In her sleep, Song Yi heard these words and felt as if she was seeing ghosts.
Chu Yuxun? Could it be... she had transmigrated again?
Well, her name wasn't Chu Yuxun anyway, so it had nothing to do with her. Even if she had transmigrated again, she could deal with it after waking up.
Thinking this, Song Yi adjusted herself into a more comfortable sleeping position.
However, that voice was unwilling to let her go. Not only did it not stop, but it even reached out to pat her shoulder, continuing to call out: "Chu Yuxun?"
Song Yi, finally realizing that the person was calling her: "?!"
Is this person sick? Are they crazy?
"You're Chu Yuxun, your whole family is Chu Yuxun! Have you read too many Mary Sue novels and now you're trying to roleplay with me?" Song Yi rubbed her eyes, grumbling as she raised her head. She was about to say something but fell silent under the gaze of everyone in the class staring at her.
Something seemed off. Why was the entire class looking at her?
Moreover, the classmate who woke her up looked familiar. It was the one who had recorded her name at the school gate this morning.
Wait, sitting next to her, in the second-place position.
Song Yi swallowed hard, confirming with some disbelief: "Jiang... Jiang Yiheng?"
Suddenly remembering what she had done this morning, Song Yi began to curl her toes in embarrassment. Wasn't this level of coincidence a bit ridiculous?
At this moment, the system provided Song Yi with an explanation.
[The female protagonist's halo has different levels of attraction with the male protagonist's halo, the supporting male character's halo, and the villain's halo~ Please pay attention to distinguish them~]
If she had another chance, she would honestly fill in her own name on the roster, definitely not try to fool around like this.
And now, someone save her, anyone, please come quickly and save her.
Jiang Yiheng didn't respond to Song Yi, but looked towards the podium, his voice indifferent, "Teacher, she's awake."
The bald teacher standing on the platform looked furious with Song Yi and said directly: "Sleeping and sleep-talking in my class? Go stand outside as punishment!"
Although it was meant as a punishment, at this moment it sounded more beautiful than heavenly music to Song Yi. She quickly stood up, "Sorry, teacher! I'll go out right away!"
With that, Song Yi fled the scene as if her feet were on fire.
Song Yi stood at the door as punishment. The sunshine was nice, and she still felt a bit sleepy.
Suddenly, a roar came from the neighboring Class B—
"Sleeping in my class? Get out and stand!"
This shout banished all of Song Yi's drowsiness. She turned her head towards Class B's door, suddenly feeling sympathy for this unfortunate soul who was in the same boat as her.
Soon, a girl walked out of Class B's front door. Under the sunlight, her pink long hair was particularly dazzling. She leaned against the wall in the same leisurely posture as Song Yi, sunbathing.
Song Yi sighed deeply in her heart—
This school is really interesting.
She got points deducted for not wearing a name tag, but this girl can dye her hair such a flamboyant pink? Shouldn't she be expelled for this? Is no one going to manage this? Where's the justice?
Soon, Song Yi realized something else. Pink long hair? Class B? These hints were too obvious! Wasn't this Murong Huan, the female antagonist from the original plot?
The fiancée of the second male lead, Jiang Yiheng, a true rich and beautiful young lady.
Because Murong Huan had liked Jiang Yiheng since childhood, she couldn't accept Jiang Yiheng falling in love with another girl. So she constantly caused trouble between the original protagonist and Jiang Yiheng, but it was all in vain. Even after the female lead's death, the second male lead didn't fall in love with her. In the end, she was completely disappointed and chose to study abroad.
Pink hair, the surname Murong, the fiancée setting, top-tier wealthy family background, all these exaggerated settings combined.
Song Yi's lips couldn't help but curl up in an uncontrollable smile—
It's funny! So funny!!! This is the real old-school Mary Sue! It's hard not to love it!!!
When she was reading this novel before bed yesterday, she was thinking, with such a Mary Sue setting, why didn't they collect surnames like Ouyang, Shangguan, Xuanyuan, and match them with hair colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, along with heterochromia? That would truly capture the essence of old-school Mary Sue! She didn't expect that only the female antagonist Murong Huan would satisfy this strange preference of hers.
