7: Chapter 7 One More Chase

"Lin Yi, wait for me for a moment, I need to go to the restroom."

Ye Shuangshuang's makeup had smudged a little, and she wanted to find an excuse to go touch it up.

The main reason, however, was that she wanted to quickly take a photo of herself carrying the new Chanel bag and post it on Moments to show off.

She certainly wouldn't feel comfortable taking the photo right in front of Lin Yi, so she had to find an excuse to step away for a bit.

Girls of this age are all vain; they all want their classmates to envy how well they are living.

Lin Yi naturally didn't know about these little schemes in Ye Shuangshuang's heart and just assumed she was really in a hurry to go to the restroom.

After Ye Shuangshuang left, Lin Yi aimlessly strolled in front of the various display windows.

At this moment, Li Tong quietly and carefully approached Lin Yi from behind.

"Hello, excuse me, are you student Lin Yi?"

Li Tong was still wearing her cosmetics store uniform, and Lin Yi recognized her at a glance as the cashier from just a moment ago.

"Yeah, that's me. You're the one from just now..."

"Ding, detected that the host is conversing with a member of the opposite sex."

"The host's current Heartbeat Value is twenty points, meeting the binding conditions."

"Binding successful!"

Lin Yi was speechless.

How could this system start up in zero frames!

There wasn't even any skill wind-up time!

However, truth be told, Li Tong's features were quite good, and Lin Yi had noticed this girl while he was in the store earlier.

Although she looked a bit familiar, he couldn't quite remember where he had seen her before.

Moreover, Li Tong was still wearing the cosmetics store uniform.

To attract customers, the cosmetics store had designed the uniforms to be exceptionally form-fitting.

Beneath the white shirt, a pair of plump rabbits were ready to burst out, and those few buttons looked as if they might pop open at any second.

On her lower body was a pleated skirt that ended at her thighs, and her snow-white, delicate legs were so tender they looked like they could drip water if pinched.

Just a moment ago, Lin Yi was thinking that spending money on Ye Shuangshuang no longer yielded cash rebates, and he was wondering how to scout for the next target for rebates.

Unexpectedly, just as he was getting sleepy, someone handed him a pillow.

Li Tong's appearance at this moment was just perfect.

"I'm the clerk from the cosmetics store just now, and I'm also your senior. My name is Li Tong!"

Seeing Lin Yi's gaze sweep over her body, Li Tong proudly puffed out her chest.

Upon hearing the name, Lin Yi finally realized that Guan Zhixue seemed to have a roommate named Li Tong.

Lin Yi used the system to open Li Tong's personal information interface.

Name: Li Tong

Age: 19

Favorability toward Host: 30 points

Identity: Student of the Department of Chinese Literature at Nanling University

Height: 162cm

Weight: 51kg

Guan Zhixue was in the Department of Chinese Literature; it seemed this Li Tong was indeed Guan Zhixue's roommate.

Unexpectedly, Li Tong was not as tall as Ye Shuangshuang, yet she weighed a bit more than her.

Seeing that button on Li Tong's shirt that was on the verge of popping open, Lin Yi understood instantly.

As the saying goes, if a girl weighs less than a hundred jin, she's either flat-chested or short.

"Is there something you need from me?"

Although Li Tong had a hot figure, Lin Yi felt a bit of revulsion upon learning she was Guan Zhixue's roommate.

However, considering she was a tool character bound by the system, he couldn't just burn bridges with her.

"Student Lin Yi, we've all heard about what happened between you and Guan Zhixue."

"Actually..."

Hearing this, Lin Yi instinctively felt that the other party was here to act as a lobbyist for Guan Zhixue.

She was surely going to tell him something about how love without material substance is just a heap of loose sand, urging him to recognize reality sooner and stop pestering Guan Zhixue.

Lin Yi waved his hand impatiently.

"Rest assured, from now on, Guan Zhixue and I are people from two different worlds."

"I won't pester her, and I ask that she not disturb my life either!"

After saying this, Lin Yi turned around to leave.

Li Tong hurriedly blocked Lin Yi's path.

"No, student Lin Yi, you've misunderstood!"

"Actually, what I wanted to say is that I've long been disgusted with Guan Zhixue's behavior."

