Wen Bai watched the person in front of him, his eyelashes fluttering, and looked over with a blank expression.
Perhaps to other men, due to the height difference, Lin Shuangshuang looking up like this, and at such a close distance, her sweet and delicate appearance combined with that innocent gaze would be very captivating.
But the person opposite was Wen Bai, who was unmoved. He exerted a little force, and Lin Shuangshuang uncontrollably began to fall backward.
Everything in Wen Bai's eyes seemed to slow down. The female lead stood at the edge of the elevator, tilting slowly. She hadn't even reacted, still with an expression of confusion and inquiry. Her long hair, due to inertia, stayed put as her body tilted backward, brushing against her cheeks. kuAiδugg
But the scene that satisfied Wen Bai stopped halfway.
There was no one around them initially. In the next second, a hand appeared out of nowhere behind Lin Shuangshuang. A strong and powerful arm directly embraced the person who was about to fall backward, their bodies rotating in a suspended pose.
What a classic scene of a hero saving a beauty.
Wen Bai, displeased, shifted his gaze.
System 001, which had been watching the whole scene and hoping the female lead would develop feelings for Wen Bai: "..."
"What are you doing?" Yu Yang asked coldly, turning his head while maintaining his pose.
System 001 was a little unsure, its voice somewhat hesitant: "Host, what were you trying to do just now?"
Wen Bai didn't answer either of them. He blinked, his expression very calm.
He slowly extended his hand. The fingertip of his shapely index finger was touching a very small object: a torn corner of a sticky note.
The note was only a small piece, with adhesive on the back, stuck to Wen Bai's fingertip. It had the numbers "25" on it; the rest was obscured. It looked like Lin Shuangshuang had accidentally brushed against something and it had stuck to her shoulder.
And Wen Bai, it seemed, was merely helping her remove a speck of dirt from her person.
After standing firm, Lin Shuangshuang tried hard to break free from the person beside her, but couldn't.
Standing up with some difficulty, she glared at Yu Yang, then turned to Wen Bai and said sweetly, "Oh? Thank you, I hadn't even noticed."
Yu Yang's expression was gloomy.
He had been unable to deal with Jiang Yiyi recently. He had never imagined that the woman he tried dating solely to shut his mother up would be so troublesome when it came to breaking up.
She would corner him at his workplace, block him at his doorstep. Even after he explained clearly, she still insisted on being his girlfriend and launched indiscriminate attacks on any woman near him. Recently, it had gotten even more outrageous; even men who got a bit close to him were warned.
He truly felt that this couldn't go on and wanted to have a proper talk, but it was clear she didn't see it that way.
As soon as the topic of breaking up was mentioned, Jiang Yiyi became like a different person.
He couldn't fathom why the woman who was once so sensible, and at least attentive to him, even if not exactly gentle, had become like this.
Is this what women are like when they fall in love?
He maintained his embrace, positioning himself as a protector, but his thoughts had wandered far away.
The female lead, Lin Shuangshuang, however, was not very appreciative. She frowned: "Mr. Yu, could you please let go?"
Yu Yang snapped back to attention and, in response to Lin Shuangshuang's displeased tone, loosened his grip on her supple waist.
The next second, Lin Shuangshuang immediately distanced herself from him and walked over to Wen Bai. She even turned and glanced behind them with a particularly guarded expression.
Yu Yang mused that this was how a normal woman should react.
"Mr. Yu, isn't your girlfriend with you?"
Mentioning Jiang Yiyi, Yu Yang's expression soured: "She's not my girlfriend anymore."
Seeing Lin Shuangshuang still looking back, Yu Yang continued, "She didn't follow, you... never mind."
He turned and gave Wen Bai a deep look before leaving them behind with a cold back.
What a pity.
Wen Bai felt regret.
System 001: "So, it's what I thought, right? You were trying to push the female lead off just now?"
Wen Bai did not deny it: "Instead of testing their feelings, wouldn't it be the most convenient method to make one of them deviate from the established path and fall in love with someone else? Let this world deviate, and the protagonist disappear."
The logic... it seemed to be the logic.
System 001 surprisingly felt persuaded. This method seemed, perhaps, truly more rapid and effective than its own plan.
But the prerequisite was, could they really make the male and female leads disappear?
System 001 reminded: "The male and female leads of each world, and even important characters, are protected by the laws of that world."
"What we are doing is going against the laws of this world, aren't we?"
System 001 was silent for a second: "Yes."
"Then, since the male lead is gone, and there's no one around now, why don't you push her again?" System 001 quickly accepted the idea and was eager to try again.
Wen Bai pressed his temples, a hint of doubt creeping into his mind about the system's previous boasts of its achievements.
"You still don't know my name. My name is Lin Shuangshuang. You're a student at our school, right? I saw you at school today."
"I'm just here waiting for a friend." The lie came out effortlessly. "Wen Bai."
"Ah, we have contact information now. Thank you so much today. To express my gratitude, I'll treat you to a meal next time!" Lin Shuangshuang's eyes suddenly widened as she saw a woman approaching aggressively from a distance, and she quickly slipped away.
Wen Bai nodded indifferently.
His phone rang. Wen Bai tapped it open.
"I'm off work early today, I'm cooking at home, what do you want to eat?"
Wen Bai's fingers danced quickly across the screen, his mood unexpectedly a little buoyant.
"You know that woman?" A cold, sharp female voice sounded from behind.
Wen Bai put away his phone and turned around, his eyes flickering.
The person in front of him had eyes full of rage and unwillingness, a stark contrast to the sweet little woman who had been with Yu Yang moments ago.
Wen Bai: "I've seen her twice, last time I met you and this time."
"I knew it. She didn't look like she was meeting anyone. She has a pure face, but she's quite a deceiver."
"Are you Yu Yang's girlfriend?"
Jiang Yiyi was annoyed by Wen Bai's questioning: "Of course."
"Ex-girlfriend? Yu Yang just told me and her that you're not anymore."
Jiang Yiyi's eyes burned with even more anger: "He actually dared to say that, and even rushed to tell that woman!"
"If I were you, I wouldn't pester someone day and night whose heart isn't with me, making him annoyed. Why not find a way to eliminate the love rival first, so he has no other choice?"
Jiang Yiyi seemed to have a sudden realization. After a brief moment of stunned silence, she looked at Wen Bai coldly.
After leaving Yu Yang, Jiang Yiyi finally acted like a normal person, calming down considerably, her intelligence gradually returning.
She didn't believe a stranger, who seemed to be closer to that woman, would help her out of kindness: "What do you mean?"
"Actually, you were right last time, I like him," Jiang Yiyi stared fiercely at Wen Bai.
Wen Bai said, with a blank expression, words that disgusted himself: "But I found out he only likes women, and he only feels disgust towards me."
Jiang Yiyi's expression improved slightly. She felt disdain and pity for Wen Bai, then suddenly seemed to remember something, feeling a sense of shared misfortune.
Wen Bai continued: "I have no chance, but rather than a woman who met him later than me, I'd prefer it to be you, who has always been with him. If it were you by his side, I would be content."