Yang City University.
It was a scorching summer day, the sun baking the earth.
On the school’s athletic field, students were arranged in neat square formations, occasionally shouting, "HI-YAH!"
Lin Feng stood in the men’s formation, licking his dry lips. Beads of sweat dotted his forehead.
He didn’t have time to wipe it away, though, because the drill instructor was still watching them.
If anyone dared to make a wrong move,
it would mean another fifty push-ups!
Compared to the class next to them, their drill instructor was a complete devil!
Everyone else was already on break, but they were still stuck here training!
Anyone who didn’t know better would think they were training to be special forces!
Lin Feng chanted "one, two, one," but cursed inwardly, ’FML!’ He licked his parched lips again, absolutely dying of thirst.
’I need to go back to the dorm and get some water later!’ he thought.
There was a small store right at the entrance to the field, but Lin Feng was broke. He’d been given 800 yuan for living expenses.
He’d gotten too excited about starting university and couldn’t resist splurging on a game. Now, with just over a hundred yuan left, he’d have to tighten his belt for the rest of the month.
How could he dare to buy water?
"Finance, Class Eight! At ease!"
Finally, the devilish instructor’s voice sounded like an angel’s call.
The students scattered, finding shady spots to sit down. Panting and wiping the sweat from their foreheads, they looked completely drained.
After giving the order, the instructor left.
Once they’d caught their breath, the boys sitting in the shade all turned their gazes toward the girls’ formation.
Among the girls, one stood out in particular.
She was tall and slender with fair, delicate skin.
Even the ugly camouflage uniform couldn’t hide her otherworldly aura.
She was the finance department’s universally acknowledged new campus belle, Su Ruoxi!
A beauty like her truly stood out from the crowd. She didn’t have to do anything but stand there to attract the gazes of countless male students.
Lin Feng had never seen such a beautiful girl in his entire life!
"Ruoxi, are you thirsty?"
"Want me to go buy you some water?"
Just then, a bold simp, seeing everyone else frozen in hesitation,
decided to make the first move. He walked over to the girls’ formation and asked Su Ruoxi with a fawning expression.
The other guys hiding in the shade, still hesitant,
saw this Simp #1 make his move, trying to get to Su Ruoxi first.
They all scrambled into action, rushing over to fawn over Su Ruoxi.
"Ruoxi, what do you want to drink?"
"I can go get it for you. How about a green plum green tea?"
"Ruoxi, do you want milk tea? I can go off-campus and buy it for you..."
Everyone started talking at once, one person after another.
Su Ruoxi seemed to be enjoying the feeling of being adored.
She covered her mouth and chuckled lightly. "What if I want all of them? Will you all buy them for me?"
"Of course! No problem!"
Simp #1 patted his chest and was the first to dash off.
Not to be outdone, the other boys scrambled toward the small store. One particularly bold one even ran toward the campus gate, apparently going to get the milk tea.
Only Lin Feng remained, sitting under the tree and finishing the last drop of water in his bottle.
He then got up, ready to head back to his dorm to refill it.
Now that the boys were gone, Su Ruoxi’s gaze fell on Lin Feng, her expression curious.
Throughout this whole time, it seemed Lin Feng was the only one who hadn’t given her a second glance.
This piqued the curiosity of Su Ruoxi, who had been the center of attention since she was a child.
’This guy seems different from the others,’ she thought.
Soon, the boys returned, their hands full of all sorts of drinks.
There were over a dozen bottles in total, all placed in a heap beside Su Ruoxi.
"Ruoxi, drink mine! I got you a green plum green tea!"
"Ruoxi, have mine! I bought a Nutrient Express!"
"Ruoxi, I got you some happy water!"
Su Ruoxi glanced at the boys, a faint smile on her lips. She then picked up a bottle of mineral water from beside her and said with a laugh, "I have my own water. Yours are too cold!"
"Huh?"
"Ruoxi, come on, drink it!"
"If you don’t drink them, won’t they all go to waste?"
"Yeah! We bought all these for you. Even if you don’t drink them, we’re not going to take them back!"
Hearing Su Ruoxi’s words, the boys were stunned.
They all had their own water; they had gone to the store specifically to buy drinks for Su Ruoxi.
And now that they were back, she wasn’t going to drink any?
Meanwhile, Lin Feng, who had been about to head back to his dorm for water,
saw the dozen or so tempting, ice-cold drinks on the ground, and his throat couldn’t help but gulp.
’These simps are so wasteful!’
’I’m dying of thirst but can’t even bring myself to buy one cold drink, and these guys go and buy over a dozen just to suck up to a girl who’s clearly out of their league?’
’If it weren’t for my pride, I’d go grab a few myself!’
[DING!]
[Host’s intense desire for water has been detected!]
[Activating the Perfect Life System. A mission has been automatically triggered based on the Host’s current situation!]
[Mission 1: Follow the crowd. Go to the store, buy water, and win Su Ruoxi’s favor. Reward: The Unyielding Golden Spear skill!]
[Mission 2: Follow your heart. Drink every last one of the beverages on the ground. Reward: The Money Blessing skill!]
Hearing the voice in his head, Lin Feng froze for a moment.
But he quickly snapped out of it.
Unyielding Golden Spear?
Money Blessing?
’It’s a no-brainer. Of course I’m choosing the reward related to money!’
’Besides, the one thing I hate most in this world is being a simp!’
’And I really am dying of thirst right now.’
’I was hesitating before because of my pride.’
’But now...’
’For the system’s reward, I have to drink them, even if I didn’t want to!’
And so, Lin Feng, who had been about to head back to his dorm, suddenly turned around and walked toward Su Ruoxi.
He picked up a bottle of green plum green tea from the ground and asked Su Ruoxi, "Ruoxi, are you going to drink this?"
Su Ruoxi was taken aback at first, but then a smug expression appeared on her face.
Heh...
’I thought this guy was different from the others, but it turns out he was just playing hard to get!’
’Trying to pull that "presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers" trick on me!’
Su Ruoxi had seen this kind of trick countless times.
She shook her head and said flatly, "No, I have my own water."
"Alright!"
Lin Feng said.
Then he twisted open the cap and, GLUG GLUG GLUG, downed the entire bottle of green plum green tea.
BURP...
’So damn satisfying!’
Seeing this, Su Ruoxi was utterly dumbfounded.
’This guy... he actually just took the water someone else gave me and drank it himself?’
’So when he asked if I wanted to drink it...’
’He was genuinely asking if I wanted to drink it!’
"Are you drinking this bottle of Mizone?"
Lin Feng picked up a bottle of Mizone and asked Su Ruoxi again.
Su Ruoxi stood there frozen, shaking her head subconsciously, her expression numb.
And just like that, right in front of Su Ruoxi,
Lin Feng drank every single one of the dozen-plus drinks on the ground.
Not far off, the chumps—the simps—watched as Lin Feng drank all the beverages they had bought.
They all clenched their fists, furious but not daring to speak out.
After all, who was it that had just declared, for the sake of their pride, that they wouldn’t be taking any of the drinks back?

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