Chapter 5: Aloof Top Student (5)

TL: Qian
ED: Erudit
Pr: Vaishu
QC: Qian

Xixi had said that she’s got two ways to earn points for completing tasks.

One, she can follow the main system’s command and opt for the task target in each world then determine the points based on the task target’s love value.

The other way was to follow the original plot and continue living a little white flower’s life. Then, the points will be calculated according to how satisfactory the completion of the storyline is. 

That means, if she wants to earn points in this world, she would either have to fall in love with Mu Qing Xue, or follow the original plot.

But Xixi, aren’t there two versions of the plot? Am I supposed to follow the original or the derivative plot?

On the podium, the math teacher who wore gold-rimmed glasses, was writing a math formula on the blackboard enthusiastically. On the other hand, You-You looked like she’d got stars in her eyes. If you looked beside her, you’d see her deskmate seriously taking notes.

Her handwriting looked neat and beautiful.

[Host, this kind of thing is out of our control.]

It was the same for Xixi’s former hosts. If they didn’t want to follow the original plot, they were either replaced by other characters who originally didn’t have the protagonist halo in the story or other transmigrators.

【The task target of this task is Mu Qing Xue.】

If she falls in love with the host, then naturally, they would follow the original plot.

If she falls in love with the other reborn character, then naturally they’ll be following the derivative plot.

Okay then, I understand.

With a quiet sigh, You-You stopped chatting with the system and turned her gaze to Mu Qing-Xue.

—— There’s no doubt that Mu Qing-Xue was favored by the heavens. As the true female lead, she is the undisputable ‘Daughter of the Heavens’. Whomever she falls in love with, like the original Bai You-You or Qu Lan Qin, would naturally be able to become a main character in this novel world.

The opposite, would happen to anyone she disliked or hated. Their life would be filled with hardships and sufferings.

Thinking of the original Bai You-You’s fate, You-You was effectively horrified, and she bit her lip to prevent herself from crying.

No! She shouldn’t be thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

“What happened to you?”

She couldn’t ignore the blatant stare directed at her no matter how much she wanted to. Mu Qing-Xue tilted her head slightly, deliberately ignoring the joy that blossomed in her heart.

Looking at You-You’s pale face,  a pair of clear and beautiful pupils brimming with water, as if the next second will fall into tears, Mu Qing-Xue pursed her lips, her  expression looking unnaturally anxious. “I didn’t understand the lesson and thought of something sad.”

Although she wanted to tease You-You, she didn’t like it when You-You cried inexplicably. It was out of her control.

You-You silently shook her head.

She picked up a pen and pretended to write in her book, then proceeded to ask Xixi: 

Xixi, why did Mu Qing-Xue fall in love with Qu Lan Qin later on in the story? In the original plot, those two didn’t have any relationship right?

[…..]

[Host, I’m a system so I don’t know much about relationships.]

[However, based on data alone, regardless of appearance or ability, the reborn Qu Lan Qin definitely one-upped the original Bai You-You]

You-You: ….

So, just because Bai You You is inferior to the reborn Qu Lan Qin, her original lover, her original life, deserved to be snatched away from her?

‘Bai Qu’s reasoning says otherwise.’

Bai You-You just couldn’t resist complaining.

You-You carefully wrote Bai Qu’s name on a spare sheet of paper and earnestly muttered, “He didn’t despise me for my low IQ.”

“Although he always said I was useless, at least I still knew that he loved me.”

“If not for him, I would have been chased out of the Bai family and would have been abandoned.”

“My IQ is a source of shame and disgrace to the Bai family.”

“Only Bai Qu was good to me”

“Only brother.”

With each spoken word, although Xixi was a system which had no emotional mechanism, it could hear that Bai You-You’s tone held deep feelings for Bai Qu and even a little loneliness.

With each word she spoke, although she wasn’t using Xixi’s emotional assistance(1), you could hear that Bai You You’s tone held deep feelings for Bai Qu and even a little loneliness.

(1) Emotional assistance is something that enhances the emotions that Bai You You shows or expresses.