Ignoring the presence of Hua Jiangrong, Bian Yingning nodded and bowed to the teacher to express her apology.
"Alright, alright, go ahead. Be more serious in class next time. If you don't understand, learn diligently. Chefs will throw away the pots if they can't stir the food properly. Do you want people to laugh at you?" Mr. Jiang waved his hand as if he was shooing a fly and didn't bother to argue with her.
Bian Yingning didn't care about the teacher's attitude and quickly put the milk tea on his desk, saying, "Thank you, teacher. Have a good afternoon!"
Then she waved goodbye to Hua Jiangrong and said, "Auntie, see you later. Let me treat you to milk tea when you have time!"
Hua Jiangrong just gave her a dignified smile in response.
After Bian Yingning left, Mr. Jiang handed the milk tea left by her to Hua Jiangrong and asked, "Auntie? Do you know her?"
Hua Jiangrong waved her hand and declined the teacher's kindness. She wasn't a little girl anymore and didn't like to drink these things. Besides, she needed to maintain her figure, and such things were like poison to her.
"She and Cancan are good friends, so she calls me Auntie because of her."
Mr. Jiang nodded, not sure what he was thinking, and said slowly after a long while, "Let's go."
Hua Jiangrong followed him and said, "I hope everything goes smoothly today."
"It will."
...
As soon as Bian Yingning left the office building, she immediately called Hua Cancan.
The melodious sound of a violin came from Hua Cancan's end of the phone, seemingly from a high-end restaurant.
She lowered her voice and spoke quickly, "What are you doing? Didn't we say we wouldn't have lunch together? Don't bother me on my date!"
Bian Yingning: "..." Did she really have to be so blunt about finding a replacement when she was rejected?
"I don't regret asking you to have lunch with me. I just wanted to tell you that I found a big secret!"
"What secret? Can't you tell me later? You'll see me this afternoon, so hold on a bit longer."
Hua Cancan acted as if she was going to hang up.
Bian Yingning sighed and said softly, "I was going to tell you about your aunt's gossip."
There was silence on the other end for a moment. "You can tell me now."
Bian Yingning's voice lowered. "Forget it, I don't want to disturb your date. We'll see each other this afternoon. I'll try to endure it."
Is there a friend more considerate than her in the world? Probably not.
Hua Cancan: "?"
Then Bian Yingning hung up the phone.
She had just hung up with Hua Cancan when her phone rang again almost immediately.
Bian Yingning was surprised to see that Hua Cancan was so interested in her aunt's gossip.
According to the original owner's personality, she should have been indifferent to the call at this point.
Although Bian Yingning is not the original owner, she thinks she should do the same, so she put her phone on silent and stuffed it in her pocket.
Just as Bian Yingning was about to look for food to eat, she looked up and saw Ji Xiaoxue holding a few documents with a complicated expression standing in front of her.
It seems like it's been a long time since she's seen her.
She looks even thinner, and there are dark circles under her eyes.
In fact, Bian Yingning still feels sorry for this female lead. As people come and go, they occasionally cast curious glances at them standing still.
Bian Yingning asked first, "Did you... take care of the matter?"
Ji Xiaoxue lowered her eyes.
Bian Yingning couldn't help but say, "The card has no password, it's not registered, and the limit seems to be two million. If you have any urgent difficulties, use it first, don't feel pressured, and rest well."
Ji Xiaoxue suddenly smiled, "Do you think you can just get rid of me with money?"
[Host, please note that the female lead's villainous value is 35%, please lower it immediately!]
As soon as Ji Xiaoxue finished speaking, a large transparent panel suddenly appeared in front of Bian Yingning. The red exclamation mark on it was glaring and gave a strong sense of urgency.
[Please note that if the female lead's villainous value reaches 100%, this world will collapse because the character does not meet the setting, and the host will not be able to return to the real world!]
Bian Yingning was shocked, and although it was a hot summer day, she broke out in a cold sweat.
Villainous value?
"How could this happen? She was diligently completing her mission!"
Could it be that she felt... insulted by the money?
"Villainous value? What does that mean? What should I do?" Even the system's mechanical voice sounded anxious.
"Comfort her, quickly. Pure white female leads turn evil, and we'll both be finished."
Comfort her? How?
