Green Tea? She's Clearly a Hidden Gem!

"Xiao Su, you don't even have the qualification to be rejected by me!"

Jiang Linyuan shook his head and said:

"Me helping you deal with your mother might be out of friendship, or maybe just a moment of boredom, but it's definitely not because I like you."

Upon hearing this, Su Muzhi laughed so hard she nearly doubled over.

After laughing for a long time, she finally lifted her face, reined in her smile, and said calmly:

"Do you think I'm Yu Songsong?"

"I've said it before, Jiang Linyuan, I don't care who you like."

As she spoke, a smile reappeared on her face:

"As for me, I'm the kind of person who absolutely has to figure things out when I encounter something interesting, and who absolutely won't let go when I meet someone interesting."

"Unfortunately for you, Jiang-classmate, I find you very interesting."

"Of course, Jiang-classmate, if you want to run away, hehe, you're welcome to try."

Su Muzhi's words were truly the epitome of willfulness.

But upon closer thought, she really does seem to be that kind of person.

A person who lives for amusement.

Back during the freshman orientation, she probably sought me out on her own initiative because she wanted to see the amusing spectacle between me and Shen Wanyu.

Now, setting up this situation for me to meet Mother Su, she just wants to see the amusing spectacle with her mother.

Geez, how can this Su Muzhi be so wicked!

They're both A-cards, look at how adorable our Minister is.

"Xiao Su, a girl should have self-respect, not be self-propelling."

Jiang Linyuan earnestly advised her once more.

Su Muzhi ignored him, shifting the topic as she said:

"You're still interested in Shen Wanyu, right?"

Huh?

What's this about now, trying to harm me?

"Sort of."

Jiang Linyuan gave an ambiguous reply.

This time, the Minister asked me to actively participate in the sports meet. It feels like a rare breakthrough opportunity.

Opportunity knocks but once.

Seeing his expression, Su Muzhi asked another question:

"Interested in the same way as with Yu Songsong?"

Tsk, so sharp.

Jiang Linyuan didn't speak.

Su Muzhi laughed happily:

"Jiang-classmate, this is exactly what makes you most interesting."

Jiang Linyuan glanced at her sideways and said:

"Do you have something you want to say?"

Su Muzhi smiled:

"Does Jiang-classmate remember what I told you back then? I can help you win over Shen Wanyu, you know."

Yeah, right.

Help me?

Aren't you just purely looking for amusement? But hey, Xiao Su, you're too arrogant!

Watch out, or I'll win you over too!

"Xiao Su, this act of yours, pretending to help someone chase a girl while secretly harboring a crush yourself, is already very cliché."

Jiang Linyuan gently reminded her.

Hearing this, Su Muzhi was momentarily stunned, but soon revealed a smile again:

"Isn't that even more interesting?"

"If Jiang-classmate, after winning Shen Wanyu's heart, turns around and gets together with me instead..."

"Hahaha, that would be absolutely hilarious!"

As she spoke, she seemed to imagine such a scene and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Huh?

Your purity as an amusement-seeker is way too high, isn't it? You don't even care about becoming the amusement yourself?

Jiang Linyuan silently increased the distance between himself and Su Muzhi.

This Xiao Su is too bizarre.

It gives off an absurd feeling, like wanting to pet a cat but finding you don't have one at home, so you can only take off your pants, petting yourself while meowing like a cat.

No amusement to be found? Then become the amusement yourself?

"Xiao Su, has anyone ever told you you're not a normal person?"

Jiang Linyuan said.

Su Muzhi scoffed and looked at him:

"Jiang-classmate, do you actually think you're a normal person? And you're saying I'm not normal?"

"Where am I not normal!"

Jiang Linyuan retorted angrily.

Me, a model youth, and you say I'm not normal?!

"Would a normal person disregard their reputation to actively seek out a Green Tea?"

"Would a normal person go to great lengths to touch a girl's heart, help her overcome her difficulties, only to ask for nothing in return and just walk away?"

As she spoke, a trace of sympathy appeared on her face:

"Even more terrifying is that, to this day, you actually think your actions appear normal in the eyes of others."

