1: Count me in! Today I'm God Xie's woman!!!
2: Yes! Let's put a little green on that cold, heartless scumbag Brother Yu today! Did you think I couldn't live without you, you bastard?!
3: Hahahahahahaha, I'm dying laughing.
4: You think Brother Yu would be scared?
5: Brother Yu: Bye, then. The next one will be better behaved.
6: Hahaha, no.
Brother Yu: Girl, in your dreams.
7: Hhhhhhhh hahahahahaha, why are you all so talented?
35: Waaaaah, God Xie really does have god-tier looks. School heartthrob and study god, fuck, how can a man as perfect as God Xie exist in this world! It's not fair!
36: Exactly! It's not fair! So let me become his girlfriend. Let him go blind just once and fall for me, and then it'll be fair!
37: Waaaaah, too real. He'd have to be blind to like me. I'm not worthy, waaaaah.
59: Seriously, when he said our prospects were as vast as the sea and our days ahead were long, I really felt like all the starlight, moonlight, mountains, rivers, plants, and everything beautiful in this world were in his eyes. Sound vanished, light dimmed, and even my heart stopped for a second.
I've jumped ship. Sorry, Brother Yu TUT.
60: Sister upstairs, impressive! That rainbow praise was amazing!
121: OP, I'll cheat on him with you!!!!
122: Aaaaaaaaaah, I love God Xie.
251: Tsk, Brother Yu can change his name now. From now on, call him Your Husband Brother Green.
252: ??? Hahahahahahaha, Your Husband Brother Green.
Song Yu: "..."
He was outside the auditorium waiting for Xie Sui. Bored, he browsed the forum and saw this lively thread bumped right to the top. He clicked into it, only to discover that his name had been forcibly changed.
Your Husband Brother Green...
What the hell!
What does you liking Xie Sui have to do with me?
Putting a green hat on my head?
Can you afford that, girls?
Ridiculous.
Promoted to the nation's husband without the slightest awareness of being anyone's husband, Song Yu tugged at the corner of his mouth and logged in. He was just about to reply when a call from his father suddenly came through. Squatting on the steps, Song Yu saw the caller's name and nearly lost his grip on his phone.
What good could possibly come of a call from President Song, who was busy with countless affairs every day!
Even the hand Song Yu used to tap the answer button trembled slightly.
"Hello, Dad."
"School started today?"
Through the phone, President Song's voice was deep, resonant, and full of authority.
Just hearing him mention school frightened Song Yu. Holding his phone, he said softly,
"It did. The welcoming ceremony's over. Classes officially start tomorrow."
President Song fell silent for a long time, then sighed sourly. "Forget it. You conspired with your mother and sister anyway and kept me in the dark from start to finish. What can I say as your father?"
Song Yu could only laugh dryly. "...Haha."
You've got the domineering CEO script, Dad. Could you stop doing the long-suffering old father routine?
President Song apparently soon remembered his own character setting too. He snorted. "Don't think I can't do anything to you just because school's started! Since you love studying so much, behave yourself and study in Jing City. Don't cause trouble, and don't make your mother worry."
Actually, given the Song Family's position, nobody would pressure Song Yu even if he came dead last in his grade. President Song simply wanted to find something for him to do in Jing City.
School was a relatively gentle, uncomplicated environment. If Song Yu settled down and studied, they could feel a little more at ease in City A.
Song Yu glanced at the practice exercises he had casually brought along to the auditorium. He felt no qualms whatsoever. After pretending to be a top student for so long, he really did feel like one, and said frankly, "Dad, you don't need to worry about that. I guarantee you won't find anyone in the whole school who loves studying more than I do."
President Song sneered. "Three hundred and fifty?"
Fuck. Song Yu wasn't having that. "Why do you all keep bringing up my high school entrance exam score? Can't someone turn things around in high school? Don't you know a prodigal son's return is worth more than gold!"
How could President Song not know his temper? He mocked him. "Do you know how much your sister scored on this year's college entrance exam? Seven hundred and thirty-five. Second in City A's province. You have the same parents. How can the gap be so enormous?"
Song Yu: "..."
President Song scoffed. "Nothing to say?"
Song Yu ground his teeth, then adjusted his mood and said with particular regret, "Tsk, the maximum is 750, and my sister only got 735 and came second in the province!"
Then he quickly calmed down. "Dad, hurry up and persuade her to repeat the year. Life can't have flaws. Those fifteen points she lost on the college entrance exam will be a lifelong regret. The kind that'll leave her indignant and depressed when she remembers it in old age. Besides, people should strive for first place. Second in the province is unworthy of a member of the Song Family-this isn't about scores, it's about face. I recommend repeating the year."
