The Cannon Fodder NPC Went Too Far [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 44

Chapter 44

“Aoyu, are you really okay like this? Maybe you should rest at home for a few days.” Xu Luxi looked at Gu Aoyu, who was wrapped in bandages and insisted on going to school, with a face full of worry.

Gu Aoyu jumped around a few times to show that she was almost recovered. Hiss, she strained her wound from using too much force. She winced in pain, forcibly straightened her distorted expression, and raised an eyebrow at Xu Luxi, pretending to be fine.

“You still shouldn’t…” Xu Luxi shook her head in disapproval.

“I want to go to school. The college entrance exam is still over a year away, and with my current grades, I can only get into a vocational college.” Gu Aoyu pursed her lips. Her just-raised brows instantly drooped a little, showing a mix of dejection and regret.

“I want to be a police officer. I like that profession,” Gu Aoyu looked at Xu Luxi and said clearly, word by word.

Her slightly pale face held an unprecedented seriousness. The warm sun of the early morning spilled onto her face, encircling her with a faint yellow halo.

The listlessness on Gu Aoyu’s body was unknowingly washed away, replaced by a warmth and vitality. Her dark eyes shone brightly, replacing their previous stillness and gloom.

Xu Luxi was momentarily lost in thought, recalling the first time she saw Gu Aoyu. The languid girl barged into a bullying scene, full of weariness and malevolence. With a punch and a kick, she scared away all the thugs.

She had initially thought that such a person would be unrestrained, defiant, and arrogant the qualities she thought were necessary to step forward in such a situation. Yet, Gu Aoyu was completely different.

The girl glanced at her, then walked out without looking back, hands in her pockets, a backpack slung over one shoulder. No matter when, the Gu Aoyu she saw on campus always looked this way: standing lazily, walking aimlessly, as if nothing in the world could capture her attention, like a stagnant swamp, silently swallowing everything tossed into it.

But if she knew someone was being bullied or victimized, she would surely beat the perpetrators into a pulp.

She would help her, help her classmates, help everyone she knew. It was like a contradictory program: disdainful of the mundane, yet tied down by its suffering. She couldn’t stand to see anyone suffer in front of her.

A kind of divinity that should absolutely not appear in a human being.

The tender-hearted god wandered the mortal world, witnessed suffering, and saw warmth, and unknowingly was drawn into the world of mortals, gradually becoming more human.

She would feel annoyed, she would feel down. Joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness showed in her expressions. It was beautiful.

Xu Luxi thought she was the luckiest person in the world. To be able to witness her transformation firsthand, without endless waiting, and seeing her figure, covered in bl00d, stagger toward her. Nor did she have to guess how badly she might be injured today, her hand holding the cotton swab shaking uncontrollably.

Since Gu Aoyu arrived, due to her reckless fighting style and zero-tolerance attitude, campus bullying incidents in the school had significantly decreased. After she beat the biggest gang several times in a row, they voted secretly and unanimously elected her as the new campus queen/bully. It was well-deserved.

However, Xu Luxi glanced awkwardly at Gu Aoyu’s right hand, which was wrapped up like a dumpling. Her right hand was injured, so she couldn’t write or take notes. The content taught by the teachers these days was quite difficult, and Gu Aoyu’s foundation was poor, so the probability of her not understanding was 99.9%. It seemed pointless for her to go.

Seeing that Gu Aoyu had finally ignited an interest in studying, Xu Luxi couldn’t bear to dampen her enthusiasm. Never mind, going was better than not going; at least she’d be slightly immersed.

With her by her side, Gu Aoyu wouldn’t be without care.

Gu Zhaoyu hadn’t been home for several days and didn’t know she had gotten into a fight like this. Even if he did, he would probably just scold and reprimand her a few times. Her mother, Song Yu, was wary of Gu Aoyu and didn’t dare to manage her, and Gu Aoyu didn’t want her to either.

“How did you study to get so good?” Gu Aoyu blinked her big eyes, humbly asking for advice.

“I just listen carefully in class, do my homework properly, and ask questions when I don’t understand. The grades got better after accumulating knowledge over time,” Xu Luxi thought carefully, answering with some uncertainty.

Upon hearing this, Gu Aoyu accelerated her pace irritably. It sounded simple, but she couldn’t even manage the first point. Listening carefully in class! The moment she heard those teachers droning on, she felt sleepy it was more effective than a tight-head-band curse. She fell asleep the moment they spoke. She was already sleeping so much every day, yet she was still tired.

“From now on, if you see me sleeping in class, just pinch my arm; don’t hold back.” Gu Aoyu held out her bandaged arm, speaking as if going to her doom.

She had prepared herself to be pinched to death during this period.

“Come, students, let’s look at this passage. What kind of thoughts and feelings did the author express? The author…”

Sleepiness surged like a tide, wave after wave. Gu Aoyu sat in her seat, her back slightly hunched, her head uncontrollably nodding down a few times. She forcibly held open her unusually heavy eyelids, grasping her pen with her left hand and meticulously copying the notes from the blackboard.

Xu Luxi glanced over during her free time. The textbook was filled with a large amount of black scribbles. Gu Aoyu probably wouldn’t recognize what she had written down when she woke up.

