He treated the system like a friend; who knew Skycat Genie wanted to be his dad instead.
“You’re really outrageous.”
Skycat Genie said righteously: [I said this before already. The strongest relationship in this world is familial love. I’m willing……]
With his lips pursed, Wen ZhiChu looked Skycat Genie in the face and interrupted: “No need.”
[System: You don’t have to be courteous with me.]
Wen ZhiChu: ……
He’s not.
Skycat Genie persevered relentlessly and said enticingly: [Not going to take a moment to consider it? There are a lot of benefits.]
Wen ZhiChu, surprised: “Can I take the backdoor and become the provincial #1?”
[System: No.]
Wen ZhiChu: “Then can you give me a lot of money?”
[System: …… I don’t think so.]
“Then what can you do?”
[System: I can give you familial love that’s priceless and invaluable.]
Wen ZhiChu with a numb, apathetic expression: “Oh.”
[System: What kind of expression is that?]
Wen ZhiChu didn’t answer anymore and switched topics instead; “Skycat Genie.”
[Systen: Uh huh?]
“Can I exchange for some cash?”
[System: For what?]
Wen ZhiChu: “To return my debt.”
In the end, Wen ZhiChu took out 200 yuan and plotted to secretly stuff it into Qin JiaShu’s locker next week at school.
Qin JiaShu returned to his room, pulled open the drawer, and took out a box of cigarettes. Then he placed the 2nd place certificate and award inside and closed the drawer.
Putting the box of cigarettes on the surface of the table, he walked into the bathroom and closed the exquisitely decorated door. The silence was superseded by the sound of water splashing onto the ground and a masculine, heavy and raspy breathing.
This time, he stayed in the bathroom nearly two hours before coming out. The flowing water was turned off. Opening the door, the vent fan drove away the musky smell that permeated the air. Qin JiaShu only put on pajama pants before walking out.
The fake mask on his face no longer in existence, Qin JiaShu returned to his territory, the low pressure pouring out of him almost tangible.
The contours of the muscles on his body were smooth and prominent, firm but not excessively so, carrying a vigorous sense of masculinity. The remaining water drops that weren’t wiped away from his hair dripped onto the floor and the expensive genuine fur rug.
He walked forward, picked up the box of cigarettes on the table, and opened the French window half-way.
With his ink-black eyes, Qin JiaShu gazed outside the window at the treetop. The night breeze blew past, creating a rustling sound in the quiet, dark and solitary night.
A billowing cloud of smoke escaped his mouth and lingered around his lips before disappearing in the air.
He used his fingers to give a flick at the feeble light of the cigarette. Underneath this perfect and gorgeous outer appearance was a duplicitous and vicious personality.
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The gentleness and refinement was fake. The generosity and empathy was fake. Even his friendliness towards others was fake.
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He clearly remembered that initially, when he wanted to vent, he’d only spend a night at the internet cafe. However, gradually, this was no longer enough to make him feel satisfied and relieved.
Later on after that, he started to smoke, drink, box, and indulge in his lustful desires.
At first, smoking only involved one cigarette, from start to finish. However, now, it was no longer merely one cigarette. Boxing also involved exchanging blows with the trainer; however, he couldn’t feel any thrill or delight now if it didn’t involve knocking the other to the floor.
Qin JiaShu rubbed the fallen ashes of the cigarette with his fingertips and looked at the missing area of leaves and branches over the treetop, lost in thought for a long time.
“JiaShu, if you don’t obtain first place, mom, dad, and the teachers will all feel disappointed. Do you want to see that?”
The little boy in formal attire covered both hands, which were swollen from being struck by a ruler, and stood by the wall in punishment. His entire person was enveloped by a huge, dark shadow.
The child’s young and tender voice carried a sobbing plea: “No.”
“That’s right. As long as JiaShu becomes a good child, no matter if it’s teachers, little friends, or mom and dad outside of the country, they will all like JiaShu.”
The light from the tobacco extinguished. Sitting in the recliner in front of the French window, Qin JiaShu closed his eyes in anguish.
