Chapter 1

[Brain Storage Depot]

"Baby, are you free tonight? Can you play games with me?"

"Baby, let me tell you, I found a tutor for my little sister at school. You'll never guess who applied!"

"It was actually my own classmate! And the worst part is, we have a history!"

"Baby, what are you doing? Why aren't you replying?"

Kong Liu was busy tutoring the adorable younger sister of the school's famous icy Campus Belle. Hearing the notification chime, he picked up his phone to take a look.

Seeing the messages from Xixi, his girlfriend from an online relationship, Kong Liu was a bit stunned.

He had met this girlfriend—whom he had basically stumbled into—right at the start of his freshman year. During a boring orientation gala, he had started playing a game on his phone. A girl from the "People Nearby" list kept inviting him to play, and finding her annoying, Kong Liu finally gave in and played two ranked matches with her. To his surprise, because of his high skill level, she latched onto him immediately. The girl was a total clinger, constantly pestering him all day long and sending him in-game skins whenever she had the chance...

The sight of Kong Liu dazed, clutching his phone, was caught by the Campus Belle, Gu Chenxi, as she walked through the door. She said with a touch of dissatisfaction, "This is tutoring time. Who gave you permission to play on your phone?"

"Uh..."

Kong Liu offered an awkward but polite smile and set his phone back down on the table.

Gu Chenxi’s younger sister, swinging her two little pigtails, turned to intercede on Kong Liu’s behalf: "Sister, you’re not allowed to blame Brother Kong. I’m the one who told him to play on his phone because I wanted to try doing the problems by myself for a bit."

Gu Chenxi reached out and flicked her sister’s forehead with a slender finger. "Always taking the outsider’s side, aren't you? Trying to go against your own sister!"

Kong Liu had assumed Gu Chenxi would just take a look and leave, but to his surprise, she sat down in the chair right next to him, showing no signs of leaving.

Kong Liu cast a cautious glance at Gu Chenxi beside him, feeling, for some reason, rather nervous.

Gu Chenxi was the renowned, icy Campus Belle of Zhonghai Jiaotong University. With fair skin, beauty, long legs, a refined image, and an elegant temperament, she came from a wealthy family and lived a life of luxury, even driving a Porsche to school every day. Yet, he was the one who had accidentally offended such a "white-rich-beautiful" girl back when school first started.That same night of the freshman orientation party, his dorm roommate stared infatuatedly at Gu Chenxi sitting in the front row and said to him, "Look, Lao Liu, that girl is so pretty. She's a freshman just like us, and even her name is nice—Chenxi."

At the time, Kong Liu was busy playing a video game and had no time to deal with the guy, so he casually replied, "Whether she's morning sun or evening glow, pretty freshman girls like that will be snatched away by wealthy, handsome senior guys in a couple of days. She's not going to fall for you."

Who would have thought Kong Liu's voice was too loud and got heard by Gu Chenxi in the front row? She turned her head and shot Kong Liu a cold glare.

As luck would have it, they were both majoring in Business Administration, and even more bizarrely, they ended up assigned to the very same class. Because of the incident at the orientation party, she had never liked Kong Liu since.

Of course, it wasn't just Kong Liu that she disliked; she didn't care for anyone at all.

At school, she always wore that chilly, sullen expression, always giving off a vibe that kept people a thousand miles away.

There were quite a few fearless guys who bit the bullet and confessed their feelings to Gu Chenxi, but all of them were rejected. Sometimes she couldn't even be bothered to open her mouth to refuse; a single glance from her freezing, soul-chilling eyes was enough to make people feel unworthy and dare not commit any profanity.Not long after the semester started, her reputation as the aloof Campus Belle spread throughout Jiaotong University. Many people, eager to catch a glimpse of the Campus Belle in person, even went out of their way to check Kong Liu's class schedule so they could arrive early at the lecture halls to grab seats and audit his classes.

"Brother Kong, take a look and see if I solved this problem correctly."

While Kong Liu was lost in thought, Gu Chenxi's younger sister excitedly picked up her workbook and placed it in front of him.

Kong Liu snapped back to reality and carefully began checking it for her. The problem had been solved brilliantly.

Gu Chenxi's younger sister was named Gu Chenxuan; the sisters' names differed by only a single character. She was an exceptionally adorable little girl with twin ponytails, a slightly chubby face, and a lively, hyperactive, and talkative personality. Both in appearance and temperament, she was worlds apart from her icy older sister—it was hard to believe they were even blood related.

She was very smart and picked things up instantly whenever Kong Liu taught her, but she constantly struggled with a short attention span. At school, her teachers probably couldn't keep her under control, which was why she didn't listen properly in class. Because of this, Gu Chenxi had gone looking for a tutor for her on the school's campus wall.

