The System Wants Me To Learn To Be A 'Green Tea' (Quick Transmigration) - Chapter 8

Chapter 8

They thought this time would be no different from before. After all, it wasn’t the first time they had been detained, and they usually got out within a few days. Most of the time, there wasn’t enough evidence, so they would just get a talking-to.

Therefore, no one took being arrested seriously. They even had time to curse and swear inside, verbally tearing Ye Linmu apart from head to toe. They secretly decided that once they got out, they would hire professionals to break all of Ye Linmu’s limbs to see how many people she could still fight!

When she returned to school the next day, Ye Linmu discovered that the incident from the day before had spread throughout the school overnight. Everyone knew she had been taken to the police station with that group.

As for the details, people might not be clear, but the fact that she was back in school and they were not was proof enough that she hadn’t been seriously injured or suffered a great loss.

As for not suffering a loss and even counter-attacking, that was beyond what they dared to imagine.

Chen Zhou sat in her seat with the same expressionless face as before. The only difference was that this time, she was sitting closer to Ye Linmu’s side.

Ye Linmu raised an eyebrow. Was this the aftermath of yesterday’s incident?

Remembering what she had agreed to yesterday, the sense of oddity in her heart became even more pronounced.

“Come here,” Chen Zhou said to her flatly.

Ye Linmu: “…”

A rebellious feeling started to well up inside her.

“Host, personality setting! Personality setting!”

Ye Linmu pursed her lips: “Tsk.”

It was the first time in her life she felt so wronged.

She walked over and sat down. Last night, Chen Zhou had sent her home. Her arms, which had cramped up from the exertion of the fight, had been massaged with medicated wine by the other girl until they felt better.

She blinked her moist eyes at Chen Zhou, resuming her usual ‘green tea’ persona of being easily bullied.

Chen Zhou, however, didn’t turn away and avoid her this time. Instead, she openly extended her hand, her expression showing a hint of subtle pleasure and eagerness.

Ye Linmu: “…”

This hand-holding maniac.

Since leaving the police station last night, the other girl hadn’t let go of her hand until she was about to go home.

Even then, the other girl insisted on watching her until she was at her door.

If they weren’t both day students, she would legitimately suspect the other girl would be glued to her.

She desperately wanted to pinch her twitching brow, but that would slightly break her character setting.

She reached out and let the other girl hold her hand. Their hands clasped together, and the familiar scent lingered at her nose. She twitched her nose but said nothing.

Chen Zhou’s face, which had been pale earlier, gradually started to turn pink, like a delicate, tempting cherry blossom.

It was a full day of classes. Although everyone desperately wanted to ask Ye Linmu what happened, no one dared to approach her because Chen Zhou was constantly by her side. Everyone was anxious, like ants on a hot pan, but couldn’t get to the truth.

With Chen Zhou having made arrangements, the people who were preparing to bail the girls out were all stopped. And the court case started quickly.

As the ringleader, the pink-haired girl was dragged to court even though she was in the hospital.

The verdict was like a cold, sharp snowflake striking her.

“No, I don’t admit it. That wasn’t me!”

Looking at the video presented as evidence in court, the pink-haired girl staunchly refused to admit anything.

“I only filmed and mocked; I didn’t lay a hand on anyone! Those people did what they were told, so how am I the principal offender?”

“If those people died, it’s their own fault. They were incompetent!”

The pink-haired girl was furious. She wouldn’t accept this outcome.

Then she pointed at Ye Linmu, who was sitting in the plaintiff’s seat, her eyes full of resentment and anger: “She injured me like this! I’m going to sue her too! How dare she slander me?!”

The lawyer arranged by Chen Zhou pushed up his glasses and said politely: “My clients have entrusted everything to me. Therefore, I will answer this lady’s question.”

He eloquently presented the evidence they had gathered, providing the pink-haired girl with a crash course based on facts and law.

“According to the video, the previous victims have also fully entrusted their cases to me. Therefore, I now have several clients, and the evidence has been compiled and submitted to the judge, please take a look.”

The lawyer was a very reputable figure in the industry, specifically hired by Chen Zhou. He had almost no losing record and was an honest man who had never taken on a case that disadvantaged a victim.

Chen Zhou was very confident having him represent Ye Linmu.

Looking at the evidence presented one by one, the pink-haired girl’s face instantly went pale. The girls who initially thought the pink-haired girl would have a way out were completely panicked.

If the pink-haired girl can’t do anything, then what about them?

They had been detained for three days, and no one had come to bail them out. Instead, they ended up in court, and the evidence was so meticulously prepared. Were they really finished this time?

One of them bit her lower lip, trembling for a long time. While the others were in a panic, she suddenly raised her hand: “I… I have evidence!”

