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"He Xue..."
Yao Shi, hidden in a corner of the lobby, silently observed He Xue as she entered the elevator.
This girl was the Young Master's classmate. She really was quite a beauty.
So the Young Master liked this type of pure and cute girl? That child did give off a rather pleasant impression.
"I think I understand what the Young Master meant."
Yao Shi nodded thoughtfully. No wonder the Young Master had stepped in to help that old man named He Jingao.
Was he doing this to win that girl's favor? Still, it did fit the Young Master's usual style.
"But if the Young Master does this, can he really get what he wants?"
As though she did not quite understand Wu Liang's actions, Yao Shi tilted her head and looked in the direction He Xue had left.
Since the Young Master wanted to use this opportunity to grow closer to He Xue, why had he specifically emphasized that his identity must not be revealed?
If Miss He Xue did not know who had helped her, wouldn't the distance between them remain unchanged?
"The Young Master's actions are, as always, impossible to fathom."
Yao Shi shook her head and stopped thinking about such messy trivialities.
Since the Young Master had specifically instructed her, he naturally had his own reasons.
As a maid, she did not need to speculate about the Young Master's thoughts. She only needed to carry out his orders.
"I wonder whether He Xue is worthy of the Young Master, whether she is worthy of the Wu family."
Yao Shi rubbed her slightly weary shoulders and murmured softly.
If the Young Master really had his eye on He Xue, then she needed to test that woman.
Wanting to become Young Master Wu Liang's companion, wanting to become the Wu family's future daughter-in-law, was not something that could be settled with a few words.
"If she wants to become the Young Master's woman, she will have to pass my test first."
Yao Shi recalled what Mu Xinrou had instructed her to do not long ago, and a faint blush spread across her lovely face, cold as ice.
If Wu Liang had been here, he might have been stunned by the shy look on Yao Shi's face.
Yao Shi, who had always been known as an iceberg, was actually showing embarrassment at a time like this.
"Miss He Xue, I truly look forward to the day we meet again."
Yao Shi took a deep breath and spoke calmly. She would not casually entrust the Young Master to an unfamiliar woman.
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P.S. Starting tomorrow, I'll be making up the chapters owed for monthly tickets and Fire Scrolls!
"The Male Lead" Wants to Make Friends~
"B-Boss... who is this?"
Rat stared blankly at Nan Zhu, who was following behind the two of them.
How did this sudden transfer student have such a good relationship with the boss?
He had clearly been here first, so why did this pretty boy seem more familiar with the boss than he was?
"It's a long story..."
Wu Liang looked at Nan Zhu behind him with a face full of black lines.
Thinking back to what had happened not long ago, that woman Ye Luotong really knew how to cause him trouble.
If he remembered correctly, when Nan Zhu had first transferred here, the first person he encountered should have been He Xue, right?
And He Xue should have been the one showing Nan Zhu around the school. So why were he and Rat now the ones taking him around campus?
"What kind of messed-up nonsense is this? The plot has gone so far off course it's reached your grandma's house."
Wu Liang covered his forehead and complained unhappily. Why did it feel as though he was drifting farther and farther from the script?
Ever since he had met He Xue that night, everything had started to feel strange.
"Boss, did Teacher Ye really ask you to show him around the school?"
Rat was utterly baffled. Teacher Ye should have known very well what kind of person the boss was.
Why had she suddenly asked the boss to do something like this? What was even more outrageous was that the boss had actually agreed.
The boss had always disdained doing this sort of thing before. Why did everything feel different after he got hit on the head?
"Otherwise, should I have called you?"
Wu Liang rolled his eyes at Rat.
Who the hell knew what that woman Ye Luotong was thinking?
She had actually asked a delinquent young master like him to be a tour guide. She really had come up with a rotten idea.
"Hey, Delinquent, you're walking a little too fast. Could you slow down a bit?"
Nan Zhu jogged up beside Wu Liang and Rat, smiling as he spoke.
The two of them took strides that were far too large, making it difficult for him to keep up.
Especially Wu Liang, who seemed to be deliberately keeping his distance from him and walking faster and faster.
"It's Wu Liang, not Delinquent."
Wu Liang looked at Nan Zhu with a twitching eye. If you weren't the male lead, see if I wouldn't stab you.
What Wu Liang could not stand most in this life was being called Delinquent. Delinquent, delinquent—wasn't that name discrimination?
"You really are so shy! We're already so familiar with each other."
