After Transmigrating Into A Book As The Protagonist’s Cannon-Fodder Lackey - Chapter 5

After class, Su Linye rummaged around her seat, flipping through everything until she had almost turned her desk into a garbage dump.

Gu Feng said, “Desk mate, what are you doing? I don’t currently have any plans to study inside a trash heap.”

Su Linye asked, “Do you have wet wipes?”

Gu Feng shook her head.

Su Linye wanted to sigh again.

Gu Feng said, “The supermarket has them.”

Su Linye froze. “It’s open between classes too?”

Gu Feng nodded. “But what do you need wet wipes for? Are you wiping something? I have tissues and water.”

Su Linye had already risen with determination and disappeared.

Gu Feng: …………

She was filled with emotion.

There was hope for the long-distance race at the sports meet.

Su Linye quickly bought a pack of wet wipes and came back. During the long break, she found Lu Jiang and stood in front of her desk, hesitating and stammering.

Lu Jiang said, “You’re blocking the light.”

Su Linye had just been about to move aside when she suddenly remembered that it was daytime. Light was coming from every direction, so how could she be blocking it?

She just wanted to drive her away, didn’t she?!

Su Linye placed the item on Lu Jiang’s desk. “I’m sorry about the shoe print. Wiping it with this might help.”

Lu Jiang still showed no intention of paying attention to her.

Su Linye took a deep breath and repeated, “I’m sorry.”

Then she went back.

She was depressed for a while, but not for too long.

The last class in the morning was self-study. There was no teacher, so the students handled their homework on their own.

Su Linye looked east, then west, then took out her phone and opened the dirty—no, “educational comic” her desk mate had shared with her.

The comic was beautifully drawn. Both female leads were each attractive in their own way. Su Linye suppressed her excitement, rubbed her hands together, and scrolled down.

The first chapter immediately hit her with an opening-screen critical strike.

[Amid layers upon layers of curtains, two overlapping figures could be vaguely seen on the large bed. A few breathy sounds and half-resistant, half-welcoming moans drifted in and out.

“Soxifel… no, don’t bite there… mm…”

“But,” the silver-haired girl released the skin at the back of her neck and sensually licked her lips. Her eyes, the same color as her hair, narrowed slightly. “A-Yu tastes so sweet here. It feels so good to bite.”

The girl named A-Yu tightened her grip on the bedsheet again. Her face buried in the pillow, the half of her shoulder that was exposed was smooth, fair, and flushed red. Her muffled voice came out from within. “Gently… be gentle.”

Soxifel gave a delighted laugh, slow and unhurried. “A-Yu, shall I show you something fun?”

Tang Yu had only just made a puzzled nasal sound when, in the next second, her whole body trembled sharply. Her waist arched, her breathing grew hurried. “What… is this…”

Soxifel kissed her earlobe and breathed ambiguously, “A dragon’s tail.”

Cool scales pressed against her body, making Tang Yu shrink back lightly from the chill.

As if afraid of the cold, she leaned into the person in front of her, only to tremble even more urgently from the ice.

“Does A-Yu like my tail? Hm?”

The dragon’s tail was silver-white. Under the glow of the night pearl and fluorescent grass, it shone with unparalleled beauty.

And now, that tail was gently wrapped around Tang Yu’s wrist.

Tang Yu could not speak.

Soxifel curved her lips, her eyes narrowing comfortably. “Then I suppose you like it very much.”

“Why is A-Yu so sweet?” She hugged her tighter, her lips brushing near the gland. “Are all omegas from your world like this? Or is only A-Yu this sweet?”]

Su Linye’s heart surged. The comics in this world were much bolder than the ones in her previous life. There was no cutting away or covering things up at all; everything was depicted in delicate, complete detail. Reading it really made a person…

Excited, she bit down on her finger, wishing she could scroll faster. She completely lost all vigilance toward her surroundings until her desk mate’s elbow jabbed straight into her stomach.

Su Linye let out a howl, drawing the entire class’s attention.

She had just been about to apologize when she saw Gu Feng’s terrified and twisted expression. Combined with the shadow falling beside her desk, Su Linye had an extremely bad premonition.

Slowly, slowly, she raised her head to look.

And saw the homeroom teacher’s death stare.

In that instant, she really hoped the world outside would end in the very next second.

Su Linye’s phone was confiscated before it had even had time to warm up.

The homeroom teacher coldly patrolled the class, expressed approval for everyone’s enthusiastic attitude toward studying and swimming through the sea of knowledge, then left with his hands behind his back and a Mediterranean bald patch on his head.

