Chapter 42 The Campus Genius Used as Cannon Fodder (Part 6) While Lin You was taking advantage of…
During the limited time Lin You had to show herself, she painstakingly cooked two meals of porridge for Shen Zechen. The apartment, which had never been filled with the warmth of human presence, was forced to start cooking, preparing two meals a day, morning and evening.
In the morning, I cooked a soft and sweet porridge, served with some pickled vegetables and a golden-brown fried egg. In the evening, I cooked a small bowl of rice, stir-fried two side dishes, and made a seaweed soup or a tomato and egg soup.
After eating for a few days, Shen Zechen found that his cooking was surprisingly good, much tastier than what he bought from outside.
"Brother Ze, you're so virtuous, you'll definitely have more girls chasing after you in the future!" Lin You teased Shen Zechen, who was wearing a lace apron, while resting her chin on her hand.
Shen Zechen glanced at Lin You, who was squatting to the side, playing games while directing him to cook, and couldn't help but roll his eyes at her.
"The word 'virtuous and capable' isn't a good word these days. You girls don't like it, and neither do I. Besides, what do you mean by 'more than'? Could it be that..."
Shen Zechen suddenly paused again, "Could it be that I really do have a girlfriend, but I just don't know about her, or I don't remember her?"
After all, the system has appeared, so amnesia, such a melodramatic thing, isn't impossible.
"Have you been reading too many novels lately? Your imagination is really running wild." Lin You assured him, "Don't worry, I swear on your own integrity, you're still a perfectly pure single dog."
She thought for a moment, then added, "Of course, if you can't resist someone's pursuit, then you're not far from finding a partner."
Shen Zechen frowned and thought for a long time before hesitatingly asking, "Since I haven't lost my memory, when did anyone pursue me? I have no recollection of it."
He looks too young and doesn't really fit in with others. He doesn't participate in gatherings or similar activities, so there aren't many girls who want to date him.
He also overheard female classmates whispering that looking at him gave them a feeling of overflowing maternal love.
In the two years of college, the number of girls who confessed their feelings to him could be counted on one hand. One of them was someone he lost a bet on during a game of truth or dare.
It's one thing to confess your feelings to him with a bottle of hot milk, but after being rejected, you even pat his head and steal the iced cola he just bought, which he hadn't even had a chance to drink yet, before leaving.
Shen Zechen still clearly remembers that the girl saying that it's not good for children to drink carbonated drinks, and that they should drink more milk to help them grow taller.
Seeing that he had been thinking for a long time without coming up with anything, Lin You suppressed a laugh and reminded him, "Isn't that girl in the alley wearing a white dress who you almost rescued the damsel in distress the one who's pursuing you?"
Seeing Shen Zechen's bewildered expression, Lin You's smile deepened, and she continued:
"The girl who almost knocked you into a tree on her bicycle the other day when we fed oranges over the weekend is the same person as the one in the white dress. She was pursuing you back then too."
Shen Zechen was unusually at a loss for words to express his feelings. His brows furrowed, and he looked conflicted. After a long while, he finally spoke, complaining:
"Youyou, your Chinese needs improvement. This isn't called pursuing, it should be called chasing and killing!"
Lin You finally burst out laughing. The little one, who was just over a foot tall, was still dressed in ancient-style clothing. He laughed so hard that he almost rolled around on the table.
The table was only half a meter wide. Afraid that she would roll onto the floor, Shen Zechen thoughtfully moved a stack of books to block the edge of the table before asking, "How do you know these two are the same person? They look quite different."
The person in the alley, dressed in a long white dress, with disheveled hair covering half their face, looked almost like a ghost.
The guy on the bike was riding in the gloomy weather, wearing big sunglasses, and making a huge fuss about his bike, making him seem like he was mentally ill.
However, it's not impossible that they are the same person, after all, he shouldn't be that unlucky as to encounter two lunatics in two days.
Lin You then revealed some more details: "This girl is named Wen Yin. Due to some special reasons, she learned about your hacker identity and thought that you would like girls with a naive and innocent style, which is why she had such a... somewhat incorrect way of pursuing you."
"Not quite right? She's clearly not quite right! Even if I really like the naive and innocent type, she's just silly and stupid, where's the sweetness in her?"
