Giant Loli's Secret

"What kind of divine song is this? It sounds amazing!"

"Boo-hoo, it reminded me of my deskmate from college. I wonder how he's doing now!"

"Is this an original song? How come I've never heard it before?"

"Is the boy singing a student at Hangcheng High School?"

"I want everything on this boy in three minutes!"

"Person above, please put away your domineering CEO syndrome..."

Below were comments from netizens, the vast majority praising how good the song sounded, though of course there were a few snide remarks too.

Chen Ze hadn't expected the song to go viral overnight. Putting aside his tangled thoughts, he went back to sleep.

In his drowsy state, he was woken again by one phone call after another!

"Hello! I'm calling from Star Entertainment Company. Is this Mr. Chen Ze?"

"That's me!"

"Well, I was wondering if you would be willing to sell the copyright to your song 'My Old Classmate' to our company?"

Chen Ze politely declined. He had just hung up when another call came in.

"Hello, Mr. Chen. I'm calling from Drum Records Entertainment Company..."

"Hello, I'm calling from Wind and Fire Entertainment Company..."

"Chen Ze, your song has gone viral!..." Song Ruoli said excitedly on the other end of the line!

All morning, he received calls from entertainment companies looking to buy the song and from classmates offering congratulations. Fed up, Chen Ze finally switched his phone off altogether. He had no idea how they had found his number.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed. With the college entrance exam approaching, the students were busily absorbing knowledge from their textbooks.

Ever since he had turned Zheng Yanxi down, Giant Loli hadn't said another word to Chen Ze.

Looking at Giant Loli beside him, Chen Ze tried several times to speak, but he didn't know what to say, so the stalemate continued.

"Little Yanxi, how do you solve this problem?" Chen Ze finally couldn't help speaking up.

Giant Loli glanced at it without saying a word. Chen Ze scratched his head awkwardly. Then he added, "Little Yanxi, please don't be angry anymore, okay? We're still young. Can we wait until we're both in college before considering anything else?"

Giant Loli's dim eyes finally lit up a little. "Once we're in college, will you agree to be with me?" Her eyes were red, and she looked as pitiful as could be!

"Well..." Chen Ze didn't want to give her hope only to give her nothing in the end. He couldn't bring himself to do something as immoral as keeping someone as a backup.

Seeing the hesitation in Chen Ze's eyes, Giant Loli hurriedly added, "Chen Ze, I've never wanted you all to myself. I promise I won't interfere no matter how many partners you find in the future. All I ask is that you save a tiny place for me in your heart..."

Seeing Zheng Yanxi humble herself like this, Chen Ze was filled with a jumble of emotions! This was the sorrow of being a woman in a world with more women than men!

In Chen Ze's previous world, there had been more men than women. How many men had had their hearts broken by women? It was much worse in this world, only with the genders reversed!

Honestly, Zheng Yanxi was a top-notch choice in terms of family, looks and personality. If a beauty of her caliber had confessed to Chen Ze in his previous world, he would have agreed long ago without the slightest hesitation.

"Please give me some time to think about it. My head's a mess right now!" Chen Ze said, rubbing the space between his eyebrows.

"Okay!" Giant Loli also knew she couldn't push him too hard. She turned around and, where Chen Ze couldn't see, pulled out a book titled The Secret Manual for Pursuing Men! Her mother had found it for her.

She opened the book and saw that it was densely packed with words.

Giant Loli took out a pen and drew a line in it.

The passage she underlined read: "Men are emotional creatures. A woman can show her vulnerable side at the right moment to arouse a man's sympathy, but she must never push too hard, lest it have the opposite effect!"

Giant Loli thought to herself, Mom, I don't want to be the good-for-nothing you talk about!

After that, the two went back to interacting as they had before, except that the occasional glance Giant Loli cast his way was full of tenderness and affection, making Chen Ze cry out inwardly that he couldn't take it!

"Ring, ring, ring..." Chen Ze was eating in the cafeteria when his phone rang.

"Hello. Who is this?"

