Novel Turned Yuri – Chapter 6

Lin Qing is great, I will always love adorable and lovely girls like her!

The busy high school life is passing by faster than expected. A week’s time flies by in an instant, and Qiao Yu, with great trepidation, has released chapter 21 that she wrote.

Since Lin Qing and Cong Ye haven’t had any communication at school in the past few days, the main content of this chapter is still about the first day of school. Qiao Yu has been racking her brains, relying on her imagination to steer Cong Ye’s actions in a positive direction. However, the person involved not only completely fails to understand her efforts behind the scenes but also rolls his eyes at her when she tries to gather information through indirect questioning.

“I come home every day and just go straight into the house. Whether there are more or fewer people at home has no impact on me at all.”

“It’s rare to see you care so much about a person. Otherwise, how about I switch places to live with you?”

…But why isn’t he as proactive when it comes to changing seats?

Qiao Yu grits her teeth and hastily skims over the scenes between the two at home.

After successfully posting the chapter through the system, Qiao Yu trembles with fear and dare not look at the comments. She decides to sleep and deal with it tomorrow after pulling the covers over herself. However, unable to resist, she stays awake until three in the morning and finally, with determination, opens the comment section.

【Ah, ah, ah, the great one is alive!】

…Unfortunately, the great one is not alive, but the lowly gunman is.

【Why is the male lead so fierce? The female lead is really pitiful.】

Because he’s stupid.

【Lin Qing is so good. I will always love cute and adorable girls!】

This reader has great taste!

Qiao Yu, without turning on the lights, carefully reads through the comments using only the faint glow of the screen itself. Due to the unexpected plot twist in this chapter, which involved faking it, the reader response has been enthusiastic, and it took quite some time to craft this development. The Satisfaction Rating orb shoots up to 80, while the adjacent OOC orb remains at 0, showing no movement. Her eyes grow tired from reading, and only after confirming that there won’t be any changes in this chapter does Qiao Yu breathe a sigh of relief.

No one noticed the switch in authors, and no one criticized her writing as bad! The readers are quite satisfied, and there’s no OOC!

Qiao Yu’s previously uncertain heart finally feels at ease, and within three seconds, she drifts off to sleep.

The next day, she sleeps through class and is rudely awakened by an angry teacher to answer a question. Thankfully, kind-hearted Lin Qing secretly tells her the answer, or else she would have had to quickly memorize the second reflection paper since the start of the school year.

Using the bathroom incident as a starting point, Qiao Yu’s relationship with Lin Qing has been quite good recently.

Now, Lin Qing chats with her, covers for her when she sleeps, and even turns a blind eye to her copying homework after becoming the class monitor.

This is truly important. Although Qiao Yu was a decent student during her high school years, she returned all her knowledge to the teachers during her three years of university, so picking it up again now is giving her a major headache.

It’s fortunate that the original Qiao Yu wasn’t a great student, so there’s no need to come up with excuses for her ignorance.

The assignments in the second year of high school aren’t easy, and she encounters questions she can’t solve every day. She can only come over the next day and copy Mi Yi’s homework. Although Lin Qing, the newly appointed class monitor, sometimes shows a disapproving expression when she sees it, she ultimately lets it slide with pursed lips. She even discreetly reminds Qiao Yu to hurry up when the class representative comes to collect the homework.

Oh, as that reader said, she will always love cute and adorable girls.

Lin Qing is truly amazing, unlike that troublesome guy behind her who does nothing but kick her chair all the time.

Qiao Yu can’t help but turn her head and glance back at Cong Ye, who is lazily doodling in his notebook. As soon as he notices her gaze, he immediately puts on a threatening expression of “What are you looking at?”

So childish! Qiao Yu wants to lean over and take a closer look at what he’s drawing in his notebook, but Cong Ye pushes her face away without mercy. The two of them glare at each other, then simultaneously turn their heads with a “hmph.” Mi Yi next to them lets out a long sigh without hiding it.

Ever since she became close with Lin Qing, Cong Ye looks at her as if his eyes aren’t eyes and his nose isn’t a nose. He’s like an enraged rooster, with feathers ready to stand on end at the sight of her. Before, she could still copy his homework—surprisingly, Cong Ye’s grades are quite good, maybe that’s the window that opened when God closed his emotional intelligence. But now, with him acting like this, even Lu Yao doesn’t dare to provoke him. It leaves the two underachievers in the four-person squad going to Mi Yi to get by each day.

“…How long are you two going to keep bickering? Even I’m exhausted just watching.”

Mi Yi has apparently reached her limit and turns around, snatching the notebook from Cong Ye’s hand and stuffing it into Qiao Yu’s arms. She says in an annoyed tone, “Here, take a look. After you’re done, don’t be mad at him anymore.”

Cong Ye: ?

If he wants to snatch it back, it’s not going to be that easy. Qiao Yu quickly tightens her grip on the notebook and leans back, almost lying on her own desk, making it out of Cong Ye’s reach. Lin Qing in front of her is startled by the collision and turns her head, seeing what’s on the notebook along with Qiao Yu: a poorly drawn pig-headed figure with the words “Qiao Yu” meticulously written on it, drawn with such force that the paper is about to tear.

