Qin JiaShu gave him a deep look. Wen ZhiChu shifted his gaze away and looked at the computer: “Actually, it can… it can be conquered.”
Qin JiaShu looked at him without speaking. Hearing this, Mu Qing said, concerned: “Won’t you feel scared?”
Wen ZhiChu said with a serious expression on his face: “The method to defeat fear is… to face fear.”
Qin JiaShu: ……
Mu Qing: ……
Heart pounding, Wen ZhiChu forced himself to ignore Qin JiaShu’s presence next to him. He did his best to make his current behavior seem a bit more natural.
At this time, a mechanical voice sounded in his head.
[System: Villain’s mission: Lie to the protagonist. Completing the mission will reward 200 yuan. Villain’s score will increase 4%. Failing the mission will deduct 200 yuan.]
Wen ZhiChu was instantly stunned in place; “Skycat Genie.”
[System: I’m here.]
Wen ZhiChu cried tearlessly for a second: “Why didn’t you say that earlier?”
He had just finished deceiving Qin JiaShu. Even though that lie couldn’t withstand the test at the slightest and, basically, sounded completely fake basically, it was still a heartless lie.
[System: Inexplicably, this was preordained.]
Wen ZhiChu, with a ferocious face: “You did it on purpose.”
[System: Naturally.]
Wen ZhiChu, incredulous: “What do you gain from this?”
[System: Delight.]
Wen ZhiChu: ……
Eyes reading the English question and head pondering over the mission, for a second, no one was busier than Wen ZhiChu.
[System: Actually, I can’t be blamed here.]
Wen ZhiChu: ?
[System: Who let my name be ‘Sky’ cat Genie?]
Wen ZhiChu: “It’s my mistake.”
[System: Remember to do better next time.]
“……”
If he knew ahead of time, he should have given the name ‘dumb dog’, which is forever fashionable, commonly used by the entire nation.
Seeing the three people examining the question for a long while, class 1’s English teacher asked: “Why don’t you speak your answers first.”
Qin JiaShu answered without hesitation and extremely decisively: “I choose A.”
Mu Qing looked somewhat unsure, reporting the answer that she thought was correct: “I choose C.”
Class 1’s English teacher looked towards Wen ZhiChu. Wen ZhiChu was stunned briefly. He never imagined that he’d have the right to speak even though his focus here was only participation. This sense of participation could be considered quite ample. If rating was allowed, he’d give it a good review of 5 stars. Immediately he said: “I choose C.”
Class 1’s English teacher asked first: “Why choose C?”
Mu Qing gave her explanation. Class 1’s English teacher looked towards Wen ZhiChu once again, attempting to hear something from his mouth.
Wen ZhiChu stammered, saying: “Just follow…following the tide.”
“……”
Very well.
Class 1’s English teacher didn’t know if he should laugh or cry. He has often heard Class 11’s English teacher talking about Wen ZhiChu and knew this child’s English seemed as if cursed. The contest question was indeed somewhat difficult for him, so Class 1’s English teacher didn’t say anything.
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Immediately afterwards, he looked at Qin JiaShu with approval and said: “The answer to this question is A.”
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“Yo mbegrf, atlr qgbyifw……”
“All teachers, please come and sign your name. It’s from the school’s insurance.”
Class 1’s English teacher began explaining then stopped. He looked towards Qin JiaShu: “JiaShu, you explain the answer to these two students. I need to sign my name.”
Saying this, he got up and left.
Qin JiaShu’s expression did not change. He began to give an explanation very leisurely.
Wen ZhiChu stood to the side listening carefully. After all, learning a bit was still learning. His English grade was really not anything to brag about.
However, Qin JiaShu’s words gradually changed in flavor the more he listened. He clearly knew every single word that the other was saying, but when they formed into a sentence, he couldn’t understand at all.
After Qin JiaShu finished explaining, he looked at the two people: “Understand?”
Mu Qing nodded: “Got it.”
His gaze turned. Seeing Qin JiaShu looking at him, Wen ZhiChu said with a serious expression and solemn tone: “Understand.”
[System: Ding. Mission complete. Villain’s score is 58%. Reward, 200 yuan.]
Skycat Genie: ……
Wen ZhiChu: ……
Qin JiaShu could easily see that Wen ZhiChu did not understand the problem at all. However, he didn’t plan to explain to this person once again.
Wen ZhiChu looked at the contest question on the computer and sincerely felt a sense of admiration towards Qin JiaShu. Although the other had a slight temper, Qin JiaShu’s ability in all aspects was undoubtedly excellent.
