Paranoid Girlfriend [Transmigration into a Book] - Chapter 5

While the female lead was away, Dai Shi Yuan focused and wrote her college application form for the third time.

With the experience from the previous two attempts, she finished it very quickly.

Dai Shi Yuan carefully set the completed form aside and deliberately placed a book on top of it to prevent it from accidentally falling to the ground or getting wrinkled.

Now she only needed to wait for the female lead to come over, show her the form, and then submit the application online.

After that, she could finally stay far away from the female lead and save her own life.

Dai Shi Yuan smiled happily, her eyes filled with beautiful anticipation for the future.

Half an hour later, the door opened.

Dai Shi Yuan turned her head and saw the female lead’s gentle face along with a fleeting trace of coldness. She couldn’t help frowning slightly before turning back to look out the window.

Shan Yaxin carried in a plate of fresh fruit. When her gaze landed on the slender figure at the desk, a flash of coldness appeared in her eyes.

Even without seeing her face, she could sense that her sister-in-law was currently in a good mood.

Was she happy about being able to study out of province?

Shan Yaxin stood by the door, her brows lightly furrowed, and remained silent.

She wasn’t very convinced by this reason. She absolutely refused to believe that this seemingly innocent but inwardly vicious person would let her sister-in-law go so easily.

On the last page of that thick notebook, she had clearly seen the line about driving her out.

Although the notebook had been destroyed, those words were firmly etched in her mind.

They wouldn’t be erased so easily.

Shan Yaxin’s eyes grew colder. The corners of her lips lifted in a cold smile, which quickly turned back into a gentle one. She said softly, “Xiao Yuan, have you finished filling out the application form?”

“I’ve finished it… Ah…” Dai Shi Yuan stood up happily, not noticing the corner of the desk, and accidentally bumped her knee against it.

The pain instantly brought tears to her eyes. After letting out a cry, she quickly bit her lip to hold back any further sounds.

It was quite embarrassing to make such a fool of herself in front of the female lead.

Dai Shi Yuan rubbed her knee with one hand while holding the paper with the other. Her teary eyes looked pitiful and fragile.

Seeing her in this vulnerable, pitiful state, Shan Yaxin sneered inwardly.

Her sister-in-law’s acting skills were quite good. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to deceive everyone so easily.

In her previous life, she had been too naive and was fooled.

But this time, she wouldn’t be deceived again.

She would never let this vicious woman go.

“Xiao Yuan, what’s wrong? Are you not welcoming me?” Shan Yaxin asked directly, her tone carrying a slight edge as her eyes glanced at Dai Shi Yuan’s knee.

Dai Shi Yuan hurriedly waved her hands, straightened up, and endured the pain as she replied, “No, I just accidentally bumped my knee.”

“Is it serious? Do you want me to get some medicine?” Shan Yaxin immediately walked over and asked with concern.

“It’s fine. It’ll get better in a moment,” Dai Shi Yuan said quickly, subtly shifting her body backward a little.

Shan Yaxin noticed this resistant movement and smiled gently. She placed the fruit on the desk and said softly, “That’s good. Have you finished the application form? Let me see it.”

“I’ve finished it,” Dai Shi Yuan answered seriously, taking the form out from under the book.

She didn’t hand it directly to the female lead, but placed it on the desk instead.

This female lead made her feel quite dangerous. It was better to minimize direct contact.

Fortunately, the female lead didn’t mind. She picked up the form and examined it carefully.

Shan Yaxin read through it from start to finish and found no typos. A trace of doubt flashed in her eyes.

In her memory, her sister-in-law’s handwriting had always been wild and messy, almost illegible.

Only the handwriting in that cursed notebook was slightly neater, but it was still not as good as the writing on this application form.

It seemed her sister-in-law truly took this university choice seriously. When she focused, her handwriting became much nicer.

“No issues. Let’s submit it online now,” Shan Yaxin said, placing the form on the desk and walking over to turn on the computer.

Upon hearing this, Dai Shi Yuan suddenly realized a serious problem.

She didn’t know the login password at all!

Would this expose her? How was she supposed to bluff her way through?

These two questions made Dai Shi Yuan’s heart pound violently. Her mind went completely blank, and she even forgot about the pain in her knee.

By the time she came back to her senses, she was already sitting in front of the computer with the login page displayed in front of her.

Dai Shi Yuan froze. She hesitantly kept her hands back, pretending to be deep in thought.

She didn’t know how long this evasive tactic could last, but she would drag it out as long as possible.

Maybe she would suddenly remember the password…

It should be related to the birthday, right…

What was this character’s birthday?

…The author never mentioned the specific date!

Dai Shi Yuan pouted and still didn’t move.

Seeing this, Shan Yaxin felt puzzled again.

Based on her previous behavior, shouldn’t she be quickly submitting the application right now?

Why was she still stalling?

A trace of coldness flashed in Shan Yaxin’s eyes, but she didn’t urge her. She asked gently, “Xiao Yuan, what’s wrong?”

