Yan Heng avoided Zhu Yaya's gaze, looking a bit unnatural. He softened his voice: "It sounds very nice."
Zhu Yaya puffed out her chest with a hint of pride: "Of course!"
"Did you... did you write that song?" Yan Heng pretended to look at the distant scenery, but in reality, he was watching Zhu Yaya from the corner of his eye.
"No!" Zhu Yaya slapped her forehead. Oh no, this was a song from her original world. Could it be that this world didn't have it?
Zhu Yaya explained, "This is a song I accidentally heard on the internet a while ago. I didn't write it."
"Oh," Yan Heng felt a bit disappointed in his heart.
Led by Shen Wandan and Zhu Yaya, the atmosphere among everyone gradually warmed up. Many boys and girls volunteered to step forward and perform. Zhu Yaya happily joined in the fun. Taking advantage of the hype, she copied her desk-mate Xu Baoying's previous tactic, howled a few times, and pushed Xu Baoying up to the stage as well.
Xu Baoying looked resentful.
Zhu Yaya smiled smugly.
What goes around comes around.
True sisters share blessings and hardships, and participate in activities together!
Zhu Yaya also didn't forget to keep an eye on Murong Beichen and Xu Chun.
Murong Beichen and Xu Chun hadn't made much of a stir earlier. That was until Zhu Yaya saw Xu Chun say something to Murong Beichen and then get up to leave.
Zhu Yaya thought to herself, is Xu Chun going to the restroom?
But not long after, Zhu Yaya saw Shen Wandan also get up, dragging her wedding dress train as she left. The bodyguards around her seemed to have received instructions, as not a single one followed her.
Zhu Yaya's eyelid twitched.
Something was wrong!
It seemed the supporting female lead, Shen Wandan, was about to cause trouble!
The next second, Zhu Yaya heard the long-lost system voice: "Congratulations on successfully unlocking the sixteenth mission. Please follow the first supporting female lead, Shen Wandan, to the riverside now. Witness the plot where Shen Wandan pushes Xu Chun into the river and Murong Beichen arrives just in time to rescue her, and enjoy the drama."
Finally!
Once again!
She heard Mr. System's voice!
Zhu Yaya's face was covered in tears of joy.
She spoke to the system in her mind: "Sys~, you finally showed up. I thought you didn't love me anymore! Tell me! Do you have someone else on the side?"
The system ignored this drama queen and let out a cold, mechanical voice: "Please correct your work attitude."
"Sys~, I missed you to death!"
"Please correct your work attitude."
Zhu Yaya: ...What a boring system!
Alright, alright, the mission is more important! It's twenty thousand RMB! And three years of lifespan! Why bother messing around with an unromantic system?
Zhu Yaya's backpack was being held by Yan Heng. She asked Yan Heng to take the fruit box out of her bag.
Thinking Zhu Yaya wanted to eat some fruit, Yan Heng took the fruit box out of the bag and handed it to her.
Zhu Yaya grabbed the fruit box and was about to leave, but Yan Heng caught her right wrist.
"Where are you going?"
"I, uh, am going to the restroom."
Yan Heng's gaze fell on the fruit box Zhu Yaya was holding in her arms, and he fell silent: ...
Zhu Yaya also knew this lame excuse wouldn't fool Yan Heng, so she put on a pleading face.
Sure enough, Yan Heng fell for it.
Not long after, Yan Heng released his grip on Zhu Yaya's wrist: "Be careful."
"Got it."
Shen Wandan's figure was about to disappear from Zhu Yaya's sight. Zhu Yaya's heart tightened, and she hurriedly followed with the fruit box in her arms.
Zhu Yaya's stalking skills were getting better and better; Shen Wandan didn't notice her at all. However, Shen Wandan's vigilance was truly quite low! Even when Zhu Yaya relaxed her guard a bit in the back and made some noise, Shen Wandan still didn't notice.
Zhu Yaya followed Shen Wandan to a nearby river. Listening to the sound of the water, the river's flow wasn't very heavy.
From a distance, Zhu Yaya saw Xu Chun standing on a low wooden bridge over the river. The low wooden bridge had no railings. Xu Chun was looking down at the river surface; who knows if something in the river had caught her attention?
To prevent Xu Chun from spotting her, Zhu Yaya seized an opportunity and hid in the bushes by the river. There was also a large tree there. Zhu Yaya used the tree to hide her figure, opened the fruit box, and started stuffing watermelon into her mouth.
Thinking that the supporting female lead Shen Wandan was about to mess with the female lead Xu Chun, Zhu Yaya felt a little excited. She wondered how the cherry blossom Mary Sue enthusiast Shen Wandan would start a catfight and push Xu Chun into the river.
She watched as Shen Wandan struggled a bit to drag her heavy wedding dress train onto the low wooden bridge.
The train of Shen Wandan's wedding dress was too large, and the low wooden bridge wasn't wide. So, if Shen Wandan wasn't careful, her dress train would dip into the river.
Because of this, Shen Wandan was in a fluster.
As the kind-hearted female lead, Xu Chun naturally wanted to help Shen Wandan. Xu Chun bent down, wanting to help Shen Wandan lift the dress train.
Shen Wandan was busy with her hands and accidentally swung her arm, hitting Xu Chun.
Xu Chun stumbled, her body tilted, and she fell off the low wooden bridge.
Zhu Yaya: ...
That's it? That's it?!
Where was the legendary catfight?
Don't supporting female leads always spout a bunch of nonsense to curse out the female lead before pushing them?
Isn't that how it's always acted out in TV dramas?
Why was the plot different here?
What puzzled Zhu Yaya even more was that Xu Chun, who had fallen into the river, just stood up like that.
Just stood up like that.
Stood up.
Up.
P.
.
Zhu Yaya: ...
Zhu Yaya's mouth was open so wide that the pieces of watermelon stuffed in her mouth fell onto the dirt.
Only now did she suddenly realize that this river wasn't deep at all; looking at it, the water probably only reached Xu Chun's thighs.
Zhu Yaya: ...
Wait, the river isn't deep, and Xu Chun stood up by herself. So, what exactly was Murong Beichen going to rescue?
Right, would this affect her mission?
Zhu Yaya was just worrying about her mission when she heard a furious roar from Murong Beichen---
"Ahhh! My Chun'er! Shen Wandan, what did you do to her?"
Shen Wandan hadn't expected Murong Beichen to come over. Hearing his words, her heart skipped a beat, and she immediately said, "Brother Chen, listen to my explanation!"
"I won't listen, I won't listen." Murong Beichen shook his head frantically, rushed into the small river, tightly hugged the soaking wet Xu Chun, and glared fiercely at Shen Wandan.
"Brother Chen, listen to my explanation. Things aren't what you think!" Shen Wandan's face grew increasingly pale, laced with obvious panic.
"Ahhh! I won't listen! I won't listen!"
In Murong Beichen's arms, Xu Chun voiced out weakly, "Murong, listen to my explanation."
The heartache on Murong Beichen's face was glaringly obvious. "Chun'er, I know you are kind-hearted, so don't try to explain on her behalf. I saw it all with my own eyes. Don't worry, I will stand up for you!"
Xu Chun: "No, you really..."
"I won't listen! I won't listen!" Murong Beichen simply hoisted Xu Chun onto his shoulder and ran off.
Leaving only Shen Wandan crying alone on the low wooden bridge.
Zhu Yaya finished her sixteenth mission in a state of utter bewilderment.
"Congratulations on successfully completing the sixteenth drama-watching mission. Rewarding you with a lifespan of three years and twenty thousand RMB."