It was also thanks to the other’s knowledge of this question that he was able to acquire 200 yuan.
Seeing Qin JiaShu looking at him, Wen ZhiChu froze briefly and used a smile to cover up the awkwardness of his inaptitude. Then he said sincerely: “You…you’re so amazing.”
Qin JiaShu practically turned his head away subconsciously, his slender fingers curling slightly.
He had no choice but to admit: although the other stammered while speaking, which was strenuous to listen to, it didn’t affect Qin JiaShu’s degree of enjoyment towards the words.
This unconscious thought made Qin JiaShu slightly displeased. He felt very resistive mentally, but not rejective physically, which gave him an uncontrollable feeling of conflict. With a stiff expression on his face, Qin JiaShu had a brief word with Class 1’s English teacher and then left, as if he didn’t want to stay for even one second longer.
Seeing his cold face, Wen ZhiChu shrunk back somewhat.
After looking at the question, he returned to the Class 11 English teacher’s table. The English teacher glanced up at him: “Did you understand?”
Wen ZhiChu didn’t dare to lie to the teacher and shook his head somewhat dejectedly.
Class 11’s English teacher didn’t expect him to be so honest: “Then why did you agree just now?”
Wen ZhiChu: “I felt like… he sounded reasonable.”
“……”
Class 11’s English teacher almost forgot to breathe. Wen ZhiChu can always make her feel surprised in unexpected places. Before the two people left, she said: “It’s almost finals. I hope your investments will net you positive results. Next semester in year 3, I will still be teaching you guys.”
[System: Why’s the English teacher suddenly nice?]
Wen ZhiChu: “Some things can’t be determined by just looking at the surface.”
Skycat Genie: ?
“There’s also an underlying meaning.”
[System: What underlying meaning?]
Wen ZhiChu: “I’m still your English teacher next semester. If you don’t test well, you’re dead meat.”
Skycat Genie understood.
[System: This I know. Isn’t this the ‘verbally saying no no no, but the body is still honest’ kind of thing?]
Wen ZhiChu, surprised: “You can understand this?”
[System: My last host did this kind of stuff often.]
Wen ZhiChu: ……
That ingenious person again, huh.
Half a month flew by. Very quickly, it was final exams in YiZhong. There were a total of two testing days. After the first day of exams was done, there was still an evening self-study class to attend to. After finishing a day of consuming brain cells, for once, Wen ZhiChu sat dumbstruck for the whole period.
When the dismissal bell rang, he packed his schoolbag and started to head home. However, after going halfway, he discovered that he had forgotten his key in the desk cubby and had no choice but to return to get it. When he walked back out of school again, there were already not many people left nearby.
Unable to catch the bus, Wen ZhiChu could only wait for the next scheduled one to arrive, which was close to 10pm. The street lights were dim yellow. There wasn’t anyone around. The local food vendors had also packed up and left. Wen ZhiChu stood there waiting for the bus.
At this time, a person wearing a black hoodie jacket walked over from nearby, swearing profanities: “Fuck, isn’t it just 10 damn yuan? Stupid internet cafe. It’s not like I wanted to go anyways. Can’t even put the bill on tabs.”
That person didn’t look very old, probably 17-18 years. When he looked up, he saw Wen ZhiChu waiting for the bus nearby.
Wen ZhiChu had a slender figure, which didn’t look very strong. Carrying a backpack on his shoulders, he wore a school uniform that was immaculate and clean. His countenance was also fair white and delicate, looking very easy to bully.
That person walked over and patted Wen ZhiChu on the shoulder in a way-too-familiar manner: “Student, lend me 10 yuan.”
Wen ZhiChu jumped in surprise by this person’s sudden appearance and almost subconsciously backed away two steps to avoid him. Seeing Wen ZhiChu looking like a startled rabbit, the other said somewhat roughly: “Why are you avoiding me? Lend me 10 yuan.”
Wen ZhiChu looked at him and shook his head.
That person was somewhat annoyed: “No way, you don’t even have 10 yuan?”
Wen ZhiChu could tell the other wasn’t actually borrowing money, but rather demanding it by force. Therefore, he basically turned around and ran, wanting to return to school to find the security guard on duty.
Who knew the other anticipated his move and hastily subdued Wen ZhiChu. He started to drag Wen ZhiChu towards a small alley to the side.
[System: Kid! What are you doing! Let go! Let go of him, do you hear me!]
The mechanical voice in his head screamed nonstop. Wen ZhiChu’s legs turned soft in fear. Originally, he wanted to call for help, but his mouth was covered by a hand.
