Ji Qiuge went to school in a daze.
She was currently attending the only aristocratic university in this world—Stasi University.
This university gathered nobles from all over the world.
The Ji family, one of the noble houses, belonged to the top tier—which was also standard equipment for a vicious female supporting character.
Her parents and older brother were all formidable and doted on her immensely, so she got everything she wanted and had a willful personality. Every day, she either chatted with her fair-weather friends about clothes, went shopping, or had afternoon tea, or dressed up in flashy outfits to attend various banquets.
So today, when Ji Qiuge got off the helicopter, boarded the school shuttle, and was spotted by her waiting fair-weather friends, they were all shocked.
No other reason—Ji Qiuge looked very plain today.
She had only applied light makeup, wore a simple black CHANEL dress, not a single piece of jewelry, and her hair was casually loose.
"Oh my god, Qiuge! What happened to you?"
"What, has Miss Ji suddenly changed her style?"
"Don't say that, it actually looks pretty good. Minimalism is trendy lately, but why aren't you even wearing a necklace?"
The three fair-weather friends gathered around, feigning concern, but there was schadenfreude in their eyes.
Ji Qiuge lifted her gaze and looked at them.
Oh, it's you all—my good sisters who mined ore together and got blown to bits by an atomic bomb together.
"Don't bother me. Pour me some tea." Ji Qiuge waved her hand.
This shuttle was permanently assigned to the four of them. Inside, there was a table with prepared tea and breakfast around it, to ensure the young masters and misses coming to school wouldn't go hungry.
Xiao Lin'er chuckled, poured her some water, and asked, "What's going on with you?"
"Ugh!" Ji Qiuge sighed. She wanted to say something but received a warning from the System.
【You cannot reveal anything to anyone, or the Child of Fortune may detect it. The third Host failed precisely because of this!】
Ji Qiuge swallowed her words and waved her hand more irritably.
Seeing this, the fair-weather friends stopped joking and exchanged glances.
This is… something really happened?
Xiao Lin'er had the closest relationship with Ji Qiuge. She thought about it but couldn't figure out what could have happened. Could something have happened to the Ji family?
Unable to come up with anything, she simply brought up some gossip to try to divert Ji Qiuge's attention.
"Did you know? The school has a transfer student today. Our principal personally requested their top student from Qingyun University."
Ji Qiuge immediately looked up.
Here she comes—the female lead! She's here!
Seeing that she was interested, Xiao Lin'er smiled and said, "According to reliable sources, this transfer student is a commoner girl who grew up in an orphanage in the slums. Because she got lucky and saved the principal, and when the principal offered her money, she refused it, he specially brought her to this school to give her the best educational resources."
"The reason she's coming to school is because that commoner girl said she couldn't afford tuition anymore and was planning to drop out!"
Chen Yunmei rolled her eyes and sneered, "I knew it! What do you mean she refused the money—coming to Stasi is way more promising than staying at Qingyun. Every student here is rich. If she latches onto one, she'll never have to worry for the rest of her life! And she can't afford tuition… pfft…"
Hearing this, Ji Qiuge gave her a subtle look.
Here they come—the vicious female supporting cast is online.
Oh no, it should be called—the Soul-Shattering Atomic Bomb Squad is online!
Chen Yunmei felt a bit uncomfortable under her gaze and asked, "What? Did I say something wrong?"
"No, you're right."
The female lead had, of course, fallen in love with the male lead at first sight at school.
Oh, but the male lead had already graduated long ago—he'd finished university at age eight. Still, he was grateful for Stasi's teaching, so he held an honorary professorship at the school and occasionally came to teach economics.
Every time he taught, the whole school scrambled for spots. Of course, the spots were already fixed—all reserved for children of top-tier conglomerate families. Their circle.
As for the female lead, because she'd saved the principal's life, the principal had specially squeezed her in.
With such a special female lead, how could she not be the center of attention?
Ji Qiuge had no fondness for brainless female leads, but right now she had something more important to deal with.
Her mission.
Having over two hundred people watch her say such embarrassing lines was really…
No wonder those people had failed!!
Who could maintain conviction through that?
So she didn't join the discussion either. Not until they reached the classroom, the class bell rang, and the female lead walked in with the professor.
"This is your new classmate, Su Xiaoxiao. Everyone, please welcome her."
Ji Qiuge looked over. Su Xiaoxiao looked exactly as she had in the dream—long straight black hair, blunt bangs, deer-like eyes hidden behind an ugly black-framed glasses, head lowered, wearing a classic washed-out white T-shirt and blue jeans, carrying a black canvas bag.
Perfect. Everything on her didn't add up to fifty yuan.
The students below had already known about this beforehand and were all sizing up Su Xiaoxiao.
This made Su Xiaoxiao even more nervous, her head dropping lower, her slender fingers gripping her backpack tightly.
Ji Qiuge propped her chin on her hand. It was hard to imagine how this female lead—so self-conscious and sensitive—could ultimately find celebrating a birthday with an atomic bomb touching.
Was it because she was too insecure?
She didn't quite understand.
Many people were whispering among themselves.
"Holy shit, she really is from the slums. That's rare—I've never actually seen a pauper before!"
"Tsk, she just got lucky. She's only here to latch onto rich people!"
Seeing that no one was clapping to welcome her, the professor simply said, "Go sit next to the class monitor. Class monitor, please look after her."
The class monitor was Ye Lingjun—the second male lead, the gentle white moonlight archetype. He was nineteen this year, the same age as the female lead and Ji Qiuge.
The Ji and Ye families were on equal footing, but the Ye family had many illegitimate children. As the most outstanding child in the family, Ye Lingjun had always borne the responsibility of helping his mother guard against his other siblings and his father's women.
Because his mother was in poor health.
And so Ye Lingjun had grown up gentle and courteous—the second most outstanding man in the entire circle after Fu Yunjing. Refined and handsome, mild-mannered and elegant, he was the female lead's eternal older brother.
Actually, in Ji Qiuge's view, he should have been first—because he wouldn't set off atomic bombs for birthdays, only silently protect.
Just as she was thinking this, she heard the professor call for the class monitor again.
She snapped back to attention and looked at Ye Lingjun.
For some reason, Ye Lingjun looked pale, his body trembling as if he were ill. Perhaps that was why the usually well-mannered him hadn't stood up just now.
The professor was startled too, about to say something, when he saw Ye Lingjun rise.
"Sit on the inside," he said, his tone as gentle as ever.
Su Xiaoxiao nodded and walked over to sit inside.
Ji Qiuge blinked. Aside from his pale complexion, Ye Lingjun's gaze at the female lead was still full of tenderness and compassion.
Tsk. She'd wondered if Ye Lingjun might collapse and not be able to get up, but unfortunately the plot wasn't like that.
But did Ye Lingjun have a pale face in the script?
"Can I see the script?"
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"Oh…"
She knew exactly what was coming next in the Plot—after class, the female lead would be cornered and harassed. And tonight, conveniently, there was a high-society banquet being held in the school's small auditorium.
As for her, Ji Qiuge, she would "graciously" invite the female lead to attend, all while knowing full well that without an evening gown, the girl would be humiliated.
It was also on this very night that the female lead and male lead would meet for the first time.
Likewise, it would be the first time Ji Qiuge made a public spectacle of herself.