Quick Transmigration: Will Even a Foolishly Popular Person Be Forced to Love Him?

Qi Li can't even handle her own feelings, let alone teach Yun Zhi.

"...I might not be as good as you think."

Perhaps it was because the sunlight was so bright that day, and Yun Zhi, who was sitting next to him, was too beautiful in the sunlight, that Qi Li said those words as if possessed.

But unexpectedly, Yun Zhi simply nodded and said, "Oh."

The girl's shadow fell on Qi Li's hand as the sun shone on it. Qi Li hesitated for a moment, then gently touched the edge of the shadow with his fingertips.

His voice was soft: "I thought you would be surprised."

"What are you talking about, you idiot!" Yun Zhi glared at him instead. "I never thought of you as a good person." She complained.

Qi Li, who wasn't seen as a good person: "..."

He said dryly, "You just said I was a super amazing senior, and you were very admiring of me."

The girl gently wagged her tail, beaming smugly: "Hmph. That was just polite talk, just to make you happy."

Qi Li tilted her head, somewhat puzzled: "Why do you need to make me happy?"

"Can't I? Who says you need a reason to coax someone?" Yunzhi retorted.

"...It seems not." Qi Li's voice became even drier under her gaze.

The pretty young idol stared at Qi Li for a while, her delicate eyebrows framed by eyelashes that curled up like a small crescent moon.

"However, if I had to give a reason, there really is one..."

Yun Zhi paused, tapping the ground with her toes, and slowly asked him, "You seemed unhappy just now. What was bothering you?"

Qi Li's gaze swept over the top of Yun Zhi's head: "Perhaps it's because I feel like I'm not very likable."

Yun Zhi: "?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? If you're not popular, then there's probably no one popular in the world!" she huffed. "I'm leaving! I'm not talking to you anymore."

After taking only two steps, he noticed that Qi Li was silently following behind him.

Yun Zhi blinked: "Why are you following me?"

Despite his unremarkable features, Qi Li's expression now held a faint hint of gloom.

Are you going to ask someone for advice?

Yun Zhi snorted: "I'm not telling you."

"...You seem angry," Qi Li said. "The book says that I should try to coax you at times like this."

"Have you come up with a solution yet?" Yun Zhi tilted her head and glanced at him, then leaned closer to ask.

Qi Li thought that perhaps he should lower his head and kiss her now.

Just like before.

Yunzhi stood so close, her upturned face resembling a flower waiting for rain.

But in reality, Qi Li simply shook her head, hiding all her emotions in her lowered eyes: "...No."

He couldn't figure it out.

I can't figure it out either.

Yun Zhi moved even closer; she was only about as tall as Qi Li's chin, and she always had a very pleasant fragrance.

When Qi Li kissed her before, he couldn't help but want to smell her carefully, and now he was enveloped in the girl's warm, sweet fragrance.

"Qi Li," Yun Zhi suddenly called his name, saying, "You've become so strange."

She asked again, "Are you really in a bad mood?"

Qi Li remained silent for several seconds.

His sense of smell was completely overwhelmed by the girl's fragrance, so much so that he seemed to have forgotten to breathe.

After a while, Qi Li said in a low voice, "Maybe."

The young man seemed to want to curve the corners of his mouth into a smile as usual, but he quickly closed it again.

"...I don't actually know either."

Yun Zhi laughed at his words: "How come you don't know this or that? What do you know then?"

"I know you might hate me," Qi Li said.

Yun Zhi was stunned.

She stared blankly at Qi Li, seeing that he was completely serious and not joking at all.

"...You're so stupid. I hate you...?" Yun Zhi pursed her lips, turned her face away, and said in a low voice, "It's alright."

"Do you like me?" Qi Li asked again.

Yun Zhi was a little unhappy: "Why is it either 'hate' or 'like'? Can't there be a middle ground?"

"Because I'm much dumber than you."

Qi Li didn't want to see his expression in Yun Zhi's eyes, so he looked away and told the truth:

"I seem to have trouble distinguishing between liking and disliking, not only."

Yun Zhi: "Huh?"

Qi Li's tone was neither too loud nor too soft: "You were so enthusiastic before, but then you became so cold."

Yun Zhi frowned: "Are you accusing me?"

Qi Li said, "I'm just a little confused... do you like me or do you hate me?"

Yun Zhi, who had wronged someone, blushed slightly: "Then, why are you only asking now?"

Qi Li only realized now that normal people not only have intense emotions, but also very changeable hearts.

He couldn't see his ugly appearance before, so he assumed that Yun Zhi would like him.

But then he saw that ugly version of himself...

Yunzhi, as pure white as a little bird, is as light and airy as the soft feathers on her body when she likes someone.

If he no longer has a refined and elegant appearance, can he still attract her?

"Eh... is this question really that important?"

Yun Zhi's voice began to soften. She started kicking the ground again.

"I don't know," Qi Li replied.

"Because I'm not sure if I like you."

For the first time, Qi Li's face was devoid of a smile.

When he wasn't smiling, his expression was actually quite cold, more like a wild beast without a sense of right and wrong, acting solely on instinct than a human.

"Some people say that my gaze doesn't look like I'm looking at someone I like, but rather like I'm looking at prey."

No one wants to be prey.

Qi Li's expression was slightly obscured by shadows:

"So, I've been wondering, do you hate the way I look at you? Do you hate the things I do to you? Do you hate me because I look so ugly in those ways?"

"Really?" Yun Zhi was stunned.

With her mind blank, Yun Zhi racked her brains but couldn't figure out what was making Qi Li sad.

And... why did he say something like that...?

It's hard to say who's worse.

What prey? If you have to say, Qi Li is the prey!

Yun Zhi had seduced him for the sake of her mission, wanting to manipulate him ruthlessly.

Although the plan fell apart midway, she did have such a very, very bad idea and put it into practice!

If Qi Li knew, he would be the one to hate her, right?

Her voice trailed off under his gaze: "...I...I don't really know either..."

She genuinely didn't know. If she had, Yunzhi wouldn't have come to ask him.

Who knew that this seemingly impressive senior was actually just all talk and no action, and even had to ask a newbie for advice!

Qi Li stared intently at Yun Zhi: "I want to know your truest feelings for me."

"...You're acting really strange today, Qi Li." Yun Zhi's tone became even drier.

Okay. Although this senior was a bit fierce and enthusiastic when he was being affectionate, which made Yun Zhi a little overwhelmed and want to run away, he seems to have inexplicably fallen into a dilemma now.

But if we really have to say—

"...No, I don't think so." Yun Zhi's voice was very soft. "If I hated you, I wouldn't be here."

"Alright! Idiot. Don't overthink it." Yun Zhi took a step back. "As a senior, you should at least act like one. Don't let the younger generation look down on you!"

Qi Li said, "If I can win your favor, it doesn't matter if I don't become your senior."

"How can I make you like me a little more?" he asked.