Why Are the Psychos Obsessed with a Mere NPC?
Chapter 37: My Intuition Is Very Accurate

Chapter 37: Chapter 37: My Intuition Is Very Accurate

"I think you’ve been completely bewitched by them."

Xu Jianjuan had just managed to calm down, only for Jian Yu to shatter her composure.

But she also knew it wasn’t Jian Yu’s fault. It was Xi Yu and his crowd.

It was like the pot calling the kettle black.

In her past life, she had lost herself, no different from Jian Yu now.

The aristocratic air and authority nurtured by their power held a fatal attraction for anyone.

But Xu Jianjuan still couldn’t control her urge to lash out.

"Do you really think they care about you? It’s just mutual exploitation! The moment you lose your research value, they’ll be the first to cast you aside."

Her eyes burned with resentment, carrying the weight of her entire past life.

’The heroine has some mental issues.’

Jian Yu could tell, but she didn’t understand what the heroine was saying.

"Exploit me? Lose my research value?"

She could eliminate the pain of an Awakener’s Threshold Devouring Period, the elements in her blood had self-healing properties, and she even seemed to possess the ability to pacify Alien Beasts.

’The heroine shouldn’t know any of this. Even I was just told, though I had my suspicions.’

’Could it be that in the last life, my abilities were widely known?’

’Impossible. In the known plot, no character as special as me ever appeared.’

Jian Yu tilted her head, trying to find the answer in the heroine’s eyes. "Are you saying I’m going to be disfigured?"

"Do you think your only value is that face of yours?"

Xu Jianjuan was incredulous, then let out a laugh of pure anger.

She admitted that Jian Yu’s face was very valuable, but... but...

For the first time, Xu Jianjuan felt tongue-tied.

Her face was filled with hatred.

’It must be because they locked me up for so long in my past life. I’ve forgotten how to speak properly.’

"You’re at Weis Lan Noble Academy! Your major is Gene Incubation! This isn’t some trashy, no-name university!"

Xu Jianjuan was seething with rage. "I think you’ve been kneeling before the nobility for so long you’ve forgotten how to stand."

She angrily watched Jian Yu, who was kneeling by the bed and arranging her stuffed dolls.

Then, she watched as Jian Yu slowly stood up.

Ending up just a little taller than her.

"..." Xu Jianjuan was speechless.

’Was that the ’stand up’ she was talking about?’

Jian Yu’s body swayed.

Xu Jianjuan subconsciously reached out to steady her.

Her arm was slender and pale; afraid of squeezing too hard, she instinctively eased her grip by half.

"Thank you." Jian Yu gave her a surprised glance.

"My apologies, please give me a moment."

’I had my words all planned out, but then I tripped on my dress when I stood up.’

’I knew I shouldn’t have worn such a long dress.’

’If the spiral staircase hadn’t taken me directly to the dorm entrance, I can’t imagine how many times I would have tripped.’

"Don’t wear such a long dress next time."

The anger swelling in Xu Jianjuan’s stomach suddenly dissipated, and the script she had prepared in her mind was choked back.

She watched, dumbfounded, as Jian Yu bent down to arrange the flowing hem of her skirt.

The train of the skirt fanned out, dotted with specks of white jasmine and teal leaf embellishments.

A few strands of soft, chestnut-colored hair fell forward, accentuating her fair, dewy skin.

She clearly wasn’t short, but when she squatted down, she looked like a small, little bundle.

Xu Jianjuan stared blankly at the matching branch-and-leaf hair accessory on Jian Yu’s head.

’She once had many such tiaras herself.’

Jian Yu stood up, collected her thoughts, and asked in confusion, "You were the one who pushed me out here, so why do you want to yell some sense into me now?"

There was no blame in her words, only confusion.

’Isn’t everything happening now exactly what the heroine wanted?’

"Don’t blame me. I had no choice."

Xu Jianjuan felt a pang of guilt. She couldn’t stop her mind from racing with assumptions.

