Transmigrated into the Villainess Alpha Who Marked the Female Lead (GL) - Chapter 3
The last word fell, and the class dismissal bell rang precisely.
The classroom, usually bustling with noise at the sound of the bell, was still recovering from its earlier astonishment.
Zhang Qing was quite pleased.
Her original intention was indeed to stand up for her husband, but it wasn’t a bad thing for the subject she taught to gain another top student, as it would count towards her performance metrics.
“Not bad. I hope this isn’t just a last-minute cram, and you’ll keep it up. Zuo Yang needs some pressure from you all. Pressure creates motivation.”
Zuo Yang was the English class representative, consistently ranking first in her subject for all major and minor exams. She was Zhang Qing’s proudest student, and Zhang Qing liked to show her off intentionally or unintentionally.
Some students were already jealous, and now many voices emerged.
“What’s that? She recited an article and thinks she can compare with Sister Yang? I really don’t know what Old Lady Zhang is thinking.”
“Exactly, exactly. That Ji person definitely cheated. I just saw Pei Ling holding a book; she was probably showing it to her.”
Old Lady Zhang packed up her things and left.
Jiang Yi hadn’t yet recovered, her earlier words now slapping her on the forehead like giant characters.
Terrible grades,
Failing everything,
Even worse than Yang Tai…
She was very annoyed and muttered, “I think my information is outdated. That person must have secretly studied over the winter break.”
Bai Yueli smiled, unconcerned: “Let’s go, their class is over.”
Their location was between Class 5 and Class 6, so people coming out of the back door naturally became candidates for errands.
Bai Yueli entrusted a junior student with a task and waited quietly.
She hadn’t expected to be watched by a pair of eyes the moment she arrived, eyes filled with admiration, adoration, carrying a whole galaxy within them.
“Oh, junior,” Jiang Yi exclaimed in surprise, intentionally or unintentionally making space for the newcomer.
A handsome and refined boy walked out from the front door, a shy smile on his face. “Senior, why are you here?”
The boy’s voice was pleasant to listen to, somewhat magnetic, yet with the innocence of his age.
Bai Yueli looked at him with her usual gentle smile.
She was like this with everyone, graceful and approachable, which was why she consistently topped the Omega God list for several years in this school, which produced many Omegas, by popular vote.
“Hm, looking for someone,” she said.
“Who are you looking for? I’ll call them for you.”
“No need to trouble yourself,” she smiled. “I’ve already asked someone else.”
“Oh.” The boy’s disappointment was visible, but soon, his eyes quickly filled with stardust again: “Senior, are you having lunch together? I have some questions about the club that I’d like to discuss with you.”
“Okay, okay,” Jiang Yi readily agreed.
Bai Yueli, seeing the two of them acting in concert, smiled helplessly. But whether she would join them or not, she had her own decision in mind.
“I’m sorry, junior, but I have other plans for lunch,” she gently refused Ji Feng.
She wasn’t lying, though.
Teacher Wang was organizing a lunch for the representatives of several subjects; the notice had been given during morning self-study, and Jiang Yi wasn’t there at that time.
Being rejected repeatedly, Ji Feng felt a stifling anger in his chest. He was about to come up with other excuses to create opportunities to meet, when Lin Xiangyang called out to him from the front door: “Ji Feng, the homeroom teacher wants to see you.”
Lin Xiangyang suddenly noticed who he was talking to and immediately smiled: “Senior, senior.”
Looking as if he had interrupted something good, he quickly slipped away.
Ji Feng felt even more annoyed. His neat bangs seemed to sense their owner’s emotions and were ruffled by the wind.
“Then, Senior, I’ll go now. If you need anything, just call me anytime.”
“Okay,” Bai Yueli agreed.
Jiang Yi watched Ji Feng’s departing back, sighed, and worriedly looked at Bai Yueli’s beautiful profile by her side.
Ji Ci stepped down from the podium, and Pei Ling, from a distance, moved aside to offer her seat.
She leaned in and whispered in Ji Ci’s ear: “You’re amazing. When did you secretly start studying? Don’t tell me everything you told me this morning was true?”
Ji Ci smiled: “Do I look like I’m joking with you?”
Towards the original owner’s friends, she maintained a very light boundary.
After all, she was occupying someone else’s body. Although it wasn’t something she could decide, thinking about where the original owner’s soul had gone made her feel a little sentimental.
Even if this person was bad…
She would naturally discard the bad habits.
But for a sole friend like Pei Ling, she felt obligated to maintain these relationships for the original owner.
Pei Ling pressed: “Is our plan still on?”
Ji Ci was bewildered, about to ask what plan, when a boy walked up from behind and said dismissively, “Ji Ci, a senior is looking for you.”
Ji Ci glanced suspiciously at the boy’s retreating back,
Then turned to Pei Ling and said, “Then I’ll go out and see.”
Pei Ling reluctantly stood up again to make way. She tiptoed, peeking towards the doorway, curious to see who was bored enough to look for her friend, who was never sought out.
Upon seeing,
She stood rooted to the spot, dumbfounded.
When Ji Ci stepped out, she kept thinking.
Senior? Which senior?
Having just arrived in this world for barely two days, she shouldn’t know any seniors, right? Could it be another person the original owner offended?
Besides Bai Yueli, who else could it be?
Right, Bai Yueli, it could only be her.
The first person she met in this world was her, and now, recalling that scene, it was truly awkward enough to make her curl her toes.
