Wen ZhiChu looked over here with bright eyes, fervorous and yearning, as if there were lasers inside them.
[System: Isn’t looking at him like this a bit too bold and blatant. Aren’t you afraid the protagonist will notice?]
Wen ZhiChu shook his head: “Impossible. There are so many people looking at him. I am only a tiny, miniscule part of the crowd.”
[System: I won’t allow you to say such a thing about yourself.]
Wen ZhiChu was stunned, who would have imagined he was so special in Skycat Genie’s heart.
[System: The crowd is not as unlucky as you.]
Wen ZhiChu: ……
It was he, who was lacking in self-awareness.
The match ended. The next class was in 5 minutes. The students left the basketball court one after another. The originally tightly packed area suddenly felt a lot less cramped.
Qin JiaShu stood next to the bench, wiping away the sweat on his neck with the school’s spare towel. He had already finished drinking the water he brought with him. At this time, a group of girls walked over carrying bottles of water.
“Qin-tongxue, this is for you.”
Qin JiaShu looked at the hands in front of him. The corners of his lips curved to their usual degree as he gave polite excuses to decline them one by one.
However, with a sweep of his eyes, he suddenly noticed that something strange seemed to have gotten mixed in with this group.
Wen ZhiChu had originally infiltrated into the group of people by bending down slightly. Seeing Qin JiaShu getting surrounded, he straightened his back and stood up properly.
From Qin JiaShu’s viewpoint, he could clearly see the head that abruptly popped out of the crowd like a spring.
Qin JiaShu: ……
Then that head started moving swiftly, full of purpose; however, it wasn’t towards his direction, but rather towards the opposite direction.
He saw that slender figure reach the bench and grab the empty bottle that he had left behind on the bench.
Then, perhaps out of guilt or something, the other shot him a glance.
Holding the bottle in his hand, Wen ZhiChu smiled giddily.
Heavens bless him. Who would have imagined the mission to have completed so successfully. Qin JiaShu was probably surrounded right now and most likely, didn’t even notice him. He turned his head to take a look and instantly met the other’s scrutinizing gaze.
Wen ZhiChu: !
The smile instantly vanished from his face.
[System: Stop being stupid.]
Wen ZhiChu: ?
[System: The Heavens wouldn’t let you off so easily.]
“……”
For a second, Qin JiaShu really couldn’t understand the other’s behavior; after all, that water bottle was penniless to him.
To see Qin JiaShu, the protagonist of the world, examining him, Wen ZhiChu felt like he had momentarily gazed into righteousness itself. Holding the water bottle, which was worth 2 cents to him, Wen ZhiChu froze.
Now that the victim had returned to the scene of the crime, Wen ZhiChu instantly felt somewhat flustered and concealed the empty water bottle further in his arms like it was treasure.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Then he dashed wildly all the way back to the education building. When he returned to his seat, he instantly collapsed onto the table like a limp pile of mud, gasping for air continuously.
[System: Why did you run away in such a rush?]
Wen ZhiChu: “Hit-and-runs are always in a rush.”
Skycat Genie: [……]
Even though his heart raced and pounded in trepidation just now, at least the mission was completed.
[System: Mission complete. Villain’s score increased to 35%. Reward: 250 yuan.]
Sure enough, the sound of money was wondrous. Even 250 was pleasing to the ears.
After this period of physical activity, most of the students returned exhausted and sweating profusely. All the windows in the classroom were open, but even returning to the classroom did not relieve the scorching heat from playing vigorously outside for a class period.
The exhaustion after a period of wildness made the usually rambunctious classroom much quieter. Coupled with the afternoon drowsiness, Wen ZhiChu also felt heaviness to his eyelids.
This class was taught by the homeroom teacher. When Dou-laoshi walked inside, Wen ZhiChu practically saw a huge sleeping pill walking onto the podium.
The first half of the class was actually fine. As the time passed, the upright heads within the classroom instantly lessened by half.
Dou-laoshi finished writing on the blackboard. As soon as he turned his head, he saw a magnificent view that was unique to the school campus setting.
Eyelids jerking madly, he smacked the blackboard angrily.
“All the sleeping students, stand up!”
He used such force that the dust fell from the chalk written words on the blackboard. Wen ZhiChu, who was barely holding, also woke up in an instant.
Dou-laoshi walked down the platform and patrolled around in a circle: “Just look at your negative attitudes toward studying and learning! Did your parents pay for your tuition just so you can sleep here? People say that students are the nation’s flowers. Are you guys all belladonnas?!”