“I…” Dai Shi Yuan looked up hesitantly. After thinking for a moment, she decided to tell the truth. “I forgot the password.”

At a time like this, it was better not to lie, lest it arouse the female lead’s suspicion.

“So that’s the case. Sister-in-law saved your username and password a long time ago, just in case you forgot,” Shan Yaxin said with a smile. Her voice was calm and gentle, as if she hadn’t noticed anything unusual.

She opened her phone, pulled up a photo showing the username and password.

A huge weight finally lifted from Dai Shi Yuan’s heart. She entered the information according to the photo and successfully logged in shortly after.

She couldn’t help feeling a small burst of joy. Her round eyes sparkled as she carefully filled in the schools according to the application form.

Shan Yaxin watched quietly from the side, her gaze fixed on that innocent, youthful face the entire time.

She didn’t miss any of the girl’s small expressions — the joy in her eyes or the soft sigh of relief — none of it escaped her notice.

So far, her sister-in-law’s performance had been flawless, just as innocent and naive as always.

But the more flawless it was, the less she believed it.

Dai Shi Yuan endured the sharp, knife-like gaze beside her and finished submitting her choices. Her fingers trembled slightly throughout the entire process.

The female lead’s hostility toward her was completely undisguised. No matter how gentle the smile on the surface, she could still feel that chilling aura.

It seemed she really had to stay far away from the female lead.

Dai Shi Yuan became even more determined. She smiled and said, “I’m done.”

“That’s good. Xiao Yuan can now enjoy the rest of her summer vacation,” Shan Yaxin said, snapping out of her thoughts with a gentle smile as she took back her phone.

She hadn’t actually looked at the choices on the computer. It didn’t matter whether Dai Shi Yuan had filled them correctly.

She would modify them again later anyway, and she would definitely change everything to the school where she worked.

Dai’s father and mother had originally wanted their beloved youngest daughter to attend her school so someone could look after her.

She would certainly live up to their expectations and take good care of this sister-in-law!

“Mm.” Dai Shi Yuan nodded, a proper smile on her face, though her body was a bit stiff.

Having her back turned to the female lead like this made her feel even more in danger, as if she could be eaten by the person behind her at any moment.

“Xiao Yuan, now that the application is submitted, just wait peacefully. With your grades, you’ll definitely get into a good university,” Shan Yaxin comforted softly.

Dai Shi Yuan continued nodding without explaining that she wasn’t worried about the school.

It was good to let the female lead misunderstand. That way, her true inner thoughts wouldn’t be seen through.

Shan Yaxin smiled lightly, a trace of coldness flashing in her eyes. She stopped lingering there and turned to leave the room.

Before turning on the computer, she called Dai’s mother again. Once connected, she pressed the record button and asked softly, “Mom, Xiao Yuan really seems to want to study out of province. Isn’t it bad for us to do this?”

“What’s bad about it?” Dai’s mother scolded angrily, her voice full of impatience. “Didn’t I already tell you? You keep bothering me over and over for such a small matter. Can you even do anything right?”

“I’m sorry, Mom. I’ll do as you said right away,” Shan Yaxin said in a frightened voice. However, there was no trace of fear on her face. She quietly waited for the other side to hang up.

Soon, Dai’s mother ended the call. The moment it disconnected, Shan Yaxin quickly saved the recording.

She played it back once to confirm there were no issues, then stored it safely.

Dai’s father didn’t know about changing the application. Although keeping the sister-in-law here was a good thing, if she threw a tantrum over it, her father would definitely side with his daughter.

As the accomplice, she would inevitably be blamed, but she would absolutely not take the main responsibility.

After all, she wasn’t the mastermind.

With this recording as evidence, her mother-in-law wouldn’t be able to push all the blame onto her.

Shan Yaxin curled her lips into a light smile and backed up the audio on the computer as well.

After securing the evidence, she opened the application website, entered the username and password.

After reviewing what Dai Shi Yuan had filled in, she saw there wasn’t a single error.

She smiled and made the changes without hesitation.

This time, she only put one choice — the school where she worked.

Even though the admission scores hadn’t come out yet, she was fully confident that with Dai Shi Yuan’s grades, she would definitely get into this school.

In her previous life, the sister-in-law had been accepted to another school but kept coming to her school to find her.

At that time, she naively thought the girl genuinely liked her and wanted to be good to her.

But she never expected that this closeness had a purpose and was filled with malice.

There were still some things she was puzzled about. These past few days, her sister-in-law had been intentionally or unintentionally avoiding her.

Every time they interacted, her attitude was lukewarm, completely unlike how clingy she used to be.

And now she even wanted to study out of province, as if trying to escape this family.

She didn’t quite understand why this pampered young miss would give up her comfortable life to go suffer in an unfamiliar province.

But she wasn’t in a hurry. She would have plenty of time in the future to figure it out.

The more this person wanted to escape, the more she would pull her close.

The grudges from her previous life — she would repay them all in this one.

This seemingly kind and harmless sister-in-law was destined never to escape her!