“Who is Jiang Xiangyang? I’ve never seen him myself since we’re just freshman newbies. But senior girls all know about him. Apparently, he was a campus celebrity when he first enrolled. He showed incredible talent in computer programming, winning many honors for the school in international competitions within two years. He passed the English level six exam in his sophomore year, and most impressively, he won a medal for the school in the A City University Go Friendship Tournament. I heard he was originally very low-key and uninterested in student competitions, but participated for a junior female student. I wonder which girl could make Jiang Xiangyang change like that. How enviable.”
Jing Xin pondered. She initially thought this was the Jiang Xiangyang she knew, but this person was definitely not the violent, cold-eyed Jiang Xiangyang she had encountered. How could someone who fights so brutally possibly play chess?
Shan Shan sighed, “However, it’s quite disappointing. This Jiang Xiangyang is said to be quite rebellious.”
He dropped out of school in the second semester of his junior year, and no one knew what he was doing. Later, I heard he was working as a lookout in a casino and even got into fights with a group of hooligans. As a result, there was a rumor at A University that the talented Jiang Xiangyang had gone into the underworld. This news made the girls who had a secret crush on him even crazier about him. In this era, the worse a man is, the more irresistible he becomes to women.
As they spoke, they arrived at the gymnasium. The bright venue, dazzling lights, and agile basketball players were all there, but Jing Xin saw nothing; her mind replayed Shanshan’s words. Such an excellent Jiang Xiangyang—why would he give up such a promising future? How could a young man willingly descend into the criminal underworld? It was truly incomprehensible.
She couldn’t imagine him sitting quietly at a desk, and her curiosity about Jiang Xiangyang grew.
On Saturday, Jing Xin went to the Angel Cemetery again. She sat there for a long time until the evening glow rose and the sky turned orange-red, but she didn’t encounter Jiang Xiangyang. After saying goodbye to Tian Ya, she got up to leave.
