Before Wen ZhiChu opened his mouth, he didn’t recover from the terror of falling off the wall yet and his heart was still pounding rapidly. Also, who knows if it’s from the fall or due to fear of Qin JiaShu, his voice trembled, and his tone was off-pitch— his singing sounded worse than cutting a piece of glass.
Wen ZhiChu regretted it immediately after he finished singing. Forcing himself to remain calm and composed, he blinked a few times in front of Qin Jiashu.
You heard it before, right? You must have heard it before.
Lin-meimei, the heroine of this old saying, is super popular.
With a dark look, Qin JiaShu: “Never heard of it.”
Wen ZhiChu: ! ! !
This ‘never heard of it’ from Qin JiaShu made his already apprehensive heart even more anxious and restless. Wen ZhiChu had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: “No…No problem. Now you’ve heard it.”
Giving him a glance, Qin JiaShu said with a cold tone that carried no warmth: “Then I should be thanking you?”
Freezing slightly, Wen ZhiChu lowered his head bashfully: “You… you’re welcome.”
“……”
Qin JiaShu’s handsome face instantly turned darker. His voice felt like knives in the winter: “Get off of me.”
Lately, a lot has happened. It wasn’t until this morning when Li FengChang asked him if he wanted to go to the internet cafe tonight that he finally realized it’s been a long time since he relaxed.
After leaving the school, he had planned to contact the other first to confirm the location. Right after he pulled out his phone, and before the call even connected, —Qin JiaShu glanced down at Wen ZhiChu—, he had been struck by this ‘extraterrestrial object’.
The present Wen ZhiChu wasn’t as arrogant as before, but Qin JiaShu was too lazy to try to figure out if he was pretending or not.
However, Wen ZhiChu was a habitual offender. Landing on him was definitely on purpose.
Hearing those words, Wen ZhiChu hastily attempted to stand up: “Right…right away.”
He was so scared by Qin JiaShu that his entire body shook. Even his calves trembled uncontrollably. When he got up, he pressed his hand subconsciously on the other’s shoulder for support.
Seeing Qin JiaShu looking at him, Wen ZhiChu forced a wide grin: “A help…helping hand.”
However, the expression in Qin JiaShu’s eyes was really too scary. When Wen ZhiChu got up midway, his hand slipped, and he fell back onto the other’s legs.
The two people’s eyes met unexpectedly.
Returning to the starting point once again……
Qin JiaShu: “Reconstructing the scene of the crime?”
Wen ZhiChu: ……
For a second, he even wanted to die. This time, he didn’t even dare to look at Qin JiaShu.
He won’t beat him up, right? He won’t really beat him up, right!?!
Seeing Qin JiaShu raising his arm slightly, Wen ZhiChu was so scared he subconsciously covered his clever little head. Initially, he thought he was going to get hit. However, the next second, he felt his body suddenly being lifted into the air. Before he could return from his thoughts, he was already sitting on the ground.
Like pulling out a mushroom, Qin JiaShu picked Wen ZhiChu up and then buried him back into the ground again. Afterwards, he patted his sleeve and stood up.
Wen ZhiChu slowly opened his eyes. Then he saw that large figure walk forward a few steps and bent down to pick up the cellphone on the ground. After that, the other fiddled with the cellphone for a moment, verified that the phone was broken, and then cursed roughly in a quiet voice.
This sound made Wen ZhiChu’s heart tremble.
The Qin JiaShu right now seemed like a completely different person than the one during the day. That rough swear did not match his cultured and refined, young master face.
Wen ZhiChu sat on the ground and pressed his lips together briefly: “The cellphone… I will pay you back for the cellphone.”
However, the other didn’t even spare him a glance before leaving.
It wasn’t until Qin JiaShu vanished completely that he finally heaved a sigh of relief.
“Skycat Genie.”
[System: I’m here.]
Seeing Wen ZhiChu’s small, pitiful face right now, the System figured he must be calling its name because he got frightened by what had happened. With a charming smile, Skycat Genie got ready to spew words of comfort.
However, before these words left its mouth, the System heard Wen ZhiChu say: “You should be rewarding me right now.”
[……]
[System: Mission completed. The villain score 2%. Reward 50 yuan.]
When his legs stopped feeling weak, Wen ZhiChu finally got up and patted the dust off his body. Afterwards, he went to pick up the bookbag not too far away.
