Chapter 148: Three-Party Talks! There Are Stars in Their Eyes Too?!

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The door shut, and Su Yang, dragging his body exhausted from a day's labor, flopped onto the bed, savoring the brief rush of blood to his brain.

He instinctively wanted to scroll his Moments, brushed his hand by the Pillow, and realized the situation was entirely different from before.

"Habits really are a terrifying thing…" Su Yang was left speechlessly laughing at his own behavior.

He immediately grabbed a pair of underwear, headed to the bathroom, and took a beautiful shower.

He couldn't tolerate the heavy hair mud clinging to his head.

He also couldn't stand diving into the quilt smelling of hot pot.

The outside of the quilt can be dirty, but the inside must not be.

After washing, Su Yang emerged feeling refreshed, having washed away grime and fatigue alike.

Sitting on a stool to dry his hair, he began to review today's game content.

"Performance Score, Favorability…"

The boys couldn't see their own scores here, so they could only infer results from general feelings.

Based on the intuitive feeling Xu Yutong gave him, Su Yang estimated his score would hover around seventy.

It wouldn't exceed eighty.

Her affection, though not pretended, was mostly initiated by Su Yang.

Even though she 'took the initiative' while eating hot pot, that couldn't be a reason to boost the score.

Judging from that inexplicable sense of familiarity—

If Xu Yutong were his 'partner', the next goal would become much clearer.

Su Yang only needs to keep up the affectionate persona, read people like a menu, and use 'Lie Detection' to avoid pitfalls.

He is highly confident he can secure priority selection rights.

Therefore, the next objective is simple—

Continue scoring high!

"Whose partner am I this time?" Su Yang rubbed his chin.

Girls are labeled with A, B, C, D.

Boys are labeled with E, F, G, H.

If A is E's partner, E's partner could be A, or perhaps C or D.

There could also be a 'cheesy' plot where A is E's partner, E is B's partner, and B is F's partner.

Similarly, A could be partnered with EF, and AB could be E's partner.

It could even be one man with three women, or one woman with three men.

The rules don't explicitly state a one-to-one correspondence.

"From a timing perspective, Xu Yutong must have done something to me, trying to verify information," Su Yang asserted.

Her gaze before and after seemed like two different people, yet she still held such high Favorability toward him.

Su Yang can basically confirm she verified, and the result was very satisfactory.

"Right… or wrong?"

He was unsure about that.

Xu Yutong's nature was simple, but that was already past tense.

What she's become now is hard to say.

But intuition told him… he could relax.

"There's another doubt: Jiang Hua's Performance Score is so high, yet his Favorability is below the passing line," Su Yang mused.

He didn't raise it then, and others seemed to have no questions either.

Comparing the two sets of data shows Favorability follows Performance Score.

For example, Huangfu Shu's Performance Score is 64, Favorability is 60.

Su Yang's Performance Score is 85, Favorability is 89.

It may be higher or lower, but overall the gap never exceeds five points.

Yet Jiang Hua deviates from the norm; on a 76 Performance Score basis, he only got 34 points of Favorability.

That is clearly unreasonable.

It's more than half broken.

At this level, the relationship isn't much better than that of strangers.

How can a handsome guy make a girl happy yet fail to generate Favorability?

Unless he has that cheap personality that makes people love and hate him.

But Jiang Hua isn't.

On the contrary, he's the warm guy everyone knows.

He speaks well, has cultivation, and his emotional intelligence is spot on.

Thus, either his date is a flower, or the problem lies with him.

Dong dong~

Just as Su Yang was racking his Brain, a sudden knock sounded from behind.

"Who?"

"It's me, your dear Huazi." a deliberately lowered voice said.

Jiang Hua?

Su Yang's eyes flickered with suspicion; what are you sneaking around for at this late hour?

"Hurry and open the door, I have something to discuss with you; soon we'll be discovered by that fool Huangfu Shu!" Jiang Hua was a bit anxious.

Su Yang got up and opened the room door; Jiang Hua immediately slipped in like a sneaky dog, then quietly closed the door.

"Finally you're in." Jiang Hua let out a long sigh, his face full of satisfaction.

Hearing that, Su Yang's complexion turned a bit odd.

How does that sound... like an affair?

"What do you need from me?" Su Yang gestured for him to sit.

"Sharing Intelligence." Jiang Hua said without hesitation, getting straight to the point.

"Oh?" Su Yang raised an eyebrow, looking at him with a half‑smile, "Aren't you afraid I'd lie to you?"

"Of course I'm scared, but after thinking it over, you might not run into my date, so I have a fifty‑percent chance of profiting." Jiang Hua giggled.

Su Yang was hearing that kind of self‑comfort for the first time.

"Since you say that, it would be hard to justify me not putting out some 'hard cash'." Su Yang said.

Jiang Hua nodded repeatedly, then wore a look of deep resentment, "It's all Huangfu Shu's fault; he performed poorly, refused to cooperate, and wouldn't let us share."

"Where is the other person?" Su Yang asked curiously.

"In the room; I just saw him go in and he hasn't come out." Jiang Hua shrugged.

"Then let's start; you first or me first?" Su Yang asked.

Before Jiang Hua could speak, the room door sounded again—

"Dong dong~"

"Who?" Su Yang's eyelids flickered, subconsciously feeling the tension and immorality of being caught in an affair.

"I am Tang Youning," a low voice said.

The two exchanged a glance, and Su Yang opened the door to pull him in.

Tang Youning leapt in like a cheetah, then carefully closed the door, his movements mirroring the previous visitor.

He turned around and saw a face beaming with smiles, causing his features to twitch in fright.

"Hi!" Jiang Hua, delighted to find a kindred spirit, exclaimed.

"Jiang Zi is also here," Tang Youning cleared his throat lightly twice.

"I arrived a few minutes earlier than you."

Tang Youning nodded and explained his purpose, "I came..."

"I know, sharing Intelligence, so sit quickly." Jiang Hua grabbed his hand and pulled him to sit beside him.

Tang Youning looked around the room's furnishings and layout with a hint of restraint.

Jiang Hua, seeing this, teased, "Brother Youning, aren't you worried Huangfu Shu will bust you?"

"I don't care about him." Tang Youning replied bluntly.

"Haha..." Jiang Hua laughed out loud, then hurriedly covered his mouth.

The three lowered their voices in perfect sync, fearing that 'others' might eavesdrop.

"I'll go first." Jiang Hua sat up straight and said, "My date is named Lin Shuyu, a very quiet girl; she likes light food, her personality seems rather introverted, similar to you, Brother Youning."

"I haven't fully figured out her hobbies; she probably prefers the kind of thing that Huangfu Shu, the big fool, likes, so you can be more proactive during the date."

"That's all?" Su Yang was slightly taken aback.

"Brother, it's only been six hours; how deep do you want to know?" Jiang Hua said with a helpless laugh.

"For example, Innate Talent, the types of movies or books you like, whether you like cilantro." Su Yang listed a few.

"I didn't ask about movies or books, and I don't know about cilantro, but..." Jiang Hua paused, his brows knit.

He then lifted his head gravely and said, "I saw a strange phenomenon in her."

"Don't leave ink stains," Su Yang urged.

"When we were eating, stars suddenly flickered in her eyes," Jiang Hua said.