"Congratulations, host, on completing the system task! You are rewarded with a newbie gift pack!"
"The 1 million yuan research funding has been received!"
"The secrets of the human genome have been unlocked!"
"Master-level piano proficiency has been credited!"
The system's cold and ruthless voice echoed in Jiang Cheng's mind, causing him to stand frozen on the steps for a long time, his heart churning with turbulent emotions.
Have you finally activated your system?
Nearly three months of perseverance paid off! Jiang Cheng gained so much from it, and he felt incredibly fulfilled and satisfied because this was a reward earned through his own hard work, not something he got for nothing.
Tao Ming and his friends greeted them excitedly, feeling genuinely proud to have such brothers.
They stepped forward and patted Jiang Cheng on the shoulder, too excited to speak.
The school's senior officials were also talking in the back, their eyes fixed on Jiang Cheng, occasionally pointing and whispering, as if they had some ideas.
The scene in the lecture hall became chaotic. Some people took out their phones to photograph the exquisite short story on the blackboard, some called their roommates to share what they had seen and heard, and some ran up to Jiang Cheng admiringly to ask him if he had a girlfriend.
In this scene, Jiang Cheng scratched his head sheepishly, and then suddenly noticed a pair of eyes amidst the crowd.
He paused for a moment.
Zhao Xuerou's beautiful eyes sparkled as she gazed at him intently, her tenderness and appreciation revealing a tenderness he had never seen before.
After four years of pursuing her, when had she ever looked at him like that?
However, now that I've been reborn, I absolutely refuse to have anything to do with you again in this life.
The coldness and neglect he had suffered in the past rushed into Jiang Cheng's heart, making him suddenly feel cold. He withdrew his gaze and no longer looked at Zhao Xuerou. Instead, he lifted his foot to walk out of the classroom.
"Xue Rou, let's go to the amusement park in Shanghai in a while. Haven't you always wanted to go? I've booked the tickets. Aren't you surprised? Aren't you excited?"
Qi Feng suddenly leaned closer, beaming.
But he noticed that Zhao Xuerou was staring blankly at Jiang Cheng's figure, completely ignoring his words.
For a moment, he felt a little irritable.
"Why are you booking tickets?" she asked coldly after a moment.
"Let's go have fun together! Didn't you say you wanted to go?"
"Forget it, our relationship hasn't reached that point yet. It's best if we don't cross the line into friendship."
Looking at the ugly face so close to her, with its triangular eyes, pockmarked face, and slightly crooked mouth, Zhao Xuerou suddenly felt nauseous.
She threw down those words, grabbed her best friend, and chased after Jiang Cheng toward the door, afraid he would get too far away.
Qi Feng was left standing there alone, bewildered.
"Just friends? I've been pursuing you for two months and you still consider me a friend?" Qi Feng muttered to himself in disbelief.
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At the school gate, Jiang Cheng's roommates surrounded him, chatting and laughing, and suggested going out for a meal to have some fun.
Although Jiang Cheng was eager to return to his dormitory to investigate what the so-called "mystery of the human genome" was, he couldn't refuse his friends' kindness.
To be honest, although Tao Ming and his friends are carefree and not very good at dealing with people, and they like to play games all night and disturb his rest, they are all people who genuinely consider him a friend.
Jiang Cheng remembers that later Tao Ming became a corporate slave in a small company, Liang Gu went home and used connections to get a job as a bank employee, and Chen Yan did a little better, reportedly becoming a department director in a company. They gradually lost contact with each other.
Besides, I've already found a suitable apartment near the university town. It's a two-bedroom apartment with a balcony and a separate bathroom. It has great natural light, but the price is a bit high.
Jiang Cheng was thinking about it when he suddenly realized, why was he worrying about the price?
Don't you have a million dollars that you can use at will?
In that case, let's move in on a chosen day!
Looking at Tao Ming's smiling face with his arm around his shoulder, Jiang Cheng didn't know how to bring up the topic of moving out of the dormitory.
As he was walking, he suddenly felt a force pulling him back.
Tao Ming stopped.
Then Liang Gu stopped, and Chen Yan also stopped moving.
It was as if time stood still in that instant.
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Cheng had just asked the question when he froze on the spot.
At the entrance of Lanjing University of Science and Technology, a peculiar scene can be seen: large groups of college students who have just walked out of the school gate all look in the same direction.
Under the tall plane trees planted on both sides of the greenway, on the seat of a small tram, sat a girl in a black dress, holding a schoolbag.
The girl's face was very rosy, probably because it was close to noon and the temperature was too high. Even under the shade of the tree, she felt unbearably hot, and she fanned herself with her small, white hand.
A few strands of bangs swayed in the air before falling back down.
Her face was so exquisite it was indistinguishable from a porcelain doll's, her skin flawless like jade, and her small, delicate nose framed rosy lips. Her eyelashes were so long they created shadows beneath her eyes as swaying as a birch forest in winter.
The girl's dark hair cascaded over her shoulders, and fine beads of sweat clung to her temples, occasionally rolling down to her soft jawline.
A black dress, without any other color mixed in.
Such an ordinary outfit, yet it looked incredibly beautiful on her.
She looks like someone who stepped out of a painting.
It's no wonder so many men stopped and stood there watching, as if admiring a scenic view.
The girl looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, probably a high school student or something, and she was already a beauty at such a young age.
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