Kong Liu praised her, saying, "All correct, well done, Chenxuan!"

"Yay, yay, yay!"Gu Chenxuan happily swayed her petite body in the chair and said to me with a grin, "It's mostly because Brother Kong teaches so well."

Kong Liu asked, "Is there anything else you don't know from that same type of problem?"

"Yes, this one..."

Gu Chenxuan pointed to another problem in her workbook.

At that moment, the phone Kong Liu had placed on the table started buzzing again.

Kong Liu glanced at Gu Chenxi, who was sitting beside him with her head down playing on her phone, then picked up his phone cautiously and took a look.

As expected, it was another message from his online girlfriend.

"Babe, why does it take you so long to reply to my messages?"

Below the message were a bunch of stickers. [Aggrieved kitten] [Tearful kitten] [Tantrum kitten]

Looking at the messages from this clingy person, Kong Liu felt a slight headache coming on.

His online girlfriend was truly too clingy and loved to act spoiled around him. Normally, if he replied even a little slowly, he would be bombarded with messages.

As Kong Liu was pondering how to reply, she sent several more messages.

"We've been in an online relationship for almost a year now, when are you going to agree to meet in person!"

"We're even at the same university, is it really that hard to meet up!"

"Babe, answer me already!"

"Babe, if you keep ignoring me, I'm going to cry for you to see!"

Looking at the string of messages sent by his online girlfriend 【Xi Xi】, Kong Liu's head hurt even more.

Fortunately, Campus Belle Gu beside him had been keeping her head down playing on her phone and wasn't looking at him, otherwise she would start lecturing him again.Watching Gu Chenxi tap furiously on her phone screen, Kong Liu suddenly realized something...

Just as Gu Chenxi finished sending her final message with a sticker and looked up, Kong Liu was staring right at her, holding his phone intently.

Meeting Kong Liu's bizarre gaze and remembering the spoiled messages she had just sent to her "boyfriend" on her phone, a wave of awkward blushing crept onto Gu Chenxi's face.

Glaring at Kong Liu with her cold, aloof eyes, she snapped irritably, "What are you looking at me for? Teach my sister her homework!"

"Oh, oh..."

Kong Liu snapped back to reality immediately and turned his head away. At the same time, his fingers swiftly tapped the screen, sending a [Busy making money] sticker to his online girlfriend.

"Ding-dong—"

Just as Kong Liu had guessed, two seconds later, a notification chime suddenly rang out from Gu Chenxi's phone.

A sharp, internal shriek echoed inside Kong Liu's mind.Are you out of your mind! The aloof Campus Belle is actually my online girlfriend? She is that clingy little wealthy girl who pestered me to play games with her every single day?! What happened to being aloof? She wasn't the least bit aloof online! (End of this chapter)

Chapter 2: I'll support you!

After Kong Liu sent the sticker, he switched his phone to silent mode and patiently taught Gu Chenxuan her exercises.

Perhaps because her online boyfriend on the other end of the phone sent a single sticker and then stopped replying for a long time, Gu Chenxi simply stopped harassing him.

Once Kong Liu finished teaching Gu Chenxuan the new type of problem, she picked it up very quickly. Glancing at his phone again, there were another dozen or so messages waiting. He didn't even need to think to know they were sent by the Campus Belle Gu right beside him.

Checking the time on his phone, his tutoring session had come to an end.

As Kong Liu was thinking about this, Mother Gu pushed the door open and walked in with an elegant smile. True to the saying that time is never harsh on beauties, even in middle age, this noblewoman retained her charming allure, and Gu Chenxi's looks were carved from the exact same mold as her mother's.

She asked Kong Liu in a gentle voice, "Teacher Kong, has Chenxuan been studying well? If she hasn't been obedient, please feel free to discipline this girl for me!"

Kong Liu stood up and smiled at Mother Gu, saying, "Chenxuan has been very obedient and studied quite hard."

Gu Chenxuan hopped down from her stool, skipped over to her mother, hugged her leg, and said, "Mom, I was so good today. Can I have a reward of playing games for a little while?"

"No way!" Before her mother could speak, Gu Chenxi cut in, "Exams are right around the corner, and you still want to play games? If you don't get a good score this time, don't even think about touching a phone ever again!"

Gu Chenxuan frowned and talked back to her sister, "Hmph, Mom told me that when you were in middle school, your grades weren't even as good as mine! How do you have the nerve to lecture me?"

Seeing her younger sister expose her past in front of her tutor, Gu Chenxi felt a bit embarrassed. She glared at her sister and whispered, "Talk nonsense again, and see if I don't rip that mouth of yours!"