Skycat Genie asked in confusion.
[System: Why belladonnas?]
Wen ZhiChu started explaining: “Sleeping during the day, blooming at night.”
[System: Comparing you guys to flowers, the homeroom teacher was actually pretty merciful with his words.]
Wen ZhiChu: “It’s toxic.”
[System: His words aren’t toxic.]
Wen ZhiChu: “I’m saying belladonnas are toxic.”
Skycat Genie: [……]
Seeing the students still looking drowsy, as if they hadn’t woken up yet, Dou-laoshi became even more furious: “You guys are the worst batch of students I’ve ever had. In one day, I can die 10 thousand times in anger because of you guys!”
Skycat Genie was extremely shocked.
[System: So much anger, why doesn’t he just resign?!]
Wen ZhiChu fell silent for a moment: “Perhaps this is what’s called ‘not even 10 thousand deaths will stop me’.”
[System: Are you not afraid the literature teacher will hunt you down?]
Wen ZhiChu: ……
For the remaining half of the class, Dou-laoshi’s voice reminded Wen ZhiChu of the loudspeaker from the old grandpa downstairs. Being a teacher of the masses was not easy.
The English Representative had also taken a nap in class due to exhaustion, so she only recorded 1-2 rows of physics notes.
Sitting in his seat, Wen ZhiChu saw someone walking next to him and looked up.
Mu Qing looked at him: “Wen ZhiChu, did you sleep in class?”
Wen ZhiChu answered honestly: “No… but but I was somewhat drowsy.”
“Then can you lend me your physics notes for a second?”
After experiencing that incident in District 6, the two could be considered friends at this point. Hearing the other wanted to borrow his notes, Wen ZhiChu didn’t decline and instead, handed his notebook to her.
The next class was self-study. Mu Qing took it and returned to her seat, planning to fill in her notes.
Wen ZhiChu’s handwriting was very neat and proper. The page was also very clean without any smear marks. Mu Qing wrote for over ten minutes. Then she saw a ball of undecipherable scribbles and was stunned by the abrupt sight.
She saw a bunch of scattered lines, dots, and swipes, a fresh comparison to the previously neat and tidy handwriting.
Seeing Mu Qing halting suddenly, her deskmate looked up and glanced at her.
“”Hieroglyphics”?”
Mu Qing: ……
Wen ZhiChu had placed the water bottle taken from Qin JiaShu inside his desk cubby this entire time. After the evening self-study class at 9:30pm, he remembered to take it out and place it inside one of the netted side pockets of his bookbag. He had planned to take it home to save it.
Stepping out of the classroom with the bookbag on his back, Wen ZhiChu just started walking down the stairs when he caught sight of Qin JiaShu on the 2nd floor.
Brows jerking, Wen ZhiChu abruptly jumped back up a few steps.
[System: Are you a ”rhinograde”?]
Wen ZhiChu slowly typed out a: ?
[System: Walking backwards.]
Wen ZhiChu: “…No, I’m just nervous seeing him.”
[System: What’s there to be nervous about.]
Wen ZhiChu said in a small voice: “I just took something from him this afternoon.”
Skycat Genie didn’t manage to reply when it heard the youth continue to say.
“It’s a thief’s guilty conscience.”
[……]
Perhaps because Wen ZhiChu’s rhinograde behavior was a rarity, it successfully attracted Qin JiaShu’s attention.
Hearing the sound, Qin JiaShu turned his head around to look. Then he saw Wen ZhiChu standing behind him nervously, only a few steps away. And inside the netted side pocket of Wen ZhiChu’s bookbag was the empty water bottle that he finished drinking this afternoon.
It was the bottle of his usual sports beverage.
Qin JiaShu’s expression darkened. He looked up and gave Wen ZhiChu a warning glance.
Wen ZhiChu instantly shuddered.
So…. so fucking vicious.
At this moment, most of the students have already left. There was no one in the stairway of the 2nd floor. Wen ZhiChu stood on the steps above holding onto the rail of the staircase for support, legs trembling faintly.
Qin JiaShu’s eyes swept over him. His ink black pupils seemed like a conqueror inspecting his occupied territory, unbridled and arrogant, carrying a strong sense of oppression. Wen ZhiChu swallowed in fear, for a second, not daring to even lift his head to look.
