Chapter 8 Chapter 8 The Second Wish
After the gangster was controlled, System 05 released its control over Li Shanyue. Li Shanyue's legs suddenly went weak, and it was Jing Lin next to him who reached out to help him in time.
Jing Lin endured the discomfort of physical contact with others and helped Li Shanyue up.
System 05 nodded with satisfaction.
Li Shanyue and Jing Lin took advantage of the chaos to leave the square. Jing Lin looked at his pale face and asked with mixed feelings, "Why did you rush forward?"
"I didn't think too much about it..." Li Shanyue said vaguely, waved to Jinglin, and said that he wanted to go back and rest first. Jinglin looked at his back and fell into deep thought.
After the incident in the square, Li Shanyue stopped going to the library, but the story didn't end there. Reporters came to his home, and his heroic act in the square was featured in local newspapers and major media outlets. Li Shanyue appeared on television for two days, and officials even came to his home to present him with a medal and a bonus.
Once the incident calmed down, school started in the blink of an eye.
The new semester marks the beginning of the senior year, and even without anyone mentioning it, the students feel the unusual pressure. Having just returned to school, after the class meeting, the homeroom teacher hands them a set of math tests.
The classmates immediately complained, but Li Shanyue was eager to try. He did not waste a single day this summer vacation and his math score was directly upgraded to A level.
After handing in the papers, the head teacher started grading them on the spot. After grading, he asked the class monitor and the math class representative to pass the papers out. Li Shanyue waited nervously until Jinglin passed the papers to him.
127 points, a higher score than he expected. Li Shanyue quickly looked through the paper and found Jing Lin was still standing next to him.
Li Shanyue raised her head and met his gaze in confusion. Jinglin nodded lightly and then left.
Li Shanyue → Jinglin: 76
Jinglin→Li Shanyue: 15
System 05 smiled. The increase in favorability this time was due to Li Shanyue's score. Jinglin noticed Li Shanyue's rising ranking. Even if he was not that outstanding yet, people who kept working hard and making progress were always very dazzling.
Everything is on the right track. System 05 thinks that Jinglin's favorability towards others is still in the range of -1 to 1, and Li Shanyue's value is far higher than others.
The future is bright.
Just then, the homeroom teacher knocked on the table. System 05, along with all the other students, looked over. The homeroom teacher cleared his throat and said, "We're going to have a transfer student this semester."
A young man in a shirt and trousers walked in.
Homeroom teacher: "Please introduce yourself to everyone."
The boy raised his head. His pupils were dark, his face was pale, and his body was thin and tall, like a tree silent in winter.
"I'm Gong Yuan."
The sound was like ice falling from the lake, making the whole class quiet down instantly. The classmates looked at him secretly but did not dare to look him in the eye.
Gong Yuan looked around and his eyes fell on Li Shanyue.
System 05 blinked.
The head teacher looked around, pointed to the seat behind Jinglin, and said, "You sit there."
"Teacher." Gong Yuan didn't move. He pointed clearly at Li Shanyue and said, "I want to sit with him."
The students in the class immediately perked up. Someone actually dared to bargain with the head teacher. But what was even more amazing was that the head teacher did not get angry. Instead, he explained, "There is someone there. He just asked for leave this morning."
Gong Yuan repeated softly: "Teacher, I want to sit there."
His eyes fell lightly on Li Shanyue, and Li Shanyue frowned. Although he had never had any interaction with the transfer student, at this moment, he found that he instinctively disliked this person a little.
The homeroom teacher, thinking of Gong Yuan's background, had no choice but to agree. It wasn't easy to arrange a transfer to a school like No. 10 Middle School. It was said that Gong Yuan had originally been attending another prestigious international private school. Three months prior, he had fallen seriously ill and been in a coma for a long time. After waking up, he insisted on attending No. 10 Middle School, so the Gong family had no choice but to find a way to send him here.
Gong Yuan sat down next to Li Shanyue. Li Shanyue suppressed her emotions and smiled at Gong Yuan despite the immense pressure. She said, "Hello, I'm Li Shanyue."
Gong Yuan studied him closely, his gaze so intense that it was as if he wanted to peel Li Shanyue open layer by layer. After a moment, Gong Yuan extended his hand and smiled, "Hello."
His hands were long and well-proportioned, which should have been beautiful, but they were too thin, with prominent joints and skin as thin as white paper. In short, they didn't look very human, Li Shanyue complained silently in his heart. As soon as he reached out his hand, Gong Yuan immediately grabbed his fingers.
So cold!
Li Shanyue almost screamed.
Gong Yuan stared at him, the strength in his hands becoming stronger and stronger, almost like an iron hoop: "Hello."
He repeated it again.
…
It must be just an illusion.
After Gong Yuan appeared, System 05 suddenly began to have a headache. A sense of unease lingered in its heart, and it remembered the accident that happened before it came to this world.
What's going on with this transfer student? System 05 got his character card. There's nothing special about his past experience, but his stats are quite impressive, but it shouldn't have any impact on the mission.
