Ham for Cucumber: "Had a full schedule today, just finished self-study. What’s up?"
Within seconds, Xi Luting urgently responded, "Ergency! Big issue! What’s your phone number? Let’s talk over the phone!!!"
Ham for Cucumber: "138xxxxxxxx."
Han Lie sent the number of a new generic Global Communication plan he had bought. It had a monthly fee of 88 yuan, but he hadn’t used it at all since purchasing it, rely keeping it as a secondary number.
That Huawei P6 had never left the dorm since the day he bought it.
See, isn’t it coming in handy now?
After sending the number, there was complete silence for a full half minute.
Looking at the string of numbers, Xi Luting heaved a huge sigh of relief. As expected, it wasn’t him... Luckily, it wasn’t him... Hahahaha! So, should I still make the call?
After hesitating for a mont, she decided to call and hear Ham for Cucumber’s voice. Just listen to it; it’ll be reassuring.
Thus, Han Lie’s P6, after several weeks of silence, rang for the first ti.
The playful scoundrel smiled, opened the voice changer app he had downloaded long ago, and answered the call.
"Hello? Little Cucumber?"
"Ah, ah, it’s . Is that Ham Bro?"
"Yep, it’s Ham. What’s up, apprentice? Did soone cook you?"
Listening to the unfamiliar Northeastern accent, Xi Luting completely relaxed, flopping onto the bed with joy and imdiately coming up with an excuse.
"Oh no! Soone just ca back to my dorm... I gotta hang up, let’s talk on QQ instead!"
After a BEEP BEEP, Han Lie stretched leisurely with a grin and tucked the phone back into the drawer.
How can one traverse the jianghu without alternate identities? The jianghu is perilous, little CuCu!
Shortly after, QQ beeped again.
A Lonely Cucumber: "Master, Master, sothing major has happened!"
A Lonely Cucumber: "Bloody hell! My identity was exposed by my crush. You have no idea, I almost wanted to die at that mont..."
What followed was a ramble about the events that unfolded that afternoon.
Of course, in her version, Chen Yanfei was a bully who took advantage of her power, Ding Xiang was a pitiful-acting bitch, and her crush was a heartless jerk...
In short, her account was anything but objective.
Han Lie responded with non-committal "Mm-hmms" and "Ahs" while simultaneously replying to Xi Luting’s WeChat ssage using an iPhone 5.
Xi Luting: "What are you doing? You’re so slow!"
Han Lie: "Shopping."
Xi Luting: "What are you buying? Online shopping? Do you even have money left?"
Han Lie nonchalantly minimized QQ, then snapped a picture of the online shopping interface and sent it to her.
Han Lie: "See for yourself."
Xi Luting zood in on the photo eagerly, but beca completely dumbfounded once she saw it clearly.
The photo was of a webpage.
You bastard! If you have the guts, co down here! Right now! Imdiately! This instant!
Of course, not to book a room, but to bite him to death on the spot.
But Han Lie’s casual response completely set her off—
"Can’t wait? The items will arrive the day after tomorrow at the earliest. Just be patient; it’s only a matter of two or three days."
"Aaahhhh!!!"
Xi Luting suddenly buried her face in the blanket and let out a scream.
The dorm room fell silent in an instant; Fang Feifei, Yu Yun, and the other girls looked at each other, clueless about her outburst.
Yu Yun had an idea. She raised her phone, recorded a 5-second video, and sent it to Han Lie.
"Han Bro, was this your doing again?"
"PFFT!"
As soon as Han Lie watched the video, he burst out laughing.
Little Cucumber... how adorable! But really, screaming with such effort now, what a waste?
Smirking, Han Lie sent her another ssage.
"No response? Feeling shy? Screaming in excitent? Compose yourself; I haven’t even started yet!"
The phone’s notification sound didn’t manage to startle her.
However, when she had scread her fill and picked up her phone again... she snapped once more.
How could soone be so infuriating?! Scram!
So, when Han Lie tried to tease her again, a notification popped up—
"ssage sent but rejected by the recipient."
Well, well! Blocked ? So fragile...
Han Lie curled his lip and casually blacklisted Xi Luting as well, then turned to coax Chen Yanfei.
This wasn’t equivalent retaliation. Brother Lie had a broad mind and never held grudges. This was excessive retaliation.
