Ren Yanjing’s sudden remark caught Tang Zhen completely off guard.
If Ren Yanjing knew that lately she had been thinking about breaking up every single day, would he still have said that?
She suddenly felt so sorry for him.
Tang Zhen didn’t reply immediately.
Ren Yanjing didn’t need her response either.
The two of them just quietly held each other for a while.
Tang Zhen asked, “Santiao, after a breakup, will the male lead be upset?”
111 replied confidently, 【No. Zhen, he’s the male lead. The male lead naturally belongs to the female lead. Only the female lead can make him upset.】
“But he wants to be with me for a long, long time right now.”
【That’s because he hasn’t experienced another kind of happiness yet. Once he’s with the female lead, he’ll know what true happiness is, and then he’ll forget the feelings he had with the secondary female character.】
【Zhen, some things need comparison. That’s just how the story is set.】
Tang Zhen understood.
111, having enjoyed this sugary scenario, started giving Tang Zhen suggestions: 【Zhen, anyway, it’s only the last few days before the breakup. If you want, you can stick to the male lead a little more.】
【Zhen, if you stick to him too much, who knows, you might get tired of him yourself.】
Tang Zhen was silent for a moment before replying, “Santiao, you really understand human nature.”
111 said, 【Hehehe, right? Zhen, for example, you eat a dish and think it’s super delicious. But if you eat it every day, three meals a day, seven or ten times a day, in just a couple of days, you might completely get sick of it.】
【Normally, after that, you wouldn’t want to touch that dish for a long time.】
【Similarly, Zhen, you might have a tiny bit of affection for the male lead now. That’s normal—after all, the male lead in this hit sweet romance novel is very charming. In many ways, his charm and abilities are maxed out.】
【But sticking to him is just like the example I gave. If you cling to him 24/7, in less than two days, you’ll get tired of him.】
【Once you’re tired of him, that’s about the time for the breakup.】
【Zhen, then you can break up with the male lead gracefully, use the life points you earned from missions to survive, find a new boyfriend, and I can continue enjoying the sugar with your current boyfriend. Wouldn’t life be wonderful?】
Tang Zhen: …
Since transmigrating into this book, she hadn’t admired many people.
The male lead was one—he was truly talented in scientific research, extremely smart.
Santiao was another.
Its mindset was really impressive—before she and the male lead even broke up, it had already started imagining life afterward.
Other than them, she hadn’t admired anyone else.
After chatting with Santiao for a while, her mood was indeed comforted.
The secondary female character would exit the male lead’s life and start a new one.
But before starting a new life, she decided not to follow Santiao’s advice.
Just as she thought this, she received the prompt for Mission 28—
【Mission 28: Be inseparable from the male lead for three days.】
111 explained, 【Zhen, this is another mission that lowers his affection for you.】
【Who doesn’t need some private time? Being inseparable for three days is quite intrusive.】
【The male lead sometimes dislikes being disturbed while thinking. This mission, on one hand, makes it easier for you to get tired of him, and on the other hand, makes him get tired of you. It’s a perfect mission.】
After all, it was the eve of the breakup. It was normal for such a mission to appear—the essence of the mission was designed to get the male lead and secondary female character to break up.
With this mission, wouldn’t the breakup be almost effortless?
After a few performances, it was soon Robert’s turn.
Ren Yanjing and the others had already gone backstage early to wait.
Tang Zhen did not go with them.
“Three days… isn’t that a bit long, Santiao?”
111 said, 【Zhen, I’ll give you a slight discount. For the 72-hour mission, sticking for more than 66 hours counts as a success.】
66 hours—it still sounded like an enormous amount of time.
Suddenly, all the lights on the stage went out.
Tang Zhen took out the glow sticks and support signs she had prepared in advance and began cheering for Robert.
Soon, a beam of light appeared on the stage, shining directly on Robert.
As a robot, Robert’s appearance was actually quite handsome, and today it had specially put on a pair of sunglasses to look cool.
Compared to the first time Tang Zhen had seen it, Robert had become much, much more agile.
On stage, Robert began performing high-level street dance moves, one after another, flawlessly executed.
Explosive music blared across the stage, and waves of cheers from the audience rolled endlessly like the ocean.
After a minute, the main highlight arrived.
Robert started to transform, turning into a round-shaped robot.
As the round robot rolled smoothly across the stage, Tang Zhen and the others couldn’t help but laugh.
Tang Zhen said, “Robert is really so cute.”
111 replied, 【Right? Zhen, I think so too.】
The round robot looked chubby and lively, full of energy and agility. As the performance neared its end, it transformed back into Robert’s usual humanoid shape.
Robert removed the sunglasses from its face and bowed to thank the audience.
“Future! Future! Future!”
A chorus of coordinated cheers rose from the crowd.
Amid the neatly unified chants, Tang Zhen holding her glow sticks and support signs didn’t feel out of place at all.
After Robert’s performance, it was the Future team’s turn to take the stage and give their thanks.
Several members took turns speaking a few words.
While they were speaking, all of them noticed the only standout support sign in the audience.
On it was written—
“Robert is the cutest”
“Future is awesome”
It was obvious it came from Tang Zhen’s hands.
After all, she had promised them earlier that she would cheer for them—and she had delivered.
A little later, Shen Quanli eagerly rushed over to Tang Zhen’s spot.
He wanted to get a close look at this exclusive support sign.
As Shen Quanli happily examined it, he suddenly noticed a tiny line of words at the very bottom: “Ren Yanjing is #6”.
He couldn’t help joking, “Sister-in-law, you snuck in some personal bias, huh?”
Ren Yanjing grabbed Tang Zhen and started heading out. “You guys stay here, we’ll be right back,” he said, adding a reminder: “Don’t ruin the sign.”
Shen Quanli made a funny face at him, “Don’t worry, bro, we won’t!”
Once they left the audience area, Tang Zhen finally had the chance to ask, “Where are we going?”
Ren Yanjing seemed a bit awkward. “I’m going to the bathroom. Wait for me.”
Tang Zhen didn’t think much of it. “Okay.”
After he left, Tang Zhen stood alone outside the venue of the New Year’s Eve party, waiting for him.
But just as she settled in, a humanoid robot suddenly darted out from somewhere.
It was Robert!
Robert? Here?
Robert was wearing king-style sunglasses and holding a rose, performing a clumsy, silly dance—completely unlike his cool, flawless performance on stage.
111 commented, 【Zhen, Robert looks so silly, hahahaha.】
Indeed, it was silly—but in a way that was adorable.
Robert danced around Tang Zhen, performing his goofy routine.
In the middle of the dance, Robert suddenly spoke in an electronic voice: “Zhenzhen, please turn around.”
Turn around?
Tang Zhen instinctively twisted to look behind her.
There stood Ren Yanjing, who had somehow arrived without her noticing.
He was bathed in soft lights, holding flowers and balloons, walking toward her with a smile.
At that very moment, New Year’s Eve fireworks exploded overhead.
Amid the sky full of fireworks, she heard him say:
“Happy New Year, my wife.
Being with you—makes me very happy.”

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