Lin Xiao looked at Song Qi with a hint of shock in his expression, then laughed: "Are you kidding me?"
Song Qi ignored him.
This is a society where a clear hierarchy of contempt exists.
The vampires of the five major families generally look down on all vampires outside of the five major families, as well as all humans in this world, and the five major families also look down on each other.
Such thoughts as those of Yan are quite normal among the five major families, but smart people just don't say them out loud.
While outwardly claiming to coexist peacefully, the five major families view all humans as food, without distinction.
Therefore, Song Qi's idea of having pity for the human race was a shocking and unconventional thing.
Lin Xiao looked at Song Qi: "You want to be a saint?"
"I don't want to, I'm just a little tired. It's pointless to keep looking down on each other like this every day." Song Qi shook the bottle. "The average lifespan of a vampire is around seven hundred years. Don't you think it's a waste to waste five hundred years of your life on racial struggles?"
Lin Xiao: ...
I didn't even know how to refute it.
The basketball game has started.
As expected, although the vampires and humans were in the same team, they basically didn't coordinate at all; it was very chaotic, with each fighting their own battles.
Calling it a basketball game is an understatement; it's more like a chaotic free-for-all.
Song Qi's lips twitched slightly, unable to bear to look at him, and he glanced at Lin Xiao beside him: "Don't you think this is embarrassing?"
Lin Xiao: ...
"Anyway, I can't argue with you."
“Because you also think what I said makes sense.” Song Qi patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder. “You’re still too young.”
Lin Xiao: ? ? ?
The basketball game became increasingly chaotic, and eventually it became impossible to continue. A group of people on the court almost came to blows.
Thankfully, there's no live stream here, otherwise it would be incredibly embarrassing for Siberia.
Song Qi was speechless.
This school truly amplifies social conflicts. After leaving the school, most people will find that the conflict between humans and vampires is not as intense as they felt in school. In reality, it is all due to the pressure of life that people have to learn to pretend.
There's a dance party tonight.
The dress that the Yao family prepared for Song Qi was extremely cumbersome. Although it was indeed beautiful, he should absolutely not try to dance in it. He even had to walk slowly and gracefully, otherwise he might trip and fall.
Because this year happens to be the school's 100th anniversary, there were even more reporters at the ball, and there was even a red carpet.
Song Qi walked onto the red carpet expressionlessly, occasionally glancing at the reporters. Perhaps because she had just been trending on social media that morning, many people recognized her.
"It's that girl from this morning!"
"Wow!"
"Smile!"
"Smile."
"Miss Yao!"
The other students instinctively stepped aside, making room for Song Qi.
Then everyone realized that Song Qi was moving even faster.
"That's too extravagant," Song Qi said, listening to the shouts around him.
"If it's not extravagant, how can it live up to the noble setting?" System NZ chuckled. "Host, I even took some photos of you as a souvenir. If you want them when you get back, I can Photoshop your face onto them all."
"No need." Song Qi's lips twitched slightly.
"Host, to be honest, you're quite photogenic," System NZ remarked, looking at the photos it had taken.
Song Qi ignored it and went inside intending to find a quiet corner to sit down, but Yao Feng called her to greet people together.
This time, only Yao Feng from the Yao family came.
Yao Xi had an older sister and an older brother, one a businessman and the other a soldier, but the Yao family mainly rose to prominence through politics.
The Yao family has never made any demands on Yao Xi. In the past, Yao Feng would not bring Yao Xi to social events during school anniversary celebrations.
Things suddenly changed today. I don't know if it was because of her behavior this morning that Yaofeng changed his mind.
Yao Feng basically doesn't need to move around; people will naturally come over to greet him.
Human race, vampire race.
The power of the Yao family was clearly demonstrated at this time.
Song Qi followed Yao Feng around, recognizing people.
"I saw the video this morning, Miss Yao is amazing."
"Thank you." Song Qi glanced at the cup of blood the other person offered him, not really wanting to take it. "Sorry, I'd rather drink."
Wu Die smiled, not minding at all, put the glass back, and handed Song Qi another glass of champagne.
"Thank you," Song Qi said politely but distantly.
Wu Die is the third young master of the Wu family. He has already graduated and is four years older than Yao Xi. Today, he came with the head of the Wu family. The Wu family ranks second among the five major families and has been suppressed by the Yao family for many years.
The Yao and Wu families had a good relationship; the eldest daughter of the Wu family married the eldest son of the Yao family, and the two families maintained close ties.
Wu Die always tried to make conversation, and Song Qi didn't respond much, but he could still keep talking.
She overheard the head of the Wu family saying, "The two children are having a good chat," and Yao Feng even agreed.
Song Qi didn't understand how they could tell they were having a good conversation.
She took a sip of her drink and glanced into the distance.
Xia Ge was chatting with someone. Her dress was simple and elegant, which suited her character in this world.
Song Qi took out his phone, wanting to take a picture.
"Miss Yao?"
Song Qi snapped out of his daze upon hearing Wu Die's voice. He was somewhat annoyed, but still managed a smile.
"What is Miss Yao looking at?"
