After Biting the Female Lead, the Vicious Female Supporting Character Turned Alpha [Transmigration] - Chapter 3: 003
At noon, the nurse brought Jiang Xuenian the hospital’s nutritious meal. She helped set up the bedside table that came with the bed and placed the meal on it.
There was soup and dishes, with rice as the staple. It looked, smelled, and tasted appetizing.
“Thank you, Nurse,” Jiang Xuenian said politely before asking, “Nurse, outside the ward… that’s my classmate. Does the hospital have a restaurant that provides lunch?”
Jiang Xuenian’s dark eyes held a look of concern. The nurse was momentarily stunned, unsure of the relationship between the two girls. Visibly, the beautiful, ethereal girl outside disliked Jiang Xuenian, so why was Jiang Xuenian so concerned about her?
Students these days were getting harder to understand.
The nurse pushed away her jumbled thoughts and said, “The hospital restaurant is only for staff to dine in. Patients and their families need to buy food elsewhere and bring it back to the ward. Would you like me to call her in to eat with you?”
Jiang Xuenian’s nutritious meal had four dishes and a soup, plus a whole lunchbox of rice—almost double the normal portion for a girl.
Jiang Xuenian’s dark eyes lit up, as if stars were twinkling in the night, beautiful like the night sky. “Thank you, Nurse!” Her lips curved into a visible smile, clearly happy.
The nurse was infected by her good mood and chuckled, “It’s no trouble at all.”
The nurse went outside the ward to call Shi Qingfan. Jiang Xuenian combined two dishes into one container, freeing up two lunchboxes. She scooped half the rice into one empty lunchbox and carefully poured half the soup into another.
To show goodwill, Jiang Xuenian chose to use the lunchbox that had previously held food for herself.
Just as Jiang Xuenian finished arranging everything, Shi Qingfan knocked and walked in.
The long-haired girl’s light-brown pupils were as cold as ice. She walked to the bedside and spoke coldly to Jiang Xuenian, “What exactly do you want?”
“It’s time for lunch,” Jiang Xuenian said, gesturing for Shi Qingfan to sit by the bed. “You’ve worked hard accompanying me for the test results. I’d like to treat you to a meal, a reciprocal gesture.”
Jiang Xuenian didn’t want anything. She just felt that the female lead, who would differentiate into an Omega and be dominated by pheromones in the future, was quite pitiful, so she couldn’t help but want to be kind to her.
“Reciprocal gesture,” Shi Qingfan repeated the two words. She didn’t know what she was thinking, but she didn’t hesitate and sat directly across from Jiang Xuenian, picking up her chopsticks to eat.
Jiang Xuenian’s eyes curved into crescent moons, smiling as she watched the girl across from her.
Shi Qingfan ate at a moderate pace, her movements graceful. Her eyes were slightly lowered, her slender eyelashes casting a small shadow beneath them.
Jiang Xuenian’s gaze had no effect on Shi Qingfan whatsoever. Shi Qingfan ate slowly and methodically, as if Jiang Xuenian wasn’t even there.
After admiring the view enough, Jiang Xuenian picked up her own pair of chopsticks and began to eat.
Due to her work, Jiang Xuenian ate quickly. Although she started later, she finished and put down her chopsticks at the same time as Shi Qingfan.
The patient’s lunchboxes were regularly collected by hospital cleaners, so they didn’t need to worry about them. Shi Qingfan must have known this, as she left the ward immediately after finishing her meal.
Jiang Xuenian watched her slender, tall figure disappear behind the door and couldn’t help but wonder, *is this truly the Shi Qingfan from the book? Someone so aloof and individualistic?*
Perhaps she hadn’t transmigrated. The names Jiang Xuenian and Shi Qingfan weren’t particularly rare; perhaps everything was just a coincidence.
A glimmer of hope ignited in Jiang Xuenian’s heart at this thought.
At 2 PM, Jiang Xuenian’s test results came back. Her health was good; her fainting spell was likely caused by extreme emotional fluctuations.
Shi Qingfan went to handle Jiang Xuenian’s discharge procedures, and Jiang Xuenian followed her every step of the way.
