After leaving the school grounds, Ji Tian finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Gong Yu was really too terrifying—she decided she would stay away from him in the future.
When Ji Tian got home, she found out that Ji Weinan hadn't come back, but Ji Lingyun and Ji Qilin had.
Just seeing Ji Lingyun made Ji Tian's scalp tingle; it was definitely about her studies again—she was studying so hard that she felt her hair might start falling out.
Noticing her two older brothers' gazes on her, Ji Tian put on an awkward but polite smile and said, "Hey, my dear brothers, good afternoon."
Ji Qilin slightly curved his eyes, his voice gentle as he replied, "Tiantian, good afternoon."
Truthfully, Ji Tian really liked this second brother of hers; he was neither arrogant nor impatient, and he was incredibly gentle. Out of everyone in the family, he was the kindest to her.
Ji Lingyun cast him a glance and snorted coldly, "If it weren't for you all spoiling her, would she have turned out like this?"
He slapped her report card on the table, "Ji Tian, if you don't advance by five hundred places next month, don't even think about getting any pocket money for the whole year."
Ji Tian: "..."
Was he that ruthless?
Ji Lingyun was busy and didn't have time to supervise her, so he had customized an intelligent reading device for her, complete with a camera. He could monitor her studying in real time from his end, and she could ask him if she didn't understand something.
Ji Tian: "..." what the heck.
After Ji Lingyun left, Ji Tian sat on the sofa and studied the reading device.
Ji Qilin closed his laptop, also ready to leave. He stood up and looked at Ji Tian's fuzzy head. "Next Friday evening, I have a Medical Research Conference, do you want to come with me?"
Ji Tian looked up, her eyes lit up—was this a chance to go out and have fun?
Without hesitation, she nodded: "Yes!"
Ji Qilin smiled, "It might be a little boring."
"It's okay, I can endure loneliness."
"Alright, I will call you on that day. I need to go to the research institute now."
After saying this, Ji Qilin left.
Ji Tian stood up and called out to him, "Second Brother, why don't you skip it today? Overworking not only causes hair loss but also robs you of happiness."
And besides, all that work might end up benefiting others.
Ji Qilin was startled, thinking that his sister must be bored at home and wanting him to stay and keep her company. He raised his hand and ruffled her hair, "Wait until your brother is less busy—I'll spend some time with you in a few days. I am currently researching a cancer treatment formula and have also met a friend with an extremely high talent in medicine. Her master is a renowned expert in the medical field."
Ji Tian's heart raced. A name was on the tip of her tongue, and she asked, "Is your friend male or female? And what's her name?"
Ji Qilin hadn't expected Ji Tian to be so keen on the topic of his friend. Shaking his head in resignation, he said, "You're just a kid; don't worry about all this stuff. Focus on your studies otherwise, Big Brother will again blame me for spoiling you."
Ji Tian, dissatisfied, pushed his hand away, "I'm not little anymore. After the new year, I'll be eighteen. I'm almost an adult now; you guys shouldn't treat me like a child. Second Brother, what's her name? It's urgent."
But no matter what, Ji Qilin simply wouldn't tell her, suggesting vaguely, "You'll know when you attend the research conference next week—she'll definitely be there."
Watching his departing figure, Ji Tian felt utterly helpless. With her efforts alone, she simply couldn't stop the plot from unfolding—she could only attempt to intervene with Ji Weinan and keep him from falling too deep in love in the end.
But right now, it seemed she hadn't been successful.
Ji Tian touched her chin, thinking that the brainwashing of Ji Weinan was not intense enough—it had to be ramped up.
So she sent him a link on WeChat:
[One man, swindled by love to the point of pennilessness, wept bitterly on the street at midnight, vowing to stay away from women and misfortune!]
The message was sent, and Ji Weinan replied instantly.
Ji Weinan: [???]
Ji Weinan: [What do you mean by this?]
Ji Tian: [Think about it, ponder it deeply.]
Ji Weinan: […there's pie.]
Ji Tian wasn't panicking; she would just send him a little love tip every day.
At night, before going to sleep, Ji Tian began to emo again.
How could she make amends with the big antagonist she had angered? Maybe let him kiss her back?
Realizing she had gotten off track, Ji Tian almost slapped herself and couldn't help but summon the King of Competition again.
He was still as lethargic as ever, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone, "What now, I'm watching TV."
Ji Tian: "... Why can you even watch TV?"
"Because I am a system."
She had never seen a system that could eat, sleep, take a bath, and enjoy leisure; other systems with hosts had to work relentlessly, but this one wished it could avoid surfacing, rotten to the core.
Ji Tian scratched her hair, "It's just... I seem to have angered the big antagonist. Is there any way to make amends?"
"There is none, I recommend you wait for death."
Ji Tian: "... I'll give you a bottle of shower gel if you think of a solution."
Silence that night was like the calm on Cambridge bridges.
It took the King of Competition at least five minutes to think before he slowly responded, "Fine, I'll cheat for you."
"He gets drunk on milk, you can try to pry some inner thoughts from him."
Ji Tian: "???"
As expected of the big antagonist, others get drunk on alcohol, he gets drunk on milk.
Ji Tian thought about it; imagining him coldly holding a glass of milk, suddenly, he seemed rather cute.
"I want jasmine-scented shower gel."
Ji Tian twitched the corner of her mouth, rummaged through her bathroom, found an unopened bottle, and said expressionlessly, "I only have rose-scented, take it or leave it."
King of Competition: "..."
Too hasty, it should have waited until it saw the shower gel before telling her!
The next moment, the bottle of shower gel in Ji Tian's hand disappeared.
The King of Competition went offline at top speed.
Ji Tian didn't understand why the King of Competition was so fond of bathing, taking baths, and leaking electricity, often needing repairs like a needy, playful mess.
However, regarding Qin Jiangsheng getting drunk on milk, Ji Tian felt as though she had seized the big antagonist's lifeline, which excited her all night and left her with no energy for school the next day.
When she saw Qin Jiangsheng's cold back, she sobered up.
So, what method should she use to get Qin Jiangsheng to drink milk?
He was even colder today than usual, especially with a small scabbed wound at the corner of his mouth, drawing looks from passersby.
Ji Tian froze on the spot like a quail, not daring to let Qin Jiangsheng see her, when Jian Chuyi came by with a backpack, noticing Ji Tian's gaze on Qin Jiangsheng, she excitedly touched her chin, "Tiantian, did you hear? Qin Jiangsheng was bitten by a dog."
Ji Tian: "???"
She was exasperated, "Who spread such an outrageous rumor? It's grounds for a lawsuit!"
Jian Chuyi blinked at the furious Ji Tian and replied, "It was Qin Jiangsheng himself who said it, that he was bitten by a dog. I'm wondering what kind of dog could jump so high and bite him right on the corner of his mouth."
Ji Tian: "... He's somewhat absurd."
"I think he's telling the truth."
"Heh…"
Directly having a heart attack, Ji Tian quickly grabbed Jian Chuyi and rushed into the school.
Not far from the green strip, Baldie and Skinny appeared once more, and this time they brought another associate, a two-hundred-pound short, fat man.