The scene in front of her struck Lin Tingwan as funny.
She really did laugh out loud.
Actually, the main reason she’d been dazed just now wasn’t because she’d been stunned by the boy’s handsome face.
It was because she didn’t expect that, given a second chance at life, she would run into him here too.
How wonderful!
【Ding! Special soul fluctuation detected, triggering a new function of this system. After the host completes enough tasks, besides receiving point rewards, an exchange store can also be activated.】
Lin Tingwan confirmed once again that besides the resemblance in appearance, this boy in front of her must have some other karmic connection to her.
【Chronic toxins are eroding the host’s life, completing study tasks can extend life.
Core task the host must accept: study knowledge to extend life, use the energy of knowledge to purify the toxins, and reverse the loss of life.
Warning: if the task fails, life value will reach zero, and the soul will be annihilated.】
When the mechanical voice sounded in her mind again, Lin Tingwan was startled.
The cold red countdown numbers pulsed in her mind, followed immediately by scenes from the original owner’s real life:
The hypocritical stepmother sending her a bowl of “nourishing soup” without fail every single day.
That bowl of soup was poisoned!
Suddenly, Lin Tingwan smiled.
Unlike the original owner’s timidity, it was the actress’s smile, laced with roguish edge and sharpness.
Paired with her currently round face, it somehow carried a strange, imposing presence.
The cowardly bully Lu Wei flinched sideways toward Jiang Suizhou, suddenly a little regretful of his own recklessness.
He’d thought he’d heard his goddess being bullied, so he’d rushed over to settle the score with the dead fat pig?
Why did the dead fat pig suddenly seem like a completely different person?
【Newbie task (2) issued: within 24 hours, independently and correctly complete a first-year high school math weekly test, reward 24 hours of life value plus a basic energy recovery potion.】
It seemed the system was being generous now, granting a full 24 hours of life value at once.
By comparison, Lin Tingwan was more interested in the potion.
Weighing the basketball in her hand, Lin Tingwan lifted her chin slightly.
Her eyes were clear, and her voice, though not loud, carried a piercing quality as she said to the boy in front of her: “Watch where you’re walking next time. If you run your mouth again, I’ll make sure you know the consequences.”
She casually tossed the basketball back, the throw precisely aimed, hitting the boy so hard he fumbled to catch it.
Then, under everyone’s stunned gazes, this chubby girl who had just knocked down her provoker with a “flesh impact” and now radiated an aura of “don’t mess with me.”
Strode off toward the classroom with a walk that acknowledged no one.
Suddenly, the chubby girl paused, and turned back.
Calling out to Jiang Suizhou with a cold expression:
“So you’re God Jiang? Remember this, one day I’ll pull you down from the number one spot!”
The students around them were stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
This chubby girl was too funny.
God Jiang was ranked first in the entire grade, while she was ranked dead last.
How did this Lin Tingwan have the nerve to say something like that?
Jiang Suizhou raised his eyebrows, an unknown emotion flashing in his eyes.
Watching the girl stride away, he suddenly sensed something different.
The same person, the same bloated body.
But somehow, did the current Lin Tingwan’s eyes seem brighter?
Jiang Suizhou smiled faintly.
Things were starting to get interesting.
After school, Lin Tingwan took a bus and then transferred to the subway before finally making it home.
Of course, it was the original owner’s home she was returning to.
Along the way, the original owner’s past memories played out in Lin Tingwan’s mind frame by frame, like a movie.
The more she thought about it, the more pitiful she found this girl.
Being bullied at school was one thing, but being poisoned right at home was another.
That stepmother of hers really had quite the method, not even bothering with flattery to destroy her.
Wouldn’t it be simpler to just poison the original owner to death outright?
The key thing was, the original owner’s mother had died in a car accident, and the driver at fault had paid two million in compensation.
And at that time, Lin Zhenwei’s company had run into trouble, and it was that money that had pulled it through.
Then, the very next month, Lin Zhenwei remarried, and the ruby necklace he gave his new wife happened to also cost two million.
You had to understand, it was his original wife who had struggled alongside Lin Zhenwei from nothing in the early days.
And the original owner’s mother, being frugal by habit, had all her clothes and jewelry combined worth less than ten thousand yuan!
When the original owner confronted him about it, Lin Zhenwei had said, feigning sincerity:
“Well, a man should be good to his wife.”
With the stepmother and the stepsister she’d brought along pressing down on her hard, how could the original owner have had any mind left for studying?
Why was it that even though many classmates in class knew her father was the head of a listed company, they still kept bullying the original owner without restraint?
Because of Lin Zhenwei’s indifference.
Just like how, even though Lin Yuexuan was, in name, only a stepdaughter tagging along, an extra baggage.
She was still driven to and from school every day in a luxury car.
Unlike the original owner, who had to squeeze onto public buses herself, dressed up as “toughening her through discipline.”
Every day, going to and from school took a great deal of effort, truly exhausting, and the original owner had never once thought that her poor health might actually have external causes.
The energy recovery potion really did work quite well, otherwise, given the original owner’s current physical condition, she wouldn’t have been able to hold on at all.
Maybe it would even have ended up trending in the news—
“Shocking! Girl collapses and dies from subway crowding!”
Finally, someone got off the subway, and Lin Tingwan got a seat.
While catching her breath, she began communicating with the “Top Student System” in her mind that had given her a second chance at life.
【Since we’ll be together for a long time from now on, let me give you a name.】
【As the host wishes.】 The system’s mechanical voice remained without any fluctuation.
【Let’s call you Xiaobai.】
Xiaobai was the name of the pet dog Lin Tingwan had raised in her past life.
Not wanting to argue such a pointless matter with a mere mortal, the high-and-mighty system replied indifferently:
【Host, whatever makes you happy.】
But the news the system told her next genuinely did make her happy.
Because the system directly displayed the exchange store interface in Lin Tingwan’s mind.
It looked somewhat like the store page of an online shopping platform, dazzling with all kinds of goods.
The key thing was, some of the items were extremely useful to Lin Tingwan right now.
Things like “great strength pills” and “marrow-cleansing water,” items she’d only ever seen in the immortal cultivation novels she used to read.
There were also truth talismans, stink bomb talismans, itch talismans, and so on.
Even in all her years of filming, she’d never come across a script quite like this.
Lin Tingwan looked at the various items inside with astonishment, wondering what she could exchange for right now.
【Host, completing various study tasks not only earns you wisdom points and health value. You can also earn points, which can be used to exchange for items in the store.】
Exchange for items?
Before Lin Tingwan’s joy could fully show, the system immediately poured cold water on her again:
【However, host, the exchange store is not yet open. You should focus on completing your study tasks and earning enough energy first.】
Tch, Lin Tingwan couldn’t be bothered to keep talking to this dog of a system.