"Mr. Chen, this is Zhang Ting from Tianmei Entertainment Company. Our headquarters agreed to the contract changes you mentioned last time. Let's find somewhere to talk!"

"Okay, let's meet at Qingqing Café!" After hanging up, Chen Ze headed out of school.

"Hello, Mr. Chen!"

"Hello, Ms. Zhang!"

The two greeted each other when they met, and Zhang Ting went straight to the point.

"Our headquarters has offered two options. One is what you proposed earlier, Mr. Chen. Under the other, our company will offer you a B-rank contract. A B-rank contract lasts three years, and all the resources we provide you during that time will remain unchanged. You can take fifty percent of the profits, but the copyrights to the songs you create will belong to the company! Which do you choose, Mr. Chen?" Zhang Ting asked, taking out two contracts and placing them in front of him.

"I still feel the same way. I'll sign for one year, and I want to keep the copyrights myself," Chen Chen said.

"All right, then!" Zhang Ting was a little disappointed. Over the past few days, she had returned to company headquarters and poured out all of Chen Ze's strengths and her predictions for his future to her immediate superior, the president of Tianmei Entertainment. The president trusted her judgment and agreed without another word.

"Let's find a recording studio first and record the song you sang earlier, 'My Old Classmate'!" Zhang Ting said.

"Okay!"

Afterward, the two found a nearby recording studio to record the music, and Chen Ze did his best to perfectly recreate "My Old Classmate" from the melody he remembered.

Once the recording was finished, Zhang Ting said, "When I get back to headquarters, I'll help promote you. This song will be your debut work. After you finish the college entrance exam, come report to headquarters in the Capital!"

"Okay, thank you, Sister Zhang!" Seeing that she had arranged everything, Chen Ze thanked her gratefully.

"You're welcome. We'll be colleagues from now on!" Zhang Ting said with a smile.

Time flew, and before they knew it, the day of the college entrance exam arrived.

On that June morning, the sun had yet to fully dispel the night's chill, but the whole city had already awakened to an atmosphere of tension. Today was the day of the college entrance exam, and a battle carrying countless dreams and hopes was about to begin.

All kinds of vehicles were parked along both sides of the roads leading to the exam sites.

There were brand-new, gleaming private cars bearing red stickers that read "May your name grace the roll of honor" and "Victory in the college entrance exam," standing out in the morning light.

There were also somewhat older taxis, their drivers having voluntarily tied green ribbons to them that day, symbolizing green lights all the way and an unobstructed journey.

Bicycle bells rang out crisply through the streams of traffic as the bicycles carried examinees and their weighty hopes.

The school gates were already thronged with people. The examinees wore clean, neat school uniforms and clutched their admission tickets and stationery pouches tightly, their eyes showing both nervousness and determination.

Some silently recited key points, their lips moving slightly; others spoke quietly with classmates, encouraging one another in an attempt to ease the pressure in their hearts.

Their faces still bore traces of childhood, yet on this day they had to face the first major challenge of their lives.

Chen Ze moved along with the crowd when a system notification suddenly sounded in his mind:

"Ding~ A new task has been issued to the host. Please complete the college entrance exam. Task rewards: physique attribute points +10, empathy points +5,000! There is no penalty for failure! Does the host accept?"

"Ding~ A new task has been issued to the host. Please achieve an excellent result on the college entrance exam, with a total score of no less than 600 points. Task rewards: 10 points to any attribute, empathy points +10,000. Failure will result in a random deduction of 10 of the host's own attribute points. This task cannot be refused!"

"Watt?" Chen Ze looked utterly dumbfounded! The first task was practically a freebie, but the second was a little demanding, and he couldn't even refuse it. If he were a poor student, he'd definitely fail!

"Ding~ Don't forget, host, this system is called the Male God Development System. If the host's grades are too poor, how can he become a male god?"

"You make a good point!"

Chen Ze silently accepted in his heart and thought nothing more of it. For someone who had once been a top student, 600 points was a piece of cake!