The game's heroine has come true? The aloof school beauty is in tears.

You haven't received any messages from Shang Qingya all day.

You felt nothing, because you knew her phone was secondhand and could break down at any moment.

Shang Qingya did not come to the school gate to pick up her lunch.

[You have some doubts because if Shang Qingya doesn't eat for a day, she might become unusable.]

Although Shang Qingya didn't show up, someone was waiting for you at the school gate—it was that girl named Shen Jia from yesterday.

"Just bring me food from now on, handsome." Shen Jia smiled broadly, his expression beaming, as if he had good news.

"Where is Shang Qingya?"

"I've waited so long, and you just ask someone else." Shen Jia lowered her head shyly, then looked up and said coquettishly, "I really do get jealous."

"Are you going to pretend to be innocent with that Western-style makeup and big eyeliner?" Lu Yuan looked around irritably, searching for a long time but still couldn't find the familiar figure: "What's going on?"

"Go on a date with me, and I'll tell you." Shen Jia's map was still a bit too short.

"Get lost, say it or not, it's up to you." Lu Yuan rolled his eyes at her.

Based on yesterday's situation...

Perhaps it was because of Shen Jia's appearance that Shang Qingya had more thoughts about unrequited love, third parties, and the struggle between two people and her withdrawal.

Lu Yuan had no interest in helping her resolve her teenage worries.

He'll come back on his own after going hungry for a couple of meals.

Shen Jia was quite surprised by the man's decisiveness.

Aren't you worried about Shang Qingya?

"I'm not her father." Lu Yuan shook his head matter-of-factly.

"It really is because of her father." Shen Jia nodded.

"Wait a minute?"

Lu Yuan stopped and turned to look into her eyes.

It doesn't seem like a lie.

"What exactly happened?"

"If you go on a date with me, I'll tell you."

Shen Jia stood there with his arms crossed, looking at Lu Yuan with a meaningful expression.

In her eyes, Lu Yuan was a tool to attack Shang Qingya.

So even though she suffered a setback at their first meeting, she was willing to adjust her strategy and try to get closer again.

There's no man in this world she can't handle.

Just as she was feeling smug, waiting for Lu Yuan to ask her for the answer in a pleading tone.

A strange look appeared in Lu Yuan's eyes.

He sensed that Shen Jia was about to blurt out, "Lu Yuan, you don't want to lose touch with your girlfriend, do you? Then come on a date with me..."

Why are there cows everywhere in this game?

Who are they testing here?

First, there's the minor subplot involving Chen Dalei, then the main subplot related to Shang Qingya...

"You're not a bit arrogant!" Lu Yuan roared, startling Shen Jia so much that she trembled all over.

"What kind of cow?"

"Tell me if you want, I'll go to her house and ask her myself."

"Wait a minute..."

...

The cold wind on her face messed up Shen Jia's hairstyle, which she had styled with a curling iron all morning.

She began to reflect on why she was sitting on the back of the electric scooter.

"Can't we just take a taxi?"

"Do you think you don't have to pay for riding an electric bike?"

Shen Jia shut up.

Lu Yuan had no intention of taking her along at all.

Luckily, she was quick-witted and agreed to pay.

Lu Yuan is completely unpredictable; she's never met anyone like him before.

At this point, there's no point in hiding it any longer.

Shen Jia then began to explain in detail:

"Yesterday, the head of the teaching department called Shang Qingya's father over."

"Why are you contacting the parents for no reason?"

"How would I know?"

"That means you are the reason."

Lu Yuan performed a graceful drift and parked his electric scooter in front of a convenience store in an old residential area.

This is the direction of Shang Qingya's home.

He came here.

Shen Jia hugged Lu Yuan tightly from behind, her face pale with fright. Upon hearing this, she hurriedly explained, "I was just guessing about your relationship."

"It's just a rumor."

"I just said it casually, who knew she would make a scene and take it all to the head of the student affairs office."

"Is the victim guilty?"

Shen Jia, trying to gain the upper hand, knew he was in the wrong no matter what, so he could only force a connection to the practical realm:

"We shouldn't have contacted her parents in the first place. She knows perfectly well what kind of person her father is."

"What kind of behavior is this?"

"She never supported her going to school in the first place, and her dad just took this opportunity to let her go home."

"Her dad is disgusting."

Lu Yuan gave a fair assessment.

Shen Jia thought the conflict had been diverted, and immediately joined the group:

"I think so too."

"Do you think you're not disgusted anymore?"

"you..."

Nobody considered her a teammate.

Shen Jia bit her lip, her chest rising and falling rapidly with her breathing.

I feel like if I stay with Lu Yuan any longer, I might lose three years of my lifespan.

Even if it shortens your lifespan, you must persevere.

So she forced a smile and changed the subject, asking:

"When are we going upstairs?"

"What are you going upstairs for?"

"Aren't you supposed to be saving Shang Qingya? She's in dire straits right now; you should be the one stepping forward to save her."

Lu Yuan shook his head and raised an eyebrow: "No one can save her fate except herself."

He may have said it, but his hands were never idle.

He took out a rope for tying up goods from under the car seat, and then picked up the meal that was supposed to be given to Shang Qingya.

She ran into the residential area with small, quick steps.

Shen Jia couldn't understand, so he could only follow behind.

"You're still thinking about delivering food at a time like this?"

"Why would you contact her if you're not going to deliver food?"

"Is your relationship really... just about delivering food?" Shen Jia's worldview was crumbling. "How much did she pay you?"

Do you think she has money to give me?

"You really are doing charity!" Shen Jia's face was full of disbelief: "How could there be such a kind-hearted person? You must be after something from her."

"Think what you want."

"Since you're already playing the good guy, why not help more thoroughly?"

"Do you think I should fight her dad?" Lu Yuan suddenly slammed on the brakes, turned around, and said, "I told you, no one can save her fate except herself."

"Isn't this just an excuse?"

"Not only disgusting, but also stupid." Lu Yuan never refuted the self-justification trap, but simply launched the purest personal attacks.

"Your insults are too harsh. Can you be a little more civilized?" Shen Jia was completely speechless. This was the first time in her life she had been insulted so harshly.

"When she was the victim of rumors before, did she ever go to the head of student affairs?"

"no."

"So, the rebellion was successful, wasn't it?"

"It didn't work; her father forcibly took her home to reflect on her actions."

"No, she has already achieved her goal." Lu Yuan counted on his fingers, making a "one" gesture: "Her purpose in going to the head of student affairs was to refute the rumors."

"But the result..."

"Her father is the second target of her rebellion." Lu Yuan held up two fingers: "Does that mean if we don't go to the head of student affairs, her father won't be this kind of person?"

"Aren't you going to help? After all, your storyline sounds a bit like a TV drama."

Shen Jia said this quite seriously because that's what she believed.

They look so alike.

It's a classic trope of a hero descending from the sky to save an innocent young girl.

Lu Yuan was probably getting a little annoyed, so this time he tried to finish what he was saying in one go:

"The screenwriter wrote it that way because the target audience for this kind of drama is women."

"But in reality, almost no woman will fall in love with the person who helped her out of the mire, because love is never the same as gratitude."

"Even the audience wouldn't realize that the reason they fell in love with this male character was mostly because he was portrayed as flawless and handsome."

"Everyone can only decide their own destiny. I have neither the obligation nor the ability to help her solve the problems of her destiny."

"So I only ever promised her one thing: that she would have enough to eat while she rebelled against fate."

Lu Yuan looked up at a window on the second floor of Unit 2 and shouted four words:

"It's a long way, let's eat!"