So far, Lin Tingwan had only added two points to health value.
Which meant her body had only grown slightly healthier, but because she was still so overweight, all her movements were sluggish and slow.
It seemed the system’s tasks really were tailored specifically to her.
Because besides staying alive, she really did need to lose weight now.
Because she’d walked too fast, by the time she reached Jiang Suizhou, Lin Tingwan’s face was flushed and she was out of breath.
“Jiang, Jiang Suizhou.”
A little fat girl like this left Jiang Suizhou feeling somewhat irritated.
Because for the first time, he realized that in his dull, boring life, aside from making money and racing cars, he’d actually developed an interest in a girl.
And of all people, this one—
Once again, Jiang Suizhou sighed inwardly, if she weren’t so overweight, Lin Tingwan actually wasn’t bad-looking.
But having only said those three words, the little fat girl stopped talking, just staring at him blankly.
Even, somewhat cautiously?
Jiang Suizhou’s irritation deepened, had she been scared by the scene of him beating someone up in the cafeteria at noon?
Just like her school-beauty sister, who claimed on the surface it was for his own good, but kept saying it was his fault too.
Did all these people really think it was his fault, that he simply shouldn’t have been born into this world at all?
Actually, Jiang Suizhou was overthinking things, Lin Tingwan’s spacing out was purely just spacing out, the simple little fat girl didn’t have that many hidden thoughts.
The real situation was that just a moment ago, the system had issued another instruction in Lin Tingwan’s mind.
She’d realized, maybe Xiaobai’s true love was Jiang Suizhou?
Otherwise, why did Xiaobai insist on popping up every time she ran into Jiang Suizhou, ignoring their agreement, ignoring the time and place?
【Ding, host, please begin this random task, save the fate of the villain Jiang Suizhou. From the moment the host starts the task, rewards will be granted.】
And this reward turned out to be, unlocking the exchange store?
Which meant, once she started this random task, she could directly use the points she earned to exchange for whatever items she needed at the store from then on.
That made sense too, if she had to light up an icon every single time before exchanging for an item, the key problem was that Lin Tingwan had no idea what good items the store actually had, or what conditions were needed to exchange for each one.
Opening up the store, with clear pricing, that was how a normal store was supposed to operate.
Sure enough, Xiaobai’s true love was Jiang Suizhou, Lin Tingwan confirmed it once more.
Right as Lin Tingwan was zoning out for that instant, she heard the system’s notification:
【Ding, the villain character Jiang Suizhou is about to start turning dark. Initial corruption value: 50 (out of 100). Host, your task is to lower Jiang Suizhou’s corruption value, every task completed will earn a point reward.】
And right at that moment, Lin Tingwan sharply noticed the change in Jiang Suizhou’s expression, and finally remembered what excuse she’d used to stop him at the classroom door in the first place.
“Here, this is for you.”
What lay flat in Lin Tingwan’s plump, upturned palm were two bandages.
Jiang Suizhou’s face was full of confusion, utterly baffled. “?”
“Your face,” Lin Tingwan pointed with her other free hand at the position of her own left cheekbone, “there’s a scratch here, probably from that classmate hitting you at noon.”
Carrying bandages and other small medications with her was the original owner’s habit, because her overweight body and clumsy limbs made her prone to injury.
Getting hurt was a frequent occurrence, and right now, the bandages had come in handy.
Jiang Suizhou, on the other hand, was truly frozen in place, a warm current surging through his heart.
Everyone else only ever said “you did something wrong, don’t do it again next time”, only her, the little fat girl.
She’d noticed that actually, it was that classmate who’d provoked him first, and that he’d gotten hurt because of it?
The scene froze for a moment.
Because School God Jiang had actually gone blank too, staring fixedly at her, at that plump, fleshy hand that somehow, right now, felt very reassuring to him.
To be honest, that hand really couldn’t be called good-looking, its only merit was its fair skin, probably from its owner’s long lack of outdoor activity.
Seeing Jiang Suizhou not reach out to take them, Lin Tingwan couldn’t help but feel a bit embarrassed.
It was all the system’s fault, always popping up out of nowhere whenever School God Jiang appeared, throwing her behavior off too.
He wouldn’t think she was a girl deliberately making up an excuse to strike up a conversation with him, would he?
“I just happened to have bandages on me, if you don’t want them…” Lin Tingwan didn’t get to finish the rest of the sentence.
Because Jiang Suizhou had already taken the two cartoon-patterned bandages, moving quickly, as if afraid someone would snatch them away from him.
And then, the ever aloof and cold School God Jiang actually curved his lips at the little fat girl, a lazy smile spreading across his face.
“Thanks.”
Lin Tingwan could barely hold back the surge of primal energy inside her.
God, a cold, aloof handsome guy smiling like that created such an unexpected, endearing gap, the old lady’s inner teenage heart could barely restrain itself.
Seemingly quite satisfied with the effect he’d had on her, the smile on Jiang Suizhou’s lips grew wider.
Not until he’d turned sideways to walk into the classroom, passing right by the little fat girl, did he finally hear her snap back to her senses and add:
“No need to thank me.”
The smile on Jiang Suizhou’s face couldn’t help but grow even wider, he seemed to genuinely find the little fat girl interesting.
At the very least, she was genuinely cute.
Unlike some people, who looked good and had a good figure, but who knew whether they were human or ghost underneath.
Jiang Suizhou, of course, had no idea that right now Lin Tingwan was even happier than he was, because—
【Ding, the villain character Jiang Suizhou’s corruption value -6, current corruption value: 54. Host, you’ve been awarded 30 points, should the extra point go to wisdom, health, or wealth?】
【Health value.】
And so, in the system’s database, Lin Tingwan’s status was updated once again:
【Host’s current status:
Life value countdown: 84 hours 47 minutes
Health value: 3 (Severe obesity, chronic poisoning, metabolic syndrome, severe cardiopulmonary impairment…)
Wisdom points: 30
Wealth value: 0
Point balance: 25
Exchange store: unlocked
Exchange store locker: one low-grade vitality-restoring potion
System level: 1.2】
Because Lin Tingwan decided on the spot to drink the potion already sitting in her locker, after all, now that she’d earned points, she could just buy another one.
And this way she could keep optimizing her body’s condition while still maintaining a surplus, Lin Tingwan gave herself a pat on the back for her own cleverness!
Thank you, School God Jiang, the school god really was a good person!
【But Xiaobai, did you calculate wrong? Why did Jiang Suizhou’s corruption value go up instead of down?】
【It didn’t. At noon, because of classmate Liang Zihao’s verbal attack, the villain character’s corruption value increased by 10.】
Even so, compared to Jiang Suizhou’s good mood, the Best Actress’s mood right now really couldn’t be called good.
She was no match for someone who slept through class and still came first, if she wanted to improve her grades, she had no choice but to genuinely, seriously study hard.
After all, in the dozen-plus years that followed in her past life, Lin Tingwan had never properly attended school through a formal system, it was only for the sake of her dream, and the needs of filming, that she’d occasionally hired a private tutor.
But the intensity and workload of high school study were both immense, especially in a rocket class that the school’s leadership at Chengguang High School had placed such high hopes on.
The teachers in this class were all top-tier experts in their respective subjects, and in class, Lin Tingwan once again felt how difficult it all was.