After Biting the Female Lead, the Vicious Female Supporting Character Turned Alpha [Transmigration] - Chapter 39: 039
As soon as the school year began, Shi Xinran “accidentally” revealed that her father was the famous wealthy Shi Lian and that Shi Lian had donated a lot of money to the school. Many students in her class proactively befriended her.
Shi Xinran returned to her seat in her classroom, and several classmates immediately surrounded her. Shi Xinran thoroughly enjoyed being the center of attention, a smile playing on her lips.
“Xinran, I just saw you talking to Senior Shi Qingfan from Grade 12. You’re so brave! I see Senior Shi Qingfan and I’m scared to death, I can’t even speak.”
“Xinran’s father is Shi Lian. She’s seen all sorts of important people since she was little, how could she be afraid of Shi Qingfan?”
“Exactly, exactly.”
“But Shi Qingfan is really beautiful. I’ve never seen anyone so beautiful. None of those celebrities can compare to her.”
“I heard Shi Qingfan’s family is quite poor and she relies on scholarships to live. Although she’s good at studying and can do research in the future, being a celebrity earns so much money. Children from poor families would definitely choose a job with more money, right?”
The smile on Shi Xinran’s lips stiffened slightly. She disliked it most when others praised Shi Qingfan in front of her.
Although Shi Xinran and Shi Qingfan both had the surname Shi, their appearances were completely different. The beautiful Shi Xinran paled in comparison to Shi Qingfan, without any color. No one would connect the two.
Shi Xinran had been jealous of Shi Qingfan since she was little, so she naturally wouldn’t proactively tell others about her relationship with Shi Qingfan to bother herself. Fortunately, Shi Qingfan had never mentioned in St. Lyceum Academy that she was also Shi Lian’s daughter.
“Alright, alright, aren’t you curious why I went over there?” Shi Xinran changed the subject and asked.
The surrounding girls exchanged glances. The short-haired girl hesitated and said, “To hide from the sun under the tree…?”
“No. I went to see Jiang Xuenian.” Shi Xinran felt happy mentioning Jiang Xuenian.
The thought of this ordinary Jiang Xuenian being Shi Qingfan’s girlfriend made Shi Xinran want to laugh.
What if Shi Qingfan was perfect and excellent? She still ended up with a mediocre girlfriend.
“Jiang Xuenian? That name sounds familiar…”
“I know, Jiang Xuenian is Shi Qingfan’s rumored girlfriend!”
“That exciting? Xinran, did you see Jiang Xuenian? Is she as beautiful as Shi Qingfan?”
Facing several eager eyes, Shi Xinran frowned slightly and said, “Jiang Xuenian looks very ordinary, and I heard her studies aren’t very good either. Like you all, I thought Shi Qingfan’s girlfriend would definitely be an excellent and perfect person in all aspects, so I wanted to see, but who knew I would go with high hopes and return disappointed.”
Shi Xinran sighed as she spoke, “Jiang Xuenian is too ordinary.”
“Really?! Then what did Shi Qingfan see in her?”
Shi Xinran lowered her gaze, a hint of malice flashing in her eyes, but her voice was regretful as she said, “Exactly, Shi Qingfan and she are really not compatible. What did she see in her?”
Students in Grade 10 didn’t have as heavy academic loads as Grade 12, so they had more free time every day and loved to gossip.
Not long after returning to the Class 10 classroom after PE class, the news that St. Lyceum’s goddess Shi Qingfan had found a very ordinary girlfriend spread throughout the class, and then from Class 10 to other classes.
In the span of one long break, almost the entire Grade 10 knew.
Grade 10 students had participated in the provincial unified exam two days ago and hadn’t had time to watch the city-wide league videos. Grade 12 and Grade 10 were also separated by half the campus. Aside from PE class, there was basically no time for them to interact. The name Jiang Xuenian was still unfamiliar to the Grade 10 students.
Grade 10 did not have evening self-study. When afternoon classes began, the Class 10 homeroom teacher walked in with a USB drive and said, “This afternoon, we’re going to watch the city-wide league video.”
The awards ceremony had already passed, so they naturally didn’t need to write reflection papers anymore; they were just watching for entertainment.
“It seems St. Lyceum only got first place in Grade 12, while our Grade 10 got second and Grade 11 got third.”
“No need to guess, Grade 12 must have been carried by Shi Qingfan.”
