The Villainess Is Pretending to Be Sweet Again Today (Transmigration) - Chapter 37

After taking care of Nuo Yang at home for two days, Long Huaichang finally had to go to school to collect her report card.

Before she left, Nuo Yang repeatedly reassured her, saying it didn’t matter if she failed every subject—her big sister would take care of her!!

The way she said it made it sound like Long Huaichang was heading to the execution grounds, though collecting report cards wasn’t much different.

In the classroom, after the teacher handed out the report cards, Long Huaichang glanced down at hers.

Not bad.

Shi Tian, on the other hand, looked like he’d been struck by lightning as he stared at his own grades, eyes wide and brimming with tears—whether from joy or despair was anyone’s guess.

“Long-jie, Long-jie, how’d you do?”

Shi Tian bounded over, waving his report card in front of her triumphantly. “I passed Chinese, Math, and English! Everything else was a fail~”

Long Huaichang shot him a look. With grades like that, did he even plan on graduating?

He should just head straight to the construction site after winter break and start hauling bricks—no point delaying the project.

Not that his excitement was unwarranted. Before this, his scores had hovered around the 20s and 30s. For essay questions, he’d just copy the prompts; for multiple-choice, he’d roll dice; and for fill-in-the-blanks, pure guesswork.

Now that he’d passed three major subjects, how could he not be overjoyed?

“Long-jie, seriously, what’d you get?” Shi Tian reached for her report card. “Lemme see, lemme see!”

Long Huaichang didn’t stop him. Shi Tian took one look and immediately looked like he’d seen a ghost.

Though Long Huaichang never seemed to study, she had Nuo Yang hiring tutors for her at home. This time, she’d scored over 90 in every subject.

Scoring above 90 in the second year of high school was no small feat. Long Huaichang had not only broken into the top 10 in her class but also the top 100 in the entire grade!

Shi Tian refused to believe it and ran to check the class rankings with the monitor. When he saw her scores were real, his jaw practically hit the floor.

“Long-jie, how the hell do you sleep through class, skip school, fight after hours, and still pull off 90s?” He circled her like a hyperactive puppy. “Teach me your ways! I’d be happy just passing!”

Long Huaichang ignored him and simply said, “Brains.”

Aside from her report card, she also received her winter break homework—a towering stack of test papers from every subject, totaling over 50 sheets.

The entire class fell into stunned silence.

This was way too much!!!

Even one paper a day wouldn’t be enough to finish them all by the end of break!!!!

“Teacher!” The students wailed. “This much homework will kill us!!!”

The soon-to-retire teacher took a sip of tea and said serenely, “Relax, you won’t die. Take your time.”

The classroom instantly erupted in despair.

With report cards in hand, everyone packed up their homework and prepared to leave. As they passed Jiang Li’s classroom, Shi Tian tapped on the window. Jiang Li looked up, spotted the two of them, and came out with her backpack.

The first thing Jiang Li asked Long Huaichang was, “How’d you do?”

Shi Tian pouted. “Can you two stop flirting right in front of me?”

Jiang Li grinned. “You could always turn around~”

“Alright, enough,” Long Huaichang sighed. “I need to get home and take care of my sister. She hasn’t been feeling well lately.”

“Your sister?” Jiang Li thought for a moment and said, “You mean that really cute girl who treated us to dinner last time?”

Long Huaichang stared at her, puzzled. Why were they both calling each other cute?

Did Jiang Li have feelings for her sister???

The thought made Long Huaichang a little unhappy. She sourly recalled how the two had waved at each other from across several tables the other day and said with a hint of jealousy, “Yeah, I need to go take care of her.”

“I’d like to go too,” Jiang Li said, clasping her hands behind her back. “Take me to see your sister, okay? I’d love to talk to her more.”

“No.”

Long Huaichang refused without hesitation. See her sister?

Not a chance—she wouldn’t even leave a window open for that!

Jiang Li didn’t pick up on Long Huaichang’s mood and kept pestering her to take her home, but Long Huaichang coldly rejected her all the way.

The three of them parted ways at the school gate. Shi Tian was heading back to his hometown with his parents, while Jiang Li couldn’t go anywhere because she needed frequent hospital check-ups. The next time they’d have a chance to meet would probably be after winter break.

Long Huaichang had originally planned to take the bus home, but she stopped after just a few steps.

Because she spotted Nuo Yang standing by the bus stop not far away.

Nuo Yang was wearing a beige long wool coat today, wrapped in a fluffy white scarf, with her chestnut hair cascading down her back. She looked like a big, warmly dressed dumpling.

Nuo Yang, standing at the bus stop, noticed her too and waved.

Long Huaichang exhaled a puff of white breath and hurried over.

“Sis, why are you here?” She reached out and touched Nuo Yang’s face, finding her cheeks chilled from the cold.

Nuo Yang smiled. “I was afraid you’d get kidnapped again, so I came to take you home!”

