Chapter 114: The Academic Prodigy's Dark Moonlight (25)

Wen Wan could only shut herself up with food. No matter what Chu Yanran said, it was as if Chu Yanran had punched cotton. "Did I talk too much? Because we haven't seen each other for so long, I talked a bit more. Then I won't talk about Gu Sheng anymore. After all, we're not from the same world anymore."

Wen Wan finished the last bite of meat, wiped her mouth clean, took a sip of cola, and said, "I'm full. You guys continue eating. I'm leaving now."

She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, she would feel nauseous.

Chu Yanran grabbed Wen Wan, "Can Yueyue give me your contact information? You changed your number without telling me, so I can't reach you."

Wen Wan wrote down her phone number for Chu Yanran and left the hot pot restaurant. The system thought this was a pretty bad start: [You should build a good relationship with Chu Yanran and show her that you still like Gu Sheng and want to pursue him.]

“I couldn’t help it. I was afraid that if I kept listening to her, I would want to slap her.”

The system was helpless.

Never mind, it's not a particularly important part of the plot.

As long as there are no problems later, it's fine.

...

A few days later, as required by the system, Wen Wan began to approach the female lead to complete the final scene of her being slapped in the face.

Qin Yueyue, the female protagonist of this world, is currently Gu Sheng's assistant.

Wen Wan stood at the entrance of the coffee shop, observing the female lead from afar. She was about 1.65 meters tall, with above-average looks, a gentle and pretty girl, and her smile was very endearing, with dimples.

"[See her? She's your next mission target.]" the system said. The female protagonist was buying coffee at a coffee shop, and the system quickly urged, "[Go! Good luck, host!]"

Wen Yan: "..."

What's there to go on? She wasn't mentally prepared.

[Host, hesitation means defeat. Hurry up and finish the mission so we can slip away.]

Wen Wan took a deep breath, entered the coffee shop and walked towards the female lead, blocking her path. "Miss Qin, right? I have something to say."

Qin Yueyue looked at the woman in front of her, then suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "I know you."

Wen Wan: "???" This must be the first time she's met the female lead, right? How does the female lead know her?

"You are the person in President Gu's photo."

What photo?

Seeing the situation was turning sour, the system quickly said, "[Host, you need to get fierce. You're not here to be friends with the female lead.]"

"You're Gu Sheng's girlfriend, right? Let me tell you, leave Gu Sheng, or I'll make you pay the price."

fierce! ! !

Qin Yueyue was horrified: Girlfriend?!

She quickly explained, "Leaving President Gu? We were never related in the first place—" Before she could finish saying the four words, she saw her President Gu suddenly appear and pull her away.

Qin Yueyue's eyes widened, and she almost spilled her coffee. She quickly grabbed her phone and logged into the company group chat.

【Aa ...

Wei Cheng, who was the most idle, immediately replied: 【Who did you run into?】

[President Gu also has another woman, a very beautiful woman.]

Xue Liao popped his head out in shock. "He can still have female creatures approach him? How is that possible?"

Sui Houyu: I took a screenshot.

Xue Liao retracted a message, then quickly asked Qin Yueyue, "Did you really see President Gu with a woman?"

Qin Yueyue replied: 【Of course, and President Gu even took her away hand in hand.】

Xue Liao: [Did you take any photos?]

Qin Yueyue: [Are you trying to kill me? How could I dare take a picture of the boss?]

On the other side, Wen Wan was a little confused after being pulled away by Gu Sheng who suddenly appeared. What was Gu Sheng doing here? Shouldn't he be at the company? Did he follow the female lead down to buy coffee? That can't be that weird, can it?

Wen Wan looked at Gu Sheng, who had a sullen face. Five years later, Gu Sheng had changed a lot. His eyebrows and eyes were sharper, and he had lost his naivety and was more handsome. He was wearing a well-fitting suit and was much taller than her.

"Gu Sheng, you're pulling me too hard."

Gu Sheng didn't stop, but he loosened his grip a little and pulled Wen Wan to a secluded place.

