【Male Lead Lu Zhiheng’s disgust value +2, current value 41.】
Jiang Nian complained angrily to System 999 in her mind: 【Lu Zhiheng is so dishonest. He praises me on the surface, but secretly deducts points in his heart?】
System 999 replied: 【Because the Male Lead is very composed. He won’t openly fall out with you right now. We just keep being dramatic!】
Just as Jiang Nian received the instruction and was about to speak, Lu Zhiheng moved.
He shifted slightly, then showed her his phone screen.
“It’s a photo from a forum,” he said, his jawline tight. “They took it. You look better in person.”
Only then did Jiang Nian look over. It was a picture of her and Lu Zhiheng in the cafeteria.
There were shots of her eating with her head lowered, and also of Lu Zhiheng holding her hand and walking away quickly. Standing beside him at 168 cm, she looked unexpectedly small and soft.
“Why are they even posting pictures of me eating…” she muttered.
Did she not have dignity? Fortunately, she ate quite decently.
Lu Zhiheng pressed his lips together. “I’ll handle it.”
He would not let the post spread, nor would he let it affect her.
Jiang Nian tilted her head. “Did they say anything?”
Lu Zhiheng answered honestly, “Just curious about our relationship, and they want to know who you are.”
Just then, a slightly flustered female voice came from nearby.
“Senior Lu!”
Jiang Nian followed his gaze and saw a quiet-looking girl who seemed like she had just finished running. Her bangs were slightly disheveled.
After recognizing her, Lu Zhiheng greeted her calmly. “Classmate Yu, do you need something?”
“I…” Yu Wensi looked at him, meeting his emotionless dark eyes, suddenly unsure how to continue.
She wanted to ask if he was dating.
She also wanted to ask why he was dating.
“Say it directly,” Lu Zhiheng said lightly.
Gathering courage, Yu Wensi asked, “Senior Lu… is the girl in that post your girlfriend?”
Lu Zhiheng answered instantly, without hesitation.
“Yes.”
There was no pause, no room for doubt.
Yu Wensi froze completely.
Senior Lu had said he would not consider dating…
And he had never had any ambiguous girls around him, so she had always believed she still had time, that she could gradually get closer to him…
That one day, he would notice her.
At that moment, Jiang Nian hooked her arm around Lu Zhiheng’s and greeted Yu Wensi with a smile.
“Hello!”
The sunlight in Jing City that day was bright, and Lu Zhiheng wore only a shirt over a short-sleeved top.
Through the fabric, Jiang Nian could clearly feel the firm outline of his muscles.
But why did it feel so stiff?
She glanced down and saw his hand clenched tightly into a fist.
What was that supposed to mean? Even holding his arm made him react like this?
【Male Lead Lu Zhiheng’s disgust value +3, current value 44.】
System 999 urged excitedly: 【Niannian! This is the perfect chance to show possessiveness! Big gains await!】
Seeing that he did not push her away, Jiang Nian grew bolder.
She reached out and touched his arm muscles, leaning her body toward him, then rested her head on his shoulder.
She adjusted herself comfortably, secretly delighted.
He really did work out.
The more she held him, the more seconds she earned.
Lu Zhiheng only felt half his body being wrapped in a soft, warm presence.
His entire body seemed frozen. A strange tingling sensation rose from his feet upward.
It was an experience he had never had before.
He lowered his gaze at her, intending to tell her to stop touching him.
But his eyes accidentally caught a glimpse of something pale and soft, and his thoughts became even more chaotic.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, struggling to regain composure.
At that moment, a notification sounded from his phone—his ride had arrived.
“Sorry, we have to go,” he said.
Then, almost like he was escaping, he pulled both himself and Jiang Nian into the car.
Inside the vehicle, Jiang Nian stared at the receding Qing University gate, confused.
She hadn’t even finished her performance—why had he suddenly teleported her out?
System 999, however, burst into laughter that made her even more uneasy.
【Hahahaha—disgust value just kept rising by +1 and +1, now it’s 50!】
Jiang Nian panicked. 【Stop laughing, I’m scared!】
She turned to look at Lu Zhiheng beside her. He sat upright, hands neatly on his knees, posture extremely proper.
But he did not look at her even once, as if an invisible barrier separated them.
She frowned. Something felt off.
Was his face… a little red?
Sunburned?
She didn’t ask. Instead, she kindly said to the driver, “Sir, could you turn the air conditioning lower, please?”
At 8 a.m., Jiang Nian dragged herself out of bed like she was half-dead.
She yawned all the way to class, seriously considering listing the university for sale online.
She chose a back seat and collapsed into it.
Before the teacher arrived, she habitually opened her phone and messaged Lu Zhiheng.
[Disguised Potato: Good morn-suffering]
[Disguised Potato: peaceful closing eyes.jpg]
[Lu Zhiheng: Why?]
[Disguised Potato: People like you who wake up at 6 a.m. won’t understand the pain of 8 a.m. classes!]
[Lu Zhiheng: I sleep until 7 on weekends.]
[Disguised Potato: Then you should come replace me for morning class!]
[Disguised Potato: cat punching.jpg]
Just then, she smelled fried pancake aroma from nearby and her stomach growled.
She was about to organize a dorm group “bounty request” when the course instructor walked in.
“Put your phones away and wipe your drool,” the instructor said sternly, as if also traumatized by early morning classes.
Quickly, Jiang Nian slipped into the chat and sent two voice messages.
Then she patted her face and waited for attendance.
Meanwhile, Lu Zhiheng was packing his bag when he received her voice messages.
He paused slightly.
It was probably her calling him “Baby” again.
He put down his mouse and played the first message.
Her voice came through the speaker.
“What should I do, babies? Someone is flirting with me!”
He froze.
He clicked the second voice message.
“If I don’t get a full set double-egg, no scallion, crispy pancake, I’m going to riot!”
After a moment, Lu Zhiheng lowered his gaze and sent a message.
[Lu Zhiheng: How many “babies” do you have?]