The truth was, the original recorded everything all along, but he chose not to seek the teachers’ help. The first reason was because he spoke indiscriminately; in the end, he sounded like the embarrassing one who was being unreasonable.
As for the second reason, well, that Song Yao understood by the time he was outside the teacher’s office.
A male teacher was speaking to Homeroom Teacher Wang: Your class is a mess.
Wang: I know, I just can’t afford to offend them. They’re mostly rich 2nd gens, you wouldn’t believe how affluent their families are.
Male teacher: Hahh, you’re right, we better mind our own business. If it’s not a big deal, they can handle it themselves.
Wang: But I have to say, Song Yao is quite scary. If Shen Muhan was already debuted, then wouldn’t he be, whatchamacallit, a sasaeng fan? Isn’t there something wrong with him? How did he get accepted into this school? Being taught a lesson is honestly a matter of fact.
Male teacher: Right, and there’s no need to worry since Song doesn’t come from any background. Just remember to say a few words during the class meeting to, you know, show you still care as a teacher, and that should do about it.
Song Yao overheard this and was pissed.
The Song Family once tried sending Ren Ximing to an elementary school, but because he was autistic, Ren Ximing was severely bullied.
Elementary schoolers were as innocent as they were malicious. They spat on him, called him a retard and an idiot, but the most unforgivable thing was, the teachers did not mediate the situation at all; however, they likely never guessed that Ren Ximing was actually the second young master of the Song Family.
It just so happened that one day, when Song Yao and the driver went to fetch Ren Ximing from school, they saw the scene of Ren Ximing being bullied. When Ren Ximing went to find the teachers, he actually found them hanging around and gossiping. He immediately made the decision to send the kid home, and for the next 2 years, he didn’t allow Ren Ximing to go to school and hired home tutors for him instead.
He had no intention of letting these people go. He recorded everything he just heard, walked to the principal’s office, and played the two voice memos for him to hear.
He said frankly, “I have no other intention, I just want you to know how often these things happen at your school. I was indeed inappropriate towards Shen Muhan and I’m fully willing to apologize for it, however, you’ve seen and heard what has happened to me.”
“My request is simple: within 3 days, everyone at school who had ever bullied Shen Muhan and I must write an 800 word apology letter. They must also compensate me for my phone and camera. If these things could be done, I’ll consider this water under the bridge.”
“But just to let you know, if you rather keep my mouth shut than pursue the bullies’s responsibilities, I assure you, in less than a week, the school’s name will be a very hot topic in the media.”
The principal frowned, “Student, you still have to attend school here in the future. Must you be so extreme and blow things out of proportion? Why don’t you take a step back. Be kinder to yourself and be kinder to everyone else, yeah?”
Song Yao looked at the picture frame on the desk and smiled, “Principal, you have a daughter? Let me ask you a question.”
“Let’s say, hypothetically, your daughter was pushed to the floor. She got juice poured all over her, got her private diary flaunted all over school, had her phone and camera destroyed, and was bullied to my extent. If that was the case, wouldn’t you think it’s a big deal?”
“Of course, if you really want to ‘blow things out of proportion’, I could always talk to my lawyer and the media.”
*
He walked out of the principal’s office and as the students stared at him with indescribable expressions, he entered the bathroom. Carefully, he washed his face and hands, and for the first time, he could observe his appearance.
His height and build was the same; he was still slim and tall and lacked muscles.
What changed was his face.
He now had black hair and eyes and his hair was overgrown and messy in a way that his overly long bangs blocked his eyes. It was also faintly blue underneath his eyes.
His nose was the most striking feature on his entire face; it was narrow and straight, and overall, quite similar to his original nose.
The most surprising part for him was seeing he still had a mole underneath his right eye and on his Adam’s apple. They gave him a sense of familiarity.
All in all, he was neither beautiful nor ugly, which was perfectly suitable to play the fanatic.
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His photo album was full of Shen Muhan’s pictures. He had 500 followers on Weibo and over 3,000 posts, all of which were about Shen Muhan.
His notes app was full of things about Shen Muhan too, such as Shen Muhan ate XXX today, Shen Muhan scored XX playing basketball today, Shen Muhan used XX perfume today, and so forth.
Song Yao saved them all. These were all information useful to his strategy for capturing the target. This way, he could easily search for whatever information he needed.
The original was 17 years old, and right now was the year 2015.
[Song Yao asked the system: Will current events in the novel follow the same timeline as reality?]
Song Yao asked this with an entrepreneurial heart. If everything was the same as reality, it meant he had a big golden finger; he could predict the future.
[Hamster: The author wrote the novel based on reality, and since the novel originates from reality, the trends will be similar to those in real life. But of course, the novel won’t perfectly follow the same development as in reality. Some aspects are relatively flexible, for example, a phrase popular in 2022 might appear in 2015.]
