After Transmigrating as the "Green Tea" Fake Heiress, I Got My Happy Ending with the Real Heiress - Chapter 24

Chapter 24

“Three questions in the memorization section and the translation of classical Chinese vocabulary are mistakes that shouldn’t have happened. Teacher Mo said your essay’s argument and examples were okay but not great. Also, because of the sloppy handwriting, you lost some points for presentation.”

The girl’s voice drifted over faintly. This time, Wen Yun didn’t feel the comfortable numbness she had felt in the music room. Instead, she felt a chill run down her spine.

She knew it! If her Chinese score didn’t meet expectations, Ruan Yu would definitely bring up past scores!

But after Ruan Yu announced her Chinese score and the deducted points with a judging tone, she didn’t offer any further comment, quietly operating her phone again.

Wen Yun nervously worked on the problems for a while, but still didn’t hear any critique. She was perplexed but didn’t dare to ask, quickly clearing her mind and focusing entirely on solving the questions.

As soon as the time was up, her phone screen on the desk lit up, and the alarm blared loudly.

“Time’s up.” Ruan Yu stood up, swiped away the alarm, and looked down at the paper.

It was completely filled out, though she wasn’t sure about the accuracy.

She didn’t know that this time, Wen Yun had learned her lesson from the Chinese exam, putting everything aside except the problems, and was more cautious in her calculations and formula selection. Looking at the score Ruan Yu marked, she was surprised.

Ruan Yu had thought that this person was easily affected by external factors, otherwise she wouldn’t have been so anxious to come up with solutions based on gossip, even neglecting the critical monthly exam.

But now, looking at the result, she wasn’t so sure anymore.

Seeing the hesitation on Ruan Yu’s face, Wen Yun thought she had made many mistakes and nervously leaned in to check. She found that all the mistakes were in the areas she should have gotten wrong or hadn’t understood, and she looked at Ruan Yu in confusion, “What’s wrong?”

“…Do you still not understand this type of problem?” Ruan Yu snapped out of it, pointing to a major problem that hadn’t been fully solved.

“I understood the first two sub-questions, but for the last one, I could only write the start with the given conditions,” Wen Yun admitted honestly.

“Did you consider using the results proven in the first two questions?” Ruan Yu asked.

Wen Yun was startled, wondering, “Can that be used for this question too? I didn’t see where.”

“If you can think of this formula, then you’ll know where it can be used,” Ruan Yu picked up the red pen, quickly wrote a formula on the scratch paper, and began writing the solution.

Wen Yun read it seriously and immediately understood.

“Your foundation isn’t solid enough.” After Wen Yun finished correcting her mistakes, Ruan Yu stood up. “I’ll find you some similar examples. Let’s start by getting familiar with the problem-solving routines.”

Perhaps due to the cram session the night before, when Wen Yun sat for the official exam the next day, she felt most of the questions were surprisingly easy.

But she remembered Ruan Yu’s instruction: the easier it felt, the less she dared to be careless. She finished all the questions within her ability and then went back to substitute and verify the answers until the bell rang, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

The two afternoon exams were both liberal arts subjects, which was a relaxation period for Wen Yun.

By the time of the last exam of the day, Politics, Wen Yun finished the last word and saw she still had some time left. She even brought up the System to check her attribute panel.

Current Name: Wen Yun

Current Survival Time: 247 hours

Green Tea Points: 13 points

After the school year began, her time was completely filled with high-intensity studying. Wen Yun tried every possible way to find opportunities for Green Tea Talk every day, but the accumulation of Green Tea Points was still quite slow.

Fortunately, as the plot advanced, the System finally opened the Intermediate Shop for her. The Basic Life Extension Card, which cost 1 Green Tea Point and added 3 hours of survival time, was upgraded to the Intermediate Life Extension Card, adding 6 hours for the same cost. The required points remained unchanged.

In addition, items previously only available through the Mystery Item lottery—the “Time-Limited Experience Card for Piano Level 10”, “Refreshing Special Black Tea for 3 Hours”, and “I Can Understand Everything in This Math Class!”—were also added to the shop’s exchange items.

However, the Green Tea Points required to exchange for them were ridiculously high. Especially the Time-Limited Experience Card for Piano Level 10, which cost 100 Green Tea Points for only a 15-minute duration, enough time to play about four or five Level 10 pieces.

Compared to direct exchange, Wen Yun would rather use her Green Tea Points to gamble with the lottery.

Just before the exam ended, Wen Yun pulled one draw from the Mystery Item lottery.

“Congratulations to the host for obtaining the “Skeleton Key (Note: Single-use, Cannot be used for theft)”!”

The moment she saw the item name, Wen Yun’s heart sank.

“Are you cursing the protagonist?” she asked the System irritably.

She had been worried yesterday that the protagonist might be locked on the rooftop or somewhere similar. The System couldn’t possibly have been unaware!

“Host, this item can open more than just door locks!” the System whined. “Wardrobes, storage boxes, drawers, diaries, handcuffs… it can open anything with a lock.”

“Strange items are increasing,” Wen Yun muttered, putting the new item into her inventory and exchanging the remaining Green Tea Points for Life Extension Cards.

As soon as the bell rang, and the invigilator collected the papers, she packed her things and left the classroom.

This time, her exam room and Ruan Yu’s were in the Teaching Building and the Laboratory Building, respectively, even further apart. On her way back to the classroom, she met Lin Qiqi, and they chatted about the upcoming seven-day National Day holiday.

