West Lake District, Room 201.
As soon as Su Yan stepped through the front door, a flurry of rapid footsteps echoed from the living room.
Then, the next moment, a sturdy little girl came hurtling out, charging at Su Yan, who was still somewhat dazed, with a Barbarian King Charge.
A loud THUD resounded!
The little girl bumped squarely against Su Yan's thigh, then hugged his leg, looked up, and asked, "Susu Guo, where are my strawberries!"
On the way home, Su Erke had already sent the good news via Feixin:
"Hey ladies! Your big bro is coming home with strawberries!"
Hearing this joyous news, Little Beans had grown impatient waiting at home. Day and night they waited, and now their big bro had finally arrived.
"Your Sister Erke has the strawberries; they're not with me." Looking down at his youngest sister clinging tightly to his leg, Su Yan felt somewhat helpless.
She learned to cling to someone's coattails at such a young age. What will she be like when she grows up?
"Sister Erke! Sister Erke! Let's go, hurry, hurry, let's go wash the strawberries together!"
Little Beans briskly walked up to Su Erke, stopped in front of her, grabbed the hem of her clothes, and headed for the kitchen.
Su Yan watched his two younger sisters leave with a smile, then leisurely made his way to the living room, surveying his home environment along the way.
The house seemed spacious, roughly estimated to be over 120 square meters. Oil paintings hung on the surrounding walls, lending an air of style. Looking up at the ceiling, a few luxurious chandeliers hung there, looking quite expensive and indicating their wealth.
Pretty well-off... Su Yan murmured to himself.
This was his first time entering this family home, which had existed only in his memory since he transmigrated.
"Ah, home is so comfortable."
Su Yan took a deep breath and went straight to the sofa, flopping down in the iconic 'Ge You slouch.'
In the two days since transmigrating, he had only been able to lie in a hospital bed playing with his phone each day. There was no freedom to speak of, and it had been suffocating.
BUZZ.
Suddenly, his phone vibrated.
Su Yan picked it up and saw that a Feixin friend nicknamed "Class Monitor - Lin Ruoxi" had sent him a message.
Lin Ruoxi: Are you there?
The moment Su Yan saw the words 'Are you there?', he was utterly speechless.
It's already 2021, he pondered, and yet there are still people who use 'Are you there?' as a conversation opener... It's as if I've returned to the Primordial Era of asking 'Are you a boy or a girl?', quite a relic from a bygone age.
Su Yan was still marveling internally when, very quickly, the other party sent another message.
Lin Ruoxi: During class today, the homeroom teacher announced that college entrance exam registrations start next Monday. We'll need our ID cards and household registers.
Lin Ruoxi: Don't forget to bring them when you come to school.
Su Something: Okay, thanks for the reminder, Class Monitor.
After replying, Su Yan immediately opened Qian Degree Encyclopedia and began to research information on the Evolution College Entrance Exam.
According to the information found online, this so-called Evolution College Entrance Exam shared many similarities with the college entrance exam from his original world. For example, it was divided into two main subject areas: Cultural and Evolution.
Generally speaking, most students would choose to take the Cultural subjects rather than the Evolution subjects. This was because Evolution was a talent-based subject. Some people were born as Advanced Level Beings; they could get into college just by lazing around at home throughout high school. Others, however, might work hard their entire lives only to end up as a lowest-level Ordinary Creature, with no hope of evolution in sight.
The Evolution College Entrance Exam was a subject where talent accounted for 90% and effort for only 10%.
Yet despite this, many students of average talent still chose to take the Evolution exam. They risked eternal regret by going all in on the Evolution exam. The reason was simple: those who managed to get into an Evolution University were all elites, revered by society and admired by thousands.
I must take the Evolution subjects... Su Yan silently resolved in his heart.
Then, he continued to search for other information about Evolution subjects on Qian Degree Encyclopedia.
[How many days left until the Evolution College Entrance Exam?]
[Only 33 days left until the Evolution College Entrance Exam.]
Only 33 days left... That should be enough.
Su Yan continued his search.
