The System Wants Me To Learn To Be A 'Green Tea' (Quick Transmigration) - Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Zhuo Rui choked. She looked at Ye Linmu, who was blinking her eyes and feigning an innocent, pure dog look, and then at Chen Zhou, who was protecting the “little dog” with a righteous expression. At that moment, she was so angry that she couldn’t swallow her breath or breathe out. Her face was flushed, and her eyes were bloodshot.

Chen Zhou frowned, looking at her contorted expression. What else does this person want to do?

Even like this, she still won’t give up?

Zhuo Rui’s chest heaved violently. After a long moment, she finally glared fiercely at Ye Linmu, then turned and stomped away angrily. She ran off with a pattering sound.

Although Chen Zhou didn’t notice the viciousness in Zhuo Rui’s eyes, the battle-hardened Ye Linmu saw it clearly. She lightly tapped her fingers on the back of her chair. Her slightly lowered eyelids concealed the emotion in her eyes, but her usually innocent face gained a hint of depth.

Thinking of the news reports about campus bullying that left lifelong psychological shadows on the victims, a flicker of contemplation crossed her eyes. If they came at her openly, she wasn’t afraid at all.

In her original world, she started learning Judo at five, Muay Thai at eight, and continued until her accidental death at eighteen.

In her previous life, while she wasn’t an incredibly powerful fighter, an average person truly couldn’t beat her.

She wasn’t afraid of fighting, but the most frightening thing about students wasn’t fighting; it was the behind-the-scenes actions.

Chen Zhou sat down, turning her head to look at Ye Linmu, whose face had lost its usual smile and was filled with “worry.” She thought Zhuo Rui’s words earlier might have scared Ye Linmu. After thinking for a while, she said, “I’ll take you home from now on.”

Due to some private issues, she also wasn’t a boarding student, and she lived relatively far away. She usually had a private driver, so sending Ye Linmu home would be easy.

But Ye Linmu was not an easy person to deal with. Her true self was completely opposite to the role the System required her to play. Just as she was about to refuse, the System issued a sharp warning: “Absolutely not! Host, you absolutely cannot agree!”

“We are the ‘Green Tea’ System! Doing that will affect our personality setting!”

The original host was an insecure, jealous ‘green tea’ who was skilled at seduction and manipulation. However, Chen Zhou, as the Person of Fortune in this world, excelled in family background, looks, character, and strength, so it was naturally impossible for her to be successfully alienated by such petty tricks.

It was only after the original host was caught cheating on a monthly exam that all the bad deeds she had done were returned to her. She was ultimately isolated and bullied by the entire school and publicly criticized by the school as a warning to others.

The original host ultimately failed the Gaokao and drowned herself in a river out of despair.

The System’s reminder coincided with Ye Linmu’s thoughts. Even without the reminder, she wouldn’t have agreed.

If she walked with Chen Zhou, how would the rest of the plot unfold?

She didn’t just have the mission to capture Chen Zhou; she had to operate within the limits of not affecting the plot by changing her persona. This meant that even if she wanted to be lazy, she couldn’t.

So, her eyes filled with tears, looking as if she wanted to speak but hesitated, and she whispered, “It’s fine, I can manage on my own.”

“And don’t say anything more to Zhuo Rui. She just likes you too much.”

“Besides, we are still classmates, and we see each other every day. Even if there is something, I can’t keep hiding forever.”

Saying this, she sniffled, her eyes red, forcing a smile that made her look like she wanted to laugh but couldn’t help crying—a sight that was heartbreaking to behold.

Chen Zhou’s heart tightened slightly. She wanted to say more but ultimately just pursed her lips.

For the next few days, Chen Zhou noticed that Ye Linmu was distracted, a stark contrast to her previous “diligent” studying. Her feeling that Zhuo Rui was planning something grew stronger.

But for the next few days, neither Ye Linmu nor Zhuo Rui made any unusual moves. On the contrary, Ye Linmu seemed to have relaxed, resuming her busy study schedule, and even more diligently asking Chen Zhou questions.

During their discussions, the other girl’s fingers would intentionally or unintentionally brush against hers, and her drooping hair would brush against Chen Zhou’s hand or arm when she tilted her head. The faint scent of jasmine was like Ye Linmu herself—seemingly insignificant, yet slowly creeping closer to Chen Zhou’s territory, occupying her space like a corrosive element.

Unconsciously, even Chen Zhou herself hadn’t realized that her behavior toward Ye Linmu was completely different from how she treated others.

She was willing to explain problems to Ye Linmu, willing to have accidental touches with Ye Linmu, willing to be near Ye Linmu and smell the subtle jasmine scent on her. Even when the other girl came close, she couldn’t help but want to hold those soft-looking fingers.

Once again, while Ye Linmu was asking a question, Chen Zhou, who had her hand on her lap, pretended to casually twirl the end of Ye Linmu’s hair, gently rubbing it. The sensation on her fingertips immediately snapped her back to reality.

Her whole body stiffened. What was she doing?!!

She was acting like a perverted creep!

She had been following Ye Linmu for the past few days. Although she told herself on the surface that it was for Ye Linmu’s safety, only she knew what was truly on her mind.

