The Supporting Female Character Wakes Up and Gets a Happy Ending with the Female Lead (GL) - Chapter 9

During the lunch break, the rank list of scores was posted on the blackboard at the back of the classroom, under the gaze of a thousand expectant eyes.

“Let me see, let me see!”

“Don’t push, don’t push! I just want a look!”

“Holy crap, am I seeing things?”

“Lin Ji? 700?! I must be going crazy from all the test-taking lately!”

“It seems… you’re not. It’s really 700… Tied with the Class President.”

“Wait, look, there’s a note after Lin Ji’s name…” Zhang Yu pushed his way to the center and adjusted his glasses: “This student has excellently completed the second verification test. This score is completely normal.”

“So, Lin Ji was called to the office this morning to take a test? Then this… this is a set-in-stone score, completely beyond question?”

“Holy cow, is Lin Ji some kind of genius? She wakes up, stops chasing the scumbag, and her IQ just awakens along with it? My three years of studying are not as good as her half a month.”

“There must be something fishy going on. I shall go and inquire!” Zhang Yu rushed out of the crowd, looked at Lin Ji’s seat, and found it empty. Even Ji Baixing, who had gone to the office, hadn’t returned yet.

“Uh, that student, the situation is really not what you think.” Song Zhaonan feigned composure, though he was secretly wishing for a hole to bury himself in. “I was just passing by. My hair was messy. I was fixing my hairstyle.”

[Hahaha, why didn’t I notice before that the male lead is a funny guy?]

Lin Ji gave Song Zhaonan a look that said, Do you really expect me to believe that? but still went along with him: “Oh, students should indeed pay attention to their appearance and behavior.”

Song Zhaonan let out a few awkward laughs and turned to leave, leaving Ji Baixing and Lin Ji staring at each other.

In the end, Ji Baixing spoke first: “My hair wasn’t messy. I was just… coming to find you.”

Lin Ji nodded silently, though she didn’t believe it inwardly.

She understood, she understood it all—just an excuse for the male and female leads to meet.

Not bad. She had been upgraded from the villainess who ruined the main couple’s relationship to an excuse for them to meet.

“Teacher Ai went up with the score rankings. If nothing goes wrong, you’ll experience an unusual atmosphere when you enter the classroom,” Ji Baixing said with a smile.

Lin Ji was unconcerned. Few people in the class dared to talk to her. No matter how unusual the atmosphere, it wouldn’t bother her.

“You haven’t eaten yet, right? Do you want to go eat?”

“Don’t go to the library with Li Yu.”

The two said in unison.

A hint of surprise flashed in Ji Baixing’s eyes, then she laughed and smoothly changed the subject: “What are you talking about? I already said I misspoke. I want to ask you to the library next weekend. Will you go?”

Lin Ji looked at Ji Baixing a few more times, but Ji Baixing was so composed it didn’t look like she was lying, meeting her gaze naturally.

“Is anyone else coming?” Lin Ji asked.

Ji Baixing paused, then said, “Just you and me know for now. If you want to bring anyone else, that’s fine too.”

Lin Ji frowned slightly, feeling that something was off, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it.

[Huh, that’s strange. Ji Baixing isn’t asking Song Zhaonan?]

Lin Ji blinked. Right, that was the strange part.

[Is it possible that she doesn’t want to ask herself and wants the supporting female character to help?]

?

Lin Ji was confused. She was the supporting female character, completely unfamiliar with the male lead. Did that make her better at asking him out?

Lin Ji ate a few pastries and rushed back to prepare for her lunch break.

However, upon entering the classroom, she was surprised to find that the students, whom she expected to be napping with their heads down, were all looking up, holding pens and writing furiously. The moment they saw her, they all looked up at her.

It wasn’t their fault; Lin Ji’s scores were genuinely sensational. Especially at this final stage before the college entrance exam, just when everyone thought they had a good grasp of each person’s situation, Lin Ji, this dark horse, burst out with an unbelievable score.

In their eyes, Lin Ji had only spent about half a month studying. The people who had spent three years studying didn’t know how to feel!

Not only were the students in their class scratching their heads, wanting to corner Lin Ji and ask her, but students from other classes had also come by several times, all asking who Lin Ji was and where she sat.

Lin Ji felt a twitch at the corner of her mouth.

She had thought that with her previous bad reputation, no one would dare to come and ask her anything.

But as she pushed the door open, the sight of everyone staring at her like they were about to pounce was genuinely a little scary.

“Ahem, this is the lunch break. Everyone please try to be quiet and don’t disturb other classes,” Ji Baixing cleared her throat and spoke up at this moment.

The crowd settled down somewhat, but their eyes remained fixed on Lin Ji, afraid she would turn around and run out of the classroom again.

Lin Ji had never thought that the dozen steps from the classroom door to her seat could be so difficult. Fortunately, her psychological fortitude was strong; otherwise, she definitely wouldn’t have been able to walk to her seat calmly and resist the urge to proactively confess the truth.

[The supporting female character probably thought of all the stimulating things in her life just walking those few steps.]

[Hahaha, even the wicked supporting female character, whom no one dared to provoke, has moments where she feels like she’s walking on thin ice.]

