Chapter 364: The Gynophobe Crown Prince 14

Hearing Tang Wan’s words, Lin Cong froze. Then, somewhat nervously, he stepped forward.

“But what if the Crown Prince doesn’t need my help?”

“How could he not need it? Tongtong can’t do a two-person exercise by himself!”

Then she turned toward Zhou Zitong. “Tongtong, let Lin Cong help you, okay?”

“No need.” Zhou Zitong glanced at the uneasy-looking Lin Cong and said coldly.

“He does need to! There’s a three-person exercise this afternoon. You two can take this opportunity to get used to working together.”

With that, she gave Lin Cong a push.

Since she had come here, she couldn’t let Tongtong remain as friendless as he had been before, with everyone afraid of him and keeping their distance.

As long as one person took the initiative to interact with Tongtong and discovered that he wasn’t actually that frightening, there would definitely be more people willing to talk to him and spend time with him in the future.

……

Lin Cong looked at Zhou Zitong’s indifferent expression. Remembering what Tang Wan had said earlier—that he only looked cold on the outside and was actually a really good person—he gathered his courage and walked up to Zhou Zitong.

“Crown Prince…”

“Why call him Crown Prince? We’re all classmates. Just call him by his name,” Tang Wan immediately corrected him with a smile.

Lin Cong was stunned for a moment before stammering, “Okay… Zhou Zitong… classmate, let me help you!”

Seeing this, Zhou Zitong looked up at him coldly.

Yet in the next moment, Lin Cong extended his hand toward him.

“Shall we start now?”

At this moment, Tang Wan clenched her fists toward the two of them.

“Come on! I’ll count for you.”

Hearing this, Zhou Zitong glanced at her, but still began doing the exercise back-to-back with Lin Cong.

After some time, the training ended, and Lin Cong let out a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Tang Wan handed each of them a bottle of water, then asked Lin Cong quietly, “How was it? I told you, didn’t I? Tongtong is actually a really good person. He just looks a little cold.”

Lin Cong grinned honestly and nodded.

“Yeah. I thought he’d tell me to get lost. I didn’t expect him to even point out that my posture was wrong.”

……

When Lin Cong returned to the formation, many people immediately gathered around him and asked what it was like training with Zhou Zitong.

Lin Cong smiled with his usual honest expression.

“The Crown Prince… Zhou Zitong is actually really easy to get along with. He’s not frightening at all like the rumors say. I really don’t know who started spreading all those stories about him being cold and heartless!”

“Really?” someone asked skeptically.

“If you don’t believe me, go talk to him yourselves and you’ll know,” Lin Cong said confidently.

Hearing Lin Cong’s words, the others couldn’t help looking at Zhou Zitong eagerly.

Lin Cong hadn’t been kicked away, so surely nothing would happen if they went and talked to him too, right?

Thus, when the next training session began, one of the bolder students took the initiative and said to Zhou Zitong, “Zhou Zitong, want to be in the same group?”

Hearing this, Zhou Zitong glanced at Tang Wan, who was smiling brightly at him, and hummed in response.

After getting a positive answer, that person immediately broke into a huge, delighted smile and came over to train with Zhou Zitong.

And during the training that followed, Tang Wan and Zhou Zitong, who had always been partners, were gradually “split up” by their other teammates.

After having two perfectly unharmed examples—no, three—the fear that had made everyone keep their distance from Zhou Zitong finally began to disappear.

So the next day, as Zhou Zitong walked along the road, he strangely discovered that people who used to immediately avoid him from afar upon seeing him were now actually approaching him to say hello.

“Morning, Zhou Zitong! Tang Wan!”

Tang Wan also smiled and greeted them with a “Morning,” then nudged Zhou Zitong with her elbow.

Seeing this, Zhou Zitong glanced at her before giving the other person a faint nod.

But to the person who had greeted him, that single nod was already the best response they could have hoped for.