Chapter 385: The Gynophobe Crown Prince 35

Hearing Tang Wan's words, Zhou Zitong stepped forward and embraced her, smiling slightly. “Mm. Before, I didn't care at all whether I could inherit the throne. So even though I knew Yan Hancheng had ulterior motives, I didn't care. But after meeting you, I changed my mind.”

Before, he hadn't even cared about his own life, let alone the throne.

“I want to make you the Empress of the Star River Empire and let the whole world know that you are my Empress!” Zhou Zitong said firmly.

Hearing this, Tang Wan couldn't help feeling a warmth in her heart.

Of course, she didn't care whether she could become Empress. As long as she could stay in this world with him for a little longer, she would be content.

She was only afraid that after completing the mission and choosing to stay, he would freaking die again just like in the previous worlds!

……

Soon, an entire semester passed in the blink of an eye.

With Tang Wan's help, Zhou Zitong's gynophobia had lessened considerably. At the very least, when the girls in his class approached him, he no longer had the urge to kick them away.

On the day their exams ended, Tang Wan and Zhou Zitong had just walked out of the classroom when a girl suddenly darted out from around the corner.

Zhou Zitong immediately pulled Tang Wan to the side.

The girl, who had almost collided with them, hurriedly said with a shy and apologetic expression, “I'm sorry! I almost bumped into you. I didn't mean to.”

“We're fine. You don't need to be scared. Just be more careful next time.” Tang Wan smiled gently.

Then she pulled Zhou Zitong away.

She hadn't expected the female lead to be such a shy girl at this point.

In the original plot, the female lead, Zhao Bingbing, came from an ordinary background. Her physical statistics were also average, but her brain development was excellent. She was born with a photographic memory and had an extraordinary sensitivity to data. Her computational ability was so powerful that it was comparable to that of a neural terminal, making it no exaggeration to call her a human calculator.

Because of this ability, Zhao Bingbing was specially recruited into the Data Processing Department of the Imperial Military Academy. Then, during the second semester of her freshman year, she went to intern with the male lead's legion and happened to solve a major data-related problem for him.

From then on, the female lead was kept by the male lead's side to help him deal with various tedious data-related matters.

But she had a very terrible family. Her father was an alcoholic, her mother was addicted to gambling, and her younger brother was also a good-for-nothing delinquent.

After learning that she was working under Yan Hancheng, her family encouraged her to falsify accounts to obtain benefits for the family.

After the female lead refused, Zhao Bingbing's mother, who was drowning in gambling debts, tried to sell her.

And at that time, Yan Hancheng saved her.

The female lead consequently fell in love with him, but because the difference in their statuses was so great, she didn't dare say anything.

It wasn't until Yan Hancheng was injured later and she risked her life to go find him that Yan Hancheng realized her feelings.

But at that time, Yan Hancheng merely pretended not to know about her feelings. It wasn't until the original Tang Wan saw through the situation and nearly killed Zhao Bingbing that Yan Hancheng realized his own feelings and officially began a relationship with Zhao Bingbing.

Although she could prevent the male and female leads from meeting, Tang Wan had no intention of doing so.

For one thing, doing that might get her labeled as someone who breaks up the destined couple. For another, how other people's relationships developed had nothing to do with her.

Besides, the world's will wasn't something that a mere supporting female character like her could change. When the male and female leads were supposed to meet, they would still meet.

She only needed to stay together with her Tongtong properly and, incidentally, protect the Tang family.

……

What Tang Wan didn't know was that after they left, the female lead, Zhao Bingbing, stood in the corridor with her face flushed and murmured, “That boy just now was so gentle.”

And the boy beside him… wasn't he the Crown Prince?

Thinking of this, Zhao Bingbing couldn't help opening the academy forum.

She remembered that when she had been helping the Data Department manage the backend, she had seen photos of the two of them together.