She sighed softly, stretched out her right hand, reached under the collar, and quietly rested it on the back of Gu Aoyu’s neck. Her icy fingers gently pinched the soft flesh on the back of her neck.

The resting tiger was seized by the throat of fate, instinctively opening its bl00d basin mouth and roaring.

A chilling sensation spread from the back of her neck to her whole body. Goosebumps instantly covered her arms. Gu Aoyu shivered violently, and the pen in her hand clattered onto the desk.

She shot up from her chair, her knee hitting the drawer. The desk tilted forward, wobbling loudly, and the stationery and books on the desk crashed to the floor.

In the quiet classroom, where the only sound was the teacher speaking, this string of noises was exceptionally jarring. The students all turned their heads to see who had caused the commotion, and were met with Gu Aoyu’s foul expression. Her eagle-like black eyes sharply swept over them.

They let out an internal awoo, judging the noise as perfectly normal since it came from Gu Aoyu. They silently turned their heads back.

Under the teacher’s angry gaze, Gu Aoyu silently sat back down, giving a cold hmph. Xu Luxi quickly picked up the fallen items and smiled apologetically at the teacher.

The teacher tsked, turned his attention back, heavily slapped the podium with the teaching aid, and continued the lesson.

Gu Aoyu’s brows drooped a little. She banged her head against the desk a few times until a faint red mark appeared on her forehead. Only then did she look up, glaring fiercely at the textbook Xu Luxi had set up on the desk.

So embarrassing. Although she had caused a commotion in the classroom before, it felt uniquely embarrassing today.

A hand gently tugged at Gu Aoyu’s sleeve. Gu Aoyu’s eyebrows subtly raised, but she deliberately kept a straight face and ignored the person.

She was so embarrassed just now. Xu Luxi was half to blame no, she was the one who asked Xu Luxi to call her. One-third, no… anyway, she had a tiny bit of responsibility.

Applying slight pressure, Xu Luxi tugged gently again.

“Host, Host, stop bullying the Great Villain. She looks like she’s about to cry,” the Little Blue Orb, who was currently “working,” yelled out, enjoying the show as it saw Gu Aoyu’s obstinate pretense.

What! Gu Aoyu suddenly twisted her head, running straight into Xu Luxi’s somewhat watery eyes.

She tugged at Gu Aoyu’s sleeve for the third time, pouting slightly with a hint of grievance. Her slender eyelashes drooped over her lowered eyelids. Xu Luxi whispered, “I’m sorry, I didn’t know your neck was so sensitive. Your arm is injured, so I couldn’t pinch it. I have a cold body, so I just wanted to wake you up that way. Should I change my method next time?”

Her amber eyes were glistening with a layer of moisture, reflecting the girl’s cold face in the shimmering light. Gu Aoyu was momentarily dazed, suddenly realizing for the first time that her usual expression indeed looked a bit fierce. She looked like she was about to hit someone.

Actually, she wasn’t angry just now; she was just a bit regretful. Why was she so disappointing, falling asleep again? She clearly didn’t want to sleep.

Xu Luxi’s fingers relaxed, slowly sliding off her sleeve. Just as she was about to let go, a bandaged hand reached up from below and cupped her hand, gently moving it so that her fingers were once again placed on the sleeve. A brief touch, then a release.

Gu Aoyu sat upright with a long face, maintaining the posture of ignoring the person from just now. Everything that just happened seemed to be Xu Luxi’s illusion.

A gentle smile spilled from Xu Luxi’s throat. Her light gaze interwove with Gu Aoyu’s slightly pink earlobes.

Gu Aoyu pursed her lips and lowered her voice: “It’s… it’s fine. It’s not your fault. You can call me however you like in the future.”

Her uninjured left hand vigorously rubbed the soft flesh on the back of her neck, leaving faint marks.

Xu Luxi regretfully withdrew her gaze. Her raised arm effectively blocked Gu Aoyu’s rare shy appearance.

Did she know that her cold expression and drooping brows just now made me want to bully her even more? I want to see that fair face gradually turn pink, and provoke more expressions caught off guard…

Xu Luxi looked at the numerous lines of steps that had appeared on the blackboard, setting aside her somewhat mischievous thoughts.

Aoyu was soft-hearted, and particularly susceptible to this kind of treatment, especially when it came from her. And she had cultivated her pitiful pretense to an almost perfect level since childhood.

Actually, it was hard to say who was bullying whom.

Although the process was a bit bumpy, the result was good. Gu Aoyu sat properly at her desk, fully awake.

Even though she didn’t understand most of what the teacher was saying, at least she wasn’t sleepy anymore. When she felt drowsy, Xu Luxi would silently free her right hand and rest it on the corner of the desk, her index finger lightly tapping the desktop.

Even though she did nothing else, Gu Aoyu’s neck would inexplicably feel a chill, and her slightly hunched back would slowly straighten up.

Over time, Gu Aoyu became instinctively wary of Xu Luxi’s long, slender fingers. Although they were as fair and soft as her owner, she always felt like an underperforming student facing the dean of students. It was a natural suppression.

If Xu Luxi knew that her unintentional action would lead to such a result, she would probably be exceptionally excited.