TMLSG -Chapter 90 Firmly Establish the Scheming Persona

When 111 returned, Tang Zhen was sipping hot water in small sips.

Seeing that it finally had a response, Tang Zhen asked curiously, “Santiao, where did you go?”

111 replied eagerly, 【Zhen, I just went to consult with a senior! Don’t worry, in a few days you’ll definitely succeed in breaking up!】

It had gained plenty of experience from senior 666.

Right, this senior must be from the same department, after all—they had met in the Male Lead Department.

Since they were colleagues in the same department, the experience was certainly transferable.

111 was full of ambition. Next time, the male lead and the supporting female will break up!

Lu Yu, knowing that Li Ran had been summoned by the counselor, vented her frustration, “How could Ren Yanjing do this?”

Last time, she herself had been summoned by her own counselor.

Now it was Li Ran’s turn.

Does Ren Yanjing always go through the counselor? Why not come to them directly?

Was he afraid they would pounce on him?

Lu Yu hesitated, wanting to say, “A-Ran, maybe just let it go… why cling to Ren Yanjing so much?”

But she knew very well that over four years of silent crushes, you can’t just let go easily.

Li Ran and Lu Yu casually found a place to sit. Li Ran sat upright, poised like a swan that would never bow its head.

She looked straight ahead, her tone calm. “Yu, I know what you want to advise me. My pride and self-respect won’t allow me to long for a boy who already has a girlfriend for too long.”

“But…” Her voice dropped. “He’s too good.”

She had a premonition that if she missed Ren Yanjing, she would never meet someone as good again.

So, she wanted to try one more time.

Previously, she had said that if after one month he still couldn’t change his mind about her, she would give up.

Now, the one-month deadline had twenty-two days left.

She still had a chance!

Because Tang Zhen had been frightened today, Aunt Yu prepared a big table of delicious food for her that evening.

Aunt Yu, looking anxious, said, “That was dangerous! Luckily the scooter didn’t hit little Tang—so lucky, so lucky.”

Then she served Tang Zhen a chicken drumstick.

Tang Zhen smiled sweetly at her. “Thank you, Aunt Yu.”

Then Ren Yanjing handed her a chicken wing.

She smiled sweetly at him. “Thank you, Ah…”

Ren Yanjing’s dark eyes looked at her seriously. Tang Zhen obediently corrected herself, “Thank you, husband.”

Aunt Yu had no words for it.

Ren Yanjing, on the other hand, got up as usual and served Tang Zhen a bowl of soup.

Thinking of the afternoon’s incident, Tang Zhen asked 111, “Santiao, what happened this afternoon—was it an accident, or a plot-kill?”

111 never lied to Tang Zhen. It replied, 【Zhen, it was a plot-kill, but only a warning for now.】

No wonder.

Tang Zhen realized, “So that’s why you went to consult with a senior?”

【Yes.】

She bit her lip, torn between the plot-kill and the male lead. “Then… what should I do?”

111 hurriedly reassured her, 【Zhen, don’t worry. I’ve already found a solution.】

Fearing Tang Zhen’s curiosity, it didn’t leave her in suspense:

【Zhen, have you ever heard of quantum entanglement in physics?】

Tang Zhen put on a serious listening expression, her pretty eyes wide as she recalled, “I think I’ve heard of it.”

111 explained: 【The past and the present affect each other.】

【The senior said that the male lead’s favorability toward you is a bit high now. Reducing it will be difficult, and definitely impossible in the short term.】

【So the senior suggested that every night in your dreams, I help you travel back to the time before you started dating the male lead, and return before sunrise each day.】

【At that time, you were just a stranger to him, not his girlfriend.】

【Zhen, making the male lead from that time dislike you will be much easier than dealing with him now.】

Tang Zhen hesitated. “Then… what time should I go back to?”

111 replied, 【Ten months ago.】

Tang Zhen opened her phone and glanced at the calendar.

It was now January of the new year. She had met the male lead at the end of September last year and started dating in mid-October. Ten months ago would be March of last year.

At that time, the original owner had just turned eighteen and was still a high school student about to face the college entrance exam…

Tang Zhen groaned, “Does it really have to be ten months ago? Can’t I just go back to before I started dating the male lead?”

111 also looked troubled. 【No, Zhen. According to calculations, ten months ago was the period when the male lead was most focused on academics and his career.】

In short, the male lead at that time had no interest in romance.

Presenting a superficial, scheming, and vain image as the supporting female in front of him then would be highly effective—his favorability would drop rapidly.

Tang Zhen sighed, “Well… okay then.”

After all, it was just going back to high school once.

It was only to lower the male lead’s favorability toward her, and with no academic pressure, the problem… shouldn’t be too big, right?

That night, Tang Zhen felt nervous as she went to bed.

What if… she had to go back to high school?

Back to the most stressful final year of high school.

111 comforted her, 【Zhen, don’t worry! You’re a college student now, the most talented and gifted student in the Fine Arts Department of the Media Arts Academy!】

Tang Zhen was still uneasy. “But Santiao, you said the past and present influence each other.”

【Zhen, at most it will only affect the male lead’s attitude toward you! If the male lead from that time dislikes you, it will carry over and even the present male lead will inexplicably start disliking you too.】

【Everything is just to help you succeed in breaking up and avoid a plot-kill! Don’t panic!】

Ren Yanjing immediately noticed Tang Zhen’s unease.

He reached over the blanket, hugged her, kissed her left cheek, and asked, “Baby, what’s wrong?”

Nothing serious—it was just that she was about to be a high school girl again.

A struggling student was starting to feel nervous in advance.

“About this afternoon…”

Tang Zhen shook her head. “It’s nothing to do with that.”

Now that she knew it was a plot-kill and there was a solution, she no longer cared at all.

Ren Yanjing pressed, “Then… what is it because of?”

The room was lit only by a desk lamp.

Under the warm light, Ren Yanjing’s sharp features seemed softened.

His gaze on her was focused, clearly caring about her answer.

Tang Zhen suddenly gave him a sweet smile and said, “Because I get to see you in my dream.”

Ten months ago.

A version of him who didn’t remember all their shared moments.

A version of him from before they were together.

Ren Yanjing was slightly stunned.

Even in her dreams, she thought of seeing him?

The corner of his lips lifted slightly. “Mm, okay.”

He shifted his gaze, feigning casualness. “If you really dream about it, baby, remember to tell me tomorrow.”

He wanted to know what kind of scene she had in her dream.

Tang Zhen mumbled, “If I still remember it.”

That night, Tang Zhen easily traveled back ten months.

Since the original owner had already reincarnated at the moment she entered the book, this time-travel wouldn’t affect anyone else.

It was mid-March, and the weather was beginning to warm.

She had her hair in a high ponytail, wore the B University Affiliated High School uniform, and hugged a Chinese textbook in her arms, standing on the street, ready to find the male lead.

111 was still explaining the latest task—Mission 29.

【Mission 29: Establish the scheming persona in front of the male lead.】

Tang Zhen was about to ask if this task was a bit too freeform when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Zhou Xusi getting out of a car by the roadside.

In the March weather, Zhou Xusi wore a full suit and walked toward her from afar.

Startled to see someone familiar, Tang Zhen straightened her back instinctively and called out, “Big Brother.”