[What is this place? A little garden with a lawn. Is that Han Xing? And Jiang Zhu and Huang Lili?]
[Whoa, is this what Han Xing's daily life is like?]
[Lying on the grass, surrounded by all these pretty girls from the Solitary Crimson Sun Fan Support Group.]
[Day one of envying Han Xing.]
Just as Han Xing was wondering what his Exclusive Plot might look like,
several abrupt comments suddenly appeared before his eyes.
"???" Han Xing was startled.
"System, is my Exclusive Plot starting already?"
System: "Exclusive Plots have no set time. They may last a few seconds, or they may build up over several minutes."
Hearing this, Han Xing immediately understood what the system meant.
This must be a montage of his everyday life after he left.
When Han Xing opened his eyes and slowly sat up, Jiang Zhu and the others immediately turned to look at him.
"A Xing, is something the matter?"
Looking at the girls surrounding him and at his steadily rising Popularity Value, Han Xing fell into thought.
It seemed that the Fan Support Group setup was far more powerful than he had imagined.
"Just lying here was getting a little tiring. Jiang Zhu, didn't you say you knew how to massage?"
Han Xing said gently, "Give me a massage."
"Sure, I'll come right over."
Jiang Zhu hurried over and sat down beside Han Xing. Gently, she let his head rest on her lap and began massaging him.
The other members of the Fan Support Group could only look at Jiang Zhu with envy when they saw this.
"If only I'd learned how to give massages. Then I could massage A Xing, too," Huang Lili said regretfully.
"Hehehe, what can you do? You're not a Support Type Soul Master," one of the girls teased with a giggle.
"But I'm jealous of Senior Jiang Zhu, too. I wish A Xing would let me massage him. Though I'm not very good at it."
"Shh, keep your voices down." Jiang Zhu raised a finger to her lips.
At her words, the girls immediately fell silent.
[Han Xing, you scoundrel! Ah, I really can't take this anymore.]
[Aren't female Soul Masters supposed to be especially proud? Why are all the girls in Han Xing's Fan Support Group so gentle?]
[This is outrageous. They're just fans, but they treat Han Xing better than my girlfriend treats me.]
[Ah, my girlfriend's never even given me a massage.]
[Buddy above, you'd better mean just a massage.]
[Envying Han Xing every single minute.]
[Brothers, I've made up my mind: kill Han Xing and seize the Solitary Crimson Sun Fan Support Group.]
[Brother above, I'm with you. The Solitary Crimson Sun Fan Support Group Plunder Squad is officially formed.]
[Our motto is: kill Han Xing and take Jiang Zhu and Huang Lili.]
"Ding, your Popularity Value has increased by three."
"Ding, your Popularity Value has increased by five..."
Looking at the comments and his steadily rising Popularity Value, Han Xing was delighted.
As expected, Douluo really was a Romance Anime after all.
The best way to gain popularity in this anime was still to create CPs and give the audience some sweet romance.
But among the female characters who had appeared so far, there weren't many who would make a good match for Han Xing.
Jiang Zhu had talent, but she still fell far short of the members of the Protagonist Group.
Among the female characters who had appeared so far and had enough talent, there were only Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan.
Xiao Wu and Tang San were clearly a pairing Han Xing couldn't break up. If he went after the Female Lead, his popularity would get torn to shreds.
And more importantly, Han Xing had no interest in Xiao Wu. He could even say he disliked her.
As for Dugu Yan, she was tied to Yu Tianheng, and Han Xing had also offended Poison Douluo, so she wasn't suitable either.
That left only Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai were already a CP, after all—they were Fiancé and Fiancée.
But there was quite a rift between them, and with the problems over in the Star Luo Empire, there was still a chance to break them up.
As for Ning Rongrong, simply pairing up with her wouldn't be too difficult.
But if he wanted to take things further later, that would be a huge problem.
The Upper Three Sects and Spirit Hall were deeply hostile to each other.
If he started a relationship and then abandoned her, it would only hurt Han Xing's popularity.
"Ah, what a hassle," Han Xing sighed inwardly.
"Instead of wasting time and effort getting close to Zhu Zhuqing or Ning Rongrong, I might as well spend some time nurturing Jiang Zhu and Huang Lili."
Jiang Zhu and Huang Lili's potential was only a little below Zhu Zhuqing's.
Zhu Zhuqing had Innate Soul Power of level seven, while Jiang Zhu and Huang Lili were around level six.
Han Xing had Immortal Herbs in his possession, so raising the two girls' potential wouldn't be difficult.
And even without Immortal Herbs, using some top-grade medicinal herbs could still transform their aptitude.
After all, even someone like Yu Xiaogang had improved after taking a Ninth-grade Purple Ganoderma, which wasn't even an Immortal Herb.
Still, there was no need to rush.
Before he could nurture them, he first had to make sure they were loyal.
Otherwise, if Spirit Hall really went to war with the Heaven Dou Empire someday and all these women sided with the Heaven Dou Empire, wouldn't he just be making trouble for himself?
Jiang Zhu had no idea that Han Xing was thinking about all of this.
Once she figured enough time had passed, she stopped on her own.
"A Xing, it's almost time for class," Jiang Zhu reminded him gently.
"I heard Dean Liu Erlong is going to make an announcement today. We need to gather over at the athletic field."
At that, Han Xing opened his eyes.
"An announcement? Is it about changing the dean?" Han Xing asked.
"I'm not really sure, but probably." Jiang Zhu nodded.
"That new dean seemed like a real miser. I wonder why Dean Liu Erlong chose him as her successor," Huang Lili grumbled.
As the girls chatted among themselves, the group soon reached a huge athletic field.
It was already packed with students. The moment Han Xing and the others arrived, they drew plenty of attention.
But that was only natural. Who wouldn't notice a single boy surrounded by dozens of pretty girls?
Besides, Jiang Zhu and the others weren't exactly the sort of students with poor talent at Blue Tyrant Academy.
"You're here?" Ma Hongjun spotted Han Xing and immediately went over to greet him.
"I'm so jealous of you. Wherever you go, you've got a whole flock of pretty girls around you."
At his words, Jiang Zhu and the others looked pleased with themselves.
It was as if being at Han Xing's side was something to be especially proud of.
"You took off all of a sudden earlier. You didn't do anything bad to Senior Jiang Zhu and the others, did you?"
Ning Rongrong walked over with a mischievous grin.
"I heard boys your age are at their most curious."
"And Senior Jiang Zhu and the others don't guard themselves against you at all..."
"Oh, Rongrong, what are you saying?" Jiang Zhu said shyly. "A Xing isn't that kind of person."
"I don't know how curious I am, but you seem to know quite a lot," Han Xing retorted.