Chapter 2: Childhood Sweethearts
Sitting in a wheelchair moving down the corridor, Lu Zhiyin was not proficient as it was her first time operating a wheelchair. The wheelchair moved very slowly, and it was inevitable that there would be some bumps along the way. Fortunately, Lu Zhiyin did not get newly injured.
By the time she slowly moved to the classroom door in her memory, she had no idea how long class had been going on.
Looking through the classroom window, she could see that there was no teacher in the classroom. The students were sitting obediently behind their desks in rows, and no one was speaking. Only a slight rustling sound came from the classroom.
Lu Zhiyin, still somewhat dazed, gently pushed open the iron door of the classroom while sitting in the wheelchair. This door had probably been in use for a long time. The blue paint had many chipped areas, and some brown rust adhered to the surface of the door.
When Lu Zhiyin pushed the door open, it made a harsh metal scraping sound that made her eardrums ache.
A few seconds after the door was pushed open, dozens of pairs of eyes in the classroom turned to Lu Zhiyin, making her feel a shiver.
In the game, the school was also a very dangerous place. Seemingly harmless classmates could at any moment harm the game’s protagonist.
Lu Zhiyin, having just experienced the harshness of this world, began to feel vigilant about everything in it.
Without a word, Lu Zhiyin maneuvered the wheelchair into the classroom and closed the door. As she did so, she tried to recall the protagonist’s position in the game.
Her brain was still muddled from the earlier collision, and it took her a while to vaguely remember. It took considerable effort to return to the protagonist’s seat in the game.
The corner of the last row of the classroom, with a blue trash can and messy plastic brooms behind it, filled her nostrils with a foul stench.
In the game, the protagonist studied in such an environment for a long time. Before, Lu Zhiyin knew the environment was bad, but she didn’t expect it to be this bad.
After all, she couldn’t smell the garbage through the computer screen.
She touched her forehead, the stinging sensation made her a bit more alert. Squinting, Lu Zhiyin lowered her head. In front of her was a blank test paper, with a pencil case placed beside it.
Lu Zhiyin did not want to do the test paper in front of her. She just wanted to be quiet for a while, calm her chaotic mood, and then think about what to do next.
She moved the light blue iron pencil case to the side of the desk, then leaned down, closed her eyes, and tried to sort through the information she had.
However, she seemed destined not to have any peace. As soon as she closed her eyes, her shoulder was patted.
Her body trembled, and Lu Zhiyin straightened up and opened her eyes again.
Because of the recent bullying, she seemed particularly sensitive.
“…You…”
When she turned her head, what met her eyes was a girl with long brown hair and a pair of black eyes filled with concern.
Lu Zhiyin recognized the girl in front of her. Before her sudden death, it was this girl who had stabbed the game’s protagonist with a kitchen knife.
Leng Qing Qiu, the game protagonist’s deskmate and childhood friend, and also a notorious killer in the underworld.
“Zhiyin?”
Seeing the girl trembling with fear, Leng Qing Qiu tentatively called Lu Zhiyin’s name, her voice gentle, completely different from the game CG before her sudden death.
“Qin An bullied you again…”
Leng Qing Qiu extended her hands and hugged Lu Zhiyin. As she was being hugged, Lu Zhiyin caught a faint, cold fragrance from the girl.
Leng Qing Qiu held Lu Zhiyin quietly. In Leng Qing Qiu’s embrace, Lu Zhiyin gradually calmed down.
She realized that, for the time being, Leng Qing Qiu posed no threat to her.
In her memory, although Leng Qing Qiu was a secret killer, her outward appearance was impeccable. Before touching her bottom line, she was gentler than anyone else.
Lu Zhiyin remembered that the CG she had seen before would be triggered after wooing Leng Qing Qiu and having sexual relations with multiple female leads in the game.
Therefore, she was safe for now. It should still be the beginning of the game, and Leng Qing Qiu’s favorability towards her was not high.
“Mm… She asked me for protection fees, I didn’t have any money, she hit me, and then took my phone.”
With her emotions completely stabilized, Lu Zhiyin briefly explained what had just happened.
Leng Qing Qiu also released her arms at the appropriate time, no longer holding the girl.
She reached out and touched the wound on Lu Zhiyin’s forehead with her index finger. Seeing Lu Zhiyin subconsciously flinch from the pain, Leng Qing Qiu took a band-aid from her school uniform pocket and placed it on the wound on Lu Zhiyin’s forehead.
“You can use this for now. We’ll go to the infirmary after class.”
After a brief moment of care, Leng Qing Qiu lowered her head and continued with her test paper.
She did not mention helping Lu Zhiyin get even, nor did she scold Qin An for Lu Zhiyin.
However, this was also normal.
In the game, although the protagonist and Leng Qing Qiu were childhood sweethearts, they were not particularly close.
Leng Qing Qiu would help the protagonist in life and express simple concern when the protagonist encountered bad things, but that was all.
“Mm… Thank, thank you.”
Lu Zhiyin touched the band-aid on her forehead and thanked Leng Qing Qiu beside her.
Leng Qing Qiu did not reply and instead buried herself in her studies.
Lu Zhiyin did not dare to disturb her. Because of Leng Qing Qiu, she could not calm down for a while.
So, Lu Zhiyin had to start doing the test paper like the other students in the classroom.
Opening the pencil case, she took out a black marker without a cap and began to examine the test paper in front of her.
“His… History…?”
Yes, this was a history test paper. The questions were naturally about the history in the game, unrelated to the real world.
Naturally, Lu Zhiyin could not answer most of the questions on the test paper. In the end, she could only put her pen aside and force herself to think about the next course of action.
There were a total of four female leads in the game. She had already met two of them. The remaining two were the school librarian and another victim of bullying.
As she was pondering how to win over these game female leads, her stomach rumbled inappropriately. The accompanying hunger made her realize once again that this was no longer just a game.
She needed money. Otherwise, before she could achieve the perfect ending and return to the real world, she would starve to death.
In the game, there were many ways to make money, but most of them were related to sex, including but not limited to working as a prostitute in a brothel or a barmaid in a bar.
Of course, these were things that the current Lu Zhiyin absolutely could not do. Even if she could overcome her dignity as a male, to achieve the perfect ending, she absolutely could not lose her chastity.
In this world, as soon as you go out, you might be forced by someone. Moreover, going to places like bars?
In her memory, the only safe way to make money was to write novels on her phone. Lu Zhiyin remembered that if she spent an hour writing a novel every day in the game, she would receive one thousand yuan at the end of each month.
It was at this moment that Lu Zhiyin suddenly realized that her phone had been taken by Qin An.
“…”
Speechless, Lu Zhiyin finally slumped onto the desk. Her fingers clenched one by one. She had to start thinking about how to get her phone back from Qin An.
