An Qing’s anxiety and irritation gradually calmed after hearing Huai Xiang’s refusal.
If it was only a matter of going to someone else’s house, she could ignore it.
After all, she had no right to care.
As long as it was not today and not right now, she could accept it.
That way, her plan could still go forward.
An Qing secretly swiped open her phone under the desk.
On it were the messages she had sent to An Yunfan and the butler.
One confirmed that her parents would not be coming home, while the other instructed the butler to give the household servants the afternoon off.
An Qing had had enough of surprises.
She needed to create an environment where she could be completely alone.
And the time for that complete solitude was today.
If An Yu went to someone else’s house, all her preparations would become meaningless.
Moreover…
An Qing clenched her fists, her eyes dark and dull.
Lately her mood had been getting worse and worse.
She put away her phone and raised her head, pretending nothing was wrong.
She happened to meet Ning Wanciu’s gaze.
The anxiety that had just settled in An Qing’s heart began to stir again.
Those azure eyes were filled with gentleness and resilience, the complete opposite of her own.
Because Ning Wanciu and she were two entirely different kinds of people.
An Qing’s crimson pupils flashed with a faint, murderous glint, but it vanished just as quickly.
She turned her head away and stopped looking at Ning Wanciu, as if nothing had happened.
Ning Wanciu only glanced at her once before shifting her gaze.
She walked behind An Yu, and after An Yu took her seat, she smiled and greeted her before returning to her own desk.
Everything returned to calm.
An Qing took out her textbook and placed it on the desk, waiting for class to begin.
Although her mind was not on it at all.
Compared to Huai Xiang and Cheng Shimumeng, or that inexplicable maid, the biggest problem was still the girl named Ning Wanciu.
An Qing opened her textbook, eyes vacant.
No matter who it was, she now understood that An Yu’s choice in this life was a type completely different from her.
Ding ling—
The class bell rang, and the old teacher walked in carrying the textbook.
But at that moment An Qing suddenly frowned.
She subconsciously turned her head toward An Yu’s seat.
Huh?
This time it was not that she wanted to sneak a look at An Yu.
She felt as if someone was secretly observing her.
An Qing gave a self-mocking smile, the expression full of ice.
But… heh.
There was only An Yu there.
How could An Yu possibly be looking at her?
She turned her head away and began the daily routine of class.
What An Qing did not know was that someone really was secretly watching her.
It was not An Yu, but the System Lady who had just gained a physical body.
At this moment the System had changed back into the hairpin and was pinned on An Yu’s head.
If she could sweat, she would already be drenched.
It was clearly a world without any supernatural powers, yet the female protagonist was this sharp.
The System Lady was indeed peeking at An Qing.
Because from earlier, that unknown value of An Qing’s had been fluctuating wildly.
Nothing had happened.
An Yu had simply been chatting normally, and An Qing had only been lying there motionless.
Yet her inner emotions had undergone intense changes.
How could the System Lady not be curious?
And with just that one glance, she had been noticed by An Qing.
Although the System Lady did not know exactly what An Qing was thinking, she knew the girl must be the overthinking, severely self-tormenting type of female lead.
Otherwise such a huge shift would not happen without her doing anything at all.
This was quite a headache, even though the System Lady was not human.
Through the hairpin’s viewpoint she could see that during class An Yu was secretly playing with the neutral pen in her hand, looking completely uninterested in anything.
If things continued like this, the System was genuinely worried An Qing would make a move on An Yu ahead of schedule.
Even though she now had a body, she still could not stop An Qing from doing whatever she wanted.
After all, the other girl was the protagonist of this world.
If she truly made up her mind, how could she be easily stopped?
She really needed to complete the tasks…
She would try again tonight.
As for hoping An Qing would give up on revenge by herself?
The System had never even considered that possibility.
It was impossible with such a massive obsession.
If the plot truly followed what the Main System had given—if the host was the green tea and the female lead was the framed little pitiful—then from the very beginning the System had vaguely sensed something was wrong.
The reborn female lead did not need to go to such lengths.
Even if she wanted revenge in both body and mind, she could simply use the same green tea tactics.
But An Qing had done none of that.
She had never tried to frame An Yu or isolate her in class.
No matter how the System Lady thought about it, she could not figure out what An Qing was planning.
The only thing she knew for certain was that the previous life’s plot was completely different from the script.
So simply using the mechanical bird body to investigate was useless.
The System Lady had to find out exactly where the previous life had gone wrong for the plot to have changed.
Unfortunately, she would never get answers from the Main System.
On the night An Yu had looked down on her, the System Lady had already asked the Main System.
No matter how she questioned it, the only reply she ever received was three words—
The script is fine. The protagonist is fine.
Seeing that answer, the System had wanted to shove An Qing’s entire self into the Main System’s face.
Just look at this female protagonist.
Did she look normal?
But sadly the System was only an employee and could not rebel against her evil boss.
There was no other way.
She could only rely on herself.
There was only one thing she could do: obtain information from the only person who knew the truth—the reborn female lead, An Qing.
[Sigh.]
The System Lady let out the sigh almost unconsciously.
“System, what’s wrong?”
An Yu stopped what she was doing, blinked in confusion, and asked in her mind.
Looking at her host with the long blue-and-white hair and that adorably dazed expression of concern, the System fell silent for a moment.
No matter what, she had to protect her host.
That was her duty as a System.
[It’s nothing, Host. I just wanted to say, are you really not going to consider paying attention in class or anything?]
The System knew that if she did not give a reason, An Yu would keep pressing.
So she casually made up an excuse to cover her real thoughts.
“Oh, I already heard it all in my last life, so I’m too lazy to listen again.”
Hearing the System Lady’s answer, An Yu relaxed and slumped completely onto the desk.
“Listening to class is so boring.
I’d rather play with my stationery for a while.”
“Mhm. Actually this is pretty boring too. I still want to sit next to Ning Wanciu.”