Lu Yuzhou's formal confession came very quickly, a third faster than Zhu Jinzhao had expected.

It was a Monday, and the playground was full of students taking a walk in the evening.

Zhu Jinzhao was supposed to go home after school, but while packing her schoolbag, she overheard someone saying that someone was going to confess their love on the playground that night.

"Confessing..." Zhu Jinzhao's heart skipped a beat, and almost subconsciously she assumed that the person confessing was Lu Yuzhou.

"Let's go, Chaochao." Jiang Jingwen picked up her bag, pushed back her chair, stood up, and casually tugged at Zhu Jinchao.

Zhu Jinzhao grabbed her hand, a wicked excitement burning in his clear eyes: "Don't go yet, there might be a good show tonight."

"A good show?" Jiang Jingwen frowned. "What good show? Is there something about you in the circus?"

"No!" Zhu Jinzhao got up from his chair, picked up his schoolbag, and ran over to Zhu Mingyue.

Zhu Mingyue had packed her things long ago, but strangely she didn't leave. Instead, she sat alone in her seat, lost in thought.

"Mingyue." Zhu Jinzhao tilted her head with a grin and said excitedly, "get out of class is over, let's go home together. Jiang Jiang drove herself today, she can take us home."

"I'm not going home yet." Zhu Mingyue crossed her arms, her brows furrowed slightly, clearly annoyed.

"Why aren't you going home?" Zhu Jinchao asked knowingly. "Is there something you haven't taken care of yet?"

"Yes." Zhu Mingyue answered frankly, and also took the opportunity to detain Zhu Jinzhao, "I see you're quite free, and you don't have anything to do at home, so why don't you stay and help me?"

"Great!" Zhu Jinchao couldn't be happier.

Zhu Mingyue pushed the chair away with her foot and stood up gracefully: "You stay here and watch my bag. I'm going out for a bit, I'll be right back."

Zhu Jinzhao's gaze followed her retreating figure: "How long is 'a while'?"

Zhu Mingyue: "Five hours."

"Ah!!" Zhu Jinzhao and Jiang Jingwen cried out in pain at the same time.

"Chao Chao, are we really going to wait for her here for five hours?" Jiang Jingwen asked with a pained expression, her reluctance written all over her face.

Zhu Jinzhao: "No way!"

Her bright black eyes darted around cleverly, and she decisively picked up Zhu Mingyue's bag and slung it in front of her: "Come on, Jiang Jiang, I'll take you to see the excitement."

Jiang Jingwen: "What's all the commotion about?"

...

In the height of summer, it gets dark relatively late. It's not until around seven o'clock in the evening that the sky gradually begins to darken.

The afterglow of the sunset lingered in the distance, stretching across half the sky, and students on the road were all taking pictures of the sky with their phones to post on social media.

In the very center of the playground, someone had arranged colorful lights into a large heart shape. Inside the heart, there was a large bouquet of brightly colored red roses.

Rose petals are scattered haphazardly, decorating this small area with a warm and romantic feel.

The rumor that "someone will confess their love on the playground at night" spread throughout half of the school after class, so before the confession even started, the area around the venue was already crowded with college students watching the excitement.

Zhu Jinzhao pulled Jiang Jingwen along a side path and looked at the confession site surrounded by people from a distance.

"Wow, what a big fuss! Who's going to confess their feelings?" Jiang Jingwen was still confused.

Zhu Jinzhao was carrying two schoolbags, which made her slender body appear somewhat frail.

"Lu Yuzhou." She gently parted her lips and calmly uttered these three words.

"What?!" Jiang Jingwen exclaimed in shock. "Lu Yuzhou is going to confess? Who is he confessing to? You must have made a mistake!"

Zhu Jinzhao gave a mocking smirk, but before she could explain, the students watching the commotion confirmed her answer.

"Oh my god! The person who's going to confess is actually Senior Lu Yuzhou!"

"Ahhhh, the main character has appeared! It really is Zhu Mingyue! I didn't believe the rumors that were circulating this afternoon!"

"Zhu Mingyue? Why would Senior Lu confess to Zhu Mingyue? Isn't he Zhu Jinzhao's boyfriend?"

