Explaining things to Guo Luoling and the other two did not take much time.
After the explanation, Su Youyou awkwardly tugged at the corner of her mouth. “Then just now when I pushed you in front of Xu Ge…”
“Since the breakup was very peaceful, we can still be considered… friends now.”
Mu Jing patted Su Youyou’s shoulder and comforted her. “It’s also my fault for not telling you earlier. After all, you know I care a lot about my image.”
The three of them could understand that point, but the earlier awkwardness still made the atmosphere slightly gloomy.
After walking for a while, Guo Yuan suddenly spoke with a smile in order to lighten the mood. “Actually, I’ve been wanting to say this for a while. Jingjing, you’ve changed quite a bit since the college entrance exams.”
Mu Jing’s heart skipped a beat. “What kind of change?”
“Hmm… it feels like you suddenly grew up. You seem more mature.”
“Really? Maybe it’s because the exams are over and I realized that I’m truly an adult now.” Mu Jing was not the original owner of the body after all. Even with the memories as backup, she could not perfectly replicate another Mu Jing.
Even Guo Luoling and the others felt that way. Then what about Mu Jianbai?
As Mu Jing’s father, would he notice something strange about her?
Thinking of this, Mu Jing lost the mood to continue strolling around campus. After making an excuse that she felt unwell and saying goodbye to the three of them, she walked alone toward the dormitory building.
Being discovered would not be a big deal. If there were a chance to return to her original world alive, that would actually be quite good…
But she had clearly died in a car accident.
If there were a System, she might be able to try her best.
With that thought in mind, after being transported into this novel for more than twenty days, Mu Jing finally tried calling out in her mind, “System?”
【Hello. May I ask if you have any questions?】
Mu Jing: …
What?
So she really had the System that most transmigrators were equipped with? The annoying thing was that something that should have appeared at the beginning of the story only popped out now.
“Why didn’t you come out earlier?”
【Previously, the System was attacked by unknown energy and entered a short repair state.】
That sounded very unreliable.
“Then let’s talk openly. What do you want me to do here? And can you send me back alive?”
Mu Jing suddenly felt motivated. Not minding the dirt, she sat down on the steps at the entrance of the dormitory and started chatting with the System.
“Do I need to conquer the Male Protagonist or the villain? Or should I just follow the plot honestly, or slap faces and make a comeback? I can do any of those.”
The System fell silent for a moment and expressed a reasonable hesitation toward Mu Jing’s enthusiasm.
Was she really reliable?
Could it pass the graduation assessment through this woman?
After flipping through the System manual, the System spoke confidently.
【First of all, you are a once-in-a-hundred-thousand genius in your original world. The strength of your soul far exceeds that of ordinary people. That is the reason the System chose you as its host.】
System Manual, Rule One: Build a good relationship with the host first, including but not limited to praise, compliments, and encouragement.
During the first meeting, focus especially on praise so that the host feels that she is truly, truly excellent.
“Bullshit.” Mu Jing did not buy it at all.
“In ten novels, at least half say the same thing—high soul compatibility, strong soul strength. Your flattery won’t impress someone like me who can follow ten novels at once.”
System: …
【Alright then. Let’s move to the second point… we should clarify the rewards after completing the mission first.】
System Manual, Rule Two: The labor contract must be explained clearly in advance. Everything that should be given must be given fully, and anything that should not be given must never be given no matter how much the host is coaxed.
【After completing the mission, you can choose to return to the day before your car accident, or directly be reborn at any point in your past, or remain in this world.】
“Nothing new. Anything else?” Mu Jing was not very satisfied. “Tell me the mission first. What if it’s too difficult?”
【Our mission is to become the Male Protagonist’s lackey. Do you think you can handle that?】
“A lackey?” Mu Jing suspected she had heard wrong. She emphasized each word in her mind.
“Me! A well-bred, willful young lady with a respectable background, a cannon-fodder sacrifice character—at the very least a beautiful female supporting character—and you’re telling me to become a lackey?”
【The mission was randomly drawn. There are only a few major categories in the assessment tasks. I arrived late at the selection, so all the missions like ‘female supporting character slaps faces’ had already been taken.】
The System sighed. Talking about this matter filled its entire CPU with grievance.
【To be honest, I’m depressed too. The day before the assessment, they all told me not to worry and said we would slack off together.】
【But who knew that the boat of friendship would capsize so quickly? They all went early. I was the only system that actually slacked off!】
Mu Jing was speechless. She raised a hand to her forehead, her head buzzing with frustration, and deeply felt that she might have been better off never awakening the System.
【Anyway, that’s the mission. Just try your best and face the challenge. Being a lackey isn’t hard. Just take bullets for the Male Protagonist and give him all the good stuff.】
Mu Jing had been holding her forehead with one hand, but after hearing that, she felt one hand was not enough. She used both hands to support her increasingly aching head.
This scene, in the eyes of Xu Ge who had just come out of the dormitory building, looked like the frail and weak young lady was having another episode.
The three roommates who were a few steps behind him saw him stop and followed his line of sight.
One of them hesitated and spoke. “Uh… is that girl feeling unwell?”
In this era where people hesitated about whether to help or not, no one dared to show kindness too quickly.
Since it was the time for the start-of-term registration, there were many people coming and going around the dormitory building. Someone had already walked up to Mu Jing.
“Young lady, are you alright? Did you get heatstroke?”
Mu Jing, who had been arguing with the System in her mind, looked up. It took her two seconds to react before she waved her hand and smiled. “I’m fine, I’m fine. I’m just tired from walking. Thank you, auntie.”
The auntie who had accompanied her child to register finally relaxed. Even as she left, she still reminded Mu Jing to take care.
Across the road between the dormitory buildings, one of Xu Ge’s roommates sighed in relief. “Let’s go, let’s go. I’ve heard the Federation University canteen is really good.”
Xu Ge withdrew his gaze. “You guys go ahead.”
“Huh?”
Before the three of them could react, Xu Ge had already walked toward Mu Jing.
Mu Jing had already settled things with the System. Being a lackey was fine. She had nothing better to do anyway, and having a small goal hanging in front of her was not bad.
The only problem was that no matter how much she argued, the System refused to give any additional rewards. Other than letting her return to her original world or stay here, it was basically useless.
Oh right, it could also provide something called Brother Value.
Brother Value: 0
Mu Jing sighed. Just as she was about to stand up and return to the dormitory, someone suddenly stopped in front of her.
There were many people passing by, so she did not pay much attention. She casually glanced upward along the pair of long, well-proportioned legs.
The next moment, her eyes met Xu Ge’s cold and sharp gaze.
“Xu Ge?” Mu Jing was startled and quickly stood up. However, she had been sitting for too long and the weather was too hot. As she suddenly stood, her vision went black.