"No one could like you more than I do."
Yao Mingyue's words were no different from a public confession.
And Xu Musen annoyingly couldn't refuse her.
Because she hadn't actually confessed to him directly yet.
Confident to an extreme in herself, she believed that with her appearance, all the little fox spirits around Xu Musen would automatically give up.
She had the capital to be proud, probably in the nearby classes, Lin Daiyu would be the only one unwilling to give in.
The other girls would start to avoid him.
This tactic, Ming Yue had tried and true in her past life.
"Don't pull this stunt again in the future, I don't like you, it's useless on me."
Xu Musen said calmly, since he wasn't interested in Lin Daiyu to begin with.
"You do like me, stop pretending."
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Xu Musen was speechless, what kind of fairy-like statement was this?
"Moreover, by deliberately distancing yourself from me, aren't you just angry that I didn't accept your confession earlier, trying to get my attention by this ploy?"
Ming Yue's lips curled up, and she suddenly stepped closer, extending her pale, slender finger, lightly lifting Xu Musen's chin.
Xu Musen leaned against the tree, with Ming Yue pressing up close to him, their posture in that moment was strikingly like a scene from "The King of Comedy".
Only, the roles of the male and female leads were reversed.
Ming Yue's cheeks were especially radiant in the sunlight, her phoenix eyes seemed to stretch endlessly at this moment.
"Well then let me tell you, you've successfully caught my attention, and from now on, your drinking water during military training is on me!"
"..."
That greasy yet smooth aura, clearly chasing him yet displaying far more confidence and dominance than those being pursued.
This was uniquely Yao Mingyue.
The scene suddenly fell into a peculiar silence.
"Damn it! Why does it feel so greasy, but when she does it, why is it so smooth?"
"Boohoo, fair-skinned, pretty-faced, tall-legged, the rich lady knows how to flirt, the perfect future CEO vibe, this guy really doesn't know what's good for him!"
"Exactly, isn't it just a rejected confession? If it were me, I'd be licking their boots for a lifetime!"
Even the girls were wide-eyed at Ming Yue's bold and confident demeanor.
So it turned out, chasing a guy could also be done with such dominance?
Xu Musen held back for a while, why did he have this feeling of being flirted with by a female version of Zhang Han?
Truly greasy!
But he couldn't deny, for that one or two seconds, his vanity as a man was indeed quite satisfied.
Is this what a mature CEO vibe was like?
Suddenly he could understand why some girls always liked to read brainless wish-fulfillment novels about domineering CEOs falling in love with 'me'.
But the feeling of being subdued by her, and me, made Xu Musen instantly kick into high alert.
Too scary, one careless slip and he might fall into the trap of a wealthy lady's pampering.
He almost ended up with the tragic life of not having to worry about food and drink, without the need to strive, free car and housing, and pampered by CEOs…
This scene also slightly stunned Lin Daiyu.
There were not a few girls who took the initiative, but openly chasing after a guy and still looking so utterly confident and even having an air of assured victory seemed several leagues above her own slow approach.
"It's almost time to gather!"
The instructor checked the time and thought to himself that it seemed the college students these days are just too playful.
The purpose of Ming Yue had been achieved, and she stuffed the water she had into Xu Musen's hands.
"I'll be off, try not to get too tanned."
Ming Yue said, her gaze briefly glancing over at Lin Daiyu not far away before she turned to leave.
Xu Musen truly felt melancholic.
There's an old saying that holds true, even heroic women are afraid of a persistent harasser.
Faced with such a lovestruck girl, he truly didn't have much of a countermeasure for the time being.
Xu Musen silently walked back to his class.
The eyes of the entire class were on him, savoring the analysis of the various hot gossips.
Xu Musen's gaze casually surveyed the girls around him.
Indeed, several of the girls who had been interested in him were now just in the mood to watch the drama unfold.
Even Lin Daiyu, sitting among the girls, looked at him a little differently now.
Well, it's actually more peaceful this way.
These NPCs are irrelevant.
Meanwhile, at the girls' dormitory.
An Nuannuan was drawing in her room, her phone rang, it was Aunt Liu's.
"Nuannuan, should you be in military training at school? It's hot outside, do you want me to cook some mung bean soup for you tomorrow to bring over?"
An Nuannuan, guzzling down a sip of milk tea: "No need, Aunt Liu, I have something to drink."
On the other end of the call, Aunt Liu heard the guzzling sound and immediately said, "Nuannuan, are you drinking milk tea again? I told you to cut down on these high-sugar drinks."
"But it tastes so good."
"Good taste can't justify drinking it like water, I'll bring you some mung bean soup tomorrow to cool down and prevent heatstroke."
An Nuannuan was going to refuse, but hearing the word 'heatstroke,' her eyes rolled around, and she muttered to herself, "So mung bean soup can cure heatstroke too…"
"What?"
"Nothing, Aunt Liu, could you cook two portions of mung bean soup?"
There was a pause for a second on the other end of the phone before she answered with a laugh, "Do you want to give him a portion too?"
"Yep, he treated me to a meal, I have to return the favor."
"Well, don't bother him too much."