President Song: "..."
He had never seen anyone more argumentative than his son.
At the end of his patience, President Song roared, "Get into the top hundred at Jingcheng No. 1 High School before you run your mouth about your sister coming second in the province!"
"Repeat the year unless you get full marks? Fine, you really are a son of my Song Family. Get full marks in any subject on your monthly exams, and I'll never interfere with your studies again."
The more President Song thought about it, the angrier he became. He continued roaring.
"If you still can't even get half the total marks, get your ass back to City A!"
"Beep-"
Song Yu: "..."
Running his mouth felt good for a moment; afterward came the crematorium.
After yet another unhappy parting with President Song over his studies,
Song Yu felt gloomy and no longer had any desire to argue. He closed the forum.
He poked Xie Sui on QQ.
[Song Yu: I'm waiting for you on the steps outside. Hurry up.]
A few seconds later, Xie Sui replied.
[Okay.]
There weren't many stars in Jing City's night sky, and the late-night breeze was a little chilly. Inside the auditorium, the host began delivering an impassioned closing speech amid the bustle. Song Yu waited outside alone, and as he waited, he grew hungry.
Just then,
his sister sent him a message.
[Song Wanying: :)]
[Song Wanying: I hear you look down on my 735 and want to send me back to repeat the year?]
Song Yu: "...???"
His dad had spilled the beans that fast?
What a miraculous father-son bond. He'd sold him out in the blink of an eye.
[Song Yu: No, who told you that?]
[Song Yu: [Scratching head][Scratching head][Question mark][Question mark][Confused][Confused]]
[Song Wanying: Stop pretending. The whole family was listening beside Dad while he called.]
[Song Wanying: You're done for. Now we all can't wait to see your monthly exam results.]
[Song Wanying: Mom and I made a bet, with our brother as referee. I bet you'll come dead last. Don't disappoint us.]
Song Yu: "..."
Ha.
Did you think all that time I spent pretending to be a top student was a joke?
Song Yu typed calmly.
[Song Yu: Don't look down on me.]
[Song Yu: For the sake of our sibling bond, take my advice. Bet on first place and make your fortune.]
[Song Wanying: Haha.]
[Song Wanying: More like lose everything.]
[Song Wanying: That's enough chatting. I'm off to prepare to repeat the year. :)]
Song Yu couldn't help laughing aloud, his phone in his hand. But as he laughed, that feeling that had always been vague in his mind surfaced again.
Song Yu froze slightly. It seemed... ever since he'd come to this world, interacting with the original owner's family had never felt strange at all.
Everything had followed naturally and smoothly.
Those somewhat bewildered thoughts were interrupted by Xie Sui's voice.
"Let's go."
Song Yu looked back. People had already begun leaving the auditorium. Xie Sui had come out ahead of the dense crowd. Tall and long-legged, the boy carried the moonlight with him, his exquisite, cool features like a painting. Fortunately, he had left early, or he would certainly have been surrounded so tightly he couldn't move.
On the way back,
Song Yu said, "Your speech today was great. You didn't look nervous at all."
Xie Sui paused slightly, then smiled. "Your method worked well."
Song Yu had looked all that up on Baidu at the last minute. Hearing the praise, he felt rather embarrassed. "No, I should probably give you credit for preparing thoroughly."
Xie Sui lowered his eyes and smiled without speaking.
If not reading a single word counted as preparation.
Of course, he didn't think a high school speech was worth preparing for, either.
His voice was light and casual.
"Just looking at you made it feel especially simple."
Song Yu froze.
He couldn't figure out how to respond.
On the way back to the teachers' apartments, there was a milk tea shop that was still open. Catching sight of it, Song Yu, who was already a little hungry, couldn't be bothered to think about his reply anymore. He turned his head and said, "Wait, I'm going to buy some milk tea."
Xie Sui raised his eyebrows almost imperceptibly.
But he said nothing and followed him over.
"One original milk tea, no tapioca pearls or coconut jelly..."
Xie Sui glanced at him and told the shop assistant, "Room temperature."
Song Yu forcibly swallowed his final words, "with ice."
While Song Yu waited for his milk tea, his phone chimed. He looked down and opened it to find a barrage of messages from Ma Xiaoding.
[Sadako Never Forgets the Well Digger: Brother Yu, you and God Xie left first?]
