I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

Unlike other girls who have a clear sense of time, with distinct periods of school and holidays, such as winter vacation, second semester, summer vacation, and first semester, Gu Lingguo's year is always divided into January winter anime season, April spring anime season, July summer anime season, and October winter anime season.

It is precisely because of this that the period from May to June 2013 that he and Zhu Wenyun are currently busy with is, from the other person's perspective, the peak season for spring anime series in April 2013. As a result, she contributed the episode with the most talk, the most frequent conversations, and the strongest desire to express herself since the two of them met and became acquainted.

Unlike Chen Junqian, who automatically becomes devoted to romantic comedy anime because of the system, Gu Lingguo is completely undemanding when it comes to watching anime. As long as the production is good, the plot is good, the setting is good, and the characters are good, she is willing to watch it happily. In the past, she would probably have been troubled by the difficulty in finding resources, but now that Bilibili has started to purchase copyrights, and Chen Junqian is by her side who can help her watch raw content and provide simultaneous interpretation, watching anime has become much more convenient.

The April 2013 anime season was indeed a highly anticipated one. Even Chen Junqian, an outsider in his previous life, had heard of "Attack on Titan," which officially premiered that season. Then, the anime adaptation of "My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As Expected," which Gu Linguo had loved since the first volume of the novel and had even asked Chen Junqian to help translate the original work, was also successfully broadcast. Along with "Date A Live," "The Haunted Prince," and "The Devil Is a Part-Timer!" which also aired that season, Chen Junqian quickly found many more sources in his mental list of romantic comedy achievements.

For example, as summer vacation approaches, a mysterious achievement called "Kiss her and make her blush" begins to flicker there, like a foreshadowing, a warning, and a prelude.

"It feels like my brother, compared to Hachiman Hikigaya, is more like those 'normies' (people with fulfilling real lives) that he talks about, who should be exploding?"

Faced with the puzzled look on the face of the girl sitting with him, hugging her knees and watching the new anime series, Chen Junqian also offered his own吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or witty remarks):

"Even if you say that, I would still think that Hachiman in the anime is a genuine romantic comedy protagonist, or a popular guy in other people's eyes. And in reality, there would never be a plot where a beautiful teacher unreasonably pulls you into a strange club called the Service Club, which only has one mysterious beautiful girl from the next class."

"Wow, that's a long and difficult sentence."

It's safe to say that trying to imitate the male protagonist of an anime in real life would be a dead end. Just as Chen Junqian was resting his chin on his hand, trying to mimic the incredibly DHA-rich dead fish eyes of a certain Hachiman Hikigaya character in the scene, he suddenly heard the girl next to him ask, seemingly unintentionally:

"But isn't your brother's club also full of girls? The female ratio is 100% except for you, just like in the anime."

"It's probably because clubs are still too advanced for Guoning, and besides, aren't you and Xiaoxi going to join soon?"

"Yeah, that's true, but even if the two of us join, the fact that the percentage of girls is 100% except for you, brother, doesn't change. You're even more like Hayato Hayama than Hayato Hayama, brother."

"No, no, no, I have no intention of dyeing my hair yellow. Besides, the most likely outcome of doing so would be that I would be caught red-handed by the head of the teaching department at the school gate, and then dragged into the guard room next door to personally cut my hair with scissors."

In fact, when Chen Junqian was translating the first two volumes of the novel himself, he had already thought that if he were his past self who had not been reborn and was genuinely in his chuunibyou phase, he might have been very moved by the various sentences in the book such as "Youth is indeed twisted, hypocritical and full of lies." However, after realizing that the world of Oregairu, and even reality, might actually be a stage for a romantic comedy, he felt that his perspective on the story had completely changed.

After all, the person who said those words was himself living a wonderful youth campus romance comedy.

However, the only thing that Chen Junqian found a little regrettable was that he didn't see the mysterious, long-haired, flat-chested, sharp-tongued beauty by his side, nor the energetic, innocent girl with a bun hairstyle who was mistaken for a bitch. Instead, he saw another girl sitting in a chair with her legs curled up, hugging her knees, and giving him a subtle expression as she spoke. It was still difficult for anyone to understand what she was thinking.

