While reading, Ruan Yu also tried to speculate and felt that the person next to her was probably bound to a surveillance system related to Wen Yun's attributes, but this system did not seem to have the mandatory nature of "having to speak and do things at any time" like in the novel she was reading.
But no matter what kind of system the host is bound to, every story will have an ending.
Realizing this, Ruan Yushou still habitually wrote down a series of formulas on the test paper, but her thoughts were in complete chaos.
Although the story's ending takes various turns due to the author's personal preferences, the protagonist remains the main character. Whether to stay or leave after completing the system's tasks depends on which world—this world or the original world—is more important to them.
Besides these, there are many transmigrators with strong convictions who, no matter how many people or things in the world they go to can satisfy them, will eventually choose to leave.
In reality, this means she might not be able to keep that person.
Are you tired?
A familiar voice rang in Ruan Yu's ears, concerned and anxious, "If you're tired, go to bed early tonight. I think I've figured out this problem, I'll go back and think about it some more."
Pulled back to reality, Ruan Yu quickly shook her head and smiled as usual: "I'm not tired, I just suddenly thought of a formula that's out of scope, and my train of thought went astray."
The pen nib scratched across the paper as she quickly regained her focus, writing out the steps while carefully analyzing the problem-solving approach with the person next to her.
It's best not to dwell on things that are beyond our control.
Since she cares about this person, she should respect his choice.
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The end of the month came quickly; it was only the night before the sports meet that Lin Qiqi sent Wen Yun a message:
[Yunyun's prediction was spot on! Sure enough, someone was trying to target Xiaoyu during the sports meet! [Images][Images]]
Wen Yun had just finished showering when she returned to her room and saw the message, immediately frowning.
Perhaps because of the previous incident, the small group that the classmates formed later only made some sarcastic remarks when they learned that Ruan Yu had run 3000 meters, saying things like "country bumpkins love to show off" and "country bumpkins just know how to show off," and did not say anything else.
This targeting was initiated by a few individuals who contacted the contestants privately; it was not discussed in the group chat.
Wen Yun simply made a voice call, intending to ask Lin Qiqi for details: "Did they leak the information to you on their own initiative?"
"Well, after all, I spoke with every contestant who was competing against Xiaoyu beforehand!" Lin Qiqi said with a smile. "I told them that there was no need to act or be modest about the rankings, but if anything happened to Xiaoyu during the competition, Zheng Jiafei would be their fate!"
Wen Yun: "..."
Does this person truly deserve the title of a vicious female supporting character?
A note from the author:
The first update is here!
Chapter 40
The screenshot posted by Lin Qiqi came from two runners in the 3000-meter race for senior girls, who were in Class 4 and Class 7 respectively, and neither of them came from wealthy families.
Perhaps because Lin Qiqi had given prior notice, both contestants wisely refrained from replying and instead took screenshots and submitted reports first.
"Up to the time you called me, only these two people have sent screenshots," Lin Qiqi said. "The remaining five contestants haven't made a move at all."
"Is it really that late to make a sound?" Wen Yun checked the message timestamps on the screenshots and fell into deep thought. "Could it be that Xiaoyu has been wearing protective gear every day during practice, and they've noticed something?"
"What can you tell from this?" Lin Qiqi asked, puzzled. "You can't just think it's because 'bad students have a lot of stationery,' can you? I bet those nerdy students don't even have as much stamina as Xiaoyu!"
Wen Yun refrained from criticizing the unintentionally sarcastic and passive female supporting character, and said expressionlessly, "Who knows? Some people's thought processes are always quite peculiar."
“That’s true, but what about these two contestants? Should we make them agree?” Lin Qiqi asked. “I think they came prepared. What if they don’t agree? Will they realize they’ve already been ‘informed’?”
“There are still five unknowns, and none of them are people we know. You can’t control them,” Wen Yun said. “Tell them they can’t agree to this. If they do, they’ll really be taking the blame. All those people have to do is post the chat logs on an anonymous forum, and the evidence will be irrefutable. This is dirty water, so it’s best to avoid it if you can.”
After hanging up the voice call, Wen Yun sighed, turned over and got into bed, hugging the long tabby cat pillow and kneading it repeatedly.
Other characters' protagonist auras are all beneficial buffs, but her protagonist's aura is a malicious debuff.
Fortunately, her protagonist has already lived through a lifetime, so she still has the ability to protect herself and cope with situations. Even if she is not by her side during the competition, there should be no need to worry too much.
