Chapter 257: Volume 1, Chapter 257: Stupid Beauty x Sports School Male God (19)

Jiang Zhi, curled up in the blankets, flipped through her book, reading attentively.

The heating was on inside, a layer of mist covered the window, blocking the outside view.

777 suddenly spoke: "Host, it's been several months since the last Love Value maxed out; aren't you going to raise the Hatred Value?"

After so long, the Host still hadn't raised the Hatred Value, and had actually started dating the villain, which was sickeningly sweet.

But after the winter break, the Host saw the villain less and less; He Yin spent every day either training or working a part-time job outside, leaving no time to date the Host as they did on campus.

As for the Host, she stayed at home every day, either reading or reviewing coursework, completing the multiple-choice questions required for her performance each day, as if she had forgotten about the mission.

Jiang Zhi closed her book and said, "I'm waiting for the plot."

This time 777 understood: the plot where the villain's legs were broken by his father's enemies and his mother was driven to suicide.

Jiang Zhi calculated the time and said, "It'll be tomorrow."

Dinner.

She sent He Yin a message while eating.

The grandmother, who had just come home after a performance, happened to see this scene, furrowed her brows, and said, "Jiang Zhi Zhi!"

Upon hearing that, Jiang Zhi quickly put away her phone, stood up, and shouted, "Grandma, you're back!"

During this period, the grandmother often went out for performances; due to her health, she rarely took TV dramas anymore, usually only stage plays or movie cameos, and had to appear as a guest on national TV during holidays, so she was also quite busy.

The grandmother took off her coat and handed it to the servant beside her, walked up to her, and asked, "What's been going on with you lately? You're looking at your phone while eating? How did I teach you?"

Jiang Zhi replied, "Whatever you do, you must focus; you can't be of two minds."

After saying that, she acted coquettishly: "Grandma, my friend just had something important to ask me, so I replied quickly; I promise I won't look at my phone during the next meal."

The grandmother nodded satisfactorily and said, "Mm, eat."

She went to the kitchen to wash her hands and asked the cook, Xiao Liu, "Has Xiao Zhi been going out to play often lately?"

Xiao Liu thought for a moment and shook his head: "No, ma'am; since the winter break, the young lady has been at home every day and rarely goes out."

The grandmother still harbored a hint of doubt in her heart.

Just now, when she entered the house, Xiao Zhi's smile didn't look like the one she had when chatting with friends.

…

Recently He Yin didn't even have time to eat, riding his electric scooter around the city delivering food; he earned more at night than during the day, and usually he would run until four or five in the morning before heading back.

He could only stop at nine to eat a couple of bites, surrounded by other delivery workers, with his scooter parked outside, then go into the shop to eat.

The delivery worker who covered the same district as him was Wang Da Jing, twenty-six years old, four or five years older than He Yin, who had been delivering food since the start of the industry, a veteran driver.

"What's up? Chatting with your girlfriend?" he asked, setting his tray down and sitting opposite, gossiping.

He Yin gave an affirmative hum, finished replying, then lowered his head to eat; after a while he would pick up his phone to check if she had replied.

All day he was at work—delivering food at night and training at school during the day—so he hardly had time to chat with her, but he thought of her constantly; whatever he did, she was on his mind, and just thinking of her made him happy.

Wang Da Jing said, "You're the one who chased after your girlfriend, right?"

During this meal, most of the time was spent looking at his phone.

He Yin paused, then nodded in affirmation.

Wang Da Jing chuckled: "I told you, you must have been the one to pursue her first; you're so absent-minded during meals, if you like her that much just call her—when I think of my wife, I just call her directly."

He Yin's fingers tightened slightly on his chopsticks, and he said slowly, "She might be asleep."

It's so late; he didn't want to disturb her.

Wang Da Jing, hearing that, asked, "How long have you and your girlfriend been together?"

He Yin actually didn't want to share his private matters with others, but he had known Wang Da Jing for a long time, so there was nothing he couldn't say.

"Two months and three days."

Wang Da Jing sighed, "You even remember the exact number of days; it looks like you really love your girlfriend."

He Yin, after all, was a young man in his early twenties; his ears turned red, his pupils glimmered, and after a long silence he uttered just an 'hng'.

Seeing this, Wang Da Jing advised, "I'm telling you, don't be such a simp; girls get bored of sycophants very quickly."

He himself had dated several before settling with his current wife; he had been a simp before and ended up with nothing.

So he knows very well the fate of a simp.

He Yin shook his head: "She's not like that."

Wang Da Jing didn't say much more, leaving a meaningful remark as he departed: "If a girl goes from frequently contacting you to only chatting a sentence or two a day, and eventually not even seeking you out, then that relationship is over."

Sitting at the dinner table, He Yin's dark eyes dimmed; he lowered his head and opened the chat log on his phone.

Since they confirmed their relationship, she no longer clung to him as before; after the winter break, she contacted him less and less, and many times when he tried to invite her out, she would make excuses.

The food on the table had gone cold, he didn't notice, staring intently at the phone screen with his lips pressed tightly together.

Until the phone vibrated, interrupting his thoughts, He Yin opened the chat window and saw the message the girl had sent.

(Zhizhi: A Yin, are you busy tomorrow? I want to go out and play~ It's been so long since I saw you, I miss you so much ovo)

The gloom gathered in He Yin's eyes dissipated, a flash of light passed through, his fingers trembled slightly, and he replied to the message.

(He Yin: Not busy, where should we meet?)

(Zhizhi: Your place.)

(Zhizhi: I've never been to your place, A Yin; could you take me there tomorrow~)

He Yin stared at the message she had sent, his fingers gripping the phone unconsciously tight, the veins in his wrist bulging suddenly, his brows furrowed.

On the other side, Jiang Zhi, not receiving a reply, sent another message.

(Zhizhi: Are you there, A Yin? Is it inconvenient for me to come to your place? If it's inconvenient, then forget it.)

Between the lines lay a sense of desolation.

He Yin replied.

(He Yin: Convenient.)

(Zhizhi: That's settled, see you tomorrow~ I'm going to sleep now, good night my dear boyfriend~)

He Yin lightly rubbed the girl's avatar on the phone screen with his fingertip; it was a cute little cat, just like her.

He let out a sigh, his voice low and hoarse.

"Zhizhi......"

——

Jiang Zhi, who woke up at seven in the morning, wore sportswear underneath, a thick down jacket on top, a scarf wrapped around her neck covering half her face, her hair tied up, and she carried a dagger in her bag.

Tonight there will be a fierce battle; she must be well prepared.

Arriving at the restaurant, the elderly woman sat beside her, as if she had arrived early; seeing Jiang Zhi's posture about to go out, she asked, "Where are you going?"

Jiang Zhi had already prepared her response: "I'm going out to play with my roommate, Grandma."

The elderly woman asked again: "Which roommate?"

Jiang Zhi said: "Wang Qian, you know her, she sent me home last time."

The elderly woman didn't ask anything else, reminding her to be careful on the way.

Jiang Zhi walked out of the villa, patting her chest with lingering fear.

When speaking with the elderly woman, she always feared breaking character.

Mainly because the elderly woman had watched the original host grow up since childhood, she knew her every move.

After taking a taxi to her destination, she picked up her phone, just about to call He Yin, when not far away she saw a blind woman being teased by several thugs.