CH 235

Villainous Singer (7)

As soon as the words came out of Song Xu Yi’s mouth, she began to feel a sense of regret, inexplicably feeling somewhat panicked.

However, it was already too late for regrets.

Lin Ruoyu saw Song Xu Yi agree and finally showed a smile on her face. She considerately covered Song Xu Yi with a blanket and added her as a friend on the light-brain before going to another room to contact her manager.

Song Xu Yi sighed inwardly, but now that she had made the promise, she could only try to accept this situation.

She had always been responsible for her work, and now she was employed by Lin Ruoyu. She planned to discuss work matters with Lin Ruoyu after her return. However, not long after, the sleep-inducing effects of the medicine in the water she drank began to take effect. Song Xu Yi felt her mind become heavy and, ultimately, unable to resist the drowsiness. She fell asleep once again.

When she woke up again, it was already evening. Because she had rested quite well, Song Xu Yi felt much better. However, Lin Ruoyu was no longer in the room. There was a new transfer on Song Xu Yi’s light-brain, along with a holographic message from Lin Ruoyu.

The holographic message was vivid and lifelike, projecting Lin Ruoyu’s 3D image in front of Song Xu Yi. Lin Ruoyu furrowed her brows slightly as she looked at Song Xu Yi, seemingly with a touch of frustration in her expression.

“I’ve programmed your image into the door lock. You can operate these models in my room when I’m not around, but you can’t bring anyone else in or disclose this to anyone else. Otherwise, it’ll be considered a breach of contract.”

Lin Ruoyu paused for a moment and raised her chin slightly. “And… I’ve been here several years before you. If you have any technical questions, you can ask me through the holographic interface. I might know a thing or two.”

Song Xu Yi didn’t take Lin Ruoyu’s words too seriously. After all, their fields were quite different, and she didn’t think that Lin Ruoyu, as an amateur enthusiast, could learn these technologies. Still, she replied with a simple “Thank you,” expressing her gratitude for Lin Ruoyu’s kindness.

Lin Ruoyu appeared to be busy and didn’t respond to Song Xu Yi.

Song Xu Yi didn’t mind and closed her light-brain before walking out of the room. Regardless of Lin Ruoyu’s intentions, what she had done indeed resolved Song Xu Yi’s urgent situation.

Due to Lin Ruoyu’s special status, Song Xu Yi knew that Lin Ruoyu lived on the top floor of the student dormitory. Song Xu Yi had initially thought that Lin Ruoyu’s room layout would be similar to other students’, but she didn’t expect that Colin Academy would connect an entire floor for Lin Ruoyu’s accommodation. No wonder Lin Ruoyu didn’t allow her to bring others over.

At the doorway of her own room, Song Xu Yi saw Luo Xi waiting anxiously. Seeing Song Xu Yi appear unharmed, Luo Xi visibly sighed in relief.

“I’m sorry, Xu Yi. You know, I don’t like using my light-brain during classes, so I only saw your message during lunch. By that time, you had already been rescued by Lin Ruoyu and brought back to school…”

“I consulted the school doctor, and your fainting was due to excessive fatigue. You really can’t stay up late like this anymore. You’re still young, and the most important thing is your health. You’ll have plenty of time to study hard in the future. Fortunately, this time you happened to encounter Lin Ruoyu, who was visiting the museum for her next album’s location shoot. Otherwise, if you had fallen into the hands of the Proxima Centauri people after fainting, the consequences would have been unimaginable,” Luo Xi mentioned Lin Ruoyu, her gaze becoming somewhat complicated. “But you don’t have to be overly grateful to Lin Ruoyu for this. She has already obtained what she wanted…”

As she spoke, Luo Xi took out her light-brain. The top trending entry on the light-brain was Lin Ruoyu. Luo Xi clicked into the entry, and Song Xu Yi saw what happened after she fainted:

Lin Ruoyu calmly contacted her manager and had the car brought over. She also obtained the contact information of the museum’s director. Afterward, she carried Song Xu Yi into the car.

Throughout the entire process, Lin Ruoyu never let go of Song Xu Yi.

