Chapter 91: The Academic Prodigy's Dark Moonlight (2)

Wen Wan sent a message of condolence to the original owner's parents. After all, she had taken the identity of their daughter and their money, so she should still show some basic courtesy. However, as soon as Wen Wan sent the message, the original owner's father called.

Wen Wan connected.

"Xiaoyue, are you short of money? Shall I send you some more?"

Wen Yan: "..."

He quickly explained, "That's enough, that's enough, you don't need to send me any more."

“Your mother and I have been busy this month, so we probably won’t be able to come home until next month. We will send you a gift for your birthday. We’re so sorry this time!” Liu’s father said. Wen Wan then realized that it was the original owner’s birthday, but the two of them couldn’t come back, so they wanted to make it up to her.

A pang of sadness welled up inside her; this wasn't Wen Wan's feeling, but rather the original owner's.

"Can't we really come back?"

Mr. Liu hesitated, "We have a few projects to discuss, so be good."

Wen Wan: "Okay, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Liu's father transferred another 100,000 yuan.

Wen Wan knew that the original owner's soul was no longer there, but she still comforted her, "They did it to give you a better life, not because they didn't love you."

After that, we continued eating.

...

The next day, Wen Wan went to school. To her surprise, the male protagonist was sitting in the classroom, pale-faced, with a bandage wrapped around his head.

"Is he made of iron? Is he even fully recovered before coming to class?" Yesterday, he was covered in blood, which almost scared Wen Wan to death.

System: [As the male lead, his physique should be quite good, after all, he has the protagonist's halo.]

Is this the male lead?

That's terrifying.

Wen Wan carefully observed the male lead, Gu Sheng. He was thin, something she had noticed when Gu Sheng grabbed her yesterday. His fingers were all bone, which was hard to hold. However, being the male lead, he was naturally very handsome, with striking features. Although he still had the boyishness of youth, she could foresee how stunning he would be when he grew up. He was wearing a faded school uniform and was constantly working on practice problems.

Wen Wan wasn't the only one watching him; almost half the class was looking at him, but no one dared to approach him.

"Yueyue, you're not going to break our promise from a few days ago, are you?" Yes, before Wen Wan arrived, the original owner had already lost a game with some friends, and the consequence of losing was that she had to win over Gu Sheng within a month and then dump him. How despicable!

The girl who walked over was named Chu Yanran, the original owner's best friend. However, she was actually extremely jealous. It was Chu Yanran who was plotting behind the scenes when the original owner pursued Gu Sheng. She just wanted to see the original owner be rejected by Gu Sheng and lose face.

Later, after the original owner was disfigured, that trashy man was introduced to her by Chu Yanran.

Wen Wan looked at Chu Yanran and said, "Of course not."

Chu Yanran quietly handed a note to Wen Wan, "This is Gu Xueba's home address and some of his daily routines. I went to great lengths to get this for you."

According to the original Liu Ya Yue, if Chu Yan Ran said that, then at the very least, she would treat people to a meal, or she would give them shoes and bags, and they would all be quite valuable. But Wen Wan is not stupid, how could she possibly give money to someone else?

So Chu Yanran waited a while, and then she heard a voice say, "Thank you, Yanran, you're so kind to me."

That's it?

"Okay... alright, class is about to start, I'll go now, just remember our promise."

After Chu Yanran left, Wen Wan looked at the contents of the note. Besides the address, it also mentioned Gu Sheng's habits: "Don't eat lunch? No wonder you're so thin."

Wen Wan decided to pursue Gu Sheng, starting with delivering lunch to him.

"Ring ring..."

The classroom quickly filled with students, but Gu Sheng was the only one without a deskmate.

Wen Wan: Isn't this an opportunity? To be Gu Sheng's deskmate.

The original owner is currently in the second semester of her senior year of high school, and her studies are very demanding. Her grades are not good, but she doesn't care.

Looking at the math textbook in front of her, Wen Wan thought that since she had gone through the college entrance examination and even did well to get into a top university, this should be enough. But as she looked at it, Wen Wan frowned.

"I don't understand so much, baby. Is it because the original owner's intelligence level affected me?" Wen Wan asked the system in disbelief.

System: [No, the knowledge is still the same; it's just that the host hasn't been exposed to it for too long and has forgotten it.]

Wen Wan: "Then don't you have any cheat codes to help me?"

System: [Host, are you stupid! Your grades are bad, but Gu Sheng's are good! What a great excuse.]

Wen Yan: "..."

So it must be the system's doing, otherwise how could she not understand anything?

Wen Wan later discovered that the original owner of this body was a science student.

She graduated from university with a degree in humanities.

No wonder math is so difficult. Not only math, but chemistry, physics, and biology are also difficult, except for Chinese and English.

Wen Wan had been listening to gibberish all morning, and by the time school was over, her eyes were already swollen with tears.

As soon as the school bell rang, the students in the classroom immediately ran to the cafeteria. Just like they had been trained, Chu Yanran ran over again, "Yueyue, what kind of lunch is your nanny bringing today? I can't wait!"

Wen Wan: "You go first."

Chu Yanran was stunned. She had been eating lunch delivered by Liu Yayue's housekeeper, which was made by a professional chef and tasted much better than the cafeteria food.

"Yueyue, you—"

"Yanran, I'm having lunch with Gu Sheng. I can't break my promise, so you'll have to eat at the cafeteria for a while."

Chu Yanran: "..."

Pursuing Gu Sheng? Thinking of her own plan, Chu Yanran agreed, "Alright, you'll have to make it up to me later. I've suffered so much for you."

Wen Wan: "Okay."

