Returning to the Villain Omega's High School Days - Chapter 8

Xie Ning knew she would never wake up again.

The truck had run over her head when she died, and blood was everywhere.

She died instantly on the spot.

She didn’t even want to imagine what that scene would have been like.

But luckily, Su Wan had left before then.

She shouldn’t have seen the tragic sight.

Xie Ning only hoped that after her death, Su Wan would read the book Rongcheng.

By knowing the ending in advance, she should be able to make better choices, right?

A person as smart as her would surely find a way to break the cycle.

This was Xie Ning’s last wish.

She wasn’t tortured or afraid before she died.

On the contrary, the taste of the cake Su Wan had brought made her feel completely content.

When she opened her eyes again, there was no great emotion, just a little confusion.

She had heard people say that heaven was the place a person most wanted to go to when they were alive.

Did that mean… the place she most wanted to go to when she was alive was high school?

That was absurd!

Xie Ning blinked, looking at the person on the podium and then at the students next to her.

They were all so lively.

Even VR couldn’t achieve such a realistic effect, could it?

What kind of heaven was this?

Was she dreaming?

An elbow nudged her.

Xie Ning, who had been resting her head on her arm, turned to look at the person who pushed her.

She frowned and showed a look of disgust.

The person in front of her was her deskmate, but Xie Ning no longer remembered her name.

She did, however, remember that face that was as thin as a scorpion demon’s, with bulging eyes.

She had gotten double eyelid surgery during the summer break.

She was said to be pretty, but she looked so unnatural and always liked to follow Xie Ning around.

She would take all of Xie Ning’s unwanted bags and cosmetics.

By the time she graduated, Xie Ning realized how many bad things this deskmate had said about her to others, and also… she seemed to be in the same group as the person who bullied Liu Ya.

How unlucky.

Did a person like this get to go to heaven too?!

Xie Ning had been lying on her desk, and she heard the teacher at the podium call out, “Xie Ning! Xie Ning, stand up!”

She lifted her eyelids to look at the podium.

The woman at the podium was already incredibly agitated.

Her voice was sharp, and her words were harsh.

“Sleeping in my class means you have no respect for me.

Xie Ning, stand up now!!”

Xie Ning raised her head listlessly, leaned back, and sat up straighter, looking directly at the podium.

For some unknown reason, the woman’s momentum at the podium faltered.

She looked at Xie Ning with a bit of fear.

All the students around Xie Ning were looking at her.

She exuded an aura that was completely out of place, as if… she had been possessed by some kind of deity.

Her eyes had completely changed, and it seemed like she didn’t care about anyone there.

“Xie Ning?” Her deskmate tugged at her sleeve and whispered, “Ms. Zhu failed another blind date this week. Don’t get on her bad side…”

Xie Ning smiled faintly, put her hands in her pockets, and stood up abruptly.

She was almost an adult and hadn’t differentiated yet.

At one meter seventy-eight, she had grown into a very dignified young woman.

All the people around her stared at her, their expressions varied.

Some were watching the show, some were surprised, and others were confused or worried.

But after Xie Ning stood up, the person at the podium seemed to shrink a few inches.

She adjusted her glasses and began to stutter.

“Xie… Xie Ning, stand properly.” Zhu Miao said nervously.

Xie Ning was neither hunched over nor slouching.

She raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, “What’s wrong with how I’m standing?”

“You… you can’t sleep in class,” Zhu Miao said.

“If you feel unwell, ask for leave and go to the infirmary.

You’re all in your differentiation period now, so it’s normal to feel unwell.”

Xie Ning didn’t feel anything.

She still hadn’t figured out the situation, but Zhu Miao’s next words felt off.

Zhu Miao paused and said, “You, especially many of you Omegas, should go to the infirmary in time if you have a problem.

Don’t be so delicate that you can’t even attend class properly.

Use suppressants during your heat.

Fantasizing is useless!”

Some people in the back laughed.

The smart ones could tell that Ms. Zhu was mocking Xie Ning, implying that her sleepiness and lack of energy were just due to heat fantasies.

“Ms. Zhu is a Beta, isn’t she?

Did she already fail to find a decent partner in her early thirties?

How pathetic.

No wonder she’s so full of resentment.

Taking it out on those of us who haven’t even differentiated yet.

If all modern teachers were like you, what kind of students would you produce?” Xie Ning said, pulling back her hair by her ear and looking up at Zhu Miao.

Her eyes were a clear black and white, clean without a single bloodshot vein.

Her pupils were so bright they were breathtaking.

Her eye sockets were deep, and her upper eyelids had a light brown shade without makeup.

One look was enough to mesmerize anyone—no wonder everyone thought she would differentiate into a top-tier Omega before she did!

When she spoke, everyone was in an uproar.

The bolder boys burst into laughter, and Zhu Miao on the podium lost all her dignity.