Once she had calmed down, she looked at the person in front of her and asked, "Why did you come back?"

Wen Wan felt guilty and lowered her head, not daring to look at Gu Sheng. "I missed home, so I came back."

"Do you know Qin Yueyue?" Gu Sheng thought of how she had stopped Qin Yueyue earlier and seemed to have said something.

System: [Host, can you even stand up straight? How can you possibly compete with the female lead like this?]

"You can't be with her." Wen Wan's words quickened. "She's not good enough for you. Leaving you back then was my mistake, and I know I was wrong. Can you give me another chance? Let me stay by your side? I really like you, can you accept me?"

Gu Sheng was somewhat surprised to hear this. After being away for five years, she came back and said this to him?

"I regret it. If you forgive me, I will definitely—"

"good."

"??? You agreed? Don't you like Qin Yueyue?" Wen Wan blurted out subconsciously, but Gu Sheng stared intently at her and questioned her words. "I like Qin Yueyue? Who told you that?"

That's what the system said.

Written by the author.

Although the author abandoned the ending, these plot points only exist in the outline.

"System, I feel like Gu Sheng's attitude is a bit off," Wen Wan asked her system. The system replied, "[Because the male and female leads haven't confessed their feelings yet, that's why you're needed to add fuel to the fire, right?]"

"You don't like her?" Wen Wan asked softly.

Gu Sheng answered decisively, "I don't like it."

Wen Yan: "..."

Gu Sheng stared intently at every expression on Liu Ya Yue's face. She felt guilty and every word she uttered was a lie. Saying she liked him was false, saying she regretted it was false, and saying she wanted to be with him was also false.

He was curious about what this woman wanted to do by approaching him.

Qin Yueyue had saved Gu Sheng before, so in this life, Gu Sheng also let her work at Mengxin Technology, which could be considered as helping his old friend. However, this time, instead of being saved by Qin Yueyue, he was saved by Liu Yayue.

In his past life, to avoid unnecessary trouble, Gu Sheng had Qin Yueyue pretend to be his girlfriend, but the two were just friends. However, this didn't happen in this life, so why is Liu Yayue so sure that she likes Qin Yueyue? How does she know?

So, approaching her five years ago, going abroad, and returning five years later were all purposeful, but Gu Sheng doesn't know what those purposes are yet.

Upon hearing the male protagonist's words, the system explained, "[He's saying one thing but meaning another.]"

The system spoke with a hint of nervousness, "This time, male lead, you better not cause any trouble! Otherwise, it will crash."

Wen Wan felt it was unlikely. Gu Sheng spoke with too much certainty, and she had a feeling that the plot was different from what the system had described. Shouldn't Gu Sheng hate her? After all, Chu Yanran should have given the recording to Gu Sheng, and Gu Sheng should know that he had deceived her when he approached her. Why was his attitude so much better after five years?

"I don't like Qin Yueyue. She's just an employee of my company. Are you relieved?"

"Don't worry... don't worry."

I'm even more worried now.

"Shouldn't we talk about why you left five years ago?"

The system gave Wen Wan plenty of reasons, all of which were fabricated by the original Liu Ya Yue persona, including things like her parents disapproving of her and forcing her to do something, or that she had a rare disease. Wen Wan only needed to memorize them and tell Gu Sheng them once, "I—" But when the words of deception reached her lips, looking at Gu Sheng's face, Wen Wan couldn't bring herself to say them.

"I'm sorry, it was my mistake to leave back then."

"Since you don't want to talk about it, then I won't ask anymore. It's good that you're back."

Wen Yan: "???"

She initially thought Gu Sheng would definitely be angry and question her, given her perfunctory attitude. But why didn't she ask? Was Gu Sheng being too nice? But it was probably for the best; Wen Wan really didn't want to lie to him.

"Then I'll take you to my company and introduce you to some friends?" Gu Sheng said, pulling Wen Wan's hand. "Let's go."

Wen Yan: "..."