Chapter 30

Qi Wei also found a book to read.

His mother works in the library as the deputy director.

Unable to bear seeing him playing games all the time, she sent him to the library during the vacation to read books.

Originally, he chose a spot where he could enjoy a cool breeze while pretending to read a book and play with his phone.

Unexpectedly, he ended up capturing a super amazing girl on camera.

Last time, he didn't dare to take a picture of her face, but this time he deliberately bought a phone stand, adjusted it, and pretended to take a selfie, but actually captured the girl's face across from him.

Her eyelashes were so long.

Especially when she lowered her head to read, her eyelashes naturally covered her eyes.

They were like feathers, teasing one's heart.

Especially her posture, sitting there, giving off an upright feeling. The initial impulse he had to take a picture was probably because of that.

Qi Wei is a first-year high school student, soon to be in his second year. He attends Yizhong High School.

He usually performs well in his studies, especially in science subjects, but he loves playing games.

He has reached the diamond level with almost all the characters in Honor of Kings. He plays various games like PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Hearthstone. Recently, he's gotten a bit tired of them and started using TikTok. As a fun-loving player, his main focus is on creating videos.

While he secretly took pictures of the girl, he felt that he was being too creepy and couldn't help but keep looking. So he also found a book to read.

Su Xiaoqi didn't notice the other person.

She had just gained a new ability, so she was currently looking at the interface in front of her.

Host: Su Xiaoqi

Calligraphy: Beginner level+ (8/100).

Strength: Strong, average human level (can lift two of herself).

Speed: Beginner level+.

Bamboo weaving: Beginner level. Attached card is Expert level+.

Singing: Expert level+.

Appearance: Has good teeth and long eyelashes.

Swimming talent buff (2/30).

Memory buff (6/10).

Sense of language buff (5/10).

Demeanor buff (4/10).

As Xiaoqi looked at the increasing content, she realized that there were many things she lacked that she hadn't paid attention to before.

Although she had been busy with studying and arranging her time for walking recently, due to her good posture and paying attention to how she stood, sat, and walked, she found it less tiring compared to before during class. She no longer experienced back pain or shoulder ache.

It's just that she had walked too much, and her legs felt a bit swollen.

The demeanor buff was really good. She felt that she subconsciously stood straight and looked more focused when talking to people. She no longer felt shy or hesitant to speak, and she even got rid of the habit of hunching her back during her teenage years due to chest development.

This buff quickly disappeared, and Xiaoqi felt that she should find a personal trainer to practice and maintain this feeling. After all, having gone through it once, she would definitely learn more easily.

When demeanor improves, a person's personality seems to become more cheerful.

Her gaze stayed on the interface for a while before she quickly returned to reading.

But in Qi Wei's eyes, it was as if the girl across suddenly looked up at him, making his heart beat faster.

The book Xiaoqi was reading mainly focused on the study of "WeChat." WeChat started out as a social app, and it explores how it developed into its current form.

The book covers the history, features, and the commercial value derived from the use of WeChat.

It's a bit dull, but because it's related to life, Xiaoqi feels like she can still keep reading.

She was quite curious whether Zhang Juan could earn money just by posting on her social media every day. She saw Zhang Juan constantly posting on her timeline, trying to attract her family and friends.

Perhaps the answers would be in the book.

Xiaoqi has a habit of taking notes while reading.

She noticed that as long as she wrote seriously, it seemed to count as time spent practicing calligraphy.

But this book doesn't require a dictionary.

She just reads it and jots down anything interesting she comes across.

First, it introduces the development history of WeChat, and this part is quite dull with a bunch of data.

It feels unfamiliar but fascinating, like a new world that's neither language and history nor mathematics and science.

There are also many professional terms, like CRM, O2O, IPC, which leave Xiaoqi feeling overwhelmed.

She found the college entrance examination quite challenging, having to study so many subjects, do numerous past papers, and grasp so many concepts. But even after studying so much, reading this book still leaves her clueless.

Xiaoqi feels that she's falling behind, with a significant gap between her and her classmates.