"So, does your brother think he's closer to the romantic comedy protagonist Hachiman Hikigaya than Hayato Hayama?"

"At least I would never dye my hair blonde."

"Then, will my brother's dream be the same as Hachiman Hikigaya's?"

When he heard the question, Chen Junqian was also stunned for a moment.

The content of the original novel I had translated before, the words spoken by the dead-eyed high school boy to his beautiful teacher, came back to mind once again.

I want to marry a beautiful and capable girl, and then have her support me—or more accurately, be a stay-at-home husband.

The girl who had been sitting there had somehow straightened up and moved closer, resting her hands on his knees and looking into his eyes as she continued to press him for answers:

"If my brother is willing, I feel like many people would be happy to do it, like Sister Lin Mu or Sister Xu Youwei..."

"I don't have any dreams like that."

Coming to his senses, Chen Junqian simply shook his head and reached out to push Gu Linguo back to her original position. After all, given his current financial situation, it seemed more reliable for him to have another girl become a housewife. Moreover, Chen Junqian had never even considered the idea of ​​living off a woman.

Gu Linguo smiled at Chen Junqian's answer but did not respond further.

But that's enough.

Of course, there are different types of liking someone. Some people just want to like someone simply, while others want to know everything about that person. Some people's liking makes others happy, while others' liking makes others feel suffocated.

The other party has already rejected one way of being liked.

Gu Linguo's thoughts were churning in her mind.

However, those who go further down this path of liking, and whose own ideas are closer to this way of thinking, are not the two examples she just gave.

Zhu Wenyun, and Shen Nianqiu.

A self-righteous and domineering liking will make your brother dislike you.

He's not the kind of guy who wants to be a stay-at-home dad.

However, the rice is indeed very delicious.

Gu Lingguo happily shifted her gaze back to the animated screen in front of her, just in time to see a girl named Yui Yuigahama utter the following line:

"It's so embarrassing that you haven't done this yet in your second year of high school."

Japanese high school students' concepts of sex are very different from those in China.

But ironically, she was the girl who remembered all of this most clearly.

Before adulthood, mentioning puppy love is absolutely unforgivable. In biology class, the unit on human reproduction could lead to a breakdown in the classroom atmosphere. No one should have realized this earlier than her. The most likely candidates are Zhu Wenyun and Shen Nianqiu, who were just judged by her as girls who would incur Chen Junqian's dislike if they dared to take a step forward, and who had the wrong way of liking each other.

Completely unaware that she had also become arrogant, Gu Lingguo naturally rested her head on Chen Junqian's arm and began to count the time silently once again.

Her youthful love story.

There should be absolutely no problem.

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At the end of June, the sports stadium of Hefei No. 50 Middle School was still bustling with activity after the final exams. The students, who had just started their summer vacation, were temporarily invited back to school to witness the final round of the Chinese Character Dictation Competition, and they immediately noticed Chen Junqian taking the stage.

"Is this guy from our school? I don't think I've ever seen him before."

"It seems that Teacher Zhang found this outside help from another school."

"Can this competition still have foreign players?"

"He's probably a sparring partner. I heard from others that he had another person who came with him. During the second round of auditions, he got 100% of the dictation questions right. If it weren't for the fact that neither of them were from our school, he probably would have made it onto the official team list."

"You're quite handsome. Which school do you go to? Are you from Hefei?"

"I don't know. You can ask me on QQ when we're done."

Amidst the enthusiastic discussion, a girl who had come with her instructor to check out her rival from the neighboring province stood frozen in place, momentarily forgetting to take her seat. It wasn't until her teammate reminded her that she came to her senses, completely surprised to see Chen Junqian there.

They kept it from me so well... Just so they could come up with the idea of ​​being a sparring partner for the Anhui team, all so they could come to Beijing specifically to see me.

Just as Shen Nianqiu was thinking this in a relaxed mood, the host on stage read out the first question of the day.

