The Awakened Cannon Fodder Beauty [Quick Transmigration] 5

Chapter 5: The Cannon Fodder A Who Has a Crush on the Female Lead O (2)

◎”Are you afraid I’ll do something to you?”◎

031 was speechless.

When the Host was counter-killing the male and female leads in the last world, she didn’t look like she had social anxiety at all.

Could this excuse be any more perfunctory??

[Host, what do you plan to do now?]

But Jiang Mengyu fell silent again.

Her things were still in the classroom, but Jiang Mengyu didn’t go to pack them. Carrying her schoolbag, she hailed a taxi and returned to the place she lived.

The two protagonists of this novel were both born as daughters of wealthy families, growing up with golden spoons in their mouths. In contrast, the background of a cannon fodder like Jiang Mengyu was much more difficult.

She was an orphan who grew up in an orphanage. After turning fourteen, she moved out to live on her own, relying on state subsidies and part-time jobs all these years.

On the way back, Jiang Mengyu checked her phone’s balance. She had two thousand yuan left.

That was all of her savings.

She had to pay rent soon, and it seemed her utility bills were running low as well. Adding her two lifetimes together, this was the first time Jiang Mengyu had ever experienced the feeling of being strapped for cash.

She used her key to open the door. The room that greeted her was simple and crude, the entire space cramped and visible at a single glance.

The bed and the cooking area were in the same room, with only the toilet partitioned off separately. Beside the bed was a desk made of wooden planks, piled with her belongings.

The home was so small that if even two more people came, turning around would likely become a problem.

Jiang Mengyu casually closed the door. She placed her schoolbag aside and sat on the bed, beginning to think about what to do next.

Seeing her silence, 031 thought she had been discouraged. After a moment’s thought, it comforted her in a small voice:

[Don’t worry, Host. There’s always another way. Novice missions are generally not too difficult, and the restrictions on the Host are very low. The Host can act freely, as long as you can complete the mission in the end.]

031’s intention was to encourage Jiang Mengyu to strive and be self-reliant, but Jiang Mengyu only heard the words “act freely.”

“I remember,” Jiang Mengyu opened her eyes. “Don’t I have a novice gift package?”

031: [Yes! It’s already been placed in your inventory!]

Jiang Mengyu opened the system inventory and took a look. Sure enough, there was a new item inside: a golden gift box tied with a red silk ribbon in a bow.

Jiang Mengyu made no comment on the system’s aesthetic sense.

She clicked to open the gift box. A golden light flashed before her eyes, accompanied by a jingle-jangle of music. Three items appeared before Jiang Mengyu.

The names of these three items were very interesting.

031: [Congratulations, Host, for opening a useless rose, a bottle of unremarkable red wine, and a bottle of miraculous potion that can change your constitution!]

Jiang Mengyu: “…”

Placed next to the last item, the first two seemed far too plain and simple.

031 seemed to have guessed what she was thinking and explained in a small voice: [Ahem, Host, it’s always like this.]

[Not every item in the prize pool can be a top-tier one, right?]

You have to put some junk in to lower the odds, which makes the prizes seem more precious, right?

Jiang Mengyu: …

She took out the bottle of constitution-changing potion. It was a small bottle in her hand, and the liquid inside was even green, not looking like something one could drink.

Jiang Mengyu frowned. She unscrewed the cap and sniffed it. No smell.

031 guaranteed: [System product, quality and quantity assured!]

Jiang Mengyu believed it. The system wouldn’t give her something poisonous to drink.

She closed her eyes, tilted her neck back, and downed the constitution potion in one go. The next second, Jiang Mengyu’s body stiffened abruptly, as if she had been hit by a petrifying spell.

Thinking that there was only one bottle of this stuff, Jiang Mengyu endured the discomfort and forced herself to swallow it. How to describe the taste of this potion… it was like drinking a large mouthful of concentrated bitter melon juice. A bitter taste flooded from her throat down to her stomach.

Why is this thing so disgusting?!

Before she could voice her question, 031 quickly said: [Host, listen to me, this potion is really useful! It can raise your level!]

Its voice carried a hint of guilt: [Its effects are so powerful, the taste is just a little off. That shouldn’t matter, right?]

Jiang Mengyu took a deep breath, her tone sinister. “Then why didn’t you say so earlier?”

031: [You didn’t ask me if it tasted bad.]

It had only guaranteed the quality, not the taste.

Jiang Mengyu: …

She closed her eyes and felt a warmth in her stomach, as if a warm current was flowing from her stomach through her limbs, filling her body with strength.

