Becoming a life winner from infancy

Because Fang You had turned off his system message notifications and usually kept Breath Perception disabled, he didn't notice Jiang Zhengyi's presence at the moment.

Right then, Xia Nuo was pestering him to listen to music with headphones.

Xia Nuo propped her chin up, her eyes blinking happily as she watched Fang You's expressions while he was listening to the song.

"Do you like this song, You You?"

Fang You shook his head, "It's mediocre. The melody isn't smooth enough, it lacks emotional impact, and the rhythm isn't well managed. Of course, the most important issue is the overly familiar sense of déjà vu—it feels like it stitches together melodies from many popular works, lacking its own creative soul."

At the age of one, Fang You possessed the powerful growth talent, "Rhythmic Mastery." Ten years had passed since then, and this growth talent had advanced to level eight. Although Fang You had not continued to pursue a path in musical composition, his ability to critique music remained extremely professional.

"Oh, I see... That's exactly what I thought, You You really deserves his reputation!"

Xia Nuo said with an enlightened tone, though at first glance, it was clear she was feigning understanding. But since her pose—hands on hips and nodding—was too cute, Fang You naturally didn't bother to argue with her.

At that moment, Xia Nuo was excitedly searching for songs.

She seemed to have discovered something, and put the headphones back on Fang You's ears.

"Then listen to this one!"

As Xia Nuo switched to another song, Fang You listened for a brief moment before starting to give his assessment.

"This song, apart from employing a rich chord progression, has few other merits. However, the singer's vocal skills are not bad..."

Fang You saw Xia Nuo staring at him with a slight smile and immediately realized something. He took off the headphones immediately to check and confirm.

"This song should be sung by Ling Nai, right?"

"Correct!"

Three years ago, Asai Reina said her goodbyes to them, expressing her wish to become a voice actor. Since then, she worked her way up bit by bit and, eventually, started voicing some roles in slice-of-life anime series as a child actor.

This year, Ling Nai took on her first main role as the voice actress of the youngest sister, Nan Xiaona, in the new series "Nan Family Super Energetic Sisters."

For a 12-year-old loli, it was an extraordinary accomplishment and a critical step in Asai Reina's career development.

Asai Reina, known as a cute child internet star from the age of three, actually also had talent in performance arts. You should know that she hardly had the chance to share the "In the Name of the Father" talent from Fang You; her success today was all on her own.

However, over the past two or three years, everyone had been busy with their affairs, and their contacts with each other were not as close as before.

Xia Nuo said with a smile, "Even though you haven't been in touch with Ling Nai for a long time, you still remember her voice."

"What do you mean by 'a long time'? Didn't we all go to Yingdu to play with her during the summer holidays, to congratulate her on her first lead role?"

"But that was also two months ago!"

Xia Nuo looked at Fang You seriously and said, "If I don't see You You for two months, I can't even imagine it!"

"There's nothing unimaginable about that..."

"Then you try to imagine not seeing me for two months, and you'll understand!"

Xia Nuo disagreed, "That's why I say it's amazing that you can remember Ling Nai's voice."

"..."

Fang You thought for a bit, then said, "A girl's voice doesn't change much even after puberty, because you don't have an adam's apple to develop. Ling Nai's voice is quite distinctive."

"True... Your voice has changed a lot compared to before—it has become much deeper. Is that because of the adam's apple?"

Xia Nuo curiously stared at Fang You's neck, and when his gaze shifted subtly, Xia Nuo's face immediately lit up with pleasure.

Then she reached out to touch the bulge on Fang You's neck.

"Hey... stop that!"

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"Does it tickle? Hm?"

The more Fang You resisted, the more excited Xia Nuo became. She rubbed her chin, grinning, "Could it be... a new weakness?"

"Nothing of the sort."

"Then don't move, let me touch it a few more times, and if you don't dodge, I'll believe it doesn't tickle."

