How did I become famous?

"First of all, one cannot be too perfect." Zhang Xixi began to expand her thinking. "If a person is too perfect, others will only want to stay away from them. As the saying goes, one can admire from afar but not get close."

The first part was from a book, and the second part was what my history teacher said.

Zhang Xixi didn't know what to do either, but looking at Su Mulin's expectant eyes, she didn't know what to do either.

Fortunately, I'll just play the role of a cunning strategist...

"It can't be too perfect..." Su Mulin murmured, pondering these words, completely clueless. "How exactly should I do it?"

"Like cooking and stuff like that." Zhang Xixi winked. "Xiao Lin, you said you're the one who cooks at the 'company,' right? So you can deliberately make the food taste a little bad."

"And personality too. Xiao Lin, your personality is too mature and reliable. You're seven years younger than Fang Ge, but you occasionally act like an eighteen-year-old girl. Just be a little cute and affectionate with him~"

"Acting...acting cute?!" Su Mulin's beautiful eyes widened in surprise.

This was something she had never done in her previous eighteen years of life.

Miss Su is mature and aloof, and acts with elegance and decisiveness. She has never actually tried to be coquettish or anything like that.

"So how exactly should one act cute?"

This question stumped Zhang Xixi as well.

The girl with the bob haircut is usually the leader among the female students, but she doesn't know how to act cute...

But as a strategist, she has to help solve any problems her "lord" raises.

"For example, deliberately making the food taste bad, so that if he asks, you can say you're too busy studying every day and are really tired. Or say your leg hurts and ask him to carry you. Or say you accidentally cut your hand while chopping vegetables and ask him to bandage it for you?"

Su Mulin expressed doubt: "This... will it work?"

It doesn't sound reliable at all.

"How will you know if you don't try!" the strategist affirmed. "Just give it a try! There's no harm in trying."

"Well... alright." Su Mulin made up her mind.

"OK~ Remember to tell me the result tomorrow~ I'll give you some feedback."

"Um."

............

At 9:30 p.m. that evening, the two sat silently facing each other at the company's dining table.

The food on the table was barely touched.

"These are all your favorite dishes, why aren't you eating them?" Su Mulin said expressionlessly.

"Well... let me organize my thoughts." Fang Bie clicked his tongue. "If a plate of ordinary stir-fried vegetables had sugar instead of salt, how would it taste?"

Faced with Fang Bie's suspicious gaze, the young lady blushed and her eyes darted around: "I accidentally misread it."

Fang Bie still looked doubtful: "Did you accidentally see it wrong?"

For the past few months, the young lady has never made a mistake in cooking!

Why did I get the salt and sugar wrong this time?

"Then... could we do it again?"

The young lady extended her hand and said calmly, "I accidentally cut my hand, so I can't do it."

There was a faint red dot in the center of her index finger, which she had deliberately pricked her skin to leave it.

It has actually healed (it hurts a lot, don't try this, and also, be careful when chopping vegetables while cooking, it's better to be slow than to rush).

Again, by accident... Fang suggested another solution: "How about we eat out?"

Where on those fair and delicate fingers was there a cut? Why can't I see it?

The young lady was very unhappy; her hand was already cut, and he didn't even come over to check on her...

"No, it's not hygienic outside."

"What should we do then? We can't just go next door for a free meal, can we? Manager Kira is also working overtime and the store is closed... Okay, I'll do it." Fang Bie said halfway, but then noticed that the young lady was staring intently at him.

He was at his wit's end.

"Go rest on the sofa first, I'll call you when I'm done." Fang Bie put on an apron and started looking for ingredients in the refrigerator.

Su Mulin snorted and turned to go to the living room.

Actually, it was the first time she had ever acted coquettishly, and she was too embarrassed to let Fang see her flushed face.

Half an hour later, Fang Bie had prepared two dishes and half a pot of millet porridge.

One dish is stir-fried shrimp with green peppers, and the other is tofu with scallions.

None of them are difficult dishes to make.

Take off your apron and wash your hands before calling out to the young lady who's watching TV in the living room.

"Young Miss, let's go eat."

Su Mulin glanced at him and said calmly, "Carry me over there."

The lingering smudges on her face indicated that her inner state was not as calm as her tone suggested.

"What did you say?" Fang Bie rubbed his ears, thinking he'd misheard. "Carry you?"

"I'm really tired, my legs hurt, I can't walk anymore, carry me... carry me... please."

This is so embarrassing! Su Mulin had never said anything like this before.

Aren't other girls shy when they act cute?

