42: I want to be a salted fish

From transmigrating into the novel world to now, three months have passed.

Song Yu had almost put all her energy into two things.

First, avoiding conflicts in the original plot with the male lead and supporting female character Zhao Xingrong to save her life.

Second, in her past life, she had been the King of Scrolls but died young, living a bitter life. In this life, she just wanted to lie down, be a salted fish, and taste a bit of sweetness.

However.

After these days, it seemed like she had saved her life, but it also seemed like she hadn't. It looked like she had become a salted fish, but she couldn't fully lie down...

Thinking about the male lead's occasional strange glances at her.

Thinking about the young man next door in the villa area who was sent to the psychiatric hospital by his parents for playing too much...

Song Yu's eyelids twitched madly. She shivered and pulled out her phone.

Quickly, she typed in the search bar for relevant content—Which universities have performing arts majors?

Swoosh!

Pressing the search button, the Firebird web platform instantly jumped to related links and news materials.

—Countdown to the college entrance examination, what majors do candidates want to enter?

—What are the majors in college? Just look at these for freshmen!

—Top 30 national major rankings, everyone come and see what they are!

"Film and television performance major, stage play performance major, drama performance major... Why are they not here? How could they not be here?"

Song Yu's back stiffened, constantly scrolling through the phone screen.

But flipping back and forth.

Song Yu not only didn't see any relevant majors in performing arts, but also couldn't find the common art and technology, drama and film art design, and other related majors that were common in the Film and Television Academy. Only drama and film directing majors, literature and scriptwriting majors, and music majors remained.

She couldn't write scripts, and she was tone-deaf, not knowing how to play any musical instruments.

She had learned to dance, but there was no dance major in these art schools!

The only remaining major was the drama and film directing major.

With a pious attitude, Song Yu looked up the requirements for applying to major universities.

[First test: Comprehensive knowledge, initial contract beast level of 1st stage (requirement: flying-type contract beast).

Second test: Film analysis, story writing, initial contract beast carrying a camera (about 3 kg), flying skill demonstration.

Third test: Examiners will ask questions on-site, shoot a 5-minute video.]

Well!

Song Yu was dumbfounded!

Other exam content she wouldn't complain about, but this drama and film directing major actually required the initial contract beast to be a flying-type?

Moreover, during the exam, she needed to demonstrate the flying skills of the flying-type contract beast?

No wonder every time she watched a TV show these days, she could see many wide-angle overhead shots and a lot of underwater shots.

Song Yu quickly searched for information about directors who had shot TV dramas in recent days...

Sure enough, aside from flying-type initial contract beasts, many directors even had aquatic contract beasts capable of carrying cameras underwater!

Song Yu: "..."

Tired, let it all crumble!

Now, she only has Qiuqiu, a cat. Does it mean that students with terrestrial quadrupedal contract beasts are not worthy of studying film and television directing?

Song Yu casually checked the directing majors of 42 art schools nationwide and found that students with initial terrestrial contract beasts... really weren't qualified to apply for film and television majors.

Except for a few coastal art schools that required initial aquatic contract beasts.

Other schools all required candidates to have initial flying-type contract beasts, and these beasts needed to have a sufficiently large size to carry a camera and fly under the burden for a long time. In other words, smaller-sized contract beasts with average carrying capacity would be eliminated in the second round of the exam!

And upon closer inspection, it was found that these art schools didn't have a single specialist, all starting with undergraduate programs.

It really was just like Zhou Ting and the others described about stars. To engage in these glamorous and prominent art majors, one needed to have the strength that could impress and be appreciated by the audience, making her speechless...

Song Yu: "..."

"Otherwise, the requirements for the initial contract beast level in these film and television majors wouldn't be as strict as some Beast Tamer universities."

Song Yu sighed, thinking about it...

Many film and television dramas were shot in the wilderness area and secret realms. If the crew members didn't have strong abilities and couldn't protect themselves, how could they go to these dangerous places for shooting?

After all, the lead actor required high strength, and the director couldn't be too weak either...

Fifty seconds of these painful time later, Song Yu vigorously wiped her face, adjusting her mood.

Forget it, forget it. Negative emotions are too draining.

Continuously thinking about things that can't be changed not only has no meaning but also...

She was just too tired...

"I'll consider what other university majors I can slack off in."

Realizing this, Song Yu felt that she couldn't blame others for this matter; she could only blame herself for being too confident these days.

She always thought that since the novel was written by a Chinese author so the daily life will be similar to Earth, only with the addition of beasts and secret realms like the wilderness area.

How could it be possible that the majors available on Earth wouldn't exist in this world?

Now she realized that she was too presumptuous...

"Haha, you guys go ahead and eat. I won't chat with you much..."

"The food I ordered has arrived, and I have to go to other stores to buy supplies." Song Yu put her phone in her bag, exchanged a few words with Zhou Ting and others, quickly finished her meal, paid the bill, and didn't have the mood to continue shopping and exploring the local customs of this strange world. Instead, she immediately took a taxi home.

There was no other way; she couldn't wait. She wanted to go online and check which university majors were suitable for slacking off.

As the saying goes, if the tree doesn't move, the wind won't blow.

As a person of such stature, could she really be stumped by a university major?

Song Yu, with a fighting spirit, sat in front of the computer, typing and searching for the university majors that were most suitable for slacking off, based on her memories from her previous life.

