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n12 kilometers may sound like a lot, but it was merely a small matter of running your legs and lungs to the brink of death.

nIf it wasn’t because it was related to a matter of life and death, Mingxi wouldn’t understand why in the world was she trying so hard. She continued to run lap after lap with sweat barreling down her whole body.

nWhen a boy from the International Class came over and said that he wanted to replace her, she rejected him nonchalantly.

nThe boy then ran back and repeated what had happened to the rest of the class.

nThe moment class ended, the whole of the International Class was in an uproar.

nBy the time it reached Fu Yangxi’s ears, it had already become the story of how the new transfer student had gladly volunteered to run laps for him. She was even running with a joyful smile on her face.

nNever in Fu Yangxi’s 17 years of life had he ever seen a pursuer who was this passionate and obvious.

nThe small red bird in his heart puffed out its chest and happily shook its feathers. However, on the surface he still appeared annoyed. He slammed the table and yelled, “Are you all done with your gossip? What a bunch of nosy men.”

nFu Yangxi’s admonishment caused the noise in their class to pause for a short while.

nJiang Xiuqiu had been absent for the past few days as he was down with the flu. When a fellow student called him to share the gossip, he laughed so hard that he couldn’t stop coughing. In the end, he couldn’t help but to call Fu Yangxi.

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n“No way. You guys must be mistaken. Maybe the transfer student just has something to ask of you— You’re saying that she likes you?” Jiang Xiuqiu laughed. “What would she like about you? Your bad temper? Your resting b*tch face? Or could it be how your young urban migrant hairstyle reminds her of a dog? Also, aside from the fact that you’re rich…”

n“If you don’t know how to speak properly then sew your mouth shut!” Fu Yangxi pulled a long face. After hanging up, he tossed his phone into his desk drawer angrily.

nHe was happy, and the transfer student was overwhelmingly passionate.

nBut Fu Yangxi didn’t naturally come to the conclusion that the transfer student was here for him.

nHe was 80% sure that she was here for the money.

nF*ck.

nFu Yangxi kicked the chair beside him gloomily. After the transfer student returns, he plans to give her a sum of money and ask her to leave him alone.

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nOn the other side, after Mingxi was done with the 30 laps, she felt utterly exhausted. Instead of returning to class, she headed straight to her dorm room, took a shower and went to bed.

nIt was almost 11.30a.m. when she woke up.

nThe moment she opened her eyes, she saw that there were three complete buds in her pot!

nIt was green, sparkling, crystal-clear and shaky as it swayed under the electric fan.

nIn addition to the little buds that Mingxi got from furiously inhaling Fu Yangxi’s luck, she had about 3⅕ buds now.

nMingxi quivered in joy. She quickly got out of bed and rushed to the bathroom to look at the mirror.

nThe small dark patch on the left side of her pale face had faded substantially. If she wasn’t looking at it so closely in the mirror, it was barely noticeable.

nMingxi said, “With this speed of recovery, I’ll be able to rid myself of the mask very soon!”

nSystem: “Of course. The unfortunate things that you had to go through was related to the negative luck of being a female supporting character. The moment you absorb some positive luck, everything will go smoother for you.”

nMingxi felt inspired. So long as she worked hard enough, the fate of an evil female supporting character could be changed!

nAfter burning a huge amount of calories due to all that running, Mingxi was hungry. On the way to the canteen, she was still thinking about what she could do to absorb the most amount of luck in the shortest time.

nThis Fu family’s young master was truly one to be reckoned with. She was lucky with the incident of their homeroom teacher punishing her to do laps, else he would have definitely asked someone to move her books away.

nWithout this incident, it was highly possible that her books would have been coldly thrown into the trash.

nMingxi wasn’t angry. After all, she did want to ask for a favor from him.

nShe just felt frustrated— What could she do to get closer to him?

nMingxi quickly thought of the one thing she was best at: cooking.

nFor the past 15 years before she was found by the Zhao family, she had always cooked and took care of her grandmother. It was a common occurrence for her to return the ingredients given to her by her neighbors in the form of delicious dishes.

nFrom around the age of 7 to 8, there were already people complimenting her cooking.

nAfter she was found by the Zhaos, in order to quickly assimilate into the family, she would often cook a few specialty dishes for them.

nAlthough her mother was a picky eater, she never said anything about her cooking.

nAs for Zhao Yuning, he was always the one who wanted seconds. Sometimes he would even ask her to make more so that he could eat them at school the next day.

nLooks like she was gonna have to go to He Yang’s shop to get some ingredients.

nAs Mingxi finally had an idea, her steps were lighter and quicker.

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nThe gossip about the incident that occurred this morning at the International Class also reached the ears of Zhao Yuan and her friend E* Xiaoxia.

nray note: E is pronounced like ‘uh’

nZhao Yuning walked over from the side with Year Ones to eat with Zhao Yuan. He sat beside them.

nWhile the siblings were shocked when they heard about this from E Xiaoxia, they didn’t think that Zhao Mingxi had truly changed her target of pursuit.

nWhat kind of joke was this? Everyone knew that she liked Shen Liyao.

nThey have seen how she would always doll herself up and come down from the second floor with bright sparkly eyes whenever Shen Liyao came over to their house.

n“Is she purposely doing this to aggravate Liyao ge?” While Zhao Yuning had a plate of food in his hands, he couldn’t bring himself to eat it. “The food from the canteen is so f*cking bad.”

nZhao Yuan gave him the meat on her plate. As she chewed, she sighed, “Sometimes Mingxi is just really childish. Be it the matter of being angry with Liyao gege or her sudden departure from home, Mom is actually really worried— Yuning, did she tell you when she would come home?”

