Chapter 515: 515: How Dare You Mock Me

Li Haiyang also stopped speaking in time and looked at Luo Ziling with a meaningful gaze.

“Thank you, senior, for the advice,” Luo Ziling finally expressed his gratitude sincerely.

In an instant, he remembered something Ouyang Feifei had once said.

He recalled that Ouyang Feifei had mentioned to him that Li Haiyang was handpicked by Ling Qirui and could be considered one of Ling Qirui’s confidants.

Li Haiyang’s words today, could they have been instructed by Ling Qirui?

The thought suddenly excited Luo Ziling.

If the Ling Family had instigated it, then it meant they were not averse to his return. Otherwise, they would not have signaled Li Haiyang to say such things.

Luo Ziling felt that if this were true, he must perform even better.

He did not wish to become a member of the Ling Family; he simply wanted to gain recognition and respect from Ling Jinhua and Ling Qirui, as well as their protection and assistance.

With the protection and help of these two influential members of the Ling Family, Luo Ziling believed there would definitely be fewer people bullying him, and his chances of success in his endeavors would be much greater.

Seeing Luo Ziling lost in thought, Li Haiyang did not interrupt his reverie; instead, he smiled lightly and closed his eyes to rest.

After a while, he slowly opened his eyes and asked Luo Ziling another question, “Haven’t you contacted your grandfather yet?”

“I’ve already made contact!” Luo Ziling smiled and said to Li Haiyang, “But my grandfather has decided to let the Ouyang Family help me handle the affairs of the medicine production.”

Li Haiyang looked a bit surprised. He glanced at Luo Ziling doubtfully and asked, “You mean, if we want to cooperate with you in producing that wound-healing medicine, the Ouyang Family has to be involved as well?”

“My grandfather said I’m completely clueless about these matters, so letting the Ouyang Family take charge is indeed a wise choice,” Luo Ziling said with a hint of embarrassment.

Li Haiyang stared at Luo Ziling intently and then seemed to have an epiphany, “Hehe, getting closer to the Ouyang Family is also a good choice. Alright, the Ouyang Family can join in. After all, we have cooperated with the Ouyang Family before, and I consider Ouyang Lingyun an old friend. The daughters of the Ouyang Family are also quite capable; it must have been one of them who won you over.”

Seeing the gossip-eager expression on Li Haiyang’s face while he spoke these words, Luo Ziling felt awkward and unsure how to explain his relationship with the Ouyang Family.

Fortunately, Li Haiyang did not pry further and advised Luo Ziling to go back to rest early.

On the way back to Yan University with Shanque driving, Luo Ziling restarted his phone.

As soon as the phone was powered on, a bunch of missed call and message notifications, including text and WeChat, popped up, causing the phone to crash and become unresponsive.

He had no choice but to power it on again, and on the second attempt, the phone finally started up successfully.

By the time Shanque dropped him off at the university gate.

Ignoring the missed calls and messages, Luo Ziling directly opened Yang Qingyin’s WeChat profile to ask her to join him for dinner.

The moment he sent the message, Yang Qingyin’s call came in.

The two decided on a meeting place and planned to head to Spicy Crab Residence for some crab after meeting up.

He had just hung up with Yang Qingyin when another call came through, and to his surprise, it was from Chen Xiaoyi. After a moment’s thought, Luo Ziling decided to answer it.

He remembered Chen Xiaoyi had said she wanted to interview him during the sports meet, but he hadn’t seen her around. Maybe she was planning to do the interview now that the meet was over?

“Ziling, why was your phone turned off today?” As soon as the call connected, Chen Xiaoyi’s voice came through, tinged with complaint, “I was actually at your closing ceremony with a colleague, ready to interview you. Your counselor said you slipped out because you had something to do. You, who achieved so much and broke so many records at the meet, just sneaked off like that, how could you?”

“Of course I could,” Luo Ziling chuckled in response: “I had a very important matter to take care of, so I left. I had asked for leave, after all.”

“Didn’t you promise to accept my interview?” Chen Xiaoyi was still a bit resentful, “Even if you had something to do, you should have told me, making me take a wasted trip.”

“I hadn’t seen any contact from you, I thought you’d changed your mind, so I didn’t wait.”

“How could I not contact you? I called you, and you didn’t pick up; I messaged you, and you didn’t reply. How else was I supposed to contact you?”

“Sorry,” Luo Ziling could only apologize, “Really sorry, I had given my phone to someone else during the competition and didn’t check calls or messages at all. I rushed off to deal with something right after it ended, and my phone automatically turned off. I turned it on only after getting back.”

“For today’s interview, we had made arrangements with your university’s publicity department, it’s a shame we couldn’t feature you, the star of the sports meet. Now we’ll have to make up for the interview tomorrow or some other day.” Chen Xiaoyi said regretfully: “But by doing this, you’ve seriously hurt us, wasted a lot of our efforts, so you’ll have to compensate.”

“Alright, someday I’ll treat you to a big meal,” Luo Ziling added, worried that Yang Qingyin might arrive and cause trouble, and not wanting to talk to Chen Xiaoyi any longer, “I still have important things to finish, can’t talk more now.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Chen Xiaoyi originally wanted to have Luo Ziling treat her to supper that very night, but hearing him say he was busy, she felt quite disappointed.

However, she didn’t throw a tantrum and told Luo Ziling to go ahead with his business, taking the initiative to hang up the call.

Just as he finished talking with Chen Xiaoyi, Luo Ziling saw Yang Qingyin’s figure emerge from the shadows.

Yang Qingyin was wearing a hat and glasses, but Luo Ziling recognized her quickly and went to greet her. “Little Yang, I’ve been waiting for quite a while.”

“I thought maybe tonight you’d be celebrated by a crowd of beautiful girls,” Yang Qingyin looped her arm through Luo Ziling’s, smiling, “I didn’t expect there would still be a chance for me.”

“Of course, it’s for you, who else came to cheer me on today,” Luo Ziling wrapped his arm around Yang Qingyin, very happy, “I’ll treat you to a delicious meal tonight, let’s celebrate properly.”

“Junior Brother, you have no idea, the school’s forum server crashed because of you, the person of the hour, it became inaccessible. Before it went down, I skimmed through and saw roughly a hundred topics related to you, countless replies, and the views were over a hundred times more than usual,” Yang Qingyin said with a giggle: “Congratulations, you’ve become Yan University’s biggest star. Next, any girl’s going to see you as a god. When that happens, the campus beauties who chase after you might end up crowding your dormitory door.”

“How dare you tease me,” Luo Ziling chuckled as he reached to tickle Yang Qingyin, “Keep making fun of me and I’ll punish you!”

Yang Qingyin immediately burst into laughter, gasping for air, and quickly begged for mercy.

As the two horsed around, several people approached them.

Luo Ziling was taken aback when he saw them; it was the three jokers from his dorm and Ouyang Huihui.