[System: Just now, you said you were going to repay his cellphone?]
Hearing this, Wen ZhiChu nodded. After all, Qin JiaShu was just trying to make a phone call. Not only did he fall down from the wall and hit Qin JiaShu, he also caused the other’s cellphone to drop and break.
Regardless of the reason, he should be obligated to repay the other.
[System: Do you know how much money his cellphone cost?]
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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[System: My last host used that brand before. The price was 8,000 yuan and it wasn’t even brand new.]
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Even the unlucky bear, Bernard, wasn’t this unlucky.
The 200 yuan water and electric bill wasn’t even settled yet, and he already needed to bear the burden of another huge debt.
[System: If you really can’t do it, we should just turn off hard mode.]
Wen ZhiChu: ……
For a moment, he wanted to cry silent tears. Was this something that he could turn on and off at will?
However, thinking about it carefully, he’s not always this unlucky. At least when his parents were still alive, he spent his entire childhood carefree and worriless. This was the sun in his heart, the light in his heart.
Putting away his heavy mood, Wen ZhiChu walked towards the bus stop. However, he very quickly noticed a small detail.
Skycat Genie’s last host can afford an 8000 yuan cellphone, so the reward from the missions in the future can’t be a small amount.
As long as he worked hard to complete missions, it should be possible to pay back that 10,000 yuan debt very quickly.
Wen ZhiChu pressed his lips together: “Skycat Genie.”
[System: What’s the matter, young man?]
“How many missions did your last host do to purchase that cellphone?]
[System: One.]
Wen ZhiChu was stunned. The first mission he did was only worth 10 yuan: “How come your last host was rewarded so much money doing just one mission?]
[System: He wasn’t. It was also 10 yuan.]
Wen ZhiChu was somewhat skeptical: “Did he bring his own cash when he transmigrated?”
[System: He purchased a lottery ticket with the 10 yuan.]
Wen ZhiChu: ……
[System: And won 10,000.]
Wen ZhiChu felt somewhat moved hearing this. The sky cleared and the rain stopped. He felt like he could do it again.
With a smile hanging on his lips, Wen ZhiChu said eagerly: “Then I……”
[System: You think you’re worthy?]
“……”
Rude?
[System: With your luck, that 10 yuan will definitely go to waste.]
Wen ZhiChu froze in place briefly. Skycat Genie’s words actually seemed pretty reasonable. Silently, he stuffed the 10 yuan that he took out back into his pocket.
[System: But don’t worry. The rewards in the future will definitely increase.]
Wen ZhiChu finally nodded and took out a coin to ride the bus.
Repaying Qin JiaShu’s cellphone might be a long-term struggle. Compared to buying lottery tickets, he might as well take advantage of school break to get a summer job; that seemed more reliable.
As soon as he walked a few steps into his house, Wen ZhiChu suddenly stopped. In the morning when he left, he had opened the windows to ventilate the place, only leaving the screen window. Right now, the screen was lying motionless on the ground, and it was almost 6pm at night. Who knew when it had fallen off, but plenty of mosquitoes must have flown inside.
Wen ZhiChu halted instantly.
His thoughts, which were still pondering over whether or not he should buy a lottery ticket, immediately quieted down.
He was not worthy.
However, he still silently comforted himself— fine, mosquitoes, whatever. At least it was better than cockroaches.
He walked next to the window and closed it securely. Pulling out the steamed buns that he didn’t have time to eat in the morning from his backpack, he warmed them and then made a simple bowl of vegetable noodles.
After eating dinner, Wen ZhiChu started to study. Since he skipped the evening self-study, he needed to make up for it at home.
Before sleeping, Wen ZhiChu asked: “Skycat Genie, will there be missions tomorrow?”
[System: Yes. As long as you want to do them, they can be refreshed without limits.]
Wen ZhiChu didn’t reply. He should see tomorrow’s mission first before deciding.
However, before Wen ZhiChu could encounter a mission the next day, the Dean arrived first.
After the second class of the morning, it was time for an exercise break. Wen ZhiChu was just about to follow the crowd and head out to do exercises when he was stopped by the homeroom teacher.
The other said indifferently: “The Dean wants you in his office.”
Wen ZhiChu was surprised: “Me?”
“That’s right, you.” After transmitting the message, the homeroom teacher left.
Wen ZhiChu sighed. The inevitable still came in the end. Immediately afterwards, he walked towards the Dean’s office.
