Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

However, ever since Zhou Yuwen and Zheng Yanyan had a falling out, Shen Yu clearly felt that Su Qing was on guard against her.

No, to be precise, she was on guard against every girl who tried to get close to Zhou Yuwen!

After all, having finally driven Zheng Yanyan away, how could Su Qing possibly give another girl a chance!

Su Qing assigned Zhou Yuwen a seat at the front row to the right, which was reserved for Student Council officers and also where the hosts would rest when coming off stage.

Su Qing told Zhou Yuwen to take a good rest here.

"I'm about to go on stage soon, wait for me to finish up and I'll join you! Be good," Su Qing pressed Zhou Yuwen down into the seat and said cheerfully.

Zhou Yuwen said, "Isn't it that the performers have to go backstage to prepare?"

"Not you, you just wait here," Su Qing playfully winked.

Zhou Yuwen was speechless, thinking how she treated him like coddling a child.

But before he could finish speaking, someone called out to Su Qing nearby, saying it was time to go on stage.

Su Qing quickly responded, acknowledging and saying she'd be right over!

And with that, she hurriedly left.

At this time, it was already 6:25 p.m., just five minutes away from the start of the event, and the auditorium was already packed.

Zhou Yuwen took a cursory look behind him.

But he noticed that the back was packed, only the seats near Zhou Yuwen were somewhat empty since most of the Student Council officers were busy.

However, because of this, Zhou Yuwen sitting here was a bit awkward, being the only one in the first two rows of seats.

Very conspicuous.

In the crowd, Li Qiang even specifically asked Chang Hao: "Hey, Brother Hao, isn't that Old Zhou? Why is he sitting in the Student Council officers' seats?"

"His ex-girlfriend is a Student Council officer, can you compare to that?" Chang Hao remarked with a tone of sarcasm.

Hearing this, Li Qiang laughed, "Oh right, I heard his current girlfriend is going to be the Cultural Department Director."

"?" Chang Hao raised an eyebrow.

Li Qiang snickered and swiftly changed the subject, "Hey! Old Zhou is looking our way again! Hey, Old Zhou!"

The hall was now very noisy, and Li Qiang stood up and waved at Zhou Yuwen.

Zhou Yuwen saw his class's seating area and nodded to Li Qiang.

In the front of the class, You Changjin also sat somewhat gloomily, apparently having taken quite a hit from Liu Jing.

"Zhou Yuwen?"

At that time, someone greeted Zhou Yuwen.

Zhou Yuwen turned around and saw Tao Tian, who seemed a bit hesitant. Compared to her previous sharp gaze and domineering demeanor, Senior Sister Tao's temperament seemed to have faded a bit, her eyes carrying a trace of uncertainty, and her attire was much plainer than before. A light pink knit cardigan paired with a tube top of the same color; although it was an off-shoulder design, it was mostly covered by the cardigan, revealing only a large expanse of fair skin near the chest.

Compared to before, Senior Sister Tao was trying her best not to show off her figure, but her body was something she could not hide; it's just that her eyes now seemed rather downcast.

When she first arrived and saw Zhou Yuwen sitting there, she was even a little coy and unwilling to come over, afraid that Zhou Yuwen would avoid her or even ignore her.

After hesitating for a long time, she finally mustered the courage to greet him.

Zhou Yuwen, on the other hand, wasn't thinking so much; suddenly seeing Tao Tian, he actually felt quite happy inside, proactively standing up with a smile to greet her: "Eh? Senior Sister, long time no see."

Senior Sister?

A barely noticeable sense of loss flashed in Tao Tian's eyes, just over a month had passed, but she hadn't expected they would have grown so distant already.

"Why are you sitting here?" Tao Tian asked curiously.

Zhou Yuwen said, oh, I'm going to perform on stage today.

"And I was going to go backstage originally, but Su Qing arranged for me to sit here," Zhou Yuwen explained.

Tao Tian subconsciously glanced at Su Qing on the stage, nodded, and said: "Oh, so it's Council President Su."

"Council President? She's the student council president now? Isn't she just a freshman?" Zhou Yuwen truly did not know this.

"Not really," Tao Tian said with a light laugh: "It's just what the students are calling her privately because Su Qing is indeed quite capable."