Reborn without warning, she was surrounded by enemies on all sides.

Her first instinct was to escape her predicament, and the only solution she could think of was to push someone else into the spotlight.

The only way to cover up the scandal and reduce the heat on her was to create an even bigger sensation.

She couldn’t think of a suitable candidate, and just then, Jian Yu happened to stumble into her path.

"At least now that you’re involved with them, you won’t face any unfair treatment in the future. The Qin Family won’t be able to give you any trouble either."

Xu Jianjuan’s gaze toward Jian Yu instantly filled with pity.

Duan Feiye.

Duan Feiye must have come back too.

Xi Yu making such a high-profile scene of escorting Jian Yu back to the dorm, acting like he was going to protect her right under his nose...

It must be because Jian Yu drank that medicine Duan Feiye brought back!

’She had helped Jian Yu avoid the tragic death of her past life, but blessings and curses are two sides of the same coin. By encountering people like Sheng Yue, her fate might not be much better.’

Xu Jianjuan’s pupils lost focus as she almost whispered to herself.

"Whether you’ve actually attracted Sheng Yue’s attention is no longer important. What’s important is whether, in the eyes of others, you are the one being given special treatment by Sheng Yue and his group."

Especially those few who haven’t returned yet.

’She wouldn’t even have to do anything more. They would seek Jian Yu out because of this ’special treatment.’’

Xu Jianjuan’s breathing grew ragged, and her shoulders trembled.

"Are you okay?" Jian Yu hadn’t expected her probing questions to push the girl this far.

’What on earth happened to the heroine, who was supposed to live a life of passionate glory?’

’The ambition, the sharpness, the unyielding spirit, the disdain for the nobility—it’s all still there.’

’But just as the waves stirred, they instantly settled back into stagnant water.’

Facing the heroine she had once envied and been jealous of, Jian Yu was at a loss for words.

"I don’t blame you. This life I have now is actually what I’ve always wanted."

’In reality, the heroine’s little scheme was too clumsy to have caused her any harm at all.’

’She had been noticed because she fainted, because of her special constitution, and also because she had underestimated the aftereffects of the medicine from Professor Lin.’

’By a strange twist of fate, she had caught the eye of two psychos and was now living the good life she had always dreamed of.’

’They were rich, handsome, and powerful, and they were all fighting over her body.’

’There was nothing wrong with being a freeloader. If it weren’t for the potential risks associated with her special constitution, Jian Yu feared she would indulge in this life even more.’

"Is that so? That’s great, then. Congratulations." Xu Jianjuan breathed a sigh of relief.

The other girl was adapting better than she was. She felt both relieved and strangely melancholic.

’She still had regrets and felt indignant, but her situation didn’t allow her to keep fighting.’

’The therapist had been tactful, but Xu Jianjuan understood the implication: her psyche was very dark.’

’Impulse control disorder. Maybe in this life, she’ll end up even worse off than in the last.’

"Regardless, I’m still very sorry for dragging you into this."

’Jian Yu was now certain the heroine had been reborn.’

She was only curious. "Why me?"

"Because you’re a likely variable. My intuition has always been sharp."

Xu Jianjuan blurted out.

Realizing what she’d said, she pressed her lips together and equivocated, "You just seem... very special."

’She rarely forgot a face, let alone her own roommate.’

’In her past life, they had met once, briefly. How did she just disappear after that?’

’Faced with a variable, it was hard for her not to pay attention.’

Given the bitter fruit of her last life, Xu Jianjuan wasn’t sure if the decisions she was making now were the right ones.

After being reborn, her own mind was not at peace with itself.

Before she had even fully processed the shock of her rebirth, she had specifically picked out three scholarship students from her memories.

She and Jian Yu weren’t the only scholarship students at the academy, but Jian Yu was the only one as outstanding as her.

In the end, she crossed two names off the list of three, leaving only Jian Yu.

She wanted Jian Yu to walk the same path she had.