The moment he left, Gu Feng came over to poke Su Linye. “Why were you so absorbed? You didn’t even have basic alertness left.”

Su Linye was very dispirited.

In her previous life, she had already graduated from high school two years ago. She had long since developed the habit of immersively reading novels and comics. Things like vigilance had already returned to nature along with all her knowledge after the college entrance exam ended.

Su Linye could only wave her hand and, while her heart was being cut like a knife, pretend to be open-minded. “Fate is wonderfully unpredictable. Losing it only means that I am not meant to possess it at this stage. Destiny is telling me to study hard and walk a broad, bright road.”

Gu Feng: “…………”

Gu Feng applauded her. “Wow, Linye, you’re so good at pretending.”

Su Linye miserably withdrew her hand. “Homework, homework.”

After enduring the last self-study period of the morning, Su Linye packed up her books and planned to take the meal card sponsored by her desk mate to the cafeteria for a bit of “extravagance.”

Gu Feng carefully placed the phone that Su Linye was so envious of she was practically red-eyed into the desk cubby.

“Linye, are you going to the East Cafeteria or the West Cafeteria?”

Su Linye: ???

They even separated Chinese food and Western food? How fancy.

She answered cautiously, “The East Cafeteria.”

The West Cafeteria sounded expensive.

Gu Feng instantly looked at her with solemn respect. “All right. I’m going to the West Cafeteria.”

Su Linye felt like there was some unspeakable meaning in her desk mate’s eyes, but before she could figure it out, Gu Feng had already called her friends and left.

She also walked out of the classroom and went together with Xi Panpan, who was waiting there.

Xi Panpan asked, “Boss, are we still going to the West Cafeteria to eat steamed buns with free plain congee?”

Su Linye stumbled.

Xi Panpan was so frightened she quickly steadied her. “Careful, Boss.”

“I’m fine.” Su Linye’s expression was very complicated. For a moment, she did not know where to begin asking, and finally chose the most urgent question. “Do you want to go to the East Cafeteria?”

“But the East Cafeteria is on the easternmost side of campus. It’s very far. If we go there, the trip there and back will take more than half an hour. Add in lining up, buying food, and eating, and there won’t be enough time for lunch break.” Xi Panpan looked completely serious as she counted on her fingers.

Su Linye: “…………”

So the East and West Cafeterias were named according to their geographical positions.

She let out a breath. “We’ll go to the West Cafeteria. Today, we’re not eating steamed buns and plain congee. Boss will take you to eat something good.”

Yuanhua High School was one of the top high schools in the city, and the landscaping on campus was very well done.

From the teaching building to the cafeteria, there were many trees planted along the road. Roses and violets climbed over the winding corridor, hanging down in clusters of blossoms. On the shaded path, students in different colored uniforms walked in twos and threes, stepping through patches of sunlight falling between the leaves. Light and shadow flashed by in pieces, shimmering like ripples.

Su Linye took a deep breath, her mood extremely good.

When she reached the cafeteria, it became even better.

The West Cafeteria had four floors. Each floor had more than a dozen windows, and the space was huge, filled with all kinds of delicious food.

Su Linye swept her eyes over it and immediately felt her choice paralysis flaring up. She had no idea what to choose.

Suddenly, she spotted familiar faces and happily pulled Xi Panpan over.

“Lu Jiang, Qin Yu, you’re here to eat too?”

Lu Jiang turned back and glanced at her, her expression indifferent. “No. We’re here to inspect hygiene.”

Su Linye knew she was in the student council and was instantly shocked. “You’re sacrificing your mealtime to check hygiene? So dedicated.”

Ahead of them, Qin Yu was carrying two trays of food and passed one to Lu Jiang. Compared with Lu Jiang’s coldness, her attitude was much better. Hearing Su Linye’s question, she could not help laughing. “That’s right. You can inspect it too.”

Su Linye said, “Me?”

Qin Yu raised a brow. “Yeah. If you finish eating and neither get diarrhea nor faint, doesn’t that prove the food is hygienic?”

Su Linye: “…………”

Sure enough, she had been mocked in a roundabout way again.

Still, Su Linye thought the food looked pretty good, so she eagerly swiped for two portions.

Then she carried them toward Lu Jiang’s table.

She had already thought it through. To avoid the original owner’s miserable ending, she absolutely had to build a good relationship with the protagonist. Even if she kept running into cold nails, she would accept it.

Once her favorability was brushed back to a normal value, she absolutely would not keep bothering her.

Thinking this, Su Linye walked toward Lu Jiang with even firmer steps, a big smile rising on her face, revealing the sharp tips of her canine teeth.

Xi Panpan did not ask either. She simply followed her diligently without complaint.

