I Just Want to be a Throwaway Character - Chapter 59

Chapter 59

Ji Wan took a deep breath at the door. She was about to go downstairs and ask the dorm manager to change her room, but then the door was pulled open from the inside by Lu Fanghan.

Lu Fanghan looked at Ji Wan with a blank expression. Ji Wan felt a little awkward. Just a while ago, they had agreed to keep their distance, and now they were going to live together…

“Um…” Ji Wan was about to explain that it was a coincidence, but Lu Fanghan stepped to the side, gesturing for her to come in. Ji Wan didn’t dare to go in. However, Lu Fanghan’s deep, indifferent eyes were fixed on her. With no other choice, Ji Wan had to walk into the room.

The room was symmetrical, with two small beds, two desks pushed together in the middle, a wardrobe, and a bathroom. Overall, the dorm was very luxurious. But the point wasn’t how the dorm looked!

“Uh, you see… I didn’t mean to get a room with you. I’ll go change it right away,” Ji Wan said, looking down and intertwining her fingers. She looked a little nervous and was about to go downstairs to change rooms. Ji Wan wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but she felt a strong, unexplainable gaze on her.

“Grandpa arranged it. You can stay,” Lu Fanghan said. Seeing Ji Wan’s disgusted expression, Lu Fanghan lied instinctively. Her living with Ji Wan was indeed a coincidence. But when she thought about Ji Wan living with someone else, Lu Fanghan felt an inexplicable discomfort. She had subconsciously opened the door.

“Huh? Grandfather Lu arranged it?” Ji Wan’s expression became blank. That’s my Grandfather Lu. He even has connections with the school. Ji Wan couldn’t refuse anymore. She just decided to treat Lu Fanghan as a regular roommate, and they would go their separate ways after graduation. Ji Wan’s plan was perfect.

But it was still so strange! Her status as Lu Fanghan’s fiancée was already a handful!

When Ji Wan returned to the dorm, it was already very late. Lu Fanghan didn’t speak to Ji Wan again and just went about her own business. Ji Wan kept telling herself that it was nothing, just living together. She shouldn’t panic. But when she lay down on her bed, she tried to focus her gaze on the ceiling, ignoring Lu Fanghan, who wasn’t far away. However, for some reason tonight, she kept feeling Lu Fanghan’s shallow breaths. The scene of her body being seen last time suddenly appeared in her mind. She remembered Lu Fanghan’s gaze, the way she wiped her tears, and how she hugged her…

Ji Wan’s face flushed, and her hands in the blanket couldn’t help but clutch her clothes tightly. Ji Wan tried hard not to think about it, but the more she tried, the clearer the images in her mind became. Ji Wan felt like she was going crazy! This was poison! Ji Wan shamefully covered her head with the blanket. She silently chanted, “I love to learn, learning makes me happy…”

She didn’t know how long she chanted, but Ji Wan finally succumbed to her sleepiness and fell into a deep sleep.

Sensing the girl’s soft, regular breathing, Lu Fanghan, who was lying on the other bed, opened her eyes. She had been suffering from insomnia for a long time, and tonight was no exception. Lu Fanghan slowly sat up and turned to look at the sleeping, delicate girl. The moonlight shone through the window in front of her bed, falling on the girl’s beautiful side profile. Her small face was fair with a cute blush, and her small hands were by her face. She was lying there obediently, looking completely unguarded and content.

Seeing how content Ji Wan was, a mean thought came into Lu Fanghan’s mind. She wanted to wake her up. Since her last sleep, she hadn’t been able to fall asleep for a long time. She could only close her eyes and pretend to sleep every day. Lu Fanghan didn’t know why she was staring at Ji Wan sleeping so intently.

“Mmm,” the girl moaned softly and turned over. The blanket slipped to the side. Lu Fanghan’s gaze froze. She realized she had been staring for a long time. She wanted to lie down and stop looking. But less than a minute after she lay down, she finally gave up and got out of bed. She walked to Ji Wan’s bed and pulled the slipped blanket back up.