[System: Young man, have you thought about what you plan to say in a bit?]
Wen ZhiChu hung his head despondently: “No.”
Skycat Genie also started to rack its brains.
[System: If nothing works, you can say someone at home is sick.]
Wen ZhiChu: “I have no one at home.”
[System: ……]
If there was, then it’s likely it might not be human.
He stood in front of the door and knocked. After hearing ‘enter’, he tidied his uniform and walked inside.
Looking inside, however, Wen ZhiChu was stunned. There were at least 5-6 people inside this office, all students that had skipped the self-study class yesterday.
But the only person he didn’t see was Qin JiaShu.
Seeing everyone present, the Dean started his lecture.
“What did I say during the flag raising ceremony on Monday? I will be examining the school’s integrity strictly! Especially in the areas of skipping class, skipping school, and skipping evening self-study. I even emphasized it specifically on stage. Did you guys treat it like a breeze blowing past your ears? Do you guys know what you’re doing here?]
Furious, the 40+year old Dean knocked the students on their heads one by one until he reached Wen ZhiChu, when he retracted a bit of his strength after seeing the other flinching away.
“You guys are committing crimes maliciously!”
Both hands stuffed inside his pocket, Ji FengChang stood to the side, indifferent and without a care.
“Ji FengChang!”
Suddenly called upon, Ji FengChang straightened up instantly: “Here!”
“Talk! Where did you go last night!”
Ji FengChang hesitated for a second: “My little brother had a fever.”
The Dean raised his hand and smacked him over the head instantly: “Fever, fever, your little brother has had 8 fevers in one month already. Is your little brother aware of this?!”
“Talk! Did you go to the internet cafe last night?!”
For a moment, Ji FengChang covered his head and dodged around wildly to avoid being hit: “Yes, yes.”
Watching from the side, Wen ZhiChu gulped. Who knows what will happen when it’s his turn.
At this time, Skycat Genie also spoke up quietly.
[System: It’s better that you don’t use the excuse I gave you just now about having a sick family member at home.]
Wen ZhiChu: ……He never planned to use it in the first place.
After hearing Ji FengChang admit it, the Dean finally stopped: “Go back and write a 5,000 word self-reflection. Recite it under the national flag next Monday.”
Ji FengChang spoke incredulously: “5,000 words!”
He has never written this many words in 8 lifetimes.
The Dean frowned: “Are you going to write it or not!”
Ji FengChang covered his head in fright and said impishly: “I will, I will, how can I not. Didn’t you give the order already?”
After saying this, he swiftly evacuated the Dean’s office. Before he left, he took one last glance into the room.
Hah, that annoying pest was here as well.
After returning to the classroom, Ji FengChang sat his ass down in his seat, pondering to himself if it’s possible to commission someone to write that 5,000 word self-reflection for him.
As for why Qin JiaShu wasn’t called to the office, he did not find this surprising anymore. The number 1 student in the school and top three in the province— Was skipping class for him called skipping class? No, that’s called going out to relax. As long as it didn’t affect his grade, the Dean would only turn a blind eye.
Not to mention, Qin JiaShu has always been low-profile when doing these things, not like Ji FengChang, who did it openly and brazenly.
After the exercise break was time for school activities. Qin JiaShu returned to drink water.
Seeing him come back, Ji FengChang hastily threw his arm around the other’s shoulder: “Guess who I saw just now?”
Qin JiaShu: “Who?”
“The annoying pest.” Ji FengChang: “He’s inside the Dean’s office right now. You weren’t able to see him yesterday, but today you’ll definitely see him. You just wait for him to come bother you.”
Qin JiaShu smacked his hand away: “I saw him yesterday.”
Ji FengChang was stunned: “You saw him? When?”
Qin JiaShu pointed at the new cellphone inside his table cubby. Ji FengChang instantly understood.
“Hahahahaha fuck. I was just saying why did you suddenly change phones. So it’s that guy’s fault.”
Seeing no reply from Qin JiaShu, Ji FengChang changed the topic: “That match yesterday was really amazing. How about it? Going back today?”
“No. Maybe next time.”
But it’s hard to say when this next time will be. Although they’ve been hanging together since kids, Qin JiaShu planned all of his affairs very meticulously. Coming out occasionally was just doing him the honors.
Ji FengChang shrugged: “Alright. If you want to go, remember to tell me in advance so I can arrange a match.”
