The room was still brightly lit at 2 in the morning, and Xia Yao sat upright at the desk. Her bangs were messily picked up by a hairpin and revealed her smooth forehead as she worked hard on her exercises, a pencil in her hand.

In her eyes, these assignments she used to read but could never understand finally appeared like they were all interconnected. It seemed as if she just had opened a bug, where all the difficult points she had tried so hard to memorize in the past finally floated like a series of beautiful notes in her mind. Her brain had never been so clear and her eyes had never been so bright, and when she finished reviewing the last chapter of the first year of high school, she turned off the lights and went to bed. Studying was sure enjoyable!

***

The morning breeze was blowing and the sun chased the shadow of the night. The warm golden light hit the girl's face at her desk, illuminating her hard-working figure that was looking upward every day.

As usual, Xia Yao got up at 6 am to read. But unlike before, she could now understand the content of the book.

[Good morning, host!]

It was rare for the system to not directly issue a task right off the bat and greet her. But as Xia Yao was focused on solving equations, she did not pay attention to it.

[Please show up at the entrance before 7:02 am and be sure to complete the plot of "The sweetheart of the three big bosses".]

Xia Yao ignored it and kept writing formulas. Just a little more, one step left!

[Host, it is 7:00 right now and there are 2 minutes left to complete the plot before your self-awareness immediately gets obliterated and your original character's setting gets restored.]

Xia Yao tossed the pen in her hand, ran to the door and the sound of footsteps echoed in the villa.

She could guess today's plot. According to the novel, when the supporting female character Xia Yao had seen Ji Huai yesterday and recognized him as the boy of the afternoon, she had fallen in love at first sight. Because of that, she had no longer secretly hidden in her room to study every morning but had started appearing in the living room at 7 am every day, planning to go to school with him. Unfortunately, because of her brain-disabled behavior, she had quickly disgusted Ji Huai and the heroine had taken advantage of the situation to be the one to accompany him.

That was right, Xia Yao used to study every day until she was late for school. The original Xia Yao had wanted to surpass the predestined heroine through learning and had tried her hardest to brush up questions. Everybody had mistaken her for sleeping in and she had unfortunately been unable to understand anything because of her forced lowered intellect.

As soon as Xia Yao got off the stairs, she saw Xia Xi and Ji Huai sitting in the living room, having breakfast together. Xia Yuan was not there and she guessed something must have happened at his university.

When Xia Xi noticed Xia Yao, she was taken aback and said in a surprised tone: "Sister, you got up so early today."

Xia Yao nodded, not intending to talk to the heroine. She had her own plans; she just needed to go through a cut scene to brush up her sense of existence, but it was still better to talk less and be barely visible. But the truth was, she was still focusing on her math problems.

"Brother Ji Huai, my sister usually sleeps in. It must be because of you she got up earlier today." Xia Xi smiled at Ji Huai.

She glanced at Xia Yao again, unable to look straight at her bed hair and unwashed face; she had woken up two hours earlier today just to draw her makeup and to spray sweet perfume to impress Ji Huai.

Ji Huai, who was holding bread in his hand, also looked at the girl who still hadn't combed her hair. He felt somewhat stunned when he heard Xia Xi's words.

So it turned out to be like that.

"No, I'm on duty today so I got up early." Xia Yao glanced at Xia Xi and reached for the food on the table.

Xia Xi hadn't expected her sister to directly slap her in the face but when she watched her take some bread, she thought of something and asked with some concern: "Sister, since you're already up, did you brush your teeth?"

It was already a miracle she would wake up before it was too late, how could she have time to brush her teeth?

Xia Yao looked at her briefly and despite putting the bread in her mouth, her words were very clear: "None of your business."

Realizing that Xia Yao didn't seem to care about her appearance, Xia Xi turned her head toward the boy: "Brother Ji Huai, my sister is not usually like this. We usually get along very well but she woke up so early for the first time today!"

Ah, how could she really go on duty, she was most likely going to bully people again!

"Oh." Ji Huai replied. He didn't like this talkative girl very much and had already understood her implication.

Perhaps because his voice was too cold, Xia Xi's enthusiasm dampened and she didn't say much anymore; she still tried to small talk a little but it was mostly one way and the boy barely answered.

Ji Huai discreetly glanced at Xia Yao from the corner of his eyes and handed her a paper towel: "On the corner of your mouth..."

Before he could finish speaking, the girl grabbed the towel and quickly thanked him: "Thank you. I am done eating, I will leave first."

Her task had been completed and it was time for her to let the heroine and one of her heroes sprinkle dog food. She walked away and Ji Huai stared at her back in a daze for a long time.

