The Transmigration Missions Are Not Scientific Ch.4

Ch.4- Campus novel (3)

When the bell for lunch finally rang, the sleepy Gu Anran’s eyes lit up. After stretching her body, she suddenly became more energetic. Ah…finally I can leave this classroom, this prison!

Furthermore, Gu Anran heard that the food served in the cafeteria were all high quality products! Gu Anran, who ate instant ramen and stale bread for 300 out of 365 days of the year, was quietly looking forward to it. 

「Side mission (mandatory): Refuse the female lead’s invitation to eat lunch together.」

Gu Anran froze, and at the same time, the Mu Qingli sitting next to her turned around and asked, 

“This…fellow classmate, Gu Anran, would you like to go eat at the cafeteria together?”

“No…I, uh…have some stuff to do, so I will be eating later.” Gu Anran forcibly squeezed out a smile towards Mu Qingli.

“Oh, then…let’s eat together another time. Little Yan, let’s go.” Mu Qingli didn’t mind the refusal, after all, she knew her deskmate was a moody (?) person.   

“Coming.” Chi Mengyan, who was sitting next to a similarly stiff faced Hong Qingyi, quickly stood up and walked over. 

“Then we’ll be leaving first, see you in the afternoon.” Mu Qingli smiled. 

“Ah…uh, goodbye.” Gu Anran watched as they left the classroom before weakly falling onto her desk. 

“Did the system force you to reject them as well?” Hong Qingyi pulled up a chair and asked Gu Anran with her chin propped up in one hand. 

“En…it’s strange. I thought we were supposed to curry favor with the capture targets, so why would it give us such strange missions.” Gu Anran complained loudly. 

“I think you should be worrying about what to do for lunch. We already rejected their offer, so if we show up in the cafeteria, we’ll only get embarrassed.” Hong Qinyi looked around the mostly empty classroom. 

“We can go a little later. This school’s lunch break lasts until 2 pm, so as long as we get there before 2, we can still buy some food.” Gu Anran said weakly, limply raising her head. She didn’t have any strength left, she was just so hungry!

「Please pay attention. The male lead and supporting male lead have appeared! The male lead and supporting male lead have appeared! The male lead and supporting male lead have appeared! Important things must be repeated three times!」

「Side Mission (mandatory): Raise the favorability ratings with the male lead and supporting male lead to (50) in one month!」

“AHHH!” When Gu Anran heard the system’s command, she immediately jumped up. If it weren’t for Hong Qingyi holding her back, she would’ve flipped the table! A classmate who noticed the commotion turned towards them and Gu Anran only acknowledged them with a dark expression and small nod as she pulled Hong Qingyi out of the classroom. They ran until they arrived in a fairly quiet garden. 

“Wooohaaa…Anran…when did you practice long distance running? That was exhausting.” Hong Qingyi collapsed beside her, panting for breath. 

“I-I didn’t, it was all impulse…haah.” Gu Anran could barely stand upright, much less talk. Heavens, how did she run for almost 10 minutes straight! In her previous body, she could barely even run the 800 meter dash. Just thinking about it made her depressed. 

“System, come out! System!”

Perhaps making sure that no one was around, the system appeared after a while and replied in a cheerful voice, 

“Is something wrong? What does the players want from the cutest system in the universe?” 

“Explain yourself! What’s up with those strange missions you keep assigning?” Originally Gu Anran wanted to grab that annoying ball of light and shake it, however she was too tired to do so and could only glare at it coldy. 

“What do you mean, dear player? The system chooses missions with the players’ future success in mind! How can you question my amazing choices?!” The ball of light said in an aggrieved tone. 

“Then please explain to us how those missions will help us.” Hong Qingyi listlessly said. 

“No, I cannot do that. The regulations forbids the system from telling the players anything, or else the players will become too dependent on the system.” The ball of light said solemnly.

“In other words, we have to figure it out ourselves.” Gu Anran waved her hands impatiently. However, after the response came, Gu Anran looked up to see that the system had disappeared. Then a voice came from behind Gu Anran and Hong Qingyi. 

“Um….Duan….D-Duan Hongwu…I-I love…I love you! W-Will…will you go out with me?” A pretty girl with a flushed face stammered as she held out a pink envelope. 

「Attention! The male lead, Duan Hongwu, has appeared!」

….male lead?

Gu Anran focused her attention on the male standing in front of the girl, and needless to say, he was indeed the male lead. His handsome appearance, those mysterious eyes, and that masculine and strong body that could make any girl obsessed with him. That is, if you ignore the arrogant look in his eyes….

Duan Hongwu frowned as he looked at the bashful girl in front of him. Other than the gold diggers, what he hated the most were women who looked so delicate and frail that they would faint any second. They tended to be either too possessive or too clingy, this type of woman he found the most annoying. Thinking like this, he responded to her with a rude attitude. 

“Why would I go out with you? Your looks are barely average and your family can’t even come close to matching mine, so what do you have that will attract me? You think that some stupid bullsh*t ‘I love you’ will make me fall in love with you?” 

