19: Chapter 19: The Dawn! Thunder! The Secret!
After Lin Xiao enrolled in university, he began a routine life.
He attended classes and watched the drama unfold every day, content with his leisure.
He also selected a few elective courses according to his preferences.
Among them, a course on domestic and foreign literature appreciation was one he was very interested in.
The classroom was in the Library, and the atmosphere was excellent.
But unexpectedly, when he came to class for the first time, he actually saw Lin Yu!
Lin Yu was the type of person who often didn't even bring his textbooks to class; that he would appear here was truly baffling!
Soon, Lin Xiao discovered the reason.
He saw Lin Yu leaning close to a pretty girl wearing a white dress, talking incessantly about something.
But the girl seemed completely uninterested; her slightly furrowed brows revealed her impatience at that moment.
After a while, a few more girls entered from outside.
The girl in the white dress seemed to have seen a savior, immediately waving at them.
When those girls went over, Lin Yu had no choice but to move aside.
But he seemed unwilling to give up, sitting directly in the row behind the girl in the white dress.
Lin Xiao also found a quiet corner to sit down.
Before long, a male professor in his forties walked in.
After looking around, the professor smiled and said, "You may have heard that this course will hold book clubs later on, so I hope the students won't be too distant with each other."
"For this first class, let everyone introduce themselves."
The professor pointed to one side, "Start from here."
Soon, the students stood up one by one to give brief introductions.
When it was Lin Yu's turn, he waved his hand, "My name is Lin Yu, yes, the same 'Lin' from the Lin Group. Those buildings in the business district all belong to my family!"
This unique way of introducing himself immediately drew everyone's attention.
Many people couldn't help but start whispering.
"Damn, this is too high-profile!"
"He's the young master of the Lin Group, so it's normal for him to be high-profile."
"But this is school, why is he acting like that!"
"..."
Facing these comments, Lin Yu wasn't angry at all.
He winked at the few lackeys beside him and said with a smile, "I have prepared a welcome gift for everyone today!"
As soon as these words were spoken, most of the negative comments from just a moment ago disappeared.
If they could get free gifts, what was there to complain about?
It seemed that this young master's penchant for showing off wasn't such a bad thing after all!
Some girls even developed heart-shaped eyes at Lin Yu's lavish behavior.
"Wow, is this the charm of a Superpower?"
...
All the gift boxes were handed out, and the gift for the girl in the white dress was delivered by Lin Yu personally.
He seemed well-prepared and had even specifically practiced a magic trick.
He made some mysterious gestures towards the girl in the white dress, then produced a rose.
The people around started to jeer and cheer.
"Ooh, isn't that the famous iceberg beauty of the Art Department?"
"The Lin family young master and the department beauty are quite a match."
"I just wonder if this iceberg will melt?"
"..."
But the girl being watched remained expressionless.
No one saw that her hands under the table were tightly clenched, as if she were enduring something.
The girl beside her seemed to be urging her to accept the rose.
Her expression became even stiffer.
Just at this moment, an incongruous voice suddenly came from the corner of the classroom.
"Tch."
The sound wasn't loud, but since the surrounding jeering had just stopped, it seemed very abrupt.
Everyone looked over and saw Lin Xiao sitting in the corner, looking at Lin Yu with disdain.
"You're using such a tacky magic trick to perform? Do you like being cringey?"
Lin Xiao mocked him unceremoniously.
Lin Yu was furious, but with so many people present, he couldn't curse too harshly.
So he provoked him, "Then why don't you perform something that isn't cringey for everyone?"
He thought Lin Xiao would back down; after all, they were here for class, and not everyone was as well-prepared as he was.
But unexpectedly, Lin Xiao actually stood up and nodded generously, "Sure, I'll perform something not cringey for everyone right now!"
After saying that, he glanced at the time calmly and counted down silently in his heart, as if waiting for something.
More than ten seconds passed, and he still hadn't moved.
Seeing this, Lin Yu mocked, "Lin Xiao, don't tell me you're going to perform 'wasting a few minutes of our time'?"
Lin Yu's other lackeys also started laughing.
"I think he doesn't know how to do anything at all; he's really just putting on a front."
"Exactly, look at his empty hands; could he possibly conjure something out of thin air?"
"..."
About two more minutes passed, and the other students were getting impatient.
Just as the professor was about to speak up to persuade him, Lin Xiao suddenly raised his head.
"Everyone be quiet!"
After shouting this, Lin Xiao formed a hand seal with both hands and pointed a finger toward the sky.
He shouted loudly at the sky, "Call! Thunder! Technique!"
Such an over-the-top action and performance left everyone stunned.
But before they could burst into laughter, a "Boom!" sound came from outside!
A bolt of lightning actually struck down!
In an instant, everyone was dumbfounded.
It was sunny outside just a moment ago; how did it suddenly start thundering?
Lin Xiao pointed again, "Strike!"
"Boom!"
This time, the sound of the thunder was even louder.
Even the ground began to tremble, and the chandelier overhead swayed back and forth.
"What, what is going on?"
"Could it be an earthquake?"
"It seems like this place was really struck by lightning!"
"..."
The students were all panicked.
Not only that, but there was also a commotion outside.
"It's on fire!"
"The top floor is on fire! Hurry and put it out!"
"..."
Soon, a librarian pushed the door open and shouted, "Leave here quickly, the top floor was struck by lightning and is on fire!"
All the students hurriedly stood up and ran outside one after another.
Lin Xiao followed behind everyone, appearing not very panicked at all.
Soon, everyone was evacuated.
Everyone looked up at the scorched roof of the Library, feeling very shocked.
It clearly had a lightning rod, yet it could still be struck like this; just how powerful must that lightning have been?
At this moment, someone suddenly saw Lin Xiao.
"Ah, it's him! He's the one who called down the lightning!"
"Yes, yes, I saw it too!"
"..."
Soon, Lin Xiao's feat spread from one person to ten, then to a hundred; basically everyone knew about it.
Lin Xiao looked at their reactions, not knowing what to say for a moment.
No.
He was just performing a small act; these people didn't actually believe it, did they?