As for whether or not there will be compensation in the future, we'll talk about that later.

After Chu Yanran left, the nanny brought over the meal, which consisted of three dishes, a soup, two servings of rice, yogurt, drinks, and more—a very lavish spread.

The other students were used to it; after all, the family was wealthy, with a nanny delivering meals every day and a driver picking them up and dropping them off daily.

Wen Wan took two dishes, a rice dish, and a bottle of water, walked over to Gu Sheng, and placed them on Gu Sheng's table.

The few remaining students in the classroom all looked over, somewhat surprised.

Gu Sheng still didn't look up, as if she had no idea that someone had come to sit next to her table.

"These are all for you. Don't worry, they're clean and I haven't touched them. But they're not free. I need tutoring, so if you tutor me, I'll pay you."

Gu Sheng: "No need."

Wen Wan: "One class is two hours long and costs 300 yuan. There are two classes a day. Do you need to make up for it?"

Gu Sheng had to work two jobs after school and couldn't go home to sleep until midnight every day. Even though the teacher exempted him from early morning self-study, Gu Sheng still didn't have enough rest time. He needed money.

Gu Sheng looked up at Wen Wan, "When will you make it up?"

"After school."

"OK."

Gu Sheng continued doing his practice problems, while Wen Wan pushed the food towards him. "I haven't touched this food. I don't want to faint from hunger while you're tutoring me. That would be a waste of my time."

Wen Wan thought Gu Sheng would refuse, after all, in the original work he had rejected Liu Ya Yue's advances from the beginning and had prepared some convincing reasons.

"Um."

Wen Wan: "I'm not... um? Okay, then you can eat your food properly."

Back in her seat, Wen Wan still couldn't believe it. "Is he really that easy to talk to? He offered to give me extra lessons, and he didn't refuse when he offered me food?"

The system also found it strange.

But at least this is a good thing, as the host's progress will be much faster.

While eating, Wen Wan kept glancing at Gu Sheng out of the corner of her eye. Gu Sheng also opened his lunchbox and ate very well, but he didn't eat very fast. He finished in ten minutes. Wen Wan also quickly ate her food. Seeing Gu Sheng leave with his lunchbox, she quickly called out, "Wait for me."

Gu Sheng didn't answer, but he stopped and waited for Wen Wan to run over before the two of them left the classroom together.

The few students left in the classroom looked at each other.

"Am I hallucinating from hunger? Liu Yayue actually brought food to Gu Sheng just now? When did they become so close?"

"Didn't Liu Yayue look down on Gu Sheng the most? She even scolded him in public. Could it be that I remembered wrong?"

"..."

At the sink, Gu Sheng washed the food box clean and then helped Wen Wan wash it as well, handing it to her.

"The cost of meals will be deducted from the tutoring fees."

Wen Wan: "..." Just as expected, the male lead would never take advantage of her. But that's to be expected. Oh well, a meal with both meat and vegetables will only cost one yuan.

"Okay, then wait for me after school this afternoon."

"Okay." Gu Sheng turned and left, and Wen Wan also gave the lunchbox to the nanny to take away.

...

Wen Wan didn't expect that her actions at noon would quickly spread throughout the entire class. After all, although the original owner's grades were average, she was rich and beautiful, so she already received a lot of attention. Gu Sheng, as the top student who had been at the top of the class for many years, was also quite popular, even though he wasn't very popular.

The fact that these two people, who seem to have nothing in common, suddenly crossed paths naturally surprised many people.

The afternoon classes still felt like being in prison for Wen Wan. She was completely exhausted and slumped on the desk. "Baby, this subject is like a completely different world. You gave me this science student identity just to torture me, didn't you?"

System: [Host, please bear with it. Anyway, the original owner's grades weren't good, and the character won't be out of character.]

"Really no cheat code? Your system is completely inadequate. Other people's cheat codes go directly from last place to first place, slap the whole school in the face, get into the top 1, reach the pinnacle of life, and maybe even research rocket launches for the country."

She at least understands system novels; she's even written some herself.

[Host, don't get your hopes up. That's not protagonist halo; you're just cannon fodder.]

Wen Yan: "..."

Don't cannon fodder have human rights?

Don't they deserve a cheat code to turn the tables?

After school, Gu Sheng was still working on her homework when Wen Wan walked up to her desk and said, "Let's have some tutoring at your house today."

Gu Sheng: "A classroom is fine too."

He clearly didn't want Wen Wan to come to his house. Wen Wan naturally knew that was impossible, so she compromised and said, "I don't like having classes in the classroom. How about coming to my house? My parents aren't home anyway. It's just me and my aunt at home."

Gu Sheng nodded. "Okay."

Chu Yanran arrived. "Yueyue, let's go home together."

Previously, the original owner would always have the driver take Chu Yanran home first, and then go to his own home. It can be said that although the original owner was selfish, he was very good to Chu Yanran and treated her with all his heart. He was a very qualified friend, but unfortunately, he was betrayed by this person in the end.

Wen Wan: "No, Yanran. Gu Sheng promised to tutor me, so I'll be traveling with Gu Sheng for a while. You'll have to make do with taking the bus for a bit. I remember there's a direct bus from your house."

Chu Yanran: "???"

Looking at Gu Sheng, who was standing calmly to the side, Chu Yanran suddenly felt that something was not right, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Wen Wan didn't care what Chu Yanran thought. She didn't even want to pay Chu Yanran for the bus fare and simply pulled Gu Sheng away.

Upon arriving at the door, the driver looked at the unfamiliar male student in the back seat and asked, "Miss, aren't you waiting for Chu?"

Wen Wan: "No need, let's go."