The Cannon Fodder NPC Went Too Far [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 37
Chapter 37
A fine, tingling ache spread through her heart, as if a few needles had lightly pricked it. Every heartbeat was accompanied by a slight swelling. It wasn’t severe, but it was incredibly irritating.
“You idiot! Fighting also requires skill. Who just serves their head up on a platter?” Gu Ao Yu harshly scolded Xu Lu Xi a few times, then gently supported her arm, helping her up.
“Let’s go, I’m taking you to the hospital.”
“No need. I’ll take care of it myself at home. It’s not serious. A little medicine and I’ll be fine in a few days.” Xu Lu Xi gently shook her head, her trembling fingers clutching her dirty, torn school jacket, wrapping it around her exposed, bleeding arm.
“Hospital,” Gu Ao Yu commanded, her brows furrowed and her eyes darkening. She stood resolutely in front of Xu Lu Xi, her tone firm.
“I know my own injuries. It’s not a big deal; I’ve always managed this way. I have class tomorrow,” Xu Lu Xi gently refused. Seeing Gu Ao Yu standing there motionless, she tried to move sideways to pass.
When she moved left, Gu Ao Yu moved left. When she moved right, Gu Ao Yu moved right, determinedly blocking her way.
Xu Lu Xi pursed her lips, looked up at Gu Ao Yu with a gaze that was almost a glare, and then extended her arms, rapidly giving Gu Ao Yu a quick, non-contact hug.
“I know you care about me. I’m fine.” A few strands of hair lightly brushed against Gu Ao Yu’s cheek, like a feather sweep, bringing a tingling sensation. Her heart inexplicably sped up for a moment, an unidentifiable flutter rising within her.
Gu Ao Yu subconsciously raised her hand to brush the strands of hair away, but Xu Lu Xi was faster. She vanished from her side like a gust of wind, and her outstretched hand only grasped a few strands of cold, rushing air.
Gu Ao Yu was momentarily stunned. She quickly retracted her hand, took off her own school jacket, and threw it over Xu Lu Xi’s head.
The zipper was pulled all the way up. The overly large school jacket loosely enveloped Xu Lu Xi. The upright collar shielded half of Xu Lu Xi’s face, leaving only her amber eyes exposed, which were like a rising wildfire, gently flickering and staring intently at her with an unreadable depth.
Gu Ao Yu’s fingers quickly recoiled, as if burned by the wildfire. She snorted, put her hands in her pockets, and walked out.
If she doesn’t want to go, then don’t go. It’s not my pain, I’m too lazy to care about you.
That night, Xu Lu Xi was alone, hidden in her room. Cold sweat continually seeped from her forehead and slid down her cheeks. Xu Lu Xi gritted her teeth, forcibly enduring the trembling, and cautiously disinfected the knife wounds on her body.
The pain from the wounds surged like a fierce tide. Xu Lu Xi’s eyelashes fluttered slightly. Her eyes shimmered with tears, looking both pained and numb.
When everything was finally taken care of, after an unknown amount of time, Xu Lu Xi was drenched, as if pulled from water. All the wounds on her body were dressed with the exact same ribbon-tied bows as Gu Ao Yu’s.
Her slender fingers traced down the bows, landing on the various sized scars on her arm. The initial violent despair and gloom were gone, leaving only pink, slightly sunken scars. They looked like countless slender centipedes winding across her arm.
Would Ao Yu like such ugly scars?
Under her sickly pale cheeks lay a vast, endless gloom. Beneath her lowered eyelids, her amber pupils were hazy, eerie, and manic.
Her hands couldn’t stop shaking, rubbing everywhere. Suddenly, she grabbed the small knife lying quietly on the wooden desk nearby. The sharp blade pointed toward her heavily scarred arm.
No, this is wrong.
Her trembling left hand pressed against her right wrist, briefly stalling in the air. She stumbled to the wooden desk, violently pushed the mountain-high stack of books onto the floor, and under the cover of the clattering noise, she gripped the small knife and plunged it directly into the wooden desk, leaving a deep mark.
She carved another character Gu next to the dense cluster of Gu characters.
This is the Gu carved when Ao Yu saved me from the hoodlums.
This is the Gu carved when Ao Yu looked at me drowsily after waking up.
This is the Gu carved when Ao Yu leaned against the door frame and smiled lazily at me.
With traces carved drop by drop and countless fragmented memories, Xu Lu Xi collapsed onto the wooden desk, panting heavily. The small knife in her hand fell powerlessly to the floor.
The next day, after escorting Xu Lu Xi to her classroom, Gu Ao Yu put her hands on Xu Lu Xi’s desk and raised her chin toward her.
“You go in first. I have something to take care of and will be right back.”
The silver lip stud on her mouth flashed under the sunlight for a moment. The cold metallic luster shattered in the warm amber of Xu Lu Xi’s eyes. Xu Lu Xi’s left hand, hidden under the desk, suddenly gripped her right wrist tightly. She nodded obediently.
Gu Ao Yu had a lollipop dangling from her mouth. She strode out of the school gate with her hands in her pockets.
She turned left and right, arriving at a dark, narrow alley. She bent down and picked up a heavy wooden stick, weighing it in her hand, and curved the corners of her eyes.
Humming an unknown tune, Gu Ao Yu stepped into the classroom, just as the class bell rang, facing the teacher’s angry expression.
