CH 5

*apr.21, notes are buggy, will remove notice when fixed*

In the end, Fang Shan took a wild guess as to what the reason was and kept his expression steady. Adding a bit of anger, he said “Who hit you? Let me know and I’ll go with you to take revenge on them!”

Wei Sushen gave him the stink eye as he watched his performance.

Fang Shan opened the window in a timely manner, a feeble attempt to let the cold wind come disperse Wei Sushen’s irritated aura.

From behind him came the sound of clothes being changed. Wei Sushen was in the middle of buttoning his shirt up when he asked, “The speech you wrote yesterday, why did it increase the coolness points value?”

Contrary to expectations he didn’t think Fang Shan had purposefully treated his task like a joke. When it came to his job Fang Shan had always been proper about [B1] it.

On top of that Wei Sushen was the type of character to love a challenge. Knowing the rules of the game was the key condition to controlling the situation.

“Change the color,” Fang Shan took out a blue tie from the wardrobe, retying it for him.

Wei Sushen wasn’t accustomed to such an action and took a step back, feeling odd about the whole affair. “Don’t do such a strange thing.”

Fang Shan didn’t take his words to heart, still giving him that abnormally maternal gaze.

It was a habit of his to treat the host like they were his child.

“The grading rubric for points distribution is through direct deposit so I can’t interfere in that part,” Fang Shan supported his head and gave a very humanlike yawn. “But the activation of specific scenes can increase points value.”

“A specific scene,” Wei Sushen pondered for some time, “even if it’s all an act?” Yesterday Fang Shan had had him read out the speech, but he had lied through the entire thing.

Fang Shan smiled, making a motion for him to hush. “What is impression? What is coolness? The more vulnerable you appear at first before a strong strike back, that is what points judge. As for whether it’s a truth or lie, the task judgement system isn’t intelligent enough for that.”

Wei Sushen had an inkling to what the secret key was.

“Let's be real, it’s all pretend,” Fang Shan said, “You’re pre-existing circumstances are much better than my previous hosts so you have to suffer a bit more.”

“What do you mean?”

Fang Shan laughed, “Take my seventh host as an example, when I first met him, he was being bullied by the nanny at home. Under my guidance, the host was able to make an unexpected counterattack and expose his parents, classmates and teachers one after the other! Because of that the final points value he received was quite high.” He gave a regretful sigh. “But you haven’t been bullied by a servant yet, and that brother of yours hasn’t made trouble yet. The final impression points aren’t going to be much so I can only do what I can to improve your score.”

Wei Sushen: “There isn’t any other way?”

Fang Shan seemed to see through what he was planning and knit his brow. “Don’t think to plan in advance and hire somebody to bully you. The system judgement will blacklist you from the task directly.”

Wei Sushen: “Didn’t you just say the task judgement wasn’t smart?”

“Yeah, but a method like that isn’t gonna work,” Fang Shan shook his head, “it’s been years and I still can’t figure out what that damn thing is thinking.”

“……”

Fang Shan: “I poked at it a few times, almost got beaten to death.”

“……”

It was unknown as to when, but sometime during his monologues Fang Shan had quietly moved to the wine cabinet, one hand behind his back, and opened a bottle of wine in one go. Unfortunately, he was discovered right at the critical point.

“It’s working hours,” Wei Sushen said, “You have to stay sober.”

Perhaps the word ‘work’ poked at Fang Shan’s conscience. In any case he stopped trying to drink and sat cross-legged at his usual spot on the windowsill. “Let me think, there has to be something I can make use of.”

The morning breeze blew for a long time before he had a flash of inspiration. “Do you have a fiancée? Think of a way to make the other party jilt and humiliate you!”

Wei Sushen thought for some time before asking seriously, “Are forced marriages ethical?”

Walk out of the door and you can gather a bunch of them.

Fang Shan gave him a sneer.

……

On Wei Sushen’s seventh day of work, he ushered in the first of the exam invigilators. The subject exams were arranged by the school, and it was the last monthly exam before the semester final.

The results for each course came one after the other within three days. After seeing class three’s math results, he was quiet for a long time.

“There seems to be a storm in Wei-laoshi’s eyes.”

“A deep-sea vortex would be more fitting.”

Whispering a few comments among themselves, the moment Wei Sushen raised his head the whole classroom grew so silent you could hear a needle fall to the ground.

Wei Sushen didn’t hand out the examination papers. He only told them that out of a 150 points, the highest score just reached one hundred. To all the student’s surprise, Wei Sushen said nothing else and began to talk about the exam. None of the students took it lightly, feeling like they were right on the precipice of a volcanic eruption.