Song Yao went home according to the address on his student ID.
Much to Song Yao’s relief, the original’s family were relatively well-off and he had a good relationship with his parents.
The original’s parents respected their child’s decision very much. When Song Yao arrived home, they informed him that they received the school’s call. However, they believed in their family’s child and would wait for their child to communicate with them.
The mother told him that liking boys wasn’t such a big matter, and besides, Shen Muhan was indeed an attractive child and marriage was even legal abroad.
Song Yao wanted to say he didn’t like boys.
[Song Yao: The original’s family is very harmonious so how did he turn out gloomy and warped?]
[Hamster: To be honest, his parents are the more traditional type. They couldn’t accept him being lovestruck with a boy and they constantly argued over it. They only relented in the end because they were worried about causing serious issues in their child’s mental health.]
[Song Yao: …I see.]
There were some details that were omitted from the novel. For example, Father Song previously dabbled in some business, and now that he had some extra cash laying around, he was deciding to make some long-term investments.
He was currently considering investing in the Education and Training market and in Mobikes.
After he learned of his, Song Yao smiled and rubbed his temple.
Coincidentally, both markets will decline in the next few years. In the later parts of the novel, the Song Family lived in poverty probably due to the failed investments.
He could only be thankful that he transmigrated before Father Song made any investments.
*
That night, Song Yao wrote Shen Muhan an apology letter and posted it on the school’s online bulletin board. To sum up what he wrote, he promised to no longer stalk, photograph or harrass Shen Muhan.
At the same time, Song Yao received a stream of apology letters that were likely insincere and copied from the internet. However, the contents of the letters were of little interest to him. He was more concerned with the results he accomplished.
For one, he changed the original’s fate. Shen Muhan didn’t publicly spit on him and he wasn’t going to drop out from school either.
Shen Muhan’s favorability value was currently 0%. Originally it was -2%, but after Shen Muhan received the apology letters, his favorability towards Song Yao rose by 2%.
And another thing was, the homeroom teacher who loved minding her own business was now very much concerned. An investigation was carried out to find the culprits who broke Song Yao’s phone and camera. All the involved students were asked to raise money to compensate him, and as a result, they scared themselves after learning how expensive Song Yao’s SLR camera was. In the end, Song Yao allowed them to repair the camera instead. As long as they repaired the camera, he would let the matter go.
At the very least, Song Yao wouldn’t be bullied at school every day like the original. He could afford pouring all his attention into capturing the male lead.
Honestly speaking, the timeline he arrived in wasn’t all that advantageous for him. He couldn’t change the fact that he bullied Shen Muhan when they were young and after being a crazy stalker for so many years, Shen Muhan probably couldn’t think of a more disgusting person than him.
What can he do right now to win Shen Muhan over?
Or, should he say, what sort of person would leave a favorable impression on Shen Muhan?
Song Yao thought it over and came to a realization. In the novel, Shen Muhan only had eyes for the female lead. Therefore, he must analyze the female lead.
The female lead, Yao Yao, always supported and trusted Shen Muhan even at his lowest points. When he was a frail boy growing up, she was the person who always stood up for him. She was also the person who accompanied him as he pursued his dream.
Based on this, he formulated a temporary plan:
- Continue his fanatic setting and strengthen his sense of existence around Shen Muhan, given it didn’t touch the other’s bottomline. He needed to understand Shen Muhan, support him, and play the role of a fan that was loyal but had a sense of boundary.
- At Shen Muhan’s low points, he must fight the rumors against him, give him help, and strive to become his friend.
- Help Father Song make correct investments, start his own business, and hoard wealth for the rest of his capture plan.
Song Yao had never fawned for anyone’s affection. He was accustomed to sitting on the high throne where other people knelt for him.
But right now, he hoped that his relationship with the male lead could be balanced; so he could capture him as an equal.
*
The first official day of school after his transmigration, Song Yao woke up extra early. Breakfast was simply toast, which tasted good.
Song Yao was left with ample time and he rode his bike to school. It was a completely novel experience for him.
In his real life, he was taken by his driver wherever he went. There was a time where he envied the kids riding their bikes on their streets. He thought they looked outstandingly cool.
After a few tries, he rode the bike steadily. It was early summer and there was a slightly cool breeze. It brushed past his cheeks, drilled into his collar, and tunneled through his pants.
It felt like he was flying.
He must admit, a 17 year old body was much healthier than a 24 year old one. He felt more energetic, and not only that, originally he was a bit insomniac, but yesterday he fell asleep right away after hitting the pillow. Also, when he biked up the slope, he pedaled for a long time but he wasn’t tired at all. Youth was an envious thing.