Despite her thoughts, she immediately sent the information to Ruan Yu, reminding her to wear protective gear for tomorrow's competition and to be fully prepared.
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The next morning at 8:30, the athletes' march began, and each grade and class entered the playground in an orderly manner. After the principal, referees, and athlete representatives finished their speeches, they began to march in formation.
Langying allows the sports meet formations to act out, and the boys and girls of this age would never miss this rare opportunity to do so.
Wen Yun's class was no exception. After the school sports meet was scheduled, the class monitor pooled the class funds and the whole class bought the same dark green magic cloaks and wands as those in Harry Potter. When they passed the podium, the whole class raised their wands and recited classic lines from Harry Potter, which attracted a lot of attention.
Ruan Yu had never read any of the Harry Potter series, but after hearing Wen Yun say that it was a magical adventure story full of passion and hope for young boys and girls, she couldn't help but wave her wand and recite her lines even more enthusiastically.
Even Wen Yun couldn't help but glance at her. The girl with the low ponytail moved lightly and gracefully, waving her wand with utmost seriousness, her face beaming with a bright smile, as if she truly believed in the existence of magic.
After the lengthy opening ceremony of the school sports meet, each class moved to their assigned field, and with the referees, athletes, and broadcasting station members in place, the first day of competition officially began.
Wen Yun neither signed up for any class projects nor had any interest in the 3000-meter race that Ruan Yu was participating in. She brought a set of biology test papers with her, intending to do some lab questions to relax.
As soon as she opened the exam paper, before she had even finished writing a few blanks about the culture medium, Ruan Yu gently patted her on the shoulder.
“I want to go watch Xiao He’s archery competition,” Ruan Yu said.
Wen Yun subconsciously wanted to blurt out "Then you go," but she quickly swallowed the words, hurriedly put away the test paper, and changed her words to "Let's go, it will start in a few minutes."
Before the sports meet ended, she was still worried about leaving the main character alone, even though the main character was just watching the games.
Besides, due to the lack of tea conversations for a long time, she only has seven days left to live, and she has very few usable items left. Since an opportunity has come knocking on her door, she must catch her for a chat.
To prevent environmental interference, the archery competition was held inside the gymnasium. Three targets were set up, and all the participants from the first to the third year of high school gathered here, waiting for the check-in staff to check them in.
Wen Yun and Ruan Yu quickly found He Sheng, who had changed into archery attire. As soon as they went up to greet him, they heard him sigh and say, "Today is clearly an internal war within the archery club!"
"Would fencing and billiards also be civil wars?" Ruan Yu asked curiously.
“I think it’s about the same,” Wen Yun chimed in. “Those who are good at these two kinds of activities are basically either from wealthy families or members of the corresponding gangs.”
"If you're interested, you can go check out the competition area on the first floor." He Sheng put on archery gloves, took out his bow and arrow, and as soon as he finished speaking, he heard the referee call his name. He responded and ran over.
Just as Ruan Yu was about to follow, she heard the person next to her click their tongue softly, and subconsciously turned around to ask, "What's wrong?"
"I see Luo Qin," Wen Yun said. "Don't worry about her, let's go over there."
Ruan Yu obediently responded, but her gaze shifted to the spot where she had just been looking.
Luo Qin was walking in through the main gate, and she was almost beside them. She was wearing a baseball cap today, with the brim pulled low; if you didn't look closely, you probably wouldn't recognize her.
Before she could look up, Ruan Yu withdrew her gaze and followed Wen Yun toward the venue where He Sheng was competing.
"That must be an additional function of the system," she thought. "Otherwise, how could it recognize someone from a distance at a glance?"
She didn't know if it was because of the preconceived notion that "that person was a transmigrator with a system," but whenever she discovered any unusual events related to that person, she would think in that direction.
He Sheng usually has a lazy and chuunibyou-ish demeanor, but when he shoots arrows, he becomes incredibly serious. He stares fiercely at the target, draws his bow, nocks an arrow, and ten seconds later, the arrow flies out and hits the bullseye!
Ruan Yu was familiar with the scoring rules for the archery target, and upon seeing this, she instinctively clapped. However, before she could clap a few times, she heard a deliberately suppressed sneer from behind her.
"Country bumpkins are just ignorant."