n“Who cares? She can return whenever she likes!” Zhao Yuning said in a fit of anger. “She did this multiple times, and was there ever a time when she didn’t come home?!”

n“Don’t be angry,” Zhao Yuning advised. “You’re the closest to her, so why don’t you go and talk to her? If not, when she returns, we’ll just all admit that the matter of my allergy had nothing to do with her.”

nZhao Yuning huffed in annoyance, “I won’t go this time. Jiejie, don’t bother to do so too. Yesterday, I saw that her clothes were still in her closet. The clothes that Mom bought her were all left behind. This means that she never intended to stay in school for long. I just know that she’ll return after a few days with her tail between her legs!”

nDespite his words, when Zhao Yuning glanced at the plain looking plate of food, he felt extremely anxious.

nPreviously, he would either sneak out of school to eat or he would eat from the lunchbox brought to school by Zhao Mingxi.

nThe food that Zhao Mingxi made was absolutely delicious. Everyday before the end of their fourth period in the morning, Zhao Yuning would rush to the canteen in anticipation of the good food from her.

nIt could be said that a day without Zhao Mingxi’s lunchbox meant a day without his soul.

nPreviously, when Zhao Mingxi argued with either their family or him— No matter how bad their fight was, she would never forget to bring the lunchbox.

nAfter the siblings quarrel, they would sit together again in an awkward manner. Then by the end of the meal, their frustrations would have all disappeared.

nBut today, Zhao Mingxi acted out of the ordinary. She didn’t show up!

nZhao Yuning kept on looking toward the entrance to the canteen. However, he didn’t see Mingxi at all although it was already close to the end of lunch time!

nWhere did she go? Zhao Yuning thought.

nDid she have something to do hence she didn’t come to have lunch? Did she forget to bring him lunch? Or she did remember, but purposely chose not to bring him his lunch out of anger?

nAll in all, it was too unusual!

nZhao Yuning was so dejected that he almost broke the plate with his chopsticks.

nE Xiaoxia was still laughing beside them. “The gossip of her running laps has already reached us in the Evergreen Class. All this just to provoke Shen Liyao? But the line formed by the amount of people who are going after Shen Liyao could go all the way out to the other school. There is no way that he could possibly notice her! If she wants to pursue God Yao, not to say that she should have Yuanyuan’s visuals, but she should at least look like the neighboring school’s Kong Jiaze.”

n“What nonsense are you spouting?!” Zhao Yuning couldn’t contain his anger any longer. He tossed his chopsticks to the ground. “You should take a piss and use it to look at your reflection first.”

nE Xiaoxia was shocked. It was then that she realized that she had a slip of the tongue. Although the relationship between Zhao Yuning and Zhao Mingxi was so-so, he was still Zhao Mingxi’s younger brother.

n“I’m sorry.” E Xiaoxia was quick to apologize.

nZhao Yuan said, “Don’t say such things about Mingxi. Let’s just eat.”

nZhao Yuning glared once at E Xiaoxia before going quiet.

nAs for Zhao Yuan, she couldn’t help but to think of Zhao Mingxi’s face— E Xiaoxia had never seen Zhao Mingxi’s appearance from two years ago when she first came to the Zhao family home.

nShe looked way better than Zhao Yuan did.

nZhao Yuan’s beauty was pure and pitiful, like that of a pretty daughter of a humble family.

nAs for Zhao Mingxi, her beauty could be clearly seen even from afar, and her features were amorous and delicate.

nOn that day when Zhao Mingxi came to their house, the instant everyone saw her, they found it hard to look away.

nIt was also at that moment when Zhao Yuan felt a slight sense of danger.

nOf course, this all came to an end when she was burned a year ago.

nAs there was now a mark on her beauty, she was no longer perfect and this was a cause of relief for Zhao Yuan.

nWhile she was lost in her thoughts, her ears picked up on Zhao Yuning’s words. “Zhao Mingxi?”

nZhao Yuan and E Xiaoxia turned to look.

nMingxi was walking into the canteen from the entrance. She still had a single-use mask on.

nZhao Yuning assumed that she was delayed by the running laps matter, hence she didn’t come to the canteen. His eyes first travelled to Zhao Mingxi’s hands— It was actually empty with no lunchbox in sight.

nZhao Yuning suddenly felt a little depressed.

nThis was the first time after a fight with Mingxi jie that she didn’t bring a lunchbox for him. Looks like Mingxi was really angry this time.

nZhao Yuning was wondering if he should be the first to apologize. After all, yesterday when Mingxi left home he did say some pretty awful stuff to her.

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nTheir relationship was always the best out of everyone else. As the things he said yesterday were quite spiteful, it was no wonder that Mingxi was angry.

nWhile he was hesitating, Mingxi walked closer.

nZhao Yuning was a boy who couldn’t just put his ego aside easily. Nonetheless, he grit his teeth and with a surge of bravery, he stood up.

n“Mingxi jie,” he started. “You—”

nHowever, before he could speak, Zhao Mingxi acted as if she didn’t see him at all as she walked straight past him.

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nZhao Yuning felt as if someone had just given him a hard knock on the head. As he couldn’t react in time, the shock only came to him half a second later.

nWhen he finally turned around, Zhao Mingxi was already by the window.

nShe took up a plate and filled it with food. When she turned back, their eyes met. However, she quickly averted her gaze and walked to another corner before sitting down alone.

nZhao Yuning’s expression went stiff.

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