UCS Chapter 27.3

He immediately grabbed Jia Qi’s fingers.

 

Gao Gusheng’s strength was astonishingly great, while Jia Qi was a young master who had been pampered since childhood. With Gao Gusheng’s grip, Jia Qi’s hand immediately had two red marks, and his fingers were almost dislocated.

 

…

 

The teacher arrived punctually five minutes before class. He opened the book and indeed asked everyone to prepare the Q&A assignment from the last class, as he would be asking questions soon.

 

And in the second before the class bell was about to ring, Jia Qi entered in a blaze of flowers.

 

“Blaze of flowers” here wasn’t just a figure of speech.

 

Gao Gusheng actually saw patches of fresh flowers blooming around him the moment he entered. These flowers hovered around him like special effects, closed up, and then disappeared.

 

Gao Gusheng: Damn, is there something wrong with my eyes??

 

He blinked hard and shook his head.

 

Then, a voice entered his ear.

 

【Ding, “Outshining the Moon and Shaming the Flowers” one-time effect card used successfully!】

 

Oh.

 

Another one of those useless effect cards.

 

Previously, he had seen Jia Qi use the “Cold as Ice” effect card, which instantly turned the cola of a classmate who was arguing with him into a cola slushie.

 

There was also the “Immortal Jade Appearance” effect card. After Jia Qi used it, white smoke rose from beneath his feet, creating a stage effect. A fire truck happened to pass by, thinking the hot weather had set his shoe soles on fire, and doused him with a hose.

 

So far, it seemed that this system, apart from that inexplicable control effect, had other skills that were quite useless.

 

【This is… a dog… card!】

 

Hm? This voice was one he hadn’t heard before. It wasn’t an electronic sound, but rather sounded a bit like Jia Qi’s voice.

 

【But just now the SSS-level conquest target looked at you for twenty-five seconds, which is the longest eye contact in these past few days.】

 

At that time, he was looking at that big red flower slowly closing on Jia Qi’s forehead!

 

【Is that… true?】

 

【Of course, our system’s products are always of high quality.】

 

Mystery solved. It seemed that this newly appeared voice was really Jia Qi’s inner thoughts.

 

The teacher on the podium knocked on the desk, “Class begins!”

 

Gao Gusheng took notes while listening to the conversation between the system and Jia Qi. As time passed, Jia Qi’s inner voice became clearer, like an old-fashioned TV finally finding its signal.

 

He discovered that he could only hear Jia Qi’s inner voice when he was talking to the system; at other times, he couldn’t hear it.

 

But this was enough.

 

Gao Gusheng gathered his thoughts and focused on the class.

 

He didn’t notice that in the entire classroom, Gao Gusheng and Jia Qi were like two whirlpools, their strong pulling force unconsciously attracting the gazes of surrounding classmates.

 

The stronger Jia Qi’s whirlpool’s attraction became, the stronger Gao Gusheng’s whirlpool followed. When Jia Qi’s pulling force encountered Gao Gusheng’s, it retreated step by step.

 

“…Good, this student answered well. Now let’s look at a variation of this problem. Who can answer it?”

 

Following the teacher’s voice, the students raised their heads from their books and looked at the big screen.

 

The problem shown on the screen was extremely difficult. Rather than a variation, it was more like the original question disguised with a similar appearance, but the core had completely changed.

 

Gao Gusheng became interested and started drafting on paper.

 

At this moment, the teacher’s somewhat surprised voice sounded, “Oh? This student already has an answer so quickly? Please stand up.”

 

Jia Qi stood up. With his head held high and chest out, carrying a proud confidence, he answered fluently and clearly.

 

Academic stars easily win everyone’s favor. The classroom immediately filled with the “rustle rustle” sound of note-taking, which was the highest praise for this answer.

 

Originally, Gao Gusheng would have admired Jia Qi too—if he couldn’t hear the dialogue between Jia Qi and the system.

