Chapter 15: A Roadside Villain’s Misfortune

Gu Qianqian felt her life was truly bitter.

In her last life, every ten-pull missed the rate-up. In this life, she had to become a roadside villain who would get kicked by the female lead.

Now she had offended Wang Feng, Yu Ni, and Quan Anrong. She could already see her miserable future waving at her.

Speaking of which, Gu Qianqian couldn’t help thinking of this body’s chilling family.

‘The world was vast, yet there was no place for her!?’

‘It hurt. She wanted to cry…’

Just as Gu Qianqian was about to wipe her tears, she raised her hand and the stench nearly knocked her out.

“You lousy host, I’m starting to pity you.”

“Damn it, if you pity me then give me favor points!” ‘All talk and no action. What the hell use was that?’

“I want to too… sigh, forget it… Since you’re so pitiful, lousy host, I’ll break the rules just this once…”

She had thought the lousy system was going to make sarcastic remarks again. But the next second, Gu Qianqian felt her head stop spinning and her nose could no longer smell the stench.

(°▽°)/

“Stench Shield! I’m good to you, right!? (￣ω￣)”

“Lousy system, you finally did something decent!”

“Hmph! If you call me a lousy system again, I’ll cancel it!”

Fine. Since it had broken the rules to save her favor points, she wouldn’t call it a lousy system today.

“Hehe, good system, I was joking. By the way, can you do another exception and let me owe some favor points on credit?”

“No. I’d be found out.”

‘Useless!’

Gu Qianqian sighed.

Forget it. People should be content. Having something was better than nothing.

If she weren’t unsure whether she could earn another 10 favor points today, she wouldn’t want to go into debt either.

Luckily, the 20 favor points hadn’t been used. Even if danger came, she could still exchange them with the system for props or items that could help her survive.

But that way, she would lose a chance to exchange for a long-term ability. Who knew how long it would take to earn the points back.

And before that, would Lin Feiyu have already killed her?

But there was no use thinking about it now. Assigned to the logistics vehicle, she probably wouldn’t run into Lin Feiyu again before reaching the designated location.

Naturally, she couldn’t farm favor points either. No matter what she tried here, it was useless.

After dealing with a few more magic frogs, Gu Qianqian looked up at the vehicle window.

The scenery of Wind City rushed backward through the small opening in the iron window. Although it was the apocalypse, human civilization clearly hadn’t regressed. Instead, danger kept forcing out greater potential.

Each tall building looked extremely sturdy. The outer walls were strong, and even the roads had been reinforced and fitted with steel protection.

Other than the main roads, most streets weren’t wide and had many forks.

This provided more space to escape and maneuver when monsters attacked.

Though it also made pursuit harder.

On the streets, uniformed patrols could be seen everywhere, holding magic-energy guns and standing guard in groups of three or five.

For them, possible monsters were a concern, but humans themselves were an even bigger one.

Because it was the apocalypse, many people broke down under the pressure and turned to crime.

So in daily life, humans themselves were even more terrifying than monsters.

Biochemical experiments, shop robberies, vendettas, shootouts…

There was no shortage of any of it.

Gu Qianqian recalled the memories the original host had left her while comparing them with the scenery flashing past outside.

The apocalyptic city had less vitality and much more desolation.

There was very little greenery along the roads, and not many vehicles. In this apocalyptic fortress where every inch of land was precious, there was practically no space left for plants to grow.

Most importantly, many plants could turn into monsters under certain conditions and attack humans.

So few species could be safely planted.

As for vehicles, they consumed energy. Few ordinary families could afford them.

Just like that, Gu Qianqian dealt with magic frogs and collected the sap of Bloodthorn Vines while watching the scenery outside. Time passed second by second.

Not long after, the Wind City Academy convoy reached the East Gate.

The tall, imposing city wall looked dozens of meters high. Even when the afternoon sun was at its best, the shadows here were very deep.

It was cold.

The wind at the city gate was strong, and even more guards patrolled there.

Gu Qianqian got off with the others and returned to her class line to queue for inspection and registration.

This was a necessary procedure for normal entry and exit.

Especially for the whole academy’s second-year off-campus practice. To make it easier to trace problems if something went wrong, such procedures were even more necessary.

Fortunately, it wasn’t too troublesome.