He was afraid of this kind of stuff and for a second, his legs trembled uncontrollably. It was fine when he was younger and his parents were still around. In 6th grade, they both left. That’s when Wen ZhiChu became even more timid and self-deprecating.
He knew his relatives didn’t want to take him in, yet they had no choice but to keep him out of responsibility. He was very thankful that they gave him a bite to eat, a place to live, and paid the tuition for him. Therefore, he never snapped back when he received their eyerolls and scolding, nor did he want to cause trouble for them.
Even when he was bullied in school, he didn’t dare to hit back or tell someone about it. He was afraid of causing trouble for his relatives, which would force them to make free time to help him solve it. They already didn’t like him very much in the first place because he himself was a huge problem. Therefore, he stuffed as many things inside his stomach as possible. During elementary school, when some kids inadvertently said he had no parents, he endured it. Yet for some unknown reason, even after changing the environment during middle school, people still bullied him, hit him, and messed around with him……
Clearly, they’ve never interacted before, yet others still threw his books to soak in a bucket of water just because they found him unpleasant to the eye. After being humiliated and mocked for a long while, even Wen ZhiChu had begun to think perhaps he was truly as they had said, an extremely worthless person. As for later on, he was given the label of being a pushover that anyone could bully. He had thought about going to a teacher, but gave up on the idea. Telling the teacher meant getting the family involved. Not to mention, how could the teacher not know about something that was happening for so long?
Later on, he had no choice but to endure it silently, thinking that as long as he survived middle school and got into high school, everything would get better. Yet when he got into high school, he thought as long as he survived past high school and got into college, everything would get better……
Wen ZhiChu looked at the person in front of him. In the dark alleyway, he couldn’t see the other’s face clearly, however his appearance could be anyone. Those people who had bullied him previously can all be overlaid onto this face.
“Quiet, understand? Don’t make me hit you.”
Wen ZhiChu nodded in terror.
Finally, that person released his grip: “Give me 10 yuan.”
Wen ZhiChu only had 4 yuan in coins right now: “I don’t… don’t have…”
That person warned: “Don’t tell me you don’t have any.”
Wen ZhiChu’s mouth even trembled in fear: “Didn’t…didn’t bring any.”
“…….” That person cursed: “Are you fucking kidding me?”
Somewhat panicked, Wen ZhiChu wanted to scoop his pocket for the other to see: “Real…really, if you don’t believe……”
Paa—
Before he finished speaking, Wen ZhiChu immediately received a slap across the face. Seeing Wen ZhiChu stammer and speak strenuously, that person felt very annoyed. Adding the fact that he was already furious from being chased out of the internet cafe today, that person vented directly onto Wen ZhiChu.
Wen ZhiChu stood frozen in place. That slap directly smacked him into a stupor.
“Take out 10 yuan. Why the fuck are you wasting your breath here with me.” Saying this, he went to pull at Wen ZhiChu’s clothes and bookbag, wanting to search for himself. Wen ZhiChu started to struggle in fear: “You…You……”
He started to run away in panic, but was yanked to a stop.
At this time, a figure walked by the entrance of the small alleyway. Wen ZhiChu practically yelled out instinctively, but his mouth was covered.
That person’s posture was straight and upright. He couldn’t be more familiar. Qin JiaShu always left last after shutting the classroom lights every night. Seeing him, Wen ZhiChu practically saw the light of hope.
The activity within the small alleyway clearly attracted his attention. He threw a casual glance inside and saw Wen ZhiChu being pressed onto the ground by someone.
With a terribly cold expression in his eyes, he withdrew his gaze. His figure vanished from the entrance of the alleyway.
For a second, Wen ZhiChu felt as if even his heartbeat had stopped.
He was turned over by that person, who said: “You fucking……”
Seeing the fist held high in the air, Wen ZhiChu subconsciously closed his eyes.
“Fuck!”
He heard that person yell violently. The anticipated feeling of pain did not actually appear. Wen ZhiChu opened his eyes with trepidation in the aftermath. That person, who originally had a grip on his collar, was currently curled up on the ground, hugging his stomach and dry heaving with a very twisted and pained expression on his face. Wen ZhiChu turned his head slightly and saw the figure that had just left a second ago.
Qin JiaShu had an extremely unsightly complexion to his face, as if he had been forced to come back.
Looking at Wen ZhiChu with a vicious gaze, he said: “When other people hit you, don’t you fucking know to run?”
Wen ZhiChu looked at him stunned. Standing in the dim yellow streetlight, that figure was loftily and grand, like the savior of the world: “I did… did run.”
Qin JiaShu frowned.
“Couldn’t… couldn’t run away.”