Lu Fanghan pulled the blanket up to Ji Wan’s neck. For some reason, she stopped and watched for a long time. An inexplicable feeling was brewing in her chest. Suddenly, Ji Wan moved again. She restlessly hugged the hand that Lu Fanghan was using to pull up her blanket. She even rubbed her face against it, like a clingy cat. It made Lu Fanghan’s heart tingle.

Lu Fanghan’s expression, for some reason, softened, and the corners of her mouth curved into a smile. But soon, she realized something was wrong. She pulled her hand away a little flustered. She stood by Ji Wan’s bed, looking at her hand, and didn’t react for a long time. What was she doing?

Lu Fanghan returned to her own bed. She lay down and felt her heart beating to a strange rhythm.

…

When Ji Wan groggily opened her eyes, the sun had already risen. Ji Wan sat up lazily and stretched. Her posture was cute and lazy. She suddenly realized she wasn’t alone. Ji Wan’s face flushed. She was a little embarrassed as she looked at Lu Fanghan’s bed. But the bed was perfectly made. Lu Fanghan was nowhere to be seen. Lu Fanghan had probably woken up early to train her magic. How diligent. Ji Wan sighed in relief and got up to wash up. She put on the new student magic robe that St. Lan Academy had given them yesterday. After she put on her tie and finished dressing, she looked at the cool magic cloak. Ji Wan couldn’t help but imagine herself using magic skillfully. It would be so cool! Ji Wan couldn’t help but look forward to today’s classes.

When Ji Wan met Ouyang Keke and Shang Yanxi, who were also wearing the same robes, downstairs at the dorm, they walked to the cafeteria together. For some reason, Ji Wan felt like there were a lot of eyes on her. The way those people looked at her made her uncomfortable.

“Keke, do you feel like someone is watching us?” Ji Wan asked Ouyang Keke strangely.

“So what if they are? It’s not our fault we’re good-looking,” Ouyang Keke said indifferently, taking a big bite of a piece of bread.

“But their gazes are strange,” Ji Wan said, feeling more and more eyes on them.

“Look at the symbol on your magic robe,” Shang Yanxi said calmly, picking up her coffee.

Ji Wan looked down strangely. Weren’t all the magic robes the same? Soon, Ji Wan saw a shield-shaped symbol on her chest. The pattern inside was the number one.

“What’s wrong? What does this symbol mean?” Ji Wan asked, looking up at the calm Shang Yanxi.

“That’s a class division. Most people in this school have two or more magical elements,” Shang Yanxi said calmly. In other words, the school looked down on single-element students. Ji Wan fell silent. She ate her food obediently. She was here to complete a mission anyway, so she shouldn’t pay too much attention to other things.

But just because they weren’t looking for trouble didn’t mean trouble wouldn’t find them. A group of people walked toward Ji Wan’s table. The leader was a girl who looked very easy to get along with, but her expression was blank. Behind her were seven or eight girls. Those seven or eight girls walked with a swagger, a stark contrast to the leader’s normal walking. It was so childish.

When they passed Ji Wan’s table, one of the followers of the leader, Follower 1, looked at Ji Wan with disdain. “Hmph, just a single-element waste. I don’t know how she got in here.” But Ji Wan’s table had no intention of responding to her. She became a little angry. How dare they ignore her?

“Sister Jinqian, she ignored you,” Follower 1 said, running to the leader to complain.

“Hmph, how can a single-element waste like her be worthy of eating with our noble Sister Jinqian?” Follower 2 echoed, her expression filled with disdain.

Luo Jinqian didn’t say anything. She just gave them a cold look. She then looked at Ji Wan, who was obediently drinking her porridge, and said in a cold voice, “Get up.”

Everyone in the cafeteria looked at Ji Wan’s table. The crowd’s enthusiasm to watch the show erupted. The curious ones ran over to watch. Ji Wan looked around and realized Luo Jinqian was talking to her.