Aunt Liu spoke, though they were much reassured knowing that Nuannuan had such a friend at school.
But after all, men and women are different, they were worried that Nuannuan's straightforward nature might easily be taken advantage of.
"Nuannuan, when you went out to eat with him, did he make any... excessive requests?"
Aunt Liu asked tentatively.
"What's considered an excessive request?"
"For example, he might want to... touch you or something, not in a massage way."
An Nuannuan recalled what happened last night, and her pretty face inexplicably started to heat up.
"Not really..."
Her voice was super soft.
It was she who had playfully lifted her little feet yesterday, but he just pinched her own face instead.
In that moment, she felt as though she was the naughty child.
"That's good, Nuannuan, you have to remember, even good friends must maintain a proper distance, especially with boys, you can't let them touch, you have to be mindful of that, understand?"
"Oh~ What if it's for a massage?"
"Then it can only be below the calf... I'll come by and give you a rub when I'm free."
"But Aunt Xiang, you're not as comfortable as he is..."
An Nuannuan mumbled to herself, her last few words drifting off softly.
"What?"
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"You little rascal, alright, I'll bring you mung bean soup tomorrow."
"Oh~"
She hung up the phone.
An Nuannuan then lowered her head. Although drawing in the dormitory was quiet, she still felt a bit lonely.
She moved her leg slightly; she could slowly stand up now, but it would take some time to fully recover.
She needed more massages to recover faster.
An Nuannuan looked down at her fair calves and the delicate feet below her slippers.
Her clear eyes still had some ripples, only able to massage below the calf, huh...
...
The first day of military training ended.
They hurried back and took a refreshing shower.
But an entire summer without much activity, suddenly followed by such intense exercise, especially twenty minutes of squatting, left them all howling in pain after getting back to the dorm.
"I can hardly straighten my back, and it's only the first day; how are we going to survive the rest of the half month?"
"If you can't straighten up, take some Liuwei Dihuang pills, it helps with young people."
"Cut it out, I'm starving, shall we go down and grab a bite?"
"Damn, I really don't feel like moving, those squats made my feet sore, can you bring some food back up for me?"
"Why don't you go down and bring some food up for me? I'll even pay you two yuan for your trouble."
Zhou Hangyu and Li Rundong were both lazing in bed, neither wanting to go down.
Besides, the cafeteria was packed, not a single place to sit, and with the summer heat, everyone was drenched in sweat, and the air conditioning in the cafeteria barely worked.
Going to eat felt like taking a sauna, and it involved waiting in line for a long time, too.
With that time, they could do a lot of other things.
Xu Musen, hearing this, had a business idea that was already forming in his mind.
"What do you guys think, if someone could pack up the food you want and deliver it right to your bed but charged a small delivery fee, how much would you be willing to pay?"
"One or two yuan would be good enough, just like treating them to a bottle of water."
"I agree, it's not easy running back and forth in this summer heat."
Zhou Hangyu and Li Rundong both shared their opinions.
Ma Yaxing thought about it, one or two yuan wasn't much, but he was still reluctant to spend it carelessly.
For him, running from the dorm to the cafeteria to earn one or two yuan was a rather attractive option.
Xu Musen stroked his chin, calculating that the food delivery business had the potential to be a billion-dollar market in the future.
Meituan's delivery service wasn't online yet, it was absolutely possible to start something.
However, it would need a strong server and big data support, something Xu Musen definitely couldn't handle at the moment.
But creating a small program within the school wouldn't require much in terms of program and server resources.
Xu Musen thought it was feasible to make a simplified version to test the waters.
Conveniently, his classmates all studied computer software programming, which was right up their alley.
Worst case scenario, they could rope in some senior students.
Xu Musen felt it was completely doable, so he picked up his phone and called his mother: "Mom, is the computer I left at your store still there?"
"They're all here, why, you need it?"
"Yeah, I want to work on a little project, please mail it to me these next few days, along with the camera."
"You, it's just been two days since you started university and you're already thinking about these things, how's college?"
"It's going well, pretty good."
"And how's it between you and Ming Yue?"
"How could it be, just like that."
Xu Musen could only reply like this, what else could he say?
Could he tell her his son had turned the tables and now Yao Mingyue was chasing him like a lovesick puppy?
"You know, now that you're both in Hu Hai, you can look out for each other. Even if nothing comes of it between you two, you should still keep an eye out for her, Aunt Liu has helped our family a lot over the years."
"Alright, I got it."
Xu Musen could understand his family's perspective.
After all, he was the only one who knew about the events of his past life.
But every time he thought about Yao Mingyue's behavior today, he felt a headache coming on.
This was no longer a case of him not wanting her insistent affection.
As long as he was single, she always found reasons to cling to him.
No wonder, in TV dramas, some girls would find a fake boyfriend to fend off such persistent suitors, it really was a bit unbearable to deal with them every day.
After some thought, he felt that Nuannuan, the naive and cute little dummy, would be the easiest to coax.
Xu Musen was pondering this when his phone received a message.
An Nuannuan: "Xu Musen, I'm so hungry, can we fill our stomachs together today? (Rose ×3)"
"..."