After finishing lunch, Ji Tian returned to the classroom and was about to take a nap, when a clamor came from outside.
Usually, such noises only occurred when Bai Tingyu was around, and sure enough, when she looked up, it was him, with Gong Dongxi following behind him.
Gong Dongxi's face was red and she shyly handed Bai Tingyu an exquisite box. "Brother Yu, this is a unique chocolate I bought while attending a piano competition abroad. I hope you like it."
Gong Dongxi's crush on Bai Tingyu was no secret at Imperial City Academy, but Bai Tingyu was very aloof and didn't care for these socialite women flocking to him. He did things his own way, as the Bai Family was predominant among the Four Major Tycoons. He didn't need to give face to anyone, and others still had to give way to the Bai Family.
He frowned in disgust. If it weren't for the fact that Gong Dongxi was Gong Yu's sister, he would have had people throw such a girl into a fish pond long ago.
Meeting Gong Dongxi's hopeful gaze, Bai Tingyu took the box and the next moment, handed it to Shen Zhiyi, saying casually, "Imported chocolate from abroad. Here, you can have it."
Gong Dongxi's eyes reddened immediately, and she glared hatefully at Shen Zhiyi before stomping away.
She had only been abroad for two weeks, and a seductress had already appeared beside her Brother Yu!
She would not let this Shen go!
Shen Zhiyi looked at the chocolate in her embrace. It was exactly like the one in the original story, where the Gong Family's young miss gave Bai Tingyu chocolate, and then it ended up in her hands, and next, she would be relentlessly targeted by Gong Dongxi and her group. Then, Gong Dongxi would suffer the consequences of her own actions, getting expelled from school for her moral failures and losing her reputation among the socialites. The Gong Family would disown her, Bai Tingyu would manipulatively marry her off to an old man, and she would eventually die from being tormented.
It's one of the more important supportive roles in this book. According to her role, she's quite the malicious secondary female character.
She felt exhilarated knowing how the story would unfold, giving Shen Zhiyi the feeling that she was controlling the world. She knew everything that was about to happen.
She glanced at Ji Tian, who was lazily lying down. In this book, Ji Tian barely had any screentime. She was only mentioned occasionally during the Ji Family's bankruptcy when she tried borrowing money everywhere to save her brothers but still ended up being dragged into prison—she was more invisible than cannon fodder.
That day, she asked her system, and her system told her the world was already starting to become chaotic and uncertain factors would appear, but she didn't need to worry. It wouldn't deviate too much from the script.
Shen Zhiyi felt relieved.
She maintained her character, tossing the chocolate in front of Bai Tingyu and admonished, "How could you hurt a girl's feelings like that!"
Bai Tingyu raised an eyebrow, smirked, and responded, "Are you the police of the Pacific? Mind your own business, and if you don't want it, just throw it in the trash."
Everyone in the class was used to this scene. They all knew that Bai Tingyu didn't like this new transfer student.
But this transfer student was formidable too, exuding an unyielding spirit throughout.
Eventually, Bai Tingyu unhesitantly threw the box of chocolates into the trash can.
"Tsk," Ji Tian clicked her tongue lightly.
This was probably what they called a 'chasing-wife funeral'—even the urn was reserved for Bai Tingyu.
She was watching with great interest while Jian Chuyi felt sorry, rarely blaming Bai Tingyu, "I don't know what he's thinking, hurting a girl like that. Poor classmate Shen sitting next to him."
Ji Tian yawned, "No, they're not the ones who are pitiful. We are."
The repeatedly abused cannon fodders.
Jian Chuyi, bewildered, saw Ji Tian's confused gaze, and rarely persuaded, "If you're really sleepy, take a nap."
Ji Tian shook her head bit by bit, "I can't, my brother wants me to study."
Finally, Ji Tian decided she couldn't continue being dejected any longer.
So, she dragged Jian Chuyi to play games, attempting to lift her spirits, which unfortunately cost her the pain of tutoring Jian Chuyi on a physics topic.
[Luck value +1, Laziness Power total progress 4%.]
Ji Tian: "..."
If it weren't for this announcement, she would have thought her system had died.
She pretended to sleep on the table but was actually consulting the King of Competition in her mind.
"Do you have Qin Jiangsheng's basic information? I'd like to know about him."
The mechanical voice of the King of Competition responded, [He is not within your tasks.]
Ji Tian: "Can't I make friends with him?! It's not okay to know a friend's preferences?"
The King of Competition was silent for a few seconds, considering the feasibility of Ji Tian's words, and finally said, [Alright then.]
Anyway, it's only responsible for promoting laziness; it couldn't care less about the rest.
So she really pulled up Qin Jiangsheng's information.
Ji Tian looked at the panel in her mind and couldn't help but twitch her lips, summarizing well, better not summarize next time.
It read:
Name: Qin Jiangsheng
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Height: 180 (will grow to 185)
Likes: None
Birthday: 2.14
Love history: None
Favorite food: None
Disliked food: Earthworms
Disliked animals: Dogs
Favorite color: None
Autumn number: None
Favorite activity: Bloodletting
People he dislikes: Dead
Ji Tian's gaze froze on the last character, feeling a chill rush to her crown.
Good thing, she probably wasn't disliked.
Although there were only a few sparse lines, they summed up everything about him; he didn't even have any likes, her eyes flickered over the earthworms.
It was hard to imagine what had happened to Qin Jiangsheng as a child to make him turn out this way.
Finally, Ji Tian left her consciousness and caught up on some sleep until it was time to leave school.
She noted down the key difficulties that Jian Chuyi needed to tackle in a notebook, intending to ask her older brother directly later as it would be straightforward and fast.
On the campus, Ji Weinan was sweating profusely playing basketball on the playground.
Good, after her provocation yesterday, he was no longer mixing with Bai Tingyu.
Thus, she reassured herself and headed to the Ji Family headquarters.
Ji Tian looked up at the seemingly endless top floor, her eyes showing her unfamiliarity with such scenes.
This was truly the tallest office building she had ever seen, the lobby was bright, the floor so polished it could serve as a mirror. A female employee approached and asked, "May I help you?"
Ji Tian returned her gaze and said politely, "Hello, I'm Ji Tian, I'm here to see my big brother Ji Lingyun."
The female employee was shocked, oh my, the Ji family's daughter is here.
Her attitude became much more respectful, "The president is currently in a meeting, I will take you up."
The female employee had barely taken a step when a young man came out from the president's private elevator. He was tall and fair-skinned, and he respectfully said to Ji Tian, "Miss, Mr. Ji asked me to take you up."
The person was Ji Lingyun's secretary, Tian Yanxiang. Ji Tian followed him listlessly.
Watching the red numbers bounce, she only hoped that time would slow down a bit more. The elevator eventually stopped at the 58th floor, and Tian Yanxiang led her into the president's office.
"Miss, please sit here, the president will come after the meeting."
Ji Tian looked at the sofa, the table in front of her also had a pile of textbooks, the preparation was quite comprehensive.
"Here are some cakes and fruits, eat if you're hungry." Tian Yanxiang checked his watch, then handed Ji Tian a princess toy, "Play with this for a while, I'll be excused."