Wei Sushen finished going over the final question and left class just as it ended.

It’s over?

The students couldn’t believe they were let off so easily.

After waiting the whole day for the bomb to drop, Wei Sushen didn’t chew them out. When the initial panic subsided, the students gradually let down their guard, thinking what he said in class that day was just talk.

When the weekend was over, the grade rankings would come out and the parent-teacher meeting would follow. The head teacher was still on sick leave so Wei Sushen would temporarily take over her job. Even though they were all in the same group, the parents all had an inconceivable expression when they say Wei Sushen. It was hard to imagine the chairman of a company ignore his business dealings to come teach at a school.

Standing on the podium, Wei Sushen had a bookish air about him, giving people the illusion he was refined and courteous.

“There were nineteen students who failed this test, the lowest score being a mere six.” Wei Sushen curled his lip slightly, looking out at the audience. “Which one of you is Cai Shui’s parent?”

A plump, middle aged-man raised his hand.

The Cai family used to be the ‘rule by might’ type. In past parent-teacher meeting, the middle-aged man had even quarreled with the teachers. This time though, he only gave an awkward smile.

Wei Sushen said “Although his grades aren’t good, he certainly has a natural ability for prophecy.”

The middle-aged man was confused.

Wei Sushen gave a bright smile, as if the scene surrounding him was filled with hidden clues. “By Friday, Tiansheng Group’s share price may be at this number.”

The man’s face turned red in a flash and he patted his chest to show his sincerity that his son would pass the next time. “I’ll get a private tutor!”

Wei Sushen nodded in satisfaction. “In that case we can talk about it next time.”

Although the remaining parent’s whose children failed the exam were not singled out, they were still frightened.

At that moment, Fang Shan’s voice sounded: [It is detected that the current performance of the host meets the ‘smiling tiger[B3] ’, however it is too intense. It’s recommended the host change personality.]

Wei Sushen toned down the look in his eyes and his smiling expression, saying fervently “I can’t allow others to call my student’s useless. I believe they will be the face of Aige’s tomorrow!”

The parents: “……” Could this be the legendary schizophrenia?

Wei Sushen glanced over the parents in the front row. One of the reacted the quickest, saying to the people around him “This needs to have applause.”

The crowd woke up as if from a dream, and a thunderous applause sounded.

Thus, the parent-teacher conference ended successfully.

When he returned to the office, Fang Shan immediately appeared in front of him. “That was very good.”

Wei Sushen shook his head, “Tt’s all children’s tricks.”

“Daily tasks are the simplest, there’s no risk to life,” Fang Shan said, “After you enter other words, I doubt you’ll say that.”

He had wanted to make the other person feel reverence, unexpectedly Wei Sushen had no fear in his eyes, only interest.

“Both coolness and impression points are settled at the end?”

“Correct.”

Wei Sushen: “Can I see my current score?”

“The evaluation is displayed after it reaches a certain threshold,” Fang Shan was surprised. “Don’t tell me you haven’t been in the main interface for the last while?”

Indeed after the first few times, Wei Sushen had never re-entered. The extra information his brain generated wasn’t controlled. Every time he saw it he got an artificial impression.

[Host: Wei Sushen

Height: 187cm

Weight: To be updated

Age: 27

Talent: Eating too little

Task: Teaching and Educating People

Remarks: You have been bullied and humiliated! Despite belonging to a powerful family, you can’t compete! Teach these students well, they will become your staunch supporters later on!

Evaluation: Coolness Points- 30, Impression Points- 5, Gained Achievement ‘The Instructor’s in Control’]

Wei Sushen clearly remembered that not too long ago, the height category was awaiting update.

Fang Shan: I measured the Host while he was asleep. Shoes and socks were off, it’s completely accurate!”

Wei Sushen shut his eyes, forcing himself to be calm.

The first thing he did when he got home that night was to take a cold shower, the chilly water slowly calming his mood.

Ding

A voice sounded in his head: [It is detected that the host is fully naked. Please wipe off any excess water in a timely manner and cooperate with the weighing process and improve the information on the main interface.]

The author has something to say:

Wei Sushen: Do you know that taking advantage of your position can lead to a crime in sexual harassment?

Fang Shan: Who cares? (this was in English in the raws)

Wei Sushen: ……

[B1]I get what he's trying to say but my guy Wei are we really talking about the same Fang Shan here? The one who got so drunk off of afterfreeze he was a year late to the party? [B3]笑面虎, or xiàomiànhǔ, or the tiger's smiling face means somebody you need to keep your guard up around because you don't know when the act is going to drop.