Nan Zhu walked shoulder to shoulder with Wu Liang, speaking with a cheerful smile.
He and the other party were already so familiar, and Wu Liang had even saved him once.
He had not expected Wu Liang to be so bashful and shy. Perhaps this was what people meant by not judging a book by its cover.
Was this a kind of gap moe? He was a boy, but it was pretty interesting.
"Stop talking nonsense. If you don't want to keep touring, just say so."
Wu Liang pressed his large hand onto Nan Zhu's head and vigorously ruffled it a few times, turning his hair into a chicken nest.
However, as though he had noticed something, Wu Liang frowned slightly and looked at his palm in confusion.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't! At least take me to see the library and cafeteria!"
Nan Zhu protected his head and spoke with a helpless smile.
Had he accidentally hit a sore spot? Why had Wu Liang suddenly reacted so strongly?
"If you want to go, then follow me properly."
Wu Liang glared at Nan Zhu before turning his gaze to the surroundings.
He had noticed it from the beginning. Could these people stop staring at them with those blazing eyes?
He was just casually showing a transfer student around campus. Was this the male lead effect? (Male lead effect: attracting girls' attention at all times.)
"Yes~"
Nan Zhu smiled with interest, clasped his hands behind his back, and skipped after Wu Liang.
This classmate Wu Liang in front of him seemed even more interesting than he had imagined, at least from what he had seen so far.
He was not as difficult to get along with as he appeared on the surface. He was just saying one thing while meaning another.
"..."
Rat, who had long since been ignored off to the side, stood frozen in black-and-white as he watched Wu Liang and Nan Zhu gradually walk away.
Two streams of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. Boss... the boss had changed his heart...
He had never expected the boss to be such a cold, heartless man who loved the new and discarded the old. His heart was about to shatter into glass shards.
Wasn't that pretty boy just a little better-looking? The boss had actually become so close to him after just one meeting.
"I was wrong about you. From now on, just let that pretty boy stay by your side."
Rat stood where he was, speaking through tears and snot, looking utterly aggrieved.
The boss he admired had never taken him seriously from the beginning. Wouldn't that make him look like a complete simp?
No, he refused to be such a spineless simp. Simps, simps—at the end of it all, they got nothing.
"I won't simp anymore."
Rat wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and spoke with a determined gaze.
Starting today, Rat would absolutely never again...
"Hey, you fell behind. Hurry up and catch up. Next, we're going to the library."
Wu Liang frowned slightly when he saw Rat dawdling by himself in the back.
Rat had been acting strange since earlier. What was he muttering to himself about over there?
"Huh? Okay! Coming, coming! Boss, I'm on my way~~!"
The moment Rat, who had just been making a solemn vow, heard Wu Liang calling him—
he immediately broke into a beaming smile and eagerly ran after them.
See, the boss really did care about him. Otherwise, why would he suddenly call for him like that?
Simps, simps—if one did not truly like someone, who would be willing to be a simp?
"Classmate Wu Liang, it seems you don't have many friends."
"Although you're very popular with the girls, you seem extremely isolated among the boys."
Nan Zhu recalled the scene he had seen in the classroom not long ago.
Wu Liang's handsome appearance was indeed very popular with girls, but for some reason, the boys were extremely afraid of him.
It was as though Wu Liang were an evil ghost. None of those boys would take the initiative to approach him.
"If you don't mind, I want to be your friend. What do you think?"
Halfway there, Nan Zhu took a large step forward and moved in front of Wu Liang.
Since Wu Liang had no friends by his side, then he would become Wu Liang's first friend.
Nan Zhu trusted his instincts. This seemingly arrogant boy before him was definitely someone suitable to become a close friend.
(Rat: Are you blind? Aren't I Young Master Wu Liang's friend? Or do you just not see me as a person at all??)
"I mind."
Wu Liang looked at the earnest male lead before him with a twitching eye.
If the game developers found out that the male lead they had designed had become friends with the biggest villain Boss—
then the expressions on those guys' faces would definitely be spectacular...
"Nan Zhu" Was Very "Innocent"
'Library'
Calling this place a library did not seem quite accurate, but calling it a royal chapel seemed somewhat extravagant.
Ancient vines were patterned across the plain, elegant walls, while enormous vertical bookshelves stood in a cross-shaped arrangement at the center of the hall.
Upon entering the hall, the first thing one could see was a huge paulownia potted plant. It was said to have grown from a seed planted by the principal in her youth.
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