Chapter 40: Drawing Cards Consumes Luck, So What About the System Drawing for You?

“I didn’t know Lin Yi was so good at making cakes.”

“Of course.”

“But it’s such a shame, there wasn’t any left.” Yan Jianxing wiped the corner of her mouth with a tissue. “The class went crazy fighting over it.”

Lin Yi was always indifferent. The beauties snatched away her cake, and she got the system reward. It was a win-win.

Passing by the restroom, Lin Yi excused herself to use it, telling them to go ahead.

To be honest, since reincarnating until now, Lin Yi had completely gotten used to using the women’s restroom.

That slogan, “One small step forward, one giant leap for civilization,” was far behind her, probably never to be seen again in this lifetime.

Washing her hands at the sink, Lin Yi saw Su Kui waiting for her in the hallway outside.

Drying her hands, Lin Yi walked out and asked, “Not going back to class?”

“I’ll wait for you a bit, we can go back together.” Su Kui smiled. “Lin Yi, could you teach me?”

“Teach you what?”

“Cake.” Su Kui clasped her hands together, tilting her head. “I want to go home and make it for my younger brother and sister.”

“Uh, well…”

“Is there something inconvenient about it?” Su Kui seemed to think of something, covering her mouth. “It wouldn’t be some secret recipe, would it? Sorry, I was being presumptuous.”

Lin Yi waved her hand. “It’s not really a secret recipe, it’s just… not easy to teach.”

Actually, the cake she just made, everything else was ordinary. It was just that the Clear Mind Black Tea was way too overpowered. It was like adding ice to the cake, making it irresistible.

If it weren’t for the system task requiring Lin Yi to conquer the girls with her cooking, she wouldn’t have wasted the black tea on this.

She originally wanted to use the black tea today to hook that mermaid, Jian Shuye. Looks like that plan is sunk now.

“Not easy to teach?”

“Yeah, that… think about it, right! Exactly!” Lin Yi thought of a reason. “To teach this, first you need ingredients, you need a venue, and you need free time, right?”

Su Kui nodded. “That’s true.”

“Ingredients are easy, but things like an oven are only available at school. And you know, the school never opens the kitchen outside of cooking classes.”

What Lin Yi said made perfect sense. Su Kui fell into thought.

Sorry, Sister Kui! If this were my own real skill, of course I’d teach you!

“Let’s go back, it’s almost time for class.”

“Lin Yi.”

“Hmm?”

Su Kui placed her hands behind her back. The afternoon sun shone on her silhouette, making the edges of her body seem to glow faintly.

She extended an invitation to Lin Yi. “This Saturday, come to my house?”

“Huh?”

“Although… it’s a bit sudden, but… it’s not a spur-of-the-moment idea.”

Su Kui twisted slightly. “Su Xun, and Su Ji, they… they want to see you too. Oh right, Su Ji also said he wants you to perform that for him again.”

No need to say more, Lin Yi understood everything!

Please don’t reveal my true identity, leave everyone with something to imagine.

Kamen Rider can only transform when humanity faces a crisis.

“Just right, come over on Saturday, we can…” Su Kui lifted her eyes, a shimmer in them. “After all, I still remember, you said you’d treat me to a meal.”

When?

Lin Yi thought about it. Did that really happen?

Seems like it did, back during the first Monthly Exam.

Lin Yi suddenly felt a bit like a scumbag. Just a bit.

“O-okay.” Lin Yi thought about it; she didn’t really have plans for Saturday anyway, just needed to sound out Jian Shuye.

“It’s settled then.”

Su Kui hopped two steps, passing by Lin Yi, speaking in a tone only the two of them could hear. “I’m looking forward to it…”

Sister Kui!

Lin Yi teared up. Me too, I’m also looking forward to it!

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After evening self-study ended, Lin Yi and Yan Jianxing returned to the dormitory at the same time, heads aching and dizzy.

The two supported each other, one collapsing onto a chair, the other leaning against the wardrobe, looking like tank girls who had just returned from the battlefield.

If I’d known studying was this hard, I wouldn’t have been singing praises to youth, Lin Yi thought.

“Ugh, damn that Math Big Beard, leaving so many test papers, it’s inhuman!”

“I’m going to take a shower, wash away this aura of exhaustion.”

Lin Yi hadn’t had any Clear Mind Black Tea today because she used it all in the cake, so she seemed somewhat listless.

Yan Jianxing, holding her underwear, said, “Then I’ll go first, okay? Want to join me?”

“Of course not! You go ahead!”

“Hehe, what are you shy about? So innocent.”

Lin Yi offered no comment on a girl this age still wearing cartoon bear underwear.

Leaning back in her chair, she opened the system panel, saw the “Reality Reward Chest” in the inventory, and frowned, thinking.

At first, she thought she misread it, that it should be a “Limited-Time Reward Chest.” But she’d confirmed many times today; it definitely said “Reality.”

Could it be… it gives money?

—System Bro, you’re my bro!

A system that gives money made Lin Yi see it in a new light.

Lin Yi rubbed her little hands together, eagerly starting to bow to the heavens, the earth, and the air. She even opened her phone, pulled up Jian Shuye’s chat interface, and bowed to that too.

Only after bowing to all the gods and buddhas did Lin Yi dare open the chest.

[Open this chest?]

—Yes!

With a flash of golden light, Lin Yi saw the reward inside the chest.

[Grand Prize: Xiamen Dual Three-Day All-Inclusive Tour Voucher]

What the heck?

Lin Yi stared at this line of text in the system, suspecting the stupid system was messing with her.

Where’s the voucher?

Why a travel voucher?

[Exchange reward?]

—Fine, bring it on. Let’s see how you’re going to give me this reward. It won’t just materialize out of thin air, will it? That would be so lame.

Before Lin Yi could even finish her internal rant, she felt her body moving on its own.

This feeling… unmistakable. It was the same feeling when she’d sought the system’s assistance twice before.

—Stupid System, what are you doing?!

She saw her controlled self open the phone, stare at Jian Shuye’s chat page for five seconds.

—I’m warning you, Stupid System, if you dare do something with this chat interface, I swear I’ll tear you apart with my bare hands.

Fortunately, the system didn’t have any improper designs on Jian Shuye. It was purely because the crappy phone lagged, the interface staying there for a long time before it finally moved.

Opening a travel app, the activity interface in the top right corner, participating in the event, entering a phone number.

Then, an elaborately designed prize wheel popped up.

—Wait, you don’t mean to…

Under the system’s control, Lin Yi’s finger pressed the draw button.

—YAMERO!!!!!

Stupid System, what are you doing?!

Who told you to spend my life’s fortune on something like this!

Not that! Anything but that!

Lin Yi regretted it.

Even though the phone screen erupted with dazzling lights and fireworks, signifying Lin Yi had won the grand prize, she couldn’t feel happy at all.

This did indeed solve the legality issue; nothing strange would materialize out of thin air to raise suspicions.

But why did Lin Yi feel so hollow inside?

How many toppled shared bikes will I have to help back up to recover my luck?

Lin Yi decided to channel her grief and indignation into motivation. She pulled out the Spinach Brand Dumbbell and started working out.

Starting today, she would simply do good deeds, not ask about the future, study hard, improve every day, and strive to recover the good fortune consumed by that draw.