“I really don’t think the elective exams should be placed after the holiday,” Lin Qiqi sighed. “It takes a while to get back into the studying groove right after a break!”

According to the provincial exam schedule, the elective and proficiency exams for the second half of the year would be held from October 14th to 16th. Since schools were prohibited from arranging supplementary classes, the National Day holiday was a full seven days, essentially half a winter break.

“Organizing a collective study session isn’t out of the question,” Wen Yun said with a smile. “I’m not planning to travel for fun anyway. Unless the family has other arrangements.”

Lin Qiqi pouted, disappointed. “I was thinking of asking you to accompany me to check out the Provincial University of Finance and Economics!”

Wen Yun was surprised. “You want to apply to the UFE?”

“Yeah! I asked a few other rich girls, and they all plan to apply there!” Lin Qiqi nodded. “It’s close to home and close to the family’s companies. It’ll be convenient for both schooling and future employment.”

“But the educational resources and prospects at C-City UFE are better, right?” Wen Yun asked.

“It’s too far from home!” Lin Qiqi spread her hands. “Plus, the cut-off scores for C-City UFE are terrifyingly high every year! If I had Xiao Yu’s scores, I might dare to take a shot, but otherwise, it’s safer to stay within the province.”

Wen Yun opened her mouth, then remembered their wealthy family status, and realized that Lin Qiqi’s reasoning was sound. She nodded.

“Yunyun, haven’t you decided yet?” Lin Qiqi asked. “I remember you saying before that you didn’t really want to go to a university focused on finance.”

“I’ll decide next year. There’s still plenty of time,” Wen Yun said helplessly. “Anyway, no matter where I go, I have to ensure good grades first.”

Due to her poor math skills, Wen Yun had pursued pure liberal arts in her past life. She had some understanding of other majors during college but hadn’t decided whether to switch majors this lifetime, so she planned to take things as they came.

When they returned to the classroom, Ruan Yu’s seat was still empty, and her desk was clean. She probably hadn’t returned from the Laboratory Building yet.

Lin Qiqi didn’t attend evening self-study. She said goodbye to Wen Yun, picked up her school bag, and left.

Wen Yun organized the study materials she needed to take home and sat at her seat, checking current affairs while waiting for Ruan Yu.

She waited and waited. Ten minutes passed, and when Ruan Yu still hadn’t appeared, she suddenly realized something was wrong. She quickly stood up, running toward the Laboratory Building while calling Ruan Yu.

The call connected. The moment she heard the familiar voice say “Hello,” Wen Yun almost lost control of her emotions: “Where are you?!”

“I’m in the Laboratory Building,” Ruan Yu said. “A kitten is trapped on the balcony and keeps crying. The door is locked, and I’m still trying to figure out a way.”

Wen Yun: ?

At the end of the corridor on the third floor of the Laboratory Building, there was a balcony.

This area was a shared breeding ground for the botany club and biology teachers, separated from the corridor by a security door and a barred gate.

On sunny days, usually only the barred gate was closed, and the security door was open. This was supposedly for students attending classes in the Laboratory Building to view the plants.

When Wen Yun arrived, only Ruan Yu was squatting by the door, using a piece of scratch paper folded into a strip to tease a black-and-white spotted kitten near the gate.

“The invigilator actually came and said it was probably a stray cat that climbed up the drainpipe and told me to ignore it,” Ruan Yu said when she saw Wen Yun. “But I’m afraid it might trample the breeding plants or fall from the building… The platform’s railing is too low for a cat.”

Wen Yun hummed in acknowledgment, took the Skeleton Key, which had just materialized from her pocket, and walked toward the iron gate.

The tool’s head was initially rectangular, but as soon as it touched the keyhole, it instantly transformed into the shape of the lock and smoothly slid all the way in.

With a cheat in hand, Wen Yun effortlessly opened the barred gate.

As soon as the door opened, the kitten shot past them, but just as Wen Yun locked the door again, she looked down and saw a ball of fur rubbing against Ruan Yu’s shoe.

Ruan Yu casually ruffled its fur. The kitten narrowed its eyes and purred affectionately.

Wen Yun was amused and frustrated. She was about to suggest to Ruan Yu that they should go back when, before she could speak, the girl swiftly reached her hand under the cat’s armpit and used her other hand to support it, directly scooping the cat into her arms.

Wen Yun: “…”

“Do you want to keep it?” she asked after a few seconds of stunned.

“Can I keep it?” Ruan Yu asked.

Wen Yun recalled that the Wen family didn’t have a rule against keeping pets, but she wasn’t sure if they would object to the breed. After all, the Wen parents even disliked their own biological daughter from the countryside, let alone a stray mixed-breed cat like this.

“I support you keeping it,” she said. “But Mom and Dad might not allow keeping a domestic short-haired cat. Be prepared for that. If you can’t keep it, we’ll contact a nearby rescue shelter. In any case, we won’t let it continue to roam.”

Ruan Yu agreed, holding the scratch paper and pencil case in one hand and the cat in the other. She followed Wen Yun out of the Laboratory Building, a bright smile radiating on her face.

Considering she was holding a stray cat and it wouldn’t be convenient or hygienic to enter the classroom, Wen Yun suggested, “You go wait for me in the car. I’ll pack your school bag for you.”

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