"I hope you can see her true colors sooner and stop being so deeply trapped!"

These words were quite unexpected for Lin Yi.

His figure, which was just about to leave, paused slightly.

Seeing Lin Yi stop, Li Tong hurriedly continued.

"As Guan Zhixue's roommate, let me apologize to you on her behalf!"

Li Tong bowed deeply and sincerely to Lin Yi.

This action left Lin Yi completely bewildered.

He muttered to himself in his heart.

"Guan Zhixue dumped me, what does it matter that you're apologizing to me..."

"You're not her mother, after all..."

However, Lin Yi's gaze was still drawn to Li Tong's bowing motion.

The cleavage between those two little hills was clearly revealed at this moment, making Lin Yi feel a wave of dry-mouthed thirst.

This was the first time he had encountered such a steamy scene in real life.

He hadn't expected that on the very first day of reporting to university, he would meet two beauties—one walking arm-in-arm with him while shopping, and the other taking the initiative to show off her cleavage.

People always said university life was great, but Lin Yi hadn't believed it before.

Now it seemed... it was indeed great!

Although he had lost one crooked tree, he had gained a whole forest!

"Senior..."

After staring carefully for a dozen seconds, Lin Yi finally helped the deeply bowing Li Tong back up.

"You don't need to apologize to me; you aren't the one who did anything wrong."

Lin Yi's face was slightly flushed at this moment, and he didn't quite dare to look Li Tong in the eyes.

Li Tong saw all of this.

Li Tong took the opportunity to step forward, almost pressing herself against Lin Yi.

With breath as fragrant as orchids, she whispered.

"Actually, there are many girls in our university whose looks and grades are not inferior to Guan Zhixue's."

"Junior, don't be discouraged. You are so outstanding, you deserve someone better!"

After saying that, Li Tong blinked shyly at Lin Yi.

"Holy crap, she doesn't like me, does she!"

Lin Yi was startled.

Seeing Li Tong's lovestruck expression, if not for the glaring "Favorability: 30 points" status floating over her head, Lin Yi might have actually believed it.

According to the system's favorability classification, 30 points was at most the ceiling for a passerby's favorability—not even reaching the level of a friend, let alone love.

It seemed this girl had ulterior motives for approaching him.

Could it be that she saw him buying a bag for Ye Shuangshuang just now?

Thinking of this, Lin Yi understood instantly.

Li Tong's timing was too perfect, appearing right after Ye Shuangshuang went to the restroom.

This meant she had been observing him nearby the whole time.

She must have seen him spending money lavishly and wanted to get a piece of the pie as well.

But that was fine too; since she was a tool character bound by the system, he might as well make use of her!

Plus, she was Guan Zhixue's roommate.

He was just worrying about how to make Guan Zhixue regret her actions!

This was the perfect opportunity to use Li Tong, who had delivered herself to his doorstep.

With that thought, Lin Yi instantly put on a wronged expression.

"Senior, you might not know this, but Guan Zhixue was my first love."

"I had very high expectations for this relationship."

"But she hurt me like this..."

"I think I probably won't take the initiative to like a girl again in the future..."

Lin Yi specifically emphasized the word "initiative" when he said it.

Li Tong fell for it, as expected, and asked in confusion.

"Student Lin, then what about the girl who was shopping with you just now..."

"Senior, that girl is pursuing me, and she even said she wants to invite me to dinner at the Nanling Hotel tonight."

"But I don't want to date right now, and I haven't confirmed a relationship with her either."

"It's just that she's too enthusiastic toward me, so I thought I should give her something as a return gift."

Hearing this, Li Tong suddenly realized everything.

It seemed Guan Zhixue had truly misjudged him.

In Li Tong's mind, she had already pegged Lin Yi as a low-key and innocent second-generation rich kid who usually didn't like to reveal his true identity to others.

As a suitor, Ye Shuangshuang had only shown a little goodwill by offering to treat him to dinner, and Lin Yi had already generously bought her a Chanel bag.

Then, if she were to pester and pursue him relentlessly...

Thinking of this, Li Tong was overjoyed.

"Student Lin, then would you mind having one more suitor by your side?"