No matter how you look at it... wait, System 05 noticed a special event. More than three months ago, Gong Yuan fell into the water and was rescued before he died. The location and time were right. It was Li Shanyue who saved him.
Could it be because of this incident? Then what is Gong Yuan's favorability towards Li Shanyue...
-89?!
System 05 checked again, even rebooting. Upon restart, it showed a -90 favorability rating. This was extremely rare. For example, Li Shanyue's favorability rating for his father was only -40. Why? Li Shanyue was his savior, and wasn't he here specifically for her?
System 05's mind was full of question marks. Before it could figure it out, it saw Jinglin walking towards it.
Jing Lin said to Gong Yuan, "You actually transferred to this school. How did your aunt agree to this?"
Gong Yuan: "I'm here to look for someone."
Although Gong Yuan's expression was cold, it was obvious that they knew each other.
System 05 frantically searched for information about Gong Yuan, the Gong family, the Jing family, business partners, people who grew up together, and best friends.
Gongyuan→Jinglin: -35
Jinglin→Gongyuan: 5
...best friend?
I wonder if this thing is broken? Do I need to restart it again?
When System 05 uploaded the favorability bug to the main system, Jing Lin asked with a smile, "Who are you looking for? Could it be some girl?"
Gong Yuan: "I've found it."
He looked at Li Shanyue. Jinglin hummed in confusion, turned his head, and his smile slowly disappeared.
Gong Yuan's appearance was beyond everyone's expectations, but he actually got along quite well with Li Shanyue. Seeing him chatting and laughing with Li Shanyue despite having a -90 favorability rating, System 05 began to doubt the whole world.
System 05 directly told Li Shanyue about Gong Yuan's origins at the beginning. Li Shanyue was also quite surprised and said directly: "But I feel that he doesn't like me."
It's more than just dislike... System 05 didn't mention the -90 favorability issue, fearing that it would put pressure on Li Shanyue. It simply reminded him, "It's best to stay away from him."
Li Shanyue propped up her chin and stroked the rabbit doll on the table. "I don't like him either. Tell me, is it because of the squad leader that he dislikes me?"
The main system has reported back that the favorability is fine. System 05 thought that the favorability is not as high as Li Shanyue's towards the pancake lady downstairs: "It shouldn't be that bad."
Li Shanyue shrugged. "That can't be helped. Jinglin and he are childhood friends. If you want to get in touch with Jinglin, you can't avoid him."
In fact, Gong Yuan and Li Shanyue spent more time together than Jing Lin. After all, they were deskmates and had to talk to each other a few words a day.
And Gong Yuan, at least on the surface, was very warm to Li Shanyue.
During physical education class, in order to take care of the transfer student who was not in good health, Jinglin and Gong Yuan were originally arranged to be in the same group, but Gong Yuan took the initiative to ask to be with Li Shanyue.
Li Shanyue held a badminton, and across from him stood Gong Yuan, who held a racket. He looked as if a gust of wind could blow him over, and his baggy school uniform made him look even thinner.
Li Shanyue hit the badminton lightly.
Bang——!
Gong Yuan caught it easily, then raised his arm high and yanked it hard. Li Shanyue only heard a brief whistling sound, and the wind was pulled into sharp blades. The badminton with an afterimage brushed past his ear and hit heavily behind him.
Li Shanyue was stunned for a moment, and Gong Yuan nodded slightly at him, indicating that he should continue.
Li Shanyue picked up the badminton and tried to hit it with all his might. But in the blink of an eye, there was a thud as the shuttlecock whizzed past his ear again. Gong Yuan, still with that impassive expression, looked down at him. His dark hair clung to his gaunt, pale face, his features as sharp and striking as if drawn on white paper. Being stared at like that, he felt a sense of dread, exposed to sharp teeth.
"You're amazing." Li Shanyue picked up the badminton, walked over, and said, "Why don't you find someone else to team up with? I feel..."
"Are you going to give up?" Gong Yuan interrupted him.
Li Shanyue belatedly felt a tingling sensation in his earlobe. Through the crisscrossing network cables, he discovered that Gong Yuan was actually very tall, but he was always lying lazily, so it was not noticeable.
"I really can't beat you." Li Shanyue smiled indifferently.
"How about we make a bet?" Gong Yuan said, "Let Jinglin be the referee. If I win, you have to answer a question for me. If you win, I'll answer a question for you."
"I'm not interested..." Li Shanyue was about to refuse when System 05 said, "Agree to him."
Li Shanyue was stunned for a moment, and System 05 continued: [I have a question for him.]
"good."
Gong Yuan raised his hand and called Jinglin over, hoping that he could be the referee. Although Jinglin felt a little strange, he nodded in agreement.
Li Shanyue: [I can't beat him.]
System 05: [I'll come.]
Li Shanyue took a few steps back, staring at Gong Yuan, and hummed. Then, that familiar feeling of being suspended in mid-air came over him, and his body was temporarily controlled by System 05.
Gong Yuan seemed to sense something, tilted his head slightly, and revealed a mysterious smile.
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