Gao Wen discovers she has been reborn. To her surprise, she finds that her world is actually from a novel, and she herself is a paper-thin character controlled by the plot, a cannon fodder supporti...
Chapter 59 Jiang Shuyan comes to find Gao Wen.
Fang Han heard the door close and waited a while before coming out of the room.
The living room was empty, and Gao Wen's bedroom door was closed, but the light was on inside.
Fang Han silently picked up the glass of water he had poured for Song Jie from the coffee table, walked to the kitchen, threw the glass and all into the trash can, and then turned on the tap to wash his hands vigorously.
If he had known that letting the person in would cause such a commotion, he definitely wouldn't have let them in.
Then, Fang Han continued to stir-fry the food that wasn't cooked properly.
Inside the room.
Gao Wen sat at her desk, her lips pressed tightly together, her eyes filled with indifference.
Song Jie's arrival did indeed stir up a lot of emotions in her.
She was already heartbroken by her father's unexpected death. On top of that, she was abandoned by her own mother and lost her home. The despair she felt at that moment made her stand on the rooftop.
As she walked along the lake, she thought countless times about jumping in.
Living is too hard and tiring, I've been abandoned by everyone, and I'm lost about the future.
But she is a person who does not give in or admit defeat.
Even if you don't die, you still have to keep living, and you have to live a very, very good life.
Gao Wen had long accepted that she was an orphan. She didn't understand why so many things kept happening the more she tried to live a better life.
She worked her way up to City A and was about to establish herself, so why did Song Jie tell her to go back with just a few words?
If anyone should leave, it should be her!
Gao Wen composed herself, stood up, and walked towards the door.
She reached out and opened the door, only to see Fang Han standing outside.
He was taken aback when Gao Wen suddenly opened the door, then cautiously asked, "I've made dinner, would you like to eat something?"
What was supposed to be a happy meal for two turned into this mess.
Seeing her overreacting just now, Fang Han regretted his actions and felt very sorry for her.
Gao Wen looked at the dining table, which was full of dishes. It was the hot pot with fermented rice and vinegar that she wanted to eat, as well as the stir-fried crab with scallions and ginger that she had specifically requested. He must have put a lot of thought into it.
"Mm." Gao Wen nodded, walked towards the dining table, and smiled, "I'm hungry."
"I'll get you some rice to tide you over." Fang Han quickly went over and poured Gao Wen some freshly squeezed orange juice.
Gao Wen washed her hands and was putting vegetables into the pot when Fang Han, sitting opposite her, looked at her and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I—"
"There's nothing to apologize for. It wasn't your fault, and it's all in the past." Gao Wen interrupted, looking up at Fang Han with a light smile. Then, she picked up a piece of crab and said, "I like to eat this."
"It tastes best when it's freshly cooked, eat it while it's hot." Fang Han put vegetables into the pot.
"It's delicious." Gao Wen took a sip, her eyes crinkling into a smile.
Upon seeing this, Fang Han smiled.
The two chatted casually, as if nothing had happened.
Fang Han bought some fresh shrimp, cooked them in the pot, took them out, peeled them, and put them in Gao Wen's bowl.
"Thank you," Gao Wen said with a slight smile.
Fang Han: "Eat more."
"Okay."
......
evening.
After washing up, Gao Wen did her usual live stream for a while, applied skincare products, and then went to bed to prepare for sleep.
But she couldn't sleep.
Gao Wen tossed and turned in bed. Insomnia is not a good thing, indicating that this matter is seriously affecting her life.
However, Song Jie never appeared again after that day.
Gao Wen felt that after a while, her life would return to normal.
However, whenever she sees Lin Siyue, she thinks of Lin Heng, the "culprit" who harmed her in the original story. She really doesn't know how to get along with Lin Siyue.
Lin Siyue knew nothing about it and thought that the two had taken a step closer. Early in the morning, she skipped over to tell Gao Wen, "Sister Wenwen, a friend of mine is coming to take a trial class. Is it convenient for you to join?"
"My schedule is completely full for the next two days," Gao Wen said.
"See when you have time and schedule a session for her. She said she wants to experience it." Lin Siyue clasped her hands together, her face pleading.
Although Gao Wen's classes don't have any promotions, everyone can buy one trial class for 1999 yuan. If they want to continue taking classes after the trial, they can buy ten classes at a time, which costs 18880 yuan.
"How about around noon today? Between one and two o'clock, can she go?" Gao Wen thought for a moment and said.
