Become a one-time character in a comic

Yu Xiaoan woke up from her dream and found herself in another place. Everything around her was strange, but she had already gotten used to it.

She still remembered everything that happened to her before yesterday, and she still felt nauseous, but her mood seemed to have been vented and was not so depressed. However, she didn't remember where she vented it.

Yu Xiaoan drew aside the bed curtain and saw that the surrounding environment told her that she was in a dormitory. Every time she changed her identity, she had to collect identity information, which would also give her a sense of security.

She glanced at her phone. It was seven o'clock on Saturday morning and her roommates didn't seem to be awake yet. She climbed down quietly and looked at the name displayed on the book in front of the table - Mu Zhi.

Looking at the textbooks, which were either Java or Python, Mu Zhi should be a student of science and engineering. Fortunately, in the comics, the hands could be scanned with the face. Even if she couldn't scan it, muscle memory would tell her the password.

I looked at the class schedule and found that he was a freshman.

But this was not enough. Yu Xiaoan opened the photo album again and found a familiar figure in several photos in the album - Gu Sheng.

These angles were all candid shots, but each one looked beautiful. Gu Sheng was shining, and she understood what role she played.

While watching, I analyzed Mu Zhi's usual dressing style. Not only that, Mu Zhi would put on makeup whenever she went out.

But Yu Xiaoan didn’t know how to put on makeup, so she could only learn on the spot.

"Mumu, are you going out so early?"

When Yu Xiaoan was at a loss when faced with cosmetics, a voice suddenly came from behind her. This voice seemed to be a savior. Yu Xiaoan didn't know the name of this roommate, but it was very common for roommates not to address each other by their names.

“Can you wear makeup?”

My roommate laughed and said, "What are you talking about? You are the best painter among us."

"I think your makeup style is different from mine, but it looks good too. I want to learn it. Can you draw one for me?"

"Oh," the roommate laughed frivolously, "My craftsmanship is actually recognized by Master Mu, so I'll show off my skills in front of an expert."

Yu Xiaoan felt relieved instantly.

She wore light makeup, without over-decorating any part of her body. Her roommate ran a brush across her face and asked, "Master Mu, are you satisfied?"

Yu Xiaoan closed his eyes, smiled silently and gave a thumbs up.

After the painting was completed, Yu Xiaoan felt that Mu Zhi's face had become much more refined, looking pink and tender, and super cute.

The roommate put down the eyeshadow palette: "Remember to put on your makeup. I'm going to sleep for a while."

"Thank you."

"Why are you being polite?" The roommate stuck his head out from the bed curtain, covered his mouth, and frowned, "Can we take down Boss Gu this time?"

Mu Zhi's face turned red instantly, and he covered his cheeks with his hands: "What are you talking about."

Another roommate also stuck his head out of the bed curtains: "We all know you like him, come on, you're so cute, how could anyone not like you."

Mu Zhi shyly put on her bag and ran out of the dormitory.

Today is the last day of training for the competition, and Mu Zhi plans to confess his feelings today.

Yu Xiaoan guessed what the plot would be, Mu Zhi would be rejected, but isn’t youth just like this, with a beginning, regrets, gains, and insights.

Mu Zhi walked to the computer room and saw that Gu Sheng had arrived, but no one else was there except Gu Sheng.

This competition was a four-person team competition, with two boys in addition to her and Gu Sheng.

Mu Zhi walked over to sit next to Gu Sheng, put down his bag and looked at him with a smile: "Gu Sheng, you're here so early."

The computer in front of Gu Sheng was already turned on. He stared at the bug displayed in red and simply responded with a "hmm" to Mu Zhi's greeting.

Mu Zhi knew that he had always been like this, and even if he just said a simple "hmm", Mu Zhi was happy in his heart.

She turned on her computer and checked the database connection as usual. She was already familiar with the connection between the database and Java, but she still set an error for herself, causing the connection to fail.

"Oh no," Mu Zhi looked at the screen in front of him in distress, "Why did the connection fail again?"

She deliberately spoke out loud, hoping that someone could hear and help her, but that person ignored her, so she pretended to think and wait for him, but still no one came. So Mu Zhi modified the code herself and the connection was successful.

"That's all right now."

"Mu Zhi, Gu Sheng, you come so early," the remaining two boys also came.

Mu Zhi greeted the other two people with a smile, but his tone was obviously not as enthusiastic as Gu Sheng's.