Why wasn’t he leaving?
[System: Maybe he has a leg cramp and wanted to stand there for a while?]
Qin JiaShu was able to read the panic and fear Wen ZhiChu felt towards him, but the other’s actions were quite opposite however- bold and audacious.
Seeing someone carrying the water bottle he finished drinking, Qin JiaShu felt an intense wave of discomfort sweep over him.
A deep and heavy voice spoke up, carrying a sarcastic tone: “Photos weren’t enough for you?”
Wen ZhiChu was stunned.
The string-like quality voice continued: “What do you plan to do with the water bottle I drank from?”
Wen ZhiChu could clearly sense fury in the other’s tone. He raised his head to look, but Qin JiaShu’s face looked relatively serene.
Seeing Wen ZhiChu take forever to respond, that huge figure seemed somewhat impatient. His tone was so biting cold that it struck at the heart: “Speak.”
Wen ZhiChu shuddered in terror: “I… I plan to use it.”
Using it again.
“Use it for what?”
Wen ZhiChu’s limpid, watery eyes looked somewhat helpless as his gaze flitted around all over, not knowing where to stop. He stalled for quite a while before finally saying: “That’s… that’s a secret.”
After saying this, it’s unknown if it’s out of a guilty conscience or what, Wen ZhiChu even took a secret peek at Qin JiaShu. Eyes and brows drooping, accompanied by that delicate and pretty face, he looked like a small animal forced into a cave by a malicious wolf to dig desperately for escape.
Digging and screaming at the same time, pitiful and helpless.
Qin JiaShu has never noticed this kind of mystifying expression on the other’s face before.
Hearing the word ‘secret’, Qin JiaShu’s complexion instantly turned black. Just as Wen ZhiChu felt the conversation go south and the other planned to turn violent, a voice suddenly spoke up over his head.
That voice was resounding and coarse, but at the same time, it carried the dawn of hope, invigorating the heart and refreshing the mind. It was like a blessing from God.
“Why are you guys still here?”
It was the Dean, who had finished inspecting the classroom and walked down the stairs. Like a 60-watt iridescent light bulb, he was so dazzling no one could look at him directly.
Mask refastened back onto his face, Qin JiaShu: “Just came out late.”
The Dean ‘oh’d in acknowledgement and then glanced at Wen ZhiChu: “Aren’t you the most energetic in heading home after school? You’re also late to leave?”
After nodding gratefully, Wen ZhiChu didn’t move.
“Why are you still standing there, not heading down?” Then the Dean examined Wen ZhiChu up and down. Seeing the other’s deathly pale face: “You got a leg cramp and want to stand there for a little while?”
Wen ZhiChu: ……
Skycat Genie: [……]
Who would have imagined the roundworms in his stomach… would share ideas one day.
The dean nd the roundworm jokes always get me 🤣
Roundworms unite!
Oof! Zhichu!!
Stuck in the staircase with … roundworms… hahahahaha! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️
Wen Zhichu: the secret,,, is sell it,, for money,,
Qin Jiashu: (hold forehead) couldn’t say that earlier…
The dean has to be my favorite character, everything he appears something funny will happen. I love him!
Thanks for the chapter!
Thanks for the chapter!
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
I swear, when Qin Jiashu finally finds out that everything was just his own imagination and that our scaredy cat actually never harbored any romantic inclinations towards him and saw him as a walking money bag he has been bullying instead….
Lighting a candle for our kitty… Hahahahaha
Thanks for the update!
This is the kind of misunderstanding that I don’t mind continuing for a while longer 😂
You should hurry up Wen Zhichu, the buss ain’t gonna wait for you😂😭
Lmao, WZC could have just said “recycle the plastic” or “sell the plastic” 😂 he is digging his own grave with his ambiguous words
the despair when i realized this wasn’t a complete novel.. thanks for the chapter!
Wen Zhichu keep digging your pits to fall in, I can’t stop laughing!
That’s too painfull to watch! >< My poor bubu! D:
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ŐωŐ人)
Hahahahaha😭 Thank you for the chapter!
Aah this guy… I’m worried he will turn QJS into a possessive yandere type with how much exclusive attention he’s giving to ML because of the tasks🥲 don’t cry later bubu
I LOVE THE DEAN! I LITERALLY JUST SCREAM THIS LMAOOOO!
ALSO THAT ROUNDWORM MENTION AGAIN HAHAHAHAHA
thanks for the chapter!