Chapter 11 (1/2)

Aside from Fu Yangxi and Jiang Xiuqiu, there were quite a few people on the list who were in the International Class.

This included Ke Chengwen whose parents were high ranking officials. His return rate was 0.3%.

Mingxi threw out a net to the core of a school of fish. Although she was focused on Fu Yangxi, so long as she could get some luck from these people, she would do it.

For the past two days, she used the excuse of handing them their homework to conveniently gift them with some small biscuits that she had made at He Yang’s family’s shop. After inconspicuously interacting with these people, the tiny buds grew and had now accumulated to form one tree.

After seeing that there were 13 buds, Mingxi secretly took her mirror, walked to a corner and pulled down her mask to take a glance.

As expected, the mark was so faint that it could barely be seen.

Also, she didn’t know if it was her misperception, but she felt that ever since she started to freeload on other people’s luck, her hair became shinier while her skin became fairer and smoother.

The system said happily: “This is natural. Have you ever seen how authors would usually describe a novel’s villainess whenever they make their first appearance? It would always be very general and casual, such as the word ‘beautiful’. But when it comes to the good people, they would always be described in more detail. Positive luck is the same as nutrition. You will only become increasingly good-looking.”

The system couldn’t help but to compliment her: “You are the most dazzling villainess I have ever got. When your injury is healed, people might even believe it if they are shown a photo of you and are told that you are a celebrity.”

“Really?” Mingxi was ecstatic.

However, Mingxi did not ask for much. She wasn’t concerned with whether or not she would become prettier.

As long as the scar on her face disappeared as soon as possible and she would be able to live a long life, she was content.

According to the speed of how she was doing, she estimated that by the time she obtained 20 buds she would be able to take off her mask without having to ever wear it again.

Ke Chengwen was helping out with the changing of the water dispenser. When he walked over, he noticed that Fu Yangxi was supporting his head with his hand casually, his vision focused beyond the window.

He followed Fu Yangxi’s gaze and smacked his lips before saying, “The poor transfer student. I heard that her appearance was quite average and that last year her face got injured before she transferred to our school. Also, her younger sister Zhao Yuan is currently leading in the School Beauty Contest, so she should be feeling rather inferior—”

Halfway through his sentence, Ke Chengwen took a glimpse at the cold expression on Fu Yangxi’s face and quickly changed his words. “But the transfer student definitely has a better personality! For the past two days, she has been giving us sweets and biscuits. Everyone has taken a liking to her!”

“Us?” Fu Yangxi successfully latched on to the main point.

Zhao Mingxi bought some chocolate biscuits and placed it on her table this morning. She asked him if he wanted some with a soft voice, but he scoffed and complained that it was a mess of a biscuit instead. He was waiting for Zhao Mingxi to ask him again. However, just when he was about to reach out to take it, Zhao Mingxi kept them back in her bag. He got so angry that he almost screeched like a dolphin.

He thought that it was Zhao Mingxi’s breakfast. He was afraid that if he ate it she might not have enough for herself. So he didn’t even touch it.

Who would’ve thought that she went ahead and gave it to their classmates instead?

Fu Yangxi glared coldly at Ke Chengwen. It was obvious that he was unhappy. “Who?”

Ke Chengwen wanted nothing but to slap himself for having such a loose tongue. He might not be able to eat Zhao Mingxi’s handmade desserts anymore. “No one. J-Just the few group leaders who hand us our homework. Since the transfer student just got here, it would help her to blend in faster. ”

Fu Yangxi seemed to contemplate it. “True.”

This sweet little cook knows how to conduct herself around strangers. This coincidentally filled up his weak point. He won’t have to worry about his family’s social meetings anymore.

What surprised Ke Chengwen was that Fu Yangxi didn’t resume his interrogation.

Instead, he supported his head with a smile and continued to look outside the window.

Only then did Ke Chengwen let out a sigh of relief.

*

The School Beauty Contest and Hundred School Tournament were the hottest topics as of late.

When Mingxi kept her small mirror and came in, she heard a few students talking about it.

“Have you guys voted? Why is Zhao Yuan the one with the most votes again this year? Shouldn’t everyone vote for the Gold Medal Class’ Ceng Jiaojiao? I prefer the mature older sister type!”

“It’s only normal. Boys make up about 70% of A High and they all like Zhao Yuan’s simple, pure and pitiful appearance.”

“But Ceng Jiaojiao is way smarter!”

“I don’t think so.” A boy couldn’t help but to butt in, “The Evergreen Class which Zhao Yuan is in is a really good class. She also joined the Hundred School Tournament last year. As for the Gold Medal Class, all their students are trained to compete and win competitions. In terms of overall results, we don’t know who would be the better one.”

Someone agreed, “Furthermore, Zhao Yuan is more elegant and she has a better family background. The young guy who came to pick him up had such a graceful aura. Did you guys see? I think that was her eldest brother.”

Mingxi had heard these words many times. After all, the halo surrounding the heroine was not something she could avoid.

However, the good part was that every time Zhao Zhanhuai came, he would only pick up his little princess. Mingxi had never been in Zhao Zhanhuai’s car, so not a lot of people knew that she and Zhao Yuan were sisters.

Nonetheless, maybe because she had just changed classes and voluntarily approached Fu Yangxi…

Someone began to express interest in her and heard about this.

When a guy saw her sit down and begin to fill in the application form for the Hundred School Tournament, he exclaimed in shock, “Are you joining as well?”

Zhao Mingxi raised her head and gave him a look. “Yes.”

Considering how her results in the Normal Class were always either average or below and there was only once when she managed to get into the Top 5, the fact that she wanted to join this province level competition was rather ironic in the eyes of an outsider.

But there was still some time until the Hundred School Tournament. Mingxi felt that as long as she did her best to increase her luck, when it’s time for exams, she might not be held back by her luck as the villainess and instead show off her true potential.

—Based on this idea, there is a possibility that she might get in the tournament.

That guy felt that she had overestimated herself, but he was worried about Fu Yangxi who was sleeping beside her, hence he decided to tease her instead of speaking bluntly. “By the way, what happened to your face? Can you take down the mask for us? Since your younger sister is so pretty and her results are really good, you should be the same, right?”

The mockery in his words were clear. He obviously knew that before Mingxi came, her results belonged to that of the Normal Class which was three classes behind them.

The same goes for her appearance. He knew that Mingxi looked average.

Another girl joined in, “Yeah, I don’t even know what you look like.”

The pity in that girl’s eyes was more apparent than her curiosity.

Mingxi saw the guy’s ill intentions. She didn’t want to acknowledge him. So without even looking up, she said, “What can I look like? It’ll just be two eyes and one mouth.”

They were stunned.

Mingxi didn’t really care about what they were thinking.

However, since the scar on her face was almost gone to the point that it could not be seen unless someone used a magnifying glass to look at it, should she just take off her mask now?

But before she could do anything, a pencil case flew across her eyes and landed with a ‘thud’. The guy who was teasing her jumped and quickly avoided it. The pencil case landed heavily on his table.

Fu Yangxi gave him a look that said ‘did you think I was dead’. “So annoying. All I hear are your voices talking non-stop. It’s really noisy.”

That guy’s complexion went pale and he instantly lost his courage to speak. He picked up the pencil case and returned it to Ke Chengwen’s table. Then, he quickly hid to the back of the class.

That girl was shocked as well. She immediately looked down and continued to do her work.

Mingxi’s hand which was about to take off her mask paused in mid-air. She looked at her desk mate with a questioning gaze.