After paying the fees, Shi Qingfan turned around and almost bumped into Jiang Xuenian. Her usually calm eyes narrowed slightly, and she moved aside to avoid contact with Jiang Xuenian. “Jiang Xuenian, the discharge procedures are done.”
“Mm-hmm, thank you,” Jiang Xuenian said, her dark eyes looking at Shi Qingfan, expressing sincere gratitude.
Shi Qingfan turned and walked out of the hospital, with Jiang Xuenian following closely behind.
There was only one way out of the hospital. Shi Qingfan ignored Jiang Xuenian. Once outside the hospital, Shi Qingfan walked to the bus stop to wait for the bus back to school.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Xuenian followed again, standing beside her and waiting.
“Jiang Xuenian, take a taxi back to school,” Shi Qingfan said, turning her head to Jiang Xuenian.
Jiang Xuenian blinked, her curled eyelashes like two small fans. “But I want to take the bus.”
Her milky-white skin was flawless. The distance between them was even closer than when they touched in the office, close enough for Shi Qingfan to clearly see a tiny mole on Jiang Xuenian’s nose.
Shi Qingfan’s gaze dropped slightly, landing on Jiang Xuenian’s lips. Her upper lip was thin, with a prominent cupid’s bow.
“As you wish, just don’t touch me on the bus,” Shi Qingfan said before turning her head away, no longer looking at Jiang Xuenian.
*So, she doesn’t like being touched.*
Buses to St. Lyceum Academy came every ten minutes. They arrived at just the right time. After waiting for little more than a minute, bus number 32 slowly approached and stopped at the bus stop.
Jiang Xuenian followed Shi Qingfan onto the bus. She watched Shi Qingfan put two hospital coins into the fare box and tried to do the same, but found that her smallest denomination was a hundred-yuan bill.
Knowing how hard it was to earn money, Jiang Xuenian resolutely put the bill back. “Driver, I don’t have exact change. Can I go to the back and borrow some money from my classmate? Or see if anyone can break this hundred-yuan bill for me?”
“You can,” the driver nodded, pressed the button to close the front and rear doors, and the bus slowly started moving, smoothly getting on the road.
There were still ten minutes until the next stop, so there was no fear of Jiang Xuenian getting off midway to escape paying the fare.
The bus wasn’t crowded. Shi Qingfan didn’t sit down, holding onto the railing at the back door. Passengers on the bus, whether in the front or back, couldn’t help but repeatedly look at Shi Qingfan’s face.
Nothing else, this girl was simply too beautiful. Her exceptional beauty struck the heart, and some even took out their phones to secretly take pictures of her and post them online.
Jiang Xuenian walked to Shi Qingfan’s side, being careful not to touch her. “Classmate Shi Qingfan, may I borrow two yuan from you? I don’t have coins.”
“Ask someone else,” Shi Qingfan said directly, without even turning her head.
Jiang Xuenian: “…”
*It seems “she” truly offended her badly with her previous actions.*
Jiang Xuenian took out her hundred-yuan bill and asked passengers one by one if they had change. In the end, she only managed to get two fifty-yuan bills.
“Fifty saved is fifty saved,” Jiang Xuenian sighed. She walked toward the fare box with the fifty-yuan bills, ready to drop one in.
As she passed by Shi Qingfan, an arm subtly blocked Jiang Xuenian’s path. Jiang Xuenian barely managed to stop in time to avoid touching Shi Qingfan.
“Use this,” a voice as cold as spring water sounded in her ear. Shi Qingfan held a five-yuan bill between her fingers and handed it to Jiang Xuenian.
Jiang Xuenian was surprised for a moment. “Thank you.”
As she slipped the five-yuan bill into the fare box, Jiang Xuenian thought to herself: *I didn’t expect Shi Qingfan, despite her cold words and decisive rejections, to be so soft-hearted.*
At each stop, more people got on than off. The seats were full, and those who boarded later had to stand. The bus gradually became crowded.
Jiang Xuenian was originally sitting not far from Shi Qingfan. Seeing how packed the bus was, with people pressed against each other, and Shi Qingfan almost getting touched, she couldn’t help but frown slightly.
At another stop, the bus halted. This time, no one got off, but five people boarded. Jiang Xuenian saw a white-haired elder. “Grandma, please sit here.”
