After Transmigrating Into A Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character, The Female Lead Was Reborn - Chapter 5

“What’s this? Even good students come to internet cafes?” Cao Chenghui, who had always defied her parents and school authorities, found it utterly bizarre.

After all, places like internet cafes and nightclubs were the kind of places where even just passing by felt like shedding a layer of skin for good students. Lin Wan not only showed no fear but openly paid to use the internet, leaving Cao Chenghui utterly astonished.

Lin Wan glanced at Cao Chenghui before returning to her research. Her time was precious, and the internet cafe charged by the hour. She wasn’t about to waste it on irrelevant people.

“Getting bold, huh? Ignoring me now?” Cao Chenghui raised an eyebrow, glaring at Lin Wan.

Having grown accustomed to Lin Wan’s timidity and shrinking demeanor, Cao Chenghui couldn’t tolerate being ignored. She snarled, “You should be thanking me, after all, I’m the ‘doctor’ who cured your disgusting illness. How did the pool water taste that day? Your sickness must be gone by now, right?”

Cao Chenghui was the Original Host’s nightmare. She had fixated on the Original Host with inexplicable intensity, relentlessly spreading her malice and terror without restraint. She mocked the Original Host’s delusions and viciously trampled her underfoot.

A creature of filth, yet she yearned to drag others into the mud.

At Cao Chenghui’s words, Lin Wan’s eyes snapped up, her gaze as sharp as a blade. Caught off guard, Cao Chenghui flinched back a step before forcing herself to regain her composure.

“Liking someone isn’t a disease,” Lin Wan said. “I just happen to like someone. What does her gender have to do with it? Besides, who I like is none of your business.”

Lin Wan had no intention of engaging with Cao Chenghui further. She gathered her notebook and pen, preparing to leave. But before she could even step out from behind the row of computers, Cao Chenghui reached out and blocked her path.

“Look who’s grown a spine,” Cao Chenghui sneered. “Daring to talk back now?” If she couldn’t win with words, she’d win with force. Lin Wan’s cleverness was just a parlor trick; absolute power was the only thing that mattered now.

Cao Chenghui’s hand shot up, aiming a vicious slap at Lin Wan. Confident that Lin Wan wouldn’t retaliate, she put her full force into the blow.

What’s done today must be settled today. I’ll vent my anger right now!
In an instant, Lin Wan raised her pen to block the strike. Her pale, slender fingers clicked the mechanism with lightning speed, and the pen tip snapped out, like a pure angel revealing the scythe of hell.

Lin Wan had never been a fool who didn’t know how to protect herself, nor was she a saintly pushover who passively endured harm without discerning right from wrong. Her guiding principle had always been “I won’t provoke others unless they provoke me first.” If someone dared to bully her, she wouldn’t hesitate to retaliate.

Cao Chenghui’s ears caught the sound, and her attention wavered for a split second. In that instant, the image of her hand being pierced flashed through her mind, sending a chill down her spine.

Her pupils dilated in terror as she barely managed to dodge the strike. However, the momentum of her swing carried her forward, forcing her to kneel before Lin Wan.

“Paying your New Year’s respects early this year, huh?” Lin Wan chuckled, the sound ringing clearly in Cao Chenghui’s ears. Her face flushed crimson in an instant.

With that parting remark, Lin Wan didn’t linger. Seizing the moment before Cao Chenghui and her machine-obsessed cronies could react, she darted out the door like a fleeing butterfly.

“Lin Wan! You! Are! Dead!” Cao Chenghui’s furious voice trailed after her, but her legs, weakened by fear, refused to move. It took her cronies, who were quicker to react, to help her to her feet.

Cao Chenghui was drenched in cold sweat, too terrified to pursue.

She had no doubt that if she had actually swung her hand, the pen’s tip would have pierced her palm.

How had the perpetually timid Lin Wan transformed into this?

Cao Chenghui had always bullied the weak and feared the strong. Today, she sensed a subtle shift in Lin Wan. The girl she had always treated as a free punching bag now inspired a flicker of fear in her heart.

Lin Wan only relaxed once she was a safe distance from the internet cafe. In her previous life, she had never experienced school bullying. Of course, her classmates weren’t the type to flaunt their physical strength like mindless brutes.

Those who attended school with her were the elite among their peers, all single-mindedly focused on their studies. They had no time to bully others based on their physical advantages.
This Elite High School was different. It first admitted a portion of academically outstanding students through its own admissions process. Later, due to a policy change, the remaining spots had to be filled by lottery. Some fortunate families with strong financial backing seized this opportunity to get their children into No. 1 High School, and Cao Chenghui was one of them.

To balance educational resources, No. 1 High School implemented parallel class divisions, inevitably creating mismatched pairings. Each class contained students of varying academic abilities. Students like Cao Chenghui, who didn’t study, inevitably resorted to mischief and bullying the weaker students to assert their presence in the class.

