When the three of them arrived at the School of Management's registration point and lined up at the end of the queue, they immediately caused a sensation among the surrounding crowd.
"Holy shit! Is that a fairy?"
"Damn, our department is getting more and more competitive. This junior is so pretty that even I, a woman, am envious..."
"Which class is she from? Which class?"
"Sis, you watch the booth. I'm going to help our junior with the paperwork!"
Chen Nuanhan stood there gracefully, and the senior brothers busied themselves taking care of all the matters, not requiring her to lift a finger.
After the paperwork was completed, Chen Nuanhan didn't rush to the dormitory but instead chose to keep Wu Tianyou and Su Huai company as they waited—she clearly hadn't given up on the idea of having the two fellow townsfolk as spare tires, performing the act impeccably.
"Since we came together, once we're all done, we can head to the dorms and get to know each other's doors."
Look at that conversation, isn't it on point?
Gou King was so delighted he almost wagged his tail, his wide grin never closing.
Meanwhile, Su Huai wasn't paying attention to her words at all, his mind entirely focused on the new reward.
'No need to save it, start drawing!'
With that silent command, Su Huai opened the prize wheel for the second time in his mind.
The ratio was still 1 gold, 3 red, 6 blue, 10 white.
But now, the reward for the white prize zone had been raised to 200,000 dog food.
If he won that, it would be equivalent to 200,000 RMB...
No, that's wrong. This stuff is way more valuable than RMB; using it to exchange for cash would be the dumbest consumption plan.
Chen Nuanhan is rich; if he needs money, he'll ask her for it!
Su Huai glanced at Chen Nuanhan waiting beside him and suddenly stretched out his hand to her, palm facing up: "Pat my hand, lend me some luck."
"What for?"
Chen Nuanhan was completely bewildered, looking up in confusion.
"I'm about to do something really important, I'm borrowing some luck from you. You're like a koi fish, right?"
"What's that about!"
She felt a bit embarrassed but was in a good mood, so she pursed her lips and held back her laughter.
"How can you spout such nonsense? I didn't even know I had that nickname!"
At this point, it would still be a year before Yang Chaoyue rose to fame and became known as a koi fish girl, and this expression wasn't popular yet, so Su Huai's flirtation was rather novel.
"Whether you know it or not isn't important, what matters is what everyone else thinks."
Su Huai casually retorted with an air of inevitability: "Nuwa probably spent at least ten times more effort creating you than she did with us—just hastily making a few marks. If you're not a koi fish, then who is?"
"Pfft!"
She was amused once again, but quickly spotted the fallacy hidden beneath the surface.
"Hey? Su Huai, I've discovered you're quite skilled... Spill the beans, who did you learn it from?"
Su Huai gave a lazy shrug: "When you have time, go and ask the boys in our class. Is there any secret that they can keep from you? Don't worry about that now, just pat my hand quickly."
"First, tell me what big deal it is you're going to do."
Chen Nuanhan still refused to comply, insisting on getting to the bottom of it.
In truth, she wasn't particularly interested in the matter itself, but she didn't want to easily let Su Huai have his way.
What's called 'pulling'?
This was textbook 'pulling'.
Pulling was never about professing love, but rather about continuously arousing the other person's curiosity, accumulating favorability, and creating emotional fluctuations.
Nowadays, who wears their feelings on their sleeve anymore?
When someone asks "Do you like me?" their charm instantly drops by one, greasiness increases by one, they drop in rank, and the label of being naive is slapped right onto their forehead.
Liking someone is impossible to hide; you don't need to ask if it's true love.
Liking someone can't be faked; even less so if it's false love.
This sort of thing should be a tacit understanding, a mutual unspoken agreement. After enough 'pulling', only then do you make a statement after taking a bite.
If you have to ask outright, it shows that you have no clue, no confidence, no self-awareness; you're forcing a scene, looking for a sense of security. At this point, you've already lost completely.
Of course, if you actually meet a good person, you don't have to be so rigid. Two clumsy but sincere people can indeed exchange sincerity for sincerity.
It's just that the chances are pretty slim.
For Su Huai, if this had happened earlier, he might not have known how to respond, and it's very possible that he might have just confessed outright.
But now, he cleverly pulled back.
"Men should not be distracted by women meddling in their affairs. Why ask? Just wait and see for yourself!"