She naturally gave up her seat. Jiang Xuenian slowly squeezed to Shi Qingfan’s right, following the flow of boarding passengers. Then, she spread her legs, moving her left foot to Shi Qingfan’s left side, preventing other passengers from getting too close.
To maintain balance, Jiang Xuenian held the same railing as Shi Qingfan with her right hand, but kept her entire body at least ten centimeters away from Shi Qingfan.
Jiang Xuenian, by herself, carved out a space around Shi Qingfan that no one could intrude upon.
Jiang Xuenian overestimated her current physical condition. Not touching Shi Qingfan required arm strength, otherwise, she could easily lose balance and bump into Shi Qingfan whenever the bus turned, braked, or accelerated.
After five minutes, Jiang Xuenian’s arms trembled slightly, sweat dampened the hair at her temples, and a faint blush spread across her fair face.
Shi Qingfan might have heard Jiang Xuenian’s increasingly heavy breathing. Her body moved slightly, as if she wanted to turn around, but she was interrupted by the bus’s stop announcement.
“St. Lyceum Academy stop. Passengers getting off, please prepare!”
The bus slowly came to a halt. The rear door opened, and almost half the bus passengers flooded out.
Jiang Xuenian first retracted her left leg. Once steady, she withdrew her right hand, being careful not to touch Shi Qingfan, and turned to walk down, swinging her arms as she went.
She hadn’t experienced the feeling of her arms giving out since middle school. She didn’t expect to experience it here.
Jiang Xuenian walked towards the school gate. Halfway there, she suddenly remembered that she had no memory of the original owner. She had no idea what grade or class “Jiang Xuenian” was in.
But it was fine. She had her classmate Shi Qingfan to lead the way, even if this classmate probably didn’t like her very much.
Jiang Xuenian stopped, wanting to see where Shi Qingfan was, but turned around and bumped into the person behind her. Chest to chest, face to face, her cheek brushed against something smooth.
It was Shi Qingfan.
Jiang Xuenian: “…”
She had tried so hard not to touch Shi Qingfan the entire way to gain her favor, only to fail at the school gate.
Jiang Xuenian immediately stepped back after realizing what happened, creating distance from Shi Qingfan. “I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you were right behind me.”
People with fair skin flush easily. Jiang Xuenian noticed Shi Qingfan’s cheeks were a little red and thought, *Oh no, Shi Qingfan’s face is red with anger.*
Shi Qingfan didn’t speak. Her light-brown pupils flickered slightly, and she walked around Jiang Xuenian and entered the St. Lyceum Academy gate.
Jiang Xuenian watched Shi Qingfan walk further and further away, then quickly followed.
At this time of day, students were either taking exams or in self-study. The campus was so quiet that only a few bird calls and the crisp sound of two people stepping on fallen leaves could be heard.
The current season must be autumn. The sun was bright, the leaves on the trees had turned yellow, and less than half had fallen. The rest were still stubbornly holding on, resisting the autumn wind with their remaining green.
Jiang Xuenian thought they would go directly back to the classroom, but to her surprise, Shi Qingfan led her to Teacher Tan’s office.
Upon entering, besides the papers on the plain office desk, the most conspicuous item was the note that had come out of her pocket.
Tan Ying had just finished invigilating one exam, with the next one half an hour away. Seeing Shi Qingfan and Jiang Xuenian enter one after the other, Tan Ying said, “Since Jiang Xuenian is fine, let’s continue to resolve the exam cheating issue.”
“Shi Qingfan, the handwriting on this note looks very similar to yours. Do you admit to writing it?”
“I did not write this note,” Shi Qingfan said.
Tan Ying’s gaze shifted to Jiang Xuenian and asked, “Jiang Xuenian, where did you get this note?”
“I…” Jiang Xuenian’s brain worked at high speed.
She had no memory at all, so how could she know where the note came from?
It was probably written by someone “Jiang Xuenian” asked to imitate the handwriting.
If she knew who wrote the note, it would be easy to clarify things for Shi Qingfan, but the problem was she knew nothing.
Jiang Xuenian: “…”
*Transmigrating is one thing, but why didn’t it leave her the female lead’s memories???*