“Oh my god, then he must be insanely handsome!” Fang Tian’s eyes widened dramatically.
Su Shishi immediately chimed in, “Exactly! Before this, that super handsome junior from the Broadcasting Department who chased after Niannian already looked no different from a celebrity, and Niannian still rejected him…”
“Ahhhhhh!”
Fang Tian and Su Shishi could not help grabbing each other’s hands and stomping their feet excitedly on the spot.
Jiang Nian was startled by their reaction. Even nearby students passing by turned their heads after hearing the screams.
She hurriedly lowered her head and wrapped an arm around the two girls as she pushed them forward.
“It-it’s not that exaggerated! He just happens to perfectly match my taste!”
After meeting him in person, she also had to admit that Lu Zhiheng absolutely deserved his title as Qing University’s campus heartthrob.
Fang Tian grinned mischievously. She had always trusted her roommate’s taste.
“Niannian, you’re eating way too well! But a great beauty should obviously be paired with a super handsome guy!”
“Agreed!” Su Shishi blinked. “If he’s a normal person with good character who treats you well… then I fully support this relationship! Bring him over sometime so we can inspect him for you.”
Jiang Nian let out a vague “Mm-hmm” to brush them off.
She felt the probability of that happening was exactly zero.
There was no way Lu Zhiheng would have time to accompany her in acting out this fake relationship.
Jiang Nian then sent a message in the group chat to Xu Yuner, who was still in class, telling her they would chat tonight and that she should focus on class first.
After arriving at the cafeteria, the three girls each got their food. Once they were nearly finished eating, they split the little cake together.
Well… “split” was not exactly accurate.
After Fang Tian and Su Shishi learned that the mysterious man had bought the cake, they each only took a tiny bite before pushing the rest back toward Jiang Nian, insisting they could not waste someone else’s thoughtfulness.
Only after finishing it did Jiang Nian realize she truly had eyes bigger than her stomach.
She had stuffed herself too full!
Feeling the urgent need to digest her food, Jiang Nian separated from Fang Tian and Su Shishi outside the cafeteria and wandered toward the sports field for a walk.
After reaching the sports field, she found a quiet corner and began replying to messages. Once she finished dealing with everyone, she stared at her now spotless message list with no red notification dots and suddenly felt as though she had forgotten something.
Oh no.
The Male Lead!
After returning to the dorm earlier, she had been too busy organizing her strategy guide, and then she got distracted chatting with her roommates.
She had completely forgotten to act clingy!
Jiang Nian immediately opened Lu Zhiheng’s chat window and pinned his contact to the top, reminding herself to diligently harass the Male Lead every day.
The conversation still remained at the message where Jiang Nian told Lu Zhiheng to inform her once he got home. Fifteen minutes later, he had replied with only two words:
“Arrived.”
If he added a salute emoji, she could practically become his boss already.
This would not do.
Jiang Nian decided that from now on, even her text messages had to cross boundaries aggressively. First of all, she needed to constantly check up on him and bombard him with overwhelming sharing impulses!
—Only then could she subtly make Lu Zhiheng feel that she harbored ulterior motives!
Jiang Nian poked Lu Zhiheng’s chat box and thought for a moment before typing:
[Disguised Potato: Do you know what kind of tragedy happens when cake is too delicious?]
[Disguised Potato: No-prize guessing game!]
[Disguised Potato: I’ll give you three seconds to think—]
Jiang Nian silently counted down “three, two, one,” but Lu Zhiheng still had not replied.
[Disguised Potato: Three seconds are up. If you don’t answer, there’ll be punishment!]
Just as Jiang Nian was about to announce the punishment, a message from Lu Zhiheng popped up.
A simple question mark.
[Disguised Potato: The punishment is telling me what you’re doing!]
Lu Zhiheng replied with two words:
[Lu Zhiheng: Reading.]
A few seconds later, another message appeared.
[Lu Zhiheng: What’s the tragedy?]
[Lu Zhiheng: Did you upset your stomach?]
Jiang Nian choked.
Even if she was not the Female Lead, could the Male Lead at least try being a little romantic?!
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Nian snapped a photo of the sports field at night and sent it over.
[Disguised Potato: I came to the sports field for a walk because I ate too much.]
[Disguised Potato: There are couples everywhere feeding me dog food! I feel even fuller now!!!]
[Disguised Potato: Meanwhile I’m all alone, blowing in the wind…]
Jiang Nian watched the “typing…” indicator appear and then stop again. She felt her blame-shifting strategy had been perfectly executed.
The Male Lead definitely would not know how to respond to this kind of unreasonable nonsense!
[Disguised Potato: So! Does our next date still count?]
