Wave after wave of needle-like swelling pain came from her brain, and Lin Tingwan’s vision blurred even more.
Sweat ran into her eyes, bringing a stinging, sour pain.
Give up?
Lie down and rest, like before?
No!
Lin Tingwan fiercely wiped the sweat and tears from around her eyes with the back of her thick hand, her nails leaving red marks on the rough skin.
But her eyes only grew fiercer, honed from countless times of acting experience, rolling through the mud in the entertainment industry.
Su Wanyi, Lin Yuexuan, just you wait!
Using all her willpower, Lin Tingwan forcibly dragged her scattered attention back to the book.
【Focus level: 15%…16%…】
The bell for the end of class finally rang sharply after the long ordeal.
【Ding! Newbie task (1) complete, focused reading time: 17 minutes 28 seconds.】
【Reward issued: Wisdom points +1, bonus reward 0.1 health value.】
【Focus attribute experience +1】
A faint but distinct warm current seemed to pour in from the top of her head, instantly relieving some of the swelling pain and exhaustion in Lin Tingwan’s brain.
Although it was only an insignificant 1 point, Lin Tingwan clearly felt her spirit seem to condense just a little.
Without any hesitation, she immediately exchanged the wisdom point she’d just gotten back into life value.
Each time added a few more hours, later she could take on even more, harder tasks, and would surely be able to survive well.
Just like before, when the previous life’s Lin Tingwan had entered the entertainment industry to earn money.
Starting from being an extra, she had climbed step by step to the very top.
The system was only outside assistance, Lin Tingwan believed her fate was in her own hands, not heaven’s,
She had already paid the price of her life to change things, would heaven really keep tormenting an innocent, kind-hearted original owner?
Class ended, and the classroom instantly grew noisy.
The students left their seats in twos and threes like birds freed from a cage.
No one paid any attention to Lin Tingwan, still sitting in the corner, as if she were a patch of nonexistent air, or a piece of trash giving off a strange smell.
Surrounded by a few girls, Lin Yuexuan walked past Lin Tingwan’s desk like stars encircling the moon.
She deliberately slammed her shoulder hard into Lin Tingwan’s desk.
“Clang!”
The desk, just set back in place, shook violently, and Lin Tingwan’s body staggered along with it.
“Oops, so sorry.” Lin Yuexuan stopped, turned her head, a hypocritical smile with no trace of apology on her face.
Her voice was sweet but full of malice. “Didn’t see there was such a big lump of something blocking the way. Wanwan, you should really lose weight, or you won’t even be able to walk—how pathetic would that be?”
The girls beside her immediately let out giggling laughter in support.
Lin Tingwan braced herself on the desk, steadying her body.
She slowly raised her head, those cold, sharp eyes staring directly at Lin Yuexuan with no warmth at all.
That gaze was calm, yet like a bottomless, freezing pool, instantly freezing the smile on Lin Yuexuan’s face.
A chill rose in her heart for no reason.
She had never seen this kind of look in Lin Tingwan’s eyes before, as if the other girl already knew everything.
“What are you looking at, you ugly monster.” Lin Yuexuan snapped, putting on a fierce front to hide her fear.
Then she quickened her pace and hurried out of the classroom with her followers, her retreating figure looking somewhat flustered.
The classroom soon emptied out, leaving only Lin Tingwan alone.
The setting sun’s afterglow shone slanting through the window onto her, casting a long, lonely shadow behind her bloated frame.
Lin Tingwan didn’t move, her consciousness sinking into the system again.
Because the system had issued her another newbie task.
And this time, completing the task would reward her with two wisdom points.
She was working hard to seize every opportunity, changing the original owner’s fate.
Also, seizing her own opportunity.
This time, the process of studying seemed to go much more smoothly.
Especially when Lin Tingwan breathed, the air entering her lungs still brought a burning pain.
But somehow…
Was it just a little smoother than before?
Was it an illusion, or the subtle change brought by that 0.1 point of health value?
She wasn’t sure, and had no time to dwell on it.
Lin Tingwan simply focused all her attention on the book in her hands.
Studying, extending her life—
This road had only just begun.
By the time school let out, Lin Tingwan had completed three newbie tasks, gaining health value along with wisdom points.
【Given that the host completed the tasks exceptionally well for the first time, a bonus newbie gift pack is awarded.
The newbie gift pack is a basic energy recovery potion, effect: clears trace toxin residue from the body, slightly relieves nervous system strain, weakly restores energy.
Duration: 1 hour.】
Lin Tingwan happily accepted.
According to the system, as long as she kept completing tasks, the system store would eventually open.
At that point, she could exchange for many items beneficial to her body.
Extending her life, improving her physical condition, living on healthily.
This was the fundamental pursuit of a beautiful actress.
After tidying up her desk, Lin Tingwan shouldered her backpack and walked to the school’s playing field.
What reached her ears was another unpleasant scolding:
“Dead fat pig, get out of the way, you’re blocking the path.”
A harsh male voice came along with a shove that struck Lin Tingwan hard in the back.
The actress’s soul had already awakened inside this body, and the potion reward she had just received had taken effect.
Lin Tingwan once again witnessed the miraculous nature of the system’s rewards.
Her brain didn’t even have time to give the order before her body’s instincts had already responded.
Not dodging, but sinking her waist, pushing off the ground, and generating force.
“Bang—”
Along with a muffled grunt and a startled cry, the boy who had shoved her felt as if he’d slammed into a wall of highly elastic flesh, not only failing to push her.
Instead, he was thrown off balance by the huge reaction force, and if not for his companion catching him.
Lu Wei would have surely ended up sprawled clumsily on the ground.
The basketball in Lu Wei’s hands flew out of his grip.
And the chubby girl Lin Tingwan suddenly caught the basketball with an agility completely mismatched with her figure.
The whole scene fell into dead silence.
Even Lin Tingwan herself was a bit stunned.
She looked down at her own thick legs and her feet planted firmly on the ground.
Even a basic potion like this had such an effect—if she could get more of them…
Too bad, the effect only lasted an hour.
But at that moment, Lin Tingwan’s attention was drawn to the boy standing beside the reckless one.
The same blue-and-white school uniform, worn on him, somehow carried an unusual straightness and presence.
The boy was taller, with neat short hair, his handsome features seeming almost carved.
To be fair, Lin Tingwan, who had filmed countless idol dramas, wasn’t someone who had never seen better-looking men.
But looking at this young, still-boyish student now, she failed to snap out of it for quite a while.
Lin Tingwan was still dazed.
Lu Wei, on the other hand, scrambled back up nimbly and stepped in front of Jiang Suizhou.
Adopting the posture of a protector.
“Dead fat pig, what are you looking at? Do you think a fat girl like you is even worthy of gazing at our God Jiang’s stunning face?”