Huo Chao put his hands in his pockets and took a few steps closer to Shu Er. He looked down into her eyes, the corners of his lips slightly curling up, “Why don’t you just ask me to bring down the entire moon for you?”
Shu Er blinked, and her baby voice was filled with confusion. “But… Can you?”
If he could do it, she would take that moon without hesitation.
Hearing their conversation, Xu Chen and Zhao Zhifeng burst into laughter. Zhao Zhifeng even imitated Shu Er’s tone, saying, “But… Can you?”
Hahaha, that was a real blow.
Zhao Zhifeng finally witnessed what it meant to shoot yourself in the foot.
How could a man say he couldn’t do something? Especially someone as proud and conceited as Huo Chao?
He had known Huo Chao since they were in diapers, and in over a decade, he had never once heard the word “can’t” come out of Huo Chao’s mouth.
Huo Chao was too proud. He did everything he could.
But giving someone the moon as a gift? Forget about Huo Chao, nobody on Earth can do that.
Who would have thought that Shu Er would play her cards so unpredictably and respond with such a line?
Was she really ready to accept it if someone dared to offer her the moon?
Xu Chen laughed and joked, “Ah Chao, work hard, become the Chinese version of Elon Musk, invest in the aviation industry, and let the little princess go to space and live on the moon as soon as possible!”
Private space travel and realizing a dream of the cosmos—what an ambitious goal. None of them took this joke seriously at the time.
However, it was getting late, and if they kept chatting, they’d be late for school.
The number of students at the No. 1 Middle School was large, with the second-year and third-year students in separate teaching buildings. But since the two buildings were close to each other, the four of them walked together until they reached the entrance, then split up.
Walking with Huo Chao and his friends had earned Shu Er many envious glances along the way.
After parting with Huo Chao and the others, Shu Er arrived in her classroom. Ning Meng then excitedly came over, saying, “Little Ear, the new ‘Campus Goddess’ selection has begun!”
Campus Goddess?
Shu Er vaguely remembered this from the book. It had been mentioned briefly, but since the heroine wasn’t from this school, the writer did not describe this event in detail.
Ning Meng diligently explained, “Three Campus Goddesses will be chosen, one for each grade, and the selection will be by students. The entire process is open, transparent, and fair. Whoever is the most popular will be selected.”
Shu Er wasn’t interested at all and said unenthusiastically, “What’s the point of that?”
“How is it pointless? Don’t you want your name to be recorded in history so that even after you’ve graduated, your juniors will still know you?”
Shu Er asked a soul-searching question, “Do you even remember the goddesses from previous years?”
She thought Ning Meng wouldn’t know, but to her surprise, Ning Meng nodded and slowly said, “I do know the most famous ones. Lin Beibei, the senior who graduated last year, was a Campus Goddess for three consecutive years. She was, without a doubt, this school’s biggest star. Plus, the school has a ‘Goddess Wall’ with photos of past campus goddesses on it. Every year, students from other schools come just to worship them.”
The “Campus Goddess” event at the No. 1 Middle School had been running for several years and was quite prestigious, even making an impression across the city.
Ning Meng continued to try and persuade Shu Er. “Little Ear, look, you are now famous. Many students know your name and you’re also very beautiful. You should totally give it a try! Even if you don’t win, it’s all about participating.”
Ning Meng has now completely become Shu Er’s little fan girl.
However, there have always been many participants in the campus goddess selection event so the competition is fierce.
After all, during the teenage years, who doesn’t dream of being adored by everyone?
Shu Er, however, still wasn’t interested in the event. Plus, to win the title of goddess, you have to build momentum for yourself, which is very troublesome.
But…
Shu Er’s eyes flickered with thought, and she eventually decided to participate.
Because Ning Meng had said one thing right: thanks to Huo Chao, she was now very popular, and many people now know her.
In the book, wasn’t the reason why the heroine resented the female supporting character was because she got jealous of her brief moment of fame at school? It seemed that the heroine’s jealousy was the primary reason why she maliciously suppressed the female supporting character later on.
