Chapter 30: Sichuan Man Slandered
The entire system was dumbfounded, utterly unable to believe what it had just heard.
But in truth, Rong Ziyin felt just as surreal about it. He even leaned closer to scrutinize the scene on the phone screen.
Yep, no mistake—it was exactly what he’d just described.
Under normal circumstances, animals rarely seek humans as mating partners. Not even during mating season.
After all, one has fundamentally different organ functions, and the other simply doesn’t meet an animal’s needs. So how on earth did this pig and four people end up together?
The wildlife park was in a panic, repeatedly asking Rong Ziyin, “Dr. Rong, do you have any ideas?”
He was stumped. His immediate superior was unreachable, and this wild boar might be a new species. Killing it was out of the question, but if it caused a fatality, he couldn’t bear the responsibility.
Seeing the boar lunging toward Rong Ziyin and his four roommates, the manager grew even more frantic.
“Don’t panic. Let me think.” Rong Ziyin couldn’t come up with a solution immediately either. This boar was in a frenzy—beyond human control. Just look at the one from that big breeder’s farm earlier. And this one was untamed and wild. It was pure luck that those four useless guys weren’t injured.
So what could truly subdue or scare it?
After pondering for a moment, Rong Ziyin suddenly had an idea. He suggested to the manager, “Why don’t you bring over the sow that was originally in the same herd with it?”
“Don’t bring the prettiest concubine. Bring the empress.”
“The Empress? Do these wild boars have names? So which one is the Empress?” 【Confusion Level 300】 The manager was completely baffled.
Rong Ziyin recalled the herd, “It’s the black-and-white-spotted one. The one that looks particularly dignified.”
“Alright, alright, we’ll try it. Doctor Rong, please hold the line.” The manager hurriedly complied.
It was nothing short of grasping at straws. If there were truly no other options, the wildlife park manager wouldn’t have pinned his hopes on a mere junior veterinarian like Rong Ziyin. But he was genuinely out of ideas—this was his only recourse!
It was quite remarkable. As soon as they brought the sow Dr. Rong had described to the trap’s edge, it didn’t even begin to bellow. The boar at the bottom of the pit abruptly froze.
Instead of immediately charging at Dr. Rong and his four roommates, it cautiously sniffed the air. Then, the boar shuddered violently, abruptly pulling away from Rong Ziyin’s roommates and turning its head to look out of the pit.
The moment it locked eyes with the black-and-white spotted sow, the workers closest to it could even sense it trembling slightly.
Next, the sow lowered her head to glance at Rong Ziyin’s four roommates in the pit and let out a single bellow.
The boar responded immediately. Had Rong Ziyin been present, he would have understood the boar’s mental subtitles: “Your Majesty, I’m innocent! These shameless rabble poisoned me to deceive the ruler. They should be dragged out and beheaded.”
As for the sow’s subtitles: “Pfft!”
Regardless, the boar finally calmed down. Seeing potential for a show, the zoo keeper quickly lowered the rope and pulled Rong Ziyin’s four roommates up.
As for the wild boar that followed, after being brought up, he was placed with the sow as usual. They were first kept separately in a cage for further observation.
But no sooner had things settled than the sow approached the boar and gave him a thorough beating. The boar didn’t fight back, instead rubbing against her while grunting softly—a far cry from his earlier swagger.
This must be a real couple!
The zoo keeper watched in utter amazement. After settling Rong Ziyin’s four terrified roommates, he couldn’t help asking, “Dr. Rong, have you ever seen them interact like this before?”
Rong Ziyin: “No, I was just guessing. Wild boar herds usually have one male and multiple females. If he’s in heat but won’t accept other sows, he’s probably missing his mate.”
“Then how did you know it was this particular queen?”
Rong Ziyin couldn’t help but chuckle. “Aren’t Sichuan men usually afraid of their wives? A mistress is useless—they’d definitely seek out the main wife.”
Manager: “…”
What does this have to do with Sichuan men?
【Confusion Level 1000】
The manager was completely dumbfounded.
After that, Rong Ziyin gave him a few more precautions before hanging up and going back to sleep. It was precisely because of this that Rong Ziyin didn’t immediately receive the massive collapse value provided by the four roommates.
Truth be told, the events of that night were a complete and utter shock to the four useless slackers in the dorm.
What they never could have imagined was that the person who ultimately saved them would be none other than Rong Ziyin—the very person they least wanted to see. That just made their frustration all the worse.
But reality offered them no chance to escape. First thing the next morning, the wildlife park manager personally escorted them back to campus.
