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Chapter 4: Lu Li Is So Handsome, the Class Belle Is Smitten

[Failed to load love interest.]

Load failed?

[Tip: you can only select one love interest per day. Love is sweet, but don’t be unfaithful.]

You give me two slots yet tell me not to cheat?

I could only wait until tomorrow to load a new love interest.

Night had fallen, fatigue washed over Lu Li, and he collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep within moments.

…

Early the next morning, Lu Li cooked egg noodles and dragged Lu Yao out of the covers.

While Lu Yao mechanically washed up, Lu Li stood behind her and braided her hair.

Originally Lu Li had not wanted to braid his sister’s hair, until one night she murmured in her sleep with a sob, “Mom, braid my hair.”

Back then their mother had always done her braids, until their parents died in a car accident…

Since then, Lu Li had taken over the job.

“Stupid big bro, that hurts! Be gentle, gentler~ gentler~” Lu Yao glared at the Lu Li in the mirror while pleading.

She had been glaring, but when Lu Li raised a hand as if to flick her forehead, her survival instinct kicked in and the glare instantly turned into a plea.

Lu Li finished the braid and straightened her collar. “Since when does braiding not hurt?”

“It never hurts when Mom does it!” Lu Yao suddenly grinned wickedly. “You hurt me, so you have to compensate me!”

“I’ll compensate you with egg noodles.”

“No! I’m sick of noodles! I want strawberries!”

Lu Li gave the top of her head a light karate chop. “Quit being picky, move it, the noodles will clump.”

Lu Yao: (ノへ￣、)

“Fake tears don’t work; that trick has long stopped working.” Lu Li walked away.

Lu Yao admired the braid in the mirror and chuckled softly. “Who said it doesn’t work? Didn’t you obediently braid my hair?”

She tossed the toothbrush aside and chased after him.

Seated at the table, Lu Yao stared at the fried egg in her bowl, then at Lu Li’s bowl that held only noodles.

She picked up the egg and pushed it into Lu Li’s bowl.

Lu Li shot her a glare, picked the egg back up, and returned it. “Quit fooling around. You’re still growing. If it stunts your development and you turn ugly, no one will marry you.”

Lu Yao snorted, “Who needs anyone to marry me? My stupid big bro suddenly got so handsome; I’ll just live with him forever and enjoy the view.”

As she spoke, she split the egg in her bowl and gave half to Lu Li, watching his expression with caution.

They exchanged a look, and when Lu Li slowly ate the egg, Lu Yao finally dug happily into the half remaining in her bowl.

After breakfast, Lu Li pedaled the bicycle with Lu Yao on the back seat and rushed toward school.

“Stupid big bro, why are you biking so hard today? Have you gotten stronger?” Sitting sideways on the rear rack, Lu Yao quickly sensed that his body was different.

Lu Li nodded inwardly; although his Constitution, Charisma, and Intelligence had each risen by only 1 point, he felt a tremendous change, his body far sturdier than before.

Come to think of it, even someone like Xiao Mingyue… who sat at the pinnacle of human beauty… had a Charisma of merely 9, so a single point was an enormous boost.

This single attribute point might well be something most people could never gain even in a lifetime.

“That’s because I work out all the time now,” Lu Li answered perfunctorily.

“Liar!” Lu Yao hugged his waist and rubbed her cheek against his back. “It’s obviously because you ate half of your cute sister’s love-filled fried egg!”

Lu Li gagged.

Lu Yao flew into a rage and rammed his back with her head. “Is your sister’s love really that nauseating?”

Lu Li said, “Yeah, it almost made me puke out that half-fried egg.”

“Hey, what are you doing? That’s the egg my brother laid; you’re not allowed to throw it up!”

“I’ll puke it up for sure. Since it’s my brother’s egg, I have to enshrine it; how could I let it turn into poop?”

“Wow, you little darkie, do you still have any lychees or branches left?”

“I’m already a little darkie; what would I do with lychees or branches?”

“Stupid big bro! Even if you got handsome, you’re still stupid!”