Aside from enjoying Yu Ni and Quan Anrong’s glares that said they wanted to kill her while queuing, everything was peaceful.

Once registration was done, the massive city gate rose, and the academy convoy formally passed through the wall to the outside.

Outside Wind City was open wilderness. All kinds of unnamed plants grew taller than people. Their sharp thorns and leaves looked like something out of a fairy-tale picture book from childhood.

Gu Qianqian suddenly felt like she had come to another world for an adventure. She really wanted to ask if there was an adventurers’ guild, because she wanted to become an adventurer.

But on second thought, she discarded this immature idea.

First, leaving aside whether there was an adventurers’ guild, even if there was, with her trash-tier combat strength, forget adventuring. Just walking on the road, she could be cut by those plant leaves and then cry for a long time.

What suited her was to get an alchemist certification as soon as possible and become a precious alchemist, loved and supported wherever she went. That was the way to go.

Fighting and killing didn’t suit girls.

***

Just outside the gate, the academy convoy didn’t rush off. It stopped by the outer wall to let the students get used to the environment outside.

After all, among these hundreds of students, many were coming to the outer wall for the first time.

For minors like them, who had seen little of the world and had no strength, it was basically impossible to leave the city on their own.

The guards wouldn’t let them pass either.

Right now, under the watch of teachers and guards, they stared at the distant scenery and exclaimed.

Gu Qianqian had learned to be smart. She stood near Teacher Xu Ming and a few guards, making Yu Ni and Quan Anrong temporarily give up the idea of coming over to settle scores with her.

But their vicious, hateful gazes never left her, as if they cared about the little runt’s whereabouts even more than Gu Qianqian’s own mother.

This put the little blue-haired girl under immense pressure, but she couldn’t help admiring her own cleverness.

But what Gu Qianqian didn’t expect was that Yu Ni and the other didn’t come for her. Lin Feiyu walked over instead.

The female lead in her school uniform looked very alluring, but Gu Qianqian didn’t dare look for long. She lowered her head, a little afraid.

“Teacher Xu, I have something to discuss with Gu Qianqian. May I take her over there to talk alone?”

Lin Feiyu’s voice was pleasant. Her put-on tone was gentle and alluring. Xu Ming nodded. “Is there anything I can help with?”

His information was still stuck at the stage where Gu Qianqian bullied Lin Feiyu, so he was very puzzled why Lin Feiyu would seek Gu Qianqian out on her own.

Had that bad student Gu Qianqian threatened Lin Feiyu behind the scenes again?

That was why he asked.

“Thank you, teacher, but it’s fine. I just want to chat with a classmate.”

If Lin Feiyu hadn’t looked so calm, with no sign of trouble, Xu Ming might have refused no matter what.

Instead, Gu Qianqian looked at him as if begging for help, which left Xu Ming confused.

After the female lead brought her to a place with no one around, Gu Qianqian immediately lost her nerve. “B-b-b-big Sister, is something the matter?”

“Can’t I look for you if there’s nothing wrong?” Lin Feiyu dropped her earlier gentleness, her voice cold enough to make anyone shiver. “I’m telling you, Gu Qianqian. Without my order, you’re not allowed to leave my sight on your own.”

“Not even to use the toilet?” The shorty looked at her pitifully.

‘The female lead couldn’t be that twisted, right?’

“Heh. No. If you can’t hold it, you can find any place to relieve yourself.”

‘What’s the difference between that and shitting in the wilderness?!’

“I-I understand…”

“I heard you were assigned to the logistics vehicle?”

The shorty nodded with an ugly expression. “That bastard Wang Feng still didn’t let me off.”

In front of the female lead, she wasn’t afraid to badmouth the homeroom teacher.

After all, the system had said Wang Feng was one of the female lead’s revenge targets too.

Sure enough, the female lead didn’t get angry. Instead, the corner of her mouth curved up. “I have a job for you.”

“W-what?” Gu Qianqian immediately grew wary.

‘A job from the female lead?’

‘It couldn’t be anything good.’

“Something good.” Lin Feiyu took out the bottle of strengthening potion Zu Xingyu had given her from her pocket. “After it’s done, this is yours.”

‘This good!?’

Knowing there was no free lunch in the world, Gu Qianqian swallowed and asked, “What do you want me to do?”

“Simple. You’re in the logistics vehicle. Find a chance to steal something for me.”

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