"I didn't see anything." Song Qi touched Wu Die's cup and downed the wine in one gulp.
"Xiao Xi, do you have any plans for after graduation?" Wu Bie, the head of the Wu family, suddenly asked Song Qi.
Song Qi paused for a moment, recalling the original owner's wish, which seemed to be to be a lazy bum, just eating and waiting to die.
"I haven't really thought about it yet."
If the main quest aligns with her expectations, then she will most likely enter politics.
It's a bit of a hassle; this is something I'm afraid I'll have to do from age nineteen to six hundred.
However, based on her thoughts over the past few days, the simplest solution is to encourage the male lead to take over the Yao family and support Zhou Yan.
“You’re not young anymore, you can start thinking about it.” Yao Feng frowned, clearly displeased.
Song Qi glanced at Yao Feng: "I don't dare to say anything now, no matter what I'm thinking."
"What, you think you can do something that the Yao family can't protect you?"
Song Qi smiled and said nothing more.
“Brother Yaofeng, there’s no need to be in such a hurry. Xiao Xi looks promising from the start.”
“She’s been playing around until she’s nineteen and hasn’t accomplished anything yet. What can she possibly do in the future?” Yao Feng said, glancing at Song Qi. “I just hope she doesn’t cause me any trouble later.”
Song Qi nodded in agreement, earning a glare from Yao Feng in return.
She lowered her head, chuckled twice (not very kindly), and when she looked up, she saw Wu Die also smiling at her.
Song Qi didn't like that look in his eyes.
“Host, it seems that Wu Die wants to form a marriage alliance with your family.”
"Oh, then let him keep thinking about it." Song Qi said expressionlessly.
Song Qi was only freed after he had gone to meet everyone with Yao Feng.
She found a corner to sit down, intending to rest for a while, but students kept coming over to greet her.
Xia Ge had never been there; she just stood not far away watching her laugh, her laughter tinged with schadenfreude.
Song Qi really wanted to drag her over and teach her a lesson.
Xia Ge seemed to sense Song Qi's ill-intentioned gaze, and immediately turned around, leaving her with a cold back view.
The dance party wouldn't end until midnight, lasting a full five hours.
"Host, if you feel bored, you can go and chat with other people."
"What are we going to talk about? Besides, given my current persona, are you sure rushing in won't scare people?" Song Qi had already drunk quite a bit. He glanced at the empty glass on the coffee table in front of him, then got up and went to the bathroom.
The lobby was noisy, but the rest of the place was much quieter.
Because of her changed identity, there are far fewer vicious female supporting characters in this world who dare to cause her trouble.
Speaking of which, Xia Ge is a villainous supporting character. Song Qi is a little curious. According to the original script, what should Xia Ge do to be considered villainous?
There were no people speaking ill of Song Qi in the restroom; instead, there were people praising how capable she was.
Upon seeing her, he ran away shyly.
It made Song Qi feel like he was dreaming.
She looked at her red eyes in the mirror, blinked, tidied her hair, and touched up her lipstick.
She knocked on the sink twice, then finally sent Yaofeng a message saying that she was going back first.
Two minutes later, Yao Feng still hadn't replied, so Song Qi assumed he knew and ran out the back door to message Zhao Yu, asking her to prepare bathwater and a midnight snack.
After Song Qi returned to her dormitory, took a shower, and ate something, Yao Feng sent her a message, scolding her but not asking her to come over again.
After the school anniversary celebration, the student council will be re-elected. Generally, only the student council president and vice president will be elected, and the president will form other departments on his own.
After Song Qi reported his name, a bunch of people gave up running for the election. When they saw that Zhou Yan had chosen to run for vice president, they were even more moved. Many people even asked Zhou Yan if he had been threatened.
In the end, only one person could compete with Song Qi: Cong Yan.
On election day, the two men happened to be seated next to each other.
"To be honest, I really admire your spirit of humiliating yourself." Song Qi glanced at the speech manuscript in Yan's hand, a thick stack, clearly prepared with great care.
Cong Yan rolled her eyes at Song Qi.
The first event was the election for vice president, with the audience voting anonymously via a mini-program, one vote per student ID.
Perhaps because their future boss is Song Qi, there aren't many people running for vice president.
Zhou Yan was elected very easily.
During the election for president, Cong Yan beat Song Qi to it, holding her speech and adopting a very arrogant attitude.
Her speech clearly praised the vampires, and her target audience was obviously the vampires' supporters.
Song Qi glanced back and noticed that many humans had begun to frown.
When he stepped down from the stage, the applause was sparse.
A row of people from the Cong family not far away had already covered their faces.
Song Qi didn't prepare any speech; he only brought one person with him.
"Hello everyone, I am Yao Xi, the third young lady of the Yao family. My personal charm far surpasses that of people from the Yan family."
Some people in the audience had already started laughing.
Cong Yan coldly watched Song Qi.
"Don't glare at me. I believe that when I go down later, I'll receive more applause than you. No, I think I'll get more applause than you even if I don't say anything." Song Qi raised his hand. "Give us some face, everyone?"
As soon as he finished speaking, thunderous applause erupted.
Yan's face turned green.