Long Huaichang’s heart suddenly felt like it had been struck by something, and she couldn’t help but laugh. Her dark, bright eyes fixed on Nuo Yang as she said, “Thanks, sis.”

Nuo Yang chuckled and took Long Huaichang’s hand. “No need to thank me. I don’t want you getting snatched by those people.”

After all, Long Huaichang was the first character Nuo Yang had encountered in this book. She was counting on her to walk the right path, bring honor to the family, and let her rise along with her!

Their hands clasped tightly, and Long Huaichang’s eyes sparkled. “Sis, your hands are so warm.”

“That’s because yours are too cold,” Nuo Yang said, tucking Long Huaichang’s hand into her coat pocket. “See? Isn’t that warmer?”

Long Huaichang gave a soft “Mm” and then intertwined their fingers.

Nuo Yang: “???”

Long Huaichang’s ears turned slightly red. “This is even warmer.”

Though Nuo Yang felt something was a little off, she figured Long Huaichang must really be cold, so she squeezed her hand tighter and said, “If you’re cold, you can put your other hand in too.”

Long Huaichang’s ears turned even redder. “No, sis, this is enough.”

If she put the other hand in, she might lose control.

With winter break came endless free time. Lu Jin laughed when he heard Long Huaichang had to do 50 practice tests, saying he’d take it easy over the break too—with that many tests, she definitely wouldn’t be lonely.

Long Huaichang didn’t mind the tests. She’d just pick the ones she knew how to do and could finish four or five a day.

On the first day of winter break, Nuo Yang took Long Huaichang to the office.

Staff from the editorial, design, business, filming, and finance departments all peeked out from their offices.

They saw Long Huaichang dressed in a black cashmere sweater and jeans, placing a pet carrier in the conference room.

Then, from her bag, she took out a cat bowl, cat food, canned cat food, a cat teaser, and a scratching post—arranging them one by one on the conference table.

Next, Long Huaichang unzipped the carrier, and out poked a chubby-looking orange cat.

It glanced around, its little white whiskers twitching. Sensing no danger, it stepped out of the bag and sat on the table, staring at Long Huaichang as if to say: Where have you brought me, human?

Long Huaichang patted Guazi’s head, poured some kibble into the bowl, then pointed at the canned food. “You’ll get the canned stuff at noon. If you’re hungry now, eat the dry food.”

Guazi remained unmoved.

Chu Kexin pressed her face against the glass door and whispered to the others, “Did Little Huai come here to mooch off the heating?”

“Probably. Xiao Nuo said she’ll be here all winter break, so the conference room is temporarily hers.”

“Then where do we hold meetings?”

“If there’s a meeting, we’ll just ask Little Huai to step out.”

“Can Little Huai leave but the cat stay inside?”

“Hmm, I think that should be fine.”

Amid the chatter, Long Huaichang glanced at the glass door before turning away.

She didn’t seem the least bit bothered. Pulling out a chair, she got ready to work on her homework. If she could finish her winter break assignments in a week, she’d have over half a month left to do whatever she wanted.

Long Huaichang wasn’t particularly fond of playing around, but if she could avoid homework, she’d gladly skip it.

Nuo Yang also worried that Long Huaichang’s presence might inconvenience the office, so she bought snacks and milk tea for everyone, hoping they’d go easy on the girl for the sake of free food.

Truthfully, even without the treats, no one would mind—after all, who could resist a pretty girl and a cat?

At lunch, Nuo Yang ordered a rice bowl for Long Huaichang, and the two ate together in the conference room.

Between bites, Long Huaichang asked, “Sis, won’t I be in the way here?”

“Not at all,” Nuo Yang replied while eating. “Everyone’s really nice, and when they’re busy, they won’t even notice you.”

“Is that so?”

Long Huaichang looked back at the office. Though it wasn’t her first time visiting Nuo Yang’s company, it was her first time staying this long—and she’d be accompanying Nuo Yang to work for the entire winter break.

“Sis,” she turned back and said, “why is everyone so busy while you’re just lazing around?”

Nuo Yang: “…”

Long Huaichang added, “Sis, are you about to get fired?”

Nuo Yang: “???”

Fired my foot!

She was the boss—who would dare fire her?!

“Well, actually, I…” Nuo Yang hesitated, unsure how to explain the situation, especially since it stemmed from the Long family. She trailed off.

Long Huaichang sighed dramatically. “Sis, I know your family got compensation money from the demolition, but you still need to take work seriously. What if you do get fired?”

Nuo Yang flushed red. “You—”

“Sister.” Long Huaichang held Nuo Yang’s hand and said, “Just hold on a little longer. Once I graduate, I’ll take care of you.”

Nuo Yang gritted her teeth, feeling she needed to find time to have a serious talk with Long Huaichang.

A talk about the fact that she was actually a wealthy woman.