Practice beats theory.
Those who think watching a few philosophy videos and listening to some passionate songs can change their personality and life—
Are no different from someone who’s just finished taking off ☆, hasn’t even wiped their hands, and is already eager to grab their phone to chat with group friends.
Completely unbelievable.
“What are you good at?”
“I don’t know.”
“How are your grades?”
“Very bad, hovering around passing.”
“What about gaming? Are you a pro gamer?”
“People often say I’m like an AI.”
“What about writing novels, doing anime or movie reviews, singing, or drawing?”
“None of those………..”
“You can’t do this or that, so what exactly do you spend your time on every day?”
“After school at night, I just go home and find all kinds of game, anime, and video resources for my group friends.”
“How many people have you helped by finding resources?”
“Approximately…over 1,000 people in one group………around four or five groups……..”
“Alright, stop. My Great Saint, I must have been blind not to see it.”
At noon, after eating lunch in the school cafeteria, Su Moli sat leaning against the Playground Flower Terrace by the playground, holding a lollipop between her middle and index fingers, her face full of melancholy as she slowly ate it.
Beside her, Meng Siyu lowered her head, standing nervously and trembling like a child who’s just been scolded by a teacher.
There was no other way, after all.
After the morning’s second class break exercise, following Su Moli’s—utterly over-the-top, middle school-level oath of justice—
Meng Siyu, whose life had been dark and bleak, destined to live like a castaway in society’s gutter, and who had even abandoned her childhood dreams, finally felt ripples stir in her dormant heart, gathering courage to want to change something.
But after the Q&A session just now, that slightly restless heart shrank back again.
“I really am a useless person who can’t do anything………..”
Meng Siyu thought gloomily, feeling that only by belittling herself this way, admitting she was worthless, could she ease the dissatisfaction inside her heart with her current situation.
【Your target girlfriend is feeling down, thinking she’s less than a used piece of paper. Please encourage her quickly to help her regain confidence.】
【Success reward: 100 yuan】
“What are you doing? Hey! You know how many people you helped get through those unbearable, sweltering nights by finding those resources?!”
“How many crimes were prevented?”
“How many people sincerely thanked you after receiving the resources you sent………..”
“Have you forgotten all that?”
Seeing Meng Siyu—who, if she had the Gongde System, could have already become a Saint just by finding resources—still so unaware of her own worth, Su Moli immediately grabbed her shoulders with both hands, shaking her desperately in frustration.
“Ah? Really…am I that amazing? Hehehe (^^ )”
Hearing someone praise her like this for the first time, Meng Siyu smiled foolishly.
What she thought was just a shameful little hobby actually helped so many people, and her heart swelled with a small sense of pride.
“Alright, stop smiling like that.”
“By the way, aren’t you quite pretty?”
Su Moli cupped Meng Siyu’s face with both hands and studied her seriously, realizing she was far prettier than she’d imagined—just lacking confidence, always hunched over and avoiding eye contact, which made her look shabby.
【Meng Siyu’s happiness value +5 after hearing your compliment, reward 50 yuan】
???
Hearing the system’s voice, Su Moli felt like it was just finding ways to send her money.
But whatever.
Her main goal now was to change Meng Siyu’s self-abasing, depressive nature. Once that was fixed, she’d get Beginner Hypnosis.
Beginners Hypnosis, with its faint supernatural aura, was something Su Moli, who had almost no material desires and had long achieved freedom in life, envied greatly.
Confidence is actually just the positive feedback you get after completing something, making you feel what you did is meaningful, gaining self-acknowledgment, beneficial to society and survival.
In other words, the cliché: do good deeds and realize your dreams.
And now, there was an opportunity right in front of Su Moli and Meng Siyu.
“Someone in a skirt is coming. Hurry, come see.”
“Quiet, don’t let him hear.”
“Alright, alright, come quick.”
At that moment, in the first-floor stairwell after lunch, a few girls who looked like Spirit Girls were gathered around the stairwell, peering through the gaps in the handrail, trying hard to stare upward.
