TMLSG -Chapter 33 I Will Win

Ren Yanjing slightly lowered his phone. “What’s wrong, baby?”

Tang Zhen mustered her courage and asked, “Do you really have to compete in the swimming race?”

Ren Yanjing smiled. It was a smile that suited him perfectly—full of youthful boldness and carefree charm. “Why do you care more about my reputation than I do?”

He wasn’t afraid of losing, but Tang Zhen was more anxious about him losing than he was.

Ren Yanjing placed his free hand on Tang Zhen’s head and rubbed it. “Don’t worry. I’ll win.”

Tang Zhen naturally had confidence in him.

But the mission had just been marked as complete, and now she didn’t want all that effort to go to waste. She refused.

If she had never had a hope of completing it, she could let it go—but the mission had just said “Completed.”

Ren Yanjing told Zhang Mian on the phone, “Just pick a random time.” Zhang Ziyu wasn’t even on his radar.

Then he leaned slightly toward Tang Zhen and smiled. “Since you care so much about me, I’ll give it my all.”

Actually, she wasn’t concerned about him.

She was just being selfish.

Why make him think that she didn’t want him to lose?

She didn’t actually feel that way.

She knew he would win if he competed.

She wasn’t as noble as he imagined.

She didn’t care about him as much as he imagined.

In fact, she didn’t care about him at all. She was just using him as a tool.

If she wasn’t using him as a tool, why would she stop him from showing up Zhang Ziyu?

Tang Zhen bit her lip, summoning all her courage, and confessed bluntly, “Actually, I don’t care about whether you win or lose. I just don’t want you swimming for everyone else to see.”

Ren Yanjing, who was on the phone with Zhang Mian, froze.

Her thoughts were so jumbled that her words came out a little incoherent. She didn’t even know exactly what she said; she just wanted to tell him the truest state of this mission. “Because so many people want to watch you swim, but I don’t. I haven’t even seen it myself.”

“I’m not saying I don’t want you to lose. I’m just too selfish.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Ren Yanjing, I know I shouldn’t be like this, but I can’t help it.”

“Really… I’m so sorry.”

As soon as Tang Zhen began confessing, Ren Yanjing had already hung up the phone on his own.

Tang Zhen felt utterly despairing. “You can laugh at me or mock me all you want.”

She even wanted to laugh at herself.

For the mission, she had affected Ren Yanjing’s swimming competition.

He would surely think she was unreasonable, right?

He definitely would.

Because that was the truth.

But the cold mockery she expected never came.

Ren Yanjing’s voice, full of a smiling warmth, sounded gently in her ear. “So, baby… you’re really possessive of me, huh?”

His smile widened. “I didn’t expect that to be your reason.”

Then he nodded seriously. “But what you said makes sense. You haven’t even seen it yet, so why let others have a chance?”

Tang Zhen: ???

“So, let’s go to the beach in a couple of days.”

Go to the beach for what??

Go to the beach for what!!

000’s screaming almost made Tang Zhen’s head explode: 【Ahhhhhh so excited! The male lead actually invited you to the beach?!】

【Why did he specifically choose the beach?】

“Zhen, tell me the answer out loud!”

Tang Zhen refused to speak.

Her entire face was blazing red—cheeks, earlobes, and her fair skin tinged with pink—looking like a tempting, ripe peach.

She kept her eyes lowered. From Ren Yanjing’s angle, he could only see her long curled eyelashes and her perfectly shaped, fair nose.

Occasionally, he caught glimpses of her petal-like red lips.

Even though he had seen them many times, his gaze was still drawn to those lips.

Ren Yanjing, always a man of action, quickly made a plan. “Tomorrow we’ll go skiing. The day after, do you have many classes? If not, we’ll go to the beach.”

Tang Zhen felt like she was melting. She stammered, “Le…let’s… talk about it later.”

Ren Yanjing didn’t push too hard.

Getting her to open up today had already been no small feat.

He smirked slightly. “Then I’ll arrange another competition with Zhang Ziyu.”

Tang Zhen stammered, “Up to you…”

Ren Yanjing teased her, lightly brushing her cheek to see her blush. “Baby, then what should I compete with him in? Table tennis? Golf? Or basketball?”

“I’m actually okay at all of those,” she admitted, biting her lip.

“Then…then you pick the one you’re best at.”

Ren Yanjing chuckled. “But I’m good at all of them.”

The male lead—what a trickster!

He had just said “okay at,” but now it was “good at all of them.”

Tang Zhen raised her head in mock accusation, eyes glistening, lips slightly pouted, looking both annoyed and coquettish.

The pretty little cat was almost angry—but even her anger looked adorable.

Ren Yanjing didn’t tease her further. “Then let Zhang Ziyu pick whatever he wants.”

News of Ren Yanjing skipping the competition quickly spread across B University.

At this moment, the “Ren Yanjing Fan Group” was in a heated discussion about it.

“He didn’t swim today!!! I’m going crazy!”

“I heard that when he was about to reach the swimming pool, his girlfriend stopped him.”

“What the hell? He’s skipping the race because of his girlfriend?”

“Probably.”

“What the hell? I stayed up all night just to watch him swim today, and now he just skips it?”

“Even world-class sports competitions have withdrawals; it’s just a school-level event, after all.”

“Hopefully he’s not skipping because of his girlfriend, or I swear I’ll scream.”

Then, one user named Yitiao Yu chimed in.

Yitiao Yu: “Tang Zhen has always been this selfish.”

This comment immediately blew up the chat.

“So her name is Tang Zhen? How can someone be this selfish in the world?”

“She eats all the meat herself and doesn’t even let her sisters sip the soup.”

At this point, 000’s alternate account, “Has ZhenYan Given Sweet Today,” slowly spoke up.

“Who are you? He’s not obligated to swim for you.”

Not satisfied with just one jab, 000 continued: “And your expectations are way too high.”

The fan group collectively lost it.

“Why hasn’t this person been kicked out?”

“Where’s the group owner? Speak up!”

The group owner sighed helplessly. “I’ve tried kicking them out several times; it just won’t work. I’ve filed a complaint—let’s see if it gets resolved.”

“Has ZhenYan Given Sweet Today” continued to flaunt: “Today, the ZhenYan couple is sweet as ever.”