Chapter 9 Chapter 9 The Second Wish
System 05 sent a high ball, aiming for the end line of the opposite court in order to force Gong Yuan to retreat, but Gong Yuan reacted quickly. When System 05 raised his hand, he judged the landing point and hit the ball back with his backhand.
Initially, System 05 initiated the offensive. Gong Yuan was too weak, so they tried to force him to run more to expend his energy. Gong Yuan's counterattack was fierce and his style was very tricky. The two sides exchanged blows, the high-speed flying badminton making a crisp sound. Gradually, the other students gathered around.
Facing Gong Yuan's attack, System 05 was also able to defend flawlessly. When the game was about to end, the two sides were still unable to completely widen the score.
System 05 held the paddle. Across from him, Gong Yuan rested his hands on his knees, panting heavily. Sweat dripped from his forehead, darkening his temples even further. He looked as if he had been fished out of the water. Meeting System 05's gaze, Gong Yuan raised his head and gave him a faint smile.
System 05 groaned inwardly.
Gong Yuan's physical strength was exhausted. System 05 threw the badminton high up and swung it hard.
Bang!
Even if Gong Yuan wanted to rush over, his body couldn't hold on. He took a step and watched the badminton fall. Jing Lin blew the whistle at the same time, and System 05 got the last point.
Jinglin ran to Gong Yuan and asked, "Are you okay?" Gong Yuan was fighting too hard.
Gong Yuan shook his head. This body had never been subjected to such intense movement before. A sharp pain shot through his chest, but this pain had no effect on him. He picked up the badminton, an unusual blush on his pale face. He winked at System 05 and walked to the washbasin at the edge of the playground.
System 05 was stunned for a moment, then raised his foot to follow.
Gong Yuan turned on the faucet and splashed water on his face. After being soaked in water, his eyelashes appeared distinct and especially clear.
"What do you want to ask? I will definitely answer truthfully."
Although he lost, he looked quite happy.
System 05 was watching the favorability ratings that no one else could see. Gong Yuan's favorability rating for Li Shanyue was still -90. How could he have laughed so hard? And now Jing Lin's favorability rating for Li Shanyue had dropped to 11. Ever since Gong Yuan appeared, Jing Lin's favorability rating had been fluctuating.
Gong Yuan is one of the few friends Jing Lin is willing to acknowledge; he believes they are of the same kind. As Gong Yuan and Li Shanyue grow closer, Jing Lin's favorability towards Li Shanyue continues to decline.
Was it out of jealousy or dissatisfaction? Putting aside other strange things, Gong Yuan had clearly affected his mission.
System 05 calmed down and asked, "Why don't you like me?"
This is the question on which it believes it can obtain the most information.
Gong Yuan was slightly stunned. This question did not match his expectations, but if it was this... Gong Yuan was even happier, and smiled with a curved eyebrow: "But I like you. I came here for you."
Gong Yuan → Li Shanyue: -95
"I've been looking for you for a long time, and finally found you here." Gong Yuan gave an ambiguous smile: "You saved me before, and I came to repay you."
Gong Yuan → Li Shanyue: -99
Danger danger danger!
Gong Yuan smiled and extended his hand towards him. System 05 immediately manipulated its body to take a step back. Jing Lin walked over and stood between the two of them. He said, "You two are still here. The get out of class is over."
System 05 returned the body to Li Shanyue. Li Shanyue paused and stared at Gong Yuan suspiciously: "Are you talking about that time in the river?"
Gong Yuan hummed lightly.
"It's just a small favor, don't take it to heart."
"That won't do. I can do anything for you." Gong Yuan stared at him with his dark eyes and whispered, "Student Li Shanyue, do you have any wishes?"
The summer wind froze around them, the cicadas chirped, and the bell rang for the end of get out of class. Jinglin seemed to say something, but Li Shanyue didn't hear it clearly.
…
After gym class, Gong Yuan seemed ill and didn't come to class for a week. Li Shanyue had the entire desk to himself, and he put his bunny stuffed animal aside. With the monthly exam approaching, he wanted to get a better grade.
[If I get into the top ten, will you buy me a cake?]
[Okay.] System 05 agreed casually. It noticed some subtle changes in Li Shanyue, and she became more casual when talking to it.
[Can you really not eat cake at all? ]
[The cost is too high, it's unnecessary.] To become a physical entity requires an extremely high amount of points. Ever since the last mission failed miserably, System 05's points balance has shrunk significantly.
After completing this task, you still need to find an S-level world.
Li Shanyue propped up his head and continued to look down at the test paper when he heard System 05 say, "Is Gong Yuan not coming?"
[It's a good thing he doesn't come. It would be best if he never comes.]
System 05: [……]
It pulled out its character card and looked at it.
Li Shanyue → Gong Yuan: -30
Outrageous.
It feels like if these three are put together, a fight might break out at any time.
Two days later, Gong Yuan returned to class, just in time for the monthly exam. The exam room was assigned based on the ranking of the previous exam, and this was the first time Li Shanyue and Jing Lin were in the same exam room.
