If it had been anyone else, Luo Feixuan would have slapped him, then given him a vicious kick.
Was he trying that rent-a-girlfriend routine? Did he think she was an escort?
But she had seen Yu Bu'e before, even though they had never spoken.
Living in the villa district, she passed through a park on her way to and from school, and almost every day, she saw Yu Bu'e practicing the Meridian-Opening Fist there.
Whether in the scorching summer or the bitter winter, he was always there.
She simply hadn't expected their first conversation to happen under circumstances like these.
Her curiosity was piqued too. Meeting Yu Bu'e's gaze, she lifted the corners of her lips.
"Sure! But afterward, you have to answer a question for me."
"Mm... huh?"
Yu Bu'e's eyes suddenly went wide.
He had really only meant to try his luck. At worst, he'd get kicked.
He hadn't expected...
"You... really agree?"
Luo Feixuan took two steps toward him, and the breeze carried her natural fragrance to his nose.
"What do I need to do as your girlfriend?"
Yu Bu'e suppressed the flutter in his chest. Although he was still a little confused, the thought of the Meridian-Opening Pill filled him with excitement.
"Can we hold hands?"
Looking at Yu Bu'e's outstretched right hand, Luo Feixuan hesitated, the tips of her ears growing slightly hot.
Just as Yu Bu'e was about to awkwardly withdraw his hand, Luo Feixuan suddenly took it.
His mind went blank for a moment, then one word popped into it.
Smooth!
"Your palm is sweating," Luo Feixuan said. Holding Yu Bu'e's hand, she could clearly feel the warmth of his palm.
Yu Bu'e scratched his head with his free hand, looking a little flustered.
"What do we do next?"
Luo Feixuan felt a little nervous as she asked.
She suddenly realized she had been rather rash. What if he asked for a kiss?
Holding hands was already her limit!
But Yu Bu'e's answer left her with a strange expression.
"Come on, let's head wherever there are lots of people!"
"Huh?"
"They're holding hands... just like that?!"
Seeing this from the corridor, Wu Yang felt as though a steel blade had plunged into his chest!
The school building, which had briefly fallen silent, erupted again.
"When did Yu Bu'e and our campus belle Luo get to know each other?"
"Holy shit! I'm losing it! Wait... Yu Bu'e and our campus belle Luo are dating?"
"Wu Yang, aren't you good friends with Yu Bu'e? Give us your hot take!"
The flesh on Wu Yang's face quivered.
Hot take, his ass!
If Yu Bu'e aced the college entrance exam, he would congratulate him from the bottom of his heart.
If Yu Bu'e reached the pinnacle of martial arts, he would cling to his coattails.
But now this bastard was holding Luo Feixuan's hand. He deserved to die!
"No, seriously... why him?"
The moment Yu Bu'e entered the school building holding Luo Feixuan's hand, he knew he was a fucking genius!
People in the corridor stopped in their tracks, staring fixedly at them.
Contorted faces pressed against the classroom windows.
Seeing the "jealousy points" constantly floating above their heads, Yu Bu'e's hand began to tremble slightly.
He had spent five hundred yuan, but compared with the jealousy points he was now harvesting like crazy, that was nothing!
Luo Feixuan glanced at Yu Bu'e's hand and said softly, "You seem... really excited?"
Yu Bu'e shuddered and turned to look at the beautiful campus belle with a complicated expression.
Had no one told her that whispering something like that in a boy's ear was a crime?
He collected himself, slowed his pace, and continued walking.
When they reached the floor for the third-year students, he received even more jealousy points.
Yu Bu'e slowed down again, the corners of his lips lifting slightly. His smug swagger amused even Luo Feixuan.
The Wang Yousheng meme from Drawing Sword suddenly popped into her head.
She looked at Yu Bu'e's sharply defined profile, edged in gold by the sunlight, and suddenly thought... he was kind of cute.
Just then, a chubby figure blocked their path.
"Yu! Buddy!"
Hearing Wu Yang's anguished wailing, Yu Bu'e froze for a moment.
[Wu Yang's jealousy points +99]
His pupils widened, and his face darkened. "Well, well, Wu Yang! You always act so guileless. I never thought you'd be jealous of me too!"