The situation was urgent, and Bian Yingning couldn't think too much. Instinctively, she stepped forward, her hands trembling not from pretense, but from genuine nervousness.
"Why do you think of me this way? It's true that my reputation wasn't good before. You can think of me as bad or even a terrible person, but you can't doubt the sincerity of my concern for you. I just... feel sorry for you, deeply sorry. It's not sympathy, it's like I feel your pain too."
"That's not the kind of pleasure you talked about, using you as seasoning in my life and feeling grateful that you enjoy my kindness. I'm not a pervert, that kind of behavior doesn't give me pleasure."
Bian Yingning racked her brains to explain, trying to keep Ji Xiaoxue from being trapped in a prison of suspicion.
"But why didn't you..." Ji Xiaoxue couldn't bring herself to say the rest.
Once she said it, she would feel like a pitiful person who lacked love.
"Why didn't you choose to send me back that night?"
"You feel sorry for me and you tell me that, but the person who actually sent me back was someone in your circle, someone who plays with you. What good is it if you feel sorry for me? Ultimately, all I can get is this pity."
She knew she seemed to be pushing her luck, but she couldn't help herself. She knew she should stop while she was ahead, instead of being greedy, but she couldn't do it.
Just thinking about that night, how she earnestly said that she would take care of her like a younger sister, but then turned around and personally escorted her classmate back, made her jealous and crazy.
Her jealousy burned so hot that she couldn't sleep or eat.
"Why didn't you?" Bian Yingning waited for her response.
But Ji Xiaoxue tightly pursed her lips, seeming reluctant to say more.
Bian Yingning looked around and leaned in, wanting to say something in secret. But Ji Xiaoxue quickly stepped back, her eyes alert like a frightened deer.
Bian Yingning felt a little hurt. Not long ago, they could walk shoulder to shoulder, but now they couldn't even get close.
"I just want to tell you something," she said, and as soon as she stepped back, Bian Yingning didn't step forward again. She bit her lip and looked a bit hurt and aggrieved.
Ji Xiaoxue looked at her coldly.
"Go ahead, say it."
Bian Yingning was named Bian Yingning because she was willing to retreat when facing an enemy.
She stepped forward again and spoke her next words loudly, as if she didn't need to whisper them.
Ji Xiaoxue's knuckles turned white as she held onto her documents and forced herself not to step back.
She was really petty, so petty that she wanted more and more of this friendship, and preferably the kind that was unique.
Clearly, she wasn't like this before.
"That day when we drew lots, what I said to Hua Cancan wasn't true," Bian Yingning said, and her breath blew on her own earlobes. It was something vague and illusory, but Ji Xiaoxue felt as if her heart was being scraped by a sharp, hot knife.
"Did you see us at the time?" Bian Yingning asked.
Ji Xiaoxue still didn't say anything.
Bian Yingning thought she didn't want to talk, but she didn't know that Ji Xiaoxue was biting her inner lip hard.
Bian Yingning continued, "I don't know if you saw it, but at the time, she pressed me against the corner and asked me why I was getting so close to you, what kind of thoughts I had."
"You may not know, but Hua Cancan is the most formidable in our circle. Almost everyone is afraid of her. I was so scared that I almost peed myself."
I'm sorry, my darling. For the sake of the world, you should come out and shield me first.
In a high-end restaurant, Hua Cancan called Bian Yingning's phone but no one answered, so she angrily threw her phone down.
Suddenly, she sneezed, and the person sitting opposite her quickly asked the violinist playing for them to move away and even wanted to ask someone to turn down the air conditioning.
"It's nothing," Hua Cancan rubbed her nose. "Most likely, my dog friend is bad-mouthing me again."
Damn it, Bian Yingning, the synonym for being petty. She didn't even answer her phone halfway through the conversation.
"What can I do? That's all I could say. But I didn't expect that you would hear the words I was forced to say," said Bian Yingning, with a sad look on her face, as she stepped back to leave a safe distance between the two.
"That night outside the bar when you questioned me, I was really panicked. I never thought that I would be so embarrassed and insincere, and you would see it."
She gave a bitter smile. "But it doesn't matter. Someone like me is not worthy of being your friend. As long as you are doing well, that's enough."