Several seats in the back row of the classroom were unexpectedly empty. Under the old man’s disappointment and angry scolding, Gu Ao Yu tilted her head and winked at Xu Lu Xi.
The reason those hoodlums dared to provoke her intermittently, even after being subjected to her fists, was that she had been holding back.
She considered them minors with immature minds. Aside from trash-talking and provoking her, they hadn’t done anything else, which was essentially different from the vicious thugs she had encountered before.
After yesterday’s events, she realized she was wrong. With such malice and cruelty, she didn’t need to hold back anymore. They’re better off lying at home than coming out to harm good students, right? They should even thank her.
Gu Ao Yu rested her head on her hands, dozing off. A paper ball smashed directly onto her head.
Gu Ao Yu suddenly opened her eyes, irritably searching for the culprit. Before she could look around the classroom, she met Xu Lu Xi’s clear, bright eyes.
Xu Lu Xi smiled apologetically at her, pointing to the paper ball on her desk.
Gu Ao Yu didn’t hesitate. She grabbed her chair and hopped a few steps toward Xu Lu Xi. She leaned her ear directly toward Xu Lu Xi.
They were desk-mates, why pass notes? Couldn’t she just speak directly?
Xu Lu Xi’s eyes widened. With a whoosh, the hand holding the pen lost control for a moment, drawing a long black line on her notebook. She hurriedly covered the notebook. Her eyes flitted everywhere, afraid to look at Gu Ao Yu. A subtle blush crept onto her delicate earlobe, adding a hint of shyness to her tense profile that was hard to detect.
Hot breath sprayed onto Gu Ao Yu’s earlobe. Seeing Xu Lu Xi’s helpless actions, fine goosebumps quietly appeared on the back of Gu Ao Yu’s neck, making her feel a little awkward too.
She cleared her throat, looked straight ahead, moved her chair back, and sat properly in her seat, opening the small note.
The elegant handwriting neatly read: The mid-term exams are coming soon. The teacher is reviewing all the key points.
Don’t understand. Don’t want to listen. Gu Ao Yu drew a stick figure sleeping face down on the desk and a proper, serious desk-mate next to it on the note.
Crumpling it back into a ball, Gu Ao Yu leaned back and took an aiming posture, throwing the paper ball at Xu Lu Xi’s head.
She thought Xu Lu Xi would dodge, seeing her obvious movements. But Xu Lu Xi remained completely still, allowing the paper ball to hit her head.
Along with the impact of the paper ball was the gentle smile in Xu Lu Xi’s eyes. She rubbed the spot on her forehead that didn’t hurt, the corners of her mouth slightly lifted, filled with a hint of amusement. The look clearly showed explicit indulgence.
Gu Ao Yu touched her nose, turned her head, and lay down on the wooden desk, adopting a posture of I’m sleeping, don’t bother me.
Smack. The small paper ball landed on Gu Ao Yu’s desk again. Gu Ao Yu’s ear twitched, but she remained still. After a long wait, seeing that her obedient desk-mate didn’t pass another note, Gu Ao Yu’s eyes darted around. With a whoosh, like a salted fish flipping over, she jumped up from the desk, opened the small paper ball.
The note didn’t contain the preachy words Gu Ao Yu hated. There weren’t even any superfluous words. It just had a cute emoji drawn on it.
A chibi girl pinched her fingers, looking at her with watery eyes. Gu Ao Yu blinked. Xu Lu Xi beside her made an identical expression.
Two people, one big and one small, looked at Gu Ao Yu with big, watery eyes.
Gu Ao Yu sullenly knocked her head on the desk. Under Xu Lu Xi’s worried gaze, she straightened her back, picked up her pen, and began copying the notes on the blackboard with a scratching sound. She yawned widely while copying.
Xu Lu Xi pursed her lips and smiled.
“The mid-term exam is about to begin. I hope all students answer carefully, read the questions thoroughly, and strictly prohibit whispering, passing cheat sheets, and other cheating behaviors. I wish everyone good grades once again.”
The old man spoke in the classroom as usual. His normally low and irritable voice was slightly raised, mixed with joy. He happily glanced at the several empty desks in the back row.
He heard those few unruly hoodlums were beaten on the way to school and were hit quite badly. They wouldn’t be able to come to school for a few days. It coincided with the mid-term exam, so they couldn’t take the test.
His class’s average score could finally increase a little and wouldn’t be dragged down so low. After his careful calculations, the score was acceptable. He was too embarrassed to stay in the office with the previous score.
Since the hoodlum Gu Ao Yu hadn’t arrived either, the old man’s eyes twinkled again, and he was even happier. He clapped his hands on the desk, signaling the start of the exam soon, and collected all the reference materials.
Just one second before the exam bell rang, Gu Ao Yu leisurely walked into the classroom, giving the old man a rare, bright smile, showing all eight of her white teeth.
Hehe, didn’t expect this, did he? She actually came to take the exam, and she planned to take all of them.
One person is worth two.
Under the old man’s stiff, dull gaze, Gu Ao Yu rested her head on the desk, chewing on her pen, deep in thought.
Damn it. She mostly listened in those classes. Why can’t she remember? Was this the problem type the old man taught in class?
Gu Ao Yu racked her brains, turning things over in her mind, trying to find any remnants the old man might have left.
Can it equal 56?
Doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter. As long as I can calculate something, who cares what the number is. Every point counts, at least I’ll get process points.