After the morning training, the four of them had lunch with the teacher. Every time, Gu Sheng would finish eating first and then go back to the computer room, but Mu Zhi, as a girl, would eat slower than him.

This time, Gu Sheng finished his meal while Mu Zhi had only eaten half of it. However, when Mu Zhi saw Gu Sheng leaving, he said that he had no appetite and was full, so he left too.

Mu Zhi quickened his pace and caught up with Gu Sheng on the way to the training room.

"Gu Sheng, although we are not in the same class, can I look for you later?"

Mu Zhi spoke very tactfully and with the shyness that only a girl in love could have. She was waiting for Gu Sheng's answer like a bamboo shoot waiting for the spring rain.

Gu Sheng didn't even look at her, and said in a cold and calm tone: "In the group, you are the best at collecting and connecting."

Mu Zhi is not a fool. When she heard this, she knew that Gu Sheng heard her using tricks to get his attention: "I'm not that good at it. There are times when I make mistakes. For example, I couldn't connect this morning," Mu Zhi insisted on trying.

"Then you shouldn't ask me."

"Don't you know why I'm asking you?"

Gu Sheng asked her like a person who didn't know and was confused about the answer: "Do you like me?"

The words were so clear, she didn't intend to be tactful, and nodded: "Well, so can you stay with me?"

"You're not my type, and... I already have someone I like, and I've liked them for four years."

Mu Zhi's expression was fixed on her face. She lowered her head with a gloomy expression. She clenched her hands, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then smiled: "I know, but you can rest assured that my mood will not affect the competition in three days. Our group is so strong, we will definitely take first place."

The story ends here. Yu Xiaoan doesn’t know how it feels to be rejected, but she can feel that Mu Zhi’s heart hurts a little when Gu Sheng rejects her. However, she still pretends to accept it quickly.

After four years, Mu Zhi knew that no matter what she did, she could not replace the person who had been in Gu Sheng's heart for four years. She wisely chose to let go and did not intend to focus on Gu Sheng.

Instead of choosing a tree that will never give you fruit, it is better to go out of the forest and feel the sunshine.

After Yu Xiaoan returned to the dormitory, her roommate asked her what the result was. Yu Xiaoan smiled and said, "I was rejected."

In the eyes of her roommates, the smile on her face was a bitter smile, and they came to comfort her, saying that she was rejected not because Mu Zhi was not good enough, but because Gu Sheng was not worthy of Mu Zhi. Mu Zhi deserved someone better, and maybe that person would make Mu Zhi like her more, and that person also liked Mu Zhi very much.

Yu Xiaoan felt that Mu Zhi was lucky. She had a group of lovely roommates and she herself was very capable. She was able to participate in provincial competitions when she was a freshman and had the ability to get a good ranking. She was also very good-looking.

Even if such a person cannot pursue the person he likes, he will still shine in the future.

Yu Xiaoan wrote a sentence on the table with a pencil - You are good, and you will definitely shine in the future.

Yu Xiaoan knew that the words she wrote now would remain here, because they were not her personal belongings and would not disappear because of her departure. And this sentence would be rationalized to remain here because of the plot and be known by Mu Zhi.

However, Yu Xiaoan deeply realized this time that each of these "one-time characters" actually has his or her own psychological activities. Maybe you can only see them once in the comics, but in fact, at the beginning of each plot, their mood is like that of one person, and they do not become what they are because of the plot.

Mu Zhi is the most authentic representative among them. She is straightforward about what she likes, and she will make some efforts for what she likes. However, everyone's efforts are limited. Due to some subjective and objective reasons, the ways of working hard are different, but she has tried.

Although the final result was not satisfactory, she would not let it affect her studies or her future. Mu Zhi was able to handle the matter quickly, sort out her emotions, and move on.

Yu Xiaoan was thinking, if Mu Zhi was not a character in a comic book but a real person, she would definitely want to meet Mu Zhi.

Next came Yu Xiaoan’s “free” time. This time she didn’t know what to do because Gu Mingxing was not there, and she couldn’t understand the contents of the books on Mu Zhi’s desk at all.

Yu Xiaoan has never been exposed to any knowledge of programming.

Tomorrow is the day we leave for the competition, and the day after tomorrow you can play around nearby. There is no point in reviewing intensely before the competition, as the competition will be the day after tomorrow, and the results will be announced the day after tomorrow. After getting the results, you can come back, and when you return to school, it will be almost the end of the semester.