She slammed her pointer on the podium, yelling, “Xie Ning, watch your language!

I’ve never seen an Omega like you!”

“Oh,” Xie Ning lowered her eyelids and said faintly, “You haven’t seen one?

An Omega as pretty as me?”

“… “

“Hahaha, Xie Ning, you’re so cool!”

“Xie Ning, you’re a legend!

You’re an inspiration to all of us Omegas!”

“Truly worthy of being Su Xingheng’s fiancée.

You’re the coolest.

My dad fell into a septic tank, and I wouldn’t even help him out.

But you, I respect you!”

Xie Ning rolled her eyes.

“Disgusting.”

The group of teenagers laughed like lunatics.

Zhu Miao on the podium was completely out of control.

She cursed and threatened to call Xie Ning’s parents.

Xie Ning was a little confused.

She ignored her words and walked straight out of the classroom.

There was a mirror in the hallway by the stairs.

Xie Ning stopped as she passed by, examining the person in the reflection, completely unaware of the situation.

She had been so good-looking in high school.

She had long black hair, and below her hoodie, she wore a school uniform skirt.

She was tall and slender, and her facial features looked like she was mixed-race.

Her eyes weren’t swollen, her skin wasn’t saggy, she was like a completely different person from her previous life, and it took her a while to get used to it.

What had happened to her?

She had died at the scene of the car accident, hadn’t she?

“Beep, hello, host. Server 2038 at your service,” a voice sounded in her mind.

“I believe you’ve guessed the current situation.

That’s right, you’ve been reborn.

This isn’t a dream.

You’ve been reborn.

Congratulations!”

Xie Ning: “…”

“Huh?” Xie Ning said in surprise, looking at her reflection.

“So… this person is really me?”

“Unbelievable, right?” The system said.

“Only those chosen by the server can experience rebirth…”

“Yeah, it’s pretty unbelievable,” Xie Ning leaned closer to the mirror and pulled her eyelid open.

She said in surprise, “There’s really no wrinkles at all.

I’m so young.”

Ugh, is that the point?

The system was a little speechless.

Ignoring her strange focus, it continued, “Rebirth isn’t without a cost.

Everything has a cost, doesn’t it?”

Xie Ning’s eyeballs were almost pressed against the mirror.

She still couldn’t understand what “rebirth” meant.

She only said, “Get to the point.”

“Can you be serious, host?

Stop rubbing your face, okay?” The system said, agitated.

“You’re already good-looking enough.

Stop looking!”

Xie Ning said, “You don’t get it.

You talk, I’m listening.”

The system was silent for a moment, then said weakly, “You’ve been reborn.

Don’t you feel happy?”

“I guess,” Xie Ning said in a flat tone.

“What’s the point of a life that’s controlled by a script, even if it starts over?”

“Uh…”

“I couldn’t even control my own death, and I couldn’t stop myself from hurting others… Why should I be happy about this?” Xie Ning said.

“Am I a masochist?”

The system said gloomily, “No, no one is controlling you.

All you have to do is complete the tasks assigned by the server…”

Xie Ning scoffed, seeming to express some dissatisfaction.

That’s right.

She lived according to the script in her last life, and now she would live according to the tasks assigned by the system.

Was there a difference?

She still couldn’t live as she pleased.

The system’s voice became weaker.

“The tasks are very simple… All you have to do is prevent this world from collapsing.

I will assist you…”

Xie Ning thought of something.

Her expression became serious, and she hesitated.

“What happened before… or rather, before I was reborn, did that world collapse?”

“Yes, the villain killed the protagonist,” the system shook its head.

“It was an ending that couldn’t be reversed no matter what.

The main server couldn’t accept that ending, so it sent this server to follow a character to make corrections.

I chose you because you are a key character who influences the ending!”

Xie Ning carefully processed the information.

Her eyes became meaningful.

After thinking for a moment, she said, “Su Wan… really killed Su Xingheng?

She did it?”

The system was confused.

“Why do you sound so happy, host?”

Xie Ning smiled faintly.

“Wanwan is amazing.

She rewrote the ending.

Did she get reborn too?

Where can I see her?”

The system hummed.

“The server can only provide the host with task guidance and not detailed information.

But what is known is that, besides you, everything has returned to the year 2018.

At this point in time, the villain, like everyone else, won’t have the memories of the previous life.”

Before the system could finish, Xie Ning suddenly started running.

She remembered—in 2018, her senior year, Su Wan had just transferred.

Her classroom was on the floor below Xie Ning’s, and she was in her junior year.

If everything had gone back to the beginning, and nothing had changed, Su Wan should be… in the classroom downstairs!

Xie Ning took the stairs two at a time, and when she got close to Su Wan’s classroom, she slowed her breathing.

There were a few minutes left before the bell rang, and the hallway was empty.

