Chapter 14

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

A few of the girls who’d followed the group up the hill also saw Gao Xuan and exclaimed in unison, “Wow!”

It wasn’t like they didn’t have any self-control. It was just that everything they saw in the primordial forest was too ancient and wild.

Yun Qingshang, who’d appeared just now, could be described as a natural beauty blessed with good genes. However, Gao Xuan’s handsomeness was without parallel, having long surpassed what was possible with good genes alone.

Finding them was like finding a premium piece of jade in a mountain of trash. The contrast made their beauty incredibly shocking.

“F***!”

“Is this real?”

“It feels like a dream. They must be filming a movie or something!”

An Hui, Zhou Jun, and the rest of the group of boys were all shocked. However, members of the same sex repulsed each other, and they instinctively doubted the situation after they’d recovered from their shock.

They were deep in the wilderness. Where had such a handsome man come from?

Wang Hongen slightly knitted his brows. Yun Qingshang had already greatly shocked him, but the appearance of this man completely flipped his understanding of the primordial forest on its head.

He was confident that he’d never seen such an attractive person before in his entire life. That included all the ladies he’d ever seen.

Wang Hongen didn’t at all believe that this man’s face was a result of good genes alone. However, no matter how advanced current plastic surgery techniques were, no plastic surgeon could make a person this attractive.

Wang Hongen had something very important to do during this expedition, but the sudden appearance of such a strange pair made him feel a little uneasy.

The situation seemed to have gotten more complicated.

However, they were already here. They couldn’t just turn around and leave. That would make them look really guilty, and it’d be hard to explain things to the two of them.

Wang Hongen took a few steps forward to greet them. “Hello. I’m Wang Hongen, a professor from Mingjing University. Our expedition team is going to enter the area where the volcano is, and we want to set up camp here. May I ask if it’s convenient for us to do so?”

“Hello, Professor Wang. My name is Gao Xuan.”

Gao Xuan smiled as he got up from his chair and warmly welcomed Wang Hongen. “There’s nobody in the wilderness. Anybody who visits is a guest. Please come in.”

He then pointed to the cavern and said, “The area inside is very spacious. Make yourselves at home.”

Gao Xuan was very welcoming. His smile was more radiant than the sun.

Even though Wang Hongen was an old man, he felt very comfortable conversing with Gao Xuan, and his uneasiness greatly dissipated.

This was even more the case for Wei Zhenzhen and the rest of the ladies. They felt that Gao Xuan was attractive, friendly, and filled with charisma. They couldn’t help but want to be around him.

“Sister Yin, his voice is so charismatic, so bright. I feel indescribably comforted inside when I hear his voice…”

Wei Zhenzhen said, a little excited, “To think that there’s such a perfect man in this world. Oh god, I’m in love, I’m in love.”

After all, Xu Yin was Wei Zhenzhen’s cousin. She couldn’t just look on as her sister embarrassed herself, so she reminded her in a low voice, “Get a hold of yourself.”

“As attractive people, we have to pounce without hesitation when we see someone more attractive than us. What’s there to be reserved about…”

Wei Zhenzhen didn’t pay Xu Yin’s advice any mind. “To think that I liked those idols in the past. I must’ve been blind. Those idols were like dog poo compared to Gao Xuan.”

Wei Zhenzhen shook her head as she spoke, ashamed of her naivety and ignorance back then.

Xu Yin was speechless. She was only ten years older than Wei Zhenzhen, yet she had a hard time understanding the way people from Wei Zhenzhen’s generation thought.

Wei Zhenzhen meant what she’d said. She hopped a few steps forward toward Gao Xuan and passionately extended her little hand. “My name is Wei Zhenzhen. Nice to meet you.”

“Gao Xuan. It’s also nice to meet you.”

Gao Xuan held Wei Zhenzhen’s tender hand, and his smile became even brighter.

“You’re so handsome!” Wei Zhenzhen praised him from the bottom of her heart.

“Everybody says that.”

Gao Xuan humbly continued, “But I think their vocabulary is lacking. How can a single word, “handsome,” fully capture my beauty.”

“Hahaha…”

Wei Zhenzhen bent over with laughter. The joke was a little old, but coming from Gao Xuan’s mouth, it rang true, which made it especially funny.

Hearing him, Xu Yin felt that Gao Xuan wasn’t wrong. There wasn’t a single word that could adequately capture Gao Xuan’s looks.

Words like “charismatic,” “suave,” and “gentlemanly,” were all too vulgar when used to describe Gao Xuan.

Xu Yin thought for some time and felt that there was only one phrase that somewhat captured his handsomeness: Strikingly gorgeous.

Gao Xuan had an elegant posture, defined bone structure, and looked like a deity. His attractiveness was unparalleled.

However, Xu Yin wasn’t one to be smitten like a little girl. She merely reflected on Gao Xuan’s appearance and marveled at it.

Humans continuously evolved during the age of galaxies. However, Gao Xuan’s posture and appearance had already reached perfection and the limits of what a human was capable of appreciating. One could say he was a miracle in the history of human evolution.

Wei Zhenzhen didn’t think too much. She felt a little uneasy with Gao Xuan at first, but she steeled her nerves and tried to get closer to him. “Is it okay if I take a picture with you?”

