Chapter 333: Childhood Friends Must Be Cultivated from a Young Age (16)

Shen Mubai was so sleepy she could barely keep her eyes open.

“If there’s nothing else, I’m going to bed.”

An Ziyu had wanted to ask her a question, but when he saw the dark circles under her eyes, he hesitated and then nodded.

An Ziyu was quite popular in the class, thanks to his good looks, but few girls ever approached him.

He didn’t care much about this. That day, he was preoccupied with a particular question, making him somewhat distracted.

The student sitting in front of him knocked on his desk.

An Ziyu looked up.

“What’s up?”

The boy grinned, showing his white teeth. “Little Prince, you seem to have something on your mind?”

This boy was well-liked in the class and wasn’t known to be nosy, but he always had a cheerful demeanor.

An Ziyu hesitated for a moment before asking, “Is Xu Yanzhi really that handsome?”

The boy thought for a moment.

“He’s okay, but he’s far behind you.”

An Ziyu looked at him.

“Then why isn’t the title of ‘School Heartthrob’ mine?”

The boy smiled. “Because you’re the Little Prince.”

An Ziyu frowned upon hearing this.

The boy continued nonchalantly, “Do you know how the girls see you?”

Without waiting for An Ziyu’s response, he went on, “To them, you’re like a prince from a fairy tale—perfect in appearance, but not the ideal dream lover or school heartthrob. They admire you and see you as an adorable younger brother, but they don’t think of you in any other way. But Xu Yanzhi is different. He’s handsome, tall, excels academically, and is very charming, so naturally, the girls like him.”

An Ziyu remained silent.

The boy smirked.

“If you had the same qualities as him, there wouldn’t be any room for him.”

An Ziyu was academically strong, but he was quiet and didn’t like talking to others in the class. Though he was pleasing to look at while sitting in his seat, his height was not outstanding for his age, and his voice had a slight childish tone. Naturally, everyone saw him as a Little Prince who wouldn’t grow up. Even if he stood next to Shen Mubai, others wouldn’t think differently.

The boy asked, “You don’t seem like someone who cares about that kind of reputation. What’s up today?”

An Ziyu didn’t answer his question. In reality, he didn’t understand why he felt this way either. He just felt very uncomfortable whenever others mentioned Luoluo and that Xu Yanzhi in the same breath.

Shen Mubai spent the entire day sleeping during breaks and finally caught up on her rest. She swore she wouldn’t play games that night and would go to bed early.

The system’s response was a simple, “I doubt it.”

Shen Mubai thought for a moment. “Forget it; I’ll just clear the last level first.”

System: “….”

Shen Mubai mischievously rubbed her hands together.

“System, do you want to join in?”

The system ignored her.

Shen Mubai said, “It’s really fun. If it’s not, I won’t talk to you for half a month.”

The system, already tired of her pestering it during classes, was more than happy to agree to this condition.

Shen Mubai chuckled.

So that night, she switched to a new game and played it under the covers with the system.

Shen Mubai: “System; no cheating or hacking.”

The system sneered at this.

And so the girl and the system began to play.