The so-called important matter was to call each of the girls one by one and inform them that the mastermind behind this “failed assassination attempt” was none other than that scumbag Su Ze.
Naturally, all the girls’ favorability toward Su Ze and their heartthrob values plummeted.
“Lu Ziqing’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: -30”
“Song An’an’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: -15”
“Gu Yuqi’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: -100+”
“Hana’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: -100+”
“Zhen Zhu’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: -2”
“Bai Zhen’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: -100+”
“An Hua’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: -27”
“Liang Sheng’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: 0”
“Liang Jin’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: -100+”
“Dong Yue’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: -29”
“Mo Qingrou’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: -100+”
“Ye Yuzhe’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: 21”
“Cha Susu’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: -11”
“Ou Lu’s Favorability Toward Su Ze: -53”
Liang Sheng stared at the favorability chart in front of her, which made her teeth ache.
Every single girl’s favorability toward Su Ze had dropped into negative territory—except for that one devoted idiot Trap, Ye Yuzhe, who had always been loyal to the scumbag.
This He Wennuo wasn’t getting anywhere. He’d been pursuing the Little Trap for so long, and the best he could manage was getting him to reluctantly agree to give dating a try—while his heart still belonged to Su Ze.
Still, Ye Yuzhe was something else. Agreeing to test the waters of romance with someone else while still hung up on another guy? Utterly ridiculous.
“Boy, do we have our work cut out for us today.” Liang Sheng rolled her shoulders, clenched her fist, and punched the air in front of her. “Come on! Let’s go find that big dummy, Ye Yuzhe!”
At that moment, Ye Yuzhe was out on a date with He Wennuo, though he seemed utterly disinterested the whole way. His mind was preoccupied with what Liang Sheng had told him—about how vicious Su Ze was deep down, even hiring someone to kill her.
Was Su Ze really like that? Ye Yuzhe shook his head quickly. He and Su Ze were childhood friends, after all—they’d known each other since they were kids. Su Ze was a kindhearted guy, and that’s exactly what had drawn Ye Yuzhe to him. There was no way he’d be so malicious as to try taking the life of a little girl. Liang Sheng must have gotten bad intel, or maybe there was some huge, serious misunderstanding.
Su Ze was the kind of man who rescued injured puppies, comforted him when he cried, and never judged him for sneaking into women’s clothes. How could he possibly hurt my good friend? Ye Yuzhe thought.
He Wennuo watched his newly won “girlfriend” slouching along in the dumps and pulled out all the stops to cheer him up.
Suddenly, his phone rang—it was the Green-haired Girl calling.
“Hello?” True to form, putting romance over friendship was the way to go. The patient, gentle tone He’d used just moments ago vanished, replaced by clear impatience as he snapped at Liang Sheng on the other end. “What is it? I’m in the middle of something important right now (coaxing my girlfriend). Can you call back later?”
“Hah?” Liang Sheng rolled her eyes. “What could possibly be so important? You’re out on a date with Ye Yuzhe, aren’t you?”
He Wennuo was at a loss for words. He grumbled a few times but said nothing.
Liang Sheng had picked up on his lousy tone the second she answered. With her sharp emotional intelligence, it only took her a few seconds to figure out why he was being such a jerk.
She had zero patience for letting people walk all over her or using her as an emotional punching bag.
“Did you two have a fight, or is Ye Yuzhe giving you the cold shoulder or something? Don’t take it out on me,” Liang Sheng said coolly, channeling Mo Qingrou’s usual demeanor. “Besides, every time I call you, isn’t it for the sake of your love life—or to help you out?”
“If you’re this ungrateful, brushing me off and using me as your outlet, maybe we shouldn’t be friends anymore. Actually, you clearly don’t see me as one if you’re snapping at me like this.”
“Click.”
With that, Liang Sheng fell silent but didn’t actually hang up.
He Wennuo blinked at his phone for a moment before snapping to his senses. He realized just how rude and shameless he’d been to Liang Sheng.
That was no way for a CEO to act.
He glanced at the screen— she hadn’t hung up. She was waiting for him to speak, giving him a chance to apologize.
“Ahem! Don’t hang up, Liang Sheng, hold on.” His tone softened instantly, turning warm and conciliatory. “That was… yeah, that was on me. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have taken my frustrations out on you. Forgive me—I promise I won’t lose my cool like that again.”
Satisfied, Liang Sheng nodded to herself.
“Fine. I wasn’t even that mad to begin with. Since you’re being so sincere… I forgive you.”
Truth be told, Liang Sheng had no intention of burning bridges with He Wennuo over something this minor. She just couldn’t let his outburst slide and wanted to put him in his place a little.
“Alright, onto the important thing. This concerns you and your little wifey’s happy future~” Liang Sheng teased without getting straight to the point, stringing him along. “Wanna hear it? Fair warning: it’s gonna make your teeth ache… or maybe your stomach churn.”
Okay, more accurately, she was worried he’d get an upset stomach after hearing it.
He Wennuo jumped right in. “What is it? Spill—I have a bad feeling about this.”
Liang Sheng cleared her throat. “Well…”
She rattled off the whole story from start to finish—for about the eighteenth time.
He Wennuo frowned. “You… what’s your beef with Su Ze, anyway? It’s gotten to the point where he’s hiring hitmen on you.”
Liang Sheng shrugged and spread her hands. “Who knows? All the girls he likes seem to gravitate toward me a bit. Jealousy? Beats me—he’s always been a weird one.”
He Wennuo nodded thoughtfully.
“So…” he ventured, “you plan to tell Yuzhee about this and turn him against that jerk Su Ze?”
Liang Sheng let out a wry laugh. “You think I haven’t already talked to Ye Yuzhe about it? The poor kid still wants to keep trusting Su Ze—to believe he’s not capable of something like that.”
“…”
He Wennuo fell into a long silence.
That quiet stretched on, setting Liang Sheng’s nerves on edge. She started to worry: what if this made him back off? Or worse, abandon his pursuit of the fool altogether? Either way, it wouldn’t do her any favors.