There are many classmates in her class who are skilled with computers, while she has only used very basic things during school and doesn't understand much about them. She doesn't have a computer.

She's already several generations behind at the starting line.

Those who own computers aren't necessarily better off just because their parents are. It's very likely that their grandparents have already achieved success, accumulating wealth over several generations.

On the other hand, her family, consisting of generations of villagers from the remote Lugumu Village, has had no development beyond repetitive agricultural work.

She glanced at the money displayed on the interface, over three thousand, but the things she lacks cannot be compensated for with this amount of money.

Her journey is still long.

Keep striving.

She smiled at the glass window because the sunlight reflected on it, acting as a mirror.

The girl in the glass, with a clean and beautiful smile, is incredibly adorable.

She lowered her head and continued studying.

Taking advantage of her enhanced memory, she memorized what she could understand, at least better than English.

While she smiled and looked up, Qi Wei, sitting across from her, was startled by her presence and accidentally knocked over his phone. In a panic, he fumbled and accidentally closed the video recording.

Regretfully, he reopened it, but the screen froze on the last smile.

It was gone.

He looked up and saw people around him, including the girl across from him who seemed to be looking at him. Feeling guilty, he walked away with his phone.

Then he went to his mother's office chair and leaned against it.

He started editing the just-recorded video.

The long eyelashes lowered, the focused reading and note-taking, and the final smile.

Her smile was so beautiful, with perfectly aligned, white teeth.

When she smiled, it was especially sweet.

He set the smiling scene as the cover and then edited it, compressing the time and linking the best moments he thought were attractive.

Worried about being discovered, he also didn't fully capture his face while filming.

But compared to last time, he revealed more, showing his face.

Last time, he only filmed his writing, without showing his head or face.

Once he finished fixing it, Qi Wei absentmindedly bit on the jade Guanyin pendant hanging from his neck. His mother insisted he wear it, claiming it was a highly effective talisman obtained from a temple. When he was deep in thought, he would unconsciously take it out and chew on it, much like a child sucking on their fingers.

"I fell in love with the girl I met at the library," he wrote.

Then he clicked on the upload button.

As he watched the progress bar, he suddenly felt a tap on the back of his head.

Startled, Qi Wei jerked and almost dropped his phone.

"Mom, you scared the life out of me without even saying a word."

"You're hiding here playing with your phone instead of studying in the library. Is this my office or yours? Do I need to report to you when I come in?"

He stared at the screen, seeing the successful upload, and then resorted to the tactic of acting cute, using his mother as the target.

"Isn't it already lunchtime? Let's go eat, Mom."

Liu Yan couldn't resist Qi Wei's playful demeanor.

Checking the time, it was already twelve o'clock, so they could go back home for lunch. They packed up and went downstairs together.

While passing by the second-floor reading room, Qi Wei glanced inside and saw that the table was already empty.

It felt somewhat desolate.

When he and his mother reached the bus stop at the entrance on the ground floor, he planned to wait here while his mother brought the car out. However, when he turned his head, he unexpectedly saw the same girl who had taken the No. 3 bus to the Chinese Medicine Hospital First High School, which he also took to school.

He wished he could rush over and take the bus with her.

But a black car had already stopped in front of him, and he got into it.

Inside the bus, Su Xiaoqi found an empty seat and sat down. After two stops, more people boarded, so she stood up and gave her seat to a pregnant woman who looked exhausted. Since she planned to go to the gym in the afternoon, she chose to take the bus instead of walking.

However, after just a few days of taking the bus, she realized that it was more crowded than walking. Standing and swaying was also tiring.

As she was squeezed to the back of the bus and accidentally stepped on, Su Xiaoqi heard a voice in her ear:

"The host voluntarily gives up her seat for a pregnant woman, bringing a touch of comfort to the weary and depressed pregnant woman and injecting a bit of positive energy into the indifferent crowd. System level unlocked: Level 3 Progress System. The host will receive 0.3 yuan for every step taken, with a daily cap of 20,000 steps."

Su Xiaoqi: ...

She really wanted to find another empty seat and see if she could offer it to someone else.