Transmigrating Into a Book, the Villain Becomes the White Moonlight!

20: Chapter 2 My phone is brokenSu Bai’s rule was ”at any time,” and she didn’t dare imagine the consequences if it were interrupted.

Watching more and more students flocking into the campus, Mu Xue gritted her teeth, gripped her shattered phone, and turned to run toward the Mobile Repair Shop in the small alley next to the school.

”Boss, can... can this be fixed?” Mu Xue rushed into the small shop, fine beads of sweat breaking out on her forehead as she handed over the phone, her breathing uneven.

The Phone Shop Owner took the phone, looked at it against the light, tried pressing the power button, and gave a practiced quote: ”The whole screen needs to be replaced. It can be fixed, two hundred yuan.”

”Fine! About how long will it take?” Mu Xue didn’t have time to worry about the cost, which wasn’t small for her, and hurriedly pressed for an answer.

”At least half an hour,” the owner estimated.

Mu Xue immediately looked up at the grease-stained wall clock—there were less than fifteen minutes left until the preparatory bell for class!

Her heart sank: ”Boss, can’t it be any faster? I’m rushing to class!”

The owner pointed helplessly at the seven or eight phones waiting to be repaired on the workbench: ”Little girl, I’m only letting you cut the line and doing yours early because I see you’re in a hurry; that’s the only way you’ll get it in half an hour. If you queued up normally, you wouldn’t get it until school lets out in the afternoon. Look, these are all waiting to be fixed.”

Mu Xue looked at the pile of phones, knowing the owner wasn’t lying. She was anxious but helpless.

”Then... then I’ll come pick it up after school finishes in the afternoon.” She could only settle for the next best thing, her voice tinged with unease.

”Alright, check it when you come to pick it up in the afternoon before you pay.” The owner nodded and placed Mu Xue’s broken phone into a specific slot.

Mu Xue didn’t dare delay any longer. She ran back to the classroom as fast as she could, bursting through the door almost exactly as the preparatory bell rang.

She leaned against the doorframe, her chest heaving violently as she gasped for air.

Her deskmate was startled by her appearance and asked curiously, ”Mu Xue, what’s wrong? You’re in such a rush, did something happen?”

Mu Xue caught her breath and, without caring about much else, whispered in a pleading tone, ”I... I accidentally shattered my phone screen and sent it to be repaired. Can... can I borrow your phone for a second? Just two minutes, I need to log in to my account to post something.”

”Sure, no problem.” The deskmate readily handed over her phone.

Mu Xue quickly took it and logged into her social media account. She took a somewhat blurry photo of the classroom corner, then before sending it, she quickly typed a supplementary explanation:

「My phone screen is shattered; I’ve left it at the repair shop and won’t be able to get it until after school. Sorry.」

After checking carefully to ensure there were no mistakes, she clicked send.

Seeing the ”sent” icon appear, Mu Xue finally let out a long sigh of relief, as if she had completed an incredibly important mission. Only then did she log out and carefully return the phone to her deskmate.

”Thank you, thank you so much.” She thanked her sincerely.

The deskmate took the phone with a mischievous smile, raised her eyebrows at her, and teased in a low voice, ”Hey, you were in such a frantic hurry just to log in and post a photo and message... come clean, are you in a relationship? Reporting your whereabouts to your boyfriend?”

”No! I’m really not!” Mu Xue was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. Her cheeks instantly flushed red, and she hurriedly waved her hands in denial, her tone so urgent it was almost self-incriminating.

”No~?” The deskmate deliberately elongated her tone, mimicking Mu Xue’s anxious tone from earlier, and continued to tease her while swaying her head, ”So nervous, taking photos and typing explanations... could it be you sent it to your mom? So filial?”

Mu Xue opened her mouth but found she couldn’t give a reasonable explanation. In the end, she could only lower her head, avoiding her deskmate’s probing gaze, and mumbled vaguely, ”Anyway... anyway, it’s not what you think...”

When Su Bai strolled lazily into the classroom as the class bell rang, he found the room unusually quiet, with everyone sitting properly in their seats.

On the podium, the Class Teacher, Teacher Hu, didn’t immediately start the lesson. Instead, he followed Su Bai back to his seat with a look of clear appreciation and inquiry.

Once Su Bai sat down, Teacher Hu cleared his throat and faced the class, a hint of reflected glory even showing in his smile: ”I assume everyone has already heard about what happened on the field this afternoon?”

His gaze swept over the boys in the back row who were usually troublemakers, his tone teasing: ”You guys in the back, what are you looking at? Look at Su Bai! Even when he plays, he plays with more class and spirit than you! He’s brought so much honor to our Class One!”

He paced to the aisle on Su Bai’s side, his voice rising with encouragement: ”This time, Student Su Bai was unafraid of strong opponents, dared to challenge them, and won the race with sheer strength. This is bringing glory to our Class One! Come on, everyone, let’s have a round of applause!”

The classroom was silent for a moment, then erupted into warm and lasting applause, mixed with a few excited whistles and low shouts of Brother Su is awesome.

This sudden sense of collective honor and praise actually caught Su Bai, who was used to doing his own thing and staying out of it, somewhat off guard.

He felt a rare moment of awkwardness. Sitting in his seat, he raised a hand to touch his nose and looked out the window, trying to tune out this overly positive atmosphere.

Teacher Hu struck while the iron was hot. He walked over to Su Bai, leaned down, and asked in an almost consultative, pleasant tone, ”Su Bai, look, your talent for long-distance running is truly amazing. Are you interested in representing the class in the School Sports Meet at the end of the year? It doesn’t have to be much, just sign up for one or two events, how about it?”

Teacher Hu knew perfectly well that given Su Bai’s family background and personality, no one could force him to do something he didn’t want to do.

If it were anyone else in the class, he certainly wouldn’t be speaking in this tone.

Sure enough, Su Bai didn’t even think before refusing directly: ”Thank you, Teacher, but I’m not really interested.”

Bringing glory to the class?

What a joke.

Su Bai sneered inwardly. As a rich second-generation Villain who knew he was in a novel world and would eventually be written out, why would he bother himself for such an illusory sense of collective honor?

Was he that bored?

”It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s all based on personal will.” An imperceptible flash of disappointment crossed Teacher Hu’s face, but he immediately smiled and gave himself a way out, ”Think about it some more. If you want to participate later, tell me anytime.”

Just as Teacher Hu straightened up, Su Bai heard a low voice from beside him, carrying a bit of complaint and... a hint of inexplicable expectation?

”You... you’re clearly so capable, can’t you just cheer up and make some contribution to the class?” Lin Wan suddenly spoke, turning her head to look at him.