Jiang Nian steered the conversation back on track and soon saw Lu Zhiheng reply:
[Lu Zhiheng: Mm. What should we do?]
[Disguised Potato: You still need me to teach you that?]
[Disguised Potato: Lu Study God, you need to learn how to become a qualified boyfriend on your own o(╥﹏╥)o]
Jiang Nian rested her chin in her hand while waiting for Lu Zhiheng’s reply, but there was no movement for a long time.
Several minutes later, a notification finally popped up.
[Lu Zhiheng: Is tomorrow evening at six okay?]
Jiang Nian tapped into the chat and was just about to reply “okay” when she saw that the message had suddenly been withdrawn.
Then a new message appeared.
[Lu Zhiheng: Date tomorrow at 11 a.m., okay?]
Jiang Nian: “…?”
Why had he suddenly changed the time?
[Disguised Potato: Let’s keep it in the evening instead. Did something come up?]
[Disguised Potato: I can’t wake up for 11, and I still have a major class in the afternoon.]
[Disguised Potato: Crying.jpg]
[Lu Zhiheng: Nothing came up.]
[Lu Zhiheng: Then evening it is. I’ll come pick you up tomorrow.]
The next day, after class ended, Jiang Nian hurried back toward the dormitory.
Once inside, she prepared her cosmetics and, under System 999’s guidance, carefully put on beautiful makeup.
It was not easy getting a chance to go out and have fun, so naturally she wanted to dress up properly.
She just did not know where Lu Zhiheng planned to take her.
She pinned up her light brown curls and carefully selected an off-shoulder cream-colored knitted bodycon dress that revealed her slender neck and faintly indented collarbones. Paired with long boots, the outfit perfectly highlighted her graceful curves, making her look gentle yet alluring.
Ever since her illness worsened in her previous life, Jiang Nian had completely lost interest in dressing up.
Now, suddenly facing such a beautiful reflection in the mirror again, she felt a little unaccustomed to it.
【Little Three-Nine, don’t you think this is a little too exaggerated?】
System 999 exclaimed dramatically:
【How could it be?! Niannian, you look absolutely gorgeous like this! And if the Male Lead didn’t prepare properly, we can狠狠 question him afterward!】
A notification sound rang from her phone.
It was a message from Lu Zhiheng saying he had arrived.
Afraid that her roommates might see him, Jiang Nian immediately grabbed her bag and rushed out.
However, when she reached the West Gate, she did not see Lu Zhiheng anywhere nearby.
Just as she was about to message him to ask where he was, a familiar figure entered her line of sight.
Lu Zhiheng leaned casually against a black sports car by the roadside. His figure was tall and refined as he lifted a hand toward her.
“Jiang Nian.”
Jiang Nian jogged over.
“Lu Zhiheng, why are you leaning against someone else’s—”
Before she could finish speaking, Lu Zhiheng opened the car door directly and said to her,
“Get in.”
Jiang Nian was utterly shocked.
Still, she obediently climbed inside. By the time she finished fastening her seatbelt, Lu Zhiheng had already settled into the driver’s seat and started the engine.
Jiang Nian quickly asked System 999:
【System, why does the Male Lead have a car? I don’t think the original story mentioned this!】
System 999 flipped through the plot.
【The later story did mention the Male Lead having a car when negotiating business deals, but I don’t know about this specific one either.】
Jiang Nian did not know much about cars, but she knew this brand’s models started at over two hundred thousand yuan.
If the Male Lead had this kind of financial ability, why had the Supporting Female Character in the original story looked down on him?
Still, in the original story, the Male Lead also barely met with the original host during the first month. It was only after the original host realized he truly had no interest in her that she lost her composure and began clinging to him obsessively.
After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Nian finally asked curiously,
“Is this your car?”
Keeping his eyes on the road, Lu Zhiheng answered calmly, “No. I borrowed it from a friend.”
He had spent all last night asking around before finally managing to borrow one.
Jiang Nian nodded.
“Ohhh, I see! Then where are we going now?”
A warm current of air quietly flowed toward Jiang Nian from the car’s vents as Lu Zhiheng replied,
“Sichuan Flavor Residence.”
“Sichuan cuisine?!”
Jiang Nian turned toward him in surprise.
“How did you know I wanted to eat there?”
The restaurant was hidden in a small alley in the southern part of the city. Xu Yuner, another roommate from Sichuan, had said the flavors were incredibly authentic. The owner had been running the place for over ten years, and business was always booming.
Jiang Nian had really wanted to try it recently.
Lu Zhiheng lightly tapped the steering wheel with his fingers before answering,
“Last night, I deeply studied your Moments posts.”