.

  There are already hundreds of comments under the post, making it one of the hottest posts on Hai Da today, even more eye-catching than President Shi Zhiwen's post about convening a meeting for all faculty and staff.

  In the comments, there were envy, jealousy and hatred, as well as sour remarks. Some people even dug up the identities of Duan Lei and Tang Li'er. Overnight, Duan Lei became an object of admiration for boys.

  "Isn't this an exaggeration?" Duanyue's eyes widened in shock as he looked, his mouth almost agape.

  "You're always busy, but you don't know how many people in school are bored to death. It's rare to encounter such a thing, and it's impossible not to join in on the teasing." Liu Yu hurriedly explained to Duan Lei, who looked puzzled.

  "Aren't you guys from those gossip clubs bored out of your minds?" Xu Shanwei stuck his head out from the bed, laughing and said: "You dare say you're not involved in stirring up trouble?"

  "Haha... " Liu Yu chuckled twice, scratched his head and said with embarrassment: "Shitou is pursuing the school flower, we 5508 also have a bit of honor. I'm thinking for our dormitory's several bachelors, aren't you? You're a well-fed man who doesn't know what it's like to be hungry!"

  The Agricultural College has more boys than girls, and the problem of girlfriends has always been a major one. In the case of Room 5508, by the time they reached their third year, only Xu Shanwei, Da Shan, and Yang Xiaoqiang had ever had a girlfriend, while the others were still singing the "Single Love Song".

  Recently, Dashan and his girlfriend broke up, and the singles rate of 5508 immediately exceeded 50%. Fortunately, Duan Lei intervened in time and managed to salvage some of the decline.

  "Right! Right!" Du Wenwu also chimed in, saying: "We're still counting on using the stone to promote ourselves and attract girls' attention, so we can disband early."

  For these two treasures, Duan Yue really had nothing to say, and could only shake his head and go take a bath.

  Duan Yue knew that the things on the forum, as long as they were handled coldly, would definitely fade away slowly after a while. Anyway, many strange and weird things happened in school every day.

  After some thought, Duan Yue still didn't call Tang Lier to tell her about this matter. Anyway, girls rarely go on the school forum, so let's just pretend nothing happened.

  Deng Yun walked out of the bathroom, but unexpectedly found several unfamiliar faces in the dormitory. The leader was a boy who was about 1.8 meters tall, handsome, and wearing a Gucci casual suit.

  "Are you Duan Lei?" The Gucci man said to Duan Lei with a condescending attitude: "Lui'er is not someone that a rural poor boy like you can touch, stay away from her in the future, otherwise you will bear the consequences!"

  "Who are you?" Duan Lei wiped his hair while staring at the other person with an inexplicable gaze.

  Looking at the ordinary Duan Lei, Yang Feng's anger rose inexplicably. He really wanted to beat this guy in front of him into a pig head, but he still took a deep breath and forcibly endured it.

  "Who am I? You're not worthy of knowing! Anyway, I'm warning you, at Haicheng University, learn to be humble and don't think you can mess with anyone! You're just a poor person who still needs to work part-time jobs to make ends meet, what makes you think you can give Lui happiness? Can you even afford to support her? Do you think her family will agree to your relationship? Don't dream on!"

  Looking at the other person's excited appearance, and thinking of the photos on BBS today, Duan Lei could roughly guess that this should be one of Li'er's admirers, and was very familiar with Li'er. Although Li'er usually didn't talk about family matters with Duan Lei, he still sensed that Tang Li'er's family background was not simple, more than just the humble household she mentioned.

  "No matter who you are, mind your own business about me and Lian'er!" Duan Lei narrowed his eyes at Yang Feng, smiling faintly: "If there's nothing else, please leave. We need to rest."

  If it were the old Duan Lie, encountering such a thing, no matter what, there would definitely be some discomfort or inferiority complex. But now that Duan Lie has the power of Makka civilization in his hands, he naturally wouldn't have too much feeling about it, and would just treat it as someone else's nonsense.

  "Who?!" Duan Yue's casual tone made Yang Feng feel like he had punched a cotton ball, and could only grit out the words: "Don't come looking for me again in the future!"

  Yang Feng and several followers left dormitory 5508, leaving only Duan Lei and a few others staring at each other in shock.

  "Which act is this?" Du Wenwu suddenly spoke up, breaking the silence of the dormitory.

  "Who knows?" Duan Yue shrugged and spread his hands: "Maybe it's just a mad dog barking wildly."

  "This guy I know, Yang Feng, the president of the International Business School Student Union. He seems to have some connections in Haicheng and has some followers in school." Da Shan thought for a moment and said: "He seemed to be looking for you because of Tang Lian's matter, Shi Tou be careful!"

  "This little white face usually drives a BMW Z4 in and out, changing girlfriends faster than clothes, and together with several other rich second-generation kids, they are known as the 'Hai Da Four Young Masters', and are usually very arrogant! …… Liu Yu usually likes to gossip, and soon spread some things about Lin Feng."

  "It's just a clown jumping around, don't bother to pay attention!" Duan Lei waved his hand and said: "For the next period of time, I'll probably be stuck in the lab, so please take care of attendance for me!"

  As for Yang Feng's threat, Duan Lei didn't take it to heart. This is Hai Da, a deputy ministerial-level affiliated university, and even the Haicheng City Government can't intervene, let alone Yang Feng, just a student? If emotional matters could be won by family background, then poor people wouldn't need to find girlfriends.

  Besides, as long as some advanced technologies of the Maya civilization can be restored in the future, isn't it a simple matter to make a name for oneself in society?

  Confident Duan Yue quickly threw Yang Feng's appearance to the back of his mind and began to ponder various precautions for the experiment.