She occasionally attends classes at noon, but her mind has been too chaotic lately, and she doesn't want to be idle.
"Let me ask," Lin Siyue said, walking aside to make a phone call.
"Okay, let me know if you can. I'm going to class now," Gao Wen said as she walked towards the classroom.
Gao Wen has a full schedule of classes this morning.
Hu Hong arrived at six in the morning and taught until 11:30. As soon as get out of class ended, Zhang Ni waved to Gao Wen at the door, "Time to eat, you still have class at 12 o'clock."
"What do you want to eat today?" Gao Wen asked with a smile as she walked over.
When she's busy with classes, the receptionist and Zhang Ni will order meals for her, usually low-fat meals.
Zhang Ni smiled mysteriously. After Gao Wen came out, she walked to the front desk, took a bag, and handed it to Gao Wen. "I had no idea that Engineer Fang asked me to give you a love-filled bento box!"
Gao Wen's eyes flickered slightly as she reached out and took the item, then walked towards the rest room.
After she sat down, she opened the bag, which contained two boxes, and she opened them one by one.
Zhang Ni came over after smelling the aroma: "Wow, green pepper beef, steamed egg with minced meat, tomato cauliflower, and what's this? Chestnut chicken soup?" After looking at each dish, she couldn't help but feel envious, "Fang Gong's cooking skills are so good."
Gao Wen saw that there was a spoon and chopsticks in the bag, and a very gentle smile appeared on her lips: "Would you like to eat something together?"
“No, I have a hamburger,” Zhang Ni said, holding up the hamburger in her hand. “Engineer Fang gave you such a lavish lunch, while my husband only gave me a hamburger. That’s the difference between people.”
Gu Shujie also said that Fang Han was dull and clueless about relationships, and didn't know how to pursue someone.
In her opinion, this was too thoughtful and showed she was too good at pursuing him!
After Zhang Ni left, Gao Wen took a picture with her phone and sent it to Fang Han.
Fang Han quickly replied: 【You need to eat on time.】
According to Zhang Ni, Gao Wen often just eats a few bites or some oatmeal, which she thinks is bad for his health.
Gao Wen was eating and couldn't type, so she made a video call to Fang Han.
He answered after it rang several times.
Gao Wen glanced at the background; it was a stairwell. She felt a little embarrassed: "You haven't finished get off work yet? Did I disturb you?"
She felt so domineering, saying she would video call him whenever she wanted.
Fang Han sat on the steps and laughed, "It's the weekend today, so it counts as overtime. I just arrived at the company and haven't started working like a beast of burden yet."
His words amused Gao Wen, "I also have to work like a beast of burden after I finish eating, we're in the same boat."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
......
Gao Wen and Fang Han chatted for about half an hour, just as they finished their meal.
The receptionist told Gao Wen that a member had arrived and was changing clothes.
Gao Wen and Fang Han hung up the phone and went to the classroom ahead of time.
After class, Lin Siyue came over and leaned against the door, smiling as she said, "Sister Wenwen, my good friend is here. It's her first time teaching, so please bear with her."
"Yes, I know." Gao Wen got up, put the yoga mat that the members had just used aside, and walked over to get a new yoga mat. Hearing a sound behind her, she smiled and said, "Please wait a moment while I lay out a mat."
"It's alright," a woman's voice said.
"You all go to class first, I'm closing the door," Lin Siyue said, closing the door behind her.
As Gao Wen was about to turn around with the mat in her hand, she saw the person behind her through the window. Her grip on the mat tightened suddenly, and her eyes narrowed sharply.
"Xiaoyue said your classes are hard to book, so I thought I'd come and check it out," Jiang Shuyan said with a smile, her words very friendly.
"It's just been crowded these past few days." Gao Wen had already composed herself, walked over and skillfully laid out the mat. When she looked at Jiang Shuyan again, her eyes were clear, and she asked softly, "What class do you want to take?"
“Either is fine,” Jiang Shuyan said, looking at her.
Gao Wen nodded: "Stand on the mat first, let me check your posture and make an assessment."
Jiang Shuyan walked over and stood on the mat.
When Gao Wen was doing the evaluation, she smiled and said, "You may not know me, but I know you."
Gao Wen smiled but didn't intend to say anything more.
She thought that Jiang Shuyan might have seen her video account.
According to the timeline, Lin Heng and Jiang Shuyan should be engaged, and she has nothing to do with it.
