He tricked the female lead into becoming his boyfriend, but then went on to criticize the male lead.

System 438: [Host, you need to increase your favorability with the male supporting characters in the novel to accumulate system energy. Once you have enough energy, I can help you break up Sang Jiuning and Wen Zhaoci.]

Su Qingyan frowned, her patience wearing thin: "Who am I supposed to find to win over? Weng Zhicheng, who used to fawn over me, has already gone abroad and won't be back anytime soon. Besides, I haven't been chosen as the school beauty yet, so hardly anyone's paying attention to me. Where am I supposed to find a male supporting character?!"

System 438 immediately provided the target: [Key figure detected: Wen Zhaoci's good friend, Chi Nanli. He is a sophomore majoring in music at the neighboring B University, comes from a well-off family, is currently single, and has a naive and easily deceived personality. You can start by building up your favorability with him to accumulate system energy.]

"Chi Nanli?" Su Qingyan murmured the name to herself, a calculating glint in her eyes. She quickly made up her mind, "Alright, it's him!"

【Host, go wash up and get dressed right away. Make yourself look nice. I've already found out Chi Nanli's driving route. Let's stage an accidental collision with his car at the school gate, create a connection, and start the favorability-boosting plan!】

Upon receiving the system's instructions, Su Qingyan put down her phone without hesitation, got up, grabbed her toiletries, and headed to the bathroom in a hurried and deliberate manner.

She spent almost half an hour in the bathroom, putting on a delicate, natural-looking makeup, styling her long hair to make it smooth and gentle, and changing into a figure-hugging dress. She looked pure and radiant, completely different from her lazy and perfunctory demeanor just now.

Sang Jiuning had just finished packing her things when she looked up and saw Su Qingyan dressed up smartly. Although she felt a little strange, she still asked out of politeness as a roommate, "Qingyan, you're all dressed up so nicely, where are you going?"

She asked the question casually, without any ulterior motives, but Su Qingyan interpreted it differently.

Su Qingyan was already jealous that she had stolen Wen Zhaoci from her, and now she found fault with everything about her. She immediately rolled her eyes, her gaze cold and sarcastic, and her tone sharp: "Where I go is none of your business! I'm not going to steal your boyfriend, so why are you interfering?"

The sharp words hit her hard, and Sang Jiuning froze on the spot. The smile on her face faded, and she felt both angry and amused.

She rolled her eyes inwardly and thought to herself: I stole your future boyfriend, but you don't even know it now, so why are you taking it out on me? It's so inexplicable, why are you so angry?

After Su Qingyan finished speaking, she didn't even look at Sang Jiuning's expression, nor did she care about the gazes of the other people in the dormitory. She picked up her bag, slammed the door shut with a loud "bang," and the air in the dormitory seemed to freeze for a moment.

Tang Tongtong was the first to react. She quickly went to Sang Jiuning's side, took her hand with a worried expression, and hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Ningning, don't be angry, don't take it to heart. Qingyan is just in a bad mood lately."

"Think about it, when Weng Zhicheng was around, he was always around her, showing concern and care. Now that Weng Zhicheng has suddenly gone abroad, she has lost her most loyal sycophant. She must feel a great sense of loss, which is why she has such a bad temper."

Qin Ying frowned, her face full of disapproval, and couldn't help but feel indignant on Sang Jiu Ning's behalf: "Even if you're in a bad mood, you shouldn't take it out on Ning Ning! Ning Ning was just asking her a nice question, she didn't provoke her."

"She's been acting like she's been shot these past two days. She doesn't like any of us and every word she says is barbed. She was a bit aloof before, but she wasn't like this. In just these past two days, she's suddenly become a completely different person. It's so strange," Tang Tongtong couldn't help but mutter.

Sang Jiuning snapped out of her daze, patted their hands, a knowing glint in her eyes, but said nothing more, only smiled faintly: "I'm fine, don't worry about her, let her do whatever she wants."

She could vaguely sense that Su Qingyan's change was very strange, as if she had suddenly become a different person, exuding an inexplicable sense of superiority and hostility.

Did Su Qingyan have a different soul? Is this soul aware of the main plot, which is why she was so rebellious just now?

Tang Tongtong, resting her chin on her hand and her eyes sparkling, leaned close to Sang Jiuning, her tone full of gossip: "Jiuning, you haven't been back to the dorm these past two days. Where did you go with Wen Zhaoci? Tell me!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Sang Jiuning's cheeks flushed bright red, and the tips of her ears turned a light pink.

Images of the villa uncontrollably surfaced in her mind—under the dim yellow light, when Wen Zhaoci lowered his head to kiss her, his warm breath brushed against her lips, carrying the crisp scent of cedar on his body; that kiss was passionate and lingering, almost melting her completely; and when she woke up in the morning, the man's eyes were gentle, and he leaned down to give her a soft good morning kiss on the forehead, his eyes overflowing with doting affection.

Those ambiguous yet passionate images swirled in her mind, refusing to leave. Sang Jiuning's heart suddenly raced. She frantically shook her head, trying to banish these embarrassing thoughts. Her eyes darted around, avoiding Tang Tongtong's gaze, and she mumbled softly, "No, I didn't go anywhere. I just went to a mountain resort for a couple of days to relax."

As she spoke, her fingers unconsciously twisted the hem of her clothes, secretly annoyed that she blushed so easily whenever she was asked about Wen Zhaoci, as if those intimate scenes immediately came to mind.

Qin Ying, who was sitting down next to them with her books, pushed up her glasses and interrupted their conversation with a serious expression. Her tone was tense, as if she were preparing for exams: "You two shouldn't talk about going out to play anymore. You can't relax and go out to play anymore! We've finished the CET-4 exam, but the final exams are coming up soon, and we'll have to start studying like crazy again."

Upon hearing this, the blush on Sang Jiuning's face instantly faded, and she collapsed completely.

She majored in English, and her daily life was almost entirely filled with English. Listening, speaking, and writing were bombarding her one after another. Even when she didn't have classes, she had to study thick English originals and read all kinds of extracurricular novels to constantly accumulate vocabulary and hone her sense of language. Her days were monotonous and stressful.

The thought of burying herself in mountains of review materials filled Sang Jiuning with rage. She slumped onto her desk, letting out a desperate wail, her voice brimming with despair: "No way! Final exams are coming up so soon? I haven't even had enough fun yet, and now they're already catching up?!"

"Yeah, the exam is on July 2nd. If you think about it, there aren't many days left to study." Tang Tongtong also put away her gossipy thoughts and shrugged helplessly. "For us English majors, if we don't want to fail, we have to study like crazy. There's no escaping it."

Sang Jiuning lay on the table, her face buried in her arms. After a few seconds of silence, she finally sat up resignedly, clenched her fists, and, with a "what the heck" look, stubbornly muttered, "Fine, fine, curling up is healthier! As long as I don't die from curling up, I'll curl up as much as I want! I'll do anything to avoid failing!"

Even so, the thought of the endless days and nights of studying ahead still made her sigh inwardly.