Every Day the Villain Continues to Fail
[Quick Transmigration]
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Ruan Yao clung to the doorframe, completely unwilling to step into the study room.
"I'd rather jump from here and get the lowest score than sit with you," Ruan Yao pouted like a stubborn child, nearly on the verge of tears.
Chu Lingyi stood beside him, carrying a stack of practice books, staring at Ruan Yao with a blank expression.
Glancing at his watch, he calmly said, "You have 45 minutes left. Soon, the senior students will pass by here, and everyone will see you clinging to the doorframe just because you don't want to do practice problems."
Seeing Ruan Yao's trembling hands gripping the doorframe, Chu Lingyi added provocatively, "That would be quite a scene."
Ruan Yao, who cared deeply about his image, definitely didn’t want to be embarrassed in front of others.
"Oh, what if someone takes a picture?"
"And what if it spreads online?"
It was a perfectly targeted attack.
Ruan Yao coughed awkwardly, then slowly let go of the doorframe and weakly said, "I already promised Teacher Lu I'd practice dancing."
Chu Lingyi gave a slight smile and pulled out a permission slip. "I've excused you. Teacher Lu is really looking forward to seeing your test scores."
Damn it.
Ruan Yao had forgotten that Chu Lingyi was very close with the PE teacher.
With a gloomy face, Ruan Yao slumped into the chair and grumbled, "Teaching me is useless anyway. I’m dumb. Just wait for your punishment."
Chu Lingyi placed the stack of practice books on Ruan Yao's desk and sincerely said, "I’ll wait."
Ruan Yao frowned while holding a black pen. He stared at the test paper filled with tiny print and immediately felt as if his will to live was slipping away.
He could recognize every word, but when they were strung together into a sentence, he didn’t understand a thing.
"...System, why do I have to study too just to finish this story?" In his mind, Ruan Yao felt like golden stars were spinning around his head, dizzy from all the functions, algebra, and combinations.
The system stuttered, "I... I don’t know either. I’ll try to find the answer for you."
Being forced to study by a protagonist who was supposed to hate him felt like an illogical comedy plot. Too positive, wasn’t it?
For Chu Lingyi, these practice problems were nothing more than appetizers. He only needed a glance to instantly find the best solution.
Chu Lingyi opened a workbook he had already completed, casually spinning his pen between his fingers.
But his gaze unconsciously drifted to the boy beside him, who was frowning in deep confusion.
The brightening sunlight of early summer poured in lavishly, wrapping the young man’s figure in warmth. His beautiful silhouette seemed to be surrounded by golden light.
Chu Lingyi sat beside Ruan Yao, close enough to see the fine hairs on the soft cheeks of the boy.
Ruan Yao had always been someone who disliked studying, preferred playing, was mischievous, quick-tempered, or perhaps more accurately, spoiled and foolish.
From the beginning, Ruan Zhengxuan had never intended to educate him seriously. After all, Ruan Yao was not his biological child.
To him, the more useless the boy was, the better. He was nothing more than a burden, someone who could only rely on the Ruan family.
In the past, Chu Lingyi could easily ignore all of that, focusing on his own studies. He would only coldly watch as Ruan Yao destroyed himself, failing to get into college, having no abilities, and being too spoiled to face any challenges.
A useless person, except as a burden to his family.
But now, he felt a little differently.
"The fate of life and death is in my hands."
Ruan Yao truly didn’t understand. The system patiently displayed the easiest steps for Ruan Yao to copy. While writing the answers, Ruan Yao complained to the system, "I’ll never dare to sleep in class again."
Even though the system had provided the answers, to maintain Ruan Yao’s foolish character, the large exam paper could only be filled halfway.
The multiple-choice and short-answer questions were only half-filled, and for the essay question, if he could finish the first sub-question, it would be a huge relief.
Ruan Yao trembled as he bit the cap of his pen, cautiously glancing at Chu Lingyi, then asked softly, "Is he watching me?"
The system replied, "He’s checking if you’re serious or not."
Ruan Yao looked up at the sky and said, "Telling me to study hard and become an exemplary student, is this the right attitude towards a small villain like me?"
The system was confused as well. This phenomenon had gone beyond the understanding of a small mechanical entity entirely made of data.
After thinking for five minutes, the system finally said, "Maybe he’s deliberately pressuring you, using the opportunity to show how foolish you are, and then flaunt his superior intelligence. Isn’t this something that often happens in stories, where the small character is humiliated by the main character?"
Ruan Yao suddenly realized, "You're absolutely right! It must be that way. How cunning this protagonist is."
The system chimed in, "Ding! Be careful with your choice of words. The protagonist is not cunning. It’s called being smart and manipulative."
"Why are you daydreaming?"
The clear voice of the young man, like beads falling on a jade plate, suddenly sounded near Ruan Yao’s ear. In the hot weather, the sound was more refreshing than air conditioning.
Ruan Yao blinked once, his big eyes glancing, and then finally snapped back to reality, stuttering, "I... I’m done writing."
Chu Lingyi stared at the partially empty exam paper, his sharp long brows furrowing deeply.
"Why isn’t the back filled in?"
