Shen Lang suddenly turned around and saw the girl who had just bought chestnuts walking behind him, holding the steaming hot chestnuts and chatting happily, seemingly sending messages to her roommate.
"Oh, I forgot, I'm on a diet! What should I do? I bought sweet chestnuts!"
"What? You're not eating either? I can't just throw them away, right? They cost 20 yuan. Whatever, I'll start the diet next week!"
"Wait a minute, there's a guy who's been looking at me..."
Su Lexuan, while chatting with her roommate, noticed a tall guy in front of her staring. She put her phone away with a somewhat bewildered expression.
With her clear, innocent eyes, she looked at Shen Lang curiously, then turned back to check behind her. Finding no one there, Su Lexuan realized Shen Lang was indeed looking at her. She cautiously lowered her head and planned to quickly walk past him.
Noticing that the girl had spotted him, Shen Lang became nervous. His mind was a jumble, unsure of what to say as an opening line.
At that moment, the system options appeared!
1. [Jokingly with a fierce tone]: "This road is mine, this tree is planted by me. If you want to pass, hand over the chestnuts! Haha, just kidding. Can I get your WeChat?"
2. [Smiling and asking]: "Excuse me, did you also buy chestnuts from that uncle? What flavor did you get?"
3. [Friendly conversation starter]: "Hey beauty, you look really pretty. Can I add you on WeChat?"
"Excuse me, did you also buy chestnuts from that uncle?" Shen Lang said with a smile as the girl was about to pass by. "What flavor did you get?"
Rejecting the third option, Shen Lang almost chose the first humorous one. But he realized that such a crude joke would definitely scare her off and ruin any chance of getting her WeChat.
"Sweet, sweet chestnuts, why?" Su Lexuan stopped and looked at Shen Lang warily.
As the campus belle of Zhuhai University, Su Lexuan, who was the dream girl of many boys, exuded a first-love aura. She was often approached by boys trying to get her WeChat. Only a few weeks into college life, she had already turned down countless boys, and some even wondered if she was a lesbian.
Su Lexuan instinctively thought this bespectacled guy was also trying to get her contact info, and she was already contemplating how to gently refuse him.
Shen Lang wasn't surprised. Any girl would be cautious if a stranger approached her. The system options appeared again!
1. [Pretend to be profound]: "Eating so many sweet things, be careful not to get cavities. And as a girl, don't you care about your weight?"
2. [Laughingly complain]: "That boss didn't hear me right. I asked for sweet and salty, but he gave me original. I like sweet ones. How about I exchange my salty and original for your sweet?"
3. [Friendly advice]: "Little sister, it's not safe to walk by the roadside while playing with your phone!"
"The boss didn't hear me right. I asked for sweet and salty, but he gave me original," Shen Lang said, laughing and lifting the chestnut bags. "I like sweet ones. How about I exchange my salty and original for your sweet?"
"Oh, really?" Su Lexuan breathed a sigh of relief. She thought he was another guy trying to get her WeChat, so she nodded with a smile, "Sure, I'm on a diet anyway."
Shen Lang handed her the two bags of chestnuts, "Which one do you want, salty or original?"
"Salty, the original doesn't taste good," Su Lexuan said, contemplating for a moment before taking the salty chestnuts and handing Shen Lang the sweet ones, "Here, your sweet chestnuts."
"Thanks," Shen Lang replied, feeling relieved. He didn't expect it to be this easy to start a conversation with this beautiful girl, and the topic naturally shifted to exchanging chestnuts.
They walked in silence, but with a noticeable gap between them. Shen Lang noticed the girl was wearing a Zhuhai University uniform.
Having graduated from Zhuhai University six months ago, they were actually alumni.
The system options appeared again.
1. [Surprised question]: "Huh? You go to Zhuhai University? I just graduated last semester. We're alumni!"
2. [Lecherous question]: "I see you're from Zhuhai University. I heard the girls there live well. Can you introduce some to me?"
3. [Eyebrow raise and smile]: "Beauty, let me quiz you: what's your WeChat ID?
Reading the responses for options two and three, Shen Lang nearly choked. If he asked such questions, it wouldn't be surprising if she called the police on him for harassment!
Pretending to be surprised, Shen Lang said, "Hey? I just noticed, you're from Zhuhai University too?"
Su Lexuan turned her head in surprise, "Huh? You too?"
Shen Lang laughed warmly, "I graduated last semester. I didn't expect us to be alumni."
"Really? I didn't expect to meet an alumni outside," Su Lexuan said with a sweet smile, making Shen Lang's heart melt. He wished he could bring the marriage registry over immediately.
The options appeared.
1. [Start eating chestnuts and question the taste: "This chestnut tastes a bit off. It seems spoiled. You should taste it too. Get closer to initiate physical interaction and build rapport!"]
2. [Sternly reprimand]: "Why aren't you calling me senior? No manners at all!"
3. [Gently pull her into your arms, warning her to be careful of vehicles.]
"Haha, I didn't expect it either," Shen Lang said, laughing. He then opened the sweet chestnut bag and started eating. He frowned and complained, "Ugh, this chestnut tastes weird, like it's spoiled."
"Really?" Su Lexuan said in surprise. Shen Lang handed her the bag, "Try it."
Without much thought, Su Lexuan took a step closer, grabbed a chestnut, and ate it. After savoring it for a while, she smiled, "I think it tastes fine. Maybe the one you ate was spoiled."
"Yeah, that could be it," Shen Lang nodded thoughtfully.
"You're lucky," Su Lexuan laughed, "You know, last time I bought a bag of chestnuts at Wanda Plaza, half of them were spoiled. It made me so mad."
Shen Lang laughed too, "Haha, you were really unlucky. Didn't you go back for a refund?"
"The boss had tattoos and looked fierce. I didn't dare..."
"Haha, then there's really nothing you could do."
Such simple conversations unexpectedly made the atmosphere between them more relaxed. As they walked along, Shen Lang followed the system's prompts, engaging Su Lexuan in topics she was interested in.
When they talked about topics she cared about, Su Lexuan would eagerly share her views.
In just ten minutes, they went from strangers to friendly chat buddies. Su Lexuan was surprised that she could chat so effortlessly with a guy she had just met.
They talked about trivial things, but for some reason, Su Lexuan enjoyed the atmosphere of the conversation. This guy seemed to always bring up topics she was interested in.