My Husband Seems to be a Big Villain

For the next half an hour, Zhang Fan began to talk to Su Mu about Fu Cheng.

There are numerous legends surrounding this male god at Imperial University. Apart from his good looks and high IQ, what people talk about the most was the incredible “learning” effect he had on others.

It is said that when he was studying at the Imperial Capital Affiliated High School, many students went all out on their studies in ordto attend the same school or even be in the same class as him.

During those years, a wave of enthusiasm for studying swept through the entire Affiliated High School. Each one hung a beam and pierced a thigh [1]. They didn’t need parents to remind them, and they didn’t need teachers to supervise them. They were all zealously practicing the strategy of tackling countless exercises relentlessly, and no matter how others advised them, they wouldn’t listen. They were determined to be in the same class as Fu Cheng. This fervent dedication to studying became a popular trend throughout the school.

There were even rumors that the inspirational quotes posted during the college entrance examination in the Affiliated High School back then were all: Only through great hardships can one truly see Fu Cheng; With Fu Cheng in our hearts, we will never give up; Strive for four years of camaraderie, fight for a lifetime of success…”

In the end, this group of excellent students managed to elevate the score range in the Imperial Capital to the highest level in recent years, not to mention Fu Cheng’s School of Computer Science.

Su Mu was stunned when he heard that, feeling that this person’s momentum of ‘bringing goods’ was even more impressive than those top stars in the entertainment industry!

However, he didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that when Zhang Fan talked about Fu Cheng, he was even more excited than when he talked about Goddess Cheng.

Speaking of male gods, Su Mu’s mind inexplicably recalled the incident from last night, and the man with the mask.

Looking at that person’s eyebrows and eyes, he should be quite good-looking. But then again, are people in this world too good-looking?

Su Mu glanced at the few scattered students in the surrounding seats, and felt that he was overthinking for a moment, so he smiled and continued to listen to Zhang Fan talking about the male god.

Although he didn’t have much interest in Fu Cheng’s ‘legend’, seeing Zhang Fan so enthusiastic, he didn’t have the nerve to interrupt. However, his thoughts gradually turned to Cheng Shuyu. He didn’t absorb a single word of the content with varying tones and ups and downs that Zhang Fan talked about afterwards.

In this way, after more than ten minutes, Zhang Fan finally stopped, and the two came out of the cafeteria together.

Maybe it’s because of the ‘happy chat’ just now, Su Mu clearly felt that after the lunch gossip incident, Zhang Fan’s attitude towards him became more enthusiastic.

Class was not over yet, so there weren’t many people on campus. While taking him around some of the more famous scenic spots in the school, Zhang Fan enthusiastically explained the hidden meanings behind these places to him. For example, the small grove known as “Peach Forest like the Sea” was a well-known holy ground for couples at Imperial University, especially during this time when the peach blossoms were in full bloom. Many couples like to take strolls there…

Su Mu listened attentively and made mental notes of these places until the end-of-class bell rang, and students poured out of the teaching building. Zhang Fan then led him back to the dormitory.

“The eldest brother in our dorm is called Zhang Boming. He’s from the Northeast. He’s one year older than us and has a very good personality. The second eldest is Zhao Xuzhe. He and I are from the same hometown, but he’s from the city, and I’m from the county area. He’s… well,” Zhang Fan thought for a while and scratched his head: “He’s actually a pretty nice guy, but he’s just not very good at talking. If he says something that doesn’t sound nice, you, don’t take it to heart.”

Su Mu had a general idea in his mind and nodded.

When the two went back, someone had already returned in the dormitory. It was a thin guy, about the same height as Su Mu. When he saw Zhang Fan and Su Mu entering, he asked with a bad expression, “Who moved my things?”

Su Mu furrowed his brows, and was about to speak when Zhang Fan hurriedly said, “It’s me, I sent you a WeChat message.”

After he finished speaking, Zhang Fan explained in a low voice: “The instructor came early this morning and asked me to clear the desk… Oh, by the way, this is Su Mu from the International Economics Department next door. Su Mu, this is Zhao Xuzhe I mentioned to you earlier, he’s famous for being a top student in our department.”

Upon hearing the words, Zhao Xuzhe’s expression eased a bit, but he still ignored Su Mu and turned his head to tidy up his things.

Seeing his indifferent attitude, Su Mu didn’t want to make things awkward, so he turned around and sat at the desk, taking out his pad. Xu Ling was worried that he might not be able to keep up with the progress of the department, so she specially sent him some electronic lecture notes from several professors, and asked him to go back and review them carefully.

He took his electronic pen and opened a note-taking app directly, sat at the desk, and began reading. He didn’t get up until the end of the lunch break. Then, he packed his books into his bag according to the class schedule, greeted Zhang Fan, and headed out.

The class he was about to attend was a major course held in a small classroom in Building Three. Because the room was small, it was filled with students. As soon as Su Mu entered, he felt warm gazes from all directions.

