TMLSG -Chapter 131 Understanding the Male Lead’s Past

That day, Shen Quanli had the campus social media team at B University post a “Moments” update for him.

The content was as follows:

“Shen Quanli, Class of 20xx, Department of Artificial Intelligence, says: Which kind-hearted classmate actually gave out my phone number and even had a girl call me to prank me? Too bad—I’m not falling for it, not at all. Still, it’s best not to do such things. If it happens again, I will take legal action.”

Once this post went up, the gossipers at the school went wild.

“Who’s so reckless as to prank Shen Quanli? Are we sure it’s a prank on him and not by him?”

“Whoever did this is confused.”

“What kind of prank did they even pull? That’s all I care about!”

“Maybe Shen Quanli is just the scapegoat. Perhaps they wanted to prank someone else but couldn’t, so they settled for him?”

“Shen Quanli actually seems kind of pitiful, hahaha.”

Shen Quanli himself saw these comments.

He stroked his chin and said, “Captain, I feel like I’m the one taking the prank for you.”

Ren Yanjing replied calmly, “Isn’t the most important thing right now to find out who gave out your number?”

Shen Quanli sighed in frustration, “I have too many friends. It’s really hard to guess.”

Zhang Mian patted his shoulder and said, “People like our captain, whose circle is clean and quiet, don’t have to worry about this.”

Shen Quanli: …

As the farce unfolded, even Tang Zhen got to know about it. Of course, she learned it from 111.

111 said in a peculiar tone, 【Zhen, I realized there are quite a few clever people at B University. Someone actually guessed the truth!】

Indeed, the prank was originally aimed at Ren Yanjing. Only when they couldn’t get his number did they settle for Shen Quanli instead.

Tang Zhen asked, “Santiao, was it the female lead or her friend who did it?”

111 replied, 【Yes, Zhen, you’re getting smarter! This time it was Lu Yu, the friend, and the female lead had no idea.】

In a way, Lu Yu’s efforts were quite thorough—she always took the lead for the female lead, while the female lead remained completely uninvolved. Of course, the female lead occasionally got involved, but that was only when she couldn’t contain herself later.

111 sighed, 【I have to say, the male lead really takes care of his privacy. Most people can’t even get his phone number.】

Those who do know his number wouldn’t easily share it with others.

In short, anyone who casually gave out his number couldn’t really be his friend.

At this point, 111 couldn’t resist sharing a little gossip with Tang Zhen: 【Zhen, back in high school, the male lead had a very close friend. But later, they had a falling out. Complete cut-off—no contact ever again.】

“Ah?” Tang Zhen was surprised. She couldn’t help but ask, “Santiao, do you know why they cut ties?”

111 fiddled for a few seconds and said regretfully, 【Can’t find out, Zhen. I really want to know why they broke off too…】

Just as 111 finished speaking, Tang Zhen received Mission Thirty-Six.

【Mission Thirty-Six: Get Ren Yanjing to tell in detail the story of how he and his close friend fell out.】

Ah… was this mission really not one of those annoying tasks?

111 comforted her, 【If it were someone else, it would definitely be annoying. But maybe the male lead actually likes it when you ask about his past?】

After all, all the previous outrageous missions had been completed, hadn’t they?

Whether it was Mission Thirty-Four or Mission Thirty-Five, 111 thought they were very hard to complete—but in the end, they were all completed in some inexplicably smooth way.

You really have to admit: there is a bit of tacit understanding between the female supporting character and the male lead.

Tang Zhen couldn’t help but ask, “But… won’t this mission involve his privacy?”

111 let out a sound of exasperation, 【Zhen, what privacy are you talking about? If you went asking the male lead’s classmates, you might even dig up some little secrets from back then. After all, even if their falling out wasn’t widely known, there were still plenty who knew about it.】

【But that’s unnecessary, Zhen. It’s much easier to just ask the male lead directly.】

Tang Zhen really hadn’t expected that Ren Yanjing would also fall out with someone.

111, however, wasn’t too surprised: 【If you’re not on the same wavelength, cutting ties is actually normal.】 Especially for someone like the male lead, who has his own set of principles.

So… what exactly happened back then?

Tang Zhen didn’t rush to complete the mission. If she could naturally bring up Ren Yanjing’s high school past, that would be best. If not, it was okay to leave the mission unfinished for now.

“Santiao, come to think of it, I really know too little about Ren Yanjing’s past.”

In that little romance story she had read, only a certain period of the male lead’s life was depicted. His high school past was barely mentioned, let alone elementary or middle school.

Ren Yanjing had told her that his high school life was ordinary—going to school, preparing for exams, the daily routine monotonous and repetitive, just like everyone else.

111 said rationally, 【Zhen, you’re not the only one who thinks that. The male lead probably feels the same way, right?】

Tang Zhen didn’t know much about Ren Yanjing’s past. Could he really know much about hers?

But that wasn’t a big deal—Mission Thirty-Six had arrived anyway.

Following the topic of “falling out,” she might naturally learn quite a bit about the male lead’s past.

After school that day, Tang Zhen walked out of the gate with her new friend, only to see Ren Yanjing’s car already parked at the school entrance.

The orange-red sports car was impossible to miss anywhere.

111 couldn’t help chuckling—could the male lead’s subtle little plan really escape its notice? He just wanted Tang Zhen to notice him at first glance.

After saying goodbye to her friend, Tang Zhen hurried into the car.

Once inside, Ren Yanjing leaned over to help her buckle her seatbelt.

Tang Zhen glanced at his sharply defined profile and couldn’t help thinking about the new mission. His past… she was genuinely curious.

She asked sweetly, “Where are we going later?”

Ren Yanjing looked up, kissed her, and then replied, “First we’ll eat, then to the lab, okay?”

Tang Zhen nodded obediently, raising no objections.

Unable to resist, Ren Yanjing leaned over and kissed her cheek, asking, “What do you want to eat, baby?”

Tang Zhen said casually, “Barbecue?”

“Alright.”

They went to a popular barbecue restaurant and had dinner. After eating, Tang Zhen followed Ren Yanjing to the future lab.

She thought tonight would be just like any other night.

But unexpectedly, the moment she entered the lab, she saw a robot glimmering with metallic light.

This robot looked extremely high-tech, exuding both power and aesthetic elegance.

It was Robert!

Seeing Tang Zhen, Robert bowed, just as before, performing a gentlemanly gesture, then said in a clear, electronic voice,

“Zhenzhen, long time no see—I, Robert, am back!”

Tang Zhen: !!!