Su Linye sat down across from Lu Jiang. The latter did not even lift her eyelids and ate slowly.

Su Linye let out a breath of relief.

At least the other girl had not directly walked away.

As she ate, she observed, noticing that Lu Jiang picked out every piece of ginger, not even letting the diced bits escape.

She ate quite a lot of meat, but only lean pieces. If there was even a little fat, she threw it away directly. She did not eat any side ingredients at all, whether it was scallion, ginger, garlic, cilantro, chili, or wood ear mushroom.

In short, she was very picky, and meticulously so.

“Seen enough?”

The sudden voice came out of nowhere.

Su Linye looked up.

Lu Jiang was staring at her coldly.

Su Linye said sincerely, “Sorry. Your posture while eating is too pretty. I couldn’t help looking a few extra times.”

Lu Jiang continued staring at her, her meaning unclear. “Is that so?”

Su Linye raised four fingers. “I swear. Four fingers.”

“…………” Lu Jiang gave a cold laugh. “If swearing worked, what would we need laws for?”

Su Linye’s cowlick sprang upright with a pop. “Are you going to call the police and have me arrested?”

“…………” Lu Jiang glanced at the top of her head, as if suspecting whether a certain object existed there. “It isn’t worth wasting public resources to that extent.”

Su Linye relaxed, thinking she really had become jumpy at every rustle of the wind. “That’s what I thought. There’s no need to go that far over a little thing.”

That scared her to death. She had almost thought the other girl hated her so much she was going to use the staged accident incident to call the police on her.

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Qin Yu propping her chin in her hand, her gaze wandering back and forth between the two of them.

Su Linye grew wary. “What is it?”

Qin Yu said, “I’m almost starting to ship you two.”

Su Linye: “…………”

What kind of shipping point was this? Besides, she did not do wicked things like stealing someone else’s beloved.

Lu Jiang’s reaction was even more direct. She picked up her tray and stood, her voice low and clear. “I think what you shipped was your brain.”

Qin Yu shook her head. “Old Jiang’s mouth is so poisonous. If she weren’t pretty and rich, I’d worry about whether she could ever find a partner in the future.”

“Don’t worry. She definitely will.” Su Linye’s gaze was deep and distant, as if she had seen through everything.

Qin Yu glanced sideways at her. “What’s with that expression? It’s like your eyes are full of stories.”

She stuffed some greens into her mouth and chewed them, then also picked up her tray and stood. When she passed Su Linye, she paused for a moment and said with implied meaning, “Because of some things that happened before, Old Jiang doesn’t really like being observed by others. Next time, if you want to know her preferences or whatever, be a little more restrained.”

Su Linye froze for a moment, then said somewhat tactfully, “We’ve only known each other for one day. Isn’t it a little inappropriate for you to tell me this?”

Qin Yu curled her lips, calm and self-assured, and answered in a way that had absolutely nothing to do with the question. “I’m very good at judging people.”

Leaving those words behind, she walked off with great flair.

Su Linye was utterly confused.

“Boss.”

The person with almost no presence spoke in a voice that also had almost no presence.

Su Linye slapped her forehead.

She had forgotten Little Potato Chip.

After leaving the cafeteria, Su Linye walked lightly under the sun. “Let’s go to the dorm and sleep.”

Xi Panpan stopped, her face hesitant. “But Boss, we don’t have beds in the dorm.”

Su Linye: ???

She had already asked. Day students could also apply for a dorm at school to use for the midday rest.

The original owner had not applied?

As if seeing her confusion, Xi Panpan recalled, “At the time, you said even dogs wouldn’t live in the dorm.”

Su Linye: “…………”

Amazing, amazing, amazing. When she was ruthless, she even cursed herself.

As if that was still not enough, Xi Panpan honestly added, “And you said it right in front of your homeroom teacher.”

Su Linye: ???

Her eyes widened, but then she felt that her reaction was too excessive and quickly restrained herself, nodding. “That’s right.”

“However, I now think living in a dorm is actually pretty good. At least there’d be somewhere to go at noon.”

Xi Panpan gave unconditional support. “Boss is right.”

Su Linye said, “You should apply for one too?”

Xi Panpan shook her head. “My aunt won’t let me.”

“Aunt?”

“My stepmother.” Seeing Su Linye’s furrowed brows, Xi Panpan explained, “I have to go home to cook and clean. If I don’t do it, my dad will hit me.”

Su Linye’s brows furrowed even more tightly, but she did not say anything.

Xi Panpan’s steps paused for a moment before she caught up and mumbled, “Boss…”

Her voice was too small, and the person in front did not hear.