Walking behind Long Aotian, Hu Yuying’s curled fingertips tightened slightly, her heart skipping a beat as a shy glimmer flickered in the corner of her eyes, tender and graceful.
Just moments ago, she didn’t know what had come over her. Watching Li Qingxue interact with Long Aotian, she felt as if she had lost her soul. By the time she regained her senses, her hand was already resting on Long Aotian’s head.
Now, just thinking about her actions in the cafeteria, Hu Yuying’s palm tingled slightly, a strange, indescribable physiological reaction.
Clenching her small hand, she took a deep breath and quickened her pace to catch up to Long Aotian. She tried to control her erratic breathing and stole a glance at him.
Seeing that Long Aotian looked as calm as ever, she couldn’t help but let out a small sigh of relief. Still, a hint of unease lingered in her heart. Would her actions seem too forward in Long Aotian’s eyes?
A girl shouldn’t casually touch a boy’s head, just as a boy shouldn’t casually grab a girl’s hair.
Lost in her thoughts, she became somewhat absent-minded.
Soon, Hu Yuying felt herself bump into something warm and slightly firm.
Startled, she quickly snapped back to reality.
“What are you thinking about? You’re so distracted,” Long Aotian chuckled.
He had noticed Hu Yuying’s absent-mindedness earlier. She hadn’t even noticed the campus streetlights ahead.
Long Aotian had been curious to see if she would actually walk into one, and sure enough, she nearly did.
If he hadn’t shielded her with his hand, she would have definitely ended up with a bump on her forehead.
“N-nothing,” Hu Yuying touched her forehead, feeling a little awkward and embarrassed. If Long Aotian hadn’t protected her, her forehead would have hurt from the impact.
But when she saw the smile on Long Aotian’s face, she couldn’t help but smile too.
“Silly girl, you need to take care of yourself, little scatterbrain.”
Hu Yuying stubbornly shook her head. Over the time she had spent by Long Aotian’s side, her personality had subtly changed. Now, she even dared to joke with him. “I’m not scatterbrained! I was just testing whether you’d protect me in time.”
“Oh, you’ve learned to argue back now, huh? Not bad,” Long Aotian replied, clearly pleased.
In the past, Hu Yuying would have just accepted whatever others said without a word of protest.
At least now she could argue back a little. That was progress.
As for what had happened in the cafeteria, Long Aotian simply treated it as a minor incident.
After all, Hu Yuying was his little sidekick!
Wasn’t it only natural for her to help out her big brother?
......
The three days of exams passed quickly.
The urgency of senior year wasn’t just felt by the students; the teachers were equally pressed for time.
After invigilating the exams, they had to rush back to their offices to grade the papers.
By the afternoon of the third day, just before school ended, the results of the monthly exams were already out.
Long Aotian was among the first to check the results, dragging Hu Yuying along with him.
Thanks to the intimidating impression Long Aotian had left on others, no one dared to compete with him for a spot at the front.
“Wow, double first place.”
Hu Yuying and Li Qingxue’s names were tied for first place, standing out prominently.
This outcome was somewhat unexpected for Long Aotian, yet it also made sense.
In the original novel, Hu Yuying had always been a good student, but after transferring schools, she had been bullied by Long Aotian, which had affected her studies.
Now that he had taken over, not only had he stopped bullying her, but he had also protected her. With her solid foundation, it was no surprise she had scored so high.
As for Li Qingxue, Long Aotian swore he hadn’t known she was the “white moonlight” female lead in the original story.
After accidentally giving her some advice, she had temporarily set aside her distractions and focused on her studies.
Perhaps that was why she had been able to concentrate and dedicate more time to her academics.
Otherwise, according to the original story’s progression, the “white moonlight” female lead would have been going through a period of regret, her studies severely affected.
She definitely wouldn’t have been tied for first place with Hu Yuying.
Unlike Long Aotian, Hu Yuying didn’t start scanning the list from the top. Instead, she began from the bottom.
Long Aotian’s name wasn’t among the bottom ten.
It wasn’t in the bottom twenty either.
There were seven classes in the senior year, totaling around 420 students.
Finally, she found Long Aotian’s name at the 389th position, with a total score of 318.
Long Aotian was about to praise Hu Yuying, encouraging her to keep up the good work so she could get into her dream university.
But before he could speak, Hu Yuying turned to him, her face beaming with excitement. “Long Aotian, you scored 318! That’s 30 places higher than last time!”
“What?” Long Aotian’s eyes widened.
He had to admit, hearing Hu Yuying tell him he had improved by 30 places made him feel a little proud.
Unconsciously, he straightened his back, even clasping his hands behind him. His mouth was practically splitting into a grin, but he forced himself to maintain a calm tone. “Not bad, I guess.”
To Long Aotian, this score was something to be proud of.
At least, that’s what the surrounding students thought.
Hu Yuying had scored first in the grade, yet she wasn’t strutting around like Long Aotian, who was practically puffing out his chest and looking down his nose at everyone.
How could someone who had barely scraped the bottom 30 act so smug?
Hu Yuying, the top scorer, wasn’t even this proud. Wasn’t he overdoing it?
Regardless of what others thought, Long Aotian was genuinely happy. This proved that his efforts to study with Hu Yuying had paid off, and he had made significant progress.
If he kept this up until the college entrance exams, maybe he wouldn’t need his father to pull strings, beg for favors, or spend years of savings to get him into university.
He might actually be able to get in on his own merit.
And then, he could embark on a completely different path in life.
A completely different path! The thought alone was enough to excite him.
With a smug expression, he walked back to his seat—not directly, but by making a grand detour around the classroom.
When he passed by Wang Shuo, who was stuffing books into the back of his pants, Long Aotian couldn’t help but shake his head and chuckle. “It’s too late for that now. You’re doomed!”
“Do you know how much I scored this time? 318! Rank 389, which is 31st from the bottom. I improved by 30 places! Can you believe it?”
Wang Shuo’s face twitched. He had been counting on Long Aotian to be the bottom of the class so he could at least tell his parents someone had done worse than him.
Sure, he’d still get scolded, but it wouldn’t be as bad.
Now, without Long Aotian as the class’s worst, Wang Shuo remembered how his father had whipped him with a belt after the last minor test, leaving him unable to sit properly for three days.
And this time, it was a monthly exam! The thought made him want to cry as he stuffed two more books into his pants.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk. Better stuff in a few more books. After all, I’m no longer the bottom of the class!”
Wang Shuo knew exactly what Long Aotian was doing—showing off. “Yeah, yeah, you’re amazing. Just stop talking, okay?”
Long Aotian struggled to suppress his grin, straightening his collar with one hand to distract himself from the overwhelming urge to smile. “You know, I’m not saying this to brag about my 318 score.”
“I just want you to know that I’ve improved by 30 places compared to my previous self—that’s all.”
With that, he clasped his hands behind his back, straightened his posture, and walked off with a spring in his step, a faint smile playing on his lips.
He then approached the second-to-last and third-to-last students, shaking his head and clicking his tongue before casually mentioning that he hadn’t performed well this time, scoring only 318 points and ranking 389th, 31st from the bottom.
He had only improved by 30 places.
And he made sure to emphasize that he wasn’t saying this to boast...
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