Suddenly, Murong Huan turned around and looked straight in Song Yi's direction.
Song Yi: *Smile suddenly stiffens*.
Murong Huan tied up her pink hair and walked directly towards Song Yi, her eyes appraising as she looked at her, "Are you the new first-place student?"
Song Yi unhesitatingly waved her hand in denial, "No, I'm not. You've got the wrong person."
Murong Huan expressionlessly turned her phone screen towards Song Yi, which was currently displaying her student information.
Song Yi could only reluctantly admit, "Okay, I am. Is there something you need?"
Murong Huan put away her phone and asked: "Are you desk mates with Jiang Yiheng?"
Song Yi nodded, "Yes."
"I'm warning you, don't get too close to Jiang Yiheng, and don't have any inappropriate thoughts about him, because he's mine." Murong Huan looked at Song Yi and directly asserted her claim, then offered a carrot after the stick, saying, "I heard you offended Quan Le, right? As long as you obediently listen to me, I'll help you resolve that issue. This way, you can study peacefully at Saint Slee until graduation."
Murong Huan leaned in closer to Song Yi's ear, her voice seemingly smiling but carrying a warning, "You're a new student so you might not know, but there have been students similar to you in this school before, but they all ended up dropping out. And students who are expelled from Saint Slee can't be accepted by any school in the entire Imperial Capital."
So for Murong Huan to extend such an olive branch to a special top student was both a blessing and an act of pity. Anyone who knew what was good for them wouldn't refuse.
After hearing all this, Song Yi looked up in surprise—
My goodness! Who said Murong Huan was a vicious supporting character? This is clearly a female Bodhisattva!!!
The original protagonist's wish, which was now her ultimate goal, was to graduate safely from Saint Slee and get into Imperial Capital University. And now Murong Huan was saying she would help her?
She didn't like Jiang Yiheng anyway, so why would she want to become enemies with Murong Huan over him? Only a fool would refuse!
So Song Yi grasped Murong Huan's hand, her eyes full of gratitude, and said: "Alright! I agree! Thank you! I didn't expect that someone as beautiful as you would also have such a kind heart! You and Jiang Yiheng are truly a perfect match made in heaven! I will always bless your relationship!"
Murong Huan was stunned, completely thrown off by Song Yi's barrage of flattery.
Murong Huan hadn't expected Song Yi to be so "sensible," rendering all the threats she had prepared useless.
The young lady, pampered since childhood, wasn't used to such intimate physical contact with others. Murong Huan awkwardly withdrew her hand from Song Yi's grasp and even took a step back, "Alright, then let's exchange contact information. I'll get in touch if needed."
Song Yi took Murong Huan's phone and carefully entered her WeChat ID.
Soon, the class dismissal bell rang.
Murong Huan glanced inside Class A, or rather at Jiang Yiheng, then turned to leave somewhat reluctantly.
Their brief interaction at the classroom door was captured by gossipmongers and posted on the school forum—
[Exciting! Love triangle! Murong Young Miss went to Class A to confront Song Yi!!!]
1L: Jiang Yiheng used to be the top student for years, and the top three in Class A were all boys. Now Song Yi has come along, not only taking Jiang God's first place but also becoming his desk mate. No wonder Murong Young Miss is anxious.
2L: Is this the cliché plot of two girls fighting over one guy? The pampered rich young miss with an engagement vs. the genius commoner gentle beauty, a red rose and a pure moon flower. If it were me, I'd have a hard time choosing too.
3L: Could the person above please look in a mirror? Who do you think you are to compare yourself to our Jiang God?
4L: I think you girls are just mindless fangirls. What Jiang God? Didn't he easily lose first place to a transfer student?
5L: The person above is so confident posting anonymously on this website? Jiang God is still way above your level!
...
Looking at these comments, Song Yi fell into deep thought.
Genius commoner gentle beauty? Pure moon flower? Were they talking about her? This won't do!