Lin Ji straightened her back, her gaze calm and cold, unafraid, unyielding. She reached out to find the school uniform jacket she had put in the adjacent desk drawer to use as a cushion for her nap. But her hand felt nothing but air, and she remembered she had lent it to Ji Baixing, who hadn’t returned it yet.

Lin Ji: “…”

I guess I’ll just put my head down and work on papers then.

Whoosh—

Lin Ji spread out a test paper, but was surprised to find that everyone’s eyes followed the paper in her hand.

?

“Do you have any questions?” Lin Ji sighed slightly, raising her head, her gaze clear and cold, unafraid, yet not haughty, as she quickly scanned the crowd.

Several people immediately broke eye contact with Lin Ji.

[Look at how timid they are. If it were me, I’d definitely be blinking and staring at the supporting female character without stopping!]

[Look at how timid you are.]

The crowd was quiet for a short while before a small voice was heard: “How did you manage to improve your score so much in such a short time?”

“Yes, yes, that’s right! Half a month ago, your score was terrible… not very good-looking. How did it suddenly become so… unattainable after half a month!?”

“Tell us! Was it when you had a fever that God secretly gave you some incredible advantage! Don’t worry! I’m a serious college entrance exam student! I can handle any cheat code!”

[While I also love watching the supporting female character wake up and focus on studying, the sight of her effortlessly achieving high scores is too awesome. But it seems to be a blow to these ordinary students who have studied diligently for three years.]

[Half a month. Did the supporting female character really awaken some cheat code?]

Lin Ji quietly looked at the crowd, her expression calm. Only after the clamor subsided did she slowly speak: “You don’t actually think I only spent half a month studying, do you?”

“Well, wasn’t it? The exams every year… and we never saw you study before.”

“Yes, yes. Before, you never studied. You were either not in the classroom when you were at school or you were sleeping, or chasing Li…” Zhang Yu suddenly covered his mouth mid-sentence.

“Oh, that was probably my rebellious phase,” Lin Ji explained flatly.

“Rebellious phase—?!” The crowd exclaimed, their faces filled with disbelief. “No, whose rebellious phase lasts this long?”

Ji Baixing suddenly interjected: “I remember Lin Ji’s grades were quite good before the second year of high school.”

“Oh, I think you’re right. I’ve been looking at Lin Ji’s terrible grades for so long that I almost forgot she was admitted as the top student.”

“Two years, a full two years! This… this rebellious phase, isn’t it a bit too long and strange?”

Lin Ji calmly replied: “I got used to being rebellious. Didn’t the college entrance exam just happen recently? I only just remembered.”

“Why are you so nonchalant, like you just remembered your main account password? Then, chasing that Li… that person named Li, was that also part of your rebellious phase or something, just finding someone to chase?”

“…No,” Lin Ji didn’t know how to explain. I’d have to be crazy to actually like that person named Li.

[Hmm, why does everything suddenly make sense? It’s known that Lin Ji is a rich second generation, and her parents are highly educated talents. Even if Lin Ji were dumb, she has the resources and conditions at home, and can even donate two buildings to the school. No matter how untalented Lin Ji is, they could practically buy a decent score, right?]

[Rebellious phase, this isn’t a rebellious phase, it’s a black history period, hahaha. It’s not like she can say that she actually likes someone else, and Li Yu was just a decoy to get close to that person, right?]

[?! Blind student, you’ve found the key!]

“You can understand it that way. Maybe I had someone else I liked, and the person named Li was just a decoy to attract attention.” Lin Ji, seeing the bullet comments, naturally wouldn’t let go of the perfect excuse.

“I have one more question.” Zhang Yu had stood up from his seat at some point, bowing slightly toward Lin Ji in an old-fashioned manner, “Dare I ask, fellow student Lin Ji, how did you study? Are there any… any worthwhile tips you can share?”

Lin Ji closed her eyes, thought seriously for a moment, and then answered emphatically: “None.”

“Ah? How can that be? Master Lin Ji, you endured so much humiliation, secretly studying for two whole years for a rebellious phase! I don’t believe you. How can there be no tips?”

“Studying until four or five in the morning every day, sleeping in the classroom during the day, maintaining good sleep… does that count?”

Zhang Yu fell silent, followed by the rest of the crowd.

[How a top student is made: You must spend every minute required for studying.]

[One minute less is one minute less.]

“We are enlightened, Master!” Zhang Yu bowed again. “There is no shortcut to success!”

A few sparse claps sounded, and then, at Ji Baixing’s call, everyone turned off the classroom lights and prepared to lie down for their lunch break.

Suddenly, a voice came from an unknown corner: “Hey—”

Everyone lifted their heads, blinking and looking around.

The voice continued: “If the person named Li was a decoy, then doesn’t that mean she likes the Class President?! Mumble mumble! You %!”

“Shh! Shh! Shut up! If your blockhead brain can figure it out, won’t others figure it out too?” The person sitting next to the voice immediately reached out, covered the person’s mouth, and pressed them onto the desk.

Lin Ji was shocked.

Lin Ji sighed, saying with

a twisted tone, “No, I… I don’t.”

The classroom was perfectly quiet. No one dared to answer Lin Ji.

Lin Ji was speechless.

These blasted bullet comments were really causing harm.