114 Plan J: Jealousy Quest! (1/2)

Finally, lunch came.

Zhou Lei had his master plan of how to make Lin Hanying jealous.

That plan was called ”Plan J: Jealousy Quest”!

First of all, Zhou Lei took out two lunchboxes. One that he prepared himself, and one that he prepared for Lin Hanying. This wasn't part of the plan, he just readied this on a whim since his best friend looked like she really wanted him to cook her something.

He headed to Lin Hanying's desk. The girl was in the middle of taking out her own lunch from her bag, when a hand grabbed her arm.

”Ying, wait.” Zhou Lei pulled a chair from the desk in front of Lin Hanying's, since the one seated on it wasn't here anyway.

Lin Guiying froze for a bit and looked up, seeing a serious look on Zhou Lei's face. She took her hand out of the bag and put on a facade, smiling brightly. ”Lei, what's the matter?”

The youth before her took a seat swiftly, now facing her directly. He let go of Lin Hanying's arm as he sensed that something was wrong with his friend's expression.

”Where were you yesterday? I waited for you the whole day at the arcade!”

'Whole day at the arcade?' Lin Guiying's feelings became more conflicted. 'I know you're lying.'

”Really? Sorry, I didn't have time last night.” It didn't show on her face, but her trust in Zhou Lei decreased.

”You should've at least told me that you weren't coming.” Zhou Lei was slightly grumpy at Lin Hanying, but it wasn't much.

At that point, Lin Guiying felt guilty. ”My mana- mother took my phone.”

”It's fine...” Zhou Lei wasn't really the type to hold grudges of any sort. He had even forgotten about his bullies lately since they didn't even think about bullying him anymore. ”Anyways...”

And the first step of the plan begins!

”Who is your favorite celebrity?”

What an abrupt change of subject! That wasn't a smooth segue at all!

'...What?' Lin Guiying had no idea what her friend's intentions were, so she just answered honestly. 'Out of everyone I've worked with, the most friendly and down-to-earth one is Hou Heng. Not to mention, I've been friends with him since childhood. Although I never have the time to see him these days...'

”It's Hou Heng... What for-”

Zhou Lei didn't let Lin Hanying finish as he interrupted, ”Well, for me...”

With her getting interrupted, Lin Guiying was quite irritated at Zhou Lei, but she didn't take it to heart.

”It's Lin Guiying!”

Second phase of the plan: START!

Zhou Lei was almost a complete otaku. And if watching so much anime, reading so much manga and light novels, and playing so much dating simulators and visual novels taught him anything, it's that when you praise some other girl in front of one, she would get jealous!

'Invoking jealousy is so easy!'

What he didn't notice was that there was another prerequisite for this plan to work, and it's that the girl should, at the very least, have a crush on the person saying it to her.

Unfortunately for Zhou Lei, Lin Guiying hadn't a crush on him.

And even more unfortunate for him was the fact that Lin Guiying and Lin Hanying was the same person! So...

Lin Guiying widened her eyes a little.