Song Qi also clapped a few times: "I should still support my own show."
"I didn't prepare a speech because I didn't think it was necessary. The thickness of your speech doesn't necessarily correlate with your approval rating, but I believe it does correlate with the number of people sleeping in the audience. I believe everyone dozed off a little while Yan was giving her speech."
“I am different from Cong Yan. She is more conservative and only wants the support of the vampires. I am more ambitious and want the support of both the vampires and the humans.”
"The most important thing for a leader is to treat everyone fairly, and I think I can do that."
"I usually teach those who offend me a lesson. I won't treat you differently just because you're a vampire, nor will I bully you excessively just because you're human."
"For example, Cong Yan, whom I'm mocking now, and Zhou Yan, who played basketball with me last time," Song Qi said expressionlessly.
The laughter instantly grew louder.
Zhou Yan glanced at Song Qi and then rubbed his forehead.
"My previous refusal to become student council president was not to incite racial conflict. I don't know who spread that rumor. I don't like being used as a shield by some people. If you want to create conflict, stand up yourself, thank you. So, in order to improve my reputation, Zhou Yan and I discussed it, and this time I'll be the president."
"Throughout the school's 100-year history, vampires and humans have always been at odds. I want to create a miracle so that everyone can live in harmony when I become the president."
"It's definitely not because I'm lazy."
Song Qi glanced at the people below the stage.
"I guess some people have a problem with me now. It's interesting that people who were adversaries in school can get along with the races they used to be hostile to after they leave school, because they are forced to get along with them for various reasons."
“By then, your mindset was already fixed. You felt like vomiting when you saw a race you disliked, but you still had to hold it in and smile. Since you had to do that anyway, you might as well not have developed this mindset while you were in school.” Song Qi observed the expressions of the people sitting in the seats.
“I believe many people have the desire to be close to different races, but they choose hostility because of herd mentality.”
Song Qi tapped the table: "I don't believe that human girls won't light up when they see a handsome vampire, and I don't believe that vampire youths won't stop in their tracks when they see a beautiful human. Everyone has a love for beauty. Just like I think Xia Ge is very beautiful and has a great personality, which fits my aesthetic."
Xia Ge froze for a moment, her face instantly turning red. Feeling countless gazes falling on her, she immediately buried her head.
“It’s not shameful.” Song Qi looked at Xia Ge with a smile on his face. “Besides, I don’t really like Cong Yan’s hierarchy of contempt theory. According to your theory, I have the right to bully everyone in the audience because none of you can beat me, and none of you have a better family background than me. According to you, I should live a lonely life. Why should I?”
He frowned as he smoked.
"You think you're at the top of your so-called hierarchy of contempt, but your attitude makes me feel you're not worthy to stand on the same level as me." Song Qi looked at her coldly. "You really aren't worthy."
"There's no point in comparing. A country or a society requires many people to form. If you're not happy or don't like the rest of the world, I suggest you buy a small island, plant a chess piece there, and become the president yourself."
"This is just a rough idea of mine, and it may have some shortcomings. Feel free to discuss it with me. I hope everyone will vote for me, after all, I've already made my boast."
"Thank you everyone, and don't forget to give me a round of applause." Song Qi bowed.
The applause rang out again, much louder than the first time.
Amidst the applause, Song Qi returned to sit down next to Cong Yan.
"Are you trying to curry favor with the humans?"
"Advocating equality is just pandering to the human race. Are you out of your mind?" Song Qi didn't look at her.
The voting system on the big screen has started operating.
The school has four grades in total, with more than 2,000 students.
Song Qi received over 1,900 votes, while Cong Yan received over 200 votes.
The difference was so great that Cong Yan almost vomited blood on the spot.
She didn't quite understand why so many people still supported Song Qi, even though she had already betrayed the vampire clan. Were they blind?
Song Qi smiled at Cong Yan.
Over the next week, Song Qi, Xia Ge, and Zhou Yan selected people from the application forms and, after various interviews, completed the formation of the new student council.
Humans and vampires each make up half the population.
Then, on a Saturday evening, we had a team-building activity where we played various games to strengthen our relationships.
They were all young men and women, not yet corrupted. They were a little reserved at first, but quickly became friends. With the help of alcohol, several vampire youths even swore brotherhood with the human youths on the spot. Song Qi didn't want to comment on their foolish behavior.
Zhou Yan stood next to Song Qi, holding a cup: "I misunderstood you before."
"Did you say that before?" Song Qi tapped the table.
Zhou Yan pursed his lips.
"But it's just a matter of harmony within the student council," Song Qi said, tapping his leg.
"So I want to change this society." Zhou Yan was unusually talkative, perhaps because he was drunk.
Song Qi nodded: "Then good luck."
"You want to too, right?"
"Too much trouble." Song Qi looked at Xia Ge, who was laughing heartily while playing rock-paper-scissors with someone. The only thought that popped into Song Qi's head right now was to live a good life with the person she liked, nothing else.
Zhou Yan remained silent for a few seconds.
“Your power is too weak, and there are too few humans who want to resist.” Song Qi smirked. “If they don’t even have the thought of resisting, why should I help them?”
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