Li Chen was overjoyed and immediately activated the information scan, turning his gaze to a girl sitting nearby.
Several lines of information instantly appeared above the girl's head:
[Name: Qiao Yiran]
[Age: 20]
[Appearance: 54]
[Figure: 52]
[Simultaneous Partners: 8]
Li Chen was momentarily stunned.
Good lord—only 20 years old, and she had already slept with 8 people!
He was already 25 and still a virgin.
Time really had changed. Girls these days were really becoming more and more open.
He examined the girl more closely. Her figure was indeed average, but her looks seemed pretty decent.
He hadn't expected the system to rate her at only 54 points.
If he were scoring her himself, she'd easily be in the 60–70 range.
This really showed just how much makeup affected appearance.
Li Chen withdrew his gaze and scanned the other girls nearby.
Most of their looks hovered around 50 points, with the highest barely reaching 57.
He immediately stood up, walking around while continuously scanning his surroundings, searching for beauties rated 80 or above.
However, even after walking through the entire market, he still didn't find a single one above 80.
There was only one above 70.
Li Chen was dumbfounded. He couldn't help but complain inwardly.
"System, is there something wrong with your data? That girl just now was super pretty—definitely goddess-level. How could she only be 72 points?"
The system replied at once:
[Appearance scores are determined based on the scanned subject's natural, makeup-free state, evaluated through a combination of the system's objective assessment, mainstream aesthetic preferences, and the host's personal subjective taste. This female's appearance score of 72 is accurate.]
[Note: Under this system's settings, goddesses with a score of 80 account for approximately one in ten thousand among young women. Please be patient in your search.]
"One in ten thousand?!"
Li Chen nearly choked.
No wonder he couldn't find any after searching the entire market—turns out the 80-point standard was that high.
One in ten thousand!
Thinking about it, that made sense. This was an 80 score with a completely bare face!
With just a bit of makeup, they'd look like 90+ easily.
Beauties of this level were extremely rare anywhere.
Even though the market was packed with tourists, there were at most a few hundred or a thousand young women altogether. Not finding anyone above 80 was perfectly normal.
Curious, Li Chen asked about the proportions for other scores.
50 points: ordinary, average-looking people—the most common; the line between attractive and unattractive.
60 points: one in a hundred.
70 points: one in a thousand.
Li Chen was a little surprised.
By that standard, a 60-point girl was already class-beauty level!
A 70-point girl was definitely a high-school campus belle or a college department beauty!
No wonder the 72-point girl earlier looked so pretty—now it all made sense.
As for 90 points—that was one in a hundred thousand!
Even in a major city with a population of ten million, there would only be a dozen or so girls at that level.
"This isn't something to rush. I'll eat barbecue first."
Li Chen returned to the restaurant. A few minutes later, the server called his number.
Haidong Lamian Noodles were different from other cities' noodles. The noodles were hand-pulled, where the dough is twisted, stretched, and folded repeatedly by hand to create long, springy strands.
These noodles are then served with a clear beef broth with white radish, red chili oil, green herbs, and other spices.
Li Chen stirred the broth with his chopsticks and lifted strands of noodles. At that moment, the phone on the table vibrated.
He looked down—it was a WebChat friend request from Zhao Yuting.
[Yuting requests to add you as a friend]
Li Chen was about to click "Ignore," but then a thought struck him.
He suddenly wanted to know what Zhao Yuting's information looked like—he just didn't know if the system could scan through photos.
After asking the system and receiving a positive answer, Li Chen immediately clicked "Accept."
Over the past two days, he had deleted every photo related to Zhao Yuting from his phone. To see her pictures, he could only check her Moments.
Opening her Moments and scrolling down to a photo, Li Chen immediately activated the scan.
[Name: Zhao Yuting]
[Age: 23]
[Appearance: 58]
[Figure: 66]
[Simultaneous Partners: 16]
When he saw that number, Li Chen's eyes widened instantly. His mind took a massive hit.
Sixteen.
Li Chen's mind went blank.
For nearly a year, he had spent almost his entire salary on her.
She wouldn't let him hug her, wouldn't let him kiss her—not even hold her hand.
He had always thought she was a pure, reserved, good girl. He never imagined she'd already slept with so many men!
Even when he caught her with another man two days ago, he only thought she saw him as a backup. He never considered that she was already completely rotten.
Damn it—16 people!