End of term?

If Mu Zhi doesn’t come back at the end of the semester, how will she take the exam?

The results of the competition have already been set in the comics, so no matter whether Mu Zhi is there or not, the ranking will only be the one that appears in the comics. However, for the "one-time character", her final results will not appear in the comics, so Mu Zhi's final results can only rely on Yu Xiaoan's performance.

The more Yu Xiaoan thought about it, the more frustrated he became, and his brain suddenly shut down.

The roommate saw Mu Zhi sitting in a daze on the chair, with her hands casually placed and her eyes dull, looking at nothing. She thought she was still sad about being rejected, so she said with concern: "Don't be sad if the old doesn't go away and the new doesn't come."

Yu Xiaoan shook his head blankly: "I'm not thinking about it now. I'm thinking about what I'll do if I fail the final exam after I come back from the competition?"

Her roommate immediately became serious and stood beside her and said, "It shouldn't be a big problem. All the teachers know about your competition. They will definitely help you out when they see you competing."

"But now I don't remember what the teacher said before."

"Don't worry, I'll accompany you. I don't remember anything either. I might end up failing the course, and you don't even fail a course."

Why do these words sound so familiar? Yu Xiaoan remembered that when he was in college, his roommate also said something similar to "I will fail the exam", but in the end everyone got 80 or 90 points.

"I don't want to fail the exam, so you better tell me how to avoid failing."

The roommate thought about it and patted her shoulder. Yu Xiaoan immediately felt uncomfortable and leaned back quietly. The roommate did not notice: "Then go to the video university and don't fail the final exam."

The end of the college semester is ultimately a last-minute cram session, reviewing three subjects a day, three books in three days, and only one pen for the exam.

Four days later, Gu Sheng's group won the provincial first prize.

When taking a group photo, Mu Zhi's body told Yu Xiaoan a message - don't stand next to Gu Sheng.

Yu Xiaoan smiled knowingly and stood next to his instructor. Yu Xiaoan raised the certificate in his hand and smiled brightly at the camera. Since he had achieved a perfect victory, he had to give it a victorious smile no matter what.

After returning to school, the students will be interviewed and photographed, and they are expected to each write a paragraph about their thoughts on the preparation process for the competition.

Only one sentence crossed Yu Xiaoan’s mind—there are so many things to do.

But she still casually said a few perfunctory words to the person in charge of the other party, and then decided not to read the message anymore and concentrate on preparing for the final exam.

According to her roommate, the teachers should be nicer to Mu Zhi, but that doesn't mean she can take exams casually.

So she started preparing for the final exam in the last half month, either reading books in the library or watching teaching videos on the computer in the dormitory, and then she wrote her first code for the first time.

When the first code could output "Hello world!", the sense of accomplishment and excitement was indescribable. However, as she continued to study, she found that outputting a string was just the beginning.

There were still many loops, arrays and other confusing contents waiting for her.

To be honest, it was painful to learn.

So Yu Xiaoan changed the direction of his study, laid a good foundation, paid close attention to the exam scope mentioned by the teacher during class, and studied specifically based on the exam scope.

When the final test results came out, most of her scores were 60 or 61 points, and the best was 73 points, and that was in advanced mathematics.

Everyone in the dormitory was asking how she did in the advanced mathematics exam. She found out that the average score in advanced mathematics was over 70 points, which gave her some comfort.

She looked at the transcript displayed on her phone and murmured to herself: "Muzhi, I tried my best."

Perhaps with Mu Zhi's true ability, he could get a scholarship based on his grades and accumulated competition results, but it was Yu Xiaoan who took the final exam.

Judging from what Yu Xiaoan does every time she travels into the body of a character, her conscience drives her to not do anything that disturbs the character's life.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaoan thought of her previous "one-time character" Edor. She didn't know how he was doing now, but when Yu Xiaoan thought of what happened with this character, she didn't feel sorry for Edor at all. Instead, she didn't want to think about it.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt like vomiting. Although the situation was better than before, the physical trembling still affected her now.

That's it. Don't think about it anymore. Edol is just a character. Why should we care about what will happen to a person who doesn't exist because of the changes in his life...

But people are strange. The more they don’t want to recall something, the more clearly they remember it.

It was like Yu Xiaoan was avoiding what was happening in front of her, but she couldn't help but have a physical reaction.