“Nonsense. My brain’s smarter than Bi Gan’s extra chamber now; I’m so clever I wouldn’t even get caught cheating!”

“You dare cheat? You won’t buy me strawberries… are you using strawberries to keep another little sister outside?”

…Only a silly girl like you would let herself be kept with nothing but strawberries…

Lu Yao was in her third year of junior high and attended a different school, so after bickering the whole way, Lu Li dropped her off, slipped her 20 yuan for meals, and headed to his own university.

Rice on campus was free, so 5 yuan was enough for him to cobble together lunch.

Thanks to the boost in Constitution, Lu Li rode with unusual ease and, for the first time ever, arrived at school 10 minutes early instead of at the last second.

He had just parked the bike when he overheard several girls whispering.

“Which class is that guy from? He’s so handsome…”

“That’s Lu Li from Class 4. I always thought he was cute, but today he’s even hotter.”

“Does he have a girlfriend?”

“I don’t think so…”

Lu Li turned his head, and the girls instantly huddled together in shy embarrassment.

He rewarded them with a sunny smile, eliciting soft gasps.

Looks like a Charisma of 8 is already enough to do whatever I want; 9 points might be overkill, Lu Li thought.

Ignoring the unfamiliar girls, Lu Li strode toward the classroom. He was like an autumn breeze; the moment he crossed the threshold, the boisterous room quieted in waves like wheat stirred by that breeze.

“I-Is that Lu Li? Why does he look so much hotter all of a sudden?”

“Hasn’t he always been this handsome? Didn’t you notice before?”

“I noticed before too, but I didn’t have those thoughts back then.”

“Those thoughts? What thoughts?”

“He looks good, makes me want to… I didn’t say anything…”

…

Lu Li walked straight to his seat and picked up a textbook to review.

After flipping through physics once, he found that topics he had never grasped suddenly became crystal clear.

He actually felt as if he had been doused with enlightening nectar.

So this is the power of 8 points in Intelligence?

Compared with 7 points, the difference was nothing short of revolutionary.

Who knew 1 point of Intelligence could change a person this much… terrifying.

Lu Li quickly opened his math book, throwing himself at it like a starving man at bread.

Previously, he had believed mathematics was even harder to understand than women.

Now, however, he suddenly felt that math was nothing at all…

It was far easier to deal with than Xiao Mingyue!

“What’s the use of being handsome? He’s still only second! As long as I’m here, Lu Li will always be second!”

A sudden roar erupted in the class, making everyone fall silent.

Lu Li froze and slowly looked up to see a bespectacled boy whose face was half-covered with acne glaring at him.

The boy was named Shen Tan, the top student in the class.

Lu Li ranked second only because he never attended study sessions and spent all his spare time working part-time jobs, leaving no time to review.

Otherwise, first place might not have belonged to Shen Tan at all.

Lu Li had no idea why Shen Tan was so enraged and lowered his head speechlessly.

Seeing Lu Li bow his head, Shen Tan assumed he was conceding. Smugly, he turned to Shao Linlin beside him and said with a grin, “Good looks are useless; they only qualify you to be an actor. Only outstanding grades are real strength.”

Yongning University was the nation’s premier institution and the dream of every student.

Shao Linlin had a round, duck-egg-shaped face, wide innocent eyes, and glossy black hair… a sweet, pretty girl.

She was the class belle of Class 4.

Shen Tan picked on Lu Li because moments ago Shao Linlin had excitedly discussed Lu Li’s looks with other girls and eagerly asked whether he had a girlfriend.

“When choosing a boyfriend, you look at his prospects. Without prospects, even the prettiest boyfriend will leave you with a hard life,” Shen Tan snorted.

Shao Linlin patted her little head and dismissed his words. “But my family is rich; I won’t live a hard life. When I pick a boyfriend, I just want a good-looking one…”

After speaking, she stole several shy glances at Lu Li.

Shen Tan’s mouth twitched, and he angrily tore the paper in his hand in half.

He rose in fury and strode toward Lu Li’s seat at the back.

“Lu Li! Put your manly pride on the line and compete with me academically… do you dare or not?”

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