We're All Little Monsters
As the daughter of Raiden Ryoma, Raiden Mei is naturally a figure of great interest.
In addition, due to her strict upbringing from her father, Raiden Mei did not become a spoiled rich kid. Instead, she was raised to be a true young lady, the kind who can attend banquets, convincing others in grand halls, and even go to the battlefield. Having learned the secret swordsmanship of the "Hokushin Itto-ryu" since childhood, Raiden Mei may not be a sword saint, but she can certainly be called a master.
In addition to the beauty bestowed upon her by the God of the Honkai World, Da Wei Ge, and her outstanding academic performance, Raiden Mei is truly a favored daughter of heaven.
Mei had only been enrolled at the Senba Academy for a month when she defeated the then-school beauty to become the most popular goddess in the academy. The name of the Queen Mei quickly resounded throughout the entire Senba Academy.
A goddess like Raiden Mei is naturally the object of countless male students' fantasies, and almost every day a boy confesses his love to her.
Frustrated and annoyed, in order to focus on her studies, she resorted to harsh methods to reject those who confessed their love, making them give up and understand that being rich, beautiful, and successful doesn't mean being naive and innocent. Reality is cruel, and she shouldn't watch so many Korean dramas, as it will ruin her brain.
Even so, there are still quite a few boys who consider themselves capable who continue to pursue Raiden Mei.
Of course, although she didn't like this kind of thing, being admired by others inevitably made Raiden Mei become arrogant.
Her first meeting with Mo Yi took place against this backdrop.
P. S.: Now that we're about to start this silly memoir, do you remember that indomitable long jump under the setting sun?
Chapter 70: We Are All Little Monsters
Raiden Mei is naturally annoyed by the constant confessions from boys!
To make those male classmates understand that she, Raiden Mei, is a woman they can't have, she has more than ten ways to reject their confessions.
For example, if someone thinks their family is very rich, you can say, "I don't care about money at all, as long as they're not as rich as my family," to discourage them. If someone tries to impress her with their talent, you can say that if they're talented, they should study hard and only by gaining recognition from universities or research institutions can they truly be considered talented, and then you can recommend them for an internship or job at their family's research institute. If someone thinks they're very handsome, you can say that you prefer mature men (older men) and tell them to try again in twenty years. If you really can't find a good reason to reject them, you can say, "You're a good person, everything about you is good, it's just a pity you're not my type."
And the ultimate secret technique—I'm sorry, I like girls, not boys!
In the beginning, under the anti-confession system built by Raiden Mei, she drowned no fewer than double digits of boys every day, both openly and secretly.
Even so, well, it's precisely because of this that Raiden Mei's name has become even more famous. Occasionally, some boys will come up with the mentality of buying lottery tickets and try their luck. Anyway, so many people lose their ship every day, so it's not shameful for them to fail. If they don't confess their feelings, wouldn't they be out of touch with the trend?
What if the other person is severely nearsighted and happens to be attracted to someone like me?
There's a Shenzhou proverb that goes, "A turtle and a mung bean are a perfect match."
When fate brings you together, can't you stop it?
Thus, Raiden Mei's school life included an extra activity compared to that of ordinary high school girls: figuring out how to reject someone's confession in one go, with the requirement of making the other person give up on their feelings in one go.
Two months after enrolling, Raiden Mei felt that she could use her experience of rejecting confessions to write a technical book called "How a Dentist Teaches You How to Effectively Reject Confessions," "One Hundred Tips to Easily Reject Confessions," and "Learn to Say No Starting Tomorrow."
Two months later, Raiden Mei's anti-confession radar once again identified the location of a confessor!
Raiden Mei, who was queuing for food in the cafeteria, turned around warily and saw a boy with his head down, holding a phone and typing furiously with his fingers (Guess who I am?).
Whether the other person is handsome or not is not a consideration for Raiden Mei; in her heart, the most handsome person is her father, Raiden Ryoma.
What bothered her was that this wasn't the first time she'd encountered this boy today.
The first time was when she was entering the school gate, and the other person accidentally bumped into her. The other person apologized politely and left directly, without the flirting scene she had imagined.