Gong Yuan was temporarily arranged in the last examination room.
Li Shanyue devoted himself to the exam, which was the most important thing to him. Three days later, when the monthly exam ended, the results were almost out.
The homeroom teacher stood on the podium, slapping the report cards in his hand. He said loudly, "In this monthly exam, our class average score is a little lower than before. You are in your third year of high school now, so you know the result."
He directly announced the rankings. Jinglin was undoubtedly the first, even 35 points higher than the second. Li Shanyue looked down one by one, and his name was the eighth.
Li Shanyue cheered softly in her heart.
[Congratulations, that's great!] System 05 took Li Shanyue's efforts seriously. Although Li Shanyue and Jinglin often had a love triangle, she never slacked off in her studies.
Li Shanyue's progress is inevitable.
Li Shanyue could hardly suppress the smile on his face. Compared to the improvement in his grades, it was more gratifying to have someone share his joy with him.
Jinglin obviously noticed his ranking. System 05 found that Jinglin's favorability towards Li Shanyue had reached 21 again. Jinglin was extremely jealous of Li Shanyue. System 05 even felt that if Li Shanyue's ranking could be higher than Jinglin's, Jinglin's favorability might immediately rise to above 50.
Jinglin's liking for Gong Yuan is more or less due to his admiration for his strength. Speaking of which, why is Gong Yuan's ranking not at the top?
System 05 continued searching, and Gong Yuan's name was the last one hanging alone.
【Um? 】
It’s not zero points, after all, there are multiple-choice questions, but every subject is indeed terrible.
This result does not match the data on the character card.
System 05 is full of doubts.
"Wow." Li Shanyue turned to Gong Yuan and asked, "Classmate, what's wrong with you? Is it because you're sick that you didn't perform well?"
Gong Yuan's face looked unhappy. He stared at the white papers with an expression of disbelief.
Li Shanyue smiled slightly, and finally felt relieved.
After everyone saw their ranking, the head teacher patted the table and said loudly: "In order to help the students make progress together, I plan to start study groups, two people in a group, to help each other."
The class suddenly became noisy, and the head teacher continued, "I have prepared the list. If you have any questions, you can come to my office."
The list was put on the blackboard. The first group was Jinglin and another girl. Li Shanyue's name was followed by Gong Yuan.
Li Shanyue frowned as to why Jinglin and Gong Yuan were not in the same group, but he was not good at expressing his objection, let alone going to the class teacher specifically for this matter.
The head teacher thought that this arrangement was pretty good and that basically all problems had been taken into consideration. He didn't expect that the first person to come to him was Jinglin.
"Teacher, I want to change the person I'm tutoring to Gong Yuan."
The head teacher looked at the list and thought this was a big change, but he was willing to consider Jinglin's opinion: "Why?"
"Gong Yuan and I are friends and live in the same neighborhood." Jing Lin said slowly, "Student Li Shanyue has been making progress recently. I think it would be better for him to spend more time on himself."
The head teacher nodded: "That's true."
"Mr. Gong Yuan isn't good at getting along with others, so I'll be the one to tutor him."
The head teacher lowered his head. "Really? I was thinking that Li Shanyue and him were deskmates, which would be more convenient. I think they have a pretty good relationship and usually have a lot of fun playing together..."
Jinglin narrowed his eyes.
System 05 was suddenly alarmed, and the character card changed drastically. Jinglin's favorability towards Li Shanyue dropped to -20.
Li Shanyue discovered something was wrong with it: [What's wrong?]
[Jinglin...]
System 05 was about to say something when someone outside called Li Shanyue and Gong Yuan to go to the head teacher's office. Li Shanyue glanced at Gong Yuan, and the two walked into the office one after the other and found Jing Lin standing with his back to them.
After the two of them went in, Jinglin nodded slightly to them.
The homeroom teacher said, "Look, I'm going to rearrange your mutual aid groups. The class monitor will tutor Gong Yuan, and Li Shanyue will tutor another girl. If any of you have any questions, please speak up now."
Jing Lin was silent. Li Shanyue felt that it would be good to be away from the trouble of Gong Yuan. But then Gong Yuan raised his hand and said, "Teacher, I want Li Shanyue to tutor me."
The head teacher put down the pen in his hand and his eyes wandered between the three of them.
"Why?"
"I've benefited a lot from spending time with Li Shanyue. She's very hardworking, and I think she can motivate me to improve even more," Gong Yuan said sincerely. "Jinglin and I are too familiar with each other, so it's not suitable for us to study together."
What he said actually made a lot of sense, and the head teacher obviously agreed with it.
After he finished speaking, Jing Lin's pupils shook slightly, and his favorability changed drastically again.
Jinglin→Gongyuan: -30
When Li Shanyue and Gong Yuan get close, Jinglin will lower Li Shanyue's favorability.
However, when Gong Yuan takes the initiative to express his closeness to Li Shanyue, Jing Lin will also lower Gong Yuan's favorability.
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