"Mom! Look at her, she's bullying me again!"

Gu Chenxuan ran straight to her mother for protection.Mother Gu patted her younger daughter's shoulder and said, "Your sister is only doing this for your own good. She even found a classmate of yours to be your tutor. Stop playing video games, focus on your studies, and if you get good grades on this exam, I'll take you to Disneyland."

"Really?" Hearing this, Gu Chenxuan's eyes lit up with anticipation.

Mother Gu smiled and said, "When has Mom ever lied to you?"

Kong Liu picked up his backpack and said, "Auntie, since today's tutoring session is finished, I'll take my leave."

Mother Gu glanced at her phone and said to Kong Liu, "Little Kong, it's almost time for dinner. Why don't you stay and have a meal before you go?"

Kong Liu tilted his head and caught the displeasure in Campus Belle Gu's eyes. He politely declined Mother Gu's offer, waving his hand and saying, "No need, Auntie, thank you for the kind offer. I need to head home tonight and pack some things to bring back to the university dorms."

"Can't you stay for dinner?" A trace of regret crossed Mother Gu's face as she said, "All right then. Where do you live? I'll have Xixi give you a ride."

"Xixi..." Hearing Mother Gu use this pet name for Gu Chenxi, Kong Liu couldn't help repeating it in his mind, which only strengthened his conviction that Gu Chenxi was indeed his online girlfriend.

"Mom, I have things to do later. I don't have time!" Hearing her mother ask her to drive Kong Liu home—someone she had a grudge against—Gu Chenxi immediately protested.

"You have things to do? What things?" Mother Gu glared at Gu Chenxi and lightly tapped her on her smooth forehead, saying, "You stay at home all day playing video games when you don't have classes, going nowhere. What could you possibly have to do?"

Gu Chenxuan, loving the drama and eager to fan the flames, chimed in from the side, "Exactly, exactly!"

"Shut up!" Gu Chenxi glared at her younger sister.

She turned to look at Kong Liu, whose face was filled with awkwardness, and then back at her mother. Her mother's authoritative gaze left her too intimidated to act out. Pouting in dissatisfaction, she let out an "Oh" and went to her room to grab her car keys.

The striking shield logo and the miniature sports-car shape of the key fob were instantly noticeable. Just placing the keys on the table was eye-catching enough, to say nothing of the light pink sports car parked in the garage—a vehicle that drew envious and jealous glances from everyone whenever Gu Chenxi drove to and from school.

After all, that was a Porsche 911. What kind of family could afford to let their daughter drive a multi-million-dollar car as a daily commuter?

Looking at the pink color scheme, Kong Liu found it somewhat amusing. Such a cute palette really didn't match Campus Belle Gu's usual cold and aloof persona.

As Kong Liu involuntarily projected the personality and speaking style of his online girlfriend 【Xixi】 onto Gu Chenxi, he suddenly felt that her driving this pink car actually made a lot of sense.

"What are you smiling so happily about?"

Seeing the smile lingering at the corners of Kong Liu's mouth, Gu Chenxi had a nagging feeling he was mocking her car's color scheme.

"N—nothing..."

Kong Liu shook his head and got into Gu Chenxi's car. Glancing over at her as she looked at her phone, he still couldn't connect his spoiled, clingy little girlfriend with the frosty young heiress sitting right in front of him.

Gu Chenxi started the engine. While waiting for the car to warm up, she pulled out her phone.

Kong Liu took out his phone as well, preparing to reply to her.

The last message was from 【Xixi】: "Baby, stop going to work! I'll support you, I have plenty of money!"

It was even accompanied by a red envelope titled 【Congratulations and be prosperous】.

Kong Liu looked at the message with a wry smile. Just as he was about to reply, he saw a new message pop up from Gu Chenxi: "Baby, my mom is making me drive that annoying jerk home. So annoying!"

【Little cat crying】

Kong Liu thought to himself, "The annoying jerk you're talking about is sitting right in your car replying to you."

Kong Liu replied: "Just finished work and haven't had a chance to check my phone, so I didn't reply earlier. I'm sorry."

Seeing Kong Liu's message, Gu Chenxi replied instantly: "What kind of work is it that you can't even look at your phone?!"

"Just a part-time job to make some pocket money." Kong Liu thought for a moment and added, "There was a tigress right next to me just now. She was too terrifying, I didn't dare take out my phone."

"Which bitch dares to snap at my baby? Tell me, and I'll make sure she regrets it!"

Seeing this reply, Kong Liu almost burst out laughing, but managed to hold it in just in time.

It was his first time ever insulting himself!

