Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Suddenly Made a Comeback!

Using food to win over Shang Shuyue really works.

Initially, Shang Shuyue was a bit evasive, but gradually she got used to it.

She would even ask every day before stepping out of the house, "What are we eating today?"

Jiang Yan held his bicycle with one hand, his lips forming a smile.

"So, does your mom not make breakfast every day?"

Shang Shuyue's face turned red instantly.

She pursed her lips, feeling a bit ashamed.

"Then I'll go home to eat—"

"Don't."

Jiang Yan pulled her back and took out a carefully packed breakfast from his backpack.

"Today we're having seafood porridge."

Shang Shuyue always wakes up early, and the school is nearby; they eat while walking.

The early autumn wind was refreshing, and people started appearing for morning exercises on the roadside.

The lake's surface in the park glittered pleasantly.

Drinking the warm seafood porridge, Shang Shuyue suddenly looked at the boy beside her, who seemed idle but was actually not so bad.

"Jiang Yan, have you ever thought about what you want to do in the future?"

Jiang Yan looked at the ducks gathering on the lake and laughed, "The future? Maybe I'll become a big star?"

Shang Shuyue didn't expect such an answer and after a moment of surprise, she laughed.

"A star? Then you might be the one with the most scandals."

"You know, that might be true."

"You have a clear understanding of yourself."

"What about you?" Jiang Yan turned to her, "What do you want to do in the future?"

Shang Shuyue paused, "The future... probably just get into a good college and live a routine life."

"That's too dull. Don't you have anything you really want to do right now?"

"Why ask me that?"

"Who knows, maybe I'll have mercy and help you make it happen?"

Shang Shuyue thought he was joking, but still seriously contemplated, her long lashes gradually lowering.

"I really want to visit my grandmother right now."

Before high school, she always lived with her grandmother.

However, during summer vacation, her parents brought her to the Capital, and her grandmother was taken abroad by her uncle.

Listening to her parents' discussions recently, it seems her grandmother is sick, and even foreign doctors are helpless.

She really wants to see her grandmother, but her mother thinks her studies are more important now, a trip abroad would take too much time, and disagrees.

"But if I study hard this semester and come first in the exams, mom might agree then." Shang Shuyue suddenly lifted her gaze to him, "I've saved some money myself, just enough for winter break, so I won't need your help with this."

"Let's go, it's getting late, don't miss morning reading."

Watching Shang Shuyue's hopeful and light-hearted figure, Jiang Yan suddenly felt a lump in his throat.

He had seen it in her diary.

It seemed her grandmother had less than a week left.

The bright sunlight turned cold instantly, and Jiang Yan followed Shang Shuyue without a word.

He didn't tell her this fact.

After all, he doesn't belong to this time, and he feared any drastic action might affect everyone around him.

In the following days, Shang Shuyue noticed Jiang Yan's meticulous care of her even more.

He seemed to be cautiously managing her emotions, as if she were a fragile glass doll.

Yet she wasn't that delicate.

After another midterm exam, Jiang Yan improved by 500 places, and the grade head praised him profusely.

Jiang Yan took the chance to openly admit that Shang Shuyue had been helping him with tutoring, and the delighted grade head patted Shang Shuyue's shoulder to encourage her to help Jiang Yan improve another 500 places.

Seeing Jiang Yan's cheerful eye corners, Shang Shuyue felt like she had boarded a pirate ship.

But Jiang Yan was indeed a dangerous person.

Shang Shuyue quickly experienced this.

After a normal evening self-study, Shang Shuyue finished the last Olympiad problem, found everyone had left the classroom, and slowly packed her backpack.

Suddenly, the classroom lights went out.

She frowned in confusion and groped in the dark to turn the lights on.

But she tripped over something, painfully hitting the desk.

Before she could recover, a faint female voice sounded—

"You're Shang Shuyue, aren't you? Have you been in contact with Jiang Yan recently?"

Covering her waist, Shang Shuyue attempted to stand but was immediately restrained.

She realized that the newcomer had ill intentions, and opened her mouth to shout.

But the person warned viciously, "If you dare shout, I don't mind 'ba-ing' you, let the whole school see their so-called top student goddess."

A voice nearby added, "Why so polite? I've disliked her for a long time; acting high and mighty just because her parents are teachers, prancing in front of that bald Mediterranean teacher, it's so annoying."

"Exactly, exactly, and trying to get Brother Yan's attention!"

Raised in luxury, Shang Shuyue faced such an encounter for the first time, inevitably feeling nervous.

"Who, who are you?"

"Hehe." The previous girl laughed again, "Who are we? Do you know Jiang Li? Sister Li sent us to warn you, her brother is not someone you can mess with, so be careful."

"Next time I see you together—"

Soon, Shang Shuyue heard the sound of pages being torn.

The sound lasted for a good three minutes.

Gradually, the classroom noise subsided.

Supporting herself on the ground with both hands, Shang Shuyue's body continued to tremble uncontrollably.

Then came the sound of water droplets hitting the ground.

After a long while, she gathered the strength to turn on the lights.

The classroom regained its brightness, stabbing her eyes with the incandescent light.

When her sight recovered, the first thing she saw was her textbook, now shredded into pieces.

In a daze, she walked forward, picking up the fragments bit by bit...

Shang Shuyue returned home late.

Dragging the backpack full of fragments, she staggered toward the door.

Hesitating whether to tell her parents about tonight's events, she lingered outside the door.

But just as she took out the key to open the door, her parents' voices came through the door crack—

"Don't let Yueyue know about this yet!"

"But Yueyue loves her grandma the most, can we hide it? She'll find out eventually."

"We can tell her during winter break, for now, she's just started high school, this is a crucial foundational period. If she insists on going to M country, what should we do?"

"That's true, sigh... But mom can be considered to have enjoyed life; after a few days I'll take leave, give a random excuse, and go there with Qingmin to handle the matters."