Jiang Mengyu carefully felt the changes in her body. The sensation was hard to describe in words. After an unknown amount of time, when she opened her eyes again, Jiang Mengyu could clearly feel that her limbs had become much stronger.

“What’s my level now?” Jiang Mengyu asked the system.

031: [Host, please wait a moment, I’ll check. You are now… huh?]

The system’s voice took a strange turn, as if it had seen something incredibly unbelievable.

Jiang Mengyu knitted her brows and simply opened the system panel herself. She found the level column, only to see that the place where her level should have been written had become a question mark.

Jiang Mengyu: ?

She narrowed her eyes. “Didn’t you say system product, quality and quantity assured?”

She remembered the original text clearly stating that the cannon fodder A’s level was B-grade. After drinking the constitution potion, she should at least be A-grade. What did this question mark mean?

031 also couldn’t figure out how this had happened.

[That’s not right, how could it be…]

031 guessed: [Could it be that your level is too high, Host, so it’s not displaying?]

Jiang Mengyu didn’t reply, just let out a cold laugh.

Does it even believe its own words?

However, she did feel that her constitution had strengthened considerably, so the system probably hadn’t lied to her. Jiang Mengyu planned to find time to go to the hospital for a check-up, but she had no money now, so that would have to wait.

Thinking of this, Jiang Mengyu found her phone in her schoolbag. She opened WeChat and found Chi Jingyan in her contact list.

The system showed that they had added each other as friends a few months ago, but they had never chatted. Chi Jingyan probably didn’t know this person was her, otherwise, she would never have accepted the request.

Jiang Mengyu tapped on Chi Jingyan’s profile picture and sent her a message, crisp and clean.

[This is Jiang Mengyu. Want to meet? I have something to tell you.]

She thought for a moment and added: [It’s about Chu Muyao.]

031 was puzzled: [Host, why are you suddenly asking Chi Jingyan to meet?]

A hint of sarcasm leaked from Jiang Mengyu’s eyes. “Weren’t you the one who told me to apologize to her?”

Hearing this, 031’s spirits lifted. It thought the Host didn’t want to listen to it!

The foolish system had yet to realize the gravity of the situation, naively believing that Jiang Mengyu really just wanted to apologize to Chi Jingyan.

After its excitement, it asked Jiang Mengyu doubtfully: [Given your current relationship with Chi Jingyan, will she come out to meet you?]

Jiang Mengyu’s tone was calm, but carried a sense of certainty. “She will.”

Isn’t that how it’s always written in novels?

No matter how ridiculous the cannon fodder’s reason, as long as it’s said to be related to the other protagonist, the protagonist will always fall for it.

Chi Jingyan was probably in class and didn’t reply immediately.

Jiang Mengyu put down her phone. She rubbed her head and found some clean clothes to take a shower in the bathroom.

Through the small mirror hanging on the bathroom wall, Jiang Mengyu saw that she still had her original face—bewitching and soulful, even the small black mole at the corner of her eye was there. She curled her lip, and the person in the mirror smiled back.

When she came out of the shower, she saw a new message on her phone. It was from Chi Jingyan.

[Chi Jingyan: ?]

Jiang Mengyu lowered her eyes and typed a reply: [You don’t dare?]

This time, the reply came quickly, the tone carrying Chi Jingyan’s usual arrogance and coldness.

[Chi Jingyan: Address.]

Jiang Mengyu sent her an address. It was a nearby abandoned construction site.

031: [?]

Wait a minute, the Host decided to apologize to Chi Jingyan here?

031 said cautiously: [Host, if you’re going to talk things over, don’t people usually go to places like coffee shops?]

Jiang Mengyu didn’t speak.

She didn’t have any particular reason for choosing this place, other than the fact that this construction site was very close to where she lived now. She had passed by it in the taxi on her way back to the rental house and happened to see it.

The place was quiet, with no outsiders, perfect for her to talk to Chi Jingyan.

Most importantly, it was free, much more cost-effective than a coffee shop.

Her money had its uses; she had none to spare to waste on Chi Jingyan.

Jiang Mengyu was in no mood to explain such unimportant details to the system. She continued to type her reply to Chi Jingyan.

[Jiang Mengyu: 7 PM this afternoon. Be there or be square.]

Chi Jingyan didn’t reply again, but Jiang Mengyu knew she had seen it.