Gao Xuan brought them closer together with a joke. “As long as you don’t charge me for it.”

“Hahaha, I wouldn’t dare to. I wouldn’t dare to…”

Wei Zhenzhen pulled on Gao Xuan and took a few photos with her smartwatch. Her face was flushed with excitement. She didn’t expect Gao Xuan to be so talkative and interesting.

The rest of the girls were emboldened by Wei Zhenzhen. They crowded around Gao Xuan and started talking to him.

Gao Xuan was friendly. The things he said were nice, interesting, and sometimes a little humorous. He soon established a rapport with the beautiful bunch of young ladies.

The rest of the boys could only look on enviously from the side.

Being of the same gender, they were repulsed by Gao Xuan and weren’t interested in making him their friend. All they wanted to do was have a good chat with Yun Qingshang.

However, the only problem was that Yun Qingshang stuck closely beside Gao Xuan, so how could they attract her attention?

In their hearts, the boys knew that they couldn’t compete with Gao Xuan.

However, some people refused to give up. Zhou Jun said, “No matter how attractive that lad is, it’d get old having to look at that face every day. Maybe that lady likes men like us.”

“You’re nothing to look at,” Peng Yuanshan said disdainfully. He couldn’t tolerate how cocky Zhou Jun was being.

Zhou Jun didn’t pay Peng Yuanshan any mind and said, “When I conquer Yun Qingshang, I’ll definitely remember to give you her underwear as a memento.”

Zhou Jin quickly shuffled to Yun Qingshang’s side and said, “Miss, are there just the two of you in this cavern?”

Yun Qingshang quietly looked at Gao Xuan, who was joking in the middle of the crowd. It was as if she hadn’t heard him.

Zhou Jun felt awkward, yet he was too proud to just turn around and leave, especially since he’d just boasted in front of the boys. He couldn’t embarrass himself like that.

“Miss, my name is Zhou Jun, an archeology student from Mingjing University. This is the first time I’ve been to the White Dragon Mountain Range. This is a great place. The people and land here are full of life…”

Zhou Jun spoke a great deal but didn’t receive a response from Yun Qingshang.

This made Zhou Jun suspect that there was something wrong with Yun Qingshang’s ear. He reached out, wanting to pull on it, but she dodged him.

Yun Qingshang gave Zhou Jun a look. Her ice-cold gaze instantly chilled him straight to his heart. Even his tailbone felt a little chilly.

Zhou Jun quickly took two steps back and raised his hands. “Don’t get the wrong idea here. I only wanted to talk to you.”

Yun Qingshang still didn’t even spare him a glance.

Zhou Jun understood now. This cold lady wasn’t a girl he could flirt with. He returned to his friends with a dejected expression on his face. “That woman is a da*mned lunatic.”

Peng Yuanshan was really happy. “I knew that you wouldn’t be able to do it, yet you still acted all high and mighty.” Yun Qingshang wasn’t one of those beautiful, yet shallow girls. She had completely ignored Zhou Jun.

“To think that someone of your skillset dared to flirt with Yun Qingshang.”

An Hui also felt disdainful. Zhou Jun hadn’t properly assessed the situation. He was stupid.

Wang Hongen silently watched on from the side but didn’t notice anything unusual.

The Skynet covered the entire globe. Gao Xuan and Yun Qingshang could easily access the Skynet and receive a modern education, so their modern way of speaking and behaving wasn’t surprising.

Furthermore, while Yun Qingshang’s coldness could just be a result of her personality, it probably had more to do with her long-term seclusion from the outside world, which made her extremely rusty when trying to forge new connections with other people.

That kind of rustiness couldn’t be faked.

As for Gao Xuan, it was clear that he was naturally passionate and cheerful. He was also a very talkative man. Thus, the two of them seemed to be on opposite ends of the spectrum.

But what Wang Hongen couldn’t understand was why Gao Xuan always had his eyes shut.

However, he observed that Gao Xuan’s eyes being shut didn’t affect his movements.

Wang Hongen wasn’t the only one who was curious. Xu Yin and the rest of the group were also extremely curious.

The eyes were a person’s most important sensory organ. They conveyed many complicated messages. The eyes played a priceless role in interpersonal relationships.

Gao Xuan’s handsomeness was without parallel. His permanently shut eyes were his only imperfection.

While Wei Zhenzhen was engaged in an animated chat with Gao Xuan, she couldn’t help but ask, “Gao Xuan, why are your eyes always closed?”

Gao Xuan smiled, “I have an eye disease and can’t see anything.”

“Oh…”

The girls were shocked, but they also felt pity for him. To think that a handsome young man like him was blind!

Even the boys who were jealous of Gao Xuan felt a tinge of pity for him.

Wei Zhenzhen felt a little guilty. “I’m sorry, I didn’t know.”

Gao Xuan didn’t mind. “Life’s treated me well. I only feel deep gratitude…”

“Wow, you sure have a good outlook on life…”

The group of young ladies surrounded Gao Xuan, their faces lit up with adoration.

Even Wang Hongen’s gaze became a little friendlier and less suspicious when he looked at Gao Xuan.

Yun Qingshang looked on silently from the side, her expression calm. She felt that this bunch of people was stupid. To think that they’d feel pity for Gao Xuan!