TMLSG -Chapter 48 I Like You the Most

111 comforted her: 【Don’t worry, Zhen. He won’t casually critique you. And if he dares give you a bad review, then he really deserves to poke his own eyes out! If he doesn’t do it himself, I’ll help him!】

Tang Zhen laughed.

Actually, she didn’t care much herself. Even if Shen Qi had said something, she wouldn’t take it to heart.

Her thoughts drifted back to earlier. “So many passersby were filming videos…”

111 immediately said: 【It’s better if it reaches the male lead. He thinks everyone is an independent individual, not anyone’s subordinate. He doesn’t like clingy behavior—it makes him feel like he has no personal space.】

【Those few sentences you just said almost trampled on his boundaries. Once he sees them, his favorability toward you could drop again.】

After that, both 111 and Tang Zhen fell silent.

111 was quiet because it hadn’t been able to enjoy any “shipping” recently, which was torturous for it.

Tang Zhen wasn’t thinking too much. Right now, she just wanted a smooth, peaceful parting with Ren Yanjing. She hoped that when the day came to separate, she wouldn’t become a completely unrecognizable figure in his mind.

Currently, she already had the image of a sloppy, clingy girlfriend—what would she become by the end?

If possible, she wanted their ending to be calm, smooth, and without drama.

Li Ran sat on a wooden bench on the nearby street. She hadn’t slept the entire night, yet she felt no drowsiness at all.

Her mind was very active.

As a top student, her memory had always been excellent.

Every moment she had experienced with Ren Yanjing played repeatedly in her mind, without end. She had imagined many possible futures—but never him having a girlfriend.

Li Ran recalled Ren Yanjing four years ago, when they were freshmen in high school. So young and awkward, he had casually picked up her dropped Chinese textbook and said, “Here, take it.”

That was the first time he had spoken to her.

Even after four years, she still remembered his tone and inflection clearly, down to this very second.

At that moment, Lu Yu returned, looking furious.

Seeing her expression, Li Ran immediately knew that things hadn’t gone well.

Of course—considering Tang Zhen’s personality, it was normal not to agree. She had always been someone who only thought about herself.

After venting to Li Ran for a while, Lu Yu finally felt a bit calmer. She wanted to continue complaining when suddenly her phone rang.

She picked it up and saw it was a call from her counselor.

At this hour—why would the counselor call her?

She answered, and after hearing what the counselor said, her expression turned sour.

After she hung up, Li Ran asked worriedly: “What happened?”

Lu Yu clenched her fists. “Ren Yanjing went to see my counselor. The counselor wants me to come over right now.”

Ren Yanjing went to see Lu Yu’s counselor?

Why?

Li Ran said: “I’ll come with you.”

Lu Yu’s mood was unsettled; she needed her best friend’s support.

Without further words, the two of them went to the bus stop together.

When they arrived at the counselor’s office, Ren Yanjing had already left.

Li Ran, unable to meet the person she wanted to see, felt slightly disappointed.

The counselor saw that Lu Yu had brought a friend, but said little—just reminded her to stay away from Tang Zhen in the future and not cause her trouble again, or there would be formal consequences.

The tone was casual, not harsh, but Lu Yu still felt frustrated.

As she left the office, she was a little dazed.

She didn’t understand—she hadn’t done anything to Tang Zhen, so why did Ren Yanjing go directly to her counselor?

Couldn’t he have just spoken to her directly?

Seeing Lu Yu looking upset, Li Ran also felt uneasy.

She had never lost before.

Any competition she entered, as long as she wanted, she could win first place.

The more Ren Yanjing protected Tang Zhen, the more it stoked her competitive drive.

She wouldn’t lose.

Not before, and not now!

Aunt Yu had no idea about the conflict at the community gate.

Assigned to a new task, she had also been added to Ren Yanjing’s family group chat and was now sharing gossip in the chat.

“Ah, after meeting little Tang, I was so nervous I didn’t know what to do with my hands and feet.”

“I wasn’t this nervous even when facing Old Master,” Aunt Yu said.

“I can’t describe it well… it just felt like as soon as she stepped out of her room, the entire living room lit up.”

“I didn’t even dare to look at her face properly.”

“They live in two separate rooms. You still don’t trust Yanjing? There’s no way anything could happen.”

“Taking it slow like this is actually perfect.”

“Alright, enough talk. I need to go buy some ingredients. I heard little Tang likes sweets, so today I’m going to make her braised prawns in oil!”

Aunt Yu had just been about to head to a nearby supermarket when she received a call from Ren Yanjing.

He told her over the phone that a large package would be delivered soon and asked her to keep an eye out for it.

Aunt Yu figured, since they wouldn’t be back for lunch anyway, she might as well wait a little before going out.

Sure enough, after a while, a delivery person arrived.

When she saw the large item Ren Yanjing had mentioned, her eyes widened slightly.

Oh my goodness, this really is a big package!

When the first class of the day began, 111 was still praising Tang Zhen’s earlier performance.

【That Lu Yu looked like she was about to die of anger, hahaha.】

【Serves her right!】

Lu Yu’s bad mood affected her best friend too—after all, Lu Yu had always defended her. Seeing Lu Yu get slapped in the face was equivalent to Li Ran getting slapped as well.

Thanks to 111’s teasing, Tang Zhen laughed several times. But after class, when she saw the post that Tiantian forwarded, her mood was affected slightly.

The post was titled: “Robert of the Future Team Defeated by Sugar of the Star Team? Who is the College Robot Champion This Year?”

It was likely posted by someone from F University, or at least by fans of Shen Qi.

The post glorified Sugar to the skies and belittled Robert, even showing photos of Robert’s parts scattered after being dismantled.

There were also multiple photos of Sugar from every angle.

Tang Zhen immediately poked the screen and reported it.

Her reason: False Advertising!

Seeing her report, Tiantian rallied the others to do the same.

Noticing Tang Zhen’s frustration, Tiantian comforted her: “We all know Robert is amazing! It just wasn’t prepared this time!”

The City Science Museum had clearly stated that it was a friendly exhibition, not a competition. But Robert’s transformation—from a street dance robot to a boxing robot—wasn’t fully complete.

In the end, things turned out nothing like initially agreed.

It could only be said that F University would stop at nothing to beat the Future Team.

Her classmates cooperated readily: “Yes, report it! Absolutely!”

Tang Zhen felt a bit touched and softly said: “Thank you, everyone.”

Others shrugged it off casually: “What’s there to thank for? It’s only F University’s problem. I heard they still haven’t apologized to the Future Team!”

Tang Zhen had few classes that day. Ren Yanjing still had one, so she didn’t wait for him and took the bus home by herself.

As she opened the door, she wondered if Ren Yanjing had seen that post.

Luckily, Robert wouldn’t see it—otherwise, it would surely feel upset.

The moment she opened the door, a round head came into view.

She instinctively took a step back.

Standing before her was a robot wearing a pink princess dress, about waist-high.

Seeing her, the little robot spoke in a sweet mechanical voice: “Good afternoon, Zhenzhen, I’m Zhenguai.”

So this was the legendary Zhenguai?

Ren Yanjing actually put it in a pink dress!

Zhenguai continued: “Zhenzhen, so happy to meet you. Did you have a good day today?”

Tang Zhen bent down to look at it, her eyes curling slightly. “Yes, I did. Seeing you makes me happy.”

The little robot shyly smiled. “I’m not a perfect body yet. I was supposed to appear during winter break, but I couldn’t wait to meet you.”

“Although I’m not as versatile as Robert, nor as obedient as Puppy, I like you the most!”