Transmigrated into a vicious female supporting role, reborn as a hostage to the paranoid male protag

Zhang Susu had never felt that the voice was so kind and pleasant.

System〔Host, I'm back.〕

Zhang Susu [Hey, you're finally back!]

At this moment, Zhang Susu suddenly felt that she had begun to trust the system completely, without knowing when it started. Because it was the first system that could fully understand her existence since she lived in the Dasheng Palace with Su Yingxue's body.

System [Host, I've rested for a while, and my energy has now recovered to 30%. I should be able to stay awake for a few minutes every few days.]

Zhang Susu [Tongzi, when will you finally wake up?]

System [Host, this may take some time. I just vaguely felt you calling me. Is there anything I can help you with?]

Zhang Susu nodded upon hearing this and said, "Tongzi, I want to know in advance what will happen to Mo Yunsheng in the next month according to the original novel plot. The novel doesn't describe him very much now, so I can't tell Mo Yunsheng's specific movements from the novel."

System〔Host, please wait.〕

System [Host, I've found that Mo Yunsheng is currently studying at Dongli Academy. Dongli Academy is the highest-ranking private academy in the capital of Dasheng, aside from the palace-run official academy, Juxian Yashe. It's said to be the premier private academy in Dasheng. Every year, Dongli Academy boasts the most successful candidates, aside from the top-ranked official academy.]

Zhang Susu [But, my friend, if that's the case, then the original novel originally stated that Mo Yunsheng would be able to pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar two years later. With such a talent for managing the world, why didn't he study at the official school, but at the second-ranked Dongli Academy?]

System〔Host, do you know what official education is?〕

The system's voice was as cold and mechanical as ever, devoid of emotion. It said, "Juxian Yashe is the official school of the Dasheng Imperial Family. One of the requirements for admission is to be a child of the Imperial Family, a child of a prominent family, or a child of a direct descendant of an official of the fourth rank or above."

System [The current headmaster of Juxian Yashe is the retired former Hanlin Academy elder, Li Hongru. During his time in the imperial court, Li's reputation for talent and learning was already resounding throughout the Dasheng court. All of his other teachers held official positions, so it can be said that if one can enter an official school, one has already stepped half a foot into the Dasheng court.)

System [My classmates are all royal relatives and children of officials, and my teachers are all great scholars of the current dynasty. How can Mo Yunsheng, a mere son of a wealthy businessman, imagine such an official school?]

The system said coldly, "Scholars, farmers, merchants, and artisans are the last of the three classes. Even though the Mo family is one of the richest merchants in Kyoto, in the eyes of the world, it is not something worth looking at."

[In the previous dynasty, the imperial examination system of the Great Sheng Dynasty did not select children of businessmen. Although the system has been changed, the national system and national ideology inherited for hundreds of years still stand as a towering green mountain in the eyes of the world.]

Upon hearing this, Zhang Susu pondered for a long time and remained silent.

Zhang Susu [So, at this moment, even though Mo Yunsheng was incredibly talented and elegant, in the eyes of the world, he was just a merchant's son. Even though Mo Yunsheng was a humble gentleman like a lily, well-educated, and a man of great talent, he still didn't hold any official position. He was just a mediocre person in the eyes of the world, right?]

System〔Host, very transparent, understands everything at once.〕

System [Mo Yunsheng's admission to Dongli Academy was quite difficult. Dongli Academy holds an annual academic examination, which tests classics, poetry, policy essays, and the Six Arts.]

[The founder of Dongli Academy was the late Liu Taigong, a veteran of three previous dynasties of the Great Sheng Kingdom. His original purpose in retiring from the imperial court and establishing the academy was to select and cultivate talented people from the common people, providing a path for students from the common people in the capital of the Great Sheng Kingdom to ascend to higher positions and narrow the gap between them and those in official schools.]

System [The current headmaster of Dongli Academy is a sage from Xiandu and one of the most renowned literary figures in the capital of Dasheng. Therefore, from another perspective, Mo Yunsheng's admission to the private school means he has already stood out from the hundreds of thousands of applicants who apply each year. This is because Dongli Academy only accepts a few hundred students a year at most, and at least a few dozen.]

System〔Even in some years, Dongli Academy may not release the list of new students, but this does not affect the enthusiasm of thousands of students who come from far and wide to take the exam when the exam results are released at the end of each year.〕

System [By the way, just to add, when Mo Yunsheng was admitted to Dongli Academy two years ago, he was ranked third.]

Zhang Susu [Alright, you're worthy of being the future top scholar, and the future powerful official, right? If I also get into Dongli Academy, will completing the missions be easier?]

The system was slightly stunned when it heard this. It used its supernatural power to sense Zhang Susu's brain. After scanning for a week, it still said expressionlessly, "I'm sorry, host, you're overthinking it. With your qualifications, you won't be able to pass the exam."

Zhang Susu was shocked when she heard this. Although she couldn't see the system's physical form, the cold and mechanical tone of its words was like a bucket of cold water being poured on her. She responded to the system coldly, "I haven't taken the exam yet, so how do you know that I can't pass it with my abilities?"

After all, no matter what, she, Zhang Susu, is a college student, a real college student. After all, she has studied diligently for many years and got admitted. How can she look down on others like this!

It must be the system that judges people first. No, she needs to live up to her expectations!

Seeing her angry and unconvinced expression, the system used its supernatural power to scan Zhang Susu's brain again. The result, it told it, was the same: Zhang Susu would not pass the entrance exam to Dongli Academy.

System [Host, don't harbor any illusions. With your IQ, you really can't pass the exam.]

System [If you don't believe me, these are the questions from last year's entrance exam. Try them. See how many you can answer?]

The system finished its cold words, and a test paper and a set of four treasures of the study appeared before Zhang Susu. Every time the system spoke to Zhang Susu, it would place a four-dimensional space in her mind, drawing her consciousness into it, allowing her to communicate with it through her thoughts.

But now, this is the first time that a living creature has been transformed into something like this.

Zhang Susu didn't believe it at first, but when she saw the test paper, her heart was broken.

Isn't it just an entrance exam for a college? So many questions, will it take three days and two nights?

She took it in her hands, looked at it again and again, and finally sighed, "Gee, with my qualifications, I really can't pass the exam."

Zhang Susu: "You said, 'I clearly recognize all these characters, yet it's as if I don't recognize any of them. I can recognize them individually, but when I string them together to form a question, I can't answer them. I even feel like I'm a fake Chinese.'"