Standing by the roadside, Lin Wan pulled out her phone and searched for nearby internet cafes with lax management.

She couldn’t return to the previous cafe for now.

But without internet access, she couldn’t earn enough money to find new accommodation. The Main Quest couldn’t progress, leaving her unable to earn the necessary points.

Every day of survival consumed a certain number of points. Once those points ran out, Lin Wan would naturally die.

Lin Wan thought for a moment. She remembered the school library had a computer for students to check book locations, but it was quite old and occasionally used by others, so she couldn’t use it for long.

“Lin Wan?” A gentle voice drifted on the breeze to her ears. She looked up and saw Gu Qingjia standing nearby, waving and hurrying toward her. “What are you doing here? Do you live around here too?”

Seeing it was Gu Qingjia, Lin Wan’s face brightened. In this world, Gu Qingjia was the person she trusted most.

“Ah, yes. I was just… taking a walk,” Lin Wan said, lowering her head to avoid Gu Qingjia’s clear, bright eyes.

Lin Wan’s current situation wasn’t good, but she was too embarrassed to keep bothering Gu Qingjia and wanted to get through this difficult time on her own.

The evasiveness in Lin Wan’s tone piqued Gu Qingjia’s curiosity.

Is the Deity hiding something from me? Are they protecting someone else?

Could it be… even with amnesia, the Deity is still having their attention stolen by others?
Gu Qingjia looked at Lin Wan, her eyes swirling with a possessiveness that seemed to grow wildly, enveloping Lin Wan’s reflection in her gaze.

The tendrils of desire coiled around the young woman’s limbs. Gu Qingjia longed to create a cage, to confine her Deity within it, so she could watch only her, protect only her.

“So, where are you planning to go next? If you’re not busy, we could visit the nearby bookstore together.”

Gu Qingjia’s invitation was polite, but her tone was strained with extreme restraint. Lin Wan felt a sudden chill and unconsciously rubbed her cold neck. After a moment’s thought, she said, “I should probably head home.”

“Then I’ll take you,” Gu Qingjia offered.

Lin Wan thought of her living situation. If her girl saw her current living conditions, she might feel ashamed.

She didn’t want her girl to see the side of herself she was working so hard to change. Perhaps it was like any parent who didn’t want their children to worry about household matters, or perhaps it was like meeting someone who made her heart race, not wanting the person she liked to see the less flattering aspects of her life.

Lin Wan lowered her gaze. “No, that’s not necessary.”

Lin Wan’s evasiveness only deepened Gu Qingjia’s suspicions, making them even more bizarre and unsettling. Suppressing the beast within her that longed to devour Lin Wan whole, she said, “I want to walk you home.” Gu Qingjia added, “Walking a friend home is like a ritual. It shows we’ve officially acknowledged each other as good friends!”

“Is… is that really how it works?” Lin Wan asked, her heart melting like cotton candy in warm spring water as she watched Gu Qingjia’s crestfallen expression. Who could bear to see such a gentle girl so sad and disappointed?

“Of course!” Gu Qingjia insisted.

Lin Wan understood. Teenage girls often placed importance on novel rituals to solidify their friendships. Unable to refuse Gu Qingjia, she nodded. “Let’s go together then. But my home isn’t very nice…”

Gu Qingjia shook her head dismissively, her tone earnest. “I became friends with you because of who you are, Lin Wan. Your family’s circumstances don’t matter to me at all.”
Lin Wan’s heart was like a massive, hard clam shell. Under Gu Qingjia’s gentle coaxing, its soft interior slowly began to emerge. Together, they walked through the bustling, smoky alleyways until they reached the shack.

Gu Qingjia’s pent-up emotions seemed to burst like a balloon pricked by a needle called heartache. She stared at the shack before her, barely qualifying as a “house” in her eyes. Wedged between residential houses, the alley was occasionally flooded with sewage draining from both sides.

My Deity lives here?

Gu Qingjia asked, “Your family… they…”

“They’re all gone,” Lin Wan replied, smiling warmly at Gu Qingjia.

Lin Wan showed no bitterness about being alone in the world. Her gentle expression sent a tremor through Gu Qingjia’s heart.

This tremor was entirely different from the possessive, shadowy feelings she had felt toward Lin Wan before. A sliver of light, named Lin Wan, had pierced through Gu Qingjia’s darkness. She murmured, “…I’m sorry.”

“It’s all behind us now,” Lin Wan said. “We need to look forward. From now on, let’s focus on our studies and work hard to improve our quality of life. What we’re going through now is just a temporary rough patch.”

Having been a Senior Sister for so long, Lin Wan’s words inevitably carried a hint of lecturing and restraint. But this didn’t bother Gu Qingjia at all; instead, it deepened her sense of tenderness.

“Let me take care of you!” Gu Qingjia blurted out impulsively, her mind racing.

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