Cheng Xinran asked the waiter again to confirm when the food they ordered would be served. Only then did she have time to sit down quietly and tell Su Xiyan what she was thinking.
"Xiyan, since when have you become so impatient?"
Su Xiyan's eyebrows raised slightly: "I have always been straightforward, taking action as soon as I think of something."
"So, cut the nonsense. Did you bring what I wanted?"
Cheng Xinran took out a black USB drive from her small bag and placed it mysteriously on the table:
"Here it is."
"Inside is the time-tested and undefeated pick-up artistry guide that I have treasured for years."
Pick-up artistry?? Su Xiyan's face reddened slightly, but fortunately her emotional control was quite strict, so Cheng Xinran did not notice her discomfort.
Su Xiyan was about to reach for the USB drive, but Cheng Xinran's little hand pressed it down on the table, a look of doubt flashing across her cute round face:
"Xiyan, let me ask you again! This USB drive contains pick-up artistry guides! Are you sure you want to pick up guys?"
Su Xiyan thought for a moment and nodded: "More or less!"
Cheng Xinran: "What do you mean more or less? Xiyan, you're so beautiful, like the moon in the sky. How many boys are gazing up at you! Do you still need to pick up guys?"
"What kind of guy is so charming? It wouldn't happen to be Chen Shuo you live with, would it?"
"But from head to toe, he doesn't seem like your type at all!"
Su Xiyan's hand resting on the table trembled slightly at the fingertips, then calmed down again.
"I'm not sure if I really like him, let alone love him."
"I just know he belongs to me. I won't allow anyone else to covet him."
"Also, he can only stay by my side, he can't leave."
Imagining the scene after Chen Shuo left, Su Xiyan unconsciously clenched her hand into a fist.
Cheng Xinran sighed as she looked at Su Xiyan with her clear eyes, and handed the USB drive to her:
"Okay! Your situation is really different from what I usually encounter. But this pick-up artistry guide should be quite useful to you."
"I've organized it all for you! Follow what I wrote step-by-step from the beginning, and take it slowly."
"With my pick-up skills, plus your stunning looks, I'd like to see how long Chen Shuo can hold out."
Cheng Xinran's eyes flashed with meaningful laughter: "He wouldn't be able withstand a single move, would he?"
Su Xiyan: "Then it wouldn't be interesting."
Cheng Xinran looked at her best friend in disbelief: "Xiyan, are you really going to try to win over Chen Shuo?"
"Although I trust your judgement, you're a complete beginner when it comes to relationships."
"Just now, you said you don't even understand what love is."
"Xiyan, you have to think it through carefully!"
Su Xiyan grabbed the USB drive in her palm and put it back in her bag.
Just then, the waiter started serving the dishes.
The delicious food finally shut up Cheng Xinran's chattering mouth.
Just as Su Xiyan was about to start eating, her phone rang.
The caller ID displayed on the phone resting on the table showed it was Chen Shuo. "Your little puppy is calling you," Cheng Xinran said.
Su Xiyan was about to answer but Cheng Xinran stopped her.
Cheng Xinran shook her finger: "Xiyan, you have to remember, even though you're strong, you're still a girl. You can't just pick up whenever he calls."
"You have to make him long for you a bit, test his patience, so he'll be itching to talk to you and answer your call."
Cheng Xinran sounded very knowledgeable. Su Xiyan's obsidian eyes shone with puzzlement, like gems.
Would what she said really work? Su Xiyan started having doubts, but Cheng Xinran looked cute and innocent on the outside while being a boy killer on the inside.
When it came to relationships, Su Xiyan really was a blank slate without any experience.
She should just listen to Cheng Xinran!
Su Xiyan didn't answer Chen Shuo's first call.
Cheng Xinran blinked: "It's time to witness the miracle."
"If he cares about you, he'll call again right away."
Su Xiyan asked: "But if it was something urgent, wouldn't Chen Shuo call a second time anyway? You can't use that to judge whether he cares about me or not."
Before she could finish speaking, just as Cheng Xinran predicted, Chen Shuo did call again right away.
Cheng Xinran let it ring for a while before signaling Su Xiyan to answer.
As soon as she picked up, Chen Shuo cut straight to the chase: "Su Xiyan, why didn't you answer my call earlier?"
Su Xiyan maintained her cold tone: "What law says I have to answer your calls?"
"Go on, what did you call me for?"
Chen Shuo: "I...forgot after you interrupted me."
Su Xiyan: "If you've forgotten then don't mention it! In the future if you have something to say, think it through clearly before calling me."
After saying that, Su Xiyan hung up.
Cheng Xinran had been eavesdropping closely by Su Xiyan's side the whole time to listen in on her conversation with Chen Shuo.
Delight shone in her round eyes: "See, Xiyan? Am I right? He didn't actually have anything important, he just wanted to call you. Especially when you didn't answer the first call, he seemed anxious on the second one, didn't he?"
"He called but had no urgent business, yet his tone was very urgent."
"In summary, Chen Shuo is also interested in you! But boys mature slower, and aren't as emotionally sensitive as girls. He must be very conflicted now, not knowing how he should confess to you. Or maybe he still doesn't even realize he likes you."
Cheng Xinran sounded very knowledgeable. Su Xiyan couldn't help retorting: "Xinran, just from a few short sentences you can analyze so many inner thoughts and feelings? It'd be such a waste of talent if you didn't become a psychological consultant."
Cheng Xinran was quite proud: "Did you forget Xiyan? I majored in psychology in university! I have a very accurate grasp of these boys' minds!"
Now that she put it that way, what Cheng Xinran said did seem to make some sense.
Su Xiyan asked: "In that case, should I just ask him directly??"
Cheng Xinran: "...Of course not! Xiyan, you're a girl, okay?"
"Can't girls act a little more girly? The boy should take the initiative!"
Su Xiyan: "But other than making me angry, he doesn't seem to show any other intentions."
Cheng Xinran's eyes sparkled as she turned over ideas in her mind: "No need to speak directly, but you can drop hints!"
ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!
invincible power, Gu Changge transmigrates into a fantasy world, bound to a sign-in system that grants him cultivation rewards and various peerless treasures daily. While others struggle desperately to break through their cultivation realms, he has long since reached the pinnacle of the Great Dao, becoming a reclusive Emperor whose true strength even he himself cannot fathom. Originally planning to lie low and retire peacefully on Purple Bamboo Peak, the system suddenly issues a new task — take on disciples. With no other choice, Gu Changge casually picks up a few disciples: The eldest disciple, born with a War God Constitution, is thrown a copy of "War God Stratagems" by him, and ends up conquering the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, becoming a peerless War God who sweeps across the cosmos. The second disciple, possessing a Chaos Sword Body, can break all techniques with a single sword, his swordsmanship unmatched throughout history. He points his sword at the heavens: "My master said, the sword and the man stand together. If the sword perishes... my master will give me another one." The third disciple, a reborn Empress who returns to her throne, her elegance and grace overshadowing all beings. And without anyone noticing, his own sect, the Qingxuan Sect, has become the number one sect on the continent. Looking at these unbelievably formidable disciples, Gu Changge, holding the "Primordial Purple Qi" he just signed in for, falls into deep thought: — Wasn't this supposed to be a peaceful retirement? How did I become the ultimate master?!
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