"I...I'll go first." Bian Yingning seemed unable to bear the feeling of exposing her wounds any longer and fled in despair.
Ji Xiaoxue stood there in shock.
The scent of summer jasmine wafted in the breeze on campus, accompanied by the sounds of students laughing and joking in the distance and the sound of basketball bouncing on the nearby court.
To believe or not to believe, Ji Xiaoxue asked herself.
It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not. Even if she really treats me like a toy, she has to admit that I've won.
Perhaps she should learn to accept that what she does for herself will also benefit others.
But there's a voice in her heart saying, "I really want to have you all to myself."
...
[Villainous value: 34%]
[Congratulations, the host, the female lead's villainous value has decreased by 1%.]
"1%?" Bian Yingning frowned. "Why not zero?"
The system thought for a moment. "Perhaps your ability to drawingl false hope is not good enough."
"Drawing false hope?"
[Congratulations, the host has unlocked a new skill! Work hard to become a master of drawing false hope!]
[Drawing False Hope: Use the most beautiful and pleasant words (including love talk) to convince the other person of oneself - I am lost in the mundane world only because you are by my side, all the beauty in the world exists because of your presence.]
The system said a lot, but Bian Yingning didn't understand.
"Can you speak human language?"
"I'm sorry, the system currently doesn't have a physical form."
"...I'm asking you what this new skill is!" Communication barriers came up so quickly.
"Drawing False Hope is a skill that can be improved. It is divided into four levels: novice, adept, master, and genius. With each level up, your language charm will greatly improve."
"What's the use?"
"Well, by becoming a master of drawing false hope, you can use language to enchant others and gain their trust with minimal time and language cost."
Bian Yingning listened and felt that something was off. "So it's just talking nicely without actually doing anything?"
"Host, there's no need to describe it that way. You just have a broad vision."
"..."
"You can earn extra points each time you use this skill."
"Drawing False Hope? Isn't it just a matter of having hands?"
...
The finals of the talent competition were set up grandly. It took place in the school's auditorium, which was one of the biggest competitions at Haicheng University.
It caused a sensation on various short video platforms and live streams.
In addition to the school leaders, the invited guests included a moderately famous singer and a dance artist from the entertainment industry. The most unexpected guest was top female star Hua Jiangrong.
The whole auditorium was crowded, and people who didn't know would have thought that a celebrity concert was being held there.
Fortunately, people outside the school were not allowed in to watch, otherwise, the roof of the auditorium might have been lifted.
Hua Jiangrong was originally low-key when she entered, and the organizers didn't announce that she would be there. The promotion only said that they invited a singer and an artist for comments.
But when Hua Jiangrong appeared, she was immediately recognized, and there were hot posts online.
#Hua Jiangrong, the Top female start actress, makes a low-key appearance at the Haicheng University Talent Competition.
People speculated that although the competition had some appeal and attracted many advertisements, it wouldn't be enough to get Hua Jiangrong to attend.
Only those who knew her identity understood that it was probably because there was a contestant named Hua Cancan in the finals.
Even though Bian Yingning didn't participate, she was nervous for others as she looked at the crowded scene.
Ordinary students had never seen such a scene before.Even the host's voice trembled when he first came out to introduce the competition.
Especially during the announcements, the audience was even more excited.
Singers, actors, artists, and executives all came together.Bian Yingning, an ordinary milk tea consumer, brought in four cups of milk tea.
She had originally planned to give one cup to Hua Cancan, one cup to Ji Xiaoxue, and one cup to Shang Qinghui. However, she didn't expect that Hua Cancan would bring a makeup artist friend with her, so Bian Yingning had no choice but to give her one cup.
As a result, she only had one cup left, and she had already drunk her own.
After choosing between Shang Qinghui and Ji Xiaoxue, Bian Yingning decided to go to Shang Qinghui's dressing room.
Yes, here, the top five contestants before the final scoring each had their own dressing room.
She would buy milk tea for the female lead next time. Right now, completing the mission was more important.
"Knock knock knock." Bian Yingning knocked on the door of the dressing room with Shang Qinghui's name on it.
"Come in." A crisp and calm female voice was heard.
Bian Yingning pushed the door open.
The dressing room was very bright, and the large mirror on the dressing table came with its own ring light, giving it a high-end look.
The warm-colored chandelier pours bright light overhead.