"Bright eyes and a charming smile."

"It comes from Cao Zhi's 'Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River' and describes a woman's eyes as bright and lively."

The moment she heard the question, Zhu Wenyun, who was sitting on the other side of the stage, had already written the four characters in her palm. Just as she raised her head to check if Chen Junqian in the middle of the stage had made a mistake, her gaze met a pair of eyes from below the stage that had nothing to do with the words "bright eyes and beautiful smile" and could even be said to be the complete opposite.

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Chapter 40: The System's Powerful Hand (Part 2)

"What's wrong?"

After successfully writing the phrase "bright eyes and beautiful smile," Chen Junqian stepped off the stage, intending to give Zhu Wenyun a high five as a habitual way of encouraging each other. However, he noticed that the other person's expression was a bit stiffer than before, which made him unconsciously turn back to look at his own answer, which had already been judged as correct. It wasn't wrong either.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered a phrase I looked at this morning but forgot how to write it."

"Don't dwell on things like this. It's unlikely to be such a coincidence. Just relax and keep going."

Although Zhu Wenyun always appeared calm and aloof, Chen Junqian had been close to her for several years and knew very well that this atypical literary girl was not what she seemed. Her mental fortitude was definitely not outstanding, and many of her actions were just instinctive. This was the reason why the system rated her action adaptability as A.

In other words, when she fails to instinctively and subconsciously make that action, her mind becomes entangled in endless inner turmoil, and her thoughts and words completely crumble. That's why her personality and speech are both rated D by the system. Essentially, she is very easily influenced by the outside world and cares a lot about external evaluations.

At first glance, she might seem a bit like Mu Mu, but in fact, the two are completely opposite. Lin Mu is the kind of person who hides her true thoughts in front of others and tries her best to show the image that the public approves of and expects her to show. Zhu Wenyun, on the other hand, is a complete ostrich. This can be seen from her behavior of not daring to look up when she went to the market with her grandmother every day in a tricycle, and instead burying her head in a book to cover herself. Chen Junqian was also present at all of her seemingly bold actions in front of others later on.

It was precisely because he understood this that, even though he didn't know what had happened while Zhu Wenyun was answering the question, Chen Junqian could clearly see that Zhu Wenyun was a little emotionally unstable. At this moment, he not only offered her a verbal reassurance, but also reached out and squeezed her hand tightly.

"We agreed to go to Beijing together this summer."

"Then why is Shen Nianqiu here?"

Well, in fact, the moment those words left her mouth, Zhu Wenyun already regretted them, but she could never break this habit, especially when it came to things related to Chen Junqian.

"Shen Nianqiu?"

Before Chen Junqian could ask any more questions, the host on stage called out Zhu Wenyun's name. So he could only pat her on the shoulder and half-push, half-coax her out from behind, reciting what Zhu Wenyun had said to him when they were talking about the New Concept Writing Competition.

"Let's talk about it after you advance, otherwise I'll go to Beijing alone."

As it turned out, his words were incredibly effective. In an instant, Zhu Wenyun, who was in a state of panic, calmed down again. It was as if she had been suddenly sturdied, as if a pillar of support had been injected into her from the top of her head. She sturdied and walked to the electronic answer board, and then heard the host's voice:

“尥蹶子 (liào juě zi)”.

"It means that mules and horses jump up and kick backward with their hind legs. Later, it was extended to mean throwing a tantrum, being dissatisfied with the current situation and work, and simply quitting."

After glancing at the girl on stage who was almost about to throw a tantrum, and confirming that she wouldn't have any problem with the word, Chen Junqian naturally turned his gaze to the audience below the stage, wanting to find where Shen Nianqiu, whom Zhu Wenyun had mentioned earlier, was. He quickly found her in a row of front-row seats near the stage.

After Zhu Wenyun came on stage, Shen Nianqiu seamlessly switched back to her initial bright and charming demeanor. She waved generously at her younger brother who was looking at her, revealing a smug look as if she had seen through his little schemes. If Zhu Wenyun was just being sullen, then this one was clearly throwing a flirtatious glance.