Qiao Yu: …

Lin Qing: … chuckles

Lin Qing can’t hold back her laughter, which completely sets Cong Ye off. He disregards everything, leans forward, and snatches his notebook back. His face turns red, worrying Qiao Yu that he might have a stroke. He clutches the notebook tightly, hesitates for a moment as if contemplating whether to crumple it, then suddenly slams it in front of Qiao Yu, pointing at the little figure with a forceful voice, “See that, Qiao Yu! This is you, this pig-headed person!”

Qiao Yu, the former college student and now an adult, becomes furious. She snatches the notebook back and quickly scribbles an incredibly ugly dog-headed figure, provocatively writing Cong Ye’s name on it. She raises it up, tauntingly saying, “See that, Cong Ye! This is you, this dog-headed person!”

System: … Are they elementary school students?!

The poor system is powerless to stop the host’s rampage. It’s just a regular break time, and most of the class is present. Their commotion has already attracted attention, and the atmosphere in the class is quite strange. Everyone’s expression is weird, trying hard not to burst into laughter.

In this atmosphere, Lin Qing’s laughter stands out.

She’s not holding back at all, laughing heartily. Qiao Yu and Cong Ye, two tense individuals, can’t continue their squabble in the midst of her carefree laughter. Qiao Yu looks at her in frustration and says, “…You’re enjoying this way too much.”

“Sorry about that.” Lin Qing wipes away the tears of laughter and apologizes sincerely. She takes the notebook from Qiao Yu’s hand and can’t help but curl her lips again. “Qiao Yu, your drawing is just too ugly.”

Her eyes, slightly reddened from rubbing, carry a touch of delicate and pitiful charm when she smiles, causing Qiao Yu’s heart to skip a beat.

Qiao Yu doesn’t care about her assessment of her drawing skills. Angrily, she crosses her arms in front of her chest and says, “Anyway, it’s Cong Ye that I’m drawing, and he only deserves to be this ugly.”

A loud tsk is heard from behind, but Qiao Yu lifts her chin without turning her head, full of provocation.

However, Lin Qing acts as if she hasn’t heard anything, tugs on her sleeve, and looks up at her, asking, “What if you were to draw me?”

System:… Why does the female lead seem a bit off track too?

But its host doesn’t think so at all. Upon hearing Lin Qing’s words, she immediately forgets about the angry Cong Ye behind her and picks up the pen very seriously. She thinks for a while, then clumsily and carefully draws a small flower in the notebook, writing Lin Qing’s name on the edge of the flower.

The already strange atmosphere in the class becomes even more as she actually ignores Cong Ye and starts drawing Lin Qing. Cong Ye, who has been ignored for a long time, can’t hold back anymore. He pushes aside the person next to him and walks over to their desk. He rudely reaches out and snatches back the notebook.

“What are you drawing on my notebook again—” He catches sight of the neatly drawn flower, which is a world of difference from the hideous dog-headed figure next to it. Immediately, he gets angrier and slams the notebook onto the table. “It looks so ugly!”

“I think it looks pretty…” Lin Qing’s voice gradually diminishes as Cong Ye’s expression changes, and in the end, she makes a cross gesture in front of her mouth, indicating to Qiao Yu that she won’t speak anymore.

“Qiao Yu, what exactly are you trying to do?”

Cong Ye regains his spirit and raises his voice, leaving Qiao Yu utterly confused.

“What exactly am I trying to do? You were the one who drew the pig-headed figure first!”

“Well, you were the one who was getting cozy with her!”

…What kind of lame arguments is he using!

Qiao Yu looks at Cong Ye, who is pointing at Lin Qing with a face full of indignation, and suddenly has a moment of enlightenment. Her expression contorts.

“Cong Ye, could it be… you’re jealous?”

Like, ‘I care about you so much, and yet you went and got close to my friend!’ or something like that?

“If there’s something wrong with your head, I can pay for your treatment, really.”

…I’ve never seen Cong Ye with such a sincere expression. Qiao Yu silently closes her mouth. Romance male leads don’t mature this early, she overestimated him.

“Well, what about you? Isn’t Lin Qing just-“

She stops halfway through her sentence, finally remembering that they are in front of the entire class. Qiao Yu stiffens her neck and looks around, noticing that their classmates, who were in line with their gaze, all consciously turn their heads away.

“…Let’s talk outside.”

Cong Ye understands her meaning and snorts before walking out. Qiao Yu sighs and prepares to leave when she feels a gentle tug on her sleeve. She turns around to meet Lin Qing’s worried eyes. Lin Qing lightly bites her lip and speaks earnestly, “I also…”

Before she can finish, Qiao Yu gently squeezes her hand, gives her a comforting smile, and then lets go, leaving.

Although Lin Qing didn’t say a word, she inexplicably understands Qiao Yu’s meaning. Qiao Yu was telling her: It’s okay.

Mi Yi, who is nearby, looks at her thoughtfully and says, “You better wait here for them to finish their duel.” After speaking, she shrugs her shoulders and leaves with the trembling Lu Yao.

What on earth is a duel?

As soon as she says this, the way their classmates look at Lin Qing changes, making her inexplicably feel like some kind of imprisoned princess.

In the end, Lin Qing doesn’t follow them out. Half of the class break is already over, and these people don’t look like they’ll be back in five minutes. Someone has to come up with an excuse to fool the teacher.

She reaches out and takes the ill-fated notebook again, deeply looking at the small flower. The drawing is indeed not that great; Qiao Yu honestly evaluated it as worse than an elementary school student’s. Even though she drew the flower with seriousness and caution, it can only be considered average.

But for some reason, the more she looks at the flower, the more pleasing it becomes.

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