“Now everyone praises her for her kindness, love for her own kind. Her popularity on Proxima Centauri has risen even more,” Luo Xi put away the light-brain and spoke indignantly. “Her status on Proxima Centauri is becoming more prominent, achieving both fame and fortune. I doubt she’ll return to Ruo Shui in the future…”

“In fact, there is more than one way to contribute to Ruo Shui,” perhaps due to the influence of speaking with others, now that she had accepted Lin Ruoyu’s employment, when Song Xu Yi realized it, she found herself speaking up for Lin Ruoyu, “She has created such a significant impact, and people’s attention to Ruo Shui will also increase. That’s why our activities on Colin Academy are being noticed, and we can maintain our current status. Besides, many of her songs call for peace. In a way, she’s also helping Ruo Shui through her own means…”

Luo Xi’s lips tightened into a straight line, and she remained silent for a long time.

Song Xu Yi blinked, reflecting on whether she had said something wrong that upset Luo Xi. However, in the next moment, she heard Luo Xi sigh.

“I understand, actually,” Luo Xi averted her gaze as if trying to hide her emotions, “But back then, she had so much talent in robotics research. Seeing her give up her former dream all of a sudden, it angered me, and I felt unhappy…”

Song Xu Yi bit her lip tightly. She had heard more than once during this time that Lin Ruoyu wanted to study robotics. She wanted to tell Luo Xi that Lin Ruoyu hadn’t really given up on learning robotics. However, Song Xu Yi had promised Lin Ruoyu not to share this information with others, so she could only avoid eye contact and her mind was filled with doubts: Could it be that Lin Ruoyu’s approach to her was really because she wanted to learn robotics?

Song Xu Yi had the intention to explore the reason, but Lin Ruoyu’s words sounded nice, and for the next month, Lin Ruoyu didn’t appear again.

As the hottest singer on Proxima Centauri, Song Xu Yi didn’t need to actively investigate. She could see all the relevant updates about Lin Ruoyu as soon as she opened her light-brain: Lin Ruoyu was busy performing in different places every day and was also preparing for a new album. She simply didn’t have time to return to Colin Academy to learn robotics from Song Xu Yi.

However, after a month, Lin Ruoyu’s payment was still transferred to Song Xu Yi on time, and it was even half more than what they had agreed upon before.

Despite knowing that Lin Ruoyu would become the villain in the future, Song Xu Yi had received her favor in the present. Objectively speaking, Lin Ruoyu had already helped her quite a bit. Accepting more money from Lin Ruoyu made Song Xu Yi feel a bit guilty, so she declined the extra payment and returned it.

During this period, every late night, Song Xu Yi would quietly climb to the top floor and open the door to Lin Ruoyu’s room. There, she would use the models to study. Her practical skills improved by leaps and bounds. After another elimination exam, Song Xu Yi not only didn’t regress, but also achieved a moderate score.

Seeing the astonishment in the examiner’s eyes clearly, Song Xu Yi felt extremely pleased. Much of this success could be attributed to the equipment and models in Lin Ruoyu’s room…

Song Xu Yi felt grateful in her heart and realized that, whether due to oversight or other reasons, Lin Ruoyu’s room lacked a cleaning robot. In order to repay Lin Ruoyu and also to enhance her own skills, Song Xu Yi decided to personally build a cleaning robot.

While Song Xu Yi was debugging this cleaning robot, Lin Ruoyu transferred some money. Song Xu Yi was in the midst of trying to fine-tune the robot. Although she thought she had already set up all the robot’s framework, for some reason, the joints of the robot were moving chaotically, and she couldn’t seem to adjust them properly.

Song Xu Yi didn’t expect that shortly after she returned the money, Lin Ruoyu’s 3D call came through.

Song Xu Yi inexplicably felt a bit guilty. With one hand holding the spinning robot with its disarrayed joints and the other answering the call, almost as soon as she connected the call, Lin Ruoyu’s projected figure appeared in front of Song Xu Yi.

“Little fool, why didn’t you accept my money?” Lin Ruoyu looked as if she had just come off stage, wearing a beautiful sundress. She frowned at Song Xu Yi, seemingly wanting to pinch her cheeks again. However, she was currently in a projected state and couldn’t physically touch Song Xu Yi. The hand she reached out became a spectral image that passed through Song Xu Yi’s cheek.

