Yes, that single glance from Qin Feifei completely shattered Lin Fan’s defenses.
What is a protagonist?
The center of attention. A sun so radiant that everyone should revolve around him.
Yet both Gu Ziming and Qin Feifei treated Lin Fan as if he did not exist. How could Lin Fan endure that?
Gu Ziming was one thing. Just another man.
But how could Qin Feifei ignore him so completely? Should she not at least flaunt her so-called “correct choice” in front of him?
Gu Ziming ignored Lin Fan because he knew Lin Fan was the protagonist blessed with Destiny Points. Confronting him directly now would bring no benefit.
As for Qin Feifei, they had only been neighbors. After Lin Fan slapped her mother, she had utterly cut him off.
Lin Fan himself did not understand why he felt so agitated.
If he had asked Gu Ziming, he would have known the reason.
In the original novel, after Lin Fan was reborn, he continued tormenting Qin Feifei because she had been the goddess he admired since childhood.
The harder something is to obtain, the stronger the obsession to possess it.
That obsession may stem from love, or it may come from madness itself.
Lin Fan believed that after Qin Feifei had spent time with Gu Ziming, something once perfect had become tainted.
He wanted to destroy her, yet could not let her go. So he chose to torment her rather than kill her.
It was a twisted psychology born from love turning into hatred.
That was why Lin Fan had been enraged.
Even if admiration turned into hatred, he still wanted Qin Feifei to react to him.
As long as she reacted, even negatively, he would feel excitement deep inside. It meant the goddess still cared.
But now she truly did not care.
He had been abandoned by his goddess.
Lin Fan placed all the blame on Gu Ziming.
“Hahaha! In this life, just watch how I ruin you both!”
Imagining the miserable fate that awaited Gu Ziming and Qin Feifei, Lin Fan burst into manic laughter.
He swore that even if the two of them knelt and begged for mercy in the future, he would never forgive them.
In three minutes, he devoured the roast duck in his hand and finished the beer in one gulp. Tossing the empty can casually onto the ground, he turned and headed back toward the department supermarket he had just left.
…
Gu Ziming sent Qin Feifei back to the laboratory, then took the Special Graphene that had already been produced and left.
Originally, he had intended to send her home after the experiment so she could rest properly.
But Qin Feifei refused, saying it was too troublesome to go back and forth. Gu Ziming did not argue.
Moreover, he had already arranged a private dormitory for her inside the laboratory building, fully equipped with daily necessities.
He repeatedly reminded her to rest well. Exhausting herself for experiments would not be worth it.
“Senior Brother Gu, why are you so concerned about me?” Qin Feifei asked as she sat on the edge of her dormitory bed, looking at Gu Ziming, who was about to leave.
Why?
Because you are a female lead.
Gu Ziming did not answer. He turned back, leaned down, and gently kissed her forehead. “Rest well. Don’t overthink.”
Now was not the time for indulgence.
Only when Lin Fan was dead would the tight string in Gu Ziming’s heart finally loosen.
When that time came, none of them would be left out.
He left her alone in the dormitory, where she sat quietly, recalling the slightly warm, lingering sensation on her forehead.
Gu Ziming left the laboratory and drove straight back to the villa area.
The villa was still under construction, so he was currently staying at a hotel in the city.
But the graphene needed to be delivered as soon as possible.
Before construction began, he had already informed the renovation team that an additional special layer would be added.
Now was the time to install this Special Graphene layer.
“Team Leader Li, do you remember I mentioned adding a special material outside the insulation layer?” Gu Ziming asked a man wearing black-rimmed glasses and a red safety helmet.
The man, surnamed Li, was responsible for installing the insulation materials. Everyone called him Team Leader Li.
“Of course I remember, CEO Gu. Our principle is to satisfy our clients’ requirements 100%,” Team Leader Li replied, pointing toward the wall. “The insulation layer is already installed. We haven’t added the protective outer layer yet. We’ve been waiting for your special material.”
“Good.”
Gu Ziming retrieved a roll of Special Graphene film from his car and handed it to Team Leader Li. “This is the material. Wrap this film around the house and bury one end deep underground. Can you handle that?”
Team Leader Li took the film, examined it, and gently pulled on it. “CEO Gu, can this film work with adhesive? And how deep should we bury it?” This chapter was copied from novelping.com without permission.
Gu Ziming appreciated that he was thinking carefully about the request. “This is a thermal conductive material. Use a high-temperature-resistant adhesive to attach it to the walls. The goal is to conduct the wall’s heat into the ground. As for depth, set it around 25 meters, where the temperature remains low.”
Team Leader Li adjusted his glasses. “Understood. I’ll calculate the optimal depth based on the lowest soil temperature to maximize thermal conduction efficiency.”
“Good. I’ll leave this to you. I’ll deliver the remaining materials gradually.”
After handing over all the graphene, Gu Ziming added, “This film is very important to me. Do it well, and I’ll give you an additional 10,000 as a bonus.”
Of course, he would not offer too much.
Too large a bonus could create imbalance among other workers.
Moreover, this was already part of their job. If he rewarded too generously for one task, what about the rest?
Team Leader Li had previously encountered clients who offered small incentives for extra care, but that was usually when base pay was low.
Here, the base salary was already higher than usual. Receiving a bonus on top of that was exciting.
Still, he did not forget his duty. “You’re too generous, CEO Gu. This is my responsibility. I should be thanking you for the excellent treatment.”
“No need. Doing it well is the best thanks you can give me,” Gu Ziming replied before leaving for the hotel to rest.
Earlier that evening, when he saw Lin Fan leaving the department supermarket, he suspected that Lin Fan might be using his space ability to steal goods.
For an apocalypse protagonist, that was perfectly normal.
In summary, one sentence described it well.
What belongs to me is mine. What belongs to you is also mine.
Starting tomorrow, it was time to apply focused pressure on Lin Fan.
A protagonist with resources was not a good protagonist.
And the fact that Lin Fan had dared to glare at him earlier showed that his life had not been miserable enough lately.
…
At the department supermarket, it was now 11 p.m. The store had closed.
Yet an uninvited guest remained inside.
Yes, Lin Fan was hiding in a corner, silently waiting.
Waiting for the staff to finish mopping the floors, tidying the shelves, turning off the lights, locking the doors, and leaving.
Once all the employees had departed, Lin Fan emerged from the shadows like a rat that could not bear the light, creeping quietly into the empty store.