Fang Bie's lips twitched. What's wrong with this girl today?

That cold tone, and then it ends with a curt "ma!"

This is absolutely terrifying!

But there was nothing he could do; after all, it concerned his happiness for the rest of his life.

He was referring to the storefronts along that entire street and the entire residential building.

He crouched down, his back to her: "Come on up."

Looking at that not-so-broad back, the young lady hesitated for a moment, but still leaned forward.

Fang Bie, holding onto her leg, stumbled as he stood up.

Am I very heavy?

"It's not heavy." Fang Bie lifted her up a little and walked towards the dining table.

The girl weighs less than 100 pounds; she's either flat-chested or short.

Miss Su is over 1.7 meters tall and has a great figure, so it's perfectly normal for her to weigh over 100 pounds.

Two minutes later, the two were finally able to sit down at the table and have a proper meal.

Miss Su looked at the two dishes on the table and asked, "How did you know I like shrimp and tofu?"

"It's been months already, do you think I don't know what you like to eat?" Fang Bie replied casually.

Besides his own favorite dishes, all that was left in the refrigerator were shrimp and tofu. If Fang Bie still couldn't guess which of Su Mulin's favorite foods, he might as well just knock himself out with the tofu.

"Really? I won't be satisfied if it doesn't taste good."

Miss Su's upturned lips completely betrayed her.

It's obvious she's in an extremely good mood right now.

The young lady picked up a piece of tofu with chopped scallions and put it in her mouth, her eyes lighting up.

Then she picked up a shrimp and tasted it.

"It tastes even better than what I make..."

The young lady suddenly felt somewhat unwilling.

She's already so talented, and her cooking is even better than mine... What's so special about that...?

Zhang Xixi is such an unreliable guy. He's clearly more perfect than me... I should be the one feeling ashamed of myself!

Hmm... Could this be the reason why I didn't realize I liked him before?

Maybe it's because he has minor flaws like a lack of ambition and smoking that I feel he's not so perfect, which is why I wanted to get closer to him...?

Miss Su convinced herself once again.

What's wrong with this girl today? Is today some kind of special day?

Fang Bie decided to ask Old Man Su in the group chat when he had some time later.

The two, each lost in their own thoughts, ate their meal quickly, barely exchanging a word.

After dinner, the young lady decided to continue her "coquettish" strategy: "I still feel unwell. Can you wash the dishes too? But you have to carry me back to the bedroom first. I want to rest."

In truth, the shame she felt was making her expression almost crumble.

She wanted to escape back to her bedroom as quickly as possible.

Sure enough, the girl seemed to have something on her mind. Could today really be some special day?

"It's too much trouble to carry it."

Fang didn't say anything, but simply got up and carried her in a princess carry. Before the young lady could react, he quickly took her back to her bedroom.

After that, he only said "Get some rest" before closing the door and heading straight to the dining room—he wanted to quickly text Old Man Su to ask after he finished washing the dishes.

"What the heck, just suddenly hugging me like that..." Miss Su, who had just snapped out of her blank state, couldn't help but bury her face in the blanket and complain as she looked at the closed bedroom door.

But the corners of her mouth that she couldn't help turning up, and her natural coquettish tone... had already betrayed her completely.

However, Fang Bie can no longer see it.

He quickly washed the dishes, took out his phone, opened a group chat, and sent out a single sentence...

[Infiltrator: Uncle Su! Are you there? It's urgent!]

Having both a son and a daughter: What's wrong? Did you give yourself away, Xiao Fang?

Lurker: No, that's not it. It's just that Xiao Lin's reaction today was a bit strange. She said something about feeling unwell.

Having both a son and a daughter: Young people just like to be anxious for no reason. Isn't it simple? Your period is here. Remember to tell her to drink more hot water. I'm busy with work here. Let's chat another day.

Infiltrator: Wait! Is it really her period? But it wasn't like this a few months ago...

The infiltrator: Uncle Su? Uncle Su! Is he still there?

Infiltrator: ......

After closing the group chat, Fang Bie couldn't help but sigh.

This old guy is even less reliable than me. When relatives come over, all he says is "drink more hot water."

I really don't know how you managed to win over the young lady's mother.

But we can't just leave her alone.

After thinking it over, Fang changed his clothes and quietly left the company.

P.S.: I watched several anime series in one go today, fast-forwarding through them all.

"Tsuki ga Kirei," "Teasing Master Takagi-san," "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun," and so on... I feel like my brain has changed; it's become a love-obsessed brain.

I didn't eat dinner tonight, this dog food has really filled me up.