This childhood game, now experienced again firsthand, stirred something in Su Cheng's heart.
However, he didn't immediately respond to the other person's words, instead sinking into thought.
Because it was clearly Liu Qingyue behind him.
Guessing correctly would seem too boring...
How should he reply?
As Su Cheng pondered, Liu Qingyue leaned in closer and whispered, "There's a reward if you guess wrong. But if you guess right..."
At this point, the hand covering his eyes pressed down slightly.
Feeling the pressure on his eyelids, Su Cheng jolted in surprise and quickly raised his own hand to grab her soft fingers.
"Stop fooling around. Be mindful of appearances in public," he muttered, trying to pull her hand away.
Both kept their voices low, but Zhao Feifei and Chen Mei'er beside them, oblivious to their conversation, could only see the affectionate and intimate display between the two. Their expressions immediately turned astonished.
After all, this senior's looks and demeanor were of exceptional quality—clearly not the kind of girl raised in an ordinary household.
Yet she was actively engaging in playful banter with Su Cheng! And from their posture, it even seemed flirtatious...
First, two enthusiastic classmates, and now a lively and adorable senior?
Su Cheng really had a way with women, didn't he?
Earlier, it could be brushed off as friendly interactions with classmates.
But now?
Even Chen Mei'er couldn't help but reassess Su Cheng, realizing she had misjudged him.
She had initially thought he was just academically outstanding, with no other redeeming qualities. But now, it seemed that wasn't the case.
"Hmph, no sense of fun at all. Fine, since I'm in a good mood today, I'll bring you breakfast tomorrow," Liu Qingyue chuckled, releasing his hand. She then clasped her hands behind her back, slightly leaning forward with a radiant smile, her sparkling eyes particularly mesmerizing. "Just tell me what you'd like to eat."
"Just a regular breakfast is fine," Su Cheng replied awkwardly. Though she had let go, her lingering fragrance was still vivid to him. He also noticed the two bystanders straightening their clothes, clearly waiting for an introduction.
For ordinary students like them, befriending a senior of notable status in the school was certainly a good thing.
But the problem was—this senior wasn’t as warm and friendly as she appeared. Beneath that surface, she was mischievous, even more so than anyone else.
If Liu Qingyue decided to amuse herself by teasing this ordinary couple, the consequences could be disastrous.
Thinking this, Su Cheng sighed inwardly and considered leading the senior away. But before he could, the two approached, and Liu Qingyue seized the opportunity to ask, "Junior, are these two your friends?"
"Yeah, they’re fellow scholarship students who got in with me," Su Cheng had no choice but to introduce them. "Zhao Feifei and Chen Mei'er. They're a couple."
"Oh, so we're all the same then!" Liu Qingyue smiled sweetly, waving her right hand. "Hi there! I'm Liu Qingyue, also a scholarship student—though I got in last year!"
The two exchanged surprised glances, an inexplicable sense of familiarity rising in their hearts.
"Hello, Senior!"
"Senior, you're so beautiful!"
"We were already a couple before getting admitted."
"A couple who got in together?!" Liu Qingyue gasped, covering her mouth in exaggerated surprise. "No wonder you two seem so deeply connected. I’m really envious!"
"Not at all, not at all."
"Senior, your relationship with Su Cheng is the one worth envying!" they replied modestly.
At this point, Zhao Feifei suddenly asked curiously, "By the way, Su Cheng, what’s your relationship with Senior?"
"Yeah, yeah, mind sharing?"
"It's just a normal—" Su Cheng was about to brush it off when Liu Qingyue suddenly cut in, casting a suggestive look at the two and saying with a grin, "My relationship with Su Cheng isn’t just an ordinary senior-junior one, you know~"
"Not an ordinary senior-junior relationship?"
"Are you two dating?"
Hearing this, their shock deepened, and they immediately turned their gazes to Su Cheng.
