I Am Not Fit to Be the Male Lead’s First Love

Chapter 28 – Come (1)

Lu Zhen thought about the meaning of the gift.

He looked down at the three keys. First, he examined the materials.

Is it silver? Platinum?

Lu Zhen flipped and looked at it carefully. Then he smelled the rust from his fingertips.

Oh… it’s made of iron.

Lu Zhen crossed his arms. His face was calm while he continued to think.

After a long while of fruitless thinking, Lu Zhen carefully put the three keys aways and decided to ask for help. He turned to call Tan Ke.

“What’s wrong, Brother Zhen?” Tan Ke raised his head after he finished playing a game.

Lu Zhen asked: “If someone gave you a key…”

Tan Ke waited for his words: “—and?”

Lu Zhen looked at him: “What does it mean?”

Tan Ke felt it was bizarre: “Gifting a key?? What do you mean? Is there anything particular about it?”

Lu Zhen sighed softly. Forget it.

He thought about it, took out his mobile phone, and searched Baidu for “the meaning of receiving the key as a gift”.

Actually, someone had asked this question——

#What do girls mean by giving boys keys_ Baidu knows#

Lu Zhen’s eyebrow raised. This is it.

Best answer: Every woman is a unique lock. If she gives you a key, it means that she thinks you are the one who can open her. She has fallen in love with you.

Lu Zhen: “…”

The hand holding the mobile phone trembled slightly.

His heart burned uncontrollably before it cooled down after realizing that Chu Yin didn’t know to whom her gift would go.

Lu Zhen threw his phone under the table and leaned back in his chair.

What a rubbish answer.

The noise around the Christmas tree finally died down after everyone received their own presents. A few gifts that no one chose were distributed to security personnel.

Everyone looked at each other’s gifts. Some students who knew the appearance of their secret love’s gift skillfully picked them out. At this moment, the students started to discuss.

Amidst the joyful season, Song Zhaolin was the only one who wasn’t happy.

He couldn’t find his Sister Yin’s gift.

He looked around him and saw that Zhao Yuxiong got his favorite figurine, while Jiang Yan got a cute doll. Meanwhile, the gift he got was a car model from a male classmate of Class 3! Not romantic at all!!

Fortunately, after seeing the gift that Sister Yin got, Song Zhaolin felt that he was not the worst.

“Poof, who will send a Buddha statue? Hahahaha”

Chu Yin blankly thought–probably a psycho.

Song Zhaolin only glanced at it and didn’t see that it was pure gold. He only thought it was strange and exotic.

“Sister Yin, have you seen the name? Who sent it? Haha!”

Chu Yin was aloof, “Maybe an abnormal donor.”

Song Zhaolin felt more comfortable and strolled to see what his brothers had drawn. Did they have a wonderful fate?

After entering the international class, he saw Lu Zhenz holding his arms in a contemplative look.

“Brother Zhen, you can ask Lin Zi. He might know the meaning.” Tan Ke said.

Lu Zhen had no hope for Song Zhaolin, but it was better than nothing. He still asked, “What does it mean to send three keys?”

Song Zhaolin said “Ahh” and then laughed. “Three keys for ten yuan!

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Tan Ke’s face was unpleasant.

Lu Zhen: “…”

Damn.

It doesn’t matter.

Anyway, whatever it means, the keys were his.

Chu Yin gave it to him.

Song Zhaolin and Tan Ke fought with words for a while before Song Zhaolin fell on Lu Zhen’s front desk, crying exaggeratedly. “Uhuhu…why didn’t I get my deskmate’s little cookies…ahhh-”

Tan Ke laughed: “How can you have a chance? Many students want her gift too.”

Lu Zhen’s eyebrows suddenly raised.

“What did you say her gift was?”

Song Zhaolin: “Little cookies.”

It was Chu Yin’s present that he took away. Yes, there was her name in it. Lu Zhen originally thought she would send her own cookies, but after opening, there were several keys.

Was Song Zhaolin wrong? If Chu Yin indeed planned to gift some cookies, what happened to the gift?

But how could her gift be replaced? Lu Zhen searched in the gift pile for a long time before seeing Chu Yin’s inconspicuous little box. Who would deliberately find it from hundreds of boxes and change the item inside?

Except for the possibility of sudden change.

But that’s ridiculous.

Lu Zhen’s face remained silent, and a faint suspicion floated in his heart.

