The Frail, Alluring O Always Wants Me to Mark Her (GL) - Chapter 11: 011

Suddenly bumping into Lin Yang, she looked a bit bewildered: “Why are you here?”

Lin Yang, fearing the water on Li Nian’s hands might get on her, stepped back a few paces, showing disgust: “Was that you in there just now?”

Compared to vicious people, Li Nian disliked foolish people more, and Lin Yang was precisely one of them.

But when both “types” of people met, Li Nian equally disliked them, naturally rolling her eyes: “…Did your family contract the restroom or something? Why do you care where I am?”

Lin Yang frowned tightly, discontentedly saying: “The auditorium is locked. How did you get in? To be able to climb in through the window, really—”

“Lin Yang.”

Seeing Li Nian, the question Zhu Lexing hadn’t had time to ask was readily answered.

Li Nian was there, so Yan Mian was there. Their intertwined relationship was like in a TV show where wherever an elementary school student went, someone died—it was a character setting, a plot kill.

After understanding, Zhu Lexing felt there was no need to stay. Her voice was cold: “Didn’t you say you wanted to see the auditorium? Now that you’ve seen it, you can leave, right?”

Lin Yang hadn’t vented her anger yet and said unwillingly, “It was clearly her—”

Zhu Lexing glanced at her: “Still want to argue? Then suit yourself.”

She turned and walked away. Lin Yang had a high opinion of herself, and arguing with Li Nian in front of outsiders was a unilateral act of looking down on her. But when the audience left, she had no mood to perform a solo act. She immediately followed behind Zhu Lexing and started apologizing again.

It wasn’t until their figures were far away that Li Nian whispered, “Mianmian, they’re gone.”

Beside her, Yan Mian, leaning against the wall, then let out a very soft breath.

Her fingertips trembled slightly. She didn’t look up but suddenly said, “Zhu Lexing wouldn’t talk like that.”

Only after Yan Mian’s reminder did Li Nian realize that today, Zhu Lexing hadn’t even uttered a single sarcastic remark and had left with ease.

This was very unusual, but Li Nian still didn’t think too deeply. She just said, “Didn’t they say Uncle Zhu is coming back? Don’t mention her. Are you feeling okay—”

Yan Mian’s face was pale, unusually dejected. It was as if all “life” had been drained from her in an instant, making her seem like a frail willow swaying in the wind, evoking pity.

The suspicion had come suddenly, and with Li Nian’s interruption, she didn’t dwell on it further. But after dropping Li Nian off at home, on the way back to the Zhu family residence, she suddenly spoke: “Auntie.”

Qin Jun looked at her through the rearview mirror.

Yan Mian carefully chose her words, “You said you saw Zhu Lexing that day. Her expression at the time—”

Just as she started, Yan Mian stopped, biting her lip, feeling a sense of absurdity.

What’s wrong with me? Just because Zhu Lexing said a few unusual things, I want to study her daily behavior?

Zhu Lexing was a true lunatic.

Lunatics do everything uncontrollably.

In the end, she merely smiled: “Nothing, thank you.”

After arriving home, all arrangements were the same as yesterday. Yan Mian dismissed the servant who brought dessert and tried her best to discard those irrelevant thoughts, beginning to diligently work on her problems.

To escape this twisted environment, she could only rely on her own efforts.

Everything was recorded in the new chapter of the day.

After reading the update, Zhu Lexing sincerely asked the system: [Next time this happens, can you give me a heads-up?]

Just like yesterday, the system clearly could have given her advice before the two arrived at the auditorium, but it didn’t.

It just had to wait until Yan Mian was within 10M, on the verge of a chaotic scene, before sending an emergency alert.

How unethical!

The system showed no intention of self-reflection, only saying: [The system does not have precognition capabilities—]

Quite stubborn.

Zhu Lexing had no one to complain to, so she simply decided not to bother and just paid attention herself.

Today’s rehearsal had everyone present. Yan Mian sat in the corner, with Li Nian beside her. When Zhu Lexing and Song Yingying walked in, only Li Nian looked up.

Zhu Lexing only managed to glance at Yan Mian when Qiao Qiao said discontentedly, “Zhu Lexing, have you chosen the roles yet?”