But how would she know her name, grade, and class? According to the timeline, it wasn’t yet time for her aunt and Ji Liangying to meet, was it?
Ji Ci frowned, lost in thought. When she lifted her eyelids, the figure lazily leaning against the corridor railing met her gaze.
Half of the girl’s face was hidden in the halo of light. She hadn’t tied her hair today; her flowing waist-length hair gently swayed with the breeze. Without any makeup, her eyeliner was incredibly long, as if she had applied eyeshadow. When she smiled, it was like a hook reaching into one’s heart.
“Ji Ci,” the girl saw her, compared her to the name and photo on the student ID card, and smiled: “Junior, I didn’t mispronounce your name, did I?”
After a brief moment of awe,
Ji Ci was pulled back to reality by the girl’s soft tone at the end of her sentence.
“Bai, Bai Yueli?” A slight interrogative tone.
On her second day in this book’s world, although she was slowly getting used to it, when a person whose beauty was extensively described by the author in the original book appeared before her in real life, she was at a loss for a moment.
Bai Yueli’s smile slightly froze.
Clearly, in this floor exclusively for first-year students, hearing that direct address was quite unfamiliar.
Ji Ci realized it after she spoke.
In the novel’s world view, seniority and hierarchy were ordered, and various polite honorifics were used with elaborate variations. Calling her by her direct name was indeed a bit offensive.
“Senior,” she quickly corrected herself.
Hearing the address again, Bai Yueli actually chuckled. She rarely showed this kind of smile; mostly, she was gentle and elegant.
“It’s fine. Just call me by my name.”
Ji Ci quickly agreed: “Okay, Senior.”
Bai Yueli, after hearing this, laughed out loud. She rarely showed this kind of smile; mostly, she was gentle and elegant.
“Alright, then, whatever you prefer.”
Bai Yueli looked at her, always smiling, but didn’t state her purpose, leading Ji Ci to speculate wildly.
“By the way, Bai…” Ji Ci wanted to ask how she knew her class, but she felt like crying from her own foolishness. She probably got used to silently repeating “Bai Yueli, Bai Yueli” while reading the novel, and almost blurted it out again. So, she annoyedly clicked her tongue and corrected herself: “By the way, Senior…”
Before she could finish, she was interrupted by the girl’s cheerful voice: “You can just call me by my name,” Bai Yueli smiled, “In exchange, I’ll call you Xiao Ci from now on, okay?”
Ji Ci: “………………”
Sigh.
“How did you know my name?” Ji Ci simply avoided any address and asked with confusion.
She needed to know how much the female lead understood about her now. If the enemy didn’t move, she wouldn’t move. If the enemy moved… then she would have to beg her grandmother and grandfather to sacrifice themselves for her.
However, judging from the situation just now, she probably didn’t know about her stalking activities.
Bai Yueli held up the student ID card in her hand: “You forgot to take this with you. Didn’t you know?”
Ji Ci took it, and it took her a while to process that such a thing even existed.
Bai Yueli smiled playfully: “I’m curious, how did you get in this morning? Weren’t you stopped by the student council?”
Ji Ci shook her head, honestly replying: “No.”
“Maybe… I came too early. The security guard had just woken up then.”
Bai Yueli nodded thoughtfully, a faint smile subtly appearing on her lips.
Ji Ci looked up and caught this sight, then quickly lowered her head again, murmuring about her sins.
…She was truly too beautiful…
She could now somewhat understand why the original owner had gone down such an extreme path. Instead of slowly cultivating feelings like the male lead, like boiling a frog in warm water, directly taking what she wanted would bypass many steps…
Ptooey, ptooey, what was she thinking?
Their interaction was quite pleasant, or perhaps it was Ji Ci’s one-sided awkwardness. Any topic, when brought before Bai Yueli, was always handled with effortless grace.
The warning bell rang.
Bai Yueli looked at the figures gradually disappearing down the corridor, tilted her head, and smiled: “Well, Xiao Ci,”
She deliberately emphasized those two words, like a breeze tickling one’s heart. She smiled: “See you next time.”
Ji Ci stared at her blankly, her lesbian instincts subtly acting up. She shyly said, “Bye, Senior.”
Entering the classroom, Ji Ci let out a long breath.
She vaguely felt a sharp gaze on her from the front. She looked up, and indeed, it was true.
The person was prettier than most boys she had met, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, yet carrying a hint of undeveloped childishness.
Her attention was quickly diverted by Pei Ling, who hooked her arm around Ji Ci’s neck, ominously saying, “I think you need to tell me how Senior Bai hit you yesterday.”
“Was it like, ‘Mmm-hmm, ah… mmm-hmm, ah… ah…'”
Lewd moans exploded in Ji Ci’s ear, quickly staining her face crimson. She hastily covered the girl’s mouth, “What are you doing!!!”
“Wuwuwu,” Pei Ling struggled desperately: “Wuwuwu…”
“Will you stop making that sound, please?”
Pei Ling nodded.
Ji Ci finally let go of her. She sighed deeply, just about to curse,
“Who’s that guy? Why is he looking at me like that? Do I have a grudge with him?”
Ji Ci jutted her chin towards the front row. Pei Ling looked, then shrugged: “You don’t recognize Ji Feng? You were so close to Senior Bai just now, he’d obviously glare you to death.”
Ji Feng,
The name slowly resonated in her mind, and Ji Ci finally realized.
How could she have forgotten?
The male lead of this “buy-stock” novel was in the same class as the original owner.