“School?”
Wait…
How old is this character?
Eighteen?
Until now, she’d been so focused on understanding this strange world that she hadn’t even considered the most obvious problem.
She wasn’t just living another life.
She was living someone else’s life.
And tomorrow, everyone who knew the original Kang Ji-won would expect her to act like the girl they knew.
She swallowed.
“What have I gotten myself into?”
I literally finished college almost a year ago, and now I’m supposed to go back to high school?
She quickly pulled herself out of her thoughts.
“Hehehe. Like I told you, Huiling, I’ve been busy. School actually… didn’t cross my mind.”
She cleared her throat.
“See you tomorrow. We’ll talk later.”
Beep…
beep…
beep…
The call ended.
Kang Ji-won silently stared at her phone.
School?
A whole dozen new characters just thrown at my face?
Oh gosh.
I’m gonna faint.
She dropped her head onto the bed and let out a loud, frustrated groan.
“No, no. I certainly can’t do this. How am I supposed to know every character?”
What if some of them are like Huiling, always beating around the bush?
“Oh God… this novel is trash!”
She suddenly froze.
This novel…?
Her eyes widened.
“This novel!”
“System!”
She sat straight up on the bed.
“The system might be the only per… thing that can help me right now.”
She paused.
Err…
But how do I activate it again?
Press a button?
Solve a riddle?
Then she gasped.
“The bracelet! Hah! Of course it has to be the bracelet. The system unlocked that time because of the bracelet.”
Quickly, she raised her wrist and stared at the bracelet.
One second…
Thirty seconds…
Two minutes…
“What’s wrong? Why isn’t it working now?”
She pressed the bracelet a few more times.
Nothing happened.
“Or was I wrong? Maybe it isn’t the bracelet?”
She frowned.
“Is it something else? Hmm… Let me think. What did I miss?”
Conscious blink.
It came quickly like an escaping thought.
She tilted her head.
“Do I just blink… consciously?”
But how was she even supposed to do that?
Ji-won shook her head.
Whatever.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Before she could open them again, a familiar mechanical voice sounded.
{ System activated.
}
{ Welcome back, Kang Ji-won.
You summoned me?
}
The system screen appeared in front of her.
Ji-won’s face immediately brightened.
“Oh, thank goodness. I’ve been trying to contact you for ages!”
{ I know.
Now tell me what you need me for.
}
Ji-won grunted.
Hmph.
What a sarcastic system.
“Well, I just found out that I’ll have to go to school tomorrow.”
{ And?
Is there a problem with that?
}
“Well, there are going to be tons of new characters I’m going to meet. And a few of them might already know me—I mean, Kang Ji-won. How am I supposed to communicate with them if I don’t even know them?”
{ So that’s your problem?
You want me to give you some details about those characters, right?
}
Ji-won nodded.
“Yes.”
{ Okay.
The main characters at school are: }
{ Shen Huiling — She’s your best friend.
}
{ Zhang Ran — He’s also a friend of yours.
}
{ Tang Aining — She’s the top school bully.
}
{ Lin Li — A minor villain.
}
{ And lastly, Han Yufan — He’s your boyfriend.
}
Ji-won’s eyes narrowed when she heard two familiar names.
Han Yufan.
Lin Li.
“So Lin Li attends my school too?”
Then she thought about Han Yufan.
I’ll break up with him whenever I see him.
“Thanks, System.”
{ No need.
I’m here to act as your guardian.
}
Pfft…
Guardian? Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
The System paused for a moment.
{ By the way, I have new information to tell you.
Since your collision with the novel, the storyline has changed.
Han Yufan is no longer the male lead.
A new character has been added to the novel.
He will now become the male lead.
Prepare to meet him tomorrow.
Goodbye.
}
The system screen disappeared.
Kang Ji-won sat frozen for a while.
A new character?
Male lead?
The Next Morning
Kang Ji-won quickly woke up, bathed, brushed her teeth, and changed into the school uniform she’d seen in the wardrobe before heading downstairs.
“Mum! I’m done,” she called when she reached the last step.
Kang Ha-rin walked in from the other side of the house, already dressed in her work clothes.
“Oh, you are? You’re quite eager today. Is anything great happening?”
“Nope. I just decided to wake up early because Shen Huiling is coming to pick me up,” Ji-won replied.
Kang Ha-rin smiled.
“She is? Well, that’s lovely.”
She opened her bag and pulled out a hundred yuan.
“Here is your usual weekly allowance.”
Kang Ji-won’s eyes widened.
A hundred yuan for a whole week?
My usual allowance was a hundred thousand yuan per week.
She stared at the money for a moment before taking it.
Well, she wasn’t a rich heiress anymore.
Even if it wasn’t much, it should be enough for a week if she managed it carefully and cut down on unnecessary expenses.
“Sure. Thanks, Mum.”
By 7:45 a.m., Kang Ha-rin had left for work.
A few minutes later, Shen Huiling arrived, and the two of them left for school.
They arrived thirty minutes before the first class, so Kang Ji-won left Huiling to buy breakfast.
The moment she stepped into the cafeteria, a male voice suddenly called out angrily.
“Kang Ji-won!”
She frowned.
Then slowly, she turned around.
Her eyes landed on a handsome, athletic-looking boy who looked eighteen or so.
He was about 5’11”, wearing a yellow T-shirt and jeans.
Hmm…
He must be popular among the girls.
But why is he looking at me as if I’ve committed a grave sin?
Ji-won glanced around.
Maybe he was calling someone else.
But No one else seemed to be paying attention.
She pointed at herself.
“Me?”
The boy’s expression seemed to darken more.
“Who else would I be calling?”
Ji-won blinked.
Oh.
Unknown to Kang Ji-won, the person standing in front of her was Han Yufan.
How do you think you’d react if you were Kang Ji-won after you found out the guy you complimented was actually the guy you wanted to break up with?