"You're Aunt Song's daughter, right?" Jiang Shuyan looked at Gao Wen and continued, "You and she really look alike, and you seem to have a very good personality. After my mother passed away, my father's health was always poor. After Aunt Song came to our house, she gave birth to Ruru, bringing us a lot of joy. She also took good care of my father and me. I am very grateful to her."
"However, I didn't know you existed before, nor did I expect you to know Xiaoyue. Otherwise, we would have met long ago. I think we should get along well."
Gao Wen looked at Jiang Shuyan and smiled without saying a word.
Gao Wen had no idea that her mother had become the other woman's stepmother. All she knew was that she had been abandoned and had endured all these years of hardship.
Although Jiang Shuyan tried to be restrained and friendly when she came to talk to her, she couldn't hide the smugness and pride in her words.
The plot describes Jiang Shuyan as a delicate and innocent girl with a simple and kind heart.
Gao Wen might not agree.
Gao Wen had no way of knowing Jiang Shuyan's purpose, so she decided to treat it as a malicious provocation for the time being.
"How about leg training? Is that okay?" Gao Wen asked Jiang Shuyan.
“Sure,” Jiang Shuyan readily agreed.
"Sit down." Gao Wen walked to the side, picked up a spiked club, and came over.
Jiang Shuyan asked in confusion, "What is this?"
"Let me loosen up your muscles, otherwise they'll hurt when you go back to training."
"Okay, then."
......
For the next five minutes, Jiang Shuyan endured torture.
Lin Siyue walked to the door, still worried, and sighed silently when she heard the sounds coming from inside.
Who hasn't gone through this?
Jiang Shuyan had indeed never experienced this. Before transmigrating into the book, she was just a low-level office worker. Her only form of exercise was jumping around a bit, and she rarely even ran. If she had the perseverance to endure hardship and had such a good starting point, she wouldn't have achieved nothing after so many years of transmigrating into the book.
As Gao Wen's spiked club fell, Jiang Shuyan endured the pain for two seconds before tears welled up in her eyes. "What are you doing?"
"You need to relax your muscles before you can start class." Gao Wen's commanding presence was immediately apparent, her tone serious. She pressed down on her leg, expressionless, without loosening her grip in the slightest.
Jiang Shuyan gasped for breath, tears streaming down her face, her posture quite disheveled as she lay on the ground, pounding her fists.
Just as it was finally over, before Jiang Shuyan could even speak, Gao Wen's spiked club landed on her other leg, pressing down and kneading it.
"I don't want to go anymore, I don't want to go anymore," Jiang Shuyan said intermittently, her voice trembling with tears, looking utterly pitiful.
"Just bear with it," Gao Wen said.
"Ah—ah—" Jiang Shuyan couldn't hold back any longer and struggled while crying.
With her meager strength, she was no match for Gao Wen and was thoroughly humiliated. In the end, she mustered all her strength to kick Gao Wen away fiercely, shouting, "Gao Wen, are you doing this on purpose?! Are you crazy?"
Gao Wen dodged ahead of time, stood up with the spiked club in her hand.
The next second, Lin Siyue hurriedly opened the door and came in: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Jiang Shuyan cried out in pain, limping as she pointed at Gao Wen and yelled, "She's deliberately targeting me! What kind of internet celebrity teacher is she? She's not professional at all!"
Gao Wen quietly stared at Jiang Shuyan's ferocious face.
Finally, they stopped pretending.
"Sister Shuyan, please don't be like this," Lin Siyue looked at Gao Wen apologetically, then turned back to continue persuading Jiang Shuyan, "This is how it is with this class. It hurts a little, but it'll be fine. Otherwise, it'll hurt even more when you get home."
"That can't be right, she did it on purpose!" Jiang Shuyan wiped away her tears, looked at her disheveled appearance in the mirror, and seeing Gao Wen's cold and arrogant demeanor, blurted out, "She's sick!"
Lin Siyue was shocked by Jiang Shuyan's outrageous words.
Difficult to digest.
Gao Wen put away the spiked club and slowly said, "If you don't want to continue, then you don't have to. I'll refund your money. Your pain threshold and tolerance might be a bit low; this kind of class isn't suitable for you."
Jiang Shuyan wanted to say something, but Lin Siyue nodded and chimed in, "That's right, Sister Shuyan, you don't need to go anymore. I'll have them refund your money. Sister Wenwen is like this in class; she's always been very responsible. Don't misunderstand her."