Shen Zechen thought that no one in the world would want a girlfriend with this style, and she might be sent away one day.
"Could she be the dangerous person you were talking about??" That really is quite dangerous.
"Her danger is so illogical and unpredictable, so you must not act alone. I have an early warning system here, and it will alert you when she gets close." Lin You's tone carried a hint of something unspeakable.
It's said that Bronze players can defeat King players. When you encounter a crazy player like this who always uses killer moves and always catches you off guard, it's really impossible to defend against them.
Who knows if this guy will suddenly stab you in the back while you're walking by, pretending to want to take care of you and make amends before offering himself to you?
Upon hearing her words, Shen Zechen couldn't help but shudder. "I will absolutely not act alone."
He could accept being stabbed, but the thought of being pestered by this thing and forced to repay him with his body makes him feel like he's going to faint.
Seeing that he looked unwell, Lin You teased him, "She's definitely a bit of a naive and innocent girl. Although she is a bit silly, she's still quite sweet and cute."
Wen Yin was also a history major, and Lin You often ran into her when attending classes, and even borrowed her books to read.
Judging by appearance alone, this girl is quite pretty. Apart from not liking to listen in class and having a habit of stealing glances at a boy, her daily behavior is fairly normal. That boy is probably the male protagonist of a novel.
Shen Zechen stared at her speechlessly for a while, then suddenly stretched out a finger and ruffled her hair, hairpin, and tassels in a mess before casually going to cook.
Today he made corn and pork rib soup. Lin You guided him while he looked up the online tutorial, and the steps weren't too difficult.
Caught off guard by the sudden rubbing, Lin You hurriedly touched her hair, exclaiming, "Shen Zechen! You ruined my hairstyle!!"
"Then you can get a new hairstyle. There are lots of tutorials online, you can just follow along," Shen Zechen suggested while cutting corn.
Shen Zechen once saw a saying while watching cat videos: if you want your cat to stop causing trouble, mess up its fur, and then within an hour, all you'll see is its busy back.
Just as Shen Zechen was praising his own cleverness, he saw Lin You wave her hand, a flash of white light, and she returned to her previous neat state.
"You didn't expect that, did you? I can refresh with one click!"
Lin You snorted and watched him blanch the ribs and put them into the casserole. When he added the ginger and turned to get the corn, she suddenly grabbed a handful of black pepper from a jar and sprinkled it in.
Lin You bought this pepper for 0.1 yuan through a new user special offer on a certain platform. When Shen Zechen opened the package, he grimaced at the smell, but in the spirit of not wasting anything, he put it on the spice rack in the kitchen.
The water in the pot was boiling, and white steam was billowing out. Shen Zechen didn't see what was in there at all. He threw the corn in without noticing and put the lid on the pot.
The weekend was a beautiful day; sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows, filling most of the apartment. By the time Shen Zechen finished cleaning the kitchen, Lin You was already out of sight; it seemed the time had come.
Shen Zechen untied his apron, played on the computer for a while, and then continued practicing the animal training incantations and gestures. In order to practice at home, he specially bought a little rabbit at the pet market.
The rabbit was only a month old, about the size of a palm, snow-white all over, a fluffy ball of fur, and had just started eating rabbit pellets.
Shen Zechen made a complicated hand gesture above the rabbit's head while muttering incantations, looking every bit like a charlatan.
[Ding! Tamed Beast +1, Species: Rabbit, Taming Level 1, Countdown 01:00:00, Current Data: 1/10000]
"Wow, that's amazing! You've been able to keep it up for an hour!" Lin You, who had just done something naughty, was now clapping enthusiastically.
"This isn't too difficult, Youyou, just you wait, I'll definitely give you a perfect score." Shen Zechen said smugly, then turned and went to the kitchen.
Lin You felt a little guilty and didn't reply. Sure enough, Shen Zechen spat out the soup as soon as he took a sip.
"Cough, cough, cough, how come there's pepper in this?!" Shen Zechen gulped down a large glass of water to suppress the pungent taste in his mouth.
"You did it, didn't you?" Shen Zechen looked at the pepper powder on the shelf, which couldn't possibly have been sprinkled into the pot by itself, and said with absolute certainty.
"Pepper can remove fishy smells and enhance aroma, and it can also dispel cold and stimulate appetite. Brother Ze, you often drink cold drinks, so adding some pepper is good for your health!" Lin You argued, though his words lacked conviction.
