Why are you all trying to win over me, the male supporting character?

But times have changed.

People who are too strong are not as popular anymore.

It might even attract some strange ridicule, or result in being ordered around for no apparent reason.

So, in her opinion, the reason why Lu Chengzhou tried so hard to hide his strength was that he didn't want to get into such trouble, right?

……

Lu Chengzhou returned to his class.

Lin Chen, along with the rest of the basketball team, was warming up.

Today, their opponents are the junior students in the second year of high school.

With his good looks and skills, Lin Chen will undoubtedly become the focus of attention.

He actually quite enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention.

However, his face would fall whenever his gaze occasionally swept over where Su Qiaoman was.

This Su Qiaoman!

Even though they're just pretending to be dating, shouldn't she at least be a little more professional?

How could I not come and cheer him on?

How could I not come and bring him water?

How could I not look at him with affection!

If Lu Chengzhou finds out that they are just pretending to be in a relationship, then he might not be able to get his Guanyin jade pendant back!

Thinking of this, Lin Chen snorted coldly.

He ignored the fans surrounding him and walked straight towards Su Qiaoman.

Su Qiaoman was bowing her head, silently knitting a scarf.

Although winter is still far away, she has already begun preparing the first gift of winter for her beloved A-Zhou.

Suddenly she heard a commotion ahead and looked up.

He met Lin Chen's eyes, which were filled with immense anger.

He leaned closer and, in a voice only the two of them could hear, harshly rebuked them:

"What did you promise me? You've forgotten, haven't you? It seems you don't want to stay at this school any longer!"

Su Qiaoman shuddered.

She quickly put down the scarf she was holding.

Lin Chen glanced at her scarf and guessed that it definitely wasn't for him.

But now everyone is watching them.

He has to put on a show of affection.

"Oh! Qiaoman, you're so thoughtful, you've already prepared a scarf for me!"

He pretended to be surprised and picked up the scarf.

"Your hands are so skillful! The flowers you embroider look so real!"

Just then, Lu Chengzhou walked over from another direction.

Seeing how affectionate they were, he nodded with satisfaction.

Great.

You two keep talking, keep talking, until the world is full of love, then I'll thank you.

Lu Chengzhou was in high spirits when good things happened, but there were some sarcastic and cynical people around him who started to deliberately create sorrow for him.

"Lu Chengzhou, your goddess has gone to someone else, and you're really unmoved?"

"Aren't you and Su Qiaoman childhood sweethearts?"

"You can stand it if someone steals your green plum?"

"If it were me, I would give Lin Chen a good beating and fight him to the death."

Hearing this, Lu Chengzhou laughed.

He looked at the guy who said he was going to beat up Lin Chen.

"Then go ahead, I support you."

Of course, if necessary, I'll even collect your body.

089. Cry, cry, it's not a sin for a man to cry.

Lu Chengzhou really didn't care.

The smile was genuine happiness.

But, in the eyes of these naysayers, he was just putting on a brave face!

Suddenly, there were even more people and voices sympathizing with him.

To Lu Chengzhou's dismay, someone actually patted him on the shoulder and told him to be strong!

"No, do you really think I'm sad?"

He was starting to doubt himself.

"You guys should just go do what you're supposed to do, and stop meddling here, okay?"

However, to them, these words sounded so pale and powerless.

"Brother, we understand you."

"Truly happy people don't often talk about sadness."

"An explanation is a cover-up, and a cover-up is the truth."

"Sigh, cry, cry, it's not a sin for a man to cry."

Lu Chengzhou: "..."

They told it as if it were the truth.

He even began to doubt whether he should not let their sympathy and comfort go to waste and simply admit that he was very sad.

……

This kind of gossip spreads very quickly in schools.

In the morning, there was only a little bit of a rumor, circulating only within the class.

By lunchtime, the news had spread throughout the entire senior year of high school.

By the time school ended in the evening, the story of Lu Chengzhou's childhood sweetheart being stolen away had been embellished in at least ten different versions and was widely circulated throughout the high school.

Sigh, there's nothing I can do.

At times like sports meets, gossip spreads like wildfire, as if it has grown legs.

Not to mention, it's such explosive gossip.

Soon, these different versions of the rumors reached the ears of several of the parties involved.

When Lin Chen heard that he had acquired such unpleasant nicknames as "shameless thief," he was so angry that he smashed a chair.

If he really did steal someone else's partner, then so be it!

At this moment, he was forced to pursue Su Qiaoman, forced to be a simp, to fawn over a woman who no longer loved him!

There is absolutely no one in the world more wronged than him, okay?

As for Su Qiaoman, she was quite pleased to hear the rumors that "Lu Chengzhou is deeply in love with you," "He is heartbroken and can't eat or sleep because you didn't choose Lu Chengzhou," and "You are such a heartless woman."

Ugh!

If that's really the case, then that's good.

Unfortunately, even a woman with a less-than-ideal IQ like her knew that this was pure rumor.

She saw Meng Wanyu feeding him lunchtime today!

Will he be so heartbroken over this that he can't eat or sleep?

However, the truth is not important at all.

The important thing is that if she can use this wave of rumors to cause Lin Chen to give up on her, then she will have made a huge profit.

Therefore, at a time when she should have clarified the rumors, she did nothing.

Instead, they genuinely pretend to be victims of verbal abuse, sighing and groaning in front of the public, occasionally wiping their eyes.

As for Lu Chengzhou...

Well, for him, the situation is quite different.

Several senior female students, overflowing with sympathy, brought him lunch boxes and chocolates.

There was even a female student from the first year of high school who offered to be his temporary girlfriend and help him get back at that cheating couple.

Lu Chengzhou naturally refused.

Although this junior high school girl is very pretty and has a pleasant voice, but...

Compared to Meng Wanyu beside her, she paled in comparison.

Unfortunately, this girl was very unlucky; she came over and told Meng Wanyu about her temporary girlfriend when Meng Wanyu was around.

As a result, Meng Wanyu called him to the back row and gave him a good talking-to.

"These young girls nowadays are really something else."

Meng Wanyu snorted.

"She's only a first-year high school student, and instead of studying properly, she's thinking about stealing men."

As she spoke, she looked at Lu Chengzhou again.