Xu Ling had specially informed everyone to arrive early, and now that everyone was present, she briefly introduced Su Mu and instructed the class monitor to take good care of the new student.

As soon as she left, a tall and thin guy immediately sat down next to Su Mu while holding a book and said with a smile, “Brother, I’m also from this city. My name is Zhao Yifan. Which district are you from?”

Su Mu didn’t know which district he was from, so after thinking for a moment, he replied, “I live near the university town.”

“Wow, that’s great! Then you don’t need to live in the dorms!”

Su Mu smiled, noncommittal.

Zhao Yifan stared at Su Mu for a while, his eyes darting around: “Brother, have you joined any school clubs yet?”

Su Mu shook his head. He had just arrived at the university, and he hadn’t even familiarized himself with the departments, let alone the school clubs.

Zhao Yifan’s eyes lit up, and he said enthusiastically: “I can see you’re new here and don’t know much about the school. Why don’t you join our Singles Association!”

After he finished speaking, he directly took out his phone and added Su Mu’s WeChat in the group without any explanation, “Our Singles Association has an event next week, I can bring you over to have a look… Hey, add me as a friend.”

Su Mu glanced at his new friend on the phone and a group named “Gathering of Beloved Pets” popped up suddenly. He asked hesitantly, “Singles Association? Is it the Cycling Association [2]?” But looking at the group name, it seems more like an Animal Protection Association!

There was a girl in front who kept staring at Su Mu, and laughed out loud when she heard this.

“What Cycling Association? That’s the Single Dogs Association! Don’t be fooled by him. It’s easy to get in there, but it’s hard to get out.” After the girl finished speaking, she tilted her head to look at Zhao Yifan and said jokingly: “I’m telling you, your Singles Association seems to be struggling. You’re inviting anyone you can find even before the recruitment day. Besides, just looking at him, he doesn’t seem single at all. Don’t end up empty-handed after putting in all this effort…”

Zhao Yifan snorted and pointed to his eyes: “I’m at least one of the veteran members of the Singles Association. Whether someone has a partner or not, I can tell with just a glance.”

After saying that, Zhao Yifan ignored the girl and grinned at Su Mu: “Brother, are you single since birth?”

Su Mu: “…”

He wasn’t aware of the original owner’s situation, but he himself had indeed been single all along. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have talk nonsense in front of his grandfather’s memorial tablet.

Seeing his expression, Zhao Yifan triumphantly threw a wink at the girl across from them. He was about to say something to lure Su Mu in when he saw the teacher walking in with a book.

Zhao Yifan quickly restrained his playful expression and whispered to Su Mu, “Brother, don’t listen to her. Our club is great, and we have social activities every month. When I’m free, I’ll introduce you properly. Oh, by the way, our club president is Cheng Shuyu’s roommate. If you join our club, you won’t be at a loss!”

Su Mu: “!!”

After attending two consecutive major courses, everyone felt a little exhausted, and as soon as the class bell rang, they quickly made their way out of the classroom.

Zhang Fan didn’t have evening classes tonight, so Su Mu specially asked him out, wanting to treat him to a meal to thank him. After sending the WeChat message, he thought about it and then asked Zhang Fan to invite the other two roommates in their dorm.

Zhang Fan replied with an OK expression. After a while, he directly added Su Mu into the dormitory’s group chat.

In just a short while, Su Mu’s contacts on WeChat increased by nearly half.

He didn’t know much about the restaurants near the school, so he sent Sun Hao a WeChat message, asking him if there were any good restaurants around the university town.

Sun Hao replied quickly and sent him the address directly.

They agreed to meet at the school gate, but since Su Mu was not familiar with the campus, he took a few wrong turns. When he finally arrived at the gate, all three of them were waiting for him there.

“Su Mu, over here!” Zhang Fan spotted him and quickly waved his hand, then pointed to a sturdy-looking guy beside him, saying, “This is our elder brother, Brother Bo. Brother Bo, this is the new guy in our dormitory I told you about, Su Mu. He’s very good-looking!”

Su Mu’s eye twitched slightly.

Good-looking? Shouldn’t it be handsome [3]?

Zhang Boming nodded with a smile. He was very talkative and had the straightforward and hearty personality typical of people from the northern region. With him and Zhang Fan around, Zhao Xuzhe seemed much more normal, and he was no longer eccentric.

The group took a taxi to a restaurant. After getting out of the car, Zhang Fan looked up at the low-key but tasteful entrance of the place and said in astonishment: “Su Mu, you actually brought us to eat at this restaurant! This one’s very expensive… how about, we go somewhere else?”

Su Mu blinked blankly, remembering Sun Hao’s sports car, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

This guy’s spending level is really out of touch with reality!

But they had already arrived at the restaurant’s entrance, and it wouldn’t be appropriate to change places now. Su Mu took the lead, pushed the door open, and walked inside.