“I thought we were going to watch our Grade 10’s competition video. Why are we watching Grade 12’s? We won’t understand it anyway.”
The homeroom teacher plugged in the USB drive and said, “Students, I’ve already watched this video once in the office, and it’s very good. Perhaps after watching it, you can motivate yourselves to study harder and become like Shi Qingfan and Jiang Xuenian.”
Shi Xinran’s heart skipped a beat, feeling a bad premonition.
The homeroom teacher said to learn from Shi Qingfan, but why learn from Jiang Xuenian too?
Those who had heard the rumors were very confused.
According to Shi Xinran, Jiang Xuenian should be an ordinary person in terms of both looks and studies.
The video started playing. Those who had originally intended to sleep straightened up and stared at the video, wanting to see what was so remarkable about this Jiang Xuenian that they should learn from her.
••••
Five hours later, Class 10 finished watching the competition video.
Everyone had a new understanding of Jiang Xuenian.
What ordinary? The whole world was ordinary (except Shi Qingfan), and Jiang Xuenian couldn’t possibly be ordinary!
Jiang Xuenian was clearly a rising supernova at St. Lyceum!
“Jiang Xuenian is too amazing. I want to make her my goal and study hard. In the future, I’ll make the participants from other schools pee their pants in the city-wide league.”
Someone asked, “So how did the rumor that Jiang Xuenian isn’t good at studying even start?”
The person next to them subtly pointed at Shi Xinran, “She said it.”
“Why would Shi Xinran do that? Jiang Xuenian didn’t bother her.”
“Who knows? Don’t let Shi Xinran’s usual easygoing demeanor fool you. She actually looks down on us. No choice, she’s the young lady of the Shi family, and they have enough money to last for generations.”
Not everyone in Class 10 wanted to curry favor with Shi Xinran.
Shi Xinran heard a few whispers, gritted her teeth, stood up, and left, walking to the entrance of Class One.
Class One had just finished class as well. A boy sitting near the door saw Shi Xinran and proactively asked, “Do you want me to call Huo Yashan over for you?”
Shi Xinran and Huo Yashan’s interactions were never discreet. Everyone in Class One knew that Huo Yashan was pursuing Shi Xinran, and Shi Xinran also had a slight interest in Huo Yashan, but the unspoken understanding between them hadn’t been broken yet; they were still in the ambiguous stage.
“Okay, thank you.” Shi Xinran forced a smile and thanked him.
She walked to the wall next to the door to wait. Passing students were mostly discussing Jiang Xuenian and Shi Qingfan.
Shi Xinran even heard someone say that Jiang Xuenian and Shi Qingfan were very compatible and “shippable.”
Shi Xinran sneered inwardly. Shippable? I’ll make sure you can’t ship them anymore!
“Looking for me?” Huo Yashan walked out of Class One and asked Shi Xinran.
Shi Xinran’s cheeks flushed slightly when she saw Huo Yashan, as if she were shy. “There’s something I’d like your help with.”
Huo Yashan was one of her many admirers, and currently the one with the best family background among them. Her grandfather was the Alliance’s only General, and she herself had extremely high aptitude, with a high probability of differentiating into an Alpha in the future.
Huo Yashan was good at everything. It would be even better if she were a boy.
Yes, this was the reason Shi Xinran strung Huo Yashan along without confirming their relationship: because Huo Yashan was a girl, and Shi Xinran liked boys.
Huo Yashan said, “Okay, what do you want me to help you with?”
Shi Xinran looked at the people passing by, then lowered her gaze and said, “There are too many people here. Can we find a quiet place to talk?”
Huo Yashan led Shi Xinran to the rooftop.
In the distance, the setting sun cast an orange-red glow. Shi Xinran bit her lip and said, “Yashan, I want to ask you to help me investigate Jiang Xuenian.”
“Jiang Xuenian…” Huo Yashan narrowed her eyes.
Having just finished watching the city-wide league video, Huo Yashan felt a strange sensation when she realized that Jiang Xuenian was the black-eyed girl who ran laps on the track every morning and made rapid progress.
The first time she saw Jiang Xuenian on the track, Huo Yashan was somewhat interested in her. After watching the competition video, her interest had now reached its peak.
Jiang Xuenian was like a mystery, and Huo Yashan really wanted to see what she would uncover if she tried to solve that mystery.