***

Xia Yao didn't have the habit of being on duty. After all, how could delinquents sweep the floor? Brooms could be used as a weapon!

But today was different. She now had her self-awareness and she could put aside her previous concepts, planning to do her part to benefit the class.

Therefore, the F classroom was exceptionally quiet today.

Shocking news! Xia Yao picked up a broom to clean! Has someone angered her enough for her to destroy the world with her newly found weapon? Please listen to the tabloid reporter...

After mopping the floor, Xia Yao's mouth was dry. She had only eaten bread this morning and had not taken a sip of milk. She dropped her broom and went to the convenience store.

[Please show up at the convenience store before 7:38 am and be sure to complete the plot of "The sweetheart of the three big bosses".]

Her steps faltered; between her math problems and her morning duties, she had completely forgotten about the plot for a minute, like the fact that she was about to meet Xia Xi again at the store and meet the last male lead.

***

Because Ji Huai had not been so happy with her this morning, Xia Xi walked into the convenience store with a slightly unpleasant face. Ji Huai would definitely be thirsty after PE and she wanted to get a drink ready for him.

She opened the fridge and her eyes swept on the rows, looking for sports drinks, only to find out they were on the highest shelf. Why would anyone put it there? She was in a dilemma; she frowned and stood up on the tip of her toes, only to realize she couldn't grab the bottle after a few minutes of struggle.

Xu Shizhou was standing in front of the fridge next to her and was observing the girl who could not reach the top shelf, deliberating whether he should help her or not; it really didn't seem to fit his personality to assist her.

The door of the fridge was like a big mirror and the teenager reflected in it; the large school uniform loosely wrapped around him, messy uncombed black hair, sharp features, and a small mole under the slightly raised corner of his eye. At a glance, the young man was obviously not easy to provoke.

If Xu Yinuan was the big sister on campus, Xu Shizhou was the big brother. He seldom haunted the school, skipped classes every day, and people mostly only heard about his name and barely ever saw him. But due to his family background, the school never intervened in his affairs.

Xia Xi had not seen him and neither had Xia Yao who was standing in front of yet another fridge.

Forget it, let's help, this girl was so short it was pitiful.

Finally making a decision, Xu Shizhou stood up behind Xia Xi but—

According to the plot, the heroine was supposed to meet the third male lead when he would help her get a drink she couldn't reach, starting a back and forth of bickering of Xu Shizhou making fun of her height and Xia Xi getting angry at him.

"Can't you get it?" Xia Yao stretched out her hand and took the bottle casually, before throwing it at Xia Xi.

She didn't want to be helpful or anything, but after waiting for so long for the plot to finally start, she had become a bit irritable. She just wanted to quickly go back to her classroom to study some more!

Xia Yao and Xia Xi were not biological sisters. While they might have looked somewhat similar when they were younger, as they grew up, they became completely different. The most obvious was their respective heights, where Xia Yao was 170 cm with straight and very long legs, Xia Xi was barely 160 cm, petite and cute.

Still standing behind Xia Xi, Xu Shizhou was taken aback. It was a good thing someone else had helped the girl but it was also a bit embarrassing to be there and he also grabbed a sports drink, as Xia Yao took some yogurt.

While Xia Yao had just grabbed the plot of the third licking dog, she didn't believe it would affect the development of the mainline in the slightest. The three of them lined up at the counter and the cashier noticed a can Xia Xi had not paid for.

"What's in your hand?"

"Oh, that?" Xia Xi's eyes were sparkling as her female lead halo surrounded her, "This is my own cat food."

She didn't know why, but this morning she had wanted to feed stray cats on a whim instead of following Xia Yao as usual. She hadn't seen those little guys for more than a month and she shook the can in her hand with a smile.

"Do you like cats a lot?" Xu Shizhou, who was standing behind her once more, was stunned and instinctively asked.

He really liked cats too.

"Yes, there is an abandoned residential building next to our school. There are many stray cats there, I will bring food to them every day." An even bigger smile bloomed on her face, bright and moving.

Xia Yao: Ah, then who is following me after school every day?

But she didn't say anything. After all, her scene was over.

In the novel, Xia Yao had been eavesdropping and had intended to follow Xia Xi after school; she had wanted to kick a kitty and destroy all the things the heroine liked.

Not that Xia Yao would do that now. She glanced at the heroine and her third dog who were still chatting, before stepping forward and saying indifferently: "Excuse me, I'm cutting the line."

She walked to the cashier and gave her the yogurt: "Check out, please."

She had to rush back to study, she had no time to waste on those two flirting in front of her!