Song Zhaolin cried and hawed, “I don’t know which bastard took it away. I envy that he can eat it…”

The bastard himself was silent.

After a long time, Lu Zhen sighed.

He didn’t get it either.

Song Zhaolin also sighed in sadness.

Two men who didn’t get Chu Yin’s cookies.

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In the evening, at the end of Christmas, the Huiwen students who had been excited for a whole day finally remembered something.

There was a post in the forum:

[So who has taken away the gifts of those “key targets”?? ]

School’s apollo, Lu Zhen.  School flower…Forget it, it’s not the school flower. The quasi school’s flower, Chu Yin.  The former school’s apollo Gu Qiuze. And the other star juniors and seniors.

After a while, students began to post, claiming the gift they got.

Anonymous 10: Gu Qiuze’s is here with me ~ senior is so gentle, and he also included a card ~ Wuwu, I’m in love~

Anonymous 11: Ah, ah, ah, I admire it!!!

Anonymous 12: What luck is this!

……

Anonymous 23: the one I picked is from Chu Shi. The gift is very practical. Hahaha

Anonymous 24: I’m so jealous!!

Anonymous 25: What did I do wrong to not receive their gifts!!

The next posts were about claiming Chen Yanfei’s and Fu Yungting’s gifts. Who didn’t want to get a gift from good-looking people? It would be a wonderful fate to be acquainted with them.

The forum thread reached the 100th post. The gifts of the key-targets were claimed, but the gifts of the two popular people hadn’t been announced yet.

Anonymous 157: So who picked Brother Zhen’s gift? Do you want to keep it a secret?

Anonymous 158: Last year, the person who got Brother Zhen’s gift immediately announced it to spread his luck. No one would ever hide it.

Anonymous 160: What if the security personnel picked it??

Anonymous 161: Ah, no!! Then I will cry right now!

The whole forum  was in silence, and soon someone asked, “Well, did someone get Chu Yin’s?”

Anonymous 180: I also want the beautiful sister’s gift!

Anonymous 182: @180, Stand up against your enemies. 2

Anonymous 183: [Holding a kitchen knife]

After the night ended with no one claiming they got Lu Zhen and Chu Yin’s gift, the whole school unanimously determined that these two gifts, which were sought after by many people, fell in the hands of the security personnel.

This was one of the most unfortunate events of the year.

After Christmas, the exciting activities in the school finally ended. The students then began to prepare for the final exam.

From the excitement of the sport’s event to the Christmas event, Class 5 realized that there was a figure in the class that never changed.

They watched all the games and participated in a variety of sports. However, Chu Yin only watched a basketball match and participated only in a billiard game.

The most frightening was that most of them only won third place while some didn’t win any prize at all. But Chu Yin, who only participated once, won a champion prize.

In addition, Chu Yin didn’t pay any attention to these dazzling activities. The mathematics teacher even praised her two days ago, saying that Chu Yin was more mature and calmer than the rest. At that time, the students were busy with these fun activities that they didn’t listen to the teachers. Thinking back now, she really didn’t stop studying even for a day.

Because of this, many students felt a sense of crisis.

–She is the first rank in the grade!!

If the first-rank student studied so hard every day, what qualifications did they have to relax!

Teacher Wang was satisfied as she looked at the slowly recovering learning atmosphere in the class. If it was not for Chu Yin’s late admittance to the school, she would have appointed her as a class monitor. This child had stability and patience beyond the kids  her age.

After class, Teacher Wang mentioned Chu Yin with her eyes and asked her to come to the office.

“How are you doing recently? Are you tired of learning so much?”

Chu Yin was a good student in front of the teacher. She smiled and shook her head: “Not tired.”

“Because you transferred here and don’t know about the situation, I will tell you” Teacher Wang patted her arm, “Our school has places to participate in the mathematics provincial competitions every year. This is called ‘The Hope Cup’ competition. It’s the most suitable mathematics contest for liberal arts students. Are you interested?”

Two days ago, Chu Yin was considering taking part in a higher-level competition. Naturally, she did not hesitate: “I am interested, teacher.”

Teacher Wang was very satisfied. She knew that Chu Yin was ambitious!

“Then at the end of this semester, please prepare well. Our school is like this. The top three in mathematics at the end of the semester exam can be recommended to participate in the Winter Camp of Hope Cup. You receive training and assessment in the winter camp. After selection, you can participate in the final competition.”