 

【Just one answer, how can it be so expensive?! It actually cost me ten points!】

 

【This problem is very difficult to find, so the price is relatively high.】

 

【Gao Gusheng is such a blockhead. There can’t be a more rigid straight man in the world! When I pretended to be a sweet and virtuous white flower, he only cared about those two stupid dishes.】

 

【When I played the role of a charming, flirtatious beauty, he not only almost broke my fingers off, but also scolded me for lacking public morality!】

 

【I found Black Brother and others to play out a hero-saving-the-beauty scenario, but my goodness, what kind of super-strength man is he? He single-handedly dealt with Black Brother and their group of six, and even sent them all to jail! Fortunately, I was prepared and had taken them all down. Black Brother and those brothers couldn’t bear to turn me in, otherwise I would be the one in jail now!】

 

【Isn’t Gao Gusheng the top in the finance department? This time I’m taking the route of an equally matched academic god opponent. I don’t believe I can’t win him over!】

 

Gao Gusheng—Gao Gusheng didn’t know what to say.

 

Were those previous behaviors trying to flirt with me? Damn, is this how people flirt? Would anyone actually fall for this act? Is this how all those men around him were won over? By the way, why are there only men around him and no women? I remember he had some ambiguous relationship with a female junior student before, right? Is it that he actually only likes men, or are only men listed as conquest targets?

 

While Gao Gusheng’s thoughts were racing, Jia Qi finished his answer and was waiting for the teacher’s praise.

 

However, the teacher on the podium furrowed his brows, not looking happy.

 

After a while, he finally let Jia Qi sit down.

 

Gao Gusheng noticed this but couldn’t guess the reason.

 

Jia Qi sat down and yawned.

 

【Give me a blocking barrier. I’m tired and want to sleep for a while. Last night, Lin Kun and Zhou Da kept me up too late.】

 

【This old man’s lecture is really sleep-inducing.】

 

Saying this, he yawned again.

 

Then he laid down on the desk as if no one else was around.

 

【Okay, blocking barrier activated.】

 

Jia Qi yawned. Whether it was because he was really too tired from last night or the teacher’s lecture was indeed sleep-inducing, within two minutes of laying down, he fell asleep.

 

The teacher, whose eyes had been involuntarily glancing in his direction, now returned his gaze to the students.

 

It seemed like in the entire classroom, only Gao Gusheng could see the soundly sleeping Jia Qi.

 

—He’s even snoring, it’s really too much!

 

Probably due to an incorrect sleeping position, the snoring was incredibly loud, drilling straight into Gao Gusheng’s ears. Gao Gusheng was so disturbed that he couldn’t even hear the teacher.

 

It seemed that the blocking barrier hadn’t blocked Gao Gusheng as well.

 

【It would be good if that blocking barrier failed.】

 

This thought suddenly flashed through Gao Gusheng’s mind.

 

The next second, Jia Qi’s snoring echoed throughout the classroom.

 

It startled the teacher so much that his hand shook, dropping the chalk which broke into three pieces.

 

The teacher’s nerves also broke into three pieces.

 

Ding! The teacher activated the attack skill—”Chalk Head, 100% Accuracy!”

 

With a crisp “pa” sound, the teacher roared angrily.

 

“Which class are you from?! Get out of here!”

 

The old finance professor was very powerful, but had an adorably rigid personality with strict classroom requirements, making college students continue to experience high school classroom discipline.

 

Jia Qi had now thoroughly angered the old professor.

 

Jia Qi woke up startled, rubbing his swollen forehead, screaming in his mind.

 

【Wasn’t the blocking barrier supposed to be activated?! How can he still see me!!!】

 

【Quick! Activate a puppet card for me, make this old man apologize to me!!!】

 

Unlike the clamor in his mind, Jia Qi appeared very calm in front of everyone.

 

He slightly raised his head, like a prince wronged by commoners, waiting for them to tearfully offer a way out and beg for forgiveness.

 

However, along with the notification sound of [Puppet Card has taken effect], what came was not the professor’s compromise and tolerance, but the professor’s anger.