Thinking that if Ye Linmu ever found out what she was doing, the girl would likely be scared away, and the entire school would know what she had done. Everyone would realize she was a pervert!

Just like…

Just like in the past.

Thinking of the past, her face instantly turned pale. She suddenly stood up, the chair scraping against the floor with a harsh noise.

Ye Linmu looked at her blankly: “?”

This time, she was genuinely confused. What was wrong?

“System, what happened?”

“Chen Zhou seems off.”

“Chen Zhou?”

Ye Linmu’s voice was filled with confusion and the perfect amount of soft sweetness. Hearing this, Chen Zhou’s expression became even worse.

“Nothing.”

Chen Zhou answered stiffly. When Ye Linmu reached out to grab her sleeve, she retreated a large step, avoiding Ye Linmu’s hand.

Ye Linmu’s hand froze. She didn’t continue, only lowered her head, looking sad and disappointed.

Chen Zhou opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but didn’t know what to say. In the end, she could only purse her lips and leave in a hurry.

Ye Linmu, who had lowered her head and frowned while communicating with the System, looked up at the direction Chen Zhou had left in. Seeing Chen Zhou acting as if she were being chased by a ghost, a flicker of confusion crossed her eyes.

Ye Linmu: “?”

What kind of behavior is this?

“System, what happened?”

The System peeked at the page that had frozen to a white screen. Its CPU was practically burning up.

“Well… I don’t know either, Host.”

“It wasn’t written in the data. You’ll probably have to figure it out yourself.”

It felt a little guilty.

It had happened several times now; it hadn’t been able to help and had even interfered with the Host.

Rubbing its fingers, it was a bit embarrassed. If this were any other system, it would have been able to guide the Host easily.

“I’m sorry, Host…”

It meekly lowered its head.

It was useless and couldn’t bring the Host any benefit.

It felt like crying just saying it.

“It’s okay. It’s nothing.”

Ye Linmu comforted it casually, lost in thought.

Chen Zhou’s face didn’t look well just now. Did she touch upon some sensitive issue of the other girl?

She thought carefully but couldn’t recall anything inappropriate.

She stroked her chin, sinking into silence.

The other students watched Ye Linmu get rejected by Chen Zhou. Some people’s faces finally regained a bit of normalcy after days of frustration. They had thought Ye Linmu would be a permanent exception for Chen Zhou, but it turned out there was no difference.

It was probably just a novelty before, and now that the novelty had worn off, she was abandoned again.

Zhuo Rui’s eyes were filled with calculations toward Ye Linmu. She had been waiting for Chen Zhou to leave Ye Linmu’s side, and today, she finally got her chance.

She quickly sent a message on her phone, then waited confidently.

The System sensed the malice and immediately warned Ye Linmu: “Host, the plot is coming!”

“Do you want to avoid it or…?”

“Avoid it?”

Thinking of the small troubles she had encountered recently, Ye Linmu curved her lips.

Avoid it?

No way.

Not only would she not avoid it, but she would meet the challenge head-on.

This Zhuo Rui was truly not a good person. On one hand, she acted as if she was just targeting her without real malice, but in reality, she was doing disgusting things behind the scenes.

And the other girl was rich. The disgusting things she did always had scapegoats, so she didn’t even have to do them herself. Even if Chen Zhou wanted to stay with her constantly, she wouldn’t find anything wrong.

However, those things weren’t major—just disgusting things placed on her chair when she was eating, or finding insects in her food, or other repulsive objects. Or, while eating something she bought on the street, a stinky sock inexplicably fell from the sky and landed right on the meat bun in her hand. A closer look showed it was stained with some sort of peculiar substance.

On the way home from school, someone kicked a tree, sending a shower of caterpillars down on her. When she went to the restroom, the door wouldn’t open, and someone outside kept sweeping a stick through the gap, trying to hit her legs, or they would pour mop water in from the top of the stall.

Faced with these situations, Ye Linmu simply curled her lips. She called the police when needed and didn’t hesitate to take action herself.

When there was dirt in her food, she called the food safety department, and the other party paid her a thousand yuan in compensation.

If the hygiene was poor, she called the health bureau directly, forcing the restaurant to close for rectification.

Perhaps some people would think the restaurant owner was innocent, but in a small establishment, since they helped with the dirty deed, there was nothing to be done. She couldn’t keep being bullied, could she?

As for the stick attack in the school restroom, she braced her hands on the partition and stood on the toilet. Looking at the stick violently slamming against the toilet bowl, showing no mercy (it was enough to leave bruises if it hit her), she sneered. She kicked open the door that had been jammed shut with who knows what. The person outside, who was laughing loudly and holding the stick, squatting on the ground trying to watch Ye Linmu make a fool of herself, was sent flying out with the door, landing flat on the floor, their head spinning and unable to get up.

Ye Linmu clapped her hands, retracted her foot, her face bearing a perfectly innocent and soft smile, and her voice light and gentle: “I’m sorry. I was just panicking and did it accidentally. You don’t blame me, right?”

“It’s just students playing around. Sometimes you can’t control your strength. Besides, I couldn’t see you from inside, so I didn’t know you were outside. I’m sorry.”