Chapter 25: Please Don’t Be Obsessed with Me

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Setting aside the shameful Alarm Clock Incident…

Lin Jiaxin’s life recently had been a bit too dull.

The main reason was that most of her classmates had figured out her abilities by now.

Their immunity to her subtle humblebrag and pretentious acts had increased significantly.

But Lin Jiaxin also knew that she couldn’t come up with any big moves for the time being.

After all, during military training, the only thing she could do was make a splash in the drills themselves.

What else could she do?

Just as Lin Jiaxin felt she was about to fall into a “boundary trap,”

The school suddenly released an announcement.

In one week, military training would officially end!

And at that time, there would be a Freshman Gala.

This gala required each class to have at least one person sign up.

But… just like students in her past life who desperately buried themselves in practice problems just to get into a top-tier university,

Most of the students at Southwest United University had been studying and training their bodies like crazy since childhood just to get in.

This also meant that hardly anyone had the spare time to learn artistic skills for leisure.

After all, competition at higher education institutions was fierce.

“…”

Lin Jiaxin hadn’t thought much about this event at first.

Whether in her past life or this one,

In both lifetimes of schooling,

Lin Jiaxin had always been the one watching.

At most, she would sometimes help set up the venue.

But she had never stood on a stage in front of thousands of people.

So she thought this time would be the same.

She would just go watch.

Maybe… at most, she would help with stage setup?

Then again…

Lin Jiaxin stood in the crowd, watching Wu Jing and her roommates jointly recommend her in front of Instructor Zheng.

And this move even received support from a large number of classmates!

They almost unanimously voted for Lin Jiaxin.

After all, everyone there had been victims of Lin Jiaxin’s daily Manifestation True Qi showoffs.

They were the ones being stepped on while she hyped herself up.

They had one and only one goal:

Wasn’t Lin Jiaxin this girl who liked to open fire at everyone with her pretentious acts?

You like having an audience, right?

Fine, they wanted to see this show-off who loved to act cool go up on the big stage and make a complete fool of herself in front of ten thousand people!

Then they’d see if she could still keep up her act in front of such a crowd!

“…”

To be honest.

Lin Jiaxin was indeed startled at first.

Her whole body tensed up.

Because she had never really learned any performance skills in her life.

At most, in kindergarten… she had danced to “Baby Bus” with her teacher.

Was she… supposed to sing a children’s song and perform that in front of ten thousand people:

‘Starting today, I’ll go to the bathroom by myself… Mom and Dad, don’t underestimate me!’

…That wouldn’t be Manifesting Sainthood Before Others.

That would be manifesting idiocy!

Who performs a children’s musical at a college freshman gala?!

So naturally, Lin Jiaxin wanted to refuse. She didn’t want to be that big a fool.

After all, if she didn’t want to go, no one could force her onto the stage.

But then she thought about how her classmates, who had become completely desensitized, barely gave her any Manifestation True Qi anymore.

Lin Jiaxin hesitated.

Sure, going up might make her look like a total idiot.

But if she really could successfully manifest in front of ten thousand people…

The True Qi and Dao Heart Fortitude she’d gain would be an unimaginably huge amount.

Risk and reward coexisted…

‘As they say, wealth is found in danger…’

Lin Jiaxin felt her blood boiling.

Fuck it, let’s do it!

When has a kid cried every day?

When has a gambler lost every time?

If you don’t gamble, how can you win?

“Lin Jiaxin? What do you think?”

Instructor Zheng looked at Lin Jiaxin, who was lowering her head and trembling.

He thought to himself that this little girl was all bark and no bite.

She hadn’t even been officially assigned yet, and she was already this nervous?

Though Instructor Zheng also wanted to see the fun,

As an instructor, he still spoke reasonably:

“If you don’t want to go, just tell me. We’ll slowly discuss who to send later… If all else fails, the whole class can go together.”

“Wait.”

Lin Jiaxin lifted her head, still with that familiar crooked smile and nose pointed at everyone:

“Who said I don’t want to go?”

She took a deep breath and said in a tone that said ‘only I understand my loneliness,’ hands in her pockets:

“I originally planned to get along with you all as an ordinary person… but instead, I got distance.”

“Fine, I’ll drop the act.”

“I’m a Music Domain God… I’m coming clean!”

The crowd was stunned, exchanging glances.

They had never heard this line before.

Usually, they only saw “Game Domain God” on forums.

What the hell was a “Music Domain God”?

Before they could react, Lin Jiaxin seized the moment.

Still with her hands in her pockets, she slightly tilted her head up at a 45-degree angle, eyes melancholic:

“I was just thinking… if I get on that stage in front of ten thousand people…”

“What if they all become obsessed with me?”

“…”

“…….”

Silence all around.

The only sound left was the background music Lin Jiaxin hummed for herself.

“🎶Oh please don’t be obsessed with me, I’m just a legend, you see…🎶”

“…”

“Pfft—”

“Bro… sis… I can’t handle this! She really has no pressure at all?”

“Damn… she’s a god!”

“Where’s the god?”

“The god is behind the ‘yuan’…”

“Behind ‘yuan’? That’s the Ming Dynasty? What’s the Ming Dynasty doing back there?”

“Doing it! Ah man… Ming Dynasty is awesome!”

After a brief silence, everyone finally cracked.

The whole place erupted in sharp, hysterical laughter.

It was the first time since the first day of training, when Lin Jiaxin fainted after hitting the pole, that they couldn’t hold it in.

The piercing laughter continued.

But Lin Jiaxin no longer cared.

She slowly withdrew her gaze from the sky, her hands in her pockets clenching slightly.

‘Heh, a bunch of mortals! Truly, summer insects cannot speak of ice!’

The curve of Lin Jiaxin’s mouth was like a pie chart—three parts disdain, three parts madness, and four parts nonchalance.

Though… she still hadn’t figured out what to perform yet…

After all, the kindergarten Baby Bus routine was definitely not stage-worthy.

But as the saying goes, wealth is found in danger!

Lin Jiaxin glanced at her classmates, who were doubled over with laughter.

They thought they were hunters, driving this ‘little duck’ to the stage of ten thousand people.

But in Lin Jiaxin’s eyes, they were just bettors who had placed their wagers on her grand gamble.

Only they bet she would lose.

And she bet she would win.

‘Laugh, laugh… you’ll find out where my confidence comes from soon enough…’

Lin Jiaxin sneered inwardly and returned to her corner on her own.

Listening to the instructor start to restore order, her mind began racing.

In this life, she hadn’t had the chance to learn any artistic skills.

But who said she only had this life?

A faint smile curled at the corner of Lin Jiaxin’s mouth.

In her past life, to pick up girls at school, she had spent money and time learning folk guitar!

Although she never got the girl, and after working she had no time to play guitar,

Muscle memory definitely remained. She just needed some practice to get back into it!

The advantage of being a transmigrator was now fully displayed!

A guitar, plus a song that didn’t exist in this world…

Lin Jiaxin’s hand might be a bit risky, but it was definitely enough!

Just wait and see… the ugly duckling was about to turn into a white swan!