System: My worldview has collapsed, please let me be quiet

Monday morning.

Jiang Meiling, carrying her schoolbag, still took Jiang Beichen's car to Nanwu No. 1 Middle School.

In the car, Jiang Beichen asked Jiang Meiling curiously, "Meiling, after that incident, how are you and the person you like doing? You...should be together, right?"

Jiang Meiling shook her head. "No, I haven't contacted him since then. I don't know what he is doing. I guess he is preparing for the monthly exam. After all, he has a bet with Daoming Si, right?"

Inside the car, it’s quiet.

Jiang Meiling tried to ask System 002, what has Zhou Yian been doing recently?

Didn't you say that his favorability towards you has increased to 100%?

Why didn’t Zhou Yian take the initiative to look for her?

Are you shy?

But looking at him, there's no way he's shy.

System 002: Host, you fell asleep in the car on your way home. I couldn't wake you up no matter how hard I tried. At that time, Zhou Yian's favorability towards you had already been declining. It's strange that he would come to see you now...

Jiang Meiling was surprised.

isn't it?

What happened while she was sleeping?

System 002: Host, Zhou Yian has developed a crush on Fu Xinlin, so...

Jiang Meiling: To Fu Xinlin? That beautiful Bai Yueguang?!

Well, it turns out that men are all pigs, they fall in love with every woman they meet.

System 002: Zhou Yian doesn’t love you either…

Jiang Meiling: What did you say?

System 002: No, nothing.

"Meiling, we're at school. I'll pick you up after school." Jiang Beichen got out of the car and helped Jiang Meiling open the door like a gentleman. He looked at her affectionately, as if thinking, Zhou Yian, can you do it? If not, he should quickly explain it to Jiang Meiling.

"Well, Beichen, I think you don't have to pick me up home in the afternoon..." Jiang Meiling got out of the car, intending to end the fake romance between them.

"What?" Jiang Beichen was very surprised. Why should he stop?

"Because... I don't think our behavior will have any impact on Zhou Yian. After all, he is too difficult to pursue..." Jiang Meiling shook her head helplessly.

"Then you...can't you just give it a try?"

Jiang Meiling looked at Beichen in confusion and asked, "Give it a try?"

"As for me, why do you have to chase him? Is there anything I can't compare to him?"

Jiang Meiling quickly waved her hands, "No, that's not what I meant."

How should I put it? She was just here to complete the mission...

I'm not really here to fall in love.

"I'm going to school first." Jiang Meiling made up an excuse and ran away.

The final monthly exam is coming up at school.

When Jiang Meiling came to her seat, Zhou Yian had already appeared at the table next to her.

She came to her seat curiously and excitedly, and before she sat down, someone spoke first, "Zhou Yian, is your mother okay?"

She originally wanted to ask how he was doing recently and why he didn't ask about her situation.

Zhou Yian heard the voice coming from beside him and replied to Jiang Meiling directly, "Jiang Meiling, I will help you get rid of Daoming Si in this monthly exam. But... we should not have too many interactions with each other."

Jiang Meiling looked at Zhou Yian in a daze at first, but finally, her gaze gradually became somewhat incredible.

What did she just hear?

Don't want to have too many interactions?

Are you planning to distance yourself from each other?

Jiang Meiling: 002, what's going on? Has he lost his affection for me?

System 002: Host, Zhou Yian's favorability towards you has dropped to 70%, and it seems that the trend is continuing to decline!

Jiang Meiling: Still falling? Is it because of Fu Xinlin? Could it be that Zhou Yian has fallen in love with Fu Xinlin?

System 002: Host, I don't know about this either. After all, your "love at first sight" is too difficult to understand.

"What did you say?" Jiang Meiling wanted to ask directly.

Zhou Yian raised his head, his eyes bloodshot.

Didn't he sleep well?

Moreover, his mental state is really bad!

It’s so heartbreaking!

His original family had already left him devastated, and now he didn't want to open his heart to her.

"I don't want to get too close to you. Just like when we first met, I was a hypocritical person. Don't get close to me again."

"Zhou Yian..."

Hypocrisy is just your self-protection.

"Please..." Zhou Yian closed his eyes and turned his face away, his hands trembling. The veins bulging in his hands that were tightly grasping the book were clearly visible.

The thin palm is so broad, yet so thin.

His skin was so white that at this moment it looked more like broken snowflakes.

"Zhou Yian, mental illness can be cured. All you have to do is face it bravely." Jiang Meiling reached out and held Zhou Yian's hand with one hand. "Didn't you say that we should take off this mask together and be our true selves?"

Zhou Yian opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Meiling in confusion.

His heart was beating so fast that his whole body was hot. He was wondering if Jiang Meiling was planning to...

Face it with him?

Facing his dirty hands and dark heart...

"Zhou Yian, I am willing to take off this hypocritical mask for you!" Jiang Meiling said indignantly.

System 002: Host, do you want to dig your own grave? You have ruined your character, and 004 will punish you every moment!

Jiang Meiling: What do you know? When Zhou Yian agreed to take off the mask with me, he agreed to date me. Wasn't my mission accomplished at that time? Would I still be afraid of 004?

System 002: What a naive host.

Zhou Yian looked at Jiang Meiling in surprise. He never expected that she would really be willing to do this for him...

"But, if you say that...your home, your home..." Zhou Yian recalled that when he saw Jiang Meiling's parents at the door of their house, there was clearly a sign "Home of Five Good Etiquette" posted on the door of their house.

In other words, if Jiang Meiling really took off her hypocritical facade, her family would no longer be considered a family of etiquette.

As if she could see Zhou Yian's worry, Jiang Meiling gently patted Zhou Yian's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything!"

Zhou Yian remained silent.

How can she say that so easily?

"Haha..." Suddenly, Zhou Yian laughed.

Jiang Meiling was puzzled. Why was he laughing?

But Zhou Yian's expression obviously did not stop, and he could no longer suppress the upward trend of the corners of his mouth.

He pointed his finger at Jiang Meiling, then burst into laughter, "Jiang Meiling, you really... for me? You would rather take off your disguise? Hahaha... are you stupid!"

Jiang Meiling widened her eyes and looked at someone who was laughing out loud.

I have to say that Zhou Yian’s gentle smile on weekdays is indeed very nice, but now when he laughs heartily, he looks more like himself!

Jiang Meiling raised her eyebrows and asked unhappily, "Are you laughing at me? I've given up pretending for you, and you dare to laugh at me?"