Besides, Shu Er felt that she wasn’t quite in the spotlight yet.
Therefore, she needed to win the Campus Goddess title and piss off the heroine!
By now, the morning reading had already begun in the classroom, but since there was no teacher in the classroom to keep the order, Shu Er was openly slacking off.
Wouldn’t it be easy to win this event?
As the saying goes, “One is obliged after taking another’s favor”. If she gave them enough benefits, how could they not vote for her?
Besides, she had already thought about it.
She was the best at taking advantage of others!
With that thought, she walked out of the classroom, found a quiet corner, and called the largest fried chicken chain in the city.
She ordered 3,500 pieces of fried chicken and 3,500 cups of Sanyuan milk tea in one go.
The No. 1 Middle School has 36 classes per grade level, and each class has about 30 students. Including the faculty and staff, there are roughly 3,500 people in the whole school.
Shu Er thinks that most high school students at this age like to eat fried chicken and drink milk tea, herself included.
If she ordered a fried chicken and milk tea for every student in the school, she would get a lot of goodwill, right?
School teachers don’t participate in the voting, but she has already placed the order, so she doesn’t mind a few hundred extra servings.
Since she was already building her favorability, she might as well boost her favorability with both the students and the teachers in one go.
Of course, she doesn’t have a lot of money, but wasn’t there a ready-made ATM standing right beside her? Just 3,500 servings of milk tea and fried chicken—it was only about a hundred thousand yuan.
Using the male protagonist’s money to build momentum for herself and win the favor of the entire school to secure the Campus Goddess title—this plan was absolutely brilliant!
Shu Er mentally gave herself a thumbs up.
At first, the waiter on the other end of the phone thought she had heard it wrong so she asked again. After getting the same response, she assumed that Shu Er was making a prank call.
“Miss, this prank is not funny.”
That rubbed Shu Er the wrong way.
Wasn’t it just 3,500 servings of fried chicken and milk tea? If she was in her previous life, she would have ordered 35,000 servings.
Shu Er snorted, “Who’s pulling a prank? Do you know Huo Chao? He is a big shot in No. 1 Middle School. His biological father, Huo Xinguo, is a famous tycoon in the country. And right now, Mr. Huo wants to order 3,500 servings of fried chicken and milk tea for all the students and teachers of No. 1 Middle School to help boost the reputation of the girl he likes so everyone will know who she is.
That “girl Huo Chao is pursuing” was, of course, none other than Shu Er herself. Although it was a lie, she spoke without a hint of guilt or embarrassment.
Guilty? No way. Shy? That’s even more impossible.
The employee on the phone had a look of doubt on her face. Is this what rich second-generation kids do nowadays? So extravagant, and so over the top?
And this rich kid is only in high school? Yet he’s already throwing money around like this? What will happen in the future? Will he start handing out spaceships as a gift too?
Just to make a girl happy, he’d do anything?
The employee stammered, “Well… Okay, but we can’t provide so much fried chicken and milk tea all at once.”
Shu Er blinked. “Aren’t you a national chain? If you don’t have enough stock in Beijing, can’t you bring it in from nearby cities, or even from across the country?”
The employee didn’t know what to say.
This order was so massive that she couldn’t make the decision alone. She’d have to discuss it with her manager.
Shu Er, however, had no patience to continue the back-and-forth. “Don’t worry, Mr. Huo won’t refuse to pay for this small amount of money. Here’s my number. You can contact me anytime. Anyway, no matter how much effort it takes, you need to deliver 3,500 servings of fried chicken and milk tea to No. 1 Middle School by today, okay? Mr. Huo is in Class 36 of Senior 3. I’m just helping him pass on the message.”
At this time, the morning reading was already over and class was about to start.
Shu Er quickly added, “Oh, and when your deliverymen deliver the fried chicken to the 108 classes of No. 1 Middle School, remember to say something.”
The employee, still in daze, subconsciously asked, “What?”
“Just say, ‘Today, everything is on Mr. Huo! Please support Shu Er, and remember to cast your precious vote for her in the Campus Goddess contest!’”