On the shelf next to it, a white water show dance skirt hangs meticulously, exquisite and elegant, giving a sense of shock.
Not sure if it's because of the lively atmosphere outside, Bian Yingning feels her heart beating faster.
Shang Qinghui sits in front of the mirror, still in her regular clothes, holding a makeup brush to add color to her face. Surprisingly, she's alone in the room.
She sees the person who enters through the mirror.
The upper body is a loose graffiti thin shirt, and the bottom is a brick-colored leather short skirt. She wears a pair of black boots, which look somewhat sexy and have a unique style.
Shang Qinghui's eyes blink slightly.
During the summer vacation, Bian Yingning shaved off a piece of her hair to save her when she got injured. She doesn't know if it has grown back, but she has cut her hair a little shorter. When she doesn't wear a hat, it seems like she wears a wig.
It should be the same today.
The two strands of hair cut like princess hair are next to her cheeks, and the bangs are very flat. From a distance, it looks a bit sickly beautiful.
Her eyebrows and eyes are adjusted, like a fox... clever.
"What are you here for?" Shang Qinghui is not in a good mood.
"Oh, why are you so cold? I came to cheer you up with a milk tea." Bian Yingning completely ignores Shang Qinghui's cold attitude.
She pulls a chair and sits down next to her, putting the milk tea in front of her.
"Why are you alone here? Where are your little girlfriends? Aren't they here to accompany you?" It's not right. At this time, shouldn't a group of people be chatting around her, taking pictures with her?
"None of your business." Shang Qinghui pats her brush, gently dips some loose powder, and applies it to herself.
"Why is it not my business? Your business is my business. How can I be at ease when you are alone like this?" Bian Yingning knows the principle that thick-skinned people are invincible in the world.
Shang Qinghui rolls her eyes.
It has to be said that being good-looking is unreasonable. Even rolling her eyes looks beautiful.
"Do you have confidence in tonight's competition?" Bian Yingning starts to cut in from the side.
"You're not participating, why do you care so much?"
"Am I afraid that you will cry if you don't get a good ranking?"
"You let Hua Cancan participate to defeat me, right?"
Don't think she doesn't know, Hua Cancan never participates in this kind of thing.
Bian Yingning blushes and smiles, "So, are you willing to be defeated? Second place is also good. You don't necessarily have to win first place, right?"
Shang Qinghui replied with confusion, "What are you talking about? How can you say something like that?"
Bian Yingning understood that Shang Qinghui was feeling frustrated and tried to mess with her mind. "Are you stupid? Take your things and go," she said.
"Don't go yet. I'm serious. Can't you not worry too much about getting first place?" Bian Yingning continued.
In the original novel, she felt depressed because she couldn't get first place and took it out on the female lead.
"Is getting first place very important to you?" Shang Qinghui asked, her deep eyes fluttering with her fake eyelashes.
Bian Yingning was confused. She was trying to tell Shang Qinghui not to take getting first place too seriously, but why was Shang Qinghui asking her if it was important?
It had nothing to do with her.
However...
"If I say getting first place is very important to me, would it make you feel better when you can't get it?" Bian Yingning changed her tone and asked seriously.
Shang Qinghui stared at her deeply, trying to figure out her intentions. She then scoffed and said, "What are you thinking? First place will always be mine. If it's important to you, then I will try even harder to get it."
She threw down her brush and stood up. "While I'm still willing to talk to you, get lost and don't bother me here."
Bian Yingning took a deep breath and saw that Shang Qinghui was determined. She was afraid that saying more would affect her, so she got up to leave.
Before she left, she couldn't help but look at Shang Qinghui's delicate and pretty face and whispered, "If you can't give up first place, then do your best to get it."
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The update for the second chapter will not be at midnight, but tomorrow evening at 11 pm. (Because the midnight update can only be done once for each book, and if there are too many words, it will go to the back pages of the ranking list.)
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Translator's note: Haha~~ Bian Yingning is being biased. Look, she chose Shang Qinghui over Ji Xiaoxue. It's a sign that they will be together ~😣.
Sorry for the late update! I've been busy lately with too many activities and mid-term exams. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this. For those people who are asking if I will continue translating this, yes, I will!.
Have a nice day!.
To Be Continue!...