“Why investigate Jiang Xuenian?”
When Huo Yashan was little, she had attended a banquet hosted by the Shi family with her family. She had met Shi Qingfan and knew about the relationship between Shi Qingfan and Shi Xinran.
Shi Xinran would pretend not to know Shi Qingfan in front of others, but in front of Huo Yashan, she was a pitiful younger sister who cared for her older sister but was misunderstood by her.
“Grade 12 is spreading rumors that Jiang Xuenian is my sister’s girlfriend. My sister is too naive, and I’m worried she’ll be deceived by Jiang Xuenian. So I want you to help me investigate her. Although her studies seem good, her family background, personality, and habits are the criteria for whether she’s worthy of my sister. I don’t want my sister to get hurt in a relationship. She’s already been hurt once, and I don’t want her to be hurt again.”
Shi Xinran’s eyes reddened.
Not only did she create a “sister-complex” persona for herself in front of Huo Yashan, but out of fear that Huo Yashan might develop feelings for Shi Qingfan, she also gave Shi Qingfan the persona of someone who had been hurt in love and had become disillusioned with romance.
Huo Yashan rolled Jiang Xuenian’s name around in her mouth a couple of times, the smile at the corner of her lips growing more mischievous. “Don’t worry, leave it to me.”
Shi Xinran looked up in surprise: “Thank you, Yashan.”
Huo Yashan possessed the most comprehensive network of connections at St. Lyceum. Investigating someone was easy for her. Soon, a subordinate reported some findings from Grade 12 to her.
“Boss, they say Jiang Xuenian’s family background is remarkably good. The principal even specially awarded trophies and prize money to the three Grade 12 students who participated in the city-wide league because of her yesterday.”
Huo Yashan’s deep eyes shone with interest. “Interesting. It’s been a long time since I met such an interesting person.”
The subordinate, seeing Huo Yashan’s expression, said without surprise, “Boss, are you planning to pursue Jiang Xuenian? You don’t want Shi Xinran anymore?”
“Shi Xinran? Compared to Jiang Xuenian, she’s too boring. She always puts on an act in front of me, and it’s uncomfortable to watch, but I’m too lazy to expose her. If you like her, you go pursue her.” Huo Yashan turned and walked out of the teaching building.
The subordinate chased after her for a few steps. “Boss, where are you going?”
Huo Yashan turned her head, ran a finger through her short hair, and smiled wildly, “Going to pursue your big sister-in-law—”
Jiang Xuenian, sitting in the classroom, suddenly sneezed. Shi Qingfan draped her jacket over her, frowning, “You shouldn’t have taken off your jacket right after running back; it’s easy to catch a cold.”
Jiang Xuenian said, “I’m not sweating, and there was no wind just now. This sneeze is inexplicable. Class monitor, do you think someone is cursing me behind my back?”
“You’re so good, who would curse you?” After confirming her feelings, Shi Qingfan’s praises for Jiang Xuenian came effortlessly.
Jiang Xuenian was caught off guard by Shi Qingfan’s compliment, her face flushed. She said, “Only you, class monitor, have such a keen eye for beauty to think I’m good in every way.”
Yin Yan, who was secretly eavesdropping on their conversation, immediately brightened up, as if he had found a treasure. He turned, took out a thick diary from his desk, opened it, and began to write.
[XueFan Love Diary 11 – Jiang Xuenian sneezes, Shi Qingfan lovingly drapes her jacket over her.]
[XueFan Love Diary 12 – Shi Qingfan praises Jiang Xuenian, Jiang Xuenian blushes and praises her back. (Sweet atmosphere at max, XueFan is in hot love~)]
Yin Yan finished writing, closed his diary, and looked satisfied.
Yin Yan’s actions were too obvious. Jiang Xuenian and Shi Qingfan found it difficult to ignore him.
Jiang Xuenian accidentally saw her own name when Yin Yan was writing in his diary. Driven by curiosity, she took a few more glances, and then, “…”
She and Shi Qingfan were clearly interacting as normal classmates, so how did it become so ambiguously written in Yin Yan’s diary?
It was true that she sneezed, and Shi Qingfan did drape her jacket over her, but where did he see “lovingly”?
And blushing, sweet atmosphere at max, in hot love… Jiang Xuenian was almost starting to wonder if she really had something going on with Shi Qingfan.
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