During these days of military training, Su Yichen had some contact with Tong Ya, but not much.
Her love value was perfectly controlled at 20, but the hate value…remained only 5.
This ratio left Su Yichen unsatisfied. After all, the capture target requirement demanded love value above 95 and hate value above 90 at the same time.
He still hadn’t figured out the exact mechanics behind hate value.
His relationship with Tong Ya had stayed at a decent level—not too close, not too distant.
Cat-like green-tea sisters were the girls with the most romantic vibe, bar none.
They possessed a kitten-like initiative and curiosity toward love, could keep things feeling fresh, and once the honeymoon phase hit, girls like this could deliver incredibly intense emotional value.
No one could resist dating a cat-like girl—especially a green-tea-flavored one.
Even someone like Su Yichen, whose goals were crystal clear, would rather date a tea-flavored cat sister like Tong Ya than a sweet little dummy.
Under Su Yichen’s careful control, a subtle hint of ambiguity existed between them, but more than that was the constant push-and-pull.
Especially when Luo Yueli was around.
Looking at the deviation value that had climbed from 1 to 2 a few days ago because of one of his little probes, Su Yichen finally understood something.
His persona in front of Luo Yueli was the key factor affecting the Evening Primrose Void Realm’s [deviation value].
Without a suitable event to drive any change, he should temporarily avoid doing anything too outrageous in front of her.
As for raising love value…
Su Yichen’s brows twitched. He pulled out his phone.
The chat log with Tong Ya had stopped two days ago.
Until the next capture target appeared, Su Yichen had no intention of touching Tong Ya’s love value.
First, this was the correct way to conquer her.
Second… it was preparation for the targets that followed.
Once Tong Ya’s love value climbed too high, conquering anyone else would mean acting in front of Luo Yueli and climbing over the massive mountain she represented.
Even Su Yichen, who had plenty of experience handling girls, felt a headache coming on.
Shaking his head, Su Yichen left the track field and headed straight back to the dorm to pack.
The next three days were free time. He still had a lot to handle.
Tomorrow he would solve the rental housing issue, then return and try his luck at the various clubs…
As for finding a job to earn money… he would see whether he ran into the next capture target during these three days, and what kind of girl she turned out to be.
***
September 21st, Qingyue University, 8:00 PM.
Tong Ya had changed into her skirt outfit early and was wandering near the Liberal Arts College teaching building.
Her petite, exquisite figure, paired with the beige milky college-style dress, made her look like a pure little white flower.
Her already cute and sweet face, enhanced by delicate makeup, appeared even more delicate and captivating.
After rejecting several random guys who popped up to hit on her in a row, Tong Ya lowered her head and sniffed the faint, alluring milky fragrance on herself, extremely satisfied.
Judging by the gazes of the boys passing by, the lethality of this “dust-slaying outfit” was still pretty strong.
She had slipped away before military training fully ended that afternoon.
Back at the dorm, she had washed herself until she smelled wonderful, put on this carefully chosen outfit, done her makeup, sprayed perfume, and come to the college to “accidentally” encounter him.
Yet she still hadn’t run into Su Yichen.
“Lizi said Su Yichen loves studying…”
“Where is he?”
“He wouldn’t be holed up in the dorm playing games, right?”
Tong Ya anxiously took out her phone and opened Su Yichen’s chat window.
This man hadn’t sent her a single message for 49 hours and 53 minutes…
In seven more minutes it would be a full fifty hours.
That wasn’t important. What mattered was that he had clearly messaged Luo Yueli this morning.
Sure enough, in Su Yichen’s heart, she and Luo Yueli weren’t comparable at all.
Tong Ya of course understood that impatience couldn’t eat hot tofu, but when she thought about how her relationship with Su Yichen had made zero progress for two whole weeks…
It was impossible not to overthink.
Still, that was what made it fun.
Did a little kitten fear challenges?
No. A little kitten only feared that things weren’t novel or exciting enough, only feared insufficient temptation—and Su Yichen offered both.
Looking left and right, Tong Ya suddenly spotted a slightly chubby guy walking toward her.
This seemed to be…
Su Yichen’s roommate? Huang something… Huang Junjie?
She didn’t dare ask Luo Yueli directly about Su Yichen’s whereabouts; she was afraid it would expose her wall-digging intentions.
But she could ask his roommate.
“Classmate Huang Junjie.”
With that thought, Tong Ya stopped him as he passed. “May I ask if you’ve seen Su Yichen?”
Huang Junjie had just finished eating and was rushing along while frantically spending in-game currency to draw paper-wife characters on his phone. A fragrant breeze hit him and he subconsciously stopped.
Then he looked up and instantly froze.
Holy shit—the paper girl came to life!
“Classmate Huang Junjie?”
“Present!”
Huang Junjie immediately straightened up, not even bothering to check what he had just pulled, and hurriedly answered, “Tong Ya, you… you’re looking for me?”
Although the chubby guy was addicted to 2D paper girls and had never even held a real girl’s hand, his eyes were genuinely sharp.
On freshman welcome day, he had noticed that in terms of looks alone, Tong Ya was hardly inferior to Luo Yueli, so he had remembered the beauty’s name.
“Mmm, I wanted to ask—is Su Yichen in the dorm?”
“Su Yichen…”
So she was looking for Su Yichen.
Huang Junjie understood and said, “He’s not there right now. I just left the dorm with him. From the direction he went…”
“It looked like he was heading toward Snack Street.”
“Snack Street?”
A flash of surprise crossed Tong Ya’s eyes, then she curved them into a shallow smile. “Got it. Thank you.”
Ignoring Huang Junjie, who was still standing there dazed, Tong Ya hesitated for half a second before quickly leaving the Liberal Arts building.
Snack Street.
“Hotpot restaurant grand promotion… special discount.”
“I’m crazy for the pot.”
Glancing at the flyer in his hand, Su Yichen shifted his gaze to this street—home to the most stories at Qingyue University.
Almost everywhere he looked were pairs—mostly couples, or friends.
Someone alone like him…
Well, Su Yichen didn’t see any.
But that didn’t matter. He had come to see if he could trigger an event and grab dinner while he was at it.
This Snack Street was extremely famous at Qingyue University and full of wild tales.
It was said that last year a senior got drunk and mistook his friend’s big golden retriever for his girlfriend, kissing it fiercely and ending up with a mouth full of dog hair.
“Should I take off the glasses?”
Su Yichen pondered. Staying too low-profile made chance-encounter events too hard to trigger.
Even though his current appearance was no longer bottom-tier, it still wasn’t enough to make girls take the initiative to approach him.
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