Free Web NovelChapter 179: Chapter 135: Either the Male Lead Is Dead, or He’s Blind
Shen Yuan: ?
From the perspective of the Bright Eyes Skill alone, Shen Yuan had to admit it was a pretty good one.
High school seniors spend an enormous amount of time using their eyes. Add to that the prevalence of electronic devices, and it’s no surprise that most of them experience some degree of vision decline.
The only exceptions were people like Shen Yuan, who had always consciously tried to protect their eyes.
But still, Shen Yuan couldn’t shake the feeling that the system was being passive-aggressive with him.
’You attended university in the same city but never once went to see Li Zhi.’ And for that, you’re rewarding me with a Bright Eyes Skill?
Is it trying to passive-aggressively call me blind?
Fuck!
Son of a bitch.
Shen Yuan felt insulted.
Could this Stupid System have been sent from the future by Li Zhi just to mock me?
Hiss— Now that was a terrifying thought.
Shen Yuan shook his head, casting the dreadful idea aside.
But as his attention returned to the system quest before him, Shen Yuan realized he could probably only do it over the weekend.
And this particular weekend...
...was the fucking National Day holiday.
A bleak smile appeared on Shen Yuan’s face.
Trying to buy tickets for a holiday, especially a major one like National Day, right before it starts usually ends with one result: sold out.
But if he didn’t do the quest during the holiday, the monthly exams were next week, and he’d most likely just want to laze around at home after they were over.
Knowing Old Shen and Ms. Zhang’s personalities, they would much rather go on an outing during a regular weekend; traveling during the National Day holiday was absolutely out of the question.
’Whatever, I’ll try to snag tickets first. If I can’t get any, I’ll just go to the bus station early and take a coach bus. It’s just a one-day round trip anyway.’
With that, Shen Yuan set up two ticket-snagging alerts on his phone: one for the trip there and one for the trip back.
After putting his phone back in his pocket, Shen Yuan’s gaze couldn’t help but land on Li Zhi’s face.
Shen Yuan’s quest could be done alone, or it could be done with Li Zhi.
’Forget it. If I can’t get train tickets, the bus ride will be pretty exhausting.’
Even though the idea of strolling around Hang City with Li Zhi was tempting, the thought of the exhausting round trip made Shen Yuan decide against it.
’Better to just let the beautiful girl stay home.’
"You creep!"
Just as Shen Yuan was thinking about making things easier for Li Zhi, the beautiful girl’s words made his fists clench.
"Hey, what did I even do for you to call me a creep?" Shen Yuan protested, dissatisfied.
Li Zhi snorted. "Then why were you staring at me?"
"They’re my eyes, I can look wherever I want!" Shen Yuan shot back, sticking his neck out, refusing to yield an inch.
"I’ll look all I want! I’ve been looking at you since we were kids. You didn’t complain back then."
As he spoke, Shen Yuan propped his chin on his hand, his gaze sweeping even more brazenly over the girl’s cheeks, which were flushed with anger.
"You!"
Seeing Shen Yuan’s shameless behavior, Li Zhi found that, for a moment, she was completely helpless against him!
’So annoying!’
’Stupid Shen Yuan!’
Li Zhi could only shoot Shen Yuan a fierce glare before turning her head away and ignoring him.
But soon enough, Shen Yuan’s voice sounded in her ear.
"Hey, Young Master Li."
"Spit it out!" Li Zhi said irritably.
Shen Yuan thought of his quest and asked tentatively, "Say, in a romance novel, if the male lead doesn’t end up with the female lead, what are your thoughts on that?"
Hearing this, Li Zhi whipped her head around, her gaze shooting toward Shen Yuan like a cold arrow. "I told you to spit it out," she said coldly, "but I didn’t think you’d actually talk shit."
Seeing her reaction, Shen Yuan gave an awkward smile and quickly explained, "I just think that while the probability is low, it’s not entirely impossible."
A scornful smile touched Li Zhi’s lips as she scoffed, "Either the male lead died, or he went blind."
A simple and direct answer.
Shen Yuan blinked. The possibility that the system was sent by Li Zhi had just increased.
"Then, what if two people who like each other are in the same city, but neither one goes to find the other? Under what circumstances do you think that could happen?"
Shen Yuan pressed on.
Li Zhi turned to look at Shen Yuan and shook her head, seemingly helpless. "To quote you, tsundere is an outdated trope."
Shen Yuan blinked, starting to understand what Li Zhi meant.
’Li Zhi is a tsundere. So that must be the reason she doesn’t come looking for me.’
’Case closed.’
After morning self-study, Shen Yuan stared at the class schedule on the blackboard. Seeing P.E. listed for the fourth period, he was momentarily confused.
’P.E. on a Monday?’
’Oh, right. It’s Tuesday.’
So, Shen Yuan turned to Li Zhi and asked, "Are we still playing ball today?"
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Seeing Li Zhi surrender so readily, Shen Yuan was again taken aback for a moment.
This was a little unexpected.
"Wait, you’re..."
"Is there a problem? Is there a problem with a girl like me not being able to beat you?"
Shen Yuan’s mouth twitched, and he shook his head repeatedly. "No problem."
"Then that’s settled. Besides, it’s not even certain we’ll have P.E. class today."
Things happened exactly as Li Zhi had predicted.
After the flag-raising ceremony during the long break, Old Zhou moseyed into the classroom, casually picked up a piece of chalk, and just as casually changed "P.E." for the fourth period on the blackboard to "Math."
"Your P.E. teacher isn’t feeling well and took the day off. Fourth period will be Math today."
The moment Old Zhou’s voice fell, a collective wail of despair echoed through the classroom.
Although the high school seniors were long used to their P.E. classes being taken over, who wouldn’t want to have P.E.?