For every day Xi Luting blacklisted him, he would retaliate with three.
A woman’s temper shouldn’t be indulged, especially a naturally dominant woman like Xi Luting.
If one were to look at today’s incident alone, the problem indeed lay with Han Lie.
However, there is never unfounded hatred in this world. Han Lie’s attitude stemd from his past life, and it was not without reason.
In his previous life, Yu Yun had strung Han Lie along for three and a half years. Yet, less than half a year after he ca to his senses, Han Lie had completely forgotten her and her sches.
The only one he could never let go of was Xi Luting.
Why? As far as I’m concerned, it was fine for Yu Yun to let take the fall, but not you. At least Yu Yun put thought into it, acting very convincingly. If I couldn’t see through it, I was stupid, and it ant she had outsmarted . But what right do you have? Always so high and mighty, too lazy to even bother with , and then suddenly making take the fall for you, just because I’m easy to bully?!
And after everything happened, she showed not the slightest hint of an apology.
Even then, she still had that dismissive attitude, as if he were born trash and should feel honored to take the fall for her.
Han Lie was deeply hurt by this.
Yu Yun stringing him along implied that he was at least sowhat valuable.
Xi Luting’s actions, however, were tantamount to denying his entire worth.
So, even though they got along very well after he was reborn, with Xi Luting treating him like her ideal man and showing him an extrely soft side, Han Lie still harbored deep resentnt.
All the mories constantly clashed with reality.
Rationally, Han Lie could understand.
Xi Luting ca from a very ordinary family and was exceptionally beautiful. To protect herself, she had to be harsh and maintain a cold front to remain independent, avoiding constant pestering by jerks.
She didn’t have the freedom that ca from Pan Ge’s family background, nor did she have Chen Yanfei’s astuteness based on her own intelligence. She could only pretend to be tough by stepping on others.
Fine, Han Lie understood all that.
But as the person being stepped on, don’t I have the right to say I don’t accept it?
Han Lie felt he did.
That’s why he was the toughest on Xi Luting, never spoiling her.
Uh, the effect turned out surprisingly well. Thinking about it, it was a bit excessive...
It wasn’t long before Ham Bro’s QQ received another ssage from her.
A Lonely Cucumber: "AAAHHH! That son of a bitch blacklisted ! Master, when do we start our brutal revenge on Han Lieye?!"
Han Lie smiled and ignored her.
The master has serious business to attend to; you can play on your own.
The so-called serious business for Han Lie was continually placing orders for little whips.
He clicked on one at random, didn’t even look at the price, and just bought it.
One, two, three... thirty-three... sixty-eight...
He kept buying until the sixty-ninth one. His fingers were tired from tapping, and his eyes were blurry from choosing, when he finally received that heavenly notification.
[Your persistence has moved heaven, earth, and the Taobao rchant. You have received a gift with purchase.]
System Daddy! I’ve finally moved you, haven’t I?
Han Lie’s spirits lifted, but he didn’t rush to check the gift. Instead, he imdiately opened the chat with the Taobao rchant.
In the WangWang chat window, the seller’s custor service representative was flabbergasted.
Qianqian: "Bro? Are you planning to open a store?"
Qianqian: "Bro, friendly reminder: although our props are specially made, whipping soone until they all break could still be fatal..."
Qianqian: "Bro, your delivery address is a school. Do you want to change it? Unboxing in the dorm might cause irrevocable psychological damage to your roommates..."
Damn! Such a cheeky custor service representative...
Han Lie replied generously, "The address is fake; there’s no need to ship the items, and no returns. I just got taken in by a rich, beautiful woman and wanted to randomly share my joy with soone."
Qianqian: "Bro! How can you call it being taken in? She found her pure and noble other half with her vulgar, dirty money! Wishing you a life as happy as an immortal, sending a heart!~~~"
Han Lie was amused. He silently opened the page for another small toy and started placing orders again and again.
Returns? Saving money? Sorry, but my father-in-law doesn’t approve of being so stingy. Using my father-in-law’s money to deal with Xi Luting and take revenge for Pan Ge is a win-win for everyone!
Thinking this, the slight guilt in Brother Lie’s heart instantly turned into motivation.
Little Cucumber, in three days, I’ll show you the difference between imagination and reality!
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