“……”
Qin JiaShu pressed the tip of his tongue against his inner cheek briefly and pulled Wen ZhiChu over. He grabbed the other’s face and squeezed his cheek. Wen ZhiChu’s brows instantly furrowed due to the sharp pain. He wanted to speak, but also didn’t really dare to, so he could only mumble: “Hurts…”
Other people examined wounds. Qin JiaShu was increasing the gravity of the injury.
Qin JiaShu saw that one side of Wen ZhiChu’s face was red and swollen. Although he disliked this person, this was the face he liked after all.
When walking by just now, Qin jiaShu practically saw Wen ZhiChu immediately. The other looked very wretched and terrified. If it were anyone else, he might have gone in and saved them without any hesitation, but with Wen ZhiChu, he hesitated.
He has always been a clear and astute person. The other had clearly seen him as well. If he left, not only would he be dispeling Wen ZhiChu’s unrealistic feelings towards him, it’d make Wen ZhiChu dislike him and back off, therefore throwing off the uncomfortable feeling of conflict in his heart.
However, after leaving the entrance of the alleyway, his every step became increasingly heavier, just as if he were weighed down by a thousand catties. He walked forward with a stiff expression on his face. His perfect display was given to everyone, but Wen ZhiChu was the only exception.
His fists subconsciously clenched tightly. A voice suddenly spoke up inside his head, untimely and detrimental.
Inside my heart, Qin JiaShu is forever number 1.
The big and tall figure stopped walking. Recalling these words created a great sense of frustration and irritation inside him. He needed to vent it out and that ugly face inside the alleyway was perfectly target.
Perhaps it was just to find an excuse for himself. Perhaps he was already aware that this excuse was extremely ridiculous and absurd. Nevertheless, Qin JiaShu gritted his teeth, turned around, and walked back with a wrathful aura surrounding him.
Upon seeing the injury on Wen ZhiChu’s face, his accumulated anger boiled to its peak.
For a moment, it seemed to be made of exasperation towards Wen ZhiChu, but probably, it was also towards himself.
Being hit, yet looking all timid and submissive. For a second, Qin JiaShu didn’t even know why he had returned for this kind of person he normally wouldn’t even spare a glance for.
The person on the ground stood up with a look of pain. Upon seeing Qin JiaShu, he started to curse and swear loudly.
Qin JiaShu just happened to feel agitated at this moment. Blue veins bulging on his forehead, he lifted his leg and kicked that person to the ground again.
Movement smooth, and extremely explosive in strength.
Qin JiaShu lifted that person up from the ground and looked at Wen ZhiChu with a cold gaze: “Give it back.”
Wen ZhiChu was stunned: “Ah?”
“Where did he hit you? Give it back to him, understand?”
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im laying in bed kicking my feet, the cliffhangers always leave me wanting and needing more😭😭
I’M SCREAMING AAAAAAAHHH THIS CHAPTER!!!!! 🫶🫶🫶
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Skycat genie 😭 “delight”, it says, lmao. Poor kid, even the system is messing with him.
HECK YEAH!! Knock that sucker in the face!!
Thanks for the chapter!
I feel so bad for Wen Zhichu. He probably wouldn’t be this timid if he hadn’t had those bad experiences in the past.
Saaame
QJ : Why can’t I quit you?
Me : Just confess already.
Time to beat up the bad guy…but fluffy is soooo soft…will he kick??? Thanks for the update 🤣❤️
Lesgooo your future boyfriend helping u exact revenge~~ i hope jiashu will be more understanding of chuchu’s timid personality one day! The poor bubu 😔
Ah yes, a good old-fashioned beat down. I feel like I don’t get to read nearly enough of those these days. Wen ZhiChu, don’t be a wuss and give the guy a nice slap.
My poor bubu! ༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽ I want to hug you very much! You are not unworthy person, but those who bullied you are disgusting beasts not worthy to call themselves humans! I hate bullies the most!
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ӦｖӦ｡)
“after all this is the face be liked” okay lmaoo
Clenching my handkerchief, beat him up!
You are the only exception~
🥺🥺🥺😢😢😢😢 Thank you for the chapter!
“The mouth says no but the body said yes” 🧐 I am now VERY suspicious that the previous host was indeed thrown into a little black house kind of prison 🤣🤣🤣
Was that your comment a few chapters ago? I really wanted to go back to and say I think you’re right 😆
Was the last host imprisoned by his male lead? 😂
thanks for the chapter!
QJS words probably mean a lot to WZC after all he’s been through in the past there’s finally a person on his side
QJS gives WZC courage while WZC gives QJS affirmation , I love them