“Brother Yaoyi, that’s all for today’s report. They told us not to interfere too much, but I’m starting to feel more and more that something’s off.”

After Yaya finished her report, she hung up.

Things on Zhao Xiaoluo’s side had also taken a winding turn. He went to look for May, but Su Ziqing was escorting her the whole way by car and kept him away. In the end, he passed out from getting drenched in the rain and got picked up.

Su Ziqing didn’t stop Zhao Xiaoluo from trying to find May. Or rather, she simply didn’t think May posed any threat to her at all.

Still, everything about May and Zhao Xiaoluo was something she only learned while taking care of the unconscious Zhao Xiaoluo.

After Zhao Xiaoluo was brought back to the mansion, Su Ziqing took very good care of him.

Getting picked up by a rich, beautiful girl and personally nursed at her home... no matter who it was, they wouldn’t be able to stay calm, right? Of course, the two of them hadn’t gone as far as sleeping together, but Su Ziqing had already tasted every corner of his mouth.

In short, all the plot development that should’ve sent his relationship with May soaring ended up going to Su Ziqing instead.

As for why he hadn’t messaged May yesterday, or rather why he could only send that little, the reason was simple: his phone had been turned off. Su Ziqing had done it.

And as for that country girl, what really happened was this: in the morning, someone happened to see Su Ziqing and Zhao Xiaoluo going to school together. So they started chatting on the phone. Zhao Xiaoluo casually mentioned he had a cold, and that country girl brought him cold medicine that afternoon.

Simply put, the fact that May was a losing heroine had basically been confirmed.

But if you asked whether May had truly given up on Zhao Xiaoluo, both Chen Yaoyi and Yaya thought the answer was no.

Because the two of them still had a promise. They were still supposed to go on a date this Saturday.

“So how long are you planning to keep clinging on?”

Chen Yaoyi lightly pushed with his leg, then turned to look at the girl behind him.

May’s eyes were red and swollen. Her face looked worn out, and she was still sniffling.

She hadn’t attended the afternoon classes either. She’d spent the whole time crying her heart out in the infirmary.

Of course, May’s palm really had been scalded a little. It wasn’t serious. The real burn was the one in her heart, and that one couldn’t be treated.

Chen Yaoyi knew this had hit her hard, but that still wasn’t a reason for her to keep lingering in the teachers’ office and refuse to leave.

The other teachers all thought Chen Yaoyi had handled things badly, or that May had been punished. They even specifically called him out to lecture him.

In short, if Chen Yaoyi didn’t deal with this properly, he might get fired.

Of course, he’d love that.

First, this was just a job. Whether as a teacher or as the blond punk character, it was all just work to him. So if getting fired meant being sent back to the company, that wouldn’t be a bad thing.

Second, he didn’t actually need to take especially good care of May. The only reason he’d treated her well before was because he couldn’t just ignore her. It was part of the job. At the very least, he couldn’t let the heroine get hurt.

Lastly, he’d already seen through Zhao Xiaoluo’s true nature. If this were some nukige world, Chen Yaoyi would’ve slept with May and taken her away long ago.

If you wanted to put it nicely, Zhao Xiaoluo was thoughtful and meticulous. Put bluntly, he was indecisive and spineless.

Zhao Xiaoluo might not know how May really felt, but he ignored his own heart, then completely sank into Su Ziqing’s affection just because she treated him well. And he still had the nerve to say he liked May?

And wasn’t Zhao Xiaoluo way too defenseless against women? Or rather, as long as some girl threw herself at him, he stopped resisting entirely?

Chen Yaoyi truly couldn’t understand it. How could someone want to eat a peach this badly? If you didn’t have anything special about you, why would anyone throw themselves at you?

A big dick and good skills alone aren’t enough to steal women away!

Zhao Xiaoluo’s gentleness and thoughtfulness were, in the end, just one of the good qualities most people had. And besides, all he’d really done was wallow in Su Ziqing’s pursuit while half-heartedly refusing her kindness.

“Leave me alone.”

The girl muttered a complaint, then kept staring at the vase nearby.

Inside it was some kind of plant that was almost dead. Chen Yaoyi didn’t know what it was. It seemed like someone had taken care of it at first, but not anymore.

Right now, only May and Chen Yaoyi were left in the teachers’ office. Ange had been there too, but May had persuaded her to leave.

“If you want to complain about this stuff, go talk to your bestie, okay? This isn’t some relationship counseling office—”

Chen Yaoyi had no interest in staying with May every second of the day. It was a hassle.

“You said... you’d help me...”

May wanted to use that excuse to find a chance to stay by Chen Yaoyi’s side.

She didn’t know why.

Even if Chen Yaoyi really was someone she disliked, right now, he was the only one who could listen to her.

It wouldn’t have been a problem to talk to her best friend instead, but all Ange would do was badmouth Zhao Xiaoluo, then tell May to let it go and stop hanging herself on this one tree.

But May didn’t want to hear that, even though she knew Ange meant well.

“That still doesn’t mean you get to cause me trouble. My reputation’s already taken a hit. Everyone’s saying it’s weird that you keep coming to me. And for all you know, Zhao Xiaoluo might’ve heard it too. You understand that, right?”

The most important thing was that he shouldn’t have too much contact with the heroine.

“I-I know... but! There really isn’t anything between us, right? So—”

“You’ve already caused me trouble.”

Chen Yaoyi cut off her explanation.

He’d already taught her everything he could. What she chose to do next was up to her. And if she insisted on being with a man whose heart wasn’t with her, Chen Yaoyi didn’t approve.

Besides, even though his job objective was to bring May’s romance to some kind of conclusion, or get one of the male and female leads to confess, it wasn’t as if he absolutely had to complete this assignment.

“I... you... do you hate me now...?”