[Is it hard to be the Evolution valedictorian?]
With my transmigration cheat, becoming the valedictorian should be possible, Su Yan thought.
[From Jingdou, last year's valedictorian. College entrance exam? Four words: Easy if you have hands.]
[Real top students are busy studying hard, while losers are online asking if it's hard to be valedictorian?]
[Stop dreaming and get back to your menial job.]
The search results on Qian Degree Encyclopedia were varied, but most were just trash talk.
"Susu Guo, the strawberries are washed!" Su Sanke announced, walking in with a plate full of strawberries and plonking herself down on the sofa.
"Little Beans, where are Mom and Dad?" Su Yan casually asked, having not seen his parents since arriving home.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, Mom and Dad have to work overtime and won't be back until nine o'clock tonight," Su Erke said, sitting down next to Su Yan and taking a bite of a strawberry. "When Mom and Dad aren't home, you have to take on the responsibility of taking care of your younger sister. The requirements aren't much: grocery shopping, cooking, dishwashing, sweeping, mopping..."
"Heh..." Su Yan couldn't be bothered with his second sister and continued to ask his third sister, "Little Beans, where's Sister Yike? Why haven't I seen her?"
Besides the two younger sisters before him, Su Yan also had an older younger sister who was in junior high, named Su Yike.
In his memory, she was quite pretty. He'd heard she was considered a 'little fairy' at school and was very popular with the boys.
Whether that was true or not, Su Yan wasn't quite sure. However, he was certain that this younger sister of his, in the bloom of her youth, was indeed beautiful. She had sparkling Carslan eyes, delicate willow-like eyebrows, a slender figure that evoked pity, and a cascade of naturally soft, pink-tinged long hair. Combined with her usual twin ponytails that swayed as she walked, she looked exactly like a beautiful girl from a 2D anime.
Honestly, this kind of 2D, youthful, beautiful girl aesthetic was devastatingly effective against junior high boys.
"Sister Yike is definitely in her room doing homework right now, from morning till night. No wonder her grades are so good, I'm so jealous."
As soon as she mentioned her older sister, Su Erke, the underachiever, was full of admiration. It was as if 'envy, jealousy, and hate' were written all over her face.
"Why do you call her Sister Yike, but just call me Su Yan by my name? And here I even bought you strawberries, you ungrateful brat!"
Su Yan felt exhausted at heart. It had been less than half an hour since he came home, yet he could already deeply sense that his status in the family seemed a bit low. Even though he was the eldest brother in the family, he didn't receive the respect he deserved from his sisters. He even had to transform into a 'sister-caring maniac' and take on all the household chores. Sigh, to talk about it is to dredge up sorrow! Sense of family belonging: -1, -1, -1, -1, -1...
"Hey, you two, don't eat so fast! Leave some for your Sister Yike."
"Mhm, mhm, mhm, mhm, mhm..." Little Beans nodded to show she understood, but her hands kept frantically stuffing strawberries into her mouth.
Su Yan: "..."
Getting up from the sofa, Su Yan strode towards the bedroom.
Rather than counting on these two gluttons to leave any for their big sister, I'd better go call her out to eat now, Su Yan thought.
Soon, guided by memory, Su Yan arrived outside his older sister's room.
Without much thought, he pushed open the door and said, "Yike, I bought some strawberr—"
He hadn't even finished his sentence.
Su Yan nearly bit his tongue.
Because the girl in the room was currently reading a book while picking her toes. After picking, she even lifted her foot to her nose and took a deep sniff...
Su Something: "..."
Su Yike: "..."
For a moment, neither of them spoke. The air practically froze, and the scene became incredibly awkward.
After a moment that felt like an eternity, Su Yan finally broke the awkward silence. "Er... there are strawberries in the living room. Remember to come out and have some later."
"Mhm," the girl responded softly.
After Su Yan turned and left, she immediately dove under her covers, her face beet red. Complete silence followed...
Date: March 5, 2021 AD.
Su Yike: Died.
Cause of death: Fairy image completely ruined, Social Death.