Chapter 34 — The Campus God Who Spat Blood (8) | Yandere Male Lead, Daily Edition
After the basketball game, Xing Ge blew up in popularity. She became a campus-wide name and even got recognized off campus. People stopped her on the path to chat, and boys kept inviting her to play ball. Her approval rating among the same sex was off the charts.
Yet both she and the system were depressed.
One week passed. Then two.
Despite flexing that hard and looking that cool, she did not receive a single love letter.
This was scientifically impossible.
The system was anxious too, tugging at its metaphorical hair every day for ideas.
Meanwhile, Xing Ge lay at her dorm desk, eyes full of wounded envy, watching Chen Xi haul back an entire box of letters and gifts.
Same house, different fate.
The system was jealous and sour. “Probably because you played alongside the male lead last time. He stole the spotlight, so the girls did not come for you. You know how the male lead halo works. It is a trap. The girls go blind and cannot see anyone else’s merits.”
It curled its lip and switched to roast mode. “Also, your hardware is not competitive. A cute little pretty boy next to a top-tier stunner is the difference between kid brother and god among men. Not the same league at all. And you still insist on hovering at the male lead’s elbow…”
You even supplied a direct comparison chart. No brain cells at all.
The system rolled its eyes. Having zero emotional intelligence is terrifying.
Xing Ge wanted to cry.
If only she had not become the male lead’s best buddy. At this rate, when would she ever reel in a girl and finish the mission?
She swiveled her chair. Cheng Rui was clacking away at a game. Xing Ge asked, worried, “Second Bro, how do I get a girl to notice me and actually like me?” This peacock of a man might be flashy, but he did collect plenty of confessions. He just did not like any of them and remained single.
Cheng Rui preened. In the women-fate department, Xing Ge still had a long way to go. A younger cutie is a younger cutie. He did not gatekeep either. “Actually it is simple. First you have to become a warm, reliable guy…”
Huh. Why does the air feel cold? It is not windy today.
He looked up and reflexively glanced toward the balcony. Chen Xi lounged against the wall in a white shirt and black hair, long legs crossed, so perfect he looked like a poster. He held a book with three blood-red characters on the cover: Anatomy.
Cheng Rui: “…”
“Actually I think,” he pivoted at once, “we are in college to study. Why date so much? You cannot eat romance for dinner. Right, Dumb Ox?” He set Xu Jianyuan on fire instead, who was sweet-talking his girlfriend on WeChat.
Xu Jianyuan: “…”
F***. Caught a stray bullet for nothing.
Under the boss’s half-smile, the two who were about to bicker instantly forged an alliance. “Oh look, it is already noon. Let us go eat.”
They did not even ask Xing Ge and ran off with the meal cards.
Xing Ge: “Hey, you two…” I want lunch too!
Why run like you are late for reincarnation?
“What is wrong? Bad mood?” Chen Xi set the book down and asked softly.
“I am jealous that girls chase you and that you get a mountain of love letters every day,” Xing Ge said honestly, eyes full of envy.
A flicker crossed the young man’s gaze. He pulled a box of Dove chocolates from the pile, opened it, snapped off a square, and brought it to the youth’s lips. “Try it?”
His white-porcelain fingertips pinched the dark chocolate. Somehow it looked indecently tempting.
“That is not right. It belongs to someone else…” Xing Ge glanced at him.
“Borrow the flowers to offer Buddha. I cannot finish them anyway. Throwing them away is a waste, is it not?” He bent closer like he was coaxing, brushed the chocolate along the corner of Xing Ge’s mouth, and just as she opened up, his long fingers whisked away.
“Oh? You wanted it? You should have said. If you do not say it, how am I supposed to know you want some? This is awkward, is it not?” He looked so innocent.
Xing Ge: “…”
So much for the tiny boat of friendship.
Success curled at the corners of the male lead’s mouth.
Childish.
The next time he leaned in to tease, Xing Ge timed it and snapped her mouth shut, biting down hard on both the chocolate and his fingers.
Chen Xi jolted.
Tingling, damp heat. His fingers were caught in the youth’s mouth. He could feel the soft tongue and the hard edge of teeth. It sent a shiver through him.
Then Xing Ge thought of a crucial question.
“Did you wash your hands?”
Chen Xi regained composure. “Mm… no.”
“For real!”
Xing Ge bolted to the sink.
He looked down at his fingers, hesitated, then slowly extended his red tongue and gave them a small lick.
Yes. Sweet.
Even better than imagined.