Following the GPS on his phone, he rode for a while before catching a familiar figure on the right side of the road.
He was tall with long, slender legs and fluffy silver hair. His school jacket was taken off and tied around his waist and he was only wearing a black tank top. His skin was so fair that it glowed and the lines of his biceps were smooth and beautiful.
He pedaled forward a bit and was able to see the side of his face. His lashes were long and dense and he was wearing earphones. The color of his irises were extremely light; under the sun, they appeared dark gold right now. His nose bridge was high, his slightly apart lips were like flower petals and a cross necklace hung from his neck. He was the very image of a teenage youth.
Song Yao opened his mouth, he almost called out “Ren, Xi, Ming” these three words.
However, the capture percentage above the other’s head reminded him, this person was the capture target, Shen Muhan, he wasn’t Ren Ximing.
According to the novel, Shen Muhan had the habit of jogging. When he was young, his asthma caused him to develop pneumothorax. He was always on the frailer side and for the sake of relieving and treating his condition, he persistently did cardios to strengthen his heart. When he became an adult, not only did his condition improved, he was healthy as an ox, pratically radiating hormones and possessed a hip comparable to a weapon. The author might have intentionally written him this way, after all, readers weren’t interested in a sissy male lead.
Shen Muhan and Re Ximing were truly alike. When Ren Ximing was younger, besides autism he also had pneumothorax and was unable to participate in most sports. Similarly, he also got better around 17-18 years old. Ren Ximing was a good-looking child but he was frail so Song Yao arranged numerous bodyguards for him out of concern that he would be bullied.
Su Muhan lived through a very similar experience. In middle school, Song Yao (original one), was fascinated by his beauty and in order to attract the beauty’s attention, he called him a sissy every day, and forced him to take off his pants to prove he was a boy. Later on, he was caught by Father Song and was given a good beating on the spot.
Looking at Shen Muhan who was jogging slowly, Song Yao was a bit distracted.
Did Ren Ximing also transmigrate over?
Shen Muhan ran for a while and was panting by the time he entered the park.
He sat down on the white bench and reached his hand into his pocket. When he pulled it out again, he had a fistful of corn kernels.
He scattered them on the ground.
Immediately, a flock of plump and pretty pigeons flew towards him, happily flapping their wings and pecking at the corn kernels. They weren’t the least bit scared of him; some stood on his shoulders, some stopped on his legs, all of them making adorable coos.
The orange sunlight enveloped the teenager and the pigeons. The tip of the teenager’s hair and his skin shimmered like gold. The action of him raising his hand looked holy, pure, scared, and benevolent. Without a doubt, he was the male lead of this world.
The teenager leaned back on the bench, his mouth was open and he was panting. Fine drops of sweat trickled down his forehead. He pulled out a towel from his bag and wiped his sweat. His skin looked like perfection.
He seemed to have decided to take a nap. After listening to some songs, he’d continue to jog to school.
It was still early, there was time.
At some point, Song Yao ended up standing in front of the teenager and was observing his sleeping countenance.
At the moment, he felt…a bit strange and complicated.
The face he was incomparably familiar with made him feel surprised. It turns out, Ren Ximing’s face was this holy, clean, and beautiful.
In his memory, Ren Ximing always stared at him with gloomy looks. His perfectly fine ears and lips were pierced with holes, his arms were covered with strange tattoos, and his body was scarred…
Right, scars.
Ren Ximing had a fingernail sized scar on his forehead.
He carefully brushed back the teenager’s bangs.
He saw, there was no scar on his forehead. He felt somewhat regretful.
However, he still silently took out his phone, opened the camera, and faced it towards Shen Muhan’s overly beautiful face.
He inexplicably thought, one day he ought to show Ren Ximing this photo and tell him earnestly: Look at this, why the tattoos, you could’ve just gotten rid of the scars. If you didn’t mess around with those weird stuff, this is how good-looking you’ll be!
He was about to press “shoot” when the person in the camera frame opened his eyes.
A pair of dark gold, predatory eyes.
“What are you doing?” He asked coldly.
Author:
Ren Ximing: Frail? I was pretending.
Translator: Yesss, pile on the adjectives.
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Well he’s doing a really good job of being a creepy stalker already ngl 😂 just going up and touching his face and taking pictures all openly?? Really sticking to his role, indeed.
Thanks for the update, it was a true blast x)
Thank you for this chapter!! ❤️❤️❤️
I swear, he wrote a full apology that he wont act like a stalker anymore and then he is acting just like one at the ending lol so funny, im loving reading How to Obtains God’s Love
Tysm for the update
Lmaoo our mc is acting jst like the org mc