12: I want to be a salted fish

Shocked, Song Yu stabilized her figure just in time, then subconsciously turned her head to look back.

She saw a girl with a red messenger bag, wearing a black suspender top, with a high ponytail and narrow phoenix eyes accentuated by exaggerated black eye makeup. The girl, standing taller than 175 cm, plus thick-heeled shoes, was even taller than an average guy.

"Song Yu."

Zhao Xingrong, looking arrogant, stared at Song Yu and sneered, "You, someone with an F-level Tamer space awakening, what are you doing here? Do you think you can contract with three Beasts with a potential value above 90, parents' bloodline level at 6th rank? Someone like you with a waste talent should accept your fate early on, so as not to waste the family's money and the teacher's time."

Song Yu: "...??"

Song Yu was puzzled, looking at the girl in front of her, trying to search her memory.

... 5 seconds later, she suddenly realized!

Wasn't this Zhao Xingrong from the memories of the original host? The granddaughter of the Zhao family, a second-tier newly rich family like the Song family, equally famous for their low-tier spirit plant cultivation farm and hotel in the novel? Wasn't she the one who fought with the original host over the high-potential blood-toothed piglet, failed to contract it, and settled for a girl with a potential value of 78?

Thinking about it, the death of the original host was closely related to Zhao Xingrong.

In this world, Tamers could contract with many Beasts, as long as the Beast was willing and the Tamer space could accommodate it.

Tamers could even contract all the Beasts in the wilderness forest!

However, that was precisely the reason.

All senior high school students were required to contract with the first Beast provided by the education bureau for registration, photography, and testing purposes. Schools and the education bureau hoped to assess the students' abilities by observing how they nurtured and interacted with the contracted Beast throughout the year.

Like the original host, Zhao Xingrong also wanted to become a powerful professional Tamer.

Therefore, in their senior year, like all students aspiring to enter Tamer universities, Zhao Xingrong ventured into the wilderness forest with her contracted Beast without hesitation. This was a normal process.

However...

Zhao Xingrong died on the first day she went out.

Although Zhao's grandfather favored males over females, her brother was a good one, and he really liked his sister. The first thing he knew about Zhao Xingrong's death was to return from school to the wilderness forest, kill the Beast, and then meet the original host in the wilderness forest. The second thing was to kill the original host and the blood-toothed piglet.

"Eh..." Song Yu shivered.

Without guessing, she knew.

Zhao Xingrong's brother must have blamed Zhao Xingrong's death on the original host and the blood-toothed piglet.

He probably thought that if they had this high-potential blood-toothed piglet, Zhao Xingrong might not have died.

Of course, there was also the likely reason that the Song and Zhao families were originally at odds.

"Oink, oink, oink~~~"

As Song Yu understood the situation, she heard the sound of piglets coming from nearby.

Song Yu took a closer look. Among the three wood-type Beasts with potential values above 90, one of them was precisely the blood-toothed piglet described in the original book!

Although its blood-red fangs were only half an inch long, the blood-toothed piglet was already as tall as an adult's knee. Unlike pigs on Earth, it was covered in thick green fur, giving it a strong defensive appearance. Its claws were sharp and venomous, especially the most obvious, the blood-toothed piglet's slender limbs, which could allow it to run at high speeds and engage in sustained combat.

"Although it's called a blood-toothed pig, it's not much like a pig anymore..." Song Yu thought to herself; this was really too coincidental!

She didn't expect that even when casually strolling around, she would encounter a scene where the original host and Zhao Xingrong were competing for the blood-toothed piglet.

With this thought, the anger that had just risen in Song Yu's heart disappeared without a trace.

Even the exaggerated gothic makeup on Zhao Xingrong's face seemed pleasing.

"Zhao Xingrong, it's you..." The girl's eyelids drooped slightly, and her pupils seemed lost and confused.

Her voice was low and light, like a drifting leaf about to be carried away by the waves, or a faint breeze that seemed to disappear along with the owner of the voice in the next second. There was none of the usual arrogance in her voice.

Zhao Xingrong was taken aback: "...???"

She always felt that something seemed off.

Zhao Xingrong looked at Song Yu warily, then scanned the surrounding crowd with vigilance. Seeing that there were no homeroom teachers, principals, education bureau staff, or professional Tamers nearby, no one noticed this side.

Only then did Zhao Xingrong slowly let out a sigh of relief.

Tsk!

Just now, she thought that the Song girl wanted to play some new trick.

Trying to fight during the initial Beast distribution day would result in severe punishment, so she thought Song Yu was trying to provoke her.

Now that the bottom had returned, Zhao Xingrong raised an eyebrow, crossed her arms, and stared at Song Yu with a sarcastic tone, "What? Don't you recognize me? ... Or do you want to provoke me? Don't think that having a teacher around will allow you to succeed in provocation. I just gave you a push, which has nothing to do with fighting. If you want to use this trick to play the victim and frame me, you're still too inexperienced!"

Thinking that she had seen through Song Yu's disguise, Zhao Xingrong became even more arrogant, completely disregarding the major matter of contracting Beasts.

No choice, Song Yu was just too annoying.

Every time during physical education class, not only did Song Yu outperform her, but she also ended up beaten when they practiced together.

It just made her angrier the more she thought about it!

Now that the tables had turned, she wanted to reclaim her pride, right?

However...

Her words seemed to have startled the girl in front of her. The girl suddenly looked up, her face full of surprise.

"Zhao Xingrong, why would you think that way?"

Song Yu bit her lip slightly, her moist eyes filled with bitterness. "I'm just a bit envious of you..."

Zhao Xingrong was dumbfounded: "...??"

This was so different from what she had imagined.

"Zhao Xingrong, I've always been particularly envious of you~"

Song Yu pursed her lips, and on her fair cheeks, there was a mixture of three parts melancholy and three parts bitterness. "I used to envy that you had a good brother who always gave you things and escorted you to school. But my younger brother either quarrels with me or gives me the silent treatment... A few days ago when I tried talking to him, he even expressed disgust that I went to the internet cafe late at night and didn't come home."

Zhao Xingrong: "...???"

Zhao Xingrong's pupils shook, and her long-held beliefs seemed to crumble at this moment...

Envy! She suspected that every time Song Yu beat her during the joint physical education classes, it was because she was jealous of her?!!

This was impossible!

Song Yu must be lying to her!

Standing not far away, observing senior brothers and sisters contracting Beasts, Song Qi, who had just finished checking the qualifications of a high-potential fire-type Beast, looked at Song Yu expressionlessly, his expression subtle.

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