The girl froze at the harsh response and then broke out into tears before running away. 

He watched the girl’s retreating figure and shrugged nonchalantly, his lips raised in an arrogant smirk. Then as he was about to leave, he saw two girls looking at him with infatuation (contempt) and couldn’t help but curse out, 

“What the fu*k are you looking at? Have you never seen a handsome man before?”

Originally, neither Gu Anran or Hong Qingyi felt anything towards the male lead with a rude attitude, but now the male lead had taken the initiative to yell at them. Gu Anran, who had the more fiery temper, immediately reacted and yelled back, 

“Who are you trying to show off for? If you don’t want anybody to see that fugly face of yours, then just stay home! You think just because you look a little bit better than others that you can be this arrogant!”

“What did you just say to me?!” Duan Hongwu walked up to them with anger blazing in his eyes. 

“Hey, hey! Are you going to hit us? Do  you think that just because you’re rich you can walk all over us?” Hong Qingyi sneered at him with her arms crossed. Duan Honwu opened his mouth to reply when a voice interrupted, 

“Whoa! What’s going on over there?” A gentle male voice yelled and another handsome boy showed up. 

「Attention. The supporting male lead, Song Wenyan, has appeared. May the players please remember to be friendly with the characters.」

Be friendly? You want us to be friendly after all that yelling? What, you want us to say sorry or something now? Gu Anran wanted to call out the system and give it a good beating. So what if it cries and begs for mercy later! Wait what will I do with all the water? Hmm maybe if I beat it up in a bathtub? Yup, that should work. 

The Gu Anran who was planning her revenge on the system, watched the supporting male lead run up to them. The two were completely opposite types, one was wild and domineering while the other was gentle and soft-spoken. If the two of them got together, hehe…it would be a perfect match. 

Gu Anran and Hong Qingyi glanced at each other. The two of them were thinking the same thing: since both of them needed to be bent, let’s start right away. Anyhow, the two males were both familiar with each other, had the same pretty looks, and same family background, it would be a tragedy if they weren’t together. 

At the same time, both Duan Hongwu and Song Wenyan felt a shiver go down their spine. Eh…why did they feel so cold all of a sudden?

“Wenyan, when did you arrive?” asked Duan Hongwu as Song Wenyan ran to his side.

“I noticed you hadn’t returned for a long time so I ran over to find you. So what happened here?” Song Wenyan wiped the sweat from his forehead as he anxiously looked at the trio. He felt like he was in a battlefield, the tension was quite obvious and almost palpable. 

“These two cursed at me.” Duan Hongwu took the initiative to accuse and point a finger at Gu Anran and Hong Qingyi. 

Male lead where is your shame? Was it eaten by a dog? Gu Anran thought angrily and laughed, 

“Wasn’t it you who cursed at us first for no reason?”

“W-Well…who told you to stare at me?” Duan Hongwu’s confidence was deflating. 

“Ai! Isn’t your face for people to look at? Is it for ghosts to look at instead then? If you didn’t want to trouble others with that face of yours then wear a mask! Otherwise, don’t bother going out!” Hong Qingyi’s words came out fast like a machine gun, causing the male lead’s face to turn black. 

Ahhh, how was this being friendly?

“Wha, so your temper is as irritating as ever, Hongwu. I’m terribly embarrassed that the two of you had to see this. Hongwu wasn’t trying to be malicious, so on his behalf I sincerely apologize.” Song Wenyan showed a helpless smile, and bowed slightly to Gu Anran and Hong Qingyi.

“No need, it really wasn’t anything you need to apologize for. So don’t worry about it.” Gu Anran felt really grateful for a male supporting lead like Song Wenyan. If it weren’t for him,  with this type of tension between them, it would’ve been impossible to raise the favorability ratings. 

“In that case, let’s be friends. I’m in class one, please take care of me.” Song Wenyan said kindly. 

“We’re also in class one, I’m Gu Anran.” 

“I’m Hong Qingyi.” 

The three then turned to the male lead who said with a stiff face, 

“Duan Hongwu.” 

“Since everyone is in the class, let’s help each other out. Alright, Hongwu and I will be leaving first.” Song Wenyan smiled and pulled Duan Hongwu with him as they walked away.

Watching the two of them walk away, Gu Anran pouted,

“I don’t understand why that ass, Duan Hongwu, is the male lead. Song Wenyan is obviously better than him.” 

“I think this is the so-called protagonist halo. Not to mention, bad boys seem to be the trend nowadays.” Hong Qingyi shrugged.

“System, what’s the favorability ratings of the male lead and the supporting male lead?”

「The current favorability rating of the male lead towards the two players is (20). The supporting male lead’s favorability rating towards the two players is (30).」

Nevermind Song Wenyan, his rating was as expected, but why was Duan Hongwu’s so high?? He still liked them even though they cursed at him?! Could it be he was a masochist? This male lead really is crazy….

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