August, with the sun shining just right, a shy-faced boy was standing outside the girls' dormitory holding a bouquet of flowers.
Passersby seeing this, began watching with keen interest, whispering among themselves.
"Why does he look so familiar to me?"
"That's Jiang Linyuan, don't you know? This is the fourth time he's been here with flowers, probably preparing to confess."
"Ah, he's so handsome. I wonder who's so lucky to be targeted by someone so devoted."
"Devoted? What are you talking about? His first three confessions were to three different girls."
"Oh right, I remember now! He's that guy who every time he chases a girl, ends up finding out she's a scumbag!"
More and more people gathered around, but Jiang Linyuan wasn't affected in the slightest. He gazed affectionately at the girl slowly walking out and spoke sincerely:
"Hanhan, I like you. This bouquet represents my love for you! Could you... be my girlfriend?"
A slightly trembling voice, a firm gaze—with this confession, the boy's sincere feelings were laid bare.
Shen Bihan, hearing the familiar lines, looked somewhat displeased but still forced out a smile:
"Thank you for the flowers, Jiang Linyuan, but..."
"I'm serious, Hanhan."
Jiang Linyuan's eyes were full of sincerity, not a trace of pretense, all genuine emotion.
Hearing this, Shen Bihan's expression grew increasingly stiff.
These flowers are plastic, right?! And what the hell is with the glue on them? The petals are about to fall off!
Don't think I can't tell—you used this same bouquet when confessing to others before, didn't you?!
Shen Bihan struggled to tear her gaze away from Jiang Linyuan's handsome, delicate face, cleared her throat, and delivered the classic line:
"I'm sorry, you're a nice person..."
Before she could finish, Jiang Linyuan trembled as if unable to accept reality, lowering his head.
[Host's feelings toyed with by a bad woman. Target: Shen Bihan. Bad woman quality: B. B-level prize pool exchange card issued.]
Seeing this, Shen Bihan shook her head, turned, and left, feeling a bit of regret in her heart.
Judging by his face, he's extremely handsome, undoubtedly the highest-quality backup option. It's just a shame...
He's too poor.
Every time I subtly hinted for him to buy me gifts, this guy would just say, "I'll work hard."
What exactly have you been working on?! Someone who won't even send 0.52 yuan on 5.20!
The crowd watched Jiang Linyuan's lonely, retreating figure, all sighing with pity. What a devoted person, such a shame.
"Not getting accepted is for the best. Last time I even saw Shen Bihan holding hands with another guy."
"He must be so heartbroken. I should go comfort him..."
"Sigh, yeah, so pitiful. Rejected in public, and four times too..."
And at this moment, the "heartbroken" Jiang Linyuan couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from rising uncontrollably, curling up wildly.
Folks, I've managed to get another meal from the system!
This was the first B-level exchange card he'd obtained since binding with the system.
Initially, Jiang Linyuan thought this was a system that tortured the protagonist.
What kind of system only gives rewards when your feelings are toyed with by bad women?!
Shaking with anger, feeling cold—bad men don't count... ahem... just kidding, Jiang Linyuan doesn't perform Sichuan opera.
Anyway, everything changed after that one joking confession of his got rejected.
System, I wronged you!
After that, he discovered that as long as a confession was rejected, it counted as having his feelings toyed with.
However, the confession target had certain requirements.
The other party had to have at least considered the idea of being in a relationship with you.
Sigh, this meant Jiang Linyuan's "confession paradise" plan died before it could even be born.
Also, if he ever ended up with a good girl, the system would disappear until he returned to being single.
Hearing this, Jiang Linyuan's heart sank halfway.
What does that mean? Hinting that I should find bad women to farm rewards, then find a sincere girl to settle down with?
What, so I'm the green tea myself?
Out of a sense of righteousness and morality, Jiang Linyuan had no choice but to set his sights on bad women.
While good girls could also yield rewards, the rewards were pitifully low, only D-level exchange cards, and the probability of a successful confession was too high.
It's all because of this handsome face of mine!
Moreover, Jiang Linyuan couldn't bring himself to deceive a girl's feelings!
But then again, when it came to bad women with slightly higher reward levels...
Jiang Linyuan's moral bottom line was quite flexible.
Using scumbag women and green teas to farm rewards was fast, guilt-free, and yielded rich rewards. Why not do it?