That's... a pretty good point.

So this is how I look from other people's perspective? So miraculous? 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

But I'm only doing this because of the system!

You don't have a system!

"Xiao Su, can't be bothered to argue with you. You're not worthy of hearing it."

Jiang Linyuan chose to give up the debate.

A good man doesn't fight with a woman.

In any argument between a man and a woman, the man is inherently at a disadvantage.

It's like how people always pat a pregnant woman's belly and say congratulations, but no one has ever patted a man's gun and said 'good job'.

Seeing him like this, Su Muzhi just smiled and changed the subject:

"The school sports meet is coming up soon. Doesn't Jiang-classmate plan to strut his stuff on the field like a peacock?"

Jiang Linyuan automatically filtered out the irrelevant parts, remembering Shen Wanyu's hope for him to participate, and asked:

"Is there anything special about this sports meet?"

Su Muzhi thought for a moment:

"Not really."

"It's related to Shen Wanyu."

Jiang Linyuan added.

Su Muzhi frowned:

"No, I really don't know."

Useless Xiao Su! And you said you'd help me! You're completely useless!

"However, give me some time, and I might be able to find out."

Talented Xiao Su! Good thing I have the discerning eye to spot a thousand-li steed like you!

Jiang Linyuan was immensely pleased, waving his hand grandly:

"Excellent, Xiao Su. Your time to make a contribution has arrived. Go and find out."

"So you're planning to focus entirely on Shen Wanyu now?"

Su Muzhi asked.

"Ah, a wanderer drifts, his heart has no fixed abode. He just wants to find a place to rest for a while."

Jiang Linyuan sighed.

"Very good. I hope Jiang-classmate can maintain this level of ruthlessness."

Su Muzhi replied with a smile.

...

Three days passed since the meeting with Mother Su, and the school sports meet was nearing its opening.

Jiang Linyuan signed up for the three-thousand-meter long-distance run.

No other reason, just for the ease of it.

With 【Superhero Robust Physique】 plus 【Refreshed and Renewed】, he could leave everyone else in the dust on the track.

As for the work of the External Liaison Department, haha, what does Deputy Minister Jiang's business have to do with me, athlete Jiang Linyuan?

Another day of slacking off.

He was perfectly content, but not everyone felt the same way.

"Senior, you didn't come to the Student Union meeting today."

Jiang Linyuan opened his phone and saw it was a message from the Thief Saint.

This was the first time she had contacted him again since that evening.

The last conversation was still stuck on "Senior, don't be late for the movie tonight."

"Is Senior busy?"

"Poke poke."

In the span of just a few breaths, Yu Songsong sent two more messages.

This was understandable.

In the past, when she confided in Jiang Linyuan, she often received the reply she wanted almost instantly.

Sigh.

Looking at the chat box on his phone, Jiang Linyuan decided he should reply after all.

They weren't some couple in a cold war. Just because a confession failed doesn't mean they can't be friends.

"I signed up for the sports meet."

Seeing the reply on her phone, Yu Songsong, who had been feeling vaguely uneasy, immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Pressing her lips together, she typed a reply:

"I just haven't seen Senior around much lately, and I was worried Senior might be sick."

"Rather than worrying about me, Junior should take more care of her own health. When we met at the last meeting, you looked like you'd lost a lot of weight."

Yu Songsong was taken aback. Lowering her head, she replied:

"Senior, for a girl, losing weight is a good thing."

"Unwilling weight loss can hardly be counted as a good thing."

"Actually, I just changed my hairstyle, so I look a bit thinner."

"Sigh, no need to force yourself, Junior."

Seeing this sentence, Yu Songsong felt a tingling numbness all over her body, very uncomfortable. She could only type in reply:

"I don't understand, Senior."

Really, why torture yourself like this?

This version of Yu Songsong was not the result he wanted to see. She could throw heavy punches at her own mother, so why had she regressed when it came to him?

Jiang Linyuan originally wanted to make a video call to comfort her.

But on second thought, what after comforting her? Doing so would probably only make her feel worse. So he simply sent an "Mhm" to brush it off.