There was no way around it. After such a massive blunder, even their rich parents couldn’t smooth things over quietly. They’d have to face the consequences from the school themselves.
Losing their internships and getting fined were minor issues. The real nightmare was the possibility that this might affect their graduation certificates.
After four grueling years of university, to fall at the final hurdle and lose their diploma—that was the true bolt from the blue.
In the taxi, the four soon descended into mutual recriminations.
“I told you not to get involved in this mess! One’s got money, the other’s got talent—they’re the main event. We’re just cannon fodder.”
“Hindsight is bullshit! If you were against it, why didn’t you speak up earlier?”
“I did speak up! Did you listen? Back in freshman year, when I got into that fight with Rong Ziyin, if I hadn’t sided with you guys, would I even be here now?”
“None of us are innocent! Weren’t we all eager to take the young master’s favors when he offered them?”
Before they could finish, the four of them erupted into a brawl inside the car.
Early that morning, Rong Ziyin heard the system alert: those four useless pieces of trash in the dorm were continuously feeding him emotional energy. Just overnight, he’d racked up twenty to thirty thousand credits. Even now, they kept trickling in tens or hundreds at a time. Clearly, these four were still in a state of intense agitation.
Rong Ziyin frowned.
The system was utterly baffled: “Host, you don’t seem very pleased?”
Rong Ziyin: “Hmm, because I’m also from Agricultural University.”
Judging by the emotional energy these four were generating, this incident was bound to be huge, inevitably affecting innocent bystanders.
The recent paper-reporting scandal in the veterinary department had already caused a storm. Now this new incident only reinforced the perception that this year’s students from Agricultural University were unreliable. Worse still, it might affect other students’ job prospects.
Sure enough, gloom soon descended upon the class group chat.
As the saying goes, good news doesn’t travel far, but bad news spreads like wildfire.
After all, the incident of a wild boar targeting the back door was novel. No one expected that a problem resolved so quickly would become a trending topic on Weibo precisely because it was so bizarre.
It turned out that a keeper found the scene hilarious that night and uploaded the video to Weibo.
The part where Rong Ziyin offered the idea was also captured.
Thanks to the keywords “from Sichuan” and “afraid of his wife,” it quickly ignited a massive wave of online discussion.
Sichuan men: Victims of unfair rumors.
“Hahaha, so all pigs in Sichuan are afraid of their wives?”
The internet erupted in laughter, propelling the video onto the trending list. Though it only stayed at the top briefly, its reach was immense.
Rong Ziyin’s four roommates had intended to keep it under wraps, but now it was instantly exposed. Meanwhile, the Agricultural University campus forum quickly erupted with related discussions.
“I saw it! This morning I saw the Dean of the Veterinary Medicine Department going to pick someone up. He kept apologizing.”
“Not just the Dean—even the President went along!”
“This is such a huge embarrassment for our university. Damn it, my high school friend texted me a minute ago asking if it was real.”
“What a bunch of idiots!”
In Rong Ziyin’s class group chat, every student felt utterly humiliated. They were practically ready to tag him as a complete fool and publicly shame him.
“My mom asked this morning if those four brain-dead idiots were really from our class?”
“Don’t even get me started. When I mentioned I was from the Agricultural University during my interview, the interviewer just laughed!”
“I’m beyond speechless. What were the folks at the wildlife park thinking? Those four useless jerks? They expect them to sort wild boars into groups? Haven’t they studied animal behavior?”
“It’s all about connections, isn’t it? Probably some rich kid talked their ears off, making everyone think they’re some kind of prodigies!”
The class group chat was filled with curses and insults. The four dared not look anymore and simply blocked the group.
But blocking the group couldn’t restore their lost reputation. The Veterinary Department of the Agricultural University ultimately took full responsibility for the four of them.
Fortunately, an animal behaviorist shared the video and analyzed Rong Ziyin’s explanation. In short, the sow was attracted to the boar, diverting its attention away from the four students. The expert also praised Rong Ziyin’s solid foundational skills.
Even within the same university, there are differences in caliber. I heard the rescuer is also from Agricultural University. I must say, this batch of students from Agricultural University seems to be of quite good quality!
When industry heavyweights step in, the tide shifts instantly. Especially with insiders corroborating that Rong Ziyin is a genuine academic star—his outstanding achievements are undeniable—it finally restored some dignity for Agricultural University.
After all, while the embarrassment belonged to the Agricultural University, the hero belonged to it too. The two couldn’t simply cancel each other out; at the very least, it showed that things depended on the individual.