“What are they doing?”
Meng Siyu, standing behind Su Moli, tilted her head in confusion, not understanding why these girls were huddled around the stairwell like that.
“They’re…”
Su Moli whispered an explanation into Meng Siyu’s ear.
“Ah! They’re so bad! Let’s go tell the teacher!”
Upon hearing what they were doing was so bad, Meng Siyu blurted out without thinking, but then hesitated, afraid of trouble since these were the school’s Spirit Girls.
“Maybe…forget it, let’s go. I heard they once fought with a student outside school, carrying knives, and ended up bleeding in the hospital…”
Meng Siyu stammered fearfully.
She hadn’t paid much attention to the Spirit Girls, but pretending to sleep in class had let her overhear a bit.
“Hello~ What are you guys looking at?”
Before the sentence finished, Su Moli, with a smile, stepped forward and greeted them, catching Meng Siyu’s startled gaze.
“??? ”
“Who are you? What do you want?”
Zhang Sisi, the leader, frowned and stared at Su Moli coldly, clearly displeased at this stranger addressing them.
“My name is Su Moli. I’m the new transfer student.”
“I came to ask you to apologize to the boy upstairs immediately.”
Seeing the three surrounding her, Su Moli was not the least bit afraid, smiling with an air of supreme arrogance as she spoke plainly.
“***Who the hell are you? Do we know you?”
“Do you know who we are? How dare you talk to me like that?”
“Want us to apologize? Little sister, do you even know your own limits?”
The rude words flew out, and Zhang Sisi and the others angrily encircled Su Moli.
(Ah? What now? Is Su Moli going to get beaten?)
(I have to call the teacher right away……..)
(But…if I leave here……..)
“Stop! If you dare hit her, I’ll call the teacher right now!”
Seeing them ready to teach Su Moli a lesson, Meng Siyu, usually soft-spoken like a mosquito, finally found the courage to shout loudly, instinctively running to Su Moli’s side.
Though scared, she didn’t run away.
“Oh.”
“Really?”
“Ha ha~ Call the teacher? I’m so scared~”
“If you’ve got guts, don’t leave after school! We’ll deal with you then.”
“Ah~ Why do you guys always threaten like kids playing tough?”
Seeing the Spirit Girls making these childish threats, Su Moli, who had long been tempered by society’s hardships, couldn’t help but laugh.
It wasn’t to show off or force a smile, but the inner amusement at their childlike antics was genuine.
“What are you laughing at? Don’t tell me you think you’re so tough? Do you know who the boss is outside?”
Zhang Sisi’s anger flared even more when Su Moli remained defiant despite being surrounded.
She grabbed Su Moli’s collar harshly.
“Hehe~ I’m just laughing at you all playing house like children. It’s too funny, hahaha~”
Even with her collar pulled, Su Moli didn’t intend to argue.
Seeing that it was a girl, she just laughed on.
“You kids who haven’t faced society, who’ve never had your face shoved in the toilet to wash, never had to learn etiquette or drink toasts for socializing, never sat helplessly in an ICU bed telling your parents you have no money and to just give up—You don’t understand.”
“Boss, what should we do?”
Seeing this girl being grabbed by the collar yet speaking so boldly, Zhang Sisi hesitated for once.
Normally, students just seeing them would be scared out of their wits and take detours.
Even kids from wealthy families who were reckless would scurry away with their tails between their legs after being scolded by the boss outside.
But today, they’d met someone who looked a little crazy and didn’t know what to do.
“Forget it. Consider yourself lucky today. We’ll let you go this time, but don’t let us catch you again. One strike per sighting.”
Zhang Sisi released Su Moli’s collar and, with her two subordinates, turned to leave.
“……”
Seeing them leave, Meng Siyu, trembling behind Su Moli, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But who would have thought Su Moli would mock again.
“Eh? You’re leaving already? Even someone as awesome as you guys is afraid of the class bell?”
“That’s just too ridiculous, hahaha.”