"Your provocation won't work on me becau—"

Before Fang You could finish, Xia Nuo, the rascal, had rudely laid her hands on him.

Although he had the thought of resisting,

if he appeared too defiant, Nuo Nuo would think he really was afraid of being touched.

Given that, he might as well let her have her fill of touches; if she lost interest, she wouldn't touch him again.

Otherwise, Nuo Nuo would definitely try to find ways to touch his Adam's apple in the future.

Indeed, Emperor Youyou always saw the big picture, far-sighted and visionary!

Hence, Fang You raised his proud head, allowing Xia Nuo to freely touch the Adam's apple on his neck to her heart's content.

Touching and kneading, massaging and rubbing...

Meanwhile, nearby, Jiang Zhengyi watched the scene with a flushed face and reddened ears.

Just as I suspected! Caught red-handed!

Even if they are childhood friends, it surely can't be normal to be touchy to the extent of touching each other's Adam's apples!

I must record this properly in my notes!

Jiang Zhengyi fiddled with a pen nearby, stealthily stuck out half her head, and was about to capture the intimate interaction between Xia Nuo and Fang You on camera.
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However, at that moment, she was abruptly bumped from behind by a passing cart.

"Owwwww! That hurt!"

Jiang Zhengyi, holding her butt, jumped up yelling, as Luo Xianyu, who had a cartful of items, appeared behind her.

"Ah, sor—sorry..."

Luo Xianyu, who had bumped into her, was clearly flustered, "Little sister, you— are you okay?"

Jiang Zhengyi rubbed her behind, while Luo Xianyu helped her up slowly, "Where are your parents? Did you get separated from them? Shall I call a staff member for you—"

"No need, I can handle it myself, I—"

The pain in my behind doesn't matter, I must get this mission recorded...

But by now, the voice of the devil was already carrying over from afar.

"Ah, it's Justice-kun!"

Xia Nuo and Fang You noticed Jiang Zhengyi's figure, and Xia Nuo came running over to greet her, "What a coincidence, are you here to shop too?"

"What 'Justice-kun'!"

"Ayu, let me introduce her. This classmate's name is Jiang Zhengyi, a new friend I made in class."

Who— Who's your friend!

Xia Nuo, with an arm around Jiang Zhengyi's shoulders, introduced her to Luo Xianyu:

"Don't let her looks deceive you, she might appear about the same age as Ling Nai's little sister, Li Ke, but she's also in the sixth grade!"

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"Sixth grade?"

Luo Xianyu covered her mouth, revealing a shocked expression, "I thought she was at most in the second grade of elementary school…"

"If you were also from the First Elementary School of Mei City, you should recognize me."

"I don't."

"Well, even if you didn't know me before, you should now."

Jiang Zhengyi said, "I'm the newly appointed team captain this year."

Luo Xianyu cocked her head toward Fang You, "What's a team captain, Youyou?"

Luo Xianyu only cared about what she liked, and sometimes she lacked common knowledge about life.

This also infuriated our Captain Jiang enough to choke:

"The team captain is the biggest boss of our school's Young Pioneers! And you, your bangs seem to be covering your eyes. According to the school rules, Article 3, Section 3, girls' bangs should not be longer than their eyes. Don't let me catch you at school with your bangs still untrimmed next time."

Luo Xianyu instantly furrowed her signature character-eight eyebrows. "I don't like this kid!"

She tugged on Xia Nuo's arm and questioned her, "Nuo Nuo, why are you making weird friends outside?"

Then she turned her reproach toward Fang You, who had just had his Adam's apple toyed with by Xia Nuo: "Youyou, why don't you do something about her."

I! Am! The! Weird! Friend!

Jiang Zhengyi had never been spoken of in such a manner!

What she heard most often from others was, "Just look at how Jiang Zhengyi is so and so, you should learn more from her, she's your role model."

When did she ever get disdained by someone!

At this moment, Xia Nuo also whispered something to Luo Xianyu.