Su Cheng opened his mouth, about to explain, but Liu Qingyue nudged him with her elbow and whispered, "Your move now. Find a middle ground."
How was he supposed to handle this?
What kind of explanation...
Middle ground?
Fiancée’s maid?
My maid?
No way, absolutely not.
But seeing Liu Qingyue’s expectant expression, Su Cheng hesitated, torn over what to say.
Not an ordinary relationship?
So he couldn’t just say they were regular seniors and juniors.
A middle ground...
Middle ground?
Middle ground!
Could Senior be hinting at "fiancée"?
Was this the Student Council President’s idea?
Sending her as a shield!
The more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. Previously, the President had proposed engagement because Su Cheng was getting too close to other girls. Though he had tactfully declined, maybe now the President had sent Liu Qingyue as a deterrent.
This was the perfect plan—it wouldn’t expose his identity while keeping other women at bay.
After all, Liu Qingyue represented the President.
Truly, the President was brilliant.
To come up with such an ingenious method!
This scheme was nothing short of masterful.
He’d call it: My Fake Fiancée is Working Hard to Keep Other Women Away.
With this realization, everything made sense.
No wonder Senior emphasized finding a middle ground.
This must be why she sought him out today!
"My relationship with Senior Liu is... complicated," Su Cheng mused for a moment, carefully choosing his words before raising his head and pointing at Liu Qingyue solemnly. "She’s my fiancée."
"Ohhh—that explains it..." Zhao Feifei nodded in understanding, only to freeze mid-motion and blurt out, "Wait... fiancée?!"
"She’s your fiancée?!" Chen Mei'er’s eyes widened in shock as she stared at Su Cheng in disbelief.
"Huh?!"
Even Liu Qingyue beside them slowly turned her head, her beautiful eyes wide with astonishment as she stared at Su Cheng, as if saying, Are you hearing yourself right now?
But Su Cheng, wearing a look of I’ve figured out your plan, blinked at Liu Qingyue before bidding the two farewell. "We have some matters to attend to, so we’ll take our leave now!"
With that, he dragged the still-stunned Liu Qingyue away.
Soon, they arrived at a quiet corner.
Liu Qingyue was nearly speechless from Su Cheng’s declaration. After a moment, she mentally retraced his thought process and finally grasped his logic.
She couldn’t help but laugh. "You didn’t actually think I was sent by the young lady to help you ward off trouble, did you?"
"Wasn’t that the case?" Su Cheng frowned in rebuttal.
"How could that be?" Liu Qingyue chuckled and shook her head, then quickly composed herself, her expression turning serious as she spoke earnestly, "Why are you so dense? Just compromise and call me 'jie' instead of 'xuejie,' wouldn’t that work?"
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
] This is a dark fantasy-themed dating simulation game. The main gameplay involves containing various monster girls and investigating the truth of a world shrouded in mist alongside your companions. However, due to his love for the dark and bizarre atmosphere, Luo Wei ended up turning a dating game into a detective mystery game. Women? Women only slow down his quickdraw! To Luo Wei, the female leads in the game are more like tools to perfectly clear levels and squeeze out rewards. For Luo Wei, flirting with every girl he meets and then discarding them is standard procedure. Worried about characters losing affection points? No need. With his maxed-out charm stat, Luo Wei is practically a "human incubus." A little psychological manipulation and those points come right back. It's a bit scummy, but the paper cutout heroines in the game won't actually come at him with real cleavers. However... Luo Wei has transmigrated. He's accidentally entered the second playthrough of this game. His past actions have caused all the girls to transform into terrifying yanderes. Due to the game's setting, most of the heroines he once contained are "troubled girls." Obsessive, twisted, mentally unstable, all aggressive yanderes... The type who will kill you if they can't have you... Luo Wei wants to cry but has no tears left. "I really just want to survive..." In short, this is a story of battling wits and engaging in a love-hate relationship with yanderes.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
