One day, Bai Yang happened to learn that he was the cannon-fodder villain in a melodramatic novel. His whole life was doomed to misfortune: exploited and deceived, he was destined for a truly horrific end.
Fortunately, there was always a way out. He was bound to a self-rescue System, which told him to be a model student from his school days onward, then a model citizen after graduation. If he obeyed the law and stayed out of trouble, he'd be guaranteed a peaceful life until the age of ninety-nine.
Bai Yang was so moved that he burst into tears: Thank goodness I have you!
System: A model student is virtuous, civilized, and polite. Say thank you with a smile. Understand?
Bai Yang: Got it!
Bai Yang stopped a student passing by: I'm a student. Give me two hundred yuan for lunch. Oh, and thanks.
System: ...
System: A model student is healthy, loves running and exercise...
Bai Yang cut in: I know! Love running and exercise, and don't have to crawl through a dog hole to skip school!
Then Bai Yang was caught skipping school red-handed and had to read a self-criticism under the flag for a whole week.
System: ...
System: The last one: good grades. This... Host, if you work hard, you should be able to manage it, right?
Bai Yang confidently replied: Don't worry. I've got this one for sure!
Then Bai Yang studied hard from dawn till dusk for half a month, and his class rank successfully dropped by three hundred places.
System: ...Stop studying. Keep this up and you'll get expelled!!
After one setback after another, Bai Yang took stock of the situation and decided he might have a hard time doing this alone. So he took his workbook and blocked the top student's way at a turn in the hallway, asking him to teach him how to study.
Top student: ...Do you remember asking me for two hundred yuan, and getting caught by me when you climbed over the wall to skip school?
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Xie Jilan had been destined for greatness since birth. He had been the center of everyone's attention for over a decade, and thought nothing could ever stir his heart again.
Until one day, a boy stopped him and extorted two hundred yuan from him.
Xie Jilan: ?
One day, Bai Yang stopped Xie Jilan again.
Looking at Bai Yang's fair, clean-cut face and clear eyes that somehow radiated stupidity, Xie Jilan couldn't bring himself to turn him away. With a helpless sigh, he took the workbook. Which problem don't you understand?
Bai Yang's eyes lit up: All of them, thank you!
Xie Jilan: ...
[Goofy, clueless bottom x The real model-student top student]
Reader's guide:
1. In the original novel, the bottom is a villain, but he's not bad, just dumb.
2. A silly, sweet comedy. Don't expect logic; don't overthink it.
3. We do not endorse extortion or skipping school by climbing over walls. Study hard and aim high!!
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