To return his debt through stuffing money inside Qin JiaShu’s locker, Wen ZhiChu woke up bright and early to get to school.
As soon as he walked to the entrance of Class 1, he bumped into the secretly competitive female student he saw last time.
The two looked at each other. There was a moment of silence.
“……What…what a coincidence.”
“……Yes.”
Catching a clear sight of the envelope in Wen ZhiChu’s hand, Zhou Qing said: “I didn’t see anything.”
Wen ZhiChu looked at the huge amount of study materials in the other’s hands and said: “Me…me too.”
This god forsaken tacit understanding.
[System: Don’t the two of you both have eyes?]
Wen ZhiChu: “This is a special circumstance.”
Skycat Genie: [?]
“A person’s eyes can sometimes turn blind selectively.”
Skycat Genie was somewhat surprised: [Really? In what kind of circumstances?]
Wen ZhiChu: “Anytime, depending on personal preferences.”
[System: Isn’t it better to say directly that you’re pretending to be blind?]
“……”
Wen ZhiChu followed Zhou Qing and snuck into the classroom. Then, he walked to Qin JiaShu’s locker in a familiar manner and quietly opened a small crack to stuff inside the envelope with the money.
However, as soon as it opened, Qin JiaShu’s locker started spitting out a pile of cute, pink letters, like it was throwing up.
[System: What are all of these?]
Wen ZhiChu: “Self-recommendation letters.”
Skycat Genie: [……]
Receiving a fright, Wen ZhiChu hastily picked up all of the love letters from the ground and planned to stuff them back into the locker. However, before he did that, he saw the envelope that he left behind last time.
Qin JiaShu might have not looked into his locker this entire time, so the money was still there.
Wen ZhiChu took out the envelope and then stuffed that huge pile of love letters back inside first before placing his envelopes in the most conspicuous spot on the side.
[System: What are you doing? There are too many letters inside here. Even if you put them inside, he might not be able to see them amongst all this.]
Wen ZhiChu: “It’s alright. Mine will suppress everyone else’s.”
[System: That’s absurd.]
Wen ZhiChu: “There’s real evidence behind this.”
[System: What evidence?]
“Talking about money hurts relationships and feelings. My envelopes with money will deal damage to the envelopes with love letters.”
After Wen ZhiChu finished putting everything away, he felt very satisfied with himself. His little face was filled with pride: “It’s good to have money.”
[System: Cherish it.]
Wen ZhiChu: ?
[System: You won’t really have a lot of opportunity to suppress others with money.]
“……”
After leaving the money, Wen ZhiChu returned to Class 11. Since the first class was English, he was nervous. Good thing, he knew all of the vocabs that the English teachers tested today. Otherwise, he would have needed to take another trip to the English office.
The English teacher looked at his completely correct English quiz with satisfaction: “Pretty good this time. Continue to work hard next time.”
Wen ZhiChu nodded: “Got..got it, teacher.”
During the flag-raising ceremony, he went to the field. After the ceremony finished, the Dean went on stage to make a speech per routine.
[System: Why does he always go up to make a speech after hoisting the national flag?]
Wen ZhiChu: “Don’t ask me about this.”
[Then who should I ask?]
“Ask the roundworm in my stomach.”
The Dean got on stage and blew into the microphone twice. After checking for sound, he said: “Students, it’s another bright and glorious Monday. In two weeks, our school and the neighboring District 6 High School will collaborate and host a debate tournament on campus topics. I hope our students will participate actively, enroll enthusiastically, and have the courage to take the first step.”
“The venue of this tournament will not only be at our school, but also at the neighboring District 6 High School. It’s an opportunity to clash wits, but also to build friendship.”
“Naturally, participation in the tournament is voluntary, but participation is key. The deadline of the registration is by the end of Wednesday’s self-study period.”
As soon as the Dean finished speaking, Skycat Genie started acting like a parent eager to enroll their kid into extracurricular activity and said encouragingly.
[System: What do you think, do you want to go?]
Wen ZhiChu shook his head, clearly not planning to participate.
[System: Participating is key.]
Wen ZhiChu: “A person needs to be independent.”
[System: Excuses.]