T/N: Chu Yin will be focusing on her studies at this period so the story will get a bit boring. I’ll be uploading 3x a week beginning March for this reason so we’ll get past that mundane phase quickly~ :3 BY THE WAY, thank you so much for all your comments! I really appreciate them! ^^ I don’t get tired reading your comments. I would like it if you continue to write your comments. That way, I’ll know what you guys think.

Chapter 28 – Come (2)

Chu Yin understood that she needed to do well in Mathematics before the school term ended.

“–But don’t be too stressed,” Teacher Wang said, “I’ve seen your answer sheet in the last midterm exam. It’s very good. I can’t find students that are better than you in your grade so you just need to study as usual. That’s it.”

Chu Yin nodded: “I understand. Thank you, teacher!”

“What are you thankful for? Come on, you can go back.”

The other math teachers in the office looked at her with envy, “Ms. Wang, is this the child that placed first in the grade?”

Teacher Wang said proudly, “Yes. She got a perfect score in both English and Math. And also ranked first in the comprehensive exam.”

The teachers were envious: “How clever! Do you think this child can win the prize in the contest?”

Teacher Wang didn’t want to be too high-profile. She waved her hand, “We’ll talk about it after the final exam. Moreover, Class 1 and Teacher Chen’s International Class also have many students who are good at math.”

Teacher Chen was an old man. He sat in the corner of the office, shaking his head while holding a teacup in his hand, “The best math student in my class doesn’t want to participate no matter how good he is!”

…

After Chu Yin came out of the office, she quickly poked the system: “Is it time to release the provincial competition task next?”

She wanted to see how the rewards were after completing these kinds of tasks on this level. Would she be given permission to change two sentences? Paragraphs? It would be cool.

Xueji: “Nonono~ host must complete both the task of ranking first in the whole grade first and placing first in the math exam~”

Chu Yin: “…Okay.”

She turned back to her class, pondering over the problems she would choose to do, but she met Lu Zhen again.

How high were the chances of meeting this dog man frequently in the corridor?

She remembered that Lu Zhen didn’t like to move much in her last life. He usually stayed in the classroom.

Chu Yin glanced at Lu Zhen’s lazy appearance while holding a cup of ice coffee in his hand, as if he had come out to buy this.

After seeing her, Lu Zhen’s lips curled, “Good morning, good student.”

Chu Yin nodded: “Hello.”

A few people passed by and couldn’t help looking sideways at them.

Before when Chu Yin was still wearing a mask, the whole school couldn’t accept them talking to each other. But when Lu Zhen and Chu Yin greeted each other now, they didn’t think there was anything wrong.

Quasi-school’s flower, Champion in the English Competition, Queen of Billiards…many labels were placed on Chu Yin, making her an existence that others wanted to talk to but dared not to.

What’s more…this picturesque scene was too eye-catching.

Chu Yin didn’t want to be in the same frame as Lu Zhen. Right after greeting him, she wanted to leave.

But Lu Zhen leaned forward, blocked her, and suddenly said, “Where’s the cookie?”

Chu Yin raised her eyes.

Lu Zhen lowered his head and looked at her with a smile in his voice: “I got your gift.”

Chu Yin immediately realized that it was probably Song Zhaolin’s big mouth that revealed what’s inside the gift box.

But what does Lu Zhen mean?

Was he testing her? What did he find?

Why did the original cookies become three keys?

But no matter how keen Lu Zhen was, he could not have guessed that such things were contrary to logic or even strange.

Chu Yin took a breath, looked up and explained, “I later thought the key was more meaningful, so I changed it.”

Lu Zhen slightly raised his eyebrows and looked at her with a smile: “What’s the meaning?”

Although he knew that she was indifferent, he couldn’t help but want to hear more from her. Even if she would say the same thing as what Song Zhaolin said, he was willing to listen.

Chu Yin’s face was tight as she spoke seriously, “The meaning is the three keys to life–accept, change, and leave.”

Lu Zhen: “…?”

“If you can’t accept it, you will make a change; if you can’t change, you will choose to leave,” said Chu Yin, “Do not be greedy or paranoid. Be a simple, happy, and satisfied person .”

Lu Zhen was going to speak but was stopped by her.

Chu Yin finally said sincerely, “Come on, classmate.”

With that, the master of chicken soup turned and left.

…

Not greedy, not paranoid, this was indeed Chu Yin’s good wishes to Lu Zhen.