Shen Zechen cleaned the table, frowned as he looked at the remaining large pot of soup, then turned around and found a bag to put the pot and soup in together.
Lin You immediately cried out in despair, "Brother Ze, no way! These are pork ribs that cost thirty yuan a pound, and corn that costs four yuan a piece!"
Seeing that Shen Zechen remained unmoved, Lin You grumbled again, "At least leave the clay pot behind! This pot cost over a hundred yuan! I looked at several stores before I bought it, and it was even on sale..."
Shen Zechen was annoyed by her nagging and had no choice but to explain, "I didn't throw it away. I'm giving it to those three idiots in my dorm so they can help me sort it out."
He thought for a moment, then added, "I'll definitely bring the pot back to you later!"
"Brother Ze, you actually have roommates?!" Lin You asked incredulously.
Shen Zechen was equally incredulous and asked in return, "Our school doesn't have single rooms, so why don't I have a roommate?"
Lin You chuckled dryly, "Isn't it said that big shots are all lone wolves? Besides, I've never seen you hanging out with any friends."
Shen Zechen quickly packed up and then said, "Final exams are coming up soon. They were having too much fun before, so they've been busy with tutoring lately."
Seeing that the soup was almost ready to be packed, Lin You hurriedly suggested, "Brother Ze, you've been stewing this soup for so long, it would be such a waste not to drink it. Why don't you have another bowl for yourself?"
Shen Zechen had initially refused firmly, but then Lin You said in a coaxing tone, "How about I trade you a secret?"
Seeing that Shen Zechen had stopped packing, Lin You continued to pique his interest: "This secret is related to Wen Yin. Don't you really want to know, Ze-ge?"
It wasn't that Lin You was deliberately messing with him; it was just that the weather had been hot lately, and Shen Zechen had been drinking a lot of iced drinks. He even added ice to his water regularly, taking advantage of his youth and not taking his health seriously.
He drank the whole tub of iced drinks yesterday to stay up late, and he sneezed several times when he woke up this morning.
Shen Zechen sighed resignedly, took the smallest bowl, and filled it halfway with soup, probably only enough for one mouthful.
Lin You watched him grimace as he gulped down a small bowl of soup, then demanded that he eat a piece of corn and two pieces of pork ribs before he was considered to have passed the test.
"Speak!" Shen Zechen felt that his words were full of pepper flavor, so he quickly poured himself another glass of water.
Lin You noticed beads of sweat on his nose and his flushed face, and then nodded in satisfaction.
“Wen Yin is imitating a girl who will be enrolling next semester. Something similar will happen between you two, and you value her a lot.”
According to the system rules, Lin You cannot talk about plots that did not happen in this world, but after the arrival of the transmigrator, the original trajectory of this world has changed, so what she says will not violate the rules.
"The future? She knows the future?" Shen Zechen pondered. If that were the case, then her strange behavior could be explained.
Lin You thought for a moment and felt she could say a little more, "Does Brother Ze know about time travel?"
"Wen Yin is from another time?" Shen Zechen had naturally read the novel, and because of Lin You's arrival, he even went out of his way to learn more about the novel.
"Is she a reincarnated person or a time traveler? Even if she came from the future, it's unlikely she would know my identity."
Shen Zechen analyzed, "How could she know which girls I met and how I got along with them? Did she transmigrate from a book?"
Is she wearing a romance novel? If she could do something this stupid, the novel probably isn't very good.
Lin You was already feeling like shutting herself off. Why were they all so amazing? It was one thing for Chu Nanfeng to try and trick her into talking, but how could Shen Zechen also be so perceptive?
You guys are making me look like I'm incredibly stupid!!
"Youyou, you've been afraid to keep this from me because you were worried I wouldn't be able to accept living in a novel's world?" Shen Zechen suddenly smiled, his tone unusually gentle.
"This is a real world, otherwise how could I have received a mission? Don't overthink it!" Lin You quickly explained, though she stammered a bit because of her nervousness.
"Since I live in the present, this world is of course real!" Shen Zechen said confidently and arrogantly, seemingly unaffected by the matter.
So what if he transmigrated into a book? Does that mean he'll skip a bowl of pepper soup? Before Lin You could react, Shen Zechen quickly packed up the casserole and carried it out the door with a flourish.
