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Chapter 1.4

"Wake up sleeping beauty!"

Wuqiong groaned as his head dug deeper into the warmth of the thick bed sheets to avoid the piercing morning sun, "..just 5.... more minutes!", a weak voice wheezed out from beneath the quilt.

Smiling in defeat, Lin Yinze slowly hummed out as his tall frame left Wuqiong's bedside and headed towards the door,

"Ok..~ but don't be late or you'll miss breakfast! See you there"

"Mmm.." the tender youth's voice drawled out lazily. At the click of the door, his azure grey eyes rapidly sharpened, removing all traces of the previous feigned lethargy, as he quickly jumped off the bed and scurried over to Yinze's bedside table. Carefully handling the device, Wuqiong keyed in Yinze's password to unlock his phone. Although it looked like any other mobile phone, the prince's digital possessions were of course fitted with state-of-the-art firewalls and technology that rivalled those used on national-level security to protect his sensitive information, thus the prince had no worries about leaving his phone unattended in school grounds.

However, to Wuqiong whose brain operated faster than a computer and was already used to hacking machines thousands of times more sophisticated than what the current world he was in could offer, something on this level was much too simple. Hacking into the device, Wuqiong installed an undetectable tracking mechanism to run in the background, as well as being able to force recordings and access Yinze's activities and messages. Satisfied by his handiwork, he quickly placed the phone back on the bedside stand where it had been charging,

'Hmph, that should do'.

(A/N: LOL he seems like a stalker here but aren't systems usually?!)

Lying back in bed to wait for the world's male lead to reappear after breakfast, Wuqiong feigned sleep in the same pattern that he had done in the last two weeks since they began rooming to avoid suspicion. Don't ask how Wuqiong knew that, out of all days, today would be the day that the prince would forget his phone. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Actually, in the original soul's memories, the prince had also forgotten his phone on this day and the good hearted Yun Wuqiong had silently rushed after the prince to hand him his device silently, before walking off. At this point in time, the original soul was in no way close to the prince, due to his introverted disposition, although the latter was cordial and polite to him. Lin Yinze simply did not try to get close to his roommate at all originally, until he noticed the female lead's growing interest towards his expressionless and bland roommate. It was only then, that Lin Yinze slowly began to approach the timid boy and grew to become, in the former Yun Wuqiong's eyes, his 'best friend'.

However, in the current timeline, Wuqiong had remodelled his character to be carefree, docile and sweet- a beautiful and gentle doll that others could not help but to dote on. Wuqiong didn't have a fear of being OOC, as no one in this world knew much about the original Wuqiong anyways. Although school had barely started, he and Lin Yinze already appeared to be very close. The latter having seen value in Wuqiong's soaring popularity, had already introducing him to his 'exclusive' clique.

In addition to that, following the fateful path of destiny between the world's favoured male and female leads, Lin Yinze's interest in the silent beauty of their class 1-A, Zhi Xunmei, had already been piqued. All it took was one glance of the female lead under a cherry blossom tree on the first week of the semester for Lin Yinze to fall- well no, that was how the plot described it but Wuqiong mischievously intercepted that romantic scene by forcing Yinze to do an errand with him. Yet, as soon as Lin Yinze saw Zhi Xunmei in the classroom, Wuqiong rolled his eyes mentally, "naturally, fate has its way".

Zhi Xunmei was, like Wuqiong, a new transfer into the senior division of Hua Lin Academy. Despite having been found by her parent's loyal subjects at the age of 13, she had been undergoing homeschooling to avoid as much confrontation with the Zhi household as possible for her own protection, lest they schemed her downfall before entering the family war for inheritance. Growing numb to the copious schemes throughout the last two years, the world's female lead had become wary at heart of others' intentions and was not the type to hesitate at scheming back those who aimed to harm her. Zhi Xunmei's headstrong behaviour in spite of others' malice and regal attitude, earnt the silent favour of the Zhi's patriarch, her grandfather, who thus acknowledged her publically to high society in the holidays, reinstated her position in the Zhi household as a heiress.

As Wuqiong mulled over the plotline, Lin Yinze re-entered the room,

"Wuqiong? Are you awake? I brought your breakfast as always~ By the way, have you seen my phone, I don't know where I left it- did I leave it in the room? Wuqiong, wake up already or we'll miss first period~" the prince chuckled as the mould on his roommate's bed came into view.

'Urgh what do you mean always when we've only been rooming for literally 2 weeks', he felt himself eye rolling again at this prince's shamelessness.

The exquisite little face popped out from under the thick covers, his pink lips pouting in discontentment. Yet the grumpy face that was meticulously framed by silky black hair brightened quickly at the sight of his breakfast,

"Ahhh~ Ah Yin you're too good of a roomie- no, you're the best, I bet all the girls would kill to have their breakfasts brought to them personally by a prince~" the sleepy boy cooed.

'Though too bad you're still the worst type of person' he internally scoffed in contempt, 'this familiar attitude contrasts far too much to the lukewarm attitude he showed the original ah, could you be more fake?'

Yinze smiled gently, his well-featured face lifting in amusement, "hurry up or we'll be late sleepy head".

"Ahh ah~ I got it",

Wuqiong's delicate face brightened into a high-voltage, dazzling smile with even his pearly whites showing,

'you snake'.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Wuqiong likes to call others snake/green tea bitch/white lotus/black tea bitch/etc but he himself seems to be exempt from these insults apparently ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I've written everything from the storyboard up to now in one day so hopefully I don't wake up tomorrow and all the ideas have *KABOOM* slipped out or something. Please let me know what you think so far, hopefully this is enough for now to get a feel for the story? I'll definitely be updating heaps so if you enjoy this series, look forward to the updates ヾ(*'▽'*)