[Sadako Never Forgets the Well Digger: You missed Wang Ci's expression! I think he was about to die of anger! When I walked past him whistling, he was still calling home nonstop. He yelled for ages, but whoever was on the other end didn't give him anything reassuring. Hahahahaha, that felt so good! His lackeys were all furious too, not saying a word. That bunch of dumbasses got face-slapped until their faces were swollen.]
[Sadako Never Forgets the Well Digger: Oh, he even glared at me. Ha! Like I'm scared of him!]
[Sadako Never Forgets the Well Digger: Brother Yu, I don't think this dumbass is going to let it go. I heard his phone call. He still thinks you're a poor relative of the Meng Family and that the education bureau was targeting him this time. Stupid and vicious, beyond saving. But it's fine. We walk the socialist path-we're not scared of this stuff! Hahahahahahaha.]
[Sadako Never Forgets the Well Digger: Also! Brother Yu, have you checked the forum! People actually want to cheat on you! I'm so mad! What the hell do they know! God Xie was clearly saying that to you! You absolutely can't let those fickle women drive a wedge into your brotherhood.]
[Sadako Never Forgets the Well Digger: I'm going back to argue with them for you.]
Song Yu: "..."
He had a faint sense of foreboding. Switching screens, he went to the No. 1 High School forum and opened that hot thread again. Amid everyone laughing, screaming confessions, and talking about cheating, an ID brimming with Ma Xiaoding's distinctive personal style, Sadako Truly Truly Truly Truly, had changed the entire thread's tone.
1315 Sadako Truly Truly Truly Truly: What cheating! Did none of you think that Xie Sui and Brother Yu are good brothers? Quit stirring up trouble between them.
1316 Sadako Truly Truly Truly Truly: Let me tell you! I'm Brother Yu's lackey! I was sitting right next to him earlier! Xie Sui said those last eight words to Brother Yu! Understand?
1317: ?!!!
1318: Holy fuck, I have a bold idea.
1319: Understand... I think I understand...
1320: Brother Sadako, you seem to have opened a whole new door for me.
Author's note: I'll set a fixed posting time later. What time do you think? Thank you to the little angels who cast Overlord Tickets or watered me with nutrient solution~
Thank you to the little angel who cast [Deep-water Torpedoes]: vivi, 1;
Thank you to the little angels who cast [Rocket Launchers]: Shuiyuan Shanyao, 2; A Le Xing, Zhang Da □□'s AI, 1 each;
Thank you to the little angels who cast [Grenades]: Little Wang Little Wang Forgets Everything, 3; A Jiu, Other Shore · River of Oblivion, 2 each; Zhang Da □□'s AI, Lingering On, Shuiyuan Shanyao, 1 each;
Thank you to the little angels who cast [Landmines]: Reclusive Fifth, Madman and Normal Person, Mu Jin, Big Brother, Other Shore · River of Oblivion, 2 each; ..., Addicted to Chronic Illness, Autumn Wind Sweeps Fallen Leaves, 33393812, lQinq Cuan Jiu, Shen Sumei, He Xing, Little Wang Little Wang Forgets Everything, Kongkong, Mo Chachacha, Xuan, Drunk on the Battlefield, 31421090, Wangdu, Ink Blue, Ye Ye Ye Jiu, Er Shui, Jiu Xi Wine.., Stars Never Fall, A Xun, Lu Buji's Sweet Style, Yan Xuan, Young Master, fairy, Hua Jiu Is a White-cut Chicken, Late Autumn sqh, Yan Mo, Zhang Da □□'s AI, Jin Feng, totty, Maomao Your Mom Will Die Tonight, Meng You Is So Sweet, Qiqi, Years Past, Humble as a Valley., A Jin Hugs Gu Yun, Irritable Fairy, Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, Dragonberry, Chu Xin'er, Ten Maples Going Mad, Fu Xi, Lin Ruobing, Moe Moe Moe Moe Moe Moe Moe Moe Moe Moe, Little Fairy Jiujiu, Zheng Ming, This Scholar Isn't a Fox Spirit, 38858546, Number 25, Su A Song, 1 each;