Su Huai spoke with the coldest demeanor yet the most domineering words, followed by a big twist, "Is it really necessary to force me to kneel and beg you?"
Due to the social atmosphere and environment, girls from the Northeast have a high tolerance for such jokes, and Chen Nuanhan was amused again.
"Whack!"
She smacked down hard and then couldn't help but laugh and said, "Fine, I'll wait and see, Mr. Su!"
Her curiosity was completely piqued.
And Su Huai, not just borrowing her luck, but very possibly pushing up his Favorability Rating by a point or two, immediately ordered to start the draw.
'Spin, spin, spin, get me a gold prize!'
Then the pointer on the wheel actually stopped on the only 5% gold prize area.
'Holy shit! Is Chen Nuanhan seriously a lucky koi fish?'
Su Huai was shocked, followed by a burst of ecstasy as he clenched his fists, nearly unable to hold back a cheer.
Two seconds later, the prize reveal special effects dissipated, and the prize was displayed.
[Congratulations on drawing Chen Nuanhan's skin talent. Your skin will slowly improve to top-tier over a month, with an expected final charm boost of +8, health +4, skin type to be smooth neutral, and skin color to be top-tier light yellow. Scars will fade on their own.]
At this moment, Su Huai didn't know how much dog food this would save him, but his laughter was already uncontrollable.
His skin was oily, often breaking out whenever it got irritated, with some small pits and scars left behind from past carelessness—fortunately, they were not too noticeable due to his tan.
Well, actually being tan isn't really a good thing...
In any case, the rough skin was definitely deducting points from Su Huai's looks, making him appear less clean and fresh.
In the eyes of women, whether a man is handsome is often determined by three secondary factors—skin, demeanor, and fashion sense.
Facial features, while important, aren't quite as critical.
Monolid eyes can belong to a male god, so can double eyelids; small eyes can suggest a wolf-like charm, large eyes a puppy-dog appeal; high nose bridges can be sexy, and large nasal tips rugged...
Doesn't that sound a little counterintuitive?
Men judge women by their facial beauty and figure; if those are okay, they're good to go.
But women sense the sexual tension of a man from multiple angles, sometimes even prioritizing scent over facial features.
So, as the first indicator of cleanliness, skin's importance always ranks among the top.
In his past life, Su Huai had suffered greatly in this regard. Not understanding when he was young, he didn't take good care of his skin, and when he later regretted it, it was tough to improve. If only someone had taught him to be a refined young man, focusing on skincare, haircare, and dental health, perhaps he wouldn't have had such a hard time on blind dates!
Now everything was resolved at once, something no amount of money could buy!
Just a gold prize for 20 points of Favorability and such joy, what if he hits 90...
Slurp!
Thinking about it, Su Huai almost laughed so hard his face twisted.
Becoming better is a deep-rooted primitive desire in all human genes, but because the effort required is often painful, most people are reluctant to change.
But Su Huai, relying entirely on his own efforts, had broken through his genetic limits, and that was truly exhilarating.
What was more interesting was that as Chen Nuanhan watched Su Huai suddenly fill with buoyancy, her mood inexplicably brightened too.
Look, how much he cares about me!
Just a pat on the hand, a little bit of so-called luck, could get him so excited—oh, the charm of this young lady... hehe!
Amidst her happiness, her curiosity rose even further.
What on earth did Su Huai want to do?
Su Huai didn't explain but instead headed to the neighboring Data Science major's desk.
He found the senior at the desk and politely asked, "Hi senior, I'd like to ask who is our class's adviser? Where is their office? I need to consult them about something."
Wu Tianyou, who just happened to be there, looked up in surprise, "Why do you ask?"
The senior wasn't as curious and casually replied, "It's not settled yet, but it should be Director Zhang Yaowen from our School of Management who is taking the responsibility. Sorry, the school is just established, I'm not your direct senior, so I'm not very clear... "
"That's okay, it's enough, thank you."
Su Huai politely thanked her, turned and went back to Chen Nuanhan, and with an air of course, he instructed her, "Watch my stuff for me, I need to make a trip to the office building to get this done."
"What the hell are you trying to do?"
Chen Nuanhan was puzzled, she had some guesses but found them hard to believe.
Su Huai winked at her, "Haven't you guessed? Changing majors..."
Chen Nuanhan's pupils dilated, and she stood there, stunned.
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