TMLSG -Chapter 27 Possessiveness

Zhang Yan and the sports representative of AI Class One had been high school classmates and were very close privately, so there were no reservations when discussing this topic.

As soon as Zhang Yan mentioned it, the rep readily agreed to help, promising to try to persuade Ren Yanjing to participate in the swimming event.

The sports rep from Electronic Engineering Class 4 had been waiting a long time but hadn’t heard from Li Ran. He glanced at her curiously. “Li Ran, which events are you signing up for? How about the 800 meters and shot put?”

The 800-meter race was short of participants.

Li Ran smiled gently. “I’ll decide later.”

The sports rep immediately understood. “You’re signing up for the same events as Ren Yanjing too, right?”

It was a very normal thing to say, but because Ren Yanjing currently had a girlfriend, Li Ran subconsciously thought the comment carried some hidden meaning.

The rep probably didn’t intend anything extra, but Li Ran overthought it.

Shame, irritation, and confusion all surged in her heart.

After leaving the classroom, she pulled out her phone and opened her photo album.

The photo that “Has the Zhen-Yan CP dropped candy today?” had posted yesterday was saved. In the photo, Ren Yanjing’s coat was on his girlfriend, while he was only wearing a black sweater—not very thick.

But young men could generate a lot of heat; he didn’t look cold at all.

Ren Yanjing had excellent taste in clothing, and his family was wealthy, so he rarely wore the same item twice.

Coincidentally, the coat he wore yesterday was the same one.

“Has the Zhen-Yan CP dropped candy today?” hadn’t lied—at midnight, Ren Yanjing was indeed strolling along the riverbank with his girlfriend.

In such cold weather, they still had the energy to go out for a ride by the river.

Li Ran couldn’t understand it.

But she could clearly recognize her own jealousy.

She had been following Ren Yanjing for many years, since the first year of high school—over four years now.

She knew better than anyone how outstanding he was.

In her eyes, Tang Zhen was completely unworthy of him.

She knew Tang Zhen’s grades were mediocre, that she spent all her college time idly, with no ambitions or goals.

All of this had been told to her by Lu Yu.

Li Ran needed to stand out, to attract Ren Yanjing’s attention.

The upcoming B University sports meet would be her starting point.

The sports rep of AI Class One was surnamed Fei; everyone in the class called him “Old Fei.”

After the professional class ended that day, Old Fei walked over to Ren Yanjing and asked, “Ren Yanjing, which events are you signing up for this year’s sports meet?”

Ren Yanjing was about to reply when suddenly, a notification appeared in the school’s main group chat.

“Dear students, this Sunday at 6 p.m., Mr. Zhou Xusi, CEO of Feng Xu Games, will host an entrepreneurship sharing seminar at our school. The venue is the lecture hall on the third floor of XX Building. All interested students are welcome. Don’t miss this rare opportunity!”

Zhou Xusi was coming to their school to give a seminar? Ren Yanjing’s eyes darkened.

Others in the group also saw the notification.

“Ah, Zhou Xusi! I know him. Feng Xu has been really strong these past two years—every game they release becomes a hit. I love playing all their games.”

“And their in-game purchases are reasonable, no forced spending.”

“Sunday at 6 p.m.? I have to go see him. I heard he’s super handsome. I haven’t seen him offline yet.”

“I think he was just named one of the top ten outstanding young entrepreneurs this year. Truly excellent!”

Ren Yanjing got up and left the classroom without a word.

Old Fei chased after him. “Ren Yanjing, which events will you sign up for? Want me to sign you up for swim—”

“Just sign me up for any two, that’s enough.”

Ren Yanjing had no preference; the point was simply to participate.

Old Fei grinned, showing more teeth than eyes. “Alright, I’ll sign you up—guaranteed to satisfy you.” With that, he filled in Ren Yanjing’s name under the swimming event.

News of Ren Yanjing signing up for swimming spread like wildfire, quickly reaching every corner of B University.

Almost every dormitory chat group was discussing it.

“Ren Yanjing is truly a male god. We’re in for a treat this year!”

“Ahhh! He actually signed up! I’m really looking forward to the sports meet!”

“I seriously doubt the swimming pool won’t be packed that day.”

“I’ve never seen him just in swim trunks—so hot!”

By the afternoon, even students at the Media Arts College, which was very close to B University, had heard the news.

Tang Zhen and a few of her roommates were walking home after class when they overheard the discussion about Ren Yanjing participating in the school swimming competition.

Her roommates exchanged sly looks and nudged her. “Zhen Zhen, on the day your boyfriend competes, bring us along too!”

Tang Zhen casually agreed. “Sure.”

No sooner had she said that, she received another mission.

【Mission 13: On the day of the swimming competition, prevent Ren Yanjing from competing!】

Tang Zhen: …

If the mission had been to stop Ren Yanjing from signing up right now, she would have had no objections.

But why specifically on the day of the swimming competition?

Changing participants at the last minute would probably disappoint a lot of people.

After all, everyone was already looking forward to that day.

In fact, she herself was also looking forward to it. She really wanted to see what rank he could achieve in the competition.

000 explained confidently, 【Xiao Zhen, this is what a supporting female lead does. Only by doing this can she assert her special position as the girlfriend.】

“But why prevent him from competing?”

It was just a school sports event—why shouldn’t he participate?

000 replied, 【Because during the swimming competition, he can only wear swim trunks. Won’t all that perfection be seen by everyone else?】

【A supporting female lead’s possessiveness over the male lead is very strong. Some things are meant only for her eyes; no one else should see.】

Tang Zhen hadn’t even considered this aspect.

After all, on the sports field, it was common to see boys playing shirtless.

Those scenes were so ordinary.

Tang Zhen had a feeling that she might fail this mission.

Just because a mission is issued doesn’t mean she will automatically succeed.

Although she had completed twelve missions so far, that was because her interactions with the male lead were still brief and the missions were relatively simple.

The longer she stayed with him, the harder the subsequent missions would likely become—maybe one day she would fail.

“Sanquan, what happens if I fail the mission?”

【Nothing happens, you just won’t earn any life points.】

Tang Zhen knew she could only try her best; whether she would succeed was another matter.

After all, this mission’s demand was truly unreasonable.

If everyone thought like a supporting female lead, wouldn’t every male competitor in the swimming events have to be single?

Tang Zhen chuckled at her own thoughts, just as she received a message from Ren Yanjing:

“Any plans for this Sunday afternoon? If not, let’s go skiing.”

Tang Zhen indeed had no plans.

But it was only Tuesday, and the male lead was already planning Sunday’s schedule? There were still several days to go.

She didn’t overthink it and simply replied, “Okay.”

Meanwhile, 000 stared at Ren Yanjing’s message, deep in thought.

Sunday… afternoon…

Wasn’t that exactly when Zhou Xusi was holding his seminar at B University?

What a coincidence—the male lead was asking Tang Zhen out.

Was he… concerned about Zhou Xusi?

Thinking this, the system scrambled into gibberish.

After a few seconds, 000 recovered.

Impossible. Absolutely impossible.

Even the female lead didn’t get this kind of treatment; the supporting female lead shouldn’t expect it.

It had to be a coincidence!

Yes, just a coincidence!