Chen Xi lowered his eyelids. His lingering eyelashes cast shadows on his cheeks, faint, like a melancholic beautiful boy from a manga. Only those lips with a rosy luster suddenly curved up slightly at a certain instant, bewitching and gorgeous.
Because of that wicked stunt, Xing Ge ignored him for days and dove into an online game. As the system put it, “If reality has no girls, go have a fiery online romance. Remember, the male and female leads met through this game. You can try to skim off some of that luck.”
Xing Ge agreed. Player and system happily embarked on Operation Flirt In Game.
The game was called Rivers and Lakes, with twelve sects and a Tang-like fantasy setting. In mist and willow shade strutted rebellious teenage blade-masters, elegant healer-scholars, bold female swordswomen, and graceful dancing beauties.
Perfectly tailored for love and bickering.
Regret hit Xing Ge hard. If only she had started online love earlier. She had hopped around in real life acting cute for nothing and did not snag a single number. All pain, zero gain.
Maybe because she was sick of her real-life cherub face, Qi Shaoying’s avatar was a blade-wielder, tall and dashing, a long-time elder of the top faction Big Dipper Alliance. After a stretch running with the male lead, he had a modest reputation.
Especially after they clashed with Dragon King Gang. That swaggering movement, that absurd DPS. People’s impression of “Lord Qi” changed overnight.
They used to call him “Little Qi-Qi” and “Little Lord.” Now it was “First Evil Lord.” Not his fault. Xing Ge popped out of nowhere like a ghost and reaped players like wheat.
She was speechless. How did a righteous soul like her get labeled evil? The system stopped her from flipping out. “Men who are a little bad are more lovable.” Only then did she resist the urge to beat her own fanboys.
Dragon King Gang was salty. You are clearly a blade class, and you stole the assassin’s job. Heaven will smite you.
After the faction war, Dragon King members ambushed her in squads.
Her combat power skyrocketed and she kicked them out one by one, stripping all their valuables while she was at it. She did not go too far though. She left them their underwear.
Always leave a line in life. You never know when Dragon King Gang might contain her future wife.
Her immediate target, however, was a female elder in her own faction. Do not let rainwater fall on another field.
Conveniently, the woman also played a blade-wielder. Long legs, generous curves, and a righteous glint between the brows. Exactly Xing Ge’s type.
The system howled for her to pounce and pushed over a pile of dating manuals.
Xing Ge prepared to field-test them one by one.
[Lord Qi]: Ghost King Tower. Need an 80-plus female blade. Feiyan, you in?
[Baking Soda]: Evil Lord big bro, flirting with Sister Feiyan again?
[Lord Qi]: Run along, kid.
[Baking Soda]: I… wuu, Evil Lord big bro bullied me!
[Sunny Skies]: Tsk, tsk. Evil Lord, your double standard is showing.
[Lord Qi]: Says who, my defeated rival?
[Sunny Skies]: Y-You… hmph! I am never speaking to you again!
[All Address Me As Your Majesty]: Ahaha, Sunny, you are asking for it.
[Idle Hands]: Exactly. Evil Lord should just give him a beating.
Everyone joked around.
[Circle A Prison]: Pushing Ghost King? I will go.
Chat fell oddly quiet for a second, then a flood of fans burst forth.
[Hair To The Waist Squatting To Flirt]: Aaaah, a live sighting of the Great God. Not easy, not easy. Front row!
[Under Heaven Red Rain]: G-g-Great God! Accept my kneecaps!
[Great God I Will Bear Your Monkey]: Howl howl, Great God, I will bear your monkeys!
The lurking heroine hurried to ping too.
[Mist-Mist]: Master, you are online?
[Mist-Mist]: Master, I want to run Ghost King to level, but it is too dark and I am scared…
At the computer, Xing Ge rolled her eyes.
She had deliberately picked one of Chen Xi’s class times to flirt, and he still popped up. Did he not know he came with an unbeatable beauty filter? Whenever he appeared, the entire server gathered to worship the hidden deity. How was she supposed to flirt?
[Lord Qi]: No. Only need a blade.
[Lord Qi]: Take your little apprentice to grind levels.
Yes, male lead, go do your thing. Do not block my chase.
For some reason, the other side suddenly exploded.
[Circle A Prison]: You want her, not me?
[Circle A Prison]: Surnamed Qi, you are something.
[Circle A Prison]: Do not speak to me again.
[Lord Qi]: ???
[Lord Qi]: ???
[Lord Qi]: ???
Xing Ge stared at the screen, utterly lost. How did flirting with a girl turn her into a sinner for the ages?
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