Chapter 222: The Abstinent Gigolo 22

 “Thank you,” Xi Jingtong replied calmly to the school administration before hanging up.

Not long afterward, Tang Wan also made a few calls and quickly arranged for the rumors online to be suppressed.

Soon, everyone at the university learned one thing clearly—

Xi Jingtong was Tang Wan’s officially acknowledged boyfriend.

For a moment, countless girls across campus felt their hearts break all over again.

So the dream of paying money to sleep with the campus goddess-level man had died just like that?!

How infuriating!

…

At that moment, Tang Wan was asking Little Cutie in her mind:

“So Xi Jingtong’s past working as a host was exposed because Yun Zhe arranged it?”

“Yes!” Little Cutie replied angrily. “The male lead deliberately had someone leak it. Shameless!”

As a system, even he looked down on this kind of petty retaliation.

Then Little Cutie clenched his tiny fists.

“Host, don’t worry! I’ll definitely scare him half to death tonight!”

Tang Wan nodded coldly.

“Good. I’ll leave it to you.”

…

At that moment, Xi Jingtong looked toward her and said quietly:

“I’ve already handled the school situation.”

“If anyone secretly gossips about you afterward, don’t pay attention to it.”

“And if things become troublesome…” He paused slightly. “I can personally accompany you to campus and publicly show affection.”

“That way everyone will know you’re my legitimate girlfriend.”

Hearing this, Xi Jingtong’s body stiffened almost imperceptibly.

Then he gave a faint hum in response.

But Little Cutie’s notification instantly exposed his actual mood.

“Ding! Xi Jingtong’s favorability +10! Current favorability: 75!”

“Host, charge forward! We’re almost at 80!” Little Cutie shouted excitedly.

After all, ever since Xi Jingtong’s terrifying favorability drop to -100 earlier, Little Cutie’s AI heart had remained under constant stress.

He was genuinely afraid the villain’s affection would suddenly crash again someday.

Tang Wan ignored him completely.

There was a world of difference between 79 and 80 favorability.

Did he really think high affection was that easy to earn?

…

At that moment, Tang Wan suddenly looked at Xi Jingtong.

“By the way, don’t you have classes today? You don’t need to skip school specifically to stay with me.”

Hearing this, Xi Jingtong replied calmly:

“It’s fine.”

“Taking care of my girlfriend is more important.”

Tang Wan immediately felt the corners of her lips rise.

That sentence was extremely pleasant to hear.

Then her eyes shifted slightly as she deliberately looked at him with a nervous expression.

“Tonight… can you stay here with me?”

“I heard a patient in the room next door passed away two days ago. Sleeping alone last night was terrifying…”

Xi Jingtong paused briefly before nodding.

“Okay.”

“Then rest for now and watch TV for a while. I’ll go apply for overnight accompaniment.”

“Mhm!” Tang Wan nodded obediently.

…

Half an hour later, Xi Jingtong returned carrying a bag of fruit.

After washing an apple, he carefully cut it into bite-sized pieces, inserted toothpicks into them one by one, and handed the disposable plate to Tang Wan.

Seeing this, Tang Wan couldn’t help sighing inwardly.

A man this gentle, considerate, handsome, and absurdly capable…

Even if he physically couldn’t perform, women still wouldn’t be able to resist him.

…

Meanwhile, compared to Tang Wan’s supreme VIP caregiving treatment, Yun Zhe and Zhou Xiaoxiao next door were having a miserable time.

Yun Zhe had always been the prideful, macho type with an extremely strong ego.

This time, however, he’d been completely defeated by Xi Jingtong right in front of the girl he liked.

To him, it was utterly humiliating.

So even though he and Zhou Xiaoxiao were staying in the same hospital ward, the more he looked at her, the more frustrated he became.

Normally, Zhou Xiaoxiao constantly bickered and yelled at him.

But now she was suddenly being unusually gentle and considerate.

In Yun Zhe’s eyes, that “gentleness” felt less like care and more like pity.

Wasn’t she only acting soft because he’d embarrassed himself and gotten beaten up?

The more Yun Zhe thought about it, the angrier he became.

Then, when Zhou Xiaoxiao peeled an orange by hand and offered it to him carefully—

he finally exploded.

With one sweep of his hand, he knocked the orange onto the floor.

“I don’t need your sympathy!” Yun Zhe snapped coldly.

Then he immediately got up and strode toward the door.