"Tsk, you're so old-fashioned, you won't admit it. Senior Lu broke up with Zhu Jinzhao more than two months ago, he told me himself!"

"Ah... then I can ship them without worry. I thought Senior Lu would make a seamless transition!"

Amidst the cheers and jeers, Zhu Mingyue was led by Song Zijin to the heart-shaped lantern.

Holding a bouquet of roses, Lu Yuzhou walked slowly to the center of the heart-shaped lanterns. His eyes, sparkling under the light, were filled with Zhu Mingyue.

"Mingyue, you've come."

"..." Zhu Mingyue's expression was complicated, and she remained silent.

"Holy crap, it really is Lu Yuzhou!" Jiang Jingwen's eyes widened, and her fists clenched instantly. "That damn scumbag, he not only unilaterally announced the breakup, but he also seamlessly transitioned to confessing his love to his next girlfriend in a grand manner! I'm going to smash his head in today!"

Without hesitation, Jiang Jingwen shook off Zhu Jinzhao's hand and immediately charged forward.

"Hey—" Zhu Jinzhao quickly grabbed her with both hands, using the same force he used to grab food from the cafeteria to drag her back.

"Jiang Jiang, don't be impulsive. Let him behave for a while before you deal with him."

"I'm going to teach him a lesson right now!" Jiang Jingwen couldn't stand it anymore, twisting like a donkey in Zhu Jinzhao's arms. "He's about to confess to another woman, what are you waiting for?!"

"I have my own plans!" Zhu Jinzhao couldn't hold her hand, so he used both hands to hold her face. "I really do have plans! Don't be impulsive, I'll deal with him myself in a bit."

"..." Jiang Jingwen glared at her fiercely with a dark face, without saying a word.

"Jiang Jiang, be good." Zhu Jinzhao patted her head and changed the subject to divert her attention, "Look at Lu Yuzhou's clothes and appearance, don't they look familiar?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jingwen turned her head and looked Lu Yuzhou up and down. Her tightly furrowed brows suddenly relaxed.

"Wow, isn't this the same hairstyle and hoodie as Senior Qi Yu? Did Lu Yuzhou clone him?"

Zhu Jinzhao smiled smugly: "Zhu Mingyue and Senior Qi Yu are quite close. Lu Yuzhou probably thinks that Zhu Mingyue likes guys like Senior Qi Yu, so he changed himself."

"Ugh," Jiang Jingwen was so disgusted that she exaggeratedly faked vomiting, "Senior Qi Yu is really just sitting at home when bad luck comes knocking on his door..."

"If you ask me, I think Zhu Mingyue, the real heiress, is a better match for Senior Lu."

Just like in the original novel, when Zhu Mingyue was confessed to, the innocent Zhu Jinzhao was dragged out and trampled on by everyone.

She and Jiang Jingwen hid quite far away, but they still heard the mockery from those around them.

“I think so too. A true heiress is a true heiress. Even if she grew up in a mountain village, she still has an extraordinary temperament. Although Zhu Jinzhao has lived in the Zhu family for twenty years, she still has a faint, unsophisticated air about her.”

"Hmm... No wonder I inexplicably disliked Zhu Jinzhao from the first day I met her."

"Someone as outstanding as Senior Lu deserves a real heiress like Zhu Mingyue. That imposter Zhu Jinzhao should just stay somewhere cool."

"That's right! After all, the most important thing for a person is to know their own limitations. Now that Zhu Jinzhao's background has been exposed, it would be disgusting if she still bothered Senior Lu."

"Bright Moon".

Lu Yuzhou stepped closer to Zhu Mingyue, walking on the sound of footsteps.

"I like you. Will you be my girlfriend and stay with me?"

Wow!

As soon as he finished speaking, the onlookers started to jeer.

"Together! Together! Together!"

"Say yes! Say yes! Say yes!"

"..." Zhu Mingyue remained silent.

Zhu Jinzhao took out his phone from his bag and sent a sentence he had already edited to Zhu Mingyue.

"Buzzing—"

The phone vibrated. Zhu Mingyue glanced down at the suddenly lit screen, her pupils dilating instantly!