“Let me say beforehand, I might not play the princess, but if I do, I want to play a character with an equal amount of screen time—”

It was well known that a play’s main characters consisted of only four types: protagonists, antagonists, and their respective sidekicks. Since the main perspective was the princess, who played the princess became paramount.

Most of those present were slackers, but there were also many who were competitive and liked to show off.

Like Qiao Qiao.

After interacting with her for a day yesterday, Zhu Lexing knew that Qiao Qiao’s parents were both professional dancers and highly respected. Qiao Qiao had inherited her mother’s profession, studying dance from a young age, and was quite well-known online.

According to the school, the entire event would be live-streamed. Qiao Qiao was key to drawing in viewers and ensuring ratings, so she couldn’t be offended.

Zhu Lexing enthusiastically suggested: “Go play her wicked stepmother. You won’t have to suffer, and you’ll still be the second most beautiful person in the world. There’s nothing wrong with being content with what you have.”

Qiao Qiao thought she had a point.

Then, looking at Xu He, the girl was a bit shy, but her idea was quite direct: “I want to play the princess.”

Zhu Lexing pondered for a few seconds: “Actually, the dwarves also have a lot of screen time. The princess has to suffer a lot in the beginning, but the dwarves only need to eat, drink, and lie around. How happy is that?”

Xu He glanced at Qiao Qiao.

Qiao Qiao inherited her mother’s genes and was tall. In contrast, Xu He looked like a petite lucky doll standing beside her: “But they’re very short—”

Qiao Qiao immediately scoffed. To prevent further trouble, Zhu Lexing patted Xu He’s shoulder and sincerely said, “That’s not a problem, it’s just a title. You can change it however you want.”

“Besides, being short is also very cute.”

Xu He: “…”

Zhu Lexing didn’t know what Xu He was imagining. Her face gradually turned red, showing shyness. But after the two of them, she assigned roles to the remaining few, one by one.

Li Nian was the huntsman, Song Yingying was the magic mirror…

By the time only “Snow White” and “Princess of the Neighboring Country” were left, in the auditorium’s backstage, only Zhu Lexing and Yan Mian had no roles.

Zhu Lexing’s selfishness was fully exposed at this moment.

As soon as only a few roles were left and Yan Mian still hadn’t been called, some people already suspected that Zhu Lexing was going to assign the role to Yan Mian.

And that’s exactly what happened.

Before Zhu Lexing could speak, Yan Mian said, “Actually, I can play the huntsman too. Li Nian can swap with me.”

Li Nian also hoped Yan Mian could shine.

But since the other party actively mentioned her, she could only say, “I agree—”

Only then did Zhu Lexing’s gaze finally fall upon the two of them.

She stared at Li Nian, her voice calm: “Your opinion doesn’t matter. Besides, if you two swap, and then others say they want to swap, how would we arrange it? Will you do it?”

Li Nian choked.

The story concept came from Zhu Lexing; she was essentially the writer and director combined, naturally holding the most authority.

As the cold, powerful words were spoken, Yan Mian unconsciously relaxed her breathing.

She finally saw a similarity to the past in Zhu Lexing.

And so, the roles were decided.

Yan Mian’s role as Snow White came suddenly and easily. After the class bell rang, Zhu Lexing and Qiao Qiao went outside to discuss the script. Backstage, someone openly said, “Didn’t they say Zhu Lexing hated Yan Mian? Hating her means making her the female lead?”

“It’s just a stage play, it’s not that serious.”

Yan Mian looked up. The speaker was an Omega male from Class 4 named Zhou Yang, who had already differentiated.

Zhou Yang had a feminine appearance. Perhaps he had a crush on Zhu Lexing. When Zhu Lexing asked if he wanted a role, he stammered, unable to speak, only staring at Zhu Lexing the entire time.

Zhu Lexing then assigned him as one of the dwarves.

In front of Zhu Lexing, he remained silent. After Zhu Lexing left, however, his voice was like a machine gun, ceaselessly chattering: “Whether I’m being serious depends on whether some people are being serious. Before, I didn’t feel anything seeing roles just appear out of nowhere. You can play the lead if you’re close to someone? People who know they’re classmates might think that, but those who don’t might think…”

“…there’s some unspeakable private relationship.”