After their confessions were rejected, they regretted it for the rest of their lives.

.........

"I always thought your personality would be like your brother's, but now it seems it might be different..."

In another office, Le Yi looked at Xia Weichan sitting opposite her, her expression somewhat complicated.

The other party took the initiative to contact her, specifically emphasizing that she should keep a close eye on Tsuruo Kurimaki.

When Le Yi asked again, Xia Weichan's answer was simply that he had a girlfriend and needed to avoid suspicion.

Hearing this answer, Le Yi sighed:

"You don't need to tell me. Whether it's for the company's benefit or because of Xia Weiyu, I will care about Xiao Hexu."

"..."

"However... I feel that Xia Weiyu's departure has had a significant impact on both of you. Your concern for Kurijuku Tsuruo may stem from your brother's influence, but it's also because of Xia Weiyu... You probably harbor some resentment towards Tsuruo, right?"

Le Yi had been watching the silent Xia Weichan, and now she had this strange feeling:

"Is it because your older brother's affections were always avoided by Tsuruo, and you, as the younger brother, noticed this, that you're somewhat dissatisfied?"

Xia Weichan replied calmly, "...Probably."

You're still asking me why I'm dissatisfied?

Please,

I've already died once because of this guy's temper.

You're asking me why I'm so contradictory?

In this playthrough, I don't want to get too involved with my ex, okay?

There's just nothing we can do...

"What you said isn't the whole story, and besides, I have my own things to do."

There is no turning back, whether it's the last playthrough or the two playthroughs before.

Xia Weichan shook his head, and his current emotions were not solely due to Kurimaki Tsuruo.

Rather, it's about many aspects, including Ke Yuexuan from the previous two weeks. If that wedding ring was hidden, it would have a significant impact on Xia Weichan.

Attributing the fault to the system seems incomplete.

He had to re-examine whether his three failures also had their own problems.

This is somewhat distressing.

At the very beginning of this cycle, Xia Weichan vowed not to waste any more emotions on herself.

Actively cut off unnecessary thoughts.

Xia Weichan spoke:

"I have something to do today. If there are any problems with Tachibana, please let me know."

After giving his instructions, he got up to leave, but Leyi also got up and stopped him, offering him a cigarette.

"Although encouraging people to smoke is terrible, it does relieve stress."

"..."

Xia Weichan hesitated for a moment, then accepted and left the office.

.........

Sitting in the car, he lit a cigarette and took a puff.

Then I choked.

Xia Weichan frowned, extinguished the stupider, and then threw it away.

Sure enough, he couldn't bring himself to do something that would harm his body for a temporary surge of dopamine.

"well--"

Xia Weichan started the vehicle and let out a long sigh.

Despite having such high affection levels, each encounter ends in death...

But he doesn't have time to worry about these things now. Perhaps, he'll wait until he completely breaks free from this cycle.

Being honest is also an option.

A sense of helplessness inevitably arises in my heart.

However, the most important thing right now is to find a new target to attach to.

This time, since she already has Zhou Juzi, Xia Weichan no longer selects "Extremely High" as her target aptitude...

He can simply find a suitable partner at Tsinghua University; he's no longer fixated on the top-tier rewards that come with exceptional talent.

Anyone who can get the job done will do...

However, he drove into the campus, found a spot to park, and drove around looking at the campus.

But not a single girl had a label that could be tied to her...

This made Xia Weichan extremely depressed.

This is not normal. If the goal is to find a girl with exceptionally high aptitude, then it would be quite normal not to find one.

But even after lowering his requirements to the bare minimum, he still couldn't find a single target to tie himself to.

Not limited to students, Xia Weichan even made a point of looking at young counselors and other staff members at the university.

Indeed, no bindable object was found.

This puzzled Xia Weichan. Just two days ago, when she saw Ke Yueci, a "Binding Available" panel popped up.

But right now, in the entire art department of Tsinghua University, there isn't a single bound object that meets the system's standards?

Just as Xia Weichan was thinking to herself that she had seen a ghost, the voice of a strange girl came with a hint of surprise:

"Senior Xia?"

"Um?"

Xia Weichan turned her head and saw a girl who looked somewhat familiar.

He thought for a moment before remembering that she was one of the other two girls he encountered when he first met Azusa Funa...

I think her name was Anhe?

At that time, was there something that could be bound to her head?

Xia Weichan pondered for a moment, took a look, and found that, just like before, there was nothing there.

An He jogged over to his side, seemingly wanting to say something:

"I didn't expect to run into my senior here."

"I'm an art student."

Xia Weichan didn't want to waste any more time and was about to say goodbye when she heard An He's voice again:

"By the way, senior, you're Tachibana Azusa's mysterious boyfriend, right?"

"..."

Faced with such words,

Xia Weichan wasn't surprised at all. After all, An He and Zhou Juzi seemed to be good friends, and it was normal for girls to talk about their things.

"Did she tell you that?"

"No, I saw it this morning."

Because she hadn't seen her friends much since school started, Anhe made a point of checking up on them this morning.

After all, Ju Zi has been out of sorts and often lost in thought when she came home the last two nights.

Although she didn't know how Xia Weichan and Zhou Juzi got together, An He still wanted to take this opportunity to say a few things:

"Actually... Tachibana Azusa cares about you quite a bit."

"I care about her a lot too."

That's not what I meant.

An He also knew that Xia Weichan must also like Zhou Juzi, otherwise she wouldn't have listened to Liang Na's advice and encouraged her to become a trainee again.

But that's precisely why An He spoke up:

"Well, Tachibana might have had some issues before... something happened to her in the preparatory class, I don't know if she told you about it."

"What's wrong?"

"She was expelled from preparatory school once because of fighting."

"I know."

Xia Weichan knew about this from the very beginning of her investigation.

"However, this isn't because of Tachibana Azusa..."

Looking at Xia Weichan's indifferent expression, An He hesitated and said:

"Back then, it was because of the rankings. There was someone in the second-ranked group that Tachibana was assigned to. Since the person with the highest ranking in the group could be assigned to a better place after becoming a formal trainee, someone deliberately bribed someone in the group to take the initiative to talk to Tachibana..."

"..."

Xia Weichan hadn't heard this story before. All he knew was that in the preparatory class, Zhou Juzi got into a fight and injured one of the students.

So that's the reason behind it...

"So, it was because someone started trouble that Zhou Juzi couldn't take it anymore and took action, and then she was fired?"

"Yes... she was threatened with that terrible family, so Zhou Juzi hates conflict and threats..."

Anhe added:

"Tachibana Azusa isn't as strong as she seems; in reality, she's quite emotionally sensitive..."

"..."

"So please pay more attention to her."