TMLSG -Chapter 44 Happiness

111 immediately spoke up to stop her, 【Xiao Zhen, remember your mission! Make the male lead dislike you!】

【Isn’t this the perfect opportunity?】

【Just be cold to him! Slowly, he will naturally grow indifferent.】

Tang Zhen hesitated for a moment, then turned and ran out of the City Science and Technology Museum.

The school was far from here, the bus stop was far too, and the museum was in the suburbs. She didn’t know where to go and felt very confused inside.

She decided to find an open space to sit, bought some paper and pencils from a little kid on the way home, and started drawing.

The moment she held a pencil, she knew what to draw.

She would draw the scene where Robert fiercely defeated Sugar.

Robert was so adorable.

He would chat with her, tell her jokes—though none of the jokes were funny—but that wasn’t Robert’s fault. It was Ren Yanjing’s fault for not loading funny jokes into Robert.

In short, Robert was just perfect.

Tang Zhen lost track of time while drawing. She had bought a lot of paper this time, so she drew many scenes of Robert defeating Sugar.

She memorized Robert’s and Sugar’s appearances firmly in her heart.

She drew many poses, but without exception, Robert was always the most handsome.

Several sheets of paper were scattered on the ground nearby, and as she kept furiously drawing, Ren Yanjing quietly appeared beside her and sat down. “No wonder you weren’t picking up my calls. So you were hiding here, drawing.”

She looked up, realized something, and took out her phone. In just half an hour, Ren Yanjing had called her dozens of times.

She opened her mouth, wanting to ask how Ren Yanjing was feeling, but because of the mission, she couldn’t ask anything, couldn’t show any concern.

Was it the mission she resisted, or the fact that she couldn’t care about Ren Yanjing?

She seemed to vaguely understand in her heart that she wasn’t actually resisting the mission itself.

Then what she resisted was…

Stop!

She couldn’t let herself entertain forbidden thoughts.

A person can’t have it all. Getting a second chance at life was already rare enough. Since she had life again, she had to give something in return.

She just had to act according to the female supporting character’s role—it wasn’t difficult.

Moreover, even if she didn’t comfort the male lead, the female lead would.

In fact, it was only natural for the female lead to comfort him.

No matter what, the male lead wouldn’t fall into despair.

That was the author’s favoritism toward him.

111 constantly reminded her, 【Xiao Zhen! Mission! Focus on the mission!】

Mission 17 not only required her to ignore the male lead’s sadness but also to rub salt in his wounds.

Was that even humanly possible?

Tang Zhen silently apologized to Ren Yanjing in her heart several times.

She bit her lip and mockingly said, “Ren Yanjing, you’re so useless. You let Robert suffer today.”

But her voice was too soft; it didn’t sound like mockery. It sounded more like a little whine, almost like she was defending Robert.

“Useless” was already the most vicious thing Tang Zhen could think of saying.

To complete the mission, she said it two more times, “You’re so useless, you’re so useless.”

Ren Yanjing put his arm around her shoulders, wanting her to stop acting cute.

There were cameras nearby, and he didn’t want to kiss her here.

But he still wanted to hear her speak. Her voice was so pleasant, especially when she called his name.

Ren Yanjing really wanted to tell Tang Zhen, “Your husband isn’t useless,” but there were children nearby, more than one, so he had to swallow the words.

Tang Zhen nervously asked 111, 【Mission complete, all three tasks?】

She was afraid she hadn’t finished and would have to continue mocking Ren Yanjing.

Fortunately, the mission was complete.

111 praised her, 【Xiao Zhen, you did great this time! You didn’t comfort the male lead! You ignored his disappointment. As a shallow, scheming supporting female character, you were very qualified this time!】

Tang Zhen blankly stared into space, seeming to think a lot, yet also seeming to think of nothing at all.

She and Ren Yanjing didn’t speak.

Perhaps Ren Yanjing was still immersed in the sadness over Robert being hurt by another robot.

In fact, Ren Yanjing’s anger had completely vanished the moment he saw Tang Zhen. Somehow, someone didn’t have to do anything, didn’t have to say anything—just appearing there was enough to brighten his mood.

As soon as he saw her, the corners of his mouth couldn’t stay down.

He noticed the sheets of paper on the ground, picked them up, looked at them several times, and praised sincerely, “Baby, you’re so cute.”

How could she be so childish?

Taking out her frustration on Robert in her drawings.

But every drawing she made was full of life; Robert looked vivid and dynamic, while Sugar looked rough and unrefined, almost like a cheap knockoff.

Seeing her drawings, the actions of Shen Qi’s team had no negative effect on him—in fact, they only fired up his fighting spirit.

He collected the drawings and asked, “Baby, do you still want to keep these drawings?”

Tang Zhen looked at him blankly. “Do you want them?”

“Yeah.”

“Then they’re yours.” As compensation for not comforting you.

Ren Yanjing took Tang Zhen back to the City Science and Technology Museum, where the supervising teacher’s displeased voice echoed, “What’s going on? This wasn’t mentioned before! Wasn’t it supposed to be just a friendly match? Now you’re competing for a win?”

The person in charge of the friendly match kept apologizing, “We didn’t know about this beforehand. If we had, we definitely wouldn’t have agreed.”

“Fine, we’ll cover the repair costs for your robots.”

The supervising teacher added, “And have their team apologize to our members!”

The person in charge hesitated, “Well… the F University team has already left.”

The teacher didn’t budge, “No matter what, my team must receive that apology!”

The person in charge could only say they would try to negotiate.

Whether Shen Qi’s team cooperated or not was unclear.

While the supervising teacher was arguing with the person in charge, Ren Yanjing shared the drawings with his teammates.

Shen Quanli laughed out loud the moment he saw the drawings. They were full of life and childlike charm, drawn with only a few strokes but made the scenes extraordinarily vivid and playful.

He looked at Ren Yanjing, “Did sister-in-law draw these?”

Ren Yanjing nodded, “Yes.”

Shen Quanli exclaimed, “Sister-in-law, you’re amazing! These are so lifelike!”

Zhang Wei came over to look as well. After seeing the drawings, she exclaimed, “Wow, not only are you beautiful, but you’re also such a talented artist!”

Zhang Mian teased with a smile, “No wonder she’s an art student.”

Tang Zhen’s cheeks flushed as everyone praised her, a natural rosy glow no paint could match.

She couldn’t help thinking how undeserving she was. She had acted so badly, hadn’t comforted Ren Yanjing when he was upset, yet she still earned everyone’s admiration.

The previously injured Robert had mostly been repaired.

Ren Yanjing bent down, adjusted Robert, and a few minutes later, Robert walked slowly toward Tang Zhen on his mechanical legs.

Tang Zhen reached out and patted his smooth head, “Hello, Robert.”

Robert spun around in place and, in a soft, cute mechanical voice, reassured her, “Tang Zhen baby, I’m all better now. Don’t worry about me. Thank you for worrying about me today—don’t be unhappy.”

Tang Zhen instinctively glanced at Ren Yanjing.

Meanwhile, Robert’s mechanical voice continued,

“Don’t be unhappy.”

“Don’t be unhappy.”

So she had seemed unhappy just now?

But now… she was very happy.