Welcome to the Misogyny Game

On the day of their official meeting, Liu Chaoque styled her hair and bought a Hanfu that she didn't wear often. Her headdress was glittering with gold, and she even had a pearl flower on her forehead.

When I came to pick up Zhou Man from school, she was surrounded by several adorable little kids who kept calling her a fairy or something.

Zhou Man glanced at her only once before turning her gaze straight ahead to find where Liu Chaoque was.

Liu Chaoque: Hmm? Ignored?

She refused the children's request for stickers and lifted her skirt to walk towards Zhou Man.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Man noticed that someone was following him and walked even faster.

He moved with incredible speed, while Liu Chaoque, in his embroidered shoes, seemed to move as if she were sliding.

As he ran, he texted himself, saying that someone dressed in ancient costume was chasing him, and he would hide for a while and come back later.

Liu Chaoque decided not to leave and to see if he would come back.

Seeing that no one was chasing him, Zhou Man used his reconnaissance skills, which he might still have remembered, to take a detour and return to the school gate. He even sent a message saying that he had arrived at the school gate.

But I didn't see her.

Is it possible that I'm the one pursuing him?

The woman in ancient costume is back. Zhou Man subconsciously took a few steps back. "Miss, we don't know each other, do we? Why are you chasing me? I have a boyfriend."

"How come I didn't know that our fake boyfriend-girlfriend relationship had become your excuse for rejecting others?"

"Are pretending to be boyfriend and girlfriend still boyfriend and girlfriend? It might just be a short time..." Can't we just let him pretend for a while?

Wait a minute? He looked intently at the person in front of him whose style had suddenly changed, and said with surprise and delight, "Chao Que, are you going to confess to me today that you are the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden?"

Her wild imagination nearly caused her to strain her back.

"What Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden? That's nonsense." At most, she might have one or two cheat cards.

"Today you are like a fairy, graceful as a startled swan, elegant as a swimming dragon, radiant as autumn chrysanthemums, and flourishing as spring pines. Faintly, like light clouds veiling the moon..."

"Stop, stop," Liu Chaoque said. "It's not that dramatic. Are you ready to meet my blind date later?"

When she mentioned this, his expression turned sour for a moment, and he looked a little aggrieved: "So you dressed up so nicely just to meet your blind date? Is he really that great? That you'd dress up for him?"

“I guess I think this will drive some men away,” Liu Chaoque said. “The more beautiful I dress, the more it shows that I can invest money in the beauty industry, and the less men want to marry me.”

"How could that be? Isn't it our job to make our wives beautiful? There's a saying, 'A wife's beauty is a man's pride,' isn't there?"

He touched his wallet, wondering if he had enough money to buy her a golden phoenix hairpin.

"Then I'll uninstall it?" I thought it was a good idea.

"No need, no need, you look great like this." Zhou Man's ears turned slightly red. "You still have me. If the other person gets lustful, I'll slap him so hard he can't stand up."

Liu Chaoque twitched the corner of his mouth, "There's no need to be so exaggerated."

Wearing Hanfu made driving inconvenient, so Liu Chaoque took a taxi.

Zhou Man had room to maneuver, so he took the driver's seat.

Well, looking at him with thick eyebrows and big eyes, how come she didn't know he had a car? It's a BMW, no less.

Under her suspicious gaze, Zhou Man explained, "My family is in business, and after working for a few years, I've accumulated some assets, so I bought a car."

Actually, the family knew that their rebellious youngest son, who had abandoned business for literature, had finally found someone he liked, so they bought him a luxury car overnight. They just didn't expect that he would only show it off now.

Although Zhou Man said he was pursuing her.

He hasn't even won her over yet, but his family is already trying to buy him some new clothes. These days, you really can't win over a girl without money.

After all, the girl has money and can buy whatever she wants. What does she need a boyfriend for? Just to be mistreated?

Heh, I never expected him to be a rich kid. Sitting in the passenger seat, Liu Chaoque placed his hands on his knees.

As Zhou Man followed the navigation, she asked worriedly, "Won't they complain to the matchmaker if we do this? I'm not exaggerating, but some men really do do that. Won't this put you in a difficult position?"

Yes, you read that right, he's trying to sow discord.

"Then I'll go by myself?" Liu Chaoque rejected his eye drops and delivered a critical blow.

"I'll go with you. Someone as outstanding as you doesn't really need to go on blind dates." What good can you possibly get from blind dates?

"I don't know if I can date, but I'm definitely not interested in men."

Zhou Man: I'm a little unsure what to say.

The car fell silent.

“I don’t know why, but my parents always want us to get married and have children, saying that we will have someone to rely on in the future. But under the current circumstances, I feel like I won’t even live to see old age before I die in an accident.”

"Don't say that, it's bad luck."

"Teacher, aren't you a materialist? How can you say something like this?"

