Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2641: Chapter 1249: Forcing the Duck to Guard the Flower (Part 2)

Yi Dong shivered, nodded concisely and said: "That’s right!"

"So, I’ll go back to my room to change clothes, then we’ll head out."

Gu Xiaole forcefully patted Yi Dong’s shoulder, laughing: "I heard the school is open, maybe you can treat me to lunch."

Yi Dong frowned and nodded, just about to agree when suddenly his eyes lit up, he looked up at the phone with a face full of schadenfreude: "Oh, that’s right!"

As Yi Dong’s long-time buddy, Motan almost instantly guessed what he wanted to say as he looked up, and quickly shouted: "Wait, Yi Dong! You..."

But he failed, because Yi Dong, who equally understood Motan, didn’t give him the chance to struggle.

"Motan can go with you! He’s much freer than me!"

Yi Dong happily pointed at the friend on the phone screen, cheerfully telling Gu Xiaole: "Think about it! Cousin, on one side is me, your useless loser cousin, and on the other side is charming Tan Jiang, even a fool knows who should accompany you!"

Gu Xiaole first froze, then dangerously (at least in Motan’s perspective, very dangerously) squinted her eyes, scrutinizing the ’Tan Jiang’ on the phone, with her pretty eyebrows slightly furrowed, hesitatingly said: "But...uh...wouldn’t I be bothering Tan Jiang?"

"Hey, what’s the bother, Tan Jiang is different from me, she’s already finished her summer homework."

Yi Dong merrily ignored the gaze Motan cast his way, grinning: "Isn’t that right, Tan Jiang?"

Motan responded quickly as well, immediately shaking his head: "No, I actually haven’t done much homework either, and I’m preparing to study Professor Pang’s assigned paper, planning to go do some research at the libr..."

"That’s great then!"

Yi Dong clapped his hands, his face beaming with joy as he said: "I’ll go to the library to do some research, and later I’ll copy the useful content and send it to you. Meanwhile, you can stroll around the campus with Sister Xiao Le, accompany her to get her paperwork done, I can lend Sister Xiao Le the car to take the subway there herself."

Motan opened his mouth, trying to say something, but met Gu Xiaole’s expectant gaze instead. Meanwhile, his mood underwent some subtle complex changes.

Of course, these changes were naturally not because ’Tan Jiang suddenly perceives Sister Xiao Le’s extraordinary feminine allure’—such impossible event did not occur, rather...

Alright, we can simply label this situation as ’having a relapse’.

Yes, it seems even fate is aiding Yi Dong to escape from Gu Xiaole’s clutches, as Motan, originally average and compliant in ’the current context’, regained his clarity, becoming genuinely amenable from the heart.

To use gaming terms, Motan was currently in an ’Orderly Good’ state, although in essence, he doesn’t strictly conform to this definition, it has to be said that from any perspective now he appeared as a ’decent person’.

Gu Xiaole didn’t notice this detail, in fact, after thorough training, most people find it hard to detect the process of Motan’s personality switching.

But Yi Dong was not among them, so he noticed, then he knew there was no doubt about his success this time.

"Lend a hand~"

He cheerfully winked at his friend, as if demonstrating a product he motioned his hands towards Gu Xiaole, smiling calmly: "Could you truly bear to refuse a fellow overseas compatriot who is unfamiliar with the place? Are you genuinely going to betray the trust of the organization towards you?"

"I..."

Motan opened his mouth, finally defeated by Gu Xiaole’s sparkling gaze (she seemed delighted to cooperate in Yi Dong’s demonstration) and after secretly glaring at Yi Dong, he said with a bitter smile: "I need to feed a cat first."

"Yay!!"

Gu Xiaole promptly raised the phone high and after cheering, left ecstatically leaving the words ’Tan Jiang, wait for me to drive over and pick you up’ before running out of the room.

Thirty seconds later

"What are you up to..."

Motan stared at Yi Dong unkindly, asking: "Doesn’t it make more sense for you to go with her?"

Yi Dong hummed a little tune as he put a new screen protector on his phone, happily saying: "I’ve already told you, I have something to do."

"And you dare feed me those lies about homework."

Motan’s gaze gradually became dangerous, he said very seriously: "I promise to drag you down with me again!"

Yi Dong coughed lightly, and then cautiously glanced toward the door, speaking in a low voice: "I just want to go have a cup of coffee."

"Have coffee? I didn’t recall you liking that."

Motan furrowed his brows; evidently, this wasn’t a convincing reason for him.

"Hmm, there’s a new coffee shop opened on Dahongmen Road. I went there once with Wanyang and the others a few days ago, it was quite nice."

Yi Dong’s gaze wandered as he spoke dryly: "So... well... I want to go again today."

Motan didn’t immediately respond, instead remaining silent for a few seconds before quietly asking: "Still with Wanyang and them?"

"No."

Yi Dong coughed lightly, scratching his chin: "I’m planning to go alone."

Then—

"Alright, I got it."

Motan sighed, surprisingly not pressing further, only shaking his head helplessly: "Go have your coffee, I’ll try my best to take good care of Sister Xiao Le."

"Uh, honestly, I don’t think she needs any care...oh wait..."

Yi Dong reflexively replied first, then exclaimed: "You actually agreed so easily?!"

Motan smiled gently, shrugging: "Yeah, I agreed, after all, I’ve been trying to get you to appreciate the delights of coffee all these years."

"Ah, this..."

Yi Dong was momentarily at a loss for words, revealing a subtle expression hovering between ’fortunate’ and ’silent dread’: "So, aren’t you going to dig deeper? You know, as long as you ask, despite any reluctance, I’ll likely end up telling you in the end."

"Hey, it’s your lucky day; I’m not interested in digging deeper right now."

Motan laughed heartily, then slyly winked at Yi Dong: "Of course, I’m just ’not interested right now’, you know what I mean, right?"

"I understand, although I’d rather not."

Yi Dong mournfully raked his fingers through his hair, then spoke earnestly: "Besides that, having you accompany Xiao Le actually has other reasons..."

Curiosity peaked within Motan: "Let’s hear them?"

"I’ve already mentioned it to you before."

Yi Dong coughed lightly, speaking solemnly as he looked at Motan: "Seriously, buddy, your situation makes finding a partner quite tough, but Sister Xiao Le... hey, don’t rush interrupting, Sister Xiao Le’s got a lot of tolerance, so many husbands, albeit all drawn characters, you could essentially be a triple threat and directly join her harem among the three brave soldiers. No exaggeration, my cousin was embarrassingly ugly as a kid, but she’s genuinely pretty now, you wouldn’t lose out, right? Besides, with her personality, even if she gets another husband, it’d still only be a drawn character husband. How safe! How reassuring! How..."

He didn’t finish as Motan had already cut the video call off without a moment’s hesitation.

"Sigh~"

Yi Dong smirked and deeply sighed, then simply collapsed backward onto the bed, whispering inaudibly: "Better than now... dealing with Yu Chen alone is taxing enough... if your other two personalities encounter a romantic interest, it’s gonna be real trouble... damn it, novels wouldn’t dare write things this way!"

"Write what?"

Gu Xiaole burst into the room once again, dressed in vibrant denim shorts and a white shirt, having changed and styled herself rapidly with a side ponytail, impatiently waving at Yi Dong: "Hand over the car key."

"Hey, certainly."

Yi Dong obediently presented the car key.

"I’m leaving then, remember to tell Uncle and Auntie I’m not back for lunch."

"Make a bid to also skip out on dinner even."

"死ぬ!"

Chapter 1249: End