She scrolled through the other contacts on her phone and found that she was even friends with Chu Muyao. But when she clicked on her profile, she saw that Chu Muyao had already blocked her.

Jiang Mengyu wasn’t surprised in the least.

She casually deleted the chat with Chu Muyao, then unfollowed other unimportant contacts one by one, leaving only Chi Jingyan in her chat interface.

Jiang Mengyu put down her phone. She rummaged through the things on her desk and saw a few flyers for part-time jobs. 031 thought she was interested and enthusiastically helped her screen for the easiest one with the highest pay.

The Host is in need of money right now, this job is the fastest way to get it!

However, Jiang Meng-yu showed little interest and quickly put the flyers down.

She did nothing all day, first taking a nap in her rental house. By the time she woke up, there was only an hour left until her appointed time with Chi Jingyan.

031 hadn’t expected the Host to be able to sleep. It had thought that since the Host was new here, she would surely be curious about everything.

Jiang Mengyu tidied up simply. She tied her hair into a high ponytail, still wearing the same school uniform. She didn’t even grab a jacket and left empty-handed.

The nights in mid-March were still chilly. Jiang Mengyu walked along the roadside thinly dressed, and passersby couldn’t help but give her a second look.

The time was now 7:20 PM. The streets were lit up everywhere. The further Jiang Mengyu walked, the more deserted it became. From a distance, she could see that the area around the construction site was pitch black, without a single person in sight.

Jiang Mengyu found an empty spot and squatted down. She was a little bored, so she took a lollipop from her pocket and stuck it in her mouth to pass the time.

031: [Where did you get the candy?]

Jiang Mengyu: “Took it from the desk.”

She hadn’t eaten lunch and was already hungry. A piece of candy would alleviate the hunger pangs.

The phone screen lit up and then went dark again. There were only five minutes left until their appointed time.

Jiang Mengyu had little patience. With a blank expression, she waited a little longer, chewing on the candy in her mouth. In the final minute, she finally heard the sound of an approaching car.

Jiang Mengyu crunched the candy in her mouth. Just as she stood up, a black Cayenne came to a stop right in front of her. The headlights made Jiang Mengyu squint. She took a step back and saw the driver from the front seat get out. Under Jiang Mengyu’s gaze, he reached out and opened the rear passenger door.

Soon, Chi Jingyan’s figure appeared before Jiang Mengyu.

She stood at a distance from Jiang Mengyu, her voice cold. “What did you want to tell me?”

Jiang Mengyu glanced at the driver standing beside Chi Jingyan. He was burly and looked more like a bodyguard. Jiang Mengyu’s sharp eyes noticed a bulge at his waist, as if something was hidden there.

She raised an eyebrow and, instead of answering, asked, “Standing so far away, are you afraid I’ll do something to you?”

Chi Jingyan turned to glance at the bodyguard behind her. She frowned in thought, then took a few more steps toward Jiang Mengyu. “Speak.”

But Jiang Mengyu was still not satisfied. She glanced at Chi Jingyan, then turned and walked straight inside, leaving only the words “Follow me” behind.

Her attitude annoyed Chi Jingyan. The young lady’s brows knitted tightly. She really wanted to turn and leave, but she was concerned about what the other girl had said about Chu Muyao. After hesitating for a long while, she endured it.

“Wait for me here,” she said to the bodyguard.

The bodyguard strongly disapproved. “Young Miss, I must ensure your safety.”

“What’s there to be afraid of?” Chi Jingyan said, holding out her hand to him.

The bodyguard placed the black pistol from his waist into her hand. Chi Jingyan casually loaded the gun and then stuffed it into her pants pocket. “I’ll be out soon.”

What did she have to be afraid of? Putting aside whether Jiang Mengyu had the guts to harm her, even if she really did have bad intentions, she was just a B-grade Alpha. Couldn’t she handle her?

Chi Jingyan didn’t take Jiang Mengyu seriously at all.

Hearing the footsteps behind her, Jiang Mengyu wasn’t surprised in the least.

This was a protagonist.

Arrogant and conceited, always thinking no one in the world could compare to them.

If it weren’t for their protagonist halo, they would have died countless times already.

Tang An was like this, and so was Chi Jingyan.

Jiang Mengyu tilted her head up to look at the dark sky. How could she be willing to lose to people like this?

Since she could counter-kill Tang An, she could naturally “counter-kill” Chi Jingyan as well, just using different methods.

Accept her fate?

Heh, impossible.

Author’s Note:

Little Jiang: I’ll teach my own wife myself.