The familiar feeling of the world spinning and shifting, Lin Qinghe entered the body of the original host in the new world, and information from the system began to flood her mind.
You Rong, the sole heir to the renowned You family's conglomerate in the capital, orphaned at a young age with only his grandfather as family. He grew up spoiled, with a simple mind and a somewhat chubby physique.
The original host was the campus belle of A University. On her first day, she learned of You Rong's identity and deliberately sought opportunities to approach him, making him fall for her. She exploited him in myriad overt and covert ways, having him shower her with luxury goods to satisfy her vanity.
After using You Rong to believe she had hooked up with another handsome rich second-generation heir, the original host cruelly rejected You Rong's confession, which was meticulously prepared by him and presented to the entire school. She mocked him for his appearance, calling him a toad wanting to eat swan meat. You Rong was deeply hurt and devastated.
You Rong resolved to lose weight, and half a year later, he returned to A University, transformed into a remarkably handsome individual. The original host, having failed to win over the rich second-generation heir and seeing You Rong's drastic change, developed new intentions and pestered him relentlessly. She even secretly plotted and framed You Rong's fiancée, Wen Qianyun, leading to Wen Qianyun's kidnapping.
However, during his interactions with Wen Qianyun, You Rong, touched by her kindness and gentleness, had already fallen in love with his fiancée.
You Rong was furious. He rescued Wen Qianyun and used the influence of the You family conglomerate to utterly ruin the original host, leaving her family destitute.
After receiving the information from the system, Lin Qinghe's lips twitched severely as she saw the original host's memory of her brazenly mocking You Rong.
She wanted to curse the system, couldn't it give her a world mission with a lower difficulty coefficient!
Now, the original host had completely broken You Rong's heart. He hated her to death, yet the system was forcing her to pursue him and make him fall in love with her again. She could only imagine how difficult this task would be!
As Lin Qinghe was fretting, someone bumped her shoulder. "Qinghe, look quickly! Is that really You Rong? He's only been gone for half a year, how did he get so handsome? Did he get plastic surgery?!"
Lin Qinghe raised her eyes. A luxurious Rolls-Royce was parked at the school gate. A slender, handsome You Rong alighted from the car, his expression aloof. He was even more striking than the popular male celebrities on television.
You Rong strode forward, and as he looked up, his gaze met Lin Qinghe's.
You Rong's indifferent gaze made Lin Qinghe inexplicably nervous, and she quickly lowered her head.
The next second, the system's prompt in her mind made her jaw nearly drop in shock.
"System progress bar increased by five percent, total progress is five percent."
This!!!
What was going on?
Was she getting bonus points right at the start??
Did this mean You Rong still had feelings for the original host?!
Thinking of this possibility, Lin Qinghe's eyes suddenly lit up.
With You Rong still having feelings for the original host, wasn't increasing the system's progress bar relatively easier!
Lin Qinghe was overjoyed, even considering retracting the harsh words she had mentally directed at the system's ancestors. She was so happy she could already see the progress bar for this world reaching one hundred percent.
The people beside Lin Qinghe looked at her with confusion. "Qinghe, what are you smiling about? You Rong has already left."
Another person beside her giggled charmingly, "What else could she be thinking about? Seeing You Rong back and turned into such a handsome guy, she probably wants to get him back in her grasp and play him around again. After all, You Rong confessed to her in front of the whole school before, she just wasn't interested then..."
Hearing their conversation, Lin Qinghe couldn't help but frown.
One of these two was named Xue Moli, and the other was Lin Shanshan. They were just like the original host, always stringing along various male admirers and having them shower them with expensive gifts.
In short, they were white lotuses, just like the original host.
Lin Qinghe decided to have as little to do with them as possible in the future; it would surely bring no benefit.
Lin Qinghe couldn't even be bothered to speak to them. Seeing that You Rong had disappeared somewhere, she followed him.
"Hey? Qinghe? Where are you going? Hey..."
Lin Qinghe completely ignored their words.
As Lin Qinghe walked away, Xue Moli pouted displeasedly and said contemptuously, "She really thinks too highly of herself. She thinks You Rong is still that傻小子 (foolish boy) who would dote on her all day. Doesn't she see what You Rong has become? And knowing her vain nature, how could he still be interested in her..."
"Exactly. Let's not bother with her. Let's go to the bar together. I heard the campus heartthrob from the neighboring school, a rich second-generation heir who's also handsome, will be there today."
"Really? Then let's go now..."
Lin Qinghe returned to her classroom and sat down. She didn't go to find You Rong immediately. She needed to sort through the original host's memories first, find information that would be beneficial to her, and then approach You Rong.
In the original host's memories, You Rong was very simple. When others mocked him for being fat, Lin Qinghe bought him a carton of milk and handed it to him, comforting him by saying he shouldn't care about others' opinions, that he was kinder than anyone else, and in her eyes, better than anyone.
You Rong, being simple and naive, was touched. From then on, he followed the original host around, painstakingly trying to please her.
What You Rong didn't know was that the original host would turn around with a different expression and mock him with Xue Moli and the others.
Lin Qinghe propped her chin up, her slender, fair fingers tapping rhythmically on the desk. Her eyes were slightly lowered, and her delicate, small face wore a thoughtful expression.
When class ended at noon, Lin Qinghe bought some food and You Rong's favorite chocolate-flavored milk. She then went to the second-year classroom of the Finance department.
Lin Qinghe came with the hope of trying her luck. To her surprise, when she looked into the classroom, there was only one person, who happened to be You Rong.
You Rong sat in the back row of the classroom, his left arm casually resting on the desk, his head slightly bowed. The afterglow of the sunset outside illuminated his chiseled profile, making him indescribably handsome.
Lin Qinghe was momentarily lost in admiration.
When she came back to her senses, she cursed herself inwardly.
What are you looking at! It's not the first time you've seen him, and you can't even tear your eyes away. You Rong is handsome, but can't you show some ambition!
She took a deep breath, composing herself.
Lin Qinghe raised her hand and knocked on the classroom door. You Rong turned his head. With the light behind him, Lin Qinghe couldn't clearly see the expression on his face.
Lin Qinghe swallowed, "...Excuse me, may I come in?"
You Rong nodded indifferently.
Lin Qinghe walked up to You Rong and handed him the things she had bought. "You Rong, I specially bought this for you. Your favorite cake and chocolate-flavored milk."
You Rong didn't take it. He glanced at Lin Qinghe with a detached expression and said coolly, "Is there something?"
You Rong's coldness didn't make Lin Qinghe frown. She had seen You Rong look at her with eyes that seemed to want to kill her, filled with hatred. Compared to that, this was much better.
Lin Qinghe lowered her head slightly, feigning nervousness as she fidgeted with her fingers, deliberately stammering, "You Rong, I have something I want to tell you..."