TMLSG -Chapter 54 She Deserves the Best

111 went absolutely crazy with delight in Tang Zhen’s mind.

But after a few seconds, its squeals abruptly stopped.

Something about this development felt… off.

Could this really be something someone with a favorability of 36 would say?

It couldn’t help but consult a peer.

At this moment, the only idle system nearby was #001. And #001 was a gold-rank system.

After 111 shared its confusion with #001, #001 replied, “Some people, even with just one point of affection, will act as if they have a hundred. Don’t judge by their behavior—that’s misleading. The most direct indicator is their favorability score.”

After hearing this, 111 felt reassured.

But it didn’t know that #001 worked in the “jerk male lead department,” and its method didn’t apply to the male lead department.

It also didn’t know that the favorability detector it borrowed earlier was a flawed unit that should have been destroyed long ago—sometimes accurate, sometimes not, and generally unreliable.

Ren Yanjing continued asking, “Did aunt say anything else?”

Tang Zhen hesitated. “She wants me to be with my eldest brother. I don’t understand why she thinks that way.”

What Tang Zhen couldn’t understand, Ren Yanjing immediately did.

When he had previously investigated Zhou Xusi, he also learned about his family relations. He knew that Zhou Xusi’s stepmother had been married before—more than once.

Fortunately for her, she eventually got her wish and married into the Zhou family.

She clearly wanted to secure her position as Mrs. Zhou.

But there were plenty of women surrounding Zhou Xusi’s father. Marrying in was easy; remaining Mrs. Zhou was not.

Given this context, if Tang Zhen were with Zhou Xusi, her position as Mrs. Zhou would be solidified—not just solid, but unshakable. She would no longer need to worry about anything for the rest of her life.

That’s why she was so determined to set up Tang Zhen and Zhou Xusi.

As for wanting Tang Zhen to give him to Zhou Wan, that was just to please her stepdaughter.

Ultimately, it was all for herself.

Ren Yanjing roughly understood Tang Zhen’s mother’s weakness.

But whatever Zhou Xusi could do for her, he could too.

If she wanted to secure her position as Mrs. Zhou, it didn’t necessarily have to be by becoming Zhou Xusi’s mother-in-law.

“Next time there’s a chance, take me to meet your mom,” Ren Yanjing said.

Tang Zhen pursed her lips. “We’ll see.” In her private thoughts, she didn’t want him to meet her mother.

Since their relationship was bound to end sooner or later, she didn’t want too many ties forming.

Ren Yanjing didn’t say anything more.

He and Tang Zhen had just been together for two months, so meeting her parents now would indeed be too soon.

Better to wait a little longer.

On the other side of the wall, Lu Yu stood on the balcony and quickly withdrew her head from peeking into the neighboring balcony.

She whispered to Li Ran, “Did you hear that? Tang Zhen’s mom doesn’t approve of her being with Ren Yanjing.”

Li Ran gave a soft “hm.”

That clear statement—“I will never give Ren Yanjing to Zhou Wan”—was firmly registered in her ears.

Lu Yu snorted. “Love that isn’t accepted by your parents won’t last long.”

She then opened the “Ren Yanjing Fan Group” and began sharing the latest news with the group.

Yiyu wrote, “This is hilarious—you won’t believe what Tang Zhen did today.”

The others in the chat, who had been casually talking, immediately jumped in.

“What did she do now?”

“Did she act up again?”

“Did she stop Ren Yanjing from doing something again?”

Yiyu replied, “Just before Ren Yanjing was about to take the robot to the competition, she asked him—am I more important, or the robot?”

Lu Yu had a wide circle of friends and, conveniently, one of them had also attended the New Year’s event selection today.

So she knew exactly what happened at the selection.

“Unbelievable.”

“Always craving attention, huh?”

“How did Ren Yanjing answer?”

Yiyu: “He must be annoyed to death, he didn’t answer directly.”

Just as everyone in the group chat was caught up in discussion, the long-silent “Did the Zhen-Yan CP give us any sugar today?” reappeared.

“He said he wants to go very, very far with Tang Zhen. Hehe.”

After that, the group went silent.

111’s rule of conduct was simple: no matter what happens in the future, it only focused on the present.

At least for now, the CP it shipped was sweet.

And that was enough!

When Tang Zhen was lying on the bed, sudden loud music blared from the room next door.

The music was extremely loud.

Boom boom boom. It gave her a headache.

Ren Yanjing got up, intending to go remind the neighbors, when Tang Zhen’s system issued another task: 【Mission 22: Prevent the male lead from leaving the room.】

Tang Zhen had an inkling of what it was about.

“Is that the sound of the female lead and her friends?”

From the system, she knew Li Ran and Lu Yu were in the room next door.

111 grumbled, 【Yeah, with only one month left, can’t the female lead just quiet down? Why is she everywhere?】

“Isn’t it still too early for the male and female lead to meet?”

111: 【Of course. The male and female leads are soulmates. When he encounters her, he’ll know what he truly wants in love. But he hasn’t broken up yet—he’s not single—so it’s not yet time to meet the female lead.】

Seeing Ren Yanjing nearly reach the door, Tang Zhen softly said, “Ren Yanjing.”

He stopped and walked back to her. “What’s wrong?”

Tang Zhen’s long eyelashes trembled. “My stomach hurts.”

Ren Yanjing’s ears turned red again. “The hot water bag got cold again? I’ll warm it with my hands.”

111: 【Ahhhh! Where did the male lead learn this?】

Naturally, he learned it online.

Ren Yanjing had quickly picked up a lot of practical knowledge in a short time.

He placed his hand gently over Tang Zhen’s stomach through her undershirt, fingertips slightly tingling. “Does it feel better?”

Tang Zhen turned her head away, whispering, “Seems a little better.”

“Mm.”

Ren Yanjing finally understood why Zhang Mian’s little sister had always described his girlfriend as a small cake.

Because she really was soft and sweet.

The music next door suddenly stopped, possibly because another guest complained, or for some other reason.

After a while, a thumping sound came from the wall, like a ball bouncing against it.

The sound was controlled perfectly—only affecting Tang Zhen’s room, not the rest of the hotel guests.

Tang Zhen was puzzled. “What are the female lead and her friend doing?”

111: 【Losing it, probably.】

Otherwise, why would Lu Yu keep pounding the wall with her fists?

Ren Yanjing called the front desk to handle it.

As for himself, he didn’t go over personally.

He had intended to speak to the neighbors directly but couldn’t spare the time.

After the front desk negotiated, the situation improved slightly.

But after a while, the pounding returned.

Ren Yanjing intervened again. The front desk was helpless: “Those two guests claim they didn’t make any noise.”

They intended to deny everything.

The front desk must have been frustrated with such tenants.

Ren Yanjing calmly said, “Upgrade my room to the presidential suite.”

The front desk paused, then replied, “Okay, we’ll arrange it right away.”

He originally didn’t want to make a special fuss—whatever room his team got, he would take the same.

But now, he just wanted to give Tang Zhen the best environment to rest.

She deserved the best.