"Simulation Start"
"Remaining Attempts: 0"
"You are an 18-year-old high school student, somewhat handsome, from an average family, with no special talents."
"You love reading web novels, fantasizing that you could be like the protagonists within them, achieving success at a young age, having many wives and concubines, and becoming famous throughout the world."
"In reality, both your parents are alive, you haven't had any great luck, and you haven't even held a girl's hand."
"Zhou Ye has become your deskmate. You seem to have upset her and are a little at a loss."
"What will you do? Please choose..."
"1. Apologize sincerely, treat others with honesty; 2. Make a joke, lighten the mood; 3. Pull her strap, act recklessly; 4. Ignore her, be a sigma male."
What the hell is the third option? Pull her underwear? Is that something a person would do?!
The fourth option is unreliable, and the second option, if not handled well, could easily turn me into a clown.
The simulation attempts given by the system have already been used up.
What I need to do now is use the limited simulation attempts to gain more information and favorability.
I choose one!
Yu Wenliang's mind stirred.
Based on the choice he made,
the scene immediately changed:
On the podium, the homeroom teacher was still lecturing the students with poor grades.
Yu Wenliang exhaled deeply and looked at his deskmate, Zhou Ye, whom he had angered.
Zhou Ye felt his gaze and became even more embarrassed, turning her back with a cold, pretty face.
She hid her failed test paper tightly, revealing only a slender, graspable jade-like back and waist.
The sunlight streamed through the window, passing through the iron bars, and fell on Zhou Ye's jade-like back, making the pink color even more prominent on her thin school uniform.
The girl was clearly cold-faced and aloof, not wanting to be disturbed, yet she liked to wear such a cute color...
Yu Wenliang swallowed, suppressed the stirrings of adolescence, and seriously patted her shoulder:
"That."
"I'm sorry about what happened just now."
"I didn't mean to say it like that."
Zhou Ye shrugged, frowned slightly, and turned back, saying coldly:
"You didn't mean it? So it was accidental?"
"..." Yu Wenliang didn't say anything.
"You meant to be accidental, didn't you?"
Zhou Ye sneered, didn't look at him again, and buried her head, continuing to correct her mistakes.
Yu Wenliang didn't understand women. Facing this school beauty, he was like an unripened fruit.
I just met her, we have nothing to talk about, and the relationship is at a standstill. What should I do...
"You sincerely apologized, Zhou Ye outwardly did not accept it.
But in reality, she had slightly straightened her posture and was no longer turning her back on you as she had before, in a very resistant manner.
This is an unconscious behavioral language in psychology, indicating that what you said just now was not without effect, and her anger has subsided."
Yu Wenliang thought about it carefully according to the system's prompt, and it seemed that was really the case!
Just now, Zhou Ye was facing away from him, and he could see two pink shoulder straps.
Now that she had turned back to her seat, he could only see half of a pink strap.
Damn it! Why is my focus always straying! Pink is misleading me!!!
"Faced with the seemingly deadlocked situation, your next move is..."
"1. Press the advantage, continue to apologize; 2. Retreat when difficulties arise, let the man go first; 3. Flick her strap, I won't tolerate it; 4. Get bored, listen to the class seriously."
Do I even need to think about this?
Mindlessly choose one.
Letting the man go first, flicking her strap, listening to the class seriously... Impossible!
Yu Wenliang cleared his throat and used his ultimate move, sincerity, to apologize:
"Alright, I admit, I was a little hot-headed and wanted to retort just now..."
"But I didn't expect you to care so much about such a small matter as messing up a test."
"I sincerely apologize to you."
Zhou Ye was a little surprised. How did he seem to have changed? Was this still the dense guy from five minutes ago?
"It's okay, thank you for your kindness, I appreciate it."
"Actually,"
"I'm not angry with you. It's just that I encountered some things today and I'm in a bad mood, so I don't really feel like talking..."
Yu Wenliang was stunned. She really wasn't angry?
The "not angry" Zhou Ye turned her body back to face forward.
She remained silent, simply correcting her test paper.
"When a girl says no, she means yes. When she says she wasn't angry just now, it means she was really angry but now she's fine.
Zhou Ye's resentment has been resolved by you, but there is still a heavy stone in her heart that has not fallen, so she is not in the mood to chat with you much.