The aura was more intimidating than the strict math teacher. Ruan Yao trembled, his body shrinking like a snail, "But I couldn’t do it."
Chu Lingyi looked at him like he was an idiot, no different than before.
Ruan Yao felt annoyed: What's wrong if I don’t understand math?
"Don’t move," said Chu Lingyi.
"Huh?" Ruan Yao gaped, his beautiful eyes widening in confusion.
His trembling eyelashes almost brushed against Chu Lingyi’s sharp chin as he bent down.
Chu Lingyi propped up the desk with one hand, while his other hand held a pen, leaning in close, completely trapping Ruan Yao in his embrace.
"Let me help check."
Chu Lingyi bent down, seriously studying the answer sheet, which was adorned with little human drawings by Ruan Yao.
Ruan Yao: ... Damn, caught slacking off.
Chu Lingyi stared at the beautifully realistic sketch on the exam paper. It was of a young man in a white shirt sitting under the sunlight, with a subtle smile on his face.
Although Ruan Yao’s theoretical subject grades were poor, his talent in art was exceptional. In a short amount of time, he had accurately captured the essence of his drawing subject.
The sketch really did look like someone he admired—a perfect detail.
"Who is this drawing of?" Chu Lingyi asked, though he already knew the answer. His tone sounded cold, as if he truly didn’t recognize the picture.
Ruan Yao’s face immediately flushed, and he turned his face towards the curtain fluttering in the wind.
"This drawing... a pig."
The summer wind blew past Ruan Yao’s ears, lifting his now longer black hair, and gently brushing the side of Chu Lingyi’s cheek. Even the wind felt fragrant.
Chu Lingyi seemingly accidentally scratched a small mark on the white paper with his pen, leaving an untidy diagonal line.
Ruan Yao, feeling frustrated, complained to his system, "He must be jealous of my extraordinary artistic talent."
The system, also distracted, replied: "Impossible. We are a noble and fair system. The protagonist would not have emotions like jealousy."
Ruan Yao: "Really? I don't believe it."
The system immediately grew annoyed and fell silent.
"These questions all follow a pattern. If you memorize the formulas, you can solve them," said Chu Lingyi, his voice sounding softer than usual, almost as if it were filled with care.
His patience was remarkable.
Ruan Yao, still confused, asked many basic questions. Chu Lingyi not sending him away from the fourth floor was already proof of his virtue.
In the end, Ruan Yao, looking perplexed, somehow found himself in an odd position—almost resting his face against Chu Lingyi’s body.
Chu Lingyi then handed him a simple trigonometry question.
Ruan Yao pinched his nose and wrote the answer, showing his disdain for math.
"Wrong."
Chu Lingyi circled the process of solving the problem with a red pen, drawing a perfect circle. "Your process is wrong."
"Ruan Yao."
Chu Lingyi suddenly called his name. Ruan Yao looked up, his eyes blankly staring at him.
A soft touch, like a dragonfly landing briefly, fell on Ruan Yao’s pink lips.
Ruan Yao didn’t have time to react.
"Didn't you hate me?" Chu Lingyi’s dark eyes, hidden behind his long lashes, stared at the stunned youth. "From now on, every time you get a question wrong, I’ll punish you like this."
He slowly closed the pen he had used to work on the problem, straightened his crumpled collar from leaning down, and said expressionlessly, "If you don’t want your lips to swell from being kissed, you’d better fix your grades soon."
Ruan Yao stared at him like a frightened little rabbit, his eyes full of tears, as if cursing Chu Lingyi’s rudeness.
Chu Lingyi turned away, deliberately raising his voice, "Why are you staring at me like that? I just don’t want you to trouble me. Should I help you during the exam?"
Ruan Yao raised one eyebrow, wanting to argue, but felt he had no strong counterpoint.
He thought hard and finally weakly asked, "Can’t we choose another punishment?"
Chu Lingyi’s gaze moved from Ruan Yao’s lips, which had subconsciously pouted, to his body hidden behind the desk.
"No."
Geniuses really are that ruthless.
The bell rang, marking the end of the third-year high school class. The corridor quickly became filled with the noise of students.
The classroom, which had been hard to find, was soon crowded with other students who wanted to study on their own. After all, high school is a very important time, and students strive to learn with all their abilities.
Chu Lingyi casually grasped Ruan Yao's wrist in his palm. "Let's go."
Ruan Yao, looking foolish, could only obey, walking obediently behind Chu Lingyi.
However, before they had taken a few steps out of the classroom, Ruan Yao’s other hand was grabbed by someone.
A young man wearing a school jacket with an arrogant attitude looked at the two high school students with a gaze as if he were looking at ants.
The young man’s face appeared very angry, with a diamond earring sparkling in his ear.
Around them, many people were rushing past, but the three people standing still became the center of attention.
"What are you two doing secretly in an empty classroom? Dating?"
Lin Xuan, the leader of the school’s bullies, looked at the two students with a cold gaze and finally uttered these words after scrutinizing them.
Some students who recognized the three of them began to whisper.
Lin Xuan pulled Ruan Yao toward him and threw out an even more shocking question.
"Taking someone else's boyfriend out without my permission?"
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