"It's okay, Ayu, after all she's still a child, just let her be and tell her you'll definitely do it next time."

"Alright."

Luo Xianyu nodded her head, "For Nuo Nuo's sake, I'll give her another chance."

"Hey, I can hear you…"

Jiang Zhengyi was a bit at a loss for words with these two weirdos.

At this moment, Fang You also opened his system notification alert and found that while he was strolling around the mall, he mysteriously gained over a thousand points of Emotional Energy.

Of course, most of these energies came from the emotions that Student Jiang Zhengyi had sullenly and vigorously vented.

What an exciting 10-year-old loli.

Ever since separating from Zi Han and Uncle Xia's reconciliation, Fang You had not encountered such an efficient Emotional Energy output tool for a long time.

Seems there's plenty of room for development in the future!

While Xia Nuo and Luo Xianyu were checking the shopping list of things they wanted to buy, Fang You proactively struck up a conversation with Jiang Zhengyi.

"Jiang Zhengyi, what are you buying here?"

To Jiang Zhengyi, Xia Nuo and Luo Xianyu were two unreasonable little troublemakers, but compared to them, Fang You appeared much more gentlemanly.

"I, I'm buying stationery."

"Have you finished buying it?"

"Um… almost." Jiang Zhengyi nodded.

"Would you like to join us for a stroll?"

"Ah? No, it's not necessary."

[Jiang Zhengyi thought to herself you're actually quite nice, Emotional Energy +60]

Jiang Zhengyi felt that perhaps Fang You wasn't as rebellious as she had thought, maybe there was still room for him to repent…

"Why are you asking me this?"

Fang You said softly, "Because you seem to not have any friends and probably came here alone, right?"

[Jiang Zhengyi hates you! She hates you very much! Emotional Energy +50*10]

"It's okay to have no friends! I just think making friends is a waste of time anyway."

Jiang Zhengyi defiantly stated, "Fang You, you could have been a better person if you had put in the effort. The position of the team captain could have been up for competition between us, but it's because you hang around Xia Nuo too much, that's why, why—"

Jiang Zhengyi's words abruptly halted as she couldn't continue anymore.

She suddenly felt an intense and suffocating murderous aura.

Clearly, it was coming from Fang You, and the words she had just said seemed to have greatly displeased him.

Although his facial expression didn't change much, his gaze suddenly turned icy cold, just like a villainous overlord, as if he were piercing straight into Jiang Zhengyi's heart.

So much so that Jiang Zhengyi was unable to carry on.

This was a feeling she had never experienced before.

[Jiang Zhengyi was very afraid that like in TV dramas, she would be silenced by you for offending your bottom line, Emotional Energy +100*10]

[You're bullying Jiang Zhengyi severely with your eyes, Pleasure Experience +5, Pleasure Experience +5]

Wasn't it said that only verbal bullying counted for increasing Pleasure Experience? Could a glance also bring about pleasure?

Strange.

"So... what? Why have you stopped talking!"

Then Xia Nuo joined in, asking with a curious face, "I think I heard you guys talking about me just now!"

"Nothing much, she's just jealous of our close relationship, that's all."

Fang You smiled slightly, returning to the apparently harmless appearance he usually had.

"Ah… is that so."

Xia Nuo suddenly wore a somewhat regretful expression, "I can understand your jealousy. If you make an effort to make more friends now, you can have a childhood worth reminiscing about."

"I, I am not jealous!"

Jiang Zhengyi quickly asserted her stance with seriousness, "The reason I came to shop alone is just because I like being alone!"

Xia Nuo and Luo Xianyu were briefly stunned by her words, then showed astonished looks:

"You... like someone?"

"Elementary students should keep their relationships pure, how can you think about puppy love!"

Luo Xianyu giggled, saying, "And, and besides, you're the team captain... where's the role modeling, not at all exemplary."

"I said I like being by myself! Not someone else! Ugh... You guys are so annoying!"

Captain Jiang's temper, rising!