the next day.
"Yu Hengze, were the lobster wontons delicious yesterday?"
Chu Xinxin smiled and handed the food box to Yu Hengze, asking a question as she did so.
A hint of unease flashed in Yu Hengze's eyes as he replied, "It's alright... Actually, I didn't eat anything."
A rare display of candor.
Chu Xinxin didn't ask him why he hadn't eaten, but simply told him that today's soup contained ginseng, which was good for the brain and mind, and that he must drink it.
Yu Hengze tightened his grip on the food box: "Okay, I'll drink it."
Chu Xinxin winked at the people hiding behind the door, then left.
Back in the lab, a group of people swarmed around again.
"Look, look! What delicious food has the beautiful Chu made today!"
"Don't touch them, the person in question hasn't said anything yet."
Yu Hengze took out the bowl of ginseng soup, and let them divide the rest among themselves.
The ginseng soup was crystal clear, without a trace of impurities, clearly indicating that it had been simmered for a long time and the residue had been filtered out.
Yu Hengze picked up the bowl and drank it all in one gulp. Not long after, he ran into the toilet covered in sweat.
Jiang Zhi, feeling a little uneasy, followed them.
As soon as I entered the restroom, I heard Yu Hengze vomiting.
Jiang Zhi handed him a tissue and advised, "Hengze, let it go."
Accepting everything about Chu Xinxin made him feel so miserable, as if he were about to lose his life.
"Almost there..." Yu Hengze turned on the tap and started rinsing until his neck ached before he stopped.
Seeing that he had recovered, Jiang Zhi shook his head and went back.
Chu Xinxin continued to bring him food every day, and apart from that one time when he ate ginseng soup, Yu Hengze never ate anything else.
The day Professor Yang Li came to A to select candidates, the entire mathematics department was in an uproar.
Everyone took their papers and registration forms and lined up.
"He has great talent, but his temperament still needs some work out." Professor Yang Li took off his glasses and said to Yu Hengze, "Go back and wait for our notification."
Yu Hengze spent several anxious days at home before finally receiving a text message confirming his approval.
However, he was about to go to country M with Yang Li for a two-month research trip.
Back home, Chu Xinxin sat on the sofa watching TV while holding a kitten.
She had her hair down and wore a cartoon t-shirt. A kitten nestled in her arms, rubbing against her from time to time. The outfit gave off a peaceful and serene vibe.
Where did the kitten come from?
Yu Hengze hung up his coat, walked over to Chu Xinxin, squatted down, and touched the kitten's fluffy head.
The kitten wasn't afraid of strangers and rubbed against his palm a few times.
Yu Hengze rarely showed a genuine smile.
I found it on the roadside a couple of days ago.
I found it a couple of days ago, and Yu Hengze only just discovered it now.
He withdrew his finger: "Sorry, I've been a bit out of sorts lately."
"It doesn't matter."
Are you free tomorrow?
Chu Xin thought for a moment and said, "There should be."
"Want to go see a movie? There's a film I've heard is pretty good."
"Alright."
Yu Hengze petted the kitten a couple more times before going upstairs.
When Chu Xinxin was getting ready to go to sleep that evening, Yu Hengze knocked on her door.
"Want a couple of drinks?"
He bought a very expensive bottle of wine from the bar.
Chu Xinxin followed him to the second-floor terrace.
Yu Hengze poured her a glass of wine, and as they clinked glasses, he suddenly said, "Have I never said thank you before?"
Chu Xinxin took a sip: "No need, we don't need to be so particular."
"I've always wanted to ask, why...did you choose me?"
Summer has arrived, the sky is filled with stars, and the cool night breeze dispels the heat in our hearts.
In that instant, Chu Xinxin suddenly didn't want to care about what was happening in this world.
"Perhaps in my past life, or even the life before that, I owed you so much, so in this life, I have to pay back the debt."
The darkness blurred all emotions. Upon hearing this, Yu Hengze turned his head to look at the girl beside him.
Chu Xinxin leaned closer, resting her chin on her hands as she looked at him: "I went to see your performance with Tang Mian that day. Do you like girls like that?"
Yu Hengze felt a sudden pang of panic, but when he met Chu Xinxin's eyes, he couldn't lie: "She really is very good."
"I can tell, she's gentle and elegant, I like her too." Chu Xinxin lay back in her chair.
The two remained silent for a moment.
The wind was getting stronger. After finishing the last sip of his drink, Yu Hengze said, "It's too late. Let's go back to sleep."
"You go back first, I'll stay by myself for a while longer."
As Yu Hengze left, he glanced back and saw Chu Xinxin swinging her legs on the chair, seemingly not very sad.
"System, are you playing tricks on me?"
Chu Xinxin tapped her forehead with her fingertip, and Chu Ling's phantom image suddenly appeared in front of her.
Chu Ling was completely stunned: "Sister, how did you do that?"
She actually managed to separate his soul from the artifact!
"What's the panic?" Chu Xinxin beckoned with her finger, and Chu Ling was immediately brought in front of her: "It's just an illusion."
Chu Ling checked her condition and found that her soul was still inside the artifact, which put her at ease: "You scared me to death, sister. I thought I was about to be annihilated."
"Don't worry, if that day ever comes, you'll be in a much worse state than your soul being scattered."
"Waaaaah, sister, you're so mean."
"Stop talking nonsense. Did you drug me and Yu Hengze?" Chu Xinxin ground her back teeth together. Damn it, how dare he say other girls are good in front of her? He's dead.
"I'm not that bad..." Chu Ling chuckled. "I just altered his memories and replaced his white moonlight with Tang Mian."
Chu Xinxin: ......
"Of course, if you agree to bind him as your mission target, I might consider helping you get your white moonlight position back."
"I knew it! Why was he so indifferent to me!"
Chu Xinxin slapped Chu Ling's illusory image away.
Sister, you're so fierce! No wonder people don't like you.
"Want to make a bet with me?"
How to gamble?
Chu Xinxin: "Let's bet, I'll win over Yu Hengze within three months."
Even if you spend three or thirty years and still can't take him down, sister, perhaps you could use your energy to buy him over.
"Just tell me if you want to bet or not."
What are the stakes?
"If I win, you give me control of the matchmaking system; if you win, I'll tell you how to quickly unseal the artifact..."
[I'm taking the bet!]
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