Your choice is..."
"1. Beat around the bush, ask for the reason; 2. Stop while you're ahead, quit while you're winning; 3. Break down and retort, 'You weren't angry? Then I'm going to be angry! How dare you mess with me?!'; 4. Direct confession, ask her what she's going through and offer to share the burden."
3 is for me to eat.
4, oh my goodness.
2 is very conservative, won't make mistakes, but also won't gain anything.
Anyway, this is a simulation, so it's better to try to create more opportunities and get more information...
"Choose 1!"
Yu Wenliang hesitated for a moment, then took out a pen and paper, pretending to correct a test paper, and asked her where the teacher had lectured up to.
Zhou Ye politely answered a few sentences.
Yu Wenliang casually asked, "What troubles have you encountered?"
"..."
Zhou Ye was silent, her small mouth slightly parted, but she ultimately didn't speak:
"Don't ask, just focus on your studies. I know your grades used to be very good, unlike me, I don't have a talent for studying... Anyway, you should still focus on the college entrance examination and don't put your mind on other things. Work hard to get into a good university."
After saying this,
Zhou Ye seemed to have exhausted her desire to express herself.
Already a person of few words, she chose to lower her head in silence.
"You did not enter Zhou Ye's inner world, and your relationship with this school beauty deskmate drifted further and further apart.
Gradually, you found that she started taking leave frequently, not coming to class from time to time.
A month later, the homeroom teacher announced that Zhou Ye had transferred classes and left..."
"Simulation End"
"Rating: One Star"
"Comment: Zhou Ye seems very aloof!
Unlike the brainless, easily-won ice-faced characters in novels and anime, she is not someone that ordinary people can successfully conquer.
Especially for you, a virgin with zero dating experience, you tried your best. You'll win next time..."
"Will I win?"
Then there's nothing left...
Yu Wenliang was on the verge of tears. The school beauty in reality was simply too difficult to conquer!
"Reward Settlement:
Your emotional intelligence has slightly improved!
Your eloquence has slightly improved!
Information gained: Zhou Ye's unhappy experience (click to view)"
Yu Wenliang's eyes lit up. A breakthrough had come!
If he could know what was troubling Zhou Ye,
then he could use that to increase favorability in reality and gain more simulation points!
"View."
The scene switched to the homeroom teacher's office.
Ten minutes ago.
Zhou Ye mustered her courage and went to her homeroom teacher. She said softly:
"Teacher, I want to transfer to our school's media class. I want to participate in the Art Examination..."
The homeroom teacher was a woman in her thirties.
She had taught many graduating classes.
And she understood girls' thoughts better.
"Xiao Ye, why do you want to take the Art Examination? Do you also think it's a shortcut to college?"
Zhou Ye's eyes were red, and she shook her head, denying:
"I want to be an actress, I want to be a star, I want to do what I love..."
The homeroom teacher sighed:
"I was also a girl once, and I loved following celebrities, watching the stars on TV with envy.
But those stars are a very, very small minority. More artists can't even guarantee their own survival.
Xiao Ye, you are very beautiful, and many people like you, but you are too pure. Is the entertainment industry, this big dye vat, really suitable for you?"
The homeroom teacher tried to persuade her for a long time.
Zhou Ye cried uncontrollably.
Finally, she only left her with one sentence:
"The teacher doesn't recommend you take the Art Examination, but I also respect your personal wishes.
So, please consider it carefully and discuss it with your family before coming to talk to me again.
The Art Examination is really not a shortcut. For children without talent, connections, or a foundation, it's a crooked path..."
Yu Wenliang finished watching this time-reversal simulation video.
Only then did he understand why Zhou Ye had been in a bad mood ever since she entered the classroom!
It turned out that it was because she wanted to participate in the Art Examination and become a star, but her teacher had opposed and rejected her.
For others, what the teacher said was correct, but...
Yu Wenliang looked at the few titles in Zhou Ye's personal profile:
Cold-faced Goddess.
Ice-type Young Lady.
Top Flow '95 Flower.
Come on, the system said she would become a top-tier young star in the future!
Yu Wenliang put down his phone and looked at the girl beside him, who was still angry and had her back to him.
Thousand-mile horses are common.
But true connoisseurs are rare.
Zhou Ye, your connoisseur, I'm coming!