Chen Junqian could only offer a helpless smile in response to Shen Nianqiu's sudden arrival.

It can only be said that because of a certain broken achievement called "Shura Field in Progress" that is always flashing, he can no longer use it as an early warning radar to detect enemy situations. Therefore, he was completely unaware that Shen Nianqiu would secretly come over, and he did not expect that the two would reunite in such a situation after a year apart.

However, no matter what, the first priority is to finish the selection process.

Fortunately, neither Chen Junqian nor Zhu Wenyun were too affected by Shen Nianqiu's sudden visit. In fact, the latter seemed to get even more determined as the battle progressed. If the final five team members hadn't already been confirmed, it felt like she would have asked the host to continue reading the questions and fight until the final winner was decided.

As the audience dispersed, Shen Nianqiu greeted her teacher, saying she was going to visit a friend. She then temporarily left her group and headed towards Chen Junqian, who was on stage talking to the teacher. However, she was immediately intercepted by Zhu Wenjun, who had been keeping a close eye on her since the beginning.

It can only be said that among the three people in Guoning, and even the five-person group including Gu Lingguo and Chen Xi, only Zhu Wenyun could use the word "block" appropriately when facing Shen Nianqiu. After all, it would indeed be a little difficult for Mu Mu to stand here and say "block".

"How will you be here?"

During Shen Nianqiu's trip to Guoning last summer, the one who held the grudge against her the most was naturally Zhu Wenjun. Otherwise, she wouldn't have convened the first Guoning Childhood Sweethearts Conference the day after Shen Nianqiu's arrival and formed the Guoning Childhood Sweethearts Alliance.

After all, even if she always says that the "sudden arrival" is just a stepping stone for the childhood sweethearts, a tool to help them realize their feelings for each other, she can only say that to fool her friends. If they actually believe it, that would be a disaster. Besides, she hasn't even confirmed yet whether Shen Nianqiu is the "childhood sweetheart" who came even earlier than them.

"Didn't your brother tell you? I'm one of the members of the Zhejiang Provincial Team in this year's Chinese Character Dictation Competition. I just came here to check out the opponents."

As Shen Nianqiu casually uttered those words, Zhu Wenyun's already tense nerves tightened even more involuntarily. This wasn't because of the other party's opening line, "Didn't your brother tell you?" After all, she knew far too much about the other party, so one more thing wouldn't make a difference. What she cared about was the information revealed in the latter half of those words.

As is well known, the reason why Zhu Wenyun was previously judged by Chen Junqian to be the least likely to be jealous, and even to appear indifferent or nihilistic in this regard, is that she always believed that her niche was unique.

Although it hasn't reached the point where no one understands Chen Junqian better than me, what the literary girl is best at is actually 'double standards', arbitrarily believing that the relationship between the two is completely different from that of other people on an essential level, that they are soulmates on a spiritual level, and that only she can fulfill that literary vision for the other.

It is precisely for this reason that Zhu Wenyun can tolerate Lin Mu and Xu Youwei, tolerate them chatting with Chen Junqian about the most mundane topics and doing the most ordinary things, holding the hope that the other will one day return to her side, with a confident mindset of "I bloom and the butterflies come naturally".

Even her wariness of Shen Nianqiu since last year was simply because the other party had such good insight and whose words, though barbed, punctured her fantasy that only existed in her writing.

But this time is different.

The Chinese Character Dictation Competition is, in fact, a literary event. Just as she had the idea of ​​going to Beijing with Chen Junqian from the beginning, and acted without hesitation, this event was Zhu Wenyun's carefully planned private space from the start.

And this is the second time.

Last year, Shen Nianqiu's sudden arrival during summer vacation had already disrupted Zhu Wenyun's summer vacation plans once. Unexpectedly, this year it happened again, and this time it was on her territory. It could be described as a blatant declaration of war.

Thinking of this, Zhu Wenyun bit her lower lip lightly and said to Shen Nianqiu: