Chapter 26: Saving the Gentle Senior 02

【Host, your identity is that of a sunny and cheerful transfer student, and you are classmates and roommates with the protagonist Qi Ze.】

【All gone?】

【Half British-Chinese, handsome and wealthy sunny transfer student.】0731 supplement.

【……】

【Ding! Side quest: Host, please handle the forum posts insulting the villain.】

Jin Chen opened his eyes, a hint of helplessness faintly visible in his pupils.

The plot has now progressed to the point where Shen Qingci's photos in his dance outfit have been posted on the forum for a week.

The original host transferred to the school in his sophomore year, did not choose this dormitory, and had no intersection with the protagonist's storyline.

He opened his notebook and entered the school forum.

The banner image was a back-view photo of Shen Qingci.

His upper body was bare, his slightly long bangs covering his eyes, yet his profile still revealed his extraordinary beauty; he wore only a pair of seamless briefs, the shooting angle was extremely tricky, as if taken through a door crack.

Jin Chen's fingers flew across the keyboard; in just a moment, all posts containing this photo were deleted.

But the rest, however, did not continue.

【Host, aren't you going to continue?】

【I have my own plan.】

Jin Chen closed his notebook.

After what happened with Qi Ze, Shen Qingci will surely not easily trust others, especially those who deliberately approach him.

What he needs to do now is create a coincidence—one that Shen Qingci won't notice as contrived.

——

In the evening, the other dormitory residents returned.

Class Monitor Lin Yu, protagonist Qi Ze, and Ma Bing, the tool who in the original plot was used by Qi Ze to fan the flames of his love.

Qi Ze smiled and greeted Jin Chen, but there was a hint of wariness in his eyes.

Because of Jin Chen's appearance, he was simply too outstanding.

His mixed-race bone structure gave Jin Chen's facial lines a smooth and delicate quality, his brows and eyes handsome, his pupil color a light brown, his nose high and straight, and when he smiled he even showed a canine tooth, exuding a unique and fresh youthful aura.

Seeing Qi Ze's expression, Jin Chen smiled even more brightly and returned his greeting.

Qi Ze politely responded with a few words, then went to the balcony to take a call.

Ma Bing curiously looked at the leisurely organizing Jin Chen and said, "Why did you transfer to our school? Isn't abroad fun enough?"

"I returned to inherit the family fortune." Jin Chen gave a brilliant smile.

Ma Bing was left speechless, his face scrunched up.

How many rich people are there in this world!

He stopped thinking about that sad matter, launched a game, and began slaughtering enemies left and right in the virtual world.

The original host indeed had an inheritance to manage, and Jin Chen opened the specific company management regulations sent by his father.

11 o'clock, half an hour after the library closed.

【Host, the Little Pitiful One is now locked in the library by Lin Le; in the original plot, he suffered heatstroke and fainted that night, needing a week to recover.】

Jin Chen immediately stood up, changed into a short-sleeve shirt, and prepared to go out.

Lin Yu asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to the supermarket to buy shampoo."

Jin Chen casually found an excuse and left without looking back.

Lin Yu scratched his head, thinking, "Didn't he just take a shower?"

——

Third-floor reading room of the library.

On a midsummer night in September, it is always hot and stuffy.

The residual cool from the air conditioning gradually faded, and even the breath carried heat.

Shen Qingci held his phone, unsure who to call.

He remained silent for a long time, put away his phone, sat by the window, and gazed blankly at the starry sky.

But in the end, it was of no use.

On a windless night, the reading room's space being small, Shen Qingci began to feel a bit dizzy.

In a daze, he seemed to hear running footsteps.

Knock knock knock—

"Is anyone inside?"

Jin Chen heard no response, his brows knotted tightly, and he quickly unlocked the door with his key.

Then he came face to face with Shen Qingci, who was holding a chair.

Jin Chen: "…What are you trying to do?"

Shen Qingci set down the chair, "Sorry, I thought it was……

He didn't finish, apparently thinking it was again the thugs Lin Le had summoned.

The moment Jin Chen cleared his view of his appearance, a familiar flutter stirred in his heart.

Delicate, even somewhat handsome in appearance, but his brows and eyes were gentle; his dark pupils seemed to shimmer with flowing light, softening a touch of allure, making him seem like a warm, moist gentleman stepped out of a painting.

Even though his appearance differed from that in the previous world, he could be certain it was the same person.

No one else could make his heart race like this.

【Detected the villain of this world's plot, currently with a Blackening Value of 60; mission requirement: reduce the Blackening Value to zero and change the villain's tragic ending.】

Shen Qingci felt something was off again, pursed their lips and asked them, "How do you know there's someone inside?"

"Just now I was buying things at the supermarket, and in a blink I saw a person in white clothes standing at the dark window of the library across the way."

Jin Chen pointed outside the window, gave an embarrassed smile, "I thought I'd have an adventure on my first day at school, so I ran in to have a look."

Jin Chen flicked the keys in their hand, "I also got the keys from the security guard on duty downstairs."

Shen Qingci, who had been mistaken for a ghost, hearing Jin Chen's vivid description, believed it mostly.

"Thank you, I forgot the time today, so I got locked in here."

Jin Chen could see that Shen Qingci's smile didn't reach their eyes, appearing gentle but actually their inner fortitude was extremely high.

Jin Chen thought, they knew how to save Shen Qingci now.

"It's fine, it's fine," Jin Chen stepped out first, "Let's go, it's so hot here, easy to get heatstroke!"

Shen Qingci nodded politely, walking a step behind Jin Chen.

"First day entering school, so you're a freshman? You definitely haven't seen the forum, otherwise seeing it's yourself, how could you still be so friendly?"

They thought despairingly.

In the dim corridor, a silent atmosphere spread.

After the two left the library, Shen Qingci originally wanted to go straight back to the dorm, but was called out by Jin Chen.

"Wait a sec! I'll be right back!"

Jin Chen left those words, ran to the supermarket across the road, came back a few minutes later, and handed Shen Qingci a chilled drink.

"Here you go, your face is all pale from the heat."

Shen Qingci's fingers curled slightly, they took the water, "Thank you."

Jin Chen said solemnly, "Drink up quick, once you finish I have to go back to the dorm! We still have class tomorrow!"

They resignedly could only tilt their head back and drink the water.

The icy water slid down their throat, instantly easing the pent-up heat in their chest a bit.

Jin Chen smiled and clinked cups with them, "Cheers! I'm heading back to the dorm!"

The tall youth's smile was bright and sunny; Shen Qingci couldn't help being affected, also showing a genuine smile.

Shen Qingci's dorm is in the school's first zone, opposite direction from Jin Chen's, so they parted ways there.

Lin Le saw Shen Qingci return to the dorm, their eyes widening in surprise.

But Lin Le couldn't ask, otherwise it would be confirmed that they themselves had locked them in the reading room.

Lin Le turned away angrily, continuing the video chat with their boyfriend Qi Ze.

In the corner of the screen, Lin Le suddenly saw a handsome guy they had never seen before enter Qi Ze's dorm, even more handsome than the acclaimed campus heartthrob Qi Ze.

Lin An exclaimed in surprise, "Little Ze, who's behind you? A new roommate?"

Qi Ze couldn't miss the astonishment in Lin An's gaze, frowning uncomfortably.

"A transfer student who came today."

A few seconds later, an impatient voice came from the screen.

"Don't film others in the video call, that's very impolite."

Shen Qingci, who was getting things ready to wash up, paused in their action; that voice, it was the person from just now…

Turns out they weren't a freshman, but a classmate of Qi Ze.

For no reason, Shen Qingci felt a bit panicked inside.

In a few days, Shen Qingci will probably believe Qi Ze's words, and their opinion of themselves will plummet to the bottom.