Looking at Lu Zhen now, she could recall some of his appearance in her previous life.

Although Lu Zhen was domineering in high school, he was just a normal young master. It would make sense that the cold and arrogant young master would get angry after being rejected by her. 

How did it come to cooking chicken soup?

After graduating from high school, Chu Yin hadn’t seen Lu Zhen for a while. Chu Yin didn’t find out the reason why he disappeared since she spent all her last life fighting to live.

With the amount of changes she made in this current life, will the dog man turn the same?

No matter what, Chu Yin wouldn’t allow herself to become a variable in Lu Zhen’s life.

In the evening, Chu Yin came home and noticed Chu Qiuqiu’s eyes on her.

This fake sister was observing her.

After the last time she was forced to stop talking, she behaved for a while. It was obvious that until now, she hadn’t given up her suspicion.

Chu Yin was silent. If the enemy won’t move, I also won’t move. Let’s see what she’s going to do.

During dinner, Father Chu said, “Uncle Chen will visit our residence in a while. His son is the same age as you. You can get to know him.”

Chu Qiuqiu knew that the Chen family was bigger than the Chu family, and was a good marriage partner. She was very positive and nodded with interest: “Okay, I’m looking forward to it.”

Chu Yin was silent.

Father Chu glanced at her with dissatisfaction. Chu Qiuqiu felt proud when she saw his father’s look towards Chu Yin. 

Chu Yin never knew how to seize the opportunity. She only had studying in her mind.

Mother Chu didn’t want a fight to break out at the dinner table, so she quickly changed to a relaxed topic: “Do my daughters have good friends in school?”

Chu Qiuqiu glanced at Chu Yin and smiled obediently: “I have been quite acquainted with senior Zheng Yu. He is a classmate of my brother.”

Chu Shi frowned.

She didn’t know that after Zheng Yu couldn’t chase Xiao Yin, he would hook up with his other sister.

Father Chu was very satisfied: “The boy of the Zheng family? Not bad, not bad! I have also seen that child. He is a talent.”

Chu Yin: “…”

The atmosphere was lukewarm as only Chu Qiuqiu and their parents spoke during dinner. 

After the dinner ended, Chu Qiuqiu walked around in the living room a few times, looking at Chu Yin who was sitting on the sofa drinking water.

It happened that today their parents were at home. She wanted to try her chance and expose Chu Yin’s abnormality!

After thinking about it, Chu Qiuqiu came up with a test method. Since she suddenly danced and couldn’t speak out of the blue, then she would use the opposite method to expose her.

Chu Qiuqiu went over, sat down beside Chu Yin, and said, “Sister, what you said about the Ebbinghaus curve last time…”

Chu Yin looked at her: “What?”

Chu Qiuqiu looked at her and didn’t speak.

Chu Yin looked puzzled: “What do you want to say?”

Chu Qiuqiu was still silent.

Chu Yin: …”

Chu Qiuqiu seemed to have spent time with her, staring at her in silence.

Chu Qiuqiu looked at her silently, as if she was exhausted by her.

There was a trace of familiarity with this situation, just like the situation in the international class that day.

Chu Yin changed her mind and suddenly realized that Chu Qiuqiu was fishing her?

Chuyin poked at the system: “Let me look at the script.”

【Chu Qiuqiu wanted to test whether the abnormal events that happened to her was because of Chu Yin. She decide to use the opposite behavior to induce her, so that she could explain to their parents that Chu Yin wasn’t normal!】

After reading it, Chu Yin became more calm and relaxed.

You want me to change it? Hey, I won’t change~

Chu Qiuqiu held back for a long time, opened her mouth, and found that she could still speak: “You–“

Chu Yin held the water cup and looked at her like she was a fool.

Chu Qiuqiu bit her teeth, stood up, and suddenly began to dance in the shape of a snake!

Chu Yin almost squirted the water in her mouth.

Chu Qiuqiu went all out.

She recreated the dancing scene of a wild and dominant snake as she looked at Chu Yin: Come on! Do the same thing as you did to me!

Come on!!

At this moment, a voice sounded, “Qiu Qiu, what are you doing?!”

Father Chu and Mother Chu stood at the door of the living room, looking at their adopted daughter in shock.

Chu Qiuqiu abruptly stopped.

At this time, Chu Yin slowly turned around with a dignified face.

“Sister seems to have a problem here.” Chu Yin pointed to her skull, “Hurry up and take her to the hospital.”