“Are you talking to me?” Ji Wan asked, pointing at her face and looking at Luo Jinqian blankly. Her expression was confused and cute.

“Duh! If our Sister Jinqian isn’t talking to you, then who is she talking to? A waste is a waste; your ears must be a problem too,” Follower 3 said.

Ouyang Keke couldn’t stand it anymore. This was so strange. “Who are you talking to? The door is over there,” Ouyang Keke said angrily, looking at them as if they were idiots.

“Heh, do you know what class our Sister Jinqian is in? She’s in the genius class, the class that Principal Su Li personally teaches! She’s completely different from single-element wastes like you,” Follower 2 shouted.

“Idiot,” Ouyang Keke said, rolling her eyes cutely.

“Damn it! Who are you calling an idiot?” Follower 2 said angrily, applying fire element to her palm and attacking Ouyang Keke.

“Student, do I need to repeat the consequences of fighting on campus?” Shang Yanxi said, her eyes turning cold as she gave Follower 2 a flat look. An inexplicable pressure came over her. The follower’s hand trembled, and the fire in her palm instantly went out. That one look made her feel scared.

“Wanwan, let’s go. We ran into some brainless people while trying to have a good meal.” Ouyang Keke looked clearly speechless. She grabbed Ji Wan and prepared to walk out.

“Wait, did I say you could leave?” Luo Jinqian hadn’t spoken until she saw Ji Wan about to leave.

“Excuse me, do you need something?” Ji Wan replied politely. She felt a little helpless. Were these people just bored?

But Luo Jinqian didn’t say anything. She just stood in front of Ji Wan. She lifted Ji Wan’s chin, her expression flat. “You’re Lu Fanghan’s fiancée?” Her voice was very soft, but it sounded like a thunderclap in Ji Wan’s heart.

Damn, is she the female lead’s admirer? The novel was so vague, it never said who Lu Fanghan actually liked. It just said many people liked her, but in the end, there was no clear partner. So, did she like Lu Fanghan?

Lu Fanghan, who was sitting in the corner, didn’t want to get involved with Ji Wan, but when she saw Ji Wan being touched by someone else, her displeasure was magnified infinitely. She got up and walked toward Ji Wan. But before she got close, a clear, not-too-loud answer rang out.

Ji Wan’s voice was clear and sweet, soft and gentle, but her words were unusually firm. “I don’t have a fiancée. I don’t know who you’re talking about, and I will never be with the person you’re talking about.”

“She’s just jealous of the female lead. All I have to do is distance myself from her,” Ji Wan thought.

Luo Jinqian let go of Ji Wan’s chin and didn’t say anything more. She just gave her a flat look and turned to leave without stopping.

“Hmph, you’ll see.” The followers were unwilling to give up, but they didn’t dare to cause trouble in the school. After saying their threats, they left.

“What a strange group of people,” Ouyang Keke said.

“Yanxi, do you know who that person was?” Ji Wan asked Shang Yanxi curiously. Shang Yanxi seemed to know the most.

“She is Luo Jinqian, the only daughter of the Luo family, one of the four great families. She is a genius with four elements. She is also Teacher Luo Bing’s cousin,” Shang Yanxi said, looking in the direction they left.

“Hmm, a standard love interest for the female lead,” Ji Wan said, looking down and thinking, her expression confirming her guess.

What she didn’t know was how terrifying Lu Fanghan’s gaze was when she looked at Ji Wan. After hearing Ji Wan’s denial, an unknown anger surged in Lu Fanghan’s heart. Especially when she saw Ji Wan “gazing” at another woman. The fire burned brighter and brighter. But Lu Fanghan didn’t do anything. She just silently watched Ji Wan and the others leave.

After hearing Ji Wan’s denial, shouldn’t I be happy? Lu Fanghan calmed her expression and left as well.