"Materialism doesn't stop me from being idealistic at times, does it?"

"You're really interesting." Liu Chaoque smiled, making her seem even more adorable, like a ripe peach.

A gentle spring breeze caresses the face, heavy with dew...

"Really? My students all think I'm pretty old-fashioned."

"Oh, I guess you don't want your students to know your lively side."

"That's true."

The coffee shop was to the left and in front of their car. Zhou Man found a parking space, opened the car door, and let Fairy out. The two of them walked into the coffee shop with Liu Chaoque in front and Zhou Man on the side.

If he were to wear a flying fish robe or the attire of a royal consort, he would resemble a princess and her servants, or a queen and her male consort.

They are probably a princess from another time and her caretaker now.

"Chen Qingsong?"

"You've finally decided to come see me. Oh, and you brought someone with you. Let me see... Zhou Man?"

"Do you know me?" Zhou Man felt that she did not know him.

"Oh, perhaps I'm mistaken," he chuckled, propping himself up on his hands as he sat across the table, looking at Liu Chaoque with admiration.

"I never expected that my mysterious blind date would turn out to be you?" Liu Chaoque said.

"Unexpected? I actually wanted to surprise you, but I didn't expect you to give me even more, or perhaps a shock?"

"Stop pretending." Liu Chaoque stood next to Chen Qingsong: "Tell me, why did you hire a matchmaker for this blind date? I don't think we're that close."

"You've really hurt my feelings. Was it because I didn't make it obvious enough that you had the wrong impression that I didn't like you, Chao Que?" Chen Qingsong said, feeling wronged. "I've liked you ever since we started school."

"You...know something?"

"Knowing that we went to the same school, knowing that we graduated from the same high school, knowing that the female lead I've always resisted is actually the one I long for?"

"Wasn't that a dream?"

Isn't this a plot where anyone can just put on a mask and walk away?

"That wasn't a dream. Perhaps you know about parallel universes?"

During those times of struggle, he was exiled to different worlds where he was tortured and lost some of his memories. He returned to his original world and became a seemingly calm but inwardly insane version of himself.

It was a world that had been regulated, and he was repeating a plot he didn't like, until a gap appeared in the world, the female protagonist was manipulated, and he gradually gained some of his own consciousness.

Now, Liu Chaoque's appearance has widened that gap. He wants to destroy it, but he always feels a voice telling him to hold back until she leaves. He strongly desires to leave with her.

And so, those long-buried memories were stirred up, and he remembered everything.

His eyes were actually a little scary.

Zhou Man instinctively stepped in front of Liu Chaoque.

Liu Chaoque stepped forward, half surprised and half helpless.

"Since it's a parallel universe, then it's not me." Even if she in that universe is no different from now, she is not the same person who lacked that part of her memory.

“I don’t think so.” He laughed. “So what if you’ve lost that memory? With the same appearance and the same personality, I believe you’ll do the same things in the same situations. I will fall in love with the same you again and again, regardless of whether you’ve lost the memory or not. It doesn’t matter.”

"You're such a scoundrel."

Chen Qingsong shrugged.

"Would you like to consider my suggestion?" He glanced at Zhou Man and smiled, "I was afraid your mother would think I had ulterior motives, so I understated my basic information. Actually, I own my own biotechnology company and am worth over 100 million. Although it's still a bit behind established companies, I believe I will eventually be among the top 100."

"Then good luck." Listening to Chen Qingsong's impassioned words, Liu Chaoque always had the image of the first time he heard him speak on the school stage.

A senior student who started his own business.

Unexpectedly, even in a different world, he still persisted in pursuing his dream.

The gap between the two worlds seemed to lessen in his words, and she couldn't help but laugh.

"I wasn't joking," Chen Qingsong said seriously.

"I didn't think you were joking. It just reminded me of some things from the past, and I couldn't help but feel nostalgic."

Chen Qingsong couldn't help but smile.

The two sat down opposite each other again. Zhou Man felt a little awkward, but the atmosphere between them seemed to have become harmonious again.

What he considered dangerous behavior was probably commonplace in Liu Chaoque's eyes.

After all, people can go crazy sometimes.

“Sometimes I really get jealous of him.” Chen Qingsong glanced at Zhou Man again: “I don’t know what kind of charm he has, but even if he doesn’t have any other abilities, he still makes you take notice.”

She has amnesia now, but he was the first person she accepted.

"If he finds out, he'll probably be disappointed."

Zhou Man looked completely bewildered and glanced at Liu Chaoque in confusion.

Liu Chaoque patted his hand reassuringly and smiled, "It might be a simple sense of security, or that feeling that you'd never betray me." (Like his physique, his appearance, and so on.)

"Mr. Chen, you used to play the villain for quite a while."

Chen Qingsong couldn't help but rub his forehead.