I finally managed to get away with it, so I'd better get rid of this thing quickly. What if she tries to get me another bowl later?
Shen Zecheng's dormitory has four people in total. The other three are not computer science students and they attend classes in different buildings, which is the main reason why Lin You has never met the others.
On the way to the dormitory, Shen Zechen talked about the situation of the other people in the dormitory. Lin You managed to glean some basic information from his complaints.
As soon as they pushed open the dormitory door, the three of them saw Shen Zechen bringing them food and immediately surrounded him. A slightly chubby boy was the first to reach out, grab the clay pot, open it, and exclaimed with delight:
"It's stewed pork ribs! Our fourth brother is so kind, thinking of us older brothers who are about to starve to death."
After he finished speaking, he took a deep sniff and said, "This soup must have been simmered for at least five or six hours. It's cooked to perfection, and the ingredients are excellent, especially the black pepper, which is the perfect finishing touch!"
This must be Sun Chuanhao. He studied finance and is very good at managing money, but his life goal is to become a chef.
Another quiet man pushed up his glasses. Seeing that the man was talking at length, he silently took out a lunchbox from his drawer, quickly grabbed three pieces of pork ribs, two pieces of corn, and ladled out two spoonfuls of soup.
This must be Ning Wenyuan, who studies law. Unfortunately, he has a bad memory and spends every day miserably memorizing his lessons. He only got those glasses after he went to university.
Upon seeing this, Sun Chuanhao hurriedly took out his own bowl, which was so large it was practically a basin.
Without any hesitation, he scooped all the ribs out, piling them into a full bowl, leaving only three pieces of corn in the pot.
The last person was very thin, wearing tight leather pants, with earrings, stylishly styled hair, and even makeup on his face.
He slowly scooped out two pieces of corn, and poured the remaining piece, along with the soup, to Sun Chuanhao.
This should be Ding Jie. He studied architectural engineering, but his grades in his major courses were terrible. He only planned to get a diploma, but he's already a minor internet celebrity.
Ding Jie munched on his corn, glanced at the fat man eating heartily, and Ning Wenyuan, who was snatching ribs from the fat man's bowl, and secretly swallowed his saliva.
Shen Zechen patted Ding Jie on the shoulder, making him almost stumble. He frowned and said, "If you want to lose weight, you can exercise more. If you continue to diet like this, it will harm your health!"
Ding Jie sat down on a chair nearby and sighed softly, "Fourth brother, I also want to exercise, but this quilt is like a spirit. It grabs me every morning and won't let me get out of bed."
Shen Zechen was getting a headache from being called "Fourth Brother" by them, but this was the result of his strong protest.
These idiots used to call him "Shen Baobao"!
“I recently made a mini-program that should be able to monitor your exercise and weight loss, so you won’t need to diet anymore. Do you want to try it?” Shen Zechen had an innocent and harmless smile on his face, and even his tone softened a bit.
Seeing his appearance, Lin You couldn't help but shrink back, and couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for this frail young man.
Unfortunately, Ding Jie, who was both hungry and craving food, didn't notice the problem at all and nodded vigorously in agreement.
Shen Zechen took his phone, took out his own phone, connected it via Bluetooth, and quickly installed a mini-program for him.
Sun Chuanhao swallowed the last piece of meat, wiped his mouth, looked at his increasingly protruding belly, and couldn't help but lean closer.
"Fourth brother, why don't you get one for your eldest brother too? I'll go running with the third brother later. I don't have to be as skinny as the third brother, but at least I'll get back to a normal weight."
Sun Chuanhao sighed wistfully. Back in the day, he was a handsome young man, but who knew that delicious food could tempt him so much? He couldn't resist the temptation and started to "expand horizontally" (i.e., grow his body laterally). He still hasn't found a girlfriend yet.
Shen Zechen readily took his phone and smilingly installed a mini-program for him, which further convinced Lin You that he had ill intentions.
With the intention of treating everyone equally, Shen Zechen then looked at Ning Wenyuan, who was slowly and methodically gnawing on ribs, and spoke with a hint of coaxing:
"This app also has a timed reminder function for memorizing, which will definitely motivate you to memorize well. Why don't you install it and give it a try?"
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