"Her ah?" Zhou Yuwen laughed after hearing this.

Then he exchanged a few more pleasantries with Tao Tian, and Zhou Yuwen asked her if he really shouldn't be sitting here.

Tao Tian said it was fine, no one was sitting here anyway.

"Do you also sit on this side?"

"Yep."

Tao Tian nodded, the back of each seat had people's names on red paper, like Zhou Yuwen's seat, which read "Host".

Tao Tian's chair had "Cultural Department" on the back.

The two sat down together, and Zhou Yuwen jokingly said, "Isn't the first program from your Cultural Department?"

"Don't you need to go up and direct it?"

Tao Tian shook her head and replied, "I've already stepped back from managing things. Yanyan chose the opening dance for this time."

Tao Tian had expected Zheng Yanyan to provoke some kind of response from Zhou Yuwen, but he just casually hmm'd and seemed not to be bothered.

Then Tao Tian added, "Next semester I'm going out for an internship, and I'm planning to hand over the Cultural Department to Yanyan."

By this time the evening party was about to start, beginning with a three-minute music video, filled with music. It was primarily about recent school activities organized for Christmas, including some well-known students sending remarks, such as wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.

Shen Yu had previously approached Zhou Yuwen to record a message.

But Zhou Yuwen said he was too busy in Hucheng, and that ended the matter.

Zhou Yuwen watched the video and after hearing what Tao Tian said, he smiled, "That's good, but Yanyan is just a freshman, she would have to wait until next year even if she became the director, wouldn't she?"

"Yeah..." Tao Tian nodded.

Tao Tian wanted to chat more with Zhou Yuwen, but even though she was usually quick-witted, she felt somewhat socially anxious seeing him again, bursting with things to say yet unsure of what to bring up.

After a while, she couldn't help but say, "I've been reading your novel recently,"

"Oh? Really? How do you find it?" Zhou Yuwen asked with a smile.

Tao Tian commented that the writing was pretty good.

"Just the writing?"

"I think the protagonist's personality is also quite similar to you."

Perhaps it was due to the noise around, Tao Tian leaned closer to Zhou Yuwen, slightly covering her mouth with her hand, to tell Zhou Yuwen.

"Similar? No way, the novel's protagonist is too rogue-like, not like me," Zhou Yuwen said.

Tao Tian laughed and shook her head, disagreeing.

"I think it's quite similar, both of you are charming young men,"

Then Tao Tian asked Zhou Yuwen if there was anything in the novel inspired by her.

Zhou Yuwen thought about it for a moment then shook his head, saying that the novel was pieced together from other male-oriented novels, so there really wasn't a prototype.

"Isn't it Su Qing?" Tao Tian asked intently.

Zhou Yuwen just laughed without replying.

Curious, Tao Tian widened her eyes, looking at him.

Zhou Yuwen thought for a moment, then drew near to Tao Tian and whispered, "I'll tell you a secret, but you can't go spreading it around!"

Possibly due to the dim light and the noise around them, Zhou Yuwen naturally leaned closer to Tao Tian, almost whispering into her ear.

The breath of Zhou Yuwen, after such a long time, again flooded into Tao Tian's ear, inevitably stirring ripples in her heart.

She tried her best to keep her composure, looking at Zhou Yuwen with curiosity.

Zhou Yuwen explained that actually, the heroine in the novel had no prototype at all—Su Qing was just being presumptuous.

Tao Tian first was slightly surprised, then burst into laughter.

She mentioned, "I saw on the forums, many people say you still like Su Qing."

"Hmm, the thing is, once broken up, that's it. I'm not the type to dwell on the past," Zhou Yuwen pondered and said.

In the darkness, Tao Tian's eyes looked at Zhou Yuwen and she nodded gently.

As they were chatting merrily, the music video ended, and Su Qing went on stage with another host.

Su Qing naturally saw Zhou Yuwen and Tao Tian conversing delightfully.

Su Qing's face showed displeasure; she had guarded against everyone, but did not anticipate Tao Tian, this unforeseen oversight. Nevertheless, Su Qing didn't forget her duty.

But she couldn't help speeding up her speech a bit. She finished the opening lines with the male host, and then it was, "Next up, please welcome the Cultural Department with an opening dance!"