In the class group chat, students who had been following the incident finally breathed a sigh of relief. They tagged Rong Ziyin one after another, exclaiming, “Thank goodness we still have an academic superstar! Otherwise, we’d really be screwed.”
Rong Ziyin sent a patting-head emoji.
Then someone curiously asked, “Academic superstar, how did you actually catch those wild boars? They looked so fierce in the video.”
Rong Ziyin thought for a moment before replying, “I had eight guys with loud voices belt out ‘Ride My Beloved Little Motorcycle’ (song title) at them.”
Class group chat: “…”
Rong Ziyin: “Later, they decided the scooter song wasn’t intense enough, so they switched to ‘One Man Drinks Until Drunk.’ Within three minutes, the wild boars were caught.”
Class group chat: “…”
So are “scooter” and “drunk” some kind of secret code?
Feels like another piece of weird knowledge just got added.
The system sympathized deeply with them, “Thank goodness they didn’t know you later donated a turtle to the wildlife park.”
Rong Ziyin retorted sternly, “Don’t be ridiculous. Turtles live for thousands of years. Next time, remember to add ‘old’ to show respect.”
[Resistance Value 2000 from the Gossipy Money Turtle]
Turtle: Please, just forget I ever existed!
The online backlash finally died down, but the aftermath still needed sorting out.
These four guys had been having a rough time lately. They were getting slammed online, and with no disciplinary action from the school yet, they’d been holed up in their dorm for days, too scared to go out. Even meals were grabbed in a hurry and eaten in their room.
They’d already lost their appetite, but to make matters worse, a strange trend had emerged among the veterinary students—late-night snacking.
As lights-out approached, the corridors filled with the aroma of hotpots and instant noodles.
“It wasn’t always this crazy, right?”
“What’s going on lately?”
The four of them were too curious to resist checking the class group chat. They discovered the reason seemed to be salted duck eggs.
Everyone had bought Rong Ziyin’s salted duck eggs—they were incredibly tasty with rice—so they couldn’t resist grabbing a late-night snack just for that salty yolk.
So were they doomed to escape Rong Ziyin? His name was everywhere in the dorm.
The four felt utterly stifled.
What was even more infuriating was their morning trip to the cafeteria.
Whoever had brought something along, the moment they stepped inside, a fishy stench wafted over, nearly driving them right back out.
Upon closer inquiry, the source of that fishy smell turned out to be the salted fish Rong Ziyin was selling.
Damn it, isn’t he supposed to be a top student? Why’s he out here peddling salted duck eggs and fish? Is he out of his mind?
The four stormed out of the cafeteria, feeling like Rong Ziyin was everywhere.
But even back in their dorm, fate wouldn’t let them escape. The moment they stepped into the hallway, that familiar fishy stench hit them again.
From the dorm next door, their class monitor poked his head out. “Guys! The top student’s dream salted fish is up for grabs! Want to grab some? They say it’s even better with late-night snacks!”
“Yeah, yeah!” Several nearby dorms chimed in, heads popping out in response. The scene was suddenly buzzing with excitement.
The four froze in the hallway, utterly embarrassed.
The class monitor locked eyes with them for a moment, then decided full participation in class activities should be encouraged. He raised the opened package of salted fish and asked, “You guys want some?”
A pair of dead fish eyes stared back at him, as if saying, “Pfft, you useless nerd.”
“…No thanks.” The four silently returned to their dorm room and slammed the door shut.
[Anger Level: 4000].
At the Animal Husbandry Station, Rong Ziyin put down the book he was reading, slightly surprised. These four roommates unexpectedly turned out to be outstanding little lambs. It had only been a week, and he’d already gathered a full set.
Just as Rong Ziyin hesitated over whether to pull or not, a flurry of mentions suddenly flooded the class group chat. Someone had just returned from the principal’s office, announcing a major school event! Apparently, a variety show channel, responding to a national call, had decided to launch a positive-energy program showcasing the true spirit of academic elites.
Since Rong Ziyin had previously gone viral for analyzing boar behavior, the production team had discovered him and specifically requested his participation in the show.
This is a great opportunity to restore his reputation! The school immediately agreed, stating that all that was needed was Rong Ziyin’s consent.
Rong Ziyin soon received notification from the university administration. This time, the department chair called him directly, assuring him that any difficulties could be brought to the u
niversity’s attention, and they would help resolve them.
Rong Ziyin thought for a moment. “My geese are about to lay eggs. Could the university help look after them?”
Department Chair: ???
Rong Ziyin: “Not many, just a dozen or so!”