TMLSG -Chapter 98 Loving Only One

Tang Zhen’s cheeks felt warm.

111 was teasing her with that comment.

However, seeing that Task 29 still hadn’t been completed, the warmth on her face gradually faded.

Why hadn’t the task been completed yet?

She bit her lip, lost in thought. Ren Yanjing gently touched her face and asked, “Baby, what are you thinking about?”

Tang Zhen’s curiosity got the better of her, so she couldn’t resist and said directly, “Ren Yanjing, I was just eavesdropping.”

Ren Yanjing nodded slightly. “I know.” He had known from the very beginning.

But she had been a bit too far away.

If she had been closer, she might have actually heard something.

Tang Zhen blinked, staring at him intently. “Don’t you think someone like me… is super scheming?”

At the mention of the word scheming, the smile at the corner of Ren Yanjing’s lips faltered slightly.

This wasn’t the first time he had heard the word.

It was the third time he had heard it, but the first time hearing it in reality.

The first two times had been from the mouth of Tang Zhen, his junior.

It felt as if reality and the dreams were connected in a single instant.

Could the two previous dreams really have been just dreams?

Tang Zhen seemed obsessed with the word scheming.

Why was that?

At that moment, Ren Yanjing had two possible answers: one, to agree; two, to disagree.

Of course, he didn’t think Tang Zhen was super scheming.

On the contrary, she was a little overly cute.

But he vaguely understood what kind of answer Tang Zhen wanted.

Although he didn’t know why she wanted such an answer, he cautiously replied, “I think so.”

111: 【!!! The male lead just admitted you’re scheming, Zhen!】

【Eavesdropping really is the most scheming thing you could do!】

The moment Ren Yanjing admitted it, Task 29 was completed.

Three life points were effortlessly added to her account.

Tang Zhen was stunned.

The task she had struggled with four times was finally completed.

She still felt a little dazed.

Perhaps it was because of all the previous failures—sudden success felt a little unnatural.

111 suddenly shouted, 【Zhen, progress also went from 10% to 17%! 】

Could these tasks actually be related to ****progress?

If she kept completing tasks diligently, could this progress eventually reach 100% someday?

Tang Zhen carefully recalled what she had done—she hadn’t really done much, just completed Task 29, yet the ****progress immediately jumped by 7%.

But like 111, she decided not to think too hard about it—no matter how much she thought, she wouldn’t figure it out anyway.

111 praised her enthusiastically, 【Zhen, that eavesdropping task was executed perfectly.】

【If we had known eavesdropping could complete Task 29, we wouldn’t have struggled so much before.】

Previously, Tang Zhen had been acting with the senior, picking up the heroine’s confession letter, pretending to lose balance—each of these required time, effort, and careful planning.

【Zhen, before, we just didn’t find the right method.】

Tang Zhen vaguely felt it had nothing to do with eavesdropping at all.

Tang Zhen felt a flush on her cheeks.

It was from 111’s teasing comment.

However, seeing that Task 29 still hadn’t been completed, the warmth on her face gradually faded.

Was it unrelated to eavesdropping, then perhaps connected to her direct question?

She couldn’t figure it out.

But no matter the process, as long as the task was completed, that was what mattered.

Yet—

She had left a bad impression in Ren Yanjing’s mind.

Right now, in his mind, she seemed very scheming.

But Tang Zhen had been mentally prepared for this from the start. After all, she was just a side character. And what need was there for a side character to leave a good impression on the male lead?

Ren Yanjing took Tang Zhen’s hand. “Let’s go, baby. Let’s join Zhang Mian and the others.”

When they reunited with the team, everyone had drunk a little, but no one was drunk.

The heartbroken participant, Fang Feng, had tears on his face, but no one laughed at him.

Shen Quanli and the others kept urging him to let it go.

Fang Feng covered his face with both hands. “Sorry, guys. I couldn’t control my emotions.”

Zhang Mian patted his back. “It’s fine. Letting it out is good. Bottling it up would be worse.”

Fang Feng rambled on about his ex-girlfriend. “Our two-year relationship… how could she just break up like that?”

Zhang Wei, one of only two girls present, speculated, “Either she was already unhappy with you over time, and little annoyances accumulated until she couldn’t take it anymore; or it was other real-life factors; or she found someone better.”

Fang Feng glared at Zhang Wei, muttering, “Don’t talk nonsense.”

Zhang Wei shrugged. “I’m not making it up. Otherwise, tell me, besides these three reasons, what else could it be?”

Fang Feng said, “It must be real-life circumstances. Our families aren’t compatible.”

Zhang Wei pressed, “Then tell me, what’s your family like, and what’s your ex’s family like?”

Fang Feng listed the two families’ conditions piece by piece.

After hearing it, Zhang Wei thought silently, Well, they’re actually quite compatible.

If his ex broke up, it was either because she was tired of him or she found someone better.

But Fang Feng clearly couldn’t accept that explanation, so Zhang Wei chose to remain silent.

During their conversation, Ren Yanjing hadn’t said anything—until now. He spoke for the first time: “If you can’t let go, why not try to win her back?”

Everyone else had been urging him to move on, but Ren Yanjing didn’t force him to.

Fang Feng wiped his face. “I tried.”

He had tried every possible method, but he knew her better than anyone.

That was why he knew clearly that he couldn’t win her back.

She was two years older than him, now in her senior year, about to graduate. She had many things to consider. He understood that he had likely been the one left behind.

His friends didn’t even know it was an age-gap relationship. He never thought there was anything wrong with that, but facing graduation, he realized for the first time that age-gap relationships faced extra challenges.

Shen Quanli put his arm on Fang Feng’s shoulder. “I know you’re sad now, but don’t worry. Your brothers will always be here for you. A few years from now, when you look back, you’ll see it wasn’t a big deal.”

Fang Feng drank some beer without responding.

Shen Quanli continued, “A person can’t love just one person for their whole life…”

At that moment, a calm voice interrupted, “Why not?”

Shen Quanli looked at the speaker. Of course—it was his captain.

“By human nature… it’s very difficult.”

Zhang Wei chimed in, “Captain, you don’t agree with Old Shen?”

Ren Yanjing stared at the beer bottle in front of him and said calmly, “I agree.” He had naturally read some psychology books and understood that Shen Quanli’s view had theoretical basis.

But most views don’t represent everyone—so they didn’t represent him.

Zhang Wei raised her eyebrows. “Captain, then you…”

Ren Yanjing continued, “But in this life, I will only ever love one person.”