Why Are the Psychos Obsessed with a Mere NPC?
Chapter 38: He Called Her What? Baby?

Chapter 38: Chapter 38: He Called Her What? Baby?

Although she’d made a huge mistake in a moment of poor judgment, she was the only one who could pass sentence on herself.

Subconsciously, Xu Jianjuan also wanted to use someone else as a foil to make herself look better. She felt that if someone else took her place, they wouldn’t necessarily do a better job.

"You’ve already drunk that bottle of medicine, haven’t you?"

Xu Jianjuan’s tone was questioning, but the look on her face suggested she had already confirmed it long ago.

"Didn’t you see it all?" Jian Yu looked at her strangely.

’Has the female lead’s memory gotten jumbled?’

"As I recall, I drank Professor Lin’s medicine in front of everyone."

Xu Jianjuan smiled.

Her expression seemed to say: ’It doesn’t matter if you don’t admit it; I’ve already figured it out anyway.’

Jian Yu wanted to ask for clarification, but the other woman was evasive and refused to say more.

She couldn’t understand why the female lead had become like this. ’Could it be that in the previous life, the male leads abandoned her after they got what they wanted?’

’Or did they force her to do something she was unwilling and unable to accept?’

’The female lead couldn’t possibly feel like she was constantly being tamed and worn down, and so came to resent the male leads, right?’

But without leveraging F7’s power, it would have been very difficult for the female lead to get to where she could stand before so many people.

In the early stages, it was mutual exploitation, each taking what they needed. In the later stages...

She recalled a scene from the plot where the female lead was surrounded by the male leads as she left, and was never seen again after that.

The author seemed to have left a lot of plot holes. The fates of those who followed the female lead were never mentioned either.

At this thought, Jian Yu’s brow furrowed tightly.

"Don’t overthink it. Enjoy the privileges they give you. Don’t give them your heart, and don’t expect any affection from them. You... just cooperate with them."

Xu Jianjuan stopped mid-sentence.

Her gaze was strange.

She was pitying the substitute she herself had pushed forward.

"No matter how good they are to you on the surface, they’ll never give you their true feelings. Stop being so naive. That’s not a good thing."

Jian Yu pitied her too.

In the book, the female lead chased power and advocated for equality. But power is the kind of thing that will only harm you if you don’t have the ability to wield it.

The class structure is fixed. When an ordinary person rushes out, wanting to be the first to change the world, they are usually just overestimating their own abilities.

There’s no right or wrong path. All one can say is that it’s best to respect each other’s choices.

The female lead wanted freedom.

As for Jian Yu, to her, simply being able to leave the hospital ward was freedom.

Xu Jianjuan started to shoo her away. "The mutated mosquitoes are poisonous. Remember to apply some ointment when you get back."

Jian Yu froze. "Huh?"

It dawned on her, and she touched the hickey on her neck.

Collarbone, calves, arms... visible and invisible, there were conspicuous red marks everywhere.

A strange look entered Jian Yu’s eyes. It wasn’t that she was unaware of Xi Yu’s little intentions.

’But the female lead actually thinks these are from mutated mosquito bites? Isn’t that a little too innocent?’

"You should go." Xu Jianjuan hadn’t expected to receive a warning from Xi Yu so quickly.

She eagerly picked up the stuffed doll from the bed and shoved it into Jian Yu’s arms.

"Go, go, go. Hurry up and get downstairs."

Jian Yu’s fingers clutched the stuffed bear, stunned.

"This is my dorm too. I didn’t even kick you out last time."

A smile appeared on Xu Jianjuan’s pretty face. "So what?"

’The female lead has suddenly become so punchable.’

"Xi Yu has spoken. Your dorm can be Building 7, Building 6, or even all of Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 in the future."

Xu Jianjuan spread her hands. "If you have a problem, you should ask them. I told you, they don’t care about your thoughts at all. You’re the one who didn’t believe me."

A Star Brain panel rose in front of Jian Yu. On it was a message Xi Yu had sent to Xu Jianjuan through a group chat.