“I’m not a little fool,” even though she knew it was a projection, Song Xu Yi instinctively tilted her head slightly and earnestly countered Lin Ruoyu’s words, “I just feel it’s not right to receive payment without doing anything. You haven’t been here this month, and I haven’t taught you anything. I can’t just take your money for nothing.”

In fact, Song Xu Yi had wanted to argue back since the last time Lin Ruoyu used that term, but she fell asleep shortly afterward and didn’t have a chance to correct it.

“My name is Song Xu Yi. You can call me Xu Yi from now on.”

“Still insisting you’re not a little fool, refusing money that’s given to you for free…” Lin Ruoyu didn’t seem to expect Song Xu Yi to respond like this. In a softer voice that Song Xu Yi could hear clearly, she muttered, “Well, I’m a bit older than you, so you can call me Sister Ruoyu.”

Although she said this, Lin Ruoyu didn’t meet Song Xu Yi’s gaze again. Her eyes seemed to shift around, landing on Song Xu Yi’s other hand that was holding the small robot. “Little… Xu Yi, so what are you trying to do now?”

Seeing that Lin Ruoyu had finally changed how she addressed her, Song Xu Yi felt relieved. She explained her idea and somewhat bashfully mentioned that she hadn’t finished making the cleaning robot yet. Lin Ruoyu would have to wait a couple more days to see the finished product.

“Could you show it to me now, Xu Yi?” After listening to Song Xu Yi, Lin Ruoyu’s gaze shifted to a corner where another robot stood. She blinked and then looked back at Song Xu Yi with a smile. “Even though this robot doesn’t seem to be fully formed, being able to move is already quite impressive. I want to see the internal structure…”

Since Song Xu Yi hadn’t been able to identify the issue with the robot, she had already planned to take it apart. Now that Lin Ruoyu was asking, Song Xu Yi immediately started dismantling it.

During the process of dismantling, Song Xu Yi was nearly blushing due to Lin Ruoyu’s exclamations of surprise—

“Wow! Xu Yi, you’re so clever to have set up this kind of path!”

“You’ve learned such complex programming, Xu Yi, you’re amazing!”

“Xu Yi, you’re really impressive, dismantling the robot so quickly…”

Song Xu Yi had never imagined that Lin Ruoyu would be such a master of flattery. She even started to suspect that Lin Ruoyu had transferred all the fan compliments and flattery onto herself—

Until she reached a certain sensor while dismantling, Lin Ruoyu’s eyes dimmed for a moment, but her face still blinked with curiosity. “Xu Yi, what’s this thing? It looks really strange…”

Song Xu Yi glanced at the sensor that Lin Ruoyu was looking at, about to explain, but her gaze immediately froze—

She had found the reason behind the erratic spinning of the cleaning robot— the sensor’s wiring was connected incorrectly!

If it weren’t for Lin Ruoyu’s reminder, Song Xu Yi probably wouldn’t have noticed it for a while.

With gratitude in her eyes, Song Xu Yi looked at Lin Ruoyu and explained the purpose of the sensor. She then took notes in her notebook, reconnected the sensor correctly, and proceeded to reassemble everything. This time, the robot indeed started working smoothly—

As she completed her first self-made robot, Song Xu Yi felt an overwhelming sense of joy.

And clearly, Lin Ruoyu also seemed somewhat pleased. She looked at the excited blush on Song Xu Yi’s face and once again transferred money to Song Xu Yi’s account. “I want to learn about this robot! When I come back, you’ll teach me…”

This time, Song Xu Yi didn’t refuse Lin Ruoyu’s money again, but since she took the money, she naturally had to do the work. On the spot, she began explaining the robot to Lin Ruoyu…

Song Xu Yi didn’t know if it was due to exhaustion or some other reason, but Lin Ruoyu didn’t seem fully focused on learning. She yawned frequently and sometimes looked at Song Xu Yi with a peculiar expression. However, when Song Xu Yi asked questions, Lin Ruoyu could quickly provide answers. This made Song Xu Yi feel an intense sense of urgency: Lin Ruoyu was incredibly smart, and she needed to learn more herself so that she could teach her better next time…

The author has something to say:

Lin Ruoyu: What should I do with this honest young girl?

Sigh, can only pretend to be clueless!