Upon hearing this, Wen Yun's expression darkened. Turning around, she saw Luo Qin standing not far away and couldn't help but blurt out, "Why is someone talking nonsense and disturbing the competition so early in the morning?"
"Is talking to myself considered disturbing the competition? Miss Wen, you're really nosy!" Luo Qin retorted without hesitation. "I'm talking about a country bumpkin, are you one?"
"..." Wen Yun really didn't understand why these vicious supporting characters always had to make sarcastic and provocative remarks, but in order to exchange for survival time, she still chimed in, "But I was complaining about the people who were talking like pigs just now. I really didn't expect to offend their kind by accident. I'm so sorry, Luo."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Ruan Yu chuckle, followed by the soft sound of an arrow hitting the target.
Luo Qin was still searching for a retort when she heard Ruan Yu's commotion and immediately flared up: "What are you laughing at?!"
"Of course Xiaoyu is happy for Xiaohe!" Wen Yun immediately chimed in, "Wow, another one so soon..."
As she spoke, she glanced at the target and noticed that she hadn't hit the bullseye this time, but it had landed nearby. She immediately changed her tune: "...A very technically demanding high score!"
Archery competitions are elimination-style. Of the 16 competitors, 8 remain in the first round, 4 remain in the second round, and the final is a one-on-one solo final.
He Sheng fought his way into the finals and won the championship. Wen Yun and Luo Qin bickered all the way to the finals, from the competition venue to the stands, accumulating 20 points of tea flavor.
After the archery competition rankings were announced, Luo Qin suddenly fell silent, coldly pulling down her baseball cap and muttering "green tea bitch." She turned around, her smile returning, and was about to walk towards a high school boy who had won second place when a furious shout suddenly came from behind her: "Who the hell did you say that to?!"
Wen Yun had to accumulate tea flavor points to exchange for survival items. She was already annoyed by the disgusting back-and-forth with the vicious female supporting character, and then she was given this insulting word. She immediately exploded and reached out to grab Luo Qin to argue, but someone else acted faster than her.
With a loud "smack," the next second, Wen Yun saw Luo Qin standing there, covering her face in shock.
Have you said enough?
A soft, gentle voice reached her ears. The girl blocked her way, but her words instantly shattered her well-behaved student persona: "The one who starts it is despicable, and I'll kill them without complaint."
-
On the way to the grade director's office, Wen Yun felt that Ruan Yu's slap and those words might have been bottled up for too long.
She hadn't done anything wrong, but because she was a student who transferred from the countryside and wasn't given the surname "Wen," she was constantly being bossed around by certain wealthy young men.
Although Luo Qin's actions were likely just a trigger, Wen Yun never expected that Ruan Yu would stand up for her at such a time.
The head of the grade, Ms. Mo, whom the students called "Old Godmother," was astonished when she saw them after hearing that it was her most valued student who had assaulted them.
"Why did you hit him?" she asked Ruan Yu.
“It’s one thing for her to call me a country bumpkin, but she also called my most important family member a green tea bitch,” Ruan Yu explained calmly, without intending to hide anything. “I thought, I can’t just let this go.”
"I just told you the truth, is that a big deal?" Luo Qin, with half her face swollen, still couldn't resist being sarcastic. "Are you so sensitive? You can't even listen to the truth?"
"Luo Qin, have you said enough?" Teacher Mo scolded unhappily, "Old Mr. Luo spent so much money to send you to Langying, just so you could learn fancy tricks to offend everyone?"
Luo Qin shut her mouth when she was mentioned about her elders, and then lowered her hat brim and snorted heavily.
Teacher Mo then looked at Ruan Yu: "No matter what, hitting someone is still a violation of school rules and regulations, especially since so many people were watching at the time. According to the rules, a disciplinary action should be taken."
"Yes, I agree." Ruan Yu nodded obediently, reverting to her usual docile state.
As Luo Qin's face began to swell, the high school boy who had accompanied her hurriedly pushed her away without daring to look back.
After they left, Teacher Mo sighed softly and said to Ruan Yu, "I will report the situation to the higher-ups truthfully. You should write a self-criticism and submit it to me as soon as possible in the next two days. The punishments will be revoked next semester."
"Thank you." Ruan Yu bowed to her and turned to leave with Wen Yun.
But then Teacher Mo said, "As you become more and more outstanding, there will only be more and harsher words of belittling from those short-sighted people. Just hold your head high and move forward, and don't take it to heart."
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The second update is here!