51: The girl who was deeply involved

The next morning, Shen Qian went for his run as usual. However, today, he arrived at 6:24, and Du Xixi was actually there yawning widely while waiting, and beside her, Xie Wan was still as excessively beautiful as ever.

"Impressive, Senior. You're actually earlier than me today."

"Just waking up early? For this young lady, it's as easy as pie."

"Hmm, since you're working so hard, Senior, I'll give you a small gift."

Shen Qian pulled a watch out of his pocket and, regardless of whether she was willing or not, grabbed her wrist and put it directly on her.

"I have to run and can't keep an eye on your three kilometers all the time, so I'll let this help me supervise you."

"This... isn't appropriate, is it?"

Du Xixi said it wasn't appropriate, but she was already examining the watch closely.

She originally thought it was a sports watch from some smartphone brand, but she had never seen this brand before.

"This is a Garmin 970, specifically made for sports watches. It's worth nearly 6,000 yuan."

"6,000!"

Du Xixi was startled. How could 6,000 yuan be called a 'small gift'? The price was almost as much as a decent smartphone.

"No, Shen Qian, this is too expensive. I can't accept it."

The girl said as she moved to take off the watch.

"You can take it off if you want, but you have to follow me for the entire distance today without stopping once. If you do that, I'll agree to let you take it off."

"But this 6,000..."

"If you really think it's too expensive, you can return it to me after the month is over. But until then, it's not some 6,000-yuan watch; it's a useful supervision tool."

To Shen Qian, this watch served two purposes: first, to make Du Xixi mistakenly believe he had feelings for her, and second, for Xie Wan to see.

He had observed Xie Wan's watch; it was a sports watch worth over 1,000 yuan. For an average college student, that was already considered high-end.

Actually, Shen Qian was a bit puzzled. With Xie Wan's looks, it should be normal for a Second-generation rich to pursue her. How had no one thought of buying a nice sports watch for her?

But whatever the reason, as a professional scumbag, he certainly needed to fill in the gaps.

Flowers planted with care do not bloom, while willows planted haphazardly grow into shade.

In such a psychological state, the emotional tug-of-war is most effective.

Du Xixi, someone who never ran, was inexplicably dragged into running and even gifted a sports watch worth over 6,000 yuan.

Meanwhile, Xie Wan ran every day. Besides being stared at while running, sometimes people would strike up a conversation under the guise of gathering courage, which was actually harassment.

Yet, no one had ever given her a watch like this.

As long as a person has normal emotions, a sense of disparity will definitely arise.

When that flicker of emotion flashed through Xie Wan's eyes, Shen Qian knew that the 6,000 yuan had already served its maximum purpose.

Even if Xie Wan hadn't felt anything, it didn't matter. Du Xixi was also one of his targets, and just now, he had obtained another reward from her. He couldn't lose either way.

Du Xixi didn't notice Xie Wan's fleeting disappointment. Looking at the watch on her wrist, she liked it more and more. When Shen Qian put the watch on her just now, he had held her hand. Was it possible that he had a bit of a crush on her?

"What's there to look at? Hurry up and stretch."

Shen Qian's voice was still cold, but after these two days of running, Du Xixi had already adapted to his coldness. Especially today, she was even happier.

Of course, this happiness was limited to the first kilometer. She improved a bit today, running 1.2 kilometers before starting to walk. When she reached the 2-kilometer mark, she ran for another short burst.

Compared to yesterday, the time it took her to run three kilometers had shortened by several minutes.

"You can change your running shoes. Those look way too heavy."

After finishing the run today, Shen Qian didn't leave immediately but gave her some guidance. After speaking, he glanced at Xie Wan again.

"Don't you run every day too? You didn't even think to guide her."

This simple sentence rendered Xie Wan silent.

In an instant, an extremely disgusted feeling emerged. She seemed to have become a part of someone's game, or rather, a servant girl attending to others!

Was this a joke? She was Xie Wan! Many people in school thought she could be the Campus Belle, and now she had become a servant girl.

"It's not Xiao Wan's fault. I usually don't run."

"The three kilometers are done. Xixi, let's go."

Xie Wan didn't want to see this man for even another second. This man was like a black hole; as long as she stood by his side, her self-confidence would be continuously sucked away.

She loathed this feeling. Besides that, she also loathed this man; he didn't take her seriously at all and was both arrogant and conceited.

Watching Xie Wan pull Du Xixi away, Shen Qian didn't stop them and let them leave.

So far, every step was within his plan. No excessive interference was needed. It just needed a little more time, and a small conflict between the best friends.

"Xiao Wan, what's wrong?"

Du Xixi looked at Xie Wan. She didn't understand why the other was so angry. If it was just because of something Shen Qian said, it would be making a mountain out of a molehill.

"Xixi, he's not a good person. I can feel it."

"I know! He's a bastard!"

Du Xixi cursed, but Xie Wan couldn't hear any anger in that 'bastard.'

"Xixi, you won't fall for him, right?"

"Why are you asking all of a sudden?"

"A person like him is definitely a playboy. He's not worth relying on. You must not be fooled by him."

"Xiao Wan, what's gotten into you? How could I like someone like him?"

"He's forcing me to run every day now, and I can't even sleep well. If he gives me the chance, I'll definitely give him two hard kicks!"

"Do you remember Senior male student Ma?"

Senior male student Ma was the boy Du Xixi liked during her first year. Xie Wan could only hope that this Senior male student Ma could rescue Du Xixi from Shen Qian's gentle trap.

Because she already had a faint feeling.

Du Xixi was about to fall.

"Senior male student Ma? What about him?"

"They're organizing a mixer and asked if we'd like to join. Didn't you always like him? Let's go."

Du Xixi hesitated. Actually, she didn't like Senior male student Ma anymore because she had realized that Senior male student Ma still liked Xie Wan. If she went, she would definitely end up as Xie Wan's foil.

Even though she had only spent a few days with Shen Qian, she could no longer bear living as a foil.

She was also a beautiful girl.

She also needed someone to focus only on her, just like Shen Qian did.

But she couldn't say it out loud, as that would make her seem very jealous.

"Alright, let's go together."

Xie Wan breathed a long sigh of relief, but she didn't notice the fleeting look of reluctance on Du Xixi's face.