 

“What are you standing there for? Do I need to escort you out?!”

 

“I wanted to say it earlier but didn’t in front of everyone out of consideration for your face. Now seeing you so arrogantly sleeping during class time, it seems you don’t care about face anymore.”

 

“This question was created by me, there’s no answer on the entire internet. So, student, how did you manage to give an answer that is exactly the same as mine, word for word?!”

 

…

 

In the end, Jia Qi ran out of the classroom in embarrassment.

 

Next was free Q&A time. Gao Gusheng excused himself to go to the bathroom and left after reporting to the teacher.

 

However, he didn’t go to the bathroom but followed behind Jia Qi.

 

There was no choice; this sound-hearing ability had a limit of about 100 meters. Now that Jia Qi’s psychological fluctuations were quite large, he might be able to hear quite a few things.

 

【Why did the blocking barrier and puppet card both fail this time?!】

 

【Last time the charm card used on the makeup master also failed!】

 

【System, have you found out where the problem is yet?!】

 

Makeup master? Could this be referring to Uncle Cheng?

 

【System self-check shows no problems.】

 

【Then why do things keep failing these past two days?? If this continues, forget about conquering the SSS-level target, I’m afraid I won’t even be able to control those two old things from the Sun family! They’ve been wanting to see Sun Jun these days. What’s so great about Sun Jun?!】

 

【Indeed, parents who aren’t biological aren’t close. I’ve called them Mom and Dad for twenty years, yet I still can’t compare to Sun Jun. They even want me to move out of the Sun family and call those two stupid and greedy things Mom and Dad? Dream on!】

 

【Why is heaven so unfair? Since lives were switched by mistake, just let it stay that way. Why switch back?!】

 

Gao Gusheng was grinding his teeth in anger. How could there be such a shameless person in this world?!

 

【System, say something! If the item cards fail again, I can’t continue to improve my living environment, and you can forget about getting points!】

 

【Originally, if I could have conquered Cheng Zeqi last time, I would have improved my artistic talent this time and easily crushed Sun Jun. But you dropped the ball then, Cheng Zeqi wasn’t conquered, so I had to resort to this desperate measure.】

 

【So annoying, I get irritated just looking at that painting. I have no inspiration at all, don’t even want to move a brush.】

 

Painting?

 

Wasn’t Jia Qi’s competition painting destroyed by Sun Jun?

 

【No, I won’t be at ease until Sun Jun completely withdraws from the competition.】

 

【This time the witness and evidence are all there. Let’s see how Sun Jun can argue his way out.】

 

【If only your puppet cards worked as well as they did on Sun Jun and Zhao Yi.】

 

Zhao Yi was the student who testified for Jia Qi, coincidentally recording the entire process of Sun Jun’s crime.

 

So that’s how it was.

 

No wonder Sun Jun would do such a thing.

 

Beauty is universal. Although Gao Gusheng doesn’t specialize in art, he can tell the quality of their paintings.

 

He felt that with Sun Jun’s level, there was absolutely no need to go destroy Jia Qi’s painting.

 

Now it seems, indeed, that’s the case.

 

【It’s not good, the exhibition will proceed as scheduled, they only gave a six-day extension, with three days left. I need to finish quickly.】

 

【So annoying, I still need to find a chance to bring the painting back to the studio—if you hadn’t dropped the ball then, and I had conquered Cheng Zeqi, I wouldn’t have so many problems now!】

 

【I’ll go urge the school now to cancel Sun Jun’s eligibility to participate.】

 

Jia Qi walked away.

 

Gao Gusheng immediately ran in the opposite direction.

 

Good, very good.

 

Actually using a fake painting to frame Sun Jun, almost driving him to suicide and ruining his reputation.

 

If not mistaken, Jia Qi would probably put the real painting in that place…

 

Also, he needed to tell Sun Jun this news before Jia Qi.

 

Gao Gusheng sprinted away, revealing a cold smile.

 

Hey, Jia Qi and little system, your father is coming.

 

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