The Grim Apocalypse Approaches, Luckily I Have a Simulator
Chapter 19

Good Looks Are Justice!

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"Second-generation rich kid!"

"Su Ze, your big sister didn't know you were this rich before. But now, I'll give you a chance—figure out how to pursue me yourself..."

The female class monitor in the passenger seat chirped away, joking with Su Ze.

By comparison, the two students from the accounting class in the back seat were much quieter.

Both were playing on their phones.

They seemed uninterested in the wealth Su Ze had displayed...

But.

The thoughts Su Ze heard told a different story.

No wonder they call him the face of their class, this guy...

He's good-looking and rich...

Ugh, he probably wouldn't be interested in me. Damn, if I had such a rich boyfriend, I'd make him pay for all my cosmetics...

Those were the thoughts of one of the girls in the back seat.

It was worth praising. Society had taught most people one lesson—know your own worth.

This accounting student clearly understood that principle well.

Just like the female class monitor in the passenger seat, her desire for Su Ze was blatant.

If Su Ze showed even the slightest initiative, the class monitor would probably writhe like a maggot in bed.

But Su Ze had no intention of taking the initiative...

So she knew her place. A joke was fine in moderation, but she couldn't push it too far and humiliate herself.

Hmph, it's just some crappy car. What's he showing off for...

Didn't his parents give it to him? Could he earn enough for even one of its wheels on his own...

Heh, once I graduate, I'll be able to buy a car this nice within five years...

Those were the thoughts of the other accounting student, a boy in the back seat.

Su Ze had no desire to comment on such thoughts.

They were too common, too normal.

And that was one reason he had chosen to keep a low profile in college and not reveal his family background.

Standing out too much invited jealousy.

He was already handsome enough, already envied enough. He didn't need to label himself as "loaded" too...

That said.

With the apocalypse about to arrive, there was no need to maintain such a low profile anymore.

Besides, this could be considered groundwork for the upcoming mixer.

In short, he hoped that the beauty Wang Zixin had mentioned—the one he had never met—would happen to possess the excellent quality of being materialistic, and then... get on top and do the work herself.

Suzhou City was a southern city.

Sometimes it would drizzle all day long, and since it was winter, night fell early.

By the time high school students' dinner break began, the city sky was already darkening.

Chen Keqing, who had arranged to meet Su Ze, had just come out of Third High School's gates. Carrying the cake she had made herself, she stood at the roadside waiting for him.

I'm a little hungry. If I sneak a bite of the cake, will anyone notice...

Su Ze arrived on time as well. Before he even got close, he heard Chen Keqing's jumbled thoughts.

"It's dinner time for you high schoolers, right? Want to eat something?"

He was rather sparing with his words.

Su Ze met up with Chen Keqing.

All the social pleasantries were skipped entirely.

He took the gift from Chen Keqing, then pointed toward a hotpot restaurant not far away.

"Sit for a while."

"..." Chen Keqing blinked. After several seconds of silence, she nodded.

Whoa, is he some domineering CEO? He tells me to sit, so I sit...

What an awful guy. Fine, for the sake of how handsome he was last night, I'll reluctantly agree...

Are you some tsundere creature from a two-dimensional world?

Your inner drama is way too rich.

Once they entered the hotpot restaurant, Chen Keqing discovered that Su Ze had reserved a table in advance.

Even the broth had already come to a boil, and Su Ze tossed a good portion of the ingredients laid out on the table into the pot.

"I know you don't have much time to eat, so I'm trying to save you some time."

As he spoke, Su Ze looked up and saw Chen Keqing hesitating.

The arrangement she had made with Su Ze only involved giving him the cake. Eating together had never been part of the plan.

Is he treating me to dinner...

Oh no, this isn't some shady restaurant, is it? Will I pass out while eating and wake up to find that my kidney's been taken...

I can't eat. My kidney is more important...

I approve of your vigilance!

Especially with her parents having passed away, she should keep that vigilance up!

But...

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in your kidney." Su Ze pointed at the seat beside him and reasoned with her patiently. "This place is so close to your school. You should know it better than I do, right?"

Whoa...

How did he know I was scared of having my kidney taken? What a terrifying man...

But what he says seems to make sense. Isn't the owner of this place Xiaolin's mom...

After a round of rigorous consideration, Chen Keqing finally sat down first and asked, "What is it?"

"A few things." Su Ze nodded, then took out his phone and handed it to Chen Keqing. "Can you fill this out? Don't worry, it's not a scam to take your money. You'll understand once you look at it."

"What is this, a questionnaire..." Chen Keqing blinked and carefully read what was on the screen.

It was a questionnaire Su Ze had prepared specifically for her.

While Chen Keqing filled it out, Su Ze continued eavesdropping on her thoughts.

It asks about my hobbies? Does liking housework count? Hmm... I can't be too honest. I'll write something more refined—listening to music and reading...

She liked housework?

No wonder he often saw the girl showing off her cooking skills during the simulations. She really did have some ability.

Special skills? Does gaming count? I'm amazing at PUBG. Sigh, if I were even half as good at studying as I am at gaming, I would've gotten into Su University long ago...

She was a gamer girl too...

There's even a self-evaluation? Is this some kind of job resume... My evaluation is that I'm an all-around beautiful girl except I'm not great at studying... Hmm, I'd better write that I'm conscientious...

"Finished." Chen Keqing returned the phone to Su Ze, then looked at him with sincere, clear eyes, asking whether he had anything else to say.

"Nothing else." Having gotten his answers, Su Ze had no reason to keep Chen Keqing around. Still, he politely asked, "You really won't eat? You haven't had dinner yet, right?"

"Mm..." Chen Keqing stared at the lamb floating in the pot. "Then I'll have some. Thanks."

The temptation of food was only the surface reason.

The main reason Chen Keqing lowered some of her guard and chose to eat was Su Ze himself.

Good looks were justice.

If Su Ze had not been handsome, and harmless from every angle...

Chen Keqing definitely would not have let her appetite get the better of her.

Going further, if the flower-protecting hero from last night had not been Su Ze, but some ordinary-looking man...

Chen Keqing probably would not even have asked for his contact information...

And now.

Chen Keqing was also well aware of the ambiguous nature of having dinner alone with a male college student...

Does he like me...

Should I reject him by saying I won't date before the college entrance exam...

So awkward. Forget it, I should eat first...

Even as her mind raced, Chen Keqing did not forget to look for food she wanted to eat.

Before long, she was fully immersed in eating hotpot.

Her body felt warm.

So she straightened her back and pulled down the zipper of her school uniform, revealing another school uniform underneath...

Huh? Why am I wearing two? Oh, right, it was a little cold during second period...

"Hiss..."

Chen Keqing took off the second school uniform as well.

Underneath were her own clothes: a white woolen blouse stretched over proud curves.

The proud figure concealed beneath her school uniform revealed the tip of the iceberg...

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