The others immediately looked at her: “What are you trying to do?”

Everyone immediately had a bad feeling. This girl’s evidence probably wasn’t directed at Ye Linmu, so there was no need to guess who it was against.

The girl didn’t dare to look at them. Driven by the philosophy of saving herself, she handed her phone to the bailiff.

“This is proof of their illegal activities. I have a video. When that… that student died, they were actually right there. She wasn’t going to jump, but she was called over by her…” She pointed at the pink-haired girl, her voice trembling: “She called people over, then stripped the person’s clothes off, continuously humiliated her, and even said she would get some male students over…”

“Then, when they were taking the person’s clothes off, they accidentally pushed her down.”

“She did everything! It has nothing to do with me! I was recording at the time. I was forced!”

She started crying: “It really has nothing to do with me. They forced me to do it. I didn’t even know what was happening.”

“After that person died, she made people clean up the traces, and she called many others to leave traces all over the rooftop. She even called people to threaten that person’s parents, breaking the father’s leg, forcing him to sign the letter of understanding, and that’s how it was covered up!”

She spilled everything she knew in one go. So the suicide story was fake; it was actually a homicide.

While she spoke, the people next to her frantically yelled “Shut up,” but it was useless. The girl didn’t listen to them at all. Not only did she hand over all the evidence to the judge, but she also confessed everything they had done.

She tried to distance herself, but as other evidence was presented, it showed she was not innocent.

The girl opened her mouth to argue, but seeing Chen Zhou’s expressionless face in the audience, she instantly didn’t dare to lie anymore and confessed everything they and she had done completely.

Chen Zhou, sitting in the audience, was expressionless, lightly squeezing her fingers. The soft touch of Ye Linmu’s palm from before court still lingered.

She lowered her eyes, her mind focused only on Ye Linmu.

The other girl’s scent, body temperature, and softness all captivated her.

Because the evidence was conclusive and someone had self-incriminated, the girls were quickly sentenced.

Zhuo Rui was also charged with attempted murder due to the slight distortion of facts by the arranged person and was sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

The pink-haired girl, due to a previous homicide record, combined with bullying and attempted murder, was sentenced to death.

Her family was sentenced to five years in prison for forcing the victim’s family to sign the letter of understanding, and the others who assisted also received various other punishments.

The events unfolded so smoothly and quickly that Ye Linmu found it somewhat unbelievable.

This was too smooth, wasn’t it?

Could it be that the legal system in this world is more perfect?

Or is the speed of justice in this world faster?

No need for any dragging out of the case?

She was still in a daze after court. Chen Zhou walked over and took her hand, hiding her good deeds.

“Let’s go. I’ll take you home.”

She cleared her throat, her fingers unconsciously rubbing Ye Linmu’s palm.

Ye Linmu was led forward, her mind constantly buzzing with the System: “Seriously, System, is the speed of this world this fast? Or is this world truly different?”

The System saw through it but didn’t say anything, not daring to explicitly point it out.

“Well, Host, maybe it really is different?”

“Things might be different when you’re with the Person of Fortune?”

Ye Linmu: “But this is too exaggerated, isn’t it?”

The System didn’t want to elaborate further and just said: “Host, just stick with Chen Zhou from now on. Our goal is to capture her. Once we succeed, we can leave.”

Ye Linmu was momentarily stunned. She could leave after the capture was complete?

Then… what about Chen Zhou?

“What will happen to Chen Zhou? Will she forget me or will she…”

Will she revert to her original path, the one where I never existed?

The System was unsure: “This world should stop spinning, right?”

“After all, it’s just a capture world. Once you succeed, this world will stop. It will start cleaning up the past of the capturer, waiting for the next one to arrive and restart the capture process. As the target, she probably won’t retain your memory.”

Is that so?

Ye Linmu thought for a moment and asked: “Is the target in every world the same person?”

System: “Not necessarily.”

“It’s random. This world is not specifically designated for one Person of Fortune. It randomly lands on a person, making her the Person of Fortune for a while, bearing the fate of the female lead. But once you leave, she might be reset to a regular NPC. Nothing is set in stone.”

In other words, anyone could become the protagonist in this world, and anyone could become the Person of Fortune to be captured. Chen Zhou was just the one randomly selected this time, nothing more.

So this was her exclusive capture target.

Ye Linmu looked up. She could only see the back of Chen Zhou’s head with her high ponytail. Her flowing long hair fell down her back, the ends lightly brushing against Ye Linmu’s arm as they walked, causing a tickle—not painful, but impossible to ignore.

Understanding the existence of the Person of Fortune, she felt even more strongly that the target was truly different.

“Chen Zhou…”

Chen Zhou looked back in confusion: “Yes?”

“You are so beautiful.”

Ye Linmu sincerely sighed.