Thinking about how in the original plot, the three male leads all loved the original protagonist's gentleness, Song Yi shook her head vigorously. No, no, this absolutely won't do! Reject stereotypical character settings! Starting with me!
So Song Yi took out a small mirror and practiced fierce expressions while looking at herself, trying to make herself appear more ferocious.
Soon she felt the gaze of someone beside her—
Jiang Yiheng frowned at her, his eyes practically screaming "Is this person crazy?", then he moved his chair away from her as if afraid that mental illness might be contagious, keeping his distance.
Song Yi: "..."
This really did make her seem not very smart.
Seeing the other classmates around her studying, Song Yi quickly put away her little mirror and "followed the local custom" by completing two sets of test papers.
Soon it was lunchtime, but the students in Class A were really competitive. Some of them didn't even go eat lunch, instead taking out instant bread and milk to eat while continuing to study.
Song Yi's stomach couldn't handle that. She quickly packed up her things and headed to the cafeteria.
Saint Slee only had one cafeteria, but its size was incomparable to other schools. It had four floors in total, with food becoming more expensive and delicious on the higher floors.
The first floor offered very affordable meals. There weren't many students, basically only the poorest scholarship students would eat here, but the quality was no worse than ordinary restaurants outside.
Song Yi got a meal with two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, and added an extra large chicken leg for herself. Then she carried her tray to a seat by the window.
Just as Song Yi was biting into her chicken leg, her eyes met Murong Huan's. The latter then walked towards Song Yi as if she had confirmed her target.
Song Yi: "?"
According to the original plot, her first meeting with Murong Huan should have been in the cafeteria. The other party would say something similar to what she said at the classroom door earlier, and then the original protagonist's neither servile nor overbearing retort would have angered Murong Huan, causing her to pour all the food from her tray onto her.
All the food from the tray, poured out.
Song Yi didn't say anything. To avoid the tragedy from recurring, she sped up stuffing the braised pork into her mouth.
Murong Huan walked up to her table and looked down at her, asking, "Why didn't you reply to my WeChat?"
Song Yi swallowed the braised pork in her mouth and quickly took out her phone from her pocket. She saw that Murong Huan had sent her a message—
[Wait for me after school at noon.]
Song Yi apologized directly, "I'm sorry, I didn't see it."
"Whatever." Murong Huan rolled her eyes at Song Yi, then crossed her arms and pulled out the chair opposite her. "Stop looking at me, eat your food."
Song Yi picked up the last piece of braised pork on her plate, then hesitated and said, "I'm not used to people watching me eat."
"You think I want to come to this commoner's cafeteria?" Murong Huan became even more impatient. "My being with you is to warn Quan Le that you're my person, so he won't go too far with you, understand?"
Understanding Murong Huan's good intentions, Song Yi sincerely marveled again, "You really are a good person."
At this moment, everyone else in the cafeteria was secretly watching the table where Song Yi and Murong Huan were sitting.
It was a rare sight to see a top-tier rich kid like Murong Huan appear in the first-floor commoner's cafeteria. Add to that the fact that sitting opposite her was Song Yi, the parachuted first-place student, it naturally attracted a lot of attention, including—
Quan Le stood by the elevator, looking with interest towards Song Yi's direction. He elbowed the blonde boy beside him, "Shen Yujing, want to go watch the show?"
Shen Yujing's delicate face was full of impatience, his naturally alluring phoenix eyes carrying a hint of viciousness that didn't match, as he said, "Are you sick? Is Murong Huan bullying someone anything new?"
Quan Le looked at Shen Yujing with an expression that said "you just don't get it", and asked, "Do you know who's sitting opposite her?"
"Why should I care?"
For Shen Yujing, all of life's matters could be summarized in eight words: None of your business, none of my business.
Quan Le wasn't annoyed and instead answered his own question, "It's our year's first-place student."
This answer successfully piqued Shen Yujing's interest, or rather, his disgust—
"Fuck, is that turtle egg Jiang Yiheng wearing a skirt now? Is he mentally ill?"