Wen ZhiChu nodded.
Not expecting him to nod so bluntly, Skycat Genie was surprised.
[System: You’d actually admitted it.]
Wen ZhiChu: “Actually, it’s not about whether I want to participate or not. It’s whether others want me or not.”
[System: If you go register, why can’t you participate?]
Wen ZhiChu said with a slight embarrassment: “I’m afraid the debate tournament might end before I can even formulate a full sentence.”
[……]
The system forgot. Its host stammered when speaking to others. The reason why he didn’t stammer when speaking to it was because the system wasn’t human.
After being dismissed, Wen ZhiChu planned to return to class. After all, it’s currently the middle of summer. The road outside was so hot you could fry an egg.
After returning, he heard the sound of discussion in the classroom.
It was regarding the debate tournament.
Wen ZhiChu sat in the back row, listening in on the convernation here and there.
He also remembered at this time that… wasn’t the neighboring District 6 High School where <<My father, the District Mayor>> came from?
Wen ZhiChu didn’t know if that provincial #1 will participate, but the first round of the debate tournament was held in his school. If the other came, he can expect getting hunted down and murdered by Class 1’s English teacher.
Li-laoshi’s appearance in the English department’s office back then practically looked like he wanted to devour the other.
Wen ZhiChu: “Skycat Genie.”
[System: I’m here.]
Wen ZhiChu posed a question: “Isn’t Qin JiaShu the protagonist? Shouldn’t he do everything with a protagonist halo? How come it works for all the other protagonists, but it doesn’t work for him?”
[System: Perhaps he has a mercilessly cruel author as his creator.]
Wen ZhiChu: “……Oh.”
The registration for the debate tournament ended very quickly. Then, plenty of students were eliminated from the selection. In the end, five contestants and three substitutes were chosen to participate in the tournament.
As the school’s symbol of excellence, Qin JiaShu naturally had to participate. In addition, the crowd voted him as team captain.
The first round of the debate tournament was scheduled for next Tuesday, which gave the students plenty of time to prepare.
Meanwhile, the students from District 6 High School also arrived at YiZhong High School one day ahead of time, staying in YiZhong’s dormitory at night.
As soon as Wen ZhiChu reached the campus gates on Monday, he saw a figure swaggering off a huge bus.
This student’s stature couldn’t count as tall amongst male students, approximately 1.7 meters by sight. Because the other’s walking posture was really too weird, Wen ZhiChu couldn’t help but take a few extra glances.
Wen ZhiChu: “He’s walking a bit strange.”
[System: Wen ZhiChu! Don’t look at others with such a peculiar gaze. Who hasn’t experienced a moment of hardship!]
Wen ZhiChu hastily recognized his improper behavior. Although he had only taken a few extra glances out of curiosity, he was also fully aware of his misconduct. A member of the Communist Youth League shouldn’t be like this.
Before he could express his remorse however, he heard Skycat Genie continue to say.
[System: Maybe he was recently circumcised.]
Wen ZhiChu: ……
system you’re the ruthless one hahahah
I’m worried Qin JiaShu is going to throw out all those self-recommendation letters without looking at them and all Wen ZhiChu hard-earned cash will be lost.
Could this be the son of the Mayor?
Oh system, system ╮(＾▽＾)╭
Thank You for the new chapter (๑°꒵°๑)･*♡
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Thanks for the chapter!
I really love the reoccurring roundworm joke
Wen ZhiChu heals my heart. ❤️❤️ Thank you for translating this story! I’m always looking forward to the next release. 🙂
Sometimes I wonder about Skycat Genie.
Thank you for the chapter!!!
The slow burn is killing meee~~ hopefully jiashu starts feeling something else other than annoyance when he looks at precious chuchu =3=
Isn’t he walking strangely and swaggering because he thinks it’s cool? Ahahahhahaha people who swagger really looks like they are newly circumcised 😂😂
MC’s conversations with his system are effortlessly funny haha I love them.
Thank you for the chapter!
system!!! my god
i just had the meme “well- image that” going off in my head and i couldn’t stop laughing
hahahahahahahaha
thanks for the chapter!