Ugh, wasn't the Awakening System supposed to make me the main character?

Good grief, you're really not afraid of Qianyin getting angry, are you? If I were Qianyin, I'd want to kill you right now.

However, this wasn't an unreasonable request, and since I had already refused him once before, refusing him again would have felt too disrespectful. So, I agreed to his request this time.

If all else fails, we can block them. I've done that to girls I'm tired of before.

"I have accepted your friend request."

Seeing the friend request from Mo Yu on WeChat, whose profile picture was of Mo Yu himself, I silently clicked "accept" and then gave the other person a nickname.

Well, I'll just find an excuse to say I hate him and then quietly block him, since I don't have a hobby of fencing.

After Mo Yu got my contact information, he once again showed that refreshing smile.

Now that we've made contact, the next step, according to the usual routine, should be to try and get to know me better, then ask me out and develop a relationship, right? I've done this countless times...

But I'm curious, what would Mo Yu's reaction be if he knew that this adorable little girl was originally a burly, rough man...?

The one who's even more excited can be shot!

"Then I'll leave first."

"Well, bye~"

I ignored Mo Yu. Only Qian Yin smiled and waved at her, still smiling foolishly at the departing figure.

Tsk, Qianyin in this world is way too stupid. Your boyfriend is flirting with other girls right in front of you, and you're still grinning like an idiot.

However, it seems that Chizuru was like that in the previous timeline as well, and it is precisely because of this that I think she is the most innocent and easiest to fool in the harem.

Forget it, let them be stupid. Anyway, neither of them has anything to do with me, so why should I care?

16. To turn the tables on someone else ( )

On a lazy afternoon, after finishing my lesson preparation for tomorrow, I lay down on the table and lazily yawned.

"Hmm~ I really should take a good nap on an afternoon like this~"

I had barely lay down for a few seconds when my WeChat notification sounded.

Who is it that sent me a message in the middle of the afternoon, disturbing my nap?

I pouted, picked up my phone with a displeased expression, and frowned slightly, wanting to see which guy was so unbusy in the middle of the afternoon and wasn't taking a nap.

When I opened my phone, I saw a message from Mo Yu, the person I met at noon today.

[Yu: Miss Guiye, are you free after get off work today? I'd like to invite you to dinner~]

Following the message was an adorable animated cat emoji with an expectant look on its face, clearly stolen from another girl.

Good grief, we just met today and you're already asking me out, skipping the chat phase completely. You're being way too hasty.

[Night: Is it just the two of us? But Chiyomi-sensei was so looking forward to spending time with you tonight, she was always asking you all sorts of questions.]

Although I had already figured out the other person's intentions, I still pretended not to know anything and responded to them.

The message was sent, but I waited a long time without receiving a reply.

[Yu: Of course, it'll be the three of us—you, me, and Qianyin—going to that upscale seafood restaurant in the city center.]

Mo Yu took a long time to send this message. If he was trying to win me over, he wouldn't normally be doing anything else. After all, this was the first time he chatted with me, and if he made me wait too long, my feelings for him would decrease.

So I guess he was probably hesitating about whether to bring Chiyane along. After all, if he wanted to win me over, it would be much more difficult with Chiyane by his side. If he didn't bring Chiyane and deliberately created a situation where the two of them were alone, I would think there was something wrong with him. And if Chiyane found out, he would have a hard time explaining himself.

[Night: Then wouldn't I become a third wheel?]

[Yu: No, no, I won't leave Miss Guiye aside.]

Oh, so you're planning to leave Chiyomi as a third wheel? What a disgusting jerk!

Hmm, it seems I don't really have the right to criticize him...

Well, I've had my fun with you, it's about time to end this. But what should I do in this situation?

After a moment's thought, I immediately came up with a great idea.

In this situation, if I give a flat rejection, Mo Yu might pester me relentlessly. The best approach is to give an ambiguous answer, keeping him hanging on and making him think I've already wavered.

[Night: In that case, please let me think about it.]

[Yu: Okay.]

With your skills, you're a long way from becoming a player.

I turned off my phone and put it aside, then lay down on my desk, ready to take a nap.

As for inspections by superiors, that's no problem for me at all. You talk about deducting my salary? I won't get a single penny. And if you say I'll be fired, I'll just dance on the spot...

Of course, with that bastard Ning Xueyang around, such a wonderful thing is impossible.