To date, Jiang Linyuan had already obtained five exchange cards: one D-level, three C-level, and the B-level one he just got.
The three C-level exchange cards had brought Jiang Linyuan quite a few benefits.
Acting Proficiency, Singing Proficiency, and Master Lockpicker—a very "criminal" skill.
As for the freshly obtained B-level exchange card, Jiang Linyuan thought for a moment and decided to draw the reward directly.
[B-level reward drawing in progress...]
[Acquired special skill: Refreshed and Renewed.]
[Refreshed and Renewed: Clears bodily fatigue, restores full stamina, revitalizes energy, ready for another round. Cooldown time: 12 hours.]
Huh? Dropped a superpower, damn.
Jiang Linyuan tried it immediately. All weariness and fatigue vanished, instantly feeling refreshed, clear-headed, and full of energy.
What kind of innate ox-horse holy body is this?!
He clicked his tongue, feeling this skill wasn't simple and had great potential for development.
Having lost the B-card, Jiang Linyuan still had one useless D-card left, which couldn't exchange for much.
Time to expand the territory. More teas are waiting for me to conquer! Next target...
Before he could finish thinking, a hand landed on his shoulder, followed by a cold sneer:
"You confessed to someone again?"
"Baby~, I was just playing fake with them. I only treat you well."
Jiang Linyuan unleashed an ultra-superior bubble voice, but the owner of that hand remained unmoved, giving him an elbow strike.
"Don't disgust me!"
A graceful young girl walked to Jiang Linyuan's side. She wore a light green casual T-shirt, had fair skin, eyebrows like distant mountains, and was glaring at him with an expression of utter disdain.
The girl was Jiang Linyuan's younger sister, named Jiang Zhiyao.
The two didn't have any so-called beautiful childhood memories. They never had an "Entrance Hall Battle," but "Xuanwu Gate Battles" happened frequently.
The siblings were almost like buddies. If she had been born male, their relationship would be that of conjugate father and son.
"You confessed to someone, and it was Shen Bihan."
She repeated it again.
"What's wrong with Shen Bihan? She's pure as ice and jade, a good girl..."
"Her fishpond has expanded to my department! And she's still a good girl?!"
"You don't understand. She's just the slow-to-warm-up type..."
"I think you're the one who needs some warming up."
Jiang Zhiyao flew into a rage, grabbing Jiang Linyuan by the collar.
Crap, Haji Yao is hissing!
"I've already deleted her from WeChat!"
Jiang Linyuan pulled out his phone, hastily proving his innocence.
Jiang Zhiyao suspiciously took the phone, glanced at it, then snorted coldly:
"You always go after those scumbag women. Farming KPI?"
"So eager to get into a relationship?"
Jiang Linyuan put on a world-weary expression:
"I've just had the misfortune of meeting the wrong people."
Jiang Zhiyao didn't believe his nonsense, rolling her eyes:
"You better be."
"If you really want to be in a relationship, you can come to me..."
She deliberately dragged out the last word.
?
"...to help introduce you."
Jiang Zhiyao glanced at Jiang Linyuan and sneered:
"What, setting your sights on me now? Watched too much Yosuga no Sora?"
Laughable. Just a mere D-card, and with an A-cup at that. Who would be interested in you?
Cringe woman!
Jiang Linyuan glanced at the girl's completely flat chest, shook his head, and sighed again.
He didn't say anything, yet it felt like he said everything.
"Hah!"
Jiang Zhiyao flailed her arms, pounding Jiang Linyuan's chest once.
Damn, instant Spinosaurus transformation activated!
My hissing isn't ineffective either!
"Hah!"
"If you keep messing around, I'll tell Dad about you confessing to all sorts of unsavory people all over the university."
Jiang Linyuan was furious. What are you, an elementary school kid?! Telling on someone to the parents?!
But thinking of Old Jiang's Seven Wolves belt around his waist, he had no choice but to temporarily retreat.
Hmph, this emperor would rather fight to the death, but considering that rebel Haji Yao doesn't dare to engage in battle, I'll spare her for now.
"Fine, I was wrong! What do you want?!"
"Come on, come work with me!"
"...Legitimate work?"
"You wanna die?! Did you forget you're a volunteer? We're welcoming new students, helping them move their luggage!"