novelslam Chapter 2 Treasure Chest
Chapter 2 Treasure Chest
On the bus, in the last row.
Fang Rou had just settled down when she suddenly remembered something, clapped her hands, and said with a smile, "By the way, do you know who that intern was who got my mom to change her mind?"
Xia Xue walked past Fang Rou, sat down close to the window, and casually asked, "Do I know him?"
Fang Rou winked at Xia Xue and said, "It's our school's heartthrob, Mu Ze, and his sister, Qin Qi. We've met her once before."
"It's her!"
When Qin Qi was mentioned, a look of reminiscence flashed in Xia Xue's eyes.
I remember it was a very ordinary morning. They had just finished their morning exercises and were walking from the convenience store to the classroom when a girl who looked to be in her early twenties, wearing a dark brown woolen coat, faded jeans, and white flat shoes covered in mud, stopped them.
Her face was tired but calm, her eyes were serious but resolute, and her tone was restrained and controlled.
"Excuse me, how do I get to the Academic Affairs Office?"
The moment Xia Xue heard those words, the system's voice also rang in her mind.
"Cameo appearance in 'Sister, Don't Run Away, Your Brother Just Wants to Spoil You,' open the treasure chest..."
"Max level talent: Insightful Eyes"
"Insightful Eyes: You possess a keen eye for people, capable of discerning a person's true character at a glance. The longer you observe, the more accurate your judgment becomes, and the more information you gather, the deeper your understanding of people grows. The weakness is that if influenced by emotions, your judgment will become distorted."
"Max level trait: Unaffected."
Without waiting for their reply.
Mu Ze rushed over, head down, and said cautiously, "Sister, you're here. Um, this time, it really isn't my fault, I..."
The girl looked at Mu Ze, nodded indifferently, and simply said, "Lead the way."
Mu Ze, the school's most dazzling heartthrob, led the way listlessly, like a little dog drenched in the rain.
As the bus started moving, Fang Rou smiled like an aunt and leaned close to Xia Xue, saying with a gossipy look, "By the way, speaking of which, I just remembered a piece of gossip my mom told me. Want to hear it?"
Xia Xue suppressed the ripples of her memories and asked curiously, "What gossip?"
Fang Rou turned her head and looked around before approaching and whispering, "I heard from my mom that they're not biological siblings."
Xia Xue glanced at Fang Rou in surprise: "I already knew that."
"Huh? How did you know?" Fang Rou asked in disbelief, her tone full of resentment.
Xia Xue suppressed a laugh and asked, "One of them has the surname Qin and the other Mu. Is it that hard to guess?"
"Hmph." Fang Rou refused to admit defeat, sticking her neck out and arguing, "What if one of them takes the father's surname and the other takes the mother's? Your guess is baseless and just wild speculation."
"Okay, okay, I was just guessing," Xia Xue said with a smile, coaxing Fang Rou.
"That's more like it." Fang Rou nodded in satisfaction, letting Xia Xue off the hook.
Fang Rou's mood immediately brightened, and she continued enthusiastically, "Let me tell you, there's more to the story than meets the eye than meets the eye regarding why Qin Qi failed her internship."
"What's the secret?" Xia Xue asked cooperatively.
"The boss's son has taken a liking to Qin Qi and wants her to be his girlfriend, but Qin Qi disagrees..."
While listening to Fang Rou's gossip, Xia Xue turned to look out the window.
"Huh? Who's that girl...?"
Xia Xue noticed a girl handing out flyers on the street under the blazing sun at the intersection; she looked somewhat familiar.
"Is it her?"
Xia Xue's face showed a look of sudden realization.
"Ruan Ruan!"
The scene from that night flashed before her eyes like a movie.
Around 10 p.m.
After finishing her evening self-study session, she rode her bicycle home as usual. As she passed through a small alley, she heard a commotion coming from inside.
"Beat them! Beat them to death!"
"Please, please stop hitting him. If you keep hitting him, he'll die."
Having practiced the "Dao Fa Zi Ran Gong" for a month, her physical fitness has doubled, far exceeding that of ordinary people, and her courage has also increased significantly.
If she hadn't encountered this situation, she wouldn't have bothered with it. But now that she has, Xia Xue has no reason to ignore it.
However, just in case, Xia Xue made preparations in advance.
Xia Xue jumped out, stood at the alley entrance, and shouted loudly into the alley:
"What are you doing? I've already called the police."
Just as he finished speaking, a police siren sounded.
In this quiet alley, the sound was particularly jarring.
Upon hearing the police sirens, the group of thugs who had been beating someone immediately stopped, exchanged a guilty glance, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Xia Xue quickly retrieved her phone, turned off the siren, turned on her flashlight, and cautiously approached the two people huddled in the corner.
"Are you alright?"
The girl helped the boy who had collapsed in the corner, slowly raised her head, glanced at Xia Xue in the dim light, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xiaoxue, it's you. Thank you."
At this moment, Xia Xue also recognized the other party from the original owner's memories.
Ruan Ruan.
The older sister next door.
However, she doesn't have a very good reputation in the neighborhood.
They said she wasn't learning anything good outside and had a hoodlum boyfriend.
She serves as a negative example for all the girls in their neighborhood.
I often hear people talking about it.
Just as I was thinking this, the system's voice rang in my mind again.