Before Kong Liu could reply, Gu Chenxi directly transferred 3,000 yuan to him, along with the message: "Baby, stop working part-time. I have money, I'll support you. Just spend your free time keeping me company."

Looking at this unbridled display of wealth, Kong Liu gave a wry smile and thought, "A sugar mommy is truly a sugar mommy. Within a few sentences, she's already transferred money twice."Kong Liu neither accepted her red packet nor her transfer, sending instead a sticker of "Picking up trash to raise you."

"Pfft—"

Gu Chenxi, sitting beside him, looked at the sticker and couldn't help but laugh right in front of Kong Liu.

Kong Liu tilted his head. It was the first time he had seen such a gentle smile on Gu Chenxi's usually ice-cold face. That smile was like the warm spring sun, melting the frozen frost of winter.

Realizing she had lost her composure, Gu Chenxi immediately put away her smile and quickly replied: "Babe, I can't talk to you right now. I'll drop this annoying guy off at the subway entrance and head straight home. We can chat when I get back."

[Muah]

After sending the message, Gu Chenxi shifted gears and stepped on the gas, shooting out of the garage.

She drove very fast on the main road and kept jerking the steering wheel. Originally, she wanted to scare Kong Liu with this driving so he would never dare ride in her car again. But Kong Liu didn't seem scared at all; instead, he calmly played on his phone, so she simply gave up on torturing him.

Looking at the last message Gu Chenxi sent, Kong Liu thought to himself, "Does this chick really hate me that much? She'd rather drop me off at the subway station than drive a bit further and take me all the way home."

Just as the car was about to reach the subway station, Kong Liu spoke up before Gu Chenxi could: "I'll just get off at the subway station. No need to drop me off. Go home and eat early."

"Oh."

Gu Chenxi gave a flat response, though inside she was overjoyed. Since Kong Liu had brought up getting off here himself, she would be saved from making up excuses when her mother asked later.

Dropping Kong Liu off at the subway entrance, Gu Chenxi couldn't even be bothered to raise her head. She slammed on the accelerator and sped away, leaving Kong Liu behind to choke on the exhaust fumes.

Kong Liu gave a wry smile, picked up his phone, and made a call.

An hour later, Kong Liu appeared at the entrance of a Riverside Villa.

"Good evening, Young Master."

Chapter 3 The Grudging Campus Belle

Kong Liu nodded and walked naturally into the villa.

He took off his coat and tossed it to the servant standing at the entrance. Before he had even taken off his shoes, a pair of slippers was already placed before him.

A pretty maid in black silk stockings and high heels half-crouched down, wanting to help him untie his shoelaces, but he refused.

Stepping on the backs of his shoes, Kong Liu kicked them off in a couple of seconds, slipped into the slippers, and walked into the living room.

"Young Master, would you like to take a bath first or have dinner?"

"Neither, you guys go ahead." Kong Liu waved his hand and said, "I just came back to grab something. There's a gathering at the dorm tonight, so I'll eat at school."

"Very well, Young Master. Just let us know if you need anything."

Seeing that Kong Liu wanted some peace and quiet, the maids tactfully went about their own chores.

After resting on the sofa for a while, Kong Liu got up, took the family elevator to the third floor, and entered the master bedroom. He packed a few autumn and winter clothes from his closet into two bags.

The weather had recently started turning cooler, and he only had summer clothes at school, so he took advantage of his free time this afternoon to come home and get them. He could have simply asked the butler to send them over, but Kong Liu was afraid his classmates would see the family's luxury car delivering clothes to him at school, which would lead to another round of explanations and too much trouble.

Kong Liu had always avoided his identity as a wealthy young master. Ever since he was a child, everyone came after his money—the girls he liked, his good buddies, and strangers around him. It seemed that no matter who it was, once they found out he was rich, their attitude toward him would undergo a complete one-eighty-degree turn.

Especially during his childhood, after suffering through an incident where he was kidnapped and extorted by a classmate's father, Kong Liu became exceptionally low-profile at school. He never wore designer brands, only took public transportation to and from school, and even lived a very frugal life.

As Kong Liu was packing his things, the LCD screen glowing in the bedroom suddenly switched to a video call. A pair of very young-looking couples wearing ski gear waved at Kong Liu on the screen.

"Mom, Dad."

Kong Liu waved back at his parents and asked, "How are you guys enjoying yourselves in Clock Country?"

"It's fantastic!"

The woman in the video was wearing ski goggles, but one could still tell she was a gentle and intellectual beauty. Her pert nose was slightly reddened by the cold, yet a smile beamed at the corners of her mouth as she pointed to the rolling snow-capped mountains behind her and said to Kong Liu, "Son, we're at the ski resort in Lausanne right now. See that mountain behind us? That's the Alps."