Thank you to the little angels who watered me with [Nutrient Solution]:
Little Chrysanthemum, 326 bottles; Zhu Sheng New Moon Like Years Past, 96 bottles; Young Master, 78 bottles; Zhen Mountain, 60 bottles; Sad Meow Head, 57 bottles; Wu Xi, 55 bottles; About to Rest, 54 bottles; Little Seven, Bunny, Ruo Mu, Meow Taiji, Jin Yi, Drunk on the Battlefield, 50 bottles each; He Xuan Jie, 47 bottles; Handsome boy, 43 bottles; Hundred Hundred Hundred Hundred Hundred Hundred Points, Mo Jiang, 40 bottles each; Fragments of Passing Time, Never Tire of Jingting Mountain, Great Xia Dragon Sparrow, 30 bottles each; bt, 28 bottles; Mu Xi, 27 bottles; Jun Sheng, White Hyacinth, 25 bottles each; Drunken and Unrestrained, 23 bottles; Ju Li, 21 bottles; Time and You Are Both Hard to Keep, Tuan Tuan Dumpling 3, Chocolate Is So Sweet, The Village Entrance's Most Handsome Blade of Grass, Ji You, Guanyue Ling, A Leilei, Dark Night Red Moon, 20 bottles each; Fish Egg ovo, 19 bottles; Wan Ya, Long Time lh, Like a Wisp of Smoke* The Dream Remains, 16 bottles each; Please Get Married Right Here(**, Yu Jiu'er, 32914232, 15 bottles each; Lone Tree in Qingcheng, 11 bottles; Little Potted Plant vi, Lanlinni Shang, Moe Moe Moe Moe Moe Moe Moe Moe Moe Moe, Beibei Oh Beibei, Flute's Lament and Clear Xiao, Studying Makes Me Happy, Hua Zhong, Liu Shan, Not Choosing Physics+, A Jin Hugs Gu Yun, Zhou Loves Me Deeply, Being Lazy Isn't My Fault, Little Pear, He Xing, To a Beauty, An Luosheng, Coo Coo Coo, Wang Yeye, Nothingness, Bamboo Slips and a Bookish Heart, Traveler, Xun Ye, Gathering Dead Branches, predestined Wangxian, Scorching Summer, 10 bottles each; sanmo Birch, Xuan Ji, monster, 9 bottles each; Flowers and Leaves Meet Again, 8 bottles; Miao Beyond Words, Lan Yiqian_, Lu Jinhuai, Ming Xi, Pu Mi, 6 bottles each; Golden Moon Among Clouds, Driving Is Necessary, Found a Little Chess Piece, Little Friend Xie Yu, Mu Jian, Silence, Er Shui, Weiwei, Gazing Afar, White, Lan Lanlan, Crab Roe Bun Crab Roe Burger, Lord of Stillness, Jiu Xi Wine.., Data Garbling, Chirp Chirp Chirp, Before the Clouds, 30165106, nanxi, Don't Know Xuanji, Pull Your Hair If You Don't Update~(一▽, 5 bottles each; Nan Qi, Charm You Bloody, menko, A Jiu, Wine Garden, Did Wanwan Chase the Sun Today, q Exploded, Settle with the Wind, Coin Is Slacking Off Again Today, Fluffy Bunny, Flammable, Di Za, 3 bottles each; Xiaozi Doesn't Hear, Xixi, Hates Ginger, Sweetie, Seaweed Egg Drop Soup, One Mat of Rice, One Drunken Night Topples a City, Qian Qian Qian Qian Qian, Jinjiang Is Toxic, Don't Know What to Name Myself, Xi Jiuming, Tu Mi, Nineteen, Gu Qing, Ruo Green~Meow, Black Hair Blue Robes and Qingcheng, Seven Nine, Xiao Xiao, bd, Ze Qian, Mr. Seven Bridges, Moving House Under a Tree, Shirakawa w, One Sheng Ten Years, I Love Shipping, South Wind, 2 bottles each; It's Jiang Ci, Sour Sour Naizhi, Jing Xi, Ren Ran, Homebody ni, Yeye, Big Brother, Listen to the Rain, Durian, I Have High Hopes for You, Little Love Witch, Somewhere Deep in the Clouds, Pancakes Are Delicious, Zhang Qiling's Little Wife, Milk Tang Juju, Wiggly Fish, Tea White, A Pumpkin?, 21848751, The Slipped Disc Selling Answers, Yi Yang, a~Shasha Beauty Industry Monster, Bai Siqi, Lazy, spoliers, Upstream, Feng Lan, Meow Meow Meow, Hua Yixi, Dawn, Peach, Little Mirror, Returning to the Fence, Gu Zhiwang, Yang, All Handsome Guys Are Big Brothers, fox Yao, Hua Qianxun, Green Grass, Adishka, 37750608, Nonstop, The Big Orange Cat Comes First, 1 bottle each;
Thank you so much for all your support. I'll keep working hard!