Jian Chuyi: "…"
Could the last-ranked target just make do?
In the end, Ji Tian resigned to her fate, lying on the desk. If even the heavens allowed her to slack off, what could she do? Naturally, she followed fate, went with the flow, and took a good long sleep.
"Bang."
A loud noise suddenly came from behind, startling Ji Tian awake. Everyone in the class looked over, including the teacher on the stage, who also fell silent.
Shen Zhiyi lay on the floor along with her stool, and Bai Tingyu, the culprit, remained calmly seated with a hint of mockery on his lips.
Shen Zhiyi stood up fuming, "Hey, don't go too far. I just want to study well in this school."
Bai Tingyu didn't care that he was in a classroom, and scoffed coldly, "Aren't you quite proud? How can you not bear this little bit?"
The origin of their tension began when Shen Zhiyi, working part-time at Heavenly, accidentally spilled Bai Tingyu's drink.
She had sincerely apologized at first, even offering to compensate Bai Tingyu, who certainly didn't need her money. Her presence had only exacerbated his already sour mood.
Thus, he made someone kneel and pick up the broken pieces of the bottle.
Born into poverty but never yielding to malicious power, Shen Zhiyi naturally refused. Her resistance resulted in her being fired from Heavenly and having two months' wages deducted.
This was how their enmity began.
Bai Tingyu, who believed he was unrivaled and always got his way, saw Shen Zhiyi's eyes turning red with anger and continued, "If you can't bear it, just get the hell out of Imperial City Academy."
Shen Zhiyi grabbed a stool and slammed it down beside him, defiantly saying, "I refuse to!"
Bai Tingyu's lips curled into a wicked smile, "Then I want to see how long you can endure."
"Also," he changed his tone, "woman, you have no manners at all. I have a name."
He pointed to his school badge, "I am Bai Tingyu."
"Wow!"
The girls seeing Bai Tingyu couldn't help but swoon over him, and his domineering yet impressive words deepened their infatuation, causing them to look hostilely at Shen Zhiyi.
It was their first time seeing Bai Tingyu talk this long to a girl.
Ji Tian bowed her head, fiddling with her book, leaving traces on it. Jian Chuyi was initially enchanted by Bai Tingyu's aura.
Heard by the noise by her side, she snapped out of it and asked in confusion, "Tiantian, what's wrong with the book?"
Ji Tian looked up, giving an awkward smile, "It's nothing. Just listening to their conversation made my hands itch. I'm messing with Dream Castle, just ignore me."
Clearly, she couldn't understand Ji Tian's embarrassment from their conversation.
It truly was a Mary Sue text, filled with melodrama, absurdity, and enough cringe to embarrass anyone who read it.
Even the queen from Balala Magic Fairy Castle would have to exclaim "666" at its level of absurdity.
But Shen Zhiyi could endure a lot because it wasn't just about her. She had a sick mother to think of, and she was striving in this school because of the numerous scholarships available that could both fund her education and her mother's treatment.
The classroom returned to its quiet state.
Ji Tian lay on the desk and called out to the system, this Laziness System just never showed up.
There were many things unclear, and she was quite desperate.
Moreover, she tried listening to the teacher's lecture and realized she couldn't understand it at all.
So, she continued sleeping, woke up, and struggled to listen for a few minutes before slumping weakly again.
Back and forth several times, she finally grabbed her head, "My head hurts so much, my brain is overflowing with knowledge, I can't learn, I just can't."
Jian Chuyi: "..."
Maybe seeing Ji Tian struggle too much, she said, "Tiantian, why don't you take a break? You must have gotten a concussion from falling into the man-made lake, it'll get better after a while."
Ji Tian felt that every minute and second spent at school was torture. She even started thinking about not wanting to study.
She had studied for so long before crossing over, and now she had to continue here!
She went on strike!
She admitted, she was useless.
"I'm sorry to the motherland, sorry to those bald-headed teachers, sorry to The Bodhisattva Guanyin and The Buddha, all the incense I offered before was in vain," Ji Tian muttered to herself.
Jian Chuyi looked at her own books, honestly, she didn't want to study either, but thinking of the pressure from her family, she felt she had to pull herself together, "Tiantian, it's okay, as long as you try your best."
Ji Tian glanced at her, then at the workbook in front of her; if she was not mistaken, everything was wrong.
People in the last class might not have good grades, but they were definitely rich.
After a moment of silence, she said in a low voice, "Trying hard might not lead to success, but not trying is definitely comfortable, Chuyi, lie down for a while. Look, you've been studying all afternoon and the only thing you got right is one multiple-choice question."
"So all we have to do is be true to ourselves, and leave the rest to fate."
Jian Chuyi: "..."
It makes so much sense, what should I do?
She bit her lip and looked at her homework, feeling defeated, "But... what if I come last in the exams? My mom will definitely scold me."
"Tsck." Ji Tian clicked her tongue and straightened up, spouting rubbish confidently, "Real family will only give you love and tolerance. They just don't understand you right now. When you do come last, they'll understand why mud can't be propped up against a wall."
Jian Chuyi: "..."
She felt offended, but what could she do when Ji Tian spoke her mind?
Seeing her sway, Ji Tian continued to press her point, "Besides, you only see the top few names on the list, why not adopt a reverse thinking about this ranking issue, we, the ones at the bottom of the list, are also at the forefront if you turn it around!"
Jian Chuyi didn't understand, but was greatly shocked. Suddenly, a door she had never opened before appeared in front of her. Ji Tian stood behind that door, gleaming, with a kind smile, and said, "Child, tired, sleepy, lie down and sleep for a while. Rest well today, and tomorrow will be another day to rest."
Jian Chuyi couldn't resist the sleepiness and fell asleep on the table.
Ji Tian smiled in satisfaction; such a teachable child.
Just as she was about to fall asleep herself, the voice of King of Competition echoed in her mind:
[Ding, Laziness Power accumulated 1%, Strength Value +1.]
Ji Tian sobered up completely, she inquired in her mind, "What is Laziness Power? What are Strength Value and Luck Value?"
Seeing King of Competition remained silent, knowing it wanted to escape, she threatened, "If you don't explain it today, I'm going to report you!"
Hearing the word 'report,' King of Competition appeared reluctantly:
[Laziness Power means, pulling those around you into laziness, and you can gain their Faith Value. Every completion of ten percent unlocks a skill. And Faith Value can be converted into Luck Value, Strength Value, Wisdom Value, Beauty Value, Life Value, in short, brighten wherever it's dim.]