Simple and crude: "Tell her to come down."

Jian Yu frowned. She wasn’t done asking her questions.

Seeing Jian Yu’s small face scrunched up, Xu Jianjuan grabbed the hem of her dress. "I’ll see you out."

The spiral lift was ascending.

Jian Yu blinked. ’Aren’t you supposed to be taking me down?’

"Xu Shaoqing has learned her lesson and won’t come looking for trouble for now, but you still need to be careful in the future. People like her forget the pain once the wound has healed. The moment she gets a chance, she’ll be back to her old tricks."

Xu Jianjuan watched the ever-rising scenery. "Sometimes, the more they act like they care, the worse it is for you."

She turned her head and tucked a loose strand of hair behind Jian Yu’s ear.

"You’ve only been with them for a few days, so you can’t be in too deep. Wait for them."

Xu Jianjuan’s tone paused for a moment.

"All in all, they won’t really hurt you. Just keep your distance, cooperate with them, don’t have delusions, don’t try to be clever, and don’t... don’t believe a word they say. That way, when you want to leave, you can pull away at any time."

She, too, once thought that by following them, she could defy fate and change her destiny.

She thought that through hard work alone, an ordinary person could become Awakened and shatter the so-called class order.

Drifting among those who were hypocritical, despised the poor while fawning over the rich, and desperately clawed their way up, she gradually became one of them herself.

Jian Yu didn’t interrupt. She looked at the bleakness in the female lead’s eyes, trying hard to analyze her words for useful information.

"Ordinary people should live like ordinary people. It’s meaningless to overthink things. You can’t change others, and in the end, you won’t even be able to return to how you were before."

The female lead was losing control, saying more and more, all in the knowing tone of someone with experience.

Jian Yu really wanted to say: ’Your act is slipping. There are a lot of holes.’

She felt a little sad. It seemed the female lead saw her as a fool and wasn’t guarding against her at all.

CLICK.

The levitating lift suddenly descended.

The vacant look in Xu Jianjuan’s eyes returned to normal, and she hastily shut her mouth.

She stepped forward, looking at Xi Yu, who had forcibly interfered with the lift’s trajectory.

His expression was grim. She rarely saw him look like that.

’His temper is so weird, and his patience has gotten worse. He can’t even wait a few minutes.’

If the levitating lift didn’t have a protective barrier, she suspected he would have jumped directly up to the sixth floor to take Jian Yu away.

Xu Jianjuan retracted her gaze, speechless at her own conjecture.

Her gaze returned to Jian Yu’s obedient and soft face, and she hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

She had lied earlier. Qin Xianzhao didn’t know Jian Yu’s identity.

What if the two of them ran into each other later, and Qin Xianzhao had no reaction and took no action?

Or what if Jian Yu went directly to the Qin Family to ask...

’She’s so dense, she seems like she’d actually do something like that.’

Xu Jianjuan felt a headache coming on.

"For now, if Qin Xianzhao doesn’t make a move against you, the Qin Family will acknowledge you once the elite Beast Taming challenge begins. When that happens, you’ll believe what I said."

The message on the female lead’s face was clear: Don’t go back to the Qin Family.

Jian Yu hugged the stuffed bear in her arms tightly and nodded. "Okay."

The levitating lift’s doors opened, and the two of them walked out.

Xu Jianjuan hadn’t even let go of the dress hem in her hand before Xi Yu took it from her.

"Thank you, student, for helping my baby hold her dress."

Xi Yu squatted down and, copying the way Ling Yanzhi held people, lifted Jian Yu with a single arm.

He pressed his face against hers, nuzzling her again and again.

"Baby took so long to come down. I missed my baby to death."

Xu Jianjuan looked up as if she’d seen a ghost.

She stumbled back a step, unable to believe the man before her was Xi Yu.

’Baby???’

Jian Yu pursed her lips in shame, subconsciously glancing at Xu Jianjuan’s expression.

It was very strange.

She felt that the female lead’s gaze was dark and sinister.