After Ji FengChang left, the Dean started to scold the rest one by one. Because Wen ZhiChu was the last one to arrive, he was the last in line.
Seeing the students getting reprimanded one by one, for a moment, his heart pounded with fear. After being reprimanded, the students left consecutively. In the end, he was the only one left standing inside the Dean’s office.
After talking so much, the Dean drank a sip of tea in exhaustion and looked at Wen ZhiChu.
“Wen ZhiChu!”
Wen ZhiChu hastily replied: “Here!”
“Stand upright!”
Wen ZhiChu straightened his back slightly. He had this bad habit since young, always walking around with his head lowered and shoulders hunched, which made him seem very easy to bully, easy to rob.
The Dean looked at him in utter disappointment: “I’m not even going to say anything about your absence from school all last week. Originally, I thought you got a bit better in class yesterday. Who knew, you still follow the same old principles.”
The more he spoke, the more he got into it. Of the entire 2nd year high school students, the one that gave him the most worry was this Wen ZhiChu.
Today, he still behaved a bit better than before. If this were in the past, this kid would have left impatiently a long time ago, vanishing without a trace.
“Even if you came to class yesterday just for pretense, at least pretend for a longer period of time. I specifically called you out, yet you still dared to skip evening self-study. Are my words not important to you at all?!”
Lectured, Wen ZhiChu shrunk back slightly: “Yes……”
!
“Yes, I was wrong.”
“……”
The Dean took a deep breath: “Don’t think I don’t know that you are still going to do it again next time!”
Seeing the other about to say something else, the Dean added: “I am the roundworm in your stomach!”
Wen ZhiChu: ……
This wretched sense of intimacy.
[System: Being the Dean is not easy. Educating students means inflicting 1000 damage to the enemy while applying 800 damage to yourself.]
Wen ZhiChu wrung his hands and acknowledged the errors of his ways earnestly: “Teacher…teacher, there really won’t be a next time. I won’t… I won’t do it again.”
The young man hung his fluffy head. Self-blame on his face and lips pursed, he seemed to have truly acknowledged his mistakes.
This was actually the first time the Dean saw Wen ZhiChu acknowledging his mistake so obediently, completely different from the stubborn and undaunted look he had in the past.
Suddenly recalling this child’s family circumstances right now, the Dean didn’t say any more harsh words. After all, this problem student was someone who also needed a show of love and concern right now. The Dean softened his initial stern tone slightly: “I hope you have genuinely recognized the error of your ways.”
Wen ZhiChu nodded.
“Tell me how you’re going to correct this.”
“Don’t skip class… don’t be late, focus on my studies.”
The Dean: “You promised these things yourself. So are you still going to pursue Meng Yan from Class 9?”
It’s not that the Dean was well-informed. The original owner was just too blatant and brazen when pursuing that girl.
Hearing this, Wen ZhiChu hastily shook his head: “No…no I won’t. I already… understand.”
The Dean looked at him, surprised: “Have you really thought this through?”
He saw the young man nod. “En, I feel like…… studying is more important.”
“After all, no matter how… how pretty Meng Yan-tongxue is, I can look at her 100 times and she won’t be mine. However, if I read a book 100 times, the knowledge will be mine.”
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
he’s such a cutieee
Aiii, why he is such a baobei??? Come, la. Let this sister take care of you Didi~
Pfft, but that ending line he said… Hahahaha, very enlightened! The Dean would be quite happy hahahah
Thanks for the chapter~
Lmqao. Chuchu is such a cutie ಥ‿ಥ
This supposed to has a comedic undertunes, but I’m only felt sooooo sad while reading (｡ŏ﹏ŏ)
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ӦｖӦ｡)
same, i would laugh at first and then feeling sad after reading it again
My baby so smart
Thank you for the chapter!
The last line 🤣😎😎
Our Wen ZhiChu is speedily learning retorts form the system
Go Go !!
Thanks for the chapterss
🙏🙏🙏 camping too
Aww the dean doesnt seem like a bad guy I’m glad he cares about them
hes so cutee
look here, i’ll give u a hug my poor little baby
Thank you for the chapter!
i feel so bad for him😭
He’s so cute and pitiful. I now need not just Classmate Qin, but everyone to come adopt him.
Aye bro who hurt you hahahah
His last words this chapter, damn
I need to adopt him 😭
He’s so cute😭
thanks for the chapter!