"Cameo appearance in 'Good Girl Falls in Love with Delinquent? No, He's the Crown Prince of the Underworld,' open the treasure chest..."
"Max level Baguazhang"
"Baguazhang: A palm technique in Chinese martial arts based on the principles of the I Ching and Bagua, divided into four levels: clumsy strength, obvious strength, hidden strength, and neutralizing strength."
"Max level trait: Master of all things."
The bus slowly drove by, and Ruan Ruan's figure disappeared from sight.
Xia Xue came to her senses and let out a long breath.
In these three months, she only encountered three female protagonists and obtained three treasure chests.
"I don't know, is it because it's a game that only allows one treasure chest to be obtained, or is it just that the time isn't right yet?"
Xia Xue went from being Fang Rou's ordinary classmate, to a good friend, and now to her best friend.
Despite their growing closer relationship, no new treasure chests appeared.
"Let's give it a try once Fang Rou enters the entertainment industry."
After all, the work featuring Fang Rou as the female lead is an entertainment novel. Before Fang Rou entered the entertainment industry, even her best friend was probably just a minor character, no different from an ordinary classmate.
The two got off the train at their stop.
There was a newly opened clothing store next to the bus stop. Fang Rou glanced at it, thought of something, grabbed Xia Xue, pointed to the women's clothing in the window, and then drew a circle on her body with her finger.
"Look at what you're wearing! You're naturally beautiful, yet you wear your school uniform all the time."
"And your hairstyle, your glasses, your face is so pretty, but it's all sealed off by your hairstyle and glasses."
Fang Rou excitedly announced loudly, "I've decided, I'm going to give you a big makeover today."
Xia Xue looked at Fang Rou, who was getting more and more excited as she talked, and helplessly pulled Fang Rou aside, saying, "Didn't we come to a haunted house? Why are you acting so impulsively? You even put on a costume for me. I have a whole closet full of clothes, I really don't need any more clothes."
Fang Rou wanted to say, "We girls always feel like we're missing one more piece of clothing in our wardrobes."
But seeing the prices of the women's clothing in the shop window and thinking about Xia Xue's family's financial situation, she finally stopped in her tracks.
"Let's go get our hair done. I happen to have a membership card for that salon. GO, GO, GO."
Actually, she didn't have one, but she had money and could get one temporarily.
Although Xia Xue was being pulled along, she still suggested, "Getting a haircut is too time-consuming. Let's go to the haunted house first, and then get our hair done tomorrow, okay?"
Fang Rou thought about it and agreed.
After looking around for a moment, he pulled Xia Xue towards the glasses shop not far away.
"Then let's get you glasses. You clearly have such beautiful eyes, you even look at dogs with affection, but you insist on wearing such big black-rimmed glasses. No wonder you have zero luck with the opposite sex at school, and not a single boy has ever given you a love letter."
Xia Xue shuddered at the thought of a boy sending her a love letter.
"No need to go, my glasses are non-prescription."
The original owner of this body was naturally nearsighted, but after practicing the "Dao Fa Zi Ran Gong" (a Taoist practice), her nearsightedness was cured.
This was too bizarre to explain, so Xia Xue switched to non-prescription glasses and kept the glasses as they were.
"Huh? Plain glasses? You don't need glasses, so why are you wearing them?"
Before Xia Xue could give a reason, Fang Rou suddenly realized, "Could it be that you deliberately made yourself look ugly to prevent others from disturbing your studies?"
Fang Rou then realized something, covered her mouth with her hand, and exclaimed softly, "This can't be... Auntie's idea, can it?"
Xia Xue looked at Fang Rou speechlessly as she filled in the whole story in her mind, leaving her no room for interpretation. She shook her head helplessly and said, "Alright, stop guessing. Anyway, just know that I'm not nearsighted."
Fang Rou quickly stopped talking, made a zipper gesture with her right hand near her lips, and said solemnly, "Don't worry, trust your best friend, I will definitely keep your secret."
Xia Xue took a half step back, squinted, and looked Fang Rou up and down, hesitatingly saying, "If you hadn't guaranteed it, I wouldn't have doubted you. But now that you've guaranteed it, why do I feel uneasy?"
Fang Rou took Xia Xue's hand, placed it on her chest, and feigned a heartbroken expression, saying in a high-pitched voice, "Xiao Xue, how could you think of me like that? I'm your closest and dearest best friend. You've hurt me so much."
Xia Xue crossed her arms and shivered.
"Are you acting in an idol drama?"
Fang Rou chuckled, her tone returning to normal as she said, "Who told you to keep pushing me into the entertainment industry? Just wait until I start acting with you every day, it'll disgust you to death."
Just as Xia Xue was about to say something, a sports car stopped not far from the two of them.
A young woman wearing light brown sunglasses, a women's suit, and black leather shoes, with long hair cascading down like a waterfall, slowly got out of the car and walked towards the two of them.
Xia Xue and Fang Rou exchanged a glance and shook their heads slightly, indicating that they had never seen each other before.
The girl walked straight up to Xia Xue, took off her sunglasses, looked Xia Xue up and down, and said slowly in a cool tone, "Hello, Xia Xue, my name is Xia Yao, from the Xia family, the fake heiress."
At the same time, the system's voice echoed in Xia Xue's mind.
"A cameo in 'The Fake Heiress, Why Don't You Play by the Rules?', opening the treasure chest..."
"Max-level hacker".