Although Xia Shuyi's favorability towards Shen Lang was only 24 points, it was important to note that they had known each other for less than two hours and hadn't talked about much. Moreover, favorability represented an honest internal impression, essentially a scorecard for an opposite-sex person's various behaviors. Put crudely, it was a gate pass indicating how willing a girl might be to deepen her interaction with you.
Just a few words had raised Xia Shuyi's favorability towards Shen Lang significantly, demonstrating the impressive power of the system. It was certainly not something the typical online casanova could compare to.
Of course, the system provided responses based on the other person's information for Shen Lang to choose from. Whether the other person's favorability increased depended on Shen Lang's choices.
Back home, Shen Lang saw a message from Su Lexuan: "Just finished my shower, about to watch a horror movie with my roommates—South Korea's top horror film, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum! 😏"
Following the proud emoji was a selfie screenshot. Shen Lang opened the screenshot and instantly felt a bit hot. The picture showed a laptop playing the horror movie, with a pair of long, slender, and shapely feet in the lower part of the frame, still glistening with water droplets—clearly just after a shower. There were also a few girls in the frame, all with high beauty standards, especially a short-haired girl close to Su Lexuan who was eating chips. Her looks were on par with Su Lexuan's: a pretty oval face, bright eyes, a high nose bridge, and cherry-like lips on fair, almost translucent skin.
Apart from the short-haired girl, the other girls were nervously hugging pillows, looking both eager and scared. This photo seemed to be taken casually, and Shen Lang believed Su Lexuan wasn't the type to deliberately show her legs to a guy she just met.
Sure enough, Su Lexuan quickly retracted the photo and sent an awkward emoji: "Did you see that?"
1. [I saw it. I want to lick from top to bottom!]
2. [I didn't see anything. What did you retract?]
3. [I saw it. Your roommates are quite timid. This movie isn't that scary. 😂]
Honestly, as a serious leg enthusiast, Shen Lang wanted to choose option 1. Those feet looked truly tempting. But choosing option 1 would undoubtedly result in his WeChat being blocked.
"I saw it. Your roommates are quite timid. This movie isn't that scary. 😂😂" Shen Lang chose option 3.
Anyway, continuing the conversation meant he would eventually get to play with those beautiful feet!
Su Lexuan just wanted to send a casual photo of her roommates and her watching the horror movie, not realizing her legs were also in the frame. Fortunately, the guy hadn't noticed, and she relaxed a bit, her hands flying over the keyboard excitedly.
"Come on, this is South Korea's top horror movie. I heard someone died from fright at the premiere!"
"That's exaggerated. I watched this movie alone at night."
"Wow, you're brave! I'm too scared to watch horror movies alone, but I can't resist them. Just like my roommates—terrified but love watching. 😂"
1. [If you're scared, you shouldn't watch. It can be bad for your health.]
2. [What's the name of the short-haired girl next to you? Can you give me her WeChat?]
3. [Share the 32nd video in your TikTok collection with her and tell her to follow the tips in the video. She won't be scared anymore.]
"The 32nd video in my TikTok collection?" Shen Lang opened his TikTok, found the 32nd video in his collection, and couldn't help but laugh before sending it to Su Lexuan.
"Here's a trick. Follow the method in this video, and you won't be scared of horror movies anymore."
"Really?"
Curious, Su Lexuan clicked on the TikTok video Shen Lang sent. The video showed a girl watching a horror movie, jumping in fright when a ghost appeared. But in the next second, the girl pulled out her phone and started playing the Teletubbies, clapping along and calming herself by chanting "Makka Pakka."
"LOL, this is hilarious."
Su Lexuan laughed so hard her friends watching the horror movie with her turned to look in surprise. Noticing, she instinctively lowered her phone and turned towards the wall, trying to stifle her laughter.
"This video is too funny. 😂😂"
"So, does it make you feel less scared? 🐶"
"Yeah, kinda. But I can't do that in the dorm; my roommates will think I'm crazy."
[Ding! Su Lexuan's favorability towards the host increased by 2 points, now at 9 points. Please continue to work hard!]
Hearing the system notification, Shen Lang felt even more motivated. It seemed he had hit a topic she was interested in again.
For the next while, Shen Lang carefully chose the correct system responses.
Each time Shen Lang sent the correct response, Su Lexuan replied quickly. Sometimes, before he finished typing, she had already sent her third message. As the conversation progressed, Su Lexuan used more and more emojis, each message brimming with cute, girlish icons.
Shen Lang sensed a growing eagerness in Su Lexuan's replies, indicating she wanted to keep talking to him.
Even after the two-hour horror movie ended, Su Lexuan was still engrossed in their lively chat, not noticing her roommates had climbed onto her bed to sneak a peek at her conversation with Shen Lang.
"Is it really that good? Next time I come over, can you take me there? We can split the bill or I can treat!"
A roommate with a pitched voice read out Su Lexuan's message, snapping her back to reality. She saw her roommates grinning mischievously, eyes sparkling with curiosity.
"What are you guys doing?"
Blushing, Su Lexuan quickly turned off her phone, hoping they hadn't seen too much of her chat with Shen Lang.
"Lexuan, Lexuan, which department is he from?"
"Lexuan, is he handsome? Is he the guy from Finance who asked for your WeChat the other day?"
"Tell us, Lexuan! We promise we won't tell anyone!"
Her roommates' gossip spirit was ablaze. They never expected that the normally aloof Su Lexuan, the dream girl of countless boys at school, could chat so passionately with a guy!