His chest tightened.
Messages flooded in.
[Li Chen! Are you sick? Why did you suddenly delete me on WebChat?!]
[You went to Haidong? Don't you know today is my birthday???]
[Where's my gift? Didn't you say you'd buy me that Lunier-brand bag?]
[Did you deliberately run away because you didn't want to buy it? If that's the case, then forget about me ever being your girlfriend!!]
Looking at the barrage of questioning messages from Zhao Yuting, Li Chen's blood pressure shot through the roof.
This rotten woman actually had the nerve to demand gifts from him?
And she was still trying to use the "girlfriend" card to control him!
Sorry—but now he found her disgusting.
Li Chen hadn't wanted to waste words on her, but now he couldn't hold back. He immediately typed back:
[That's exactly what I want! Trash like you is dirtier than garbage—how dare you think you're worthy of being my girlfriend? Even if you traveled a thousand miles to deliver yourself, I wouldn't want you!]
[You still want a Lunier-brand bag? Take a look in the mirror—do you even know what you are? You think you deserve it?]
[I deleted you and you still came crawling back—don't you have any idea why? Who were you clinging to two afternoons ago? Want me to help refresh your memory?]
[I was blind before to fall for a cheap slut like you. Get lost!]
At that moment, Zhao Yuting had just arrived at a restaurant with a group of friends to celebrate her birthday. When she saw Li Chen suddenly cursing her, she was completely stunned.
But when she read the later messages, her heart skipped a beat.
How did he know?
Did he see her that day?
Or did someone see it and tell him?
Panicking, she quickly replied.
[Hey, you misunderstood! That was my cousin. Is there anything wrong with being close to my cousin?]
[You deleted me without understanding anything and even cursed me—I'm really angry and heartbroken [crying emoji][crying emoji]]
Reading her words made Li Chen feel nauseous.
In the past, he really might have been fooled by her nonsense.
But now—hahaha!
The number 16 in the system said it all!
[Cousin? How did I never notice before that you're full of lies? You seriously disgust me.]
[You're really good at pretending. Acting pure in front of me—won't even let me hold my hand for a year—yet how many people have you slept with behind my back? Want me to give you the exact number?]
Seeing these two messages, Zhao Yuting's face changed drastically.
Every time I slept with someone, I hid it very carefully. Even my best friends didn't know. How could he know?
Or was he bluffing?
Her mind in chaos, Zhao Yuting thought for a moment and replied:
[What nonsense are you talking about? What kind of person do you take me for? I didn't let you hold my hand because I take relationships seriously. Is that wrong?]
[Today is my birthday—if you keep this up, I'm really going to be angry!]
Li Chen laughed out loud.
In the past, if he dared talk to her like this, she would've exploded, cursed him out, and blocked him long ago.
But today was completely different.
On one hand, she felt guilty. On the other hand, she wanted his Lunier-brand bag. She was actually tolerating this much—it really opened his eyes.
Li Chen didn't want to waste any more time on her and ended it decisively.
[Whether it's nonsense or not, you know it yourself. I've already returned that bag. Stop dreaming, you bitch. If you want to raise fish, keep backups, and suck people dry, go find some other sucker.]
[Stay the hell away from me from now on. Otherwise, don't blame me if I slap you across the face and make you cry.]
After typing, Li Chen immediately blocked and deleted her in one go.
This way, she wouldn't be able to bother him again by sending friend requests.
On the other side, when Zhao Yuting saw those messages, she immediately panicked.
She had already bragged to her girlfriends that someone would give her a Lunier-brand bag today. Now that the bag was gone, where was she supposed to put her face?
Worse still, she had lost a big fish from her fish pond.
Although she had many "fish," someone as stupid and generous as Li Chen—who spent several thousand yuan on her every month—there was only one.
Unwilling to let such a high-quality big fish slip away, Zhao Yuting tried to struggle one last time.
But after sending her message, a red exclamation mark appeared, showing that the message was rejected.
She knew Li Chen had blocked her.
Her face instantly turned ashen, and regret filled her heart.
If she'd known this would happen, she wouldn't have gone out with that man that day.
She thought he was a rich second-generation heir and would be generous—but he turned out to be stingy as hell.
She hadn't gained much and instead lost a long-term meal ticket. It was a huge loss!
Thinking about this, Zhao Yuting didn't even feel like celebrating her birthday anymore…