So she thought it was just an accident.
The second time was in the school corridor. The same thing happened at the turn. The other person even picked up the book on the ground for me, handed it to me, and then walked away.
The third encounter was at the library entrance, but no collision occurred that time.
The cafeteria queue has now formed for the fourth time, and based on recent trends, the boys who find themselves in line will automatically step back one step and not stand behind her.
Furthermore, according to the law of "things don't happen more than three times," there is only one truth: it was all part of the other party's plan!
Raiden Mei hadn't encountered this kind of repeated "chance encounter" approach many times, and no one else had been as patient as this guy. Even after their fourth encounter, he still resisted the urge to strike up a conversation, and he remained completely calm throughout. He neither showed any enthusiasm nor deliberately showed any disdain to grab her attention; he treated her like an ordinary person.
But all of this is ineffective!
Raiden Mei has connected all the evidence she discovered today and seen through everything!
Raiden Mei decided to ignore the other party and see how long they could endure it!
After picking up her food, Raiden Mei found an empty spot to sit down and enjoy her lunch. She also took out her notebook to review the new knowledge she had learned.
After all, if new knowledge is not reviewed in time, the forgetting rate can be as high as 80%.
Sure enough, the other person followed her and sat down opposite her, eating while looking at his phone – a typical phone addict.
Other guys try their best to present their best selves in front of her, but she just keeps looking at her phone. This approach is so half-hearted.
As a result, Raiden Mei's evaluation of Mo Yi's invisible strategy dropped from a slightly creative C to a D.
In Raiden Mei's opinion, no matter how good the idea is, without persistence and a serious attitude towards everything, it is impossible to succeed!
After finishing her meal, Raiden Mei glanced at Mo Yi, who was still working on the manuscript of the Dragon Raja novel (the version that Mo Yi modified from his memory). He was really patient, but she had no interest in seeing him every day. So, as she took her cutlery to leave, she gently tapped the table in front of him.
"Um?"
Mo Yi, who was pondering how to create a beautiful story that would captivate everyone and then gradually shatter it for the readers to see, looked up at the long-haired girl with black hair in front of him with a blank expression.
The other person shouldn't be a classmate of his. Mo Yi remembered that there was no girl in his class with such smooth, jet-black hair, and he didn't participate in any clubs. He had to rush home to play Honor of Kings every day after school, so naturally he wouldn't know anyone other than his classmates.
Although the other person's perfect long, straight black hair touched Mo Yi's heart, Mo Yi, who aspired to become the freest person in the entire Sea of Stars, did not need a girlfriend at the moment. Perhaps only after he became a pirate... the Great Demon King, would he recall the regret of that day—if he could do it all over again, would he fall in love with the girl he met under the bright sunshine?
"What's up?"
Mo Yi checked his pockets and found that his meal card and student card were still there, so there was no way the other person had picked up his student card and meal card and returned them to him.
Aside from this one thing, Mo Yi really couldn't think of any other possibility of him having any interaction with such a female classmate. After all, he was just an ordinary high school boy who was handsome but unremarkable, whose family had neither mines nor grasslands, and who was striving to become a king among men.
"At 1 p. m. during lunch break, I'll be waiting for you by the Xuehai Bridge in the Central Lake— "
Mo Yi: "..."
After saying that, he left directly, leaving Mo Yi with a dashing figure as free as the wind.
Mo Yi wanted to ask, "Do we know each other? Girl, you haven't mistaken me for someone else, have you?" but the other person walked away so coolly that Mo Yi didn't have a chance to ask any further questions.
Mo Yi was so handsome yet so unassuming; he had never seen anyone like him except in the mirror. For someone like him to be mistaken for someone else was truly pitiful.
He suffers from severe prosopagnosia at a young age and cannot recognize beauty; he is destined for greatness!
Unfortunately, it had nothing to do with Mo Yi, because after finishing his meal, Mo Yi still had to think in the classroom about how to depict the most beautiful little monster Eriyi in his heart, so as to hold the most magnificent farewell ceremony for Eriyi.
In Mo Yi's heart, the little monster Eriyi was far more important than the long, straight black hair that was destined for greatness.