"Slacking Off Ace Major—Library Management... None? Uh, normal..."

"Slacking Off Pilot Major—Tourism Management... None? Well, that's fine too..."

 

*****

 

However.

An hour later...

Song Yu was a bit anxious.

 

*****

 

Two hours later...

Song Yu gripped the mouse, pupils shaking. "Slacking Off Major—Sociology? What? How come there's no sociology major in this place?"

Doesn't this world need people for social research data analysis? Don't they need social planning and management? Is this too much?

 

*****

 

Having obtained a wilderness area practical training quota, it was expected for Song Wenhai and his wife, but it made them very happy nonetheless.

Especially when the couple heard from their younger son, who came home early last night, that their eldest daughter's contract beast had evolved to the 3rd stage.

The couple was overjoyed.

Song Wenhai even gave up the idea he had always hoped for—Song Yu's initial choice of a wood-type insect-like beast, praising her for choosing the Snow Spirit Cat cub.

After all.

Although the Snow Civet Cat cub was a low-level bloodline beast with a low growth limit after contracting, with a probability of 99.9999% of being a 3rd-stage advanced for its whole life, among so many people in the world, how many could cultivate a 3rd-stage contract beast?

Looking around the tens of millions of people in Jianghuai City, there were probably less than five to six thousand people who could cultivate a 3rd-stage contract beast.

Moreover, most of them were those aspiring 1st and 2nd-stage Beast Tamers.

His daughter... a young girl who had contracted an initial beast for only three months, achieving this level, was already quite impressive!

Hadn't his son mentioned that now, in the high school third year of Jianghuai City No. 1 High School, his daughter was the only one who had cultivated a 3rd-stage contract beast?

Therefore, today, Song Wenhai walked with his head held high and chest out, exuding confidence.

He was just short of pasting the four big characters of 'Today is a Joyful Day' on his forehead!

However...

Today, when he and his wife returned home from work early, they found that their daughter's expression seemed a bit off.

The girl's skin was naturally fairer than ordinary people's, and her cheeks usually carried a healthy rosy color. But now, she lowered her head, her long eyelashes drooping, and her face lacked its usual color.

While eating, she absentmindedly played with the rice in the bowl with the chopsticks, and even her favorite cumin spare ribs were left untouched on the side, as if she hadn't eaten more than two pieces... like a patient with no appetite.

Seeing Song Yu, Song Wenhai, with a slightly worried tone, said, "Xiaoyu, is there something uncomfortable today? I see you didn't eat much..."

Ah, Song Yu sighed, wanting to explain to Song Wenhai...

But before she could speak...

Song Wenhai pointed at the table full of dishes, over a dozen dishes, for a hearty dinner, his brow slightly furrowed. "Mom specially had someone prepare this early in the morning to celebrate you obtaining the wilderness area practical training quota yesterday."

Song Yu felt guilty: "..."

She looked up at Zhou Fangmei, wanting to say a thank you.

"Especially this dish, mom personally made it, and I can't bear to eat it!"

Song Wenhai interrupted Song Yu's almost blurted-out thanks. He pointed at the cumin spare ribs, distressed: "But you're eating it so listlessly, like you're going to the execution ground? Look at yourself, is this proper?... Since you're acting so improper, this plate of cumin spare ribs will be mine alone!"

Song Yu: "???"

Song Yu almost sprayed out a mouthful of old blood: "..."

Good heavens, her dad was revealing his gluttonous side!

If you want to eat ribs, just say it! Was it necessary to go in such a big circle?

Seeing Zhou Fangmei's gaze towards Song Wenhai with a hint of reproach, both Song Yu and Song Qi, the siblings, silently took a bite of their food. If they didn't eat now, they might end up being fed with dog food.

Indeed, children were an accident, and parents were true love.

Fortunately, with this little distraction, Song Yu's slightly low mood also lifted.

She turned to look at Song Qi, pretending to casually ask, "By the way, what major are you planning to study in college? If not Beast Taming, what other major do you think you would want to pursue?"

"Ah...?" Song Qi turned strangely and met his sister's gaze. After thinking for a moment, he obediently answered, "If not Beast Taming, disregarding the type of initial beast, I might want to study the military academy's piloting major."

"If you had to choose a relatively easy major, what would it be?" Song Yu's expression remained unchanged as she pretended to chat.

"...Relatively easy?" Song Qi found it even more strange. He looked at Song Yu with confusion and asked, "Sis, besides Beast Taming, there shouldn't be any college majors that are easy, right?"

Song Yu: "????"

Song Qi counted on his fingers for Song Yu, "Beast Tamer major, although it has a slightly longer duration than regular university majors, first, it doesn't require high academic achievements. You just need to earnestly grasp the beast atlas and the wilderness area and secret realm mineral and plant atlas. Second, even if you can't pass the academic courses, as long as you can obtain the Professional Beast Tamer Certificate before graduation, you can still pass the exam."

"After all, the most important thing for a professional Beast Tamer is strength, not the ability to identify minerals and plants..." Song Qi shrugged, put down his chopsticks, and continued, "Professional Beast Tamers only need to bring someone they know with them before each trip."

Song Yu shook slightly: "..."

At this moment, even her gaze towards Song Qi changed a bit.

"Third, and what I