Wu Yang paused, looked at Yu Bu'e, then at Luo Feixuan, and pouted. "Shouldn't I be jealous of you?"
Yu Bu'e smiled slightly and straightened the collar of his school uniform.
"Fair enough."
Wu Yang immediately felt the urge to kill him!
He had just been about to grab Yu Bu'e and demand an explanation when Yu Bu'e walked away, taking Luo Feixuan with him.
So much to do, so little time!
After they had walked some distance, Luo Feixuan asked curiously, "Is he a good friend of yours?"
Yu Bu'e waved his free hand. "Nobody important! Nobody important!"
Taking advantage of PE class, he led Luo Feixuan around the school, lap after lap.
Watching the number keep climbing, Yu Bu'e found the corners of his mouth harder to keep down than an AK's muzzle.
She wasn't just some campus belle...
She was his ticket to riches!
After two laps around the school, Luo Feixuan's feet were starting to ache.
"Please, I'm begging you. Can we find somewhere to sit for a while..."
"No! We agreed you'd do what I said today."
"..."
She began to regret impulsively agreeing to Yu Bu'e's request.
This guy's mind really worked in peculiar ways.
While everyone else was in class, she was being led back and forth through the corridors.
They were like wandering spirits in a haunted building, and they even had to dodge teachers along the way.
When school finally ended, Yu Bu'e took her to stand at the school gates, nodding and smiling at every student who walked out.
"Yep! I'm dating the campus belle!"
"Haha, what can I do? She's so clingy."
Faced with the strange looks from everyone around them, Luo Feixuan felt embarrassed and annoyed.
Only when nearly all the students had left did Luo Feixuan finally feel relieved.
Just then, a black Maybach pulled up in front of them.
The driver, wearing a black suit and white gloves, got out and opened the car door for Luo Feixuan.
Luo Feixuan turned to Yu Bu'e with a smile. "Yu Bu'e, shouldn't we go have dinner now?"
Startled, Yu Bu'e instinctively stepped back twice. "Didn't I already give you the money? Now you want a free dinner too?"
Luo Feixuan: "..."
Seeing Yu Bu'e turn to leave, Luo Feixuan hurriedly said, "Have you forgotten that I still have a question?"
Yu Bu'e slapped his forehead and turned back.
He had already felt that Luo Feixuan treated him a little differently, but it definitely had nothing to do with his looks.
"What do you want to ask?"
Luo Feixuan gathered her thoughts, her expression serious. "Actually, I've seen you practicing your punches in the park every day. It's the most basic Meridian-Opening Fist, the one they teach at school."
"As far as I know, your talent for martial arts... isn't outstanding. So why don't you focus on your academic classes instead? Don't you think you're wasting your time?"
Meeting Luo Feixuan's searching gaze, Yu Bu'e grinned. "How can doing something you love and working toward your goals be a waste of time?"
With that, Yu Bu'e turned and ran, as though terrified she would ask him to pay for dinner.
Watching him practically flee, Luo Feixuan pulled the crumpled five hundred yuan from her pocket and smiled. "Man, you're playing with fire..."
Yu Bu'e took the bus back to the old apartment building where he had lived for eighteen years.
Although he was an orphan, at least his parents had left him an apartment.
One had been a doctor, the other a university professor. With careful budgeting, the savings they had left him could support him until he graduated from university.
After shutting the door and sitting on the sofa, Yu Bu'e eagerly checked his current jealousy points.
Looking at [7810], a number that was still steadily rising, he couldn't help marveling.
The system had bound itself to him seven days ago. Despite racking his brains, he had only managed to scrape together 650 jealousy points.
He hadn't expected that simply holding Luo Feixuan's hand and walking around school could bring in such a huge haul!
"The campus belle really does have incredible influence!"
If he hadn't been worried that the draw might cause some strange phenomenon, he never would have waited until now!
He confirmed the draw, and the blue screen in his field of vision turned into a rapidly spinning, multicolored wheel.
As the large wheel gradually slowed and the words in each segment became clear, Yu Bu'e held his breath, his hands clenched tightly together!
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