The barbecue restaurant had a retro decoration, and the environment was good. Although it was mealtime, it wasn’t noisy inside, in fact, it was even quiet and serene.

The waiter saw them coming in and asked politely, “Do any of you have a membership card?”

Su Mu was taken aback; Sun Hao hadn’t mentioned anything about this.

Seeing his expression, the waiter quickly understood and smiled apologetically: “Sorry, but this place operates on a membership system.”

He suddenly realized, no wonder the restaurant was so well decorated, but there were not many people.

Worried that Su Mu might feel awkward, Zhang Fan reached out and pulled the hem of his clothes, saying in a low voice, “It’s just right, we can go to another place. I know a nice Nilu Kaorou [4] restaurant. Let’s go there!”

Su Mu didn’t move and thought for a while. He then took out his phone and called Sun Hao.

After a few rings, Sun Hao’s impatient voice came from the other end, “What’s up now?”

Su Mu was used to his tone. He knew that he only spoke in that tone and had no other meaning.

He asked directly, “Brother, do you have a membership card?”

Su Mu had basically memorized most of the chat history between the original owner and Sun Hao last night, so he knew that ‘Su Mu’ had called Sun Hao ‘Brother’ in the WeChat messages, but the number of times wasn’t many. Hence, it was not too abrupt to call him that.

There was a pause on the other end for a few seconds, and Sun Hao’s tone softened slightly, “Wait a minute, I’ll send it to you on WeChat.”

Su Mu thanked him and hung up the phone.

After the waiter entered the membership card number into the computer, he led them to a relatively secluded spot on the first floor.

The prices here were not low, and Zhang Fan felt hesitant to order. He pushed the menu toward Su Mu and then stood up to pour tea for everyone.

Seeing that no one made a move, Su Mu directly selected several dishes marked as must-try specialties on the menu and continued to check them off with a pen.

“Enough, that’s enough. We won’t be able to finish it, and it’ll be a waste.” Seeing that he was still checking, Zhang Fan stretched out his hand to stop him.

Zhao Xuzhe glanced at their overlapping hands and said calmly, “You are really considerate.”

Zhang Fan blushed and immediately withdrew his hand, not daring to say a anything.

Su Mu frowned, feeling that this person was really not an ordinary “can’t speak well” type.

Seeing that the atmosphere had suddenly cooled down, Zhang Boming asked the waiter to serve four bottles of wine. He stood up and poured a glass for Su Mu, then raised the glass and said a few words of welcome to him.

With his light-hearted banter, the atmosphere at the table became lively again.

Drinking alcohol quickly affected Su Mu’s face, and after just one glass, it turned bright red.

When he came here after transmigrating, Sun Hao had told him that the original owner often got drunk, making him think the person’s body was quite tolerant of alcohol. But now, after just one glass, he realized he had guessed wrong – the original owner’s alcohol tolerance was not even close to his own!

Just at the beginning, he already felt dizzy, his heart beating faster.

Su Mu felt a little hot. After asking about the location of the restroom, he went directly to the second floor.

The second floor was larger than the first floor, with a more dimly lit and quieter environment.

Su Mu walked over to the sink, stretching out his hands to scoop up several handfuls of cold water and splashing it on his face.

The ice-cold water instantly washed away any trace of heat.

Someone came out of the restroom and stood next to him, washing his hands. Su Mu glanced over casually and noticed the man’s fingers were slender and fair, with well-defined joints, which was very beautiful.

His gaze unconsciously followed those hands upward, and when he saw the person’s face, he was startled.

Familiar eyebrows and eyes, a familiar mask, and that familiar Do Not Disturb aloof temperament…

Su Mu blinked his drunken eyes; this was too coincidental – wasn’t this the mask-wearing guy whom he mistakenly touched the wrong door!

[1] (各个头悬梁锥刺股) – Each one hangs a beam and pierces a thigh – a Chinese Idiom, used to describe the scene where everyone is highly motivated and diligent in their pursuit of a goal, often in the context of studying or working hard.

[2] Notice the similarities in the written form and pronunciation of the two: Singles Association “单协” (dan xie), Cycling Association “单车协会” (danche xiehui). “单车” (dan che) means “bike” or “bicycle”, and “协会” (xie hui) means “association” or “society”. Since Su Mu still didn’t know what the club was all about, hearing “dan xie”, he thought it was a club related to cycling so he asked if it was the Cycling Association. (ಠ_ಠ)>⌐■-■

[3] In Chinese, there are multiple ways to describe someone’s appearance, and the choice of words can convey different subtleties. “长得好看”, which Zhang Fan used to compliment Su Mu, generally translates to “good-looking” or “attractive”, which is commonly used to compliment both a man and a woman’s appearance. On the other hand, “帅” , which translates to “handsome” or “good-looking” in a masculine sense, is commonly used to compliment a man’s appearance specifically. (• ▽ •;)

[4] Nilu Kaorou – is a type of barbecue where the meat is cooked using a clay stove or oven.