hsntnovel Chapter 69 Meta
Chapter 69 Meta
Xiao Jiming couldn't help but laugh.
He completely understood what that "1" referred to.
—That evening, before he could even realize who the other person was, he subconsciously replied with a small "1" in retaliation.
Maybe it's not revenge.
Xiao Jiming thought to himself.
After all, he thought he had only replied with "1", so why should Jiang Xingni retaliate to such an extent?
And that was indeed the case. Jiang Xingni didn't intend any revenge; she was simply—more like making a fuss.
"So I'll write a self-criticism," Jiang Xingni said.
Let's just say that all this time, she's been riding on their popularity in the real world, and here they consider her a friend, but she hasn't given them any compensation in return.
Xiao Jiming looked very pleased.
The young man smiled, his words laced with a hint of mockery: "Not bad, it hasn't been that long, and you've already grasped the essence of our team."
Jiang Xingni: ?
"Isn't writing a self-criticism a required course for every student?" Jiang Xingni asked sincerely but with a hint of doubt.
Xiao Jiming suddenly fell silent. He had originally intended to say that the true meaning was not about writing a self-criticism.
But he thought back to his teammates.
—Let's not even talk about Pei Zhaoye, the eldest young master. Even if he really had to write a self-criticism, his first reaction would be to just pay someone to write it for him.
He Jingtong is probably the kind of person who appears indifferent on the surface, but then submits a written self-criticism with the words "I'll do it again next time" written on it.
Song Juexiao is a rare person who would write a proper self-criticism, although even if he did write it properly, it wasn't very sincere, and the words revealed a perfunctory attitude.
But this already satisfied Lin Hongguang.
He himself would make up a bunch of seemingly reasonable reasons, but they couldn't stand up to scrutiny at all.
In short, people like Jiang Xingni have turned writing self-criticisms into a style and an industrialized process. They write thousands of words, all true stories, but the pages are full of plausible excuses made up using school rules...
This was truly the first time Xiao Jiming had met him.
Although Jiang Xingni often says that they are all liars full of lies, in Xiao Jiming's opinion, Jiang Xingni himself is actually the biggest liar.
We're all liars, so let's not accuse each other.
"That makes sense." Jiang Xingni rested his chin on his hand and pondered for a while.
It was obvious that he had heard Xiao Jiming's evaluation of him earlier.
—The process of writing self-criticisms has become an engineering project.
"I really should learn about Taixu's school rules," Jiang Xingni agreed.
After all, almost all the excuses she could think of now were the same ones she used at the Fourth Middle School.
"What if the school is different and the market conditions change?" Jiang Xingni said confidently.
Xiao Jiming hesitated for a moment.
"So, you really do things like writing self-criticisms for others?" Xiao Jiming asked doubtfully.
Jiang Xingni: ...
Jiang Xingni's gaze wandered.
"No, not at all," she replied. "I just occasionally help out my classmates."
It means that I've done it.
Xiao Jiming naturally translated the sentence.
Jiang Xingni took a bite of the ice cream she had just ordered and glanced at the time.
"To be honest, I'm more curious as to why you guys were still awake at this hour." Jiang Xingni twirled a strand of hair with her fingertip and raised an eyebrow.
Xiao Jiming sighed when this was mentioned.
"Because of Su Yanzhi, and the matter of the wordless book."
These things were originally inextricably linked to Jiang Xingni.
However, although Jiang Xingni had completed the enrollment procedures, she had not actually enrolled and had not attended a single class. She had to rely entirely on her own abilities to handle unusual events.
Lin Hongguang still had some morals in this regard.
The various disturbances behind the curtain did not disturb Jiang Xingni's daily life.
"But now, a new anomaly has come your way." Xiao Jiming looked into Jiang Xingni's eyes, chuckled, and said this.
Xiao Jiming and the others originally did not want Jiang Xingni to be disturbed by these things behind the curtain.
Her special ability is very useful, sometimes even too useful.
Moreover, their abilities are quite different from those of Xiao Jiming and He Jingtong.
Their superpowers are ultimately designed for combat, and are associated with anomalies, strange phenomena, and bizarre realms.
The only one whose abilities can be compared to Jiang Xingni's is Pei Zhaoye's, but even Pei Zhaoye is different from Jiang Xingni.
Pei Zhaoye has not yet fully matured, and his special abilities have not been fully utilized.
Even though he possesses a supernatural ability that, once fully grown, could be described as a "humanoid catastrophe," Pei Zhaoye is still not fully grown at the moment.
Xiao Jiming thought calmly.
Even if someone covets Pei Zhaoye's special ability, they will stubbornly believe in their hearts that they can kill him before he grows up and matures.
—So that his special ability wouldn't cause harm.
Moreover, Pei Zhaoye's family already possesses sufficient power, and under the current circumstances, they are fully capable of protecting Pei Zhaoye.
But what if it's Jiang Xingni?
She was an orphan just like me, grew up in the downtown area, and was helpless and had no background.
But given her special ability, who doesn't have things they want to hide? Who wouldn't want to peek into someone else's secrets?
Therefore, Jiang Xingni's situation was more complicated and difficult than Pei Zhaoye's.
The so-called "seeing the world as it is" is not something that Jiang Xingni has ever shared. No one has ever truly known what the world looks like through her eyes.
The unknown often breeds fear.
Jiang Xingni, of course, had no idea that in the short time it took to say a few words, Xiao Jiming's mind was racing with thoughts of how they would hide him from the world now that he was being hunted down by everyone.
"To be precise," Jiang Xing corrected with a smile, "it was through me that they approached you."
"Do you think you won't go after you find out about this?" Jiang Xingni shrugged and asked.
—They will definitely go. Even if Jiang Xingni doesn't know about this, the various forces in this universe will create coincidences to let them know the news and thus go to the place they are supposed to go.
Xiao Jiming seemed to be deep in thought: "Is this also the reality of this world as you see it?"
When Xiao Jiming asked that question, Jiang Xingni's brain almost crashed due to the system's intervention.
【Stars!!!】The system shouted.
We can't let them know!
Jiang Xing looked at him helplessly: "It was just a question. How did your thinking shift from Xiao Jiming asking me about my superpowers to them knowing that this world is actually a comic book?"
"And... as long as it's not admitted," Jiang Xingni's smile softened. "It's just an Easter egg, at most some meta elements."
Then Jiang Xingni spoke in a gentle and calm tone: "Unless you are still hiding something from me, something that the main characters cannot know."
The system stopped talking and screaming.