So, we're not afraid of boss inspections at all. Sleeping... well, let's just forget about it. The premise of not being afraid of inspections is that the inspector isn't Ning Xueyang, since she doesn't attend any classes except mine. What if I were caught sleeping in the office by Ning Xueyang without any warning...?

Thinking of this, I immediately sat up and looked around the office. There were no other teachers in the office besides me, which I found a little strange. Huh? Where's Chizuru? I remember she didn't have any classes this afternoon, right?

Just as I was wondering where Qianyin had gone, a mature female voice rang out behind me.

"Are you sleepy, Teacher Guiye? Would you like to have some coffee together?"

I looked behind me and saw that it was Qianyin making coffee next to the water dispenser.

Hmph~ Your beloved boyfriend is about to dump you because of me, and you're still here making me coffee. How can you be so stupid! Even stupider than before, and so easy to fool. Mingming Moyu's behavior at noon was quite obvious, wasn't it?

"Then I'll trouble you~"

Although that's what I thought in my heart, I still accepted their kindness.

Is Qianyin really that stupid? I started to think... Maybe she actually figured it out at noon, but tolerated it because of her feelings for Moyu?

"So, what do you think of Mo Yu's behavior at noon today?"

"That's wonderful! They offered to treat me to a meal and even drove me home."

"When you talked to him at noon today, he was very perfunctory and kept staring at me."

"Was he just giving me the runaround?" Qianyin raised her head thoughtfully. "No, but he did keep staring at Guiye-sensei all day. After all, you're so cute, anyone would want to take a second look."

"Tsk, okay, okay."

Faced with Qianyin's answer, I completely gave up. I really didn't know what to say. There's a limit to how stupid we can be!

"Teacher Guiye, your coffee~"

Chizuru placed a disposable paper cup filled with coffee in front of me, then gave me a cute smile that had a natural feel to it.

"Oh, thank you."

She clearly has the perfect mature woman's figure, but now she's as silly and cute as a little girl who could be taken away with a lollipop. She's a typical case of big breasts and no brains!

"What are you and your boyfriend going to do after get off work this afternoon?"

As I sipped my coffee, I casually asked Chiyomi.

"I don't know, let me see if he said anything to me."

As she spoke, Qianyin took out her phone and started operating something.

"Hmm... no news yet. Oh! She said she'll go to a high-end seafood restaurant in the city center after I get off work, and if possible, she'd like to go with Teacher Guiye."

Goodness, it was me who called first and then went to call Chiyone, right? It seems like my guess was pretty much correct.

When he said he wanted to take me with him, his tone was more or less unhappy!

A novice player and a cute, naive older woman in green – you two are a perfect match.

Sigh, forget it, I'll help this idiot out. With her stupidity, she might get sold off by Mo Yu someday and still be counting money for him.

Help this adorable and naive older sister, Qianyin, to see what her seemingly perfect boyfriend, who is so perfect that she can't help but swoon over, really is like.

Thinking of this, I made up my mind and opened WeChat on my phone, only to find that Mo Yu had sent me another message.

[Yu: Teacher Guiye, have you made up your mind? If you're willing to come, you can order whatever you want for dinner.]

That hotel where a casual meal costs tens of thousands of yuan, where you can just order whatever you want?

Oh? So you're trying to win me over with material things, huh? I didn't expect this guy to be so rich. But it's still no use.

Back in the day, the heiress of the Ning Group tried to win me over in this way after I dumped her, but failed. (So now Ning Xueyang is trying other methods, for example...)

Well, since they think the money offensive is effective, let's just go along with it.

I've already planned it all out. All I have to do is pretend that I'm dating Mo Yu so that Qian Yin can see his true colors. Then, I can tell Mo Yu the truth and sever all ties with him.

I refuse to believe that by then, Chiin won't be able to see through that scumbag.

[Night: Really? You're so kind, bro!]

[Yu: Then we'll meet there!]

As for why I helped Qianyin, it's partly as compensation to her... After all, before my rebirth, I treated her the same way as that annoying Mo Yu.

But Chiyomi is so easy to deal with now... I had to put in so much effort to win her over before.

17. Veteran actors return home at night!

Pushing open the office door, a wave of heat hit me. Although it was almost evening, the heat in the air hadn't dissipated, especially after coming out of an air-conditioned room, it was even more noticeable.