The sound of the teacher’s lecture was loud and clear, and all of it made Xie Ning realize… she wasn’t dreaming, and she wasn’t in some so-called heaven.

She was back in the year she was eighteen, the year she first met Su Wan.

Xie Ning walked past the front door.

Her long hair and the hem of her skirt fluttered, attracting some people’s attention.

She didn’t care.

She stopped at the window and carefully looked at the students inside, searching for the prettiest one.

Where was Su Wan… where was she sitting then?

Some people in the classroom whispered.

Some couldn’t help but sneak peeks at Xie Ning repeatedly.

Xie Ning stared back openly, making the young boys and girls blush.

The person at the podium also noticed Xie Ning’s presence.

He stopped lecturing and asked in a loud voice, “Student, can I help you?”

This way, except for one or two focused students in the front corner, almost everyone turned their heads and looked at Xie Ning openly.

Taking this opportunity, Xie Ning was able to get a better look at their faces.

But she didn’t find Su Wan.

Instead, she saw the Su family’s fake heiress, Su Jin, who was staring at Xie Ning with wide, blank eyes and a strong sense of hostility.

At this high school, almost everyone knew that Xie Ning and Su Xingheng were engaged and would marry after graduation.

Since Su Jin liked Su Xingheng so much, she naturally hated Xie Ning.

Xie Ning didn’t waste her time on Su Jin.

Unable to find Wanwan, she said, “No, everything’s fine.

See you,” and then walked away in a carefree manner.

She didn’t go back to class and wandered around the campus until her homeroom teacher found her on the sports field and begged her to come back to class with sweet talk and lies.

“I don’t want to go to class,” Xie Ning said, sitting on the stone steps by the sports field.

She looked at her homeroom teacher and asked like an old pro, “Old Wang, got a cigarette?”

Homeroom teacher Old Wang was 49 this year and a senior staff member at this private high school.

He had pulled some strings and pleased Xie’s old man to get a high-ranking position at the school, and now it was time for him to repay the Xie family.

In front of Xie Ning, Old Wang had no strict teacher airs.

He was more like a humble laborer.

Hearing Xie Ning ask for a cigarette, his vision went black.

He held his forehead and said, “My dear young lady, how can people like us smoke?

You’ll be punished if you smoke at school!”

Xie Ning said, “Oh.”

“Then can you go buy a pack for me?”

Old Wang was speechless for a moment.

He sat down next to Xie Ning.

He said earnestly, “There are no cigarettes sold near the school, and smoking is bad for your health.”

Xie Ning got up.

“Maybe I should change my homeroom teacher…”

“Don’t, my dear young lady!” Old Wang got up with her.

“I’ll go buy some in my car, but can you go back to class after you’re done smoking?”

Xie Ning: “What time is school over?”

“5:30 p.m. It’s 3:15 p.m. now, and you have two very important physics classes left,” Old Wang said with a long face.

“Go back to class.

Listen well.

Learn as much as you can.

It’ll be a good thing to tell your father.

You always do so well.

Why has your thinking changed today?”

“I was reborn… Hiss,” the moment Xie Ning said the words, her whole body felt like it had been electrocuted.

It hurt so much that her body trembled.

She heard the system’s voice say, “Host, leaking information violates the server management rules, so you’ll be punished!”

Old Wang looked at Xie Ning in confusion.

“Reborn?”

Xie Ning immediately changed her tune.

“I was lying.”

Old Wang: “…”

“Don’t worry, I’ll be a good student.

I won’t break any rules, cause trouble, or skip class… But, I plan to go back to class around 5:20 p.m.” Xie Ning promised seriously.

Old Wang gulped.

“… Maybe I should talk to Mr. Xie after all?”

Xie Ning gave him a cold look and exhaled.

“The old man will just think you can’t even manage one student.”

Old Wang was truly helpless.

He could hit and scold other students, but Xie Ning was the young lady of the Xie family, Mr. Xie’s precious treasure.

What could he do?

He said earnestly, “I won’t tell Mr. Xie for now.

It’s good for you to clear your head.

When you feel better, go back to class.

I already talked to Ms. Zhu.

She knows to control her temper next time.

You shouldn’t always talk back to her.”

Xie Ning didn’t say anything, and Old Wang couldn’t persuade her anymore.

“Then I’ll… go see if I can find any cigarettes…”

After Old Wang left, Xie Ning lay on the grass, looking at the clouds in the sky, feeling comfortable all over.

It was so great to be young.

So great to have power.

So great not to be in debt.

People were playing soccer on the field, some were blowing whistles to gather students, and some were rushing back to class, urged by the school bell.

None of it had anything to do with Xie Ning.

She didn’t have to attend class if she didn’t want to because not all knowledge was meaningful.

She could ignore people if she didn’t want to deal with them, since they would soon disappear from her life anyway.

She had plenty of time to waste, and now… she just wanted to see her future wife as soon as possible.