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

"Senior, you're so good to me."

Xu Qian lowered her head and silently packed all the coffees into her backpack.

"How about I treat you to lunch, senior?"

He took the heavy schoolbag.

Lu Chengzhou did not refuse her invitation to have dinner together.

However, when she suggested going to that expensive Western restaurant outside the school, he refused, saying that the food in the school cafeteria was just as good.

"Senior, are you deliberately trying to save me money?"

Xu Qian covered her mouth and laughed, looking like she was in a very good mood.

"Actually, I've been doing part-time work recently, so I'm still quite well-off."

Looking at her sweet smile, Lu Chengzhou felt increasingly guilty.

Ugh……

Was I deliberately flirting with her by doing this?

Cutting off contact would have been the best option, but I still made it through.

Moreover, she rejected Sister Meng and secretly came over.

If Lin Chen were more capable, he could keep him busy with some important matters, but Lin Chen is not capable at all, which makes him very uninterested.

Of course, even he himself knew that blaming Lin Chen for his malicious flirting was an immoral act.

"Senior, what would you like to eat?"

Xu Qian's voice interrupted his inner self-reproach.

Looking up, I realized I had somehow already entered the cafeteria.

The surrounding area was filled with students carrying their trays, making a noisy scene.

"Whatever."

Lu Chengzhou didn't like the noisy atmosphere, but he was the one who suggested coming here, so he couldn't blame anyone else.

I simply ordered a meal of three dishes and a soup, and found a reasonably quiet spot to sit down.

As the saying goes, enemies meet on a narrow road...

As soon as he sat down, Lu Chengzhou saw Lin Chen, the male lead whom he had just mentally cursed as a good-for-nothing.

Lin Chen didn't look very energetic.

He didn't buy any food; he just sat in a single seat not far away, holding a glass of iced cola, lost in thought.

Xu Qian gently nudged his arm and said, "Senior, the food is cold."

"Okay, eat up."

Lu Chengzhou said he wanted to eat, but in reality, he didn't touch a single bite.

His gaze remained fixed on Lin Chen.

A few minutes later, he saw Lin Chen stand up and walk towards a single seat in another direction.

Then,

A heated argument broke out in that corner.

Lu Chengzhou heard Su Qiaoman's voice.

He frowned, stood up, and looked in that direction.

Su Qiaoman remained motionless, simply sitting alone.

Lin Chen stood in front of her, glaring at her.

"Su Qiaoman, I don't care what you do, but you can't be my enemy!"

"What do you, a woman, need so much money for?"

"What project are you trying to steal from me?"

"Su Qiaoman, I advise you to withdraw from the competition group immediately!"

Lin Chen was clearly furious.

His speech was somewhat reckless and thoughtless.

Su Qiaoman looked up and glanced at him.

He gave a cold laugh.

"Lin Chen, do you still think I'm the woman who used to follow you around and let you look down on me?"

Lin Chen raised his hand, as if to hit her.

But, in those few seconds when the atmosphere froze, he slowly lowered his hand, filled with intense resentment.

He slammed his fist heavily on the table.

Filled with immense resentment, he strode away.

Su Qiaoman calmly tidied up the things on the table, looked in the direction of Lu Chengzhou with a meaningful gaze, and then quickly left.

As the noise subsided, the onlookers returned to their respective places.

Lu Chengzhou only realized at this moment that the series of butterfly effects he brought about had completely severed the relationship between the male and female protagonists in the original work.

Not only will they not be able to be lovers, their relationship will likely worsen and they'll become mortal enemies!

At this moment, Lu Chengzhou couldn't help but think of another plot point in the original work, namely, the final fate of his character.

"In the original story, I died taking a bullet for the female lead."

"The female lead has made enemies everywhere, and now she has also made the male lead such a big enemy. She will probably still face the death flag from the original work."

"However, since the plot has now changed to a point that is extremely favorable to me, even if the male and female leads die, it won't have any impact on me, right?"

This time, Lu Chengzhou certainly wouldn't take a bullet for her.

However, he might be able to remind her then.

Looking at the woman in front of him, who exuded confidence and a powerful protagonist aura, he still felt somewhat gratified.

After all, her life is moving in a better direction.

As for Lin Chen...

If he hadn't courted disaster, Lu Chengzhou felt he would have lived a more comfortable life than the character in the original story.

……

As they left the school cafeteria, Xu Qian noticed his absent-mindedness.

Thinking about what she had just witnessed, she suddenly wondered if her senior still harbored feelings for Su Qiaoman.

after all……

She had heard about the senior's admiration and pursuit of Su Qiaoman.

Although the matter was eventually dropped, but...

It always bothered her a little.

"Su Qiaoman seems to have become much prettier lately," Xu Qian said casually.

"Ok?"

Lu Chengzhou turned his head to look at her.

Why are we suddenly talking about the female lead?

"She hasn't been coming to school much lately, but every time she does, she's picked up in a luxury car, and her clothes and appearance aren't the same as before..."

Xu Qian said this weakly, then suddenly felt that she seemed to be tattling, so she quickly added:

"I mean, she looks much more elegant and sophisticated than before, and she's more popular with people!"

Lu Chengzhou nodded.

He felt the same way.

However, even if his appearance and demeanor changed, he still couldn't possibly have a good impression of this person.

Perhaps it was because that initial bad impression lingered in his mind.

As she walked out of the school, Xu Qian stood at the school gate, gazing at him with deep affection.

"I didn't have any classes this afternoon, and no one was home this evening, so we..."

Let's talk about it another day.

Lu Chengzhou put the remaining cash in his pocket into her hand.

"I'm going back now."

"Huh?"

Xu Qian looked at the handful of loose change, somewhat bewildered.

By the time she came to her senses, Lu Chengzhou had already driven away.

"What?!"

She was both amused and exasperated.

Every time we part, I give her money. What's the meaning of that?

Could this be his special way of expressing his love?

As before, she carefully put away the change, placed it in a compartment of her backpack, and decided not to use it again.

Even though they had just met, she was already planning their next meeting.

"Oh right, I need to buy a new set of underwear."

She blushed as she thought of her mismatched underwear.

"At least, we can't let him see it."