"I didn't misunderstand her. Look at my leg, she did it on purpose!" Jiang Shuyan's tone became even sharper when she saw Lin Siyue siding with Gao Wen. "She just wants to get revenge on me, she's targeting me, she has a problem with me!"
"She's not as simple as you think."
"Sister Shuyan, stop talking, stop talking." Lin Siyue pulled Jiang Shuyan and quickly walked out.
Gao Wen stood there, pondering Jiang Shuyan's words and thinking of Song Jie who had come to find her.
Song Jie probably wanted her to leave because she was afraid her identity would be exposed, but Jiang Shuyan clearly knew her identity but didn't expose her. Instead, she found her and said some strange things.
It's funny, nobody wants her to have a good time.
Gao Wen went out the door and headed towards the restroom.
She was about to wash her face to clear her head when Jiang Shuyan opened the door and came out.
Upon seeing Gao Wen, Jiang Shuyan abandoned her previous politeness. She walked up to Gao Wen and said coldly in a low voice, "You're just like your mother, obsessed with climbing the social ladder. You're selfish, vain, and greedy. She's not living such a good life now."
Jiang Shuyan's words contained not only anger but also resentment.
In her life story, Gao Wen was originally just cannon fodder, destined to die a miserable death. Now, Gao Wen has stolen all the goodwill from those around her and plunged her into a debt crisis, making her unable to sleep every day. Even Lin Heng likes Gao Wen.
Jiang Shuyan felt she was about to collapse and everything was about to be ruined.
"It seems your life isn't going too well either." Gao Wen smiled at Jiang Shuyan, noticing the dark circles under her eyes that she couldn't hide, her smile ambiguous.
In the story, the female lead is supposed to be the most beautiful, but Jiang Shuyan is a delicate and innocent girl with a lucky charm who is loved by everyone. However, Gao Wen has an elegant demeanor, and when the two stand together, Jiang Shuyan is completely overshadowed. After Gao Wen's words hit the nail on the head, she felt like she was going to grind her teeth to dust.
Jiang Shuyan walked out, leaving behind the words: "Be as smug as you want, you're just cannon fodder anyway."
Others might find it incomprehensible, but Gao Wen understood it and was immediately taken aback.
This statement undoubtedly means that no matter how hard you work or how glamorous you are, you will eventually die a miserable death.
Gao Wen was in a daze all afternoon and didn't force herself to attend class.
She said Jiang Shuyan was acting strangely.
Could it be that, like her, she also learned the plot after waking up? Did she have an extra "past life"?
As soon as it got dark, Gao Wen packed her things and prepared to go home.
Lin Siyue looked at her and said, "Sister Wenwen, I'm sorry. I should have known better than to let her come to class."
She has apologized many times, and Gao Wen has said it's okay, but she still feels guilty.
Lin Siyue had no idea that Jiang Shuyan had become like this after attending just one class.
Everyone experiences this during class; it's very painful.
Lin Siyue used to think Jiang Shuyan was generous and sensible, but this incident shattered her illusions. How could she act like a shrew?
She was actually somewhat relieved that Lin Heng hadn't gotten engaged to Jiang Shuyan.
"It has nothing to do with you, don't blame yourself." Gao Wen smiled and walked out. "See you tomorrow."
"Bye-Bye."
...
Gao Wen had just stepped out of her house and was about to cross the road when she saw Lin Heng by the roadside.
She was too tired to say hello, so she pretended not to see her and turned to the other side.
“Gao Wen, I have something to tell you,” Lin Heng caught up with her, “I heard from Xiao Yue that…”
He wanted to continue, but Gao Wen said sternly, "I don't want to have anything to do with you anymore. Think what you want. Just don't follow me!"
Before the last words had faded, Gao Wen walked away quickly.
......
Fang Han sent Gao Wen a message in the evening, but she didn't reply by 10 p.m.
When it was 11 o'clock, he couldn't help but send a message to Zhang Ni, wanting to ask if Gao Wen was still in class.
Zhang Ni returned the call, somewhat surprised: "She left at six o'clock. Something happened today, and she didn't attend any classes this afternoon. What happened?"
"What happened?" Fang Han pressed.
Zhang Ni wasn't at the museum; she only knew the general outline.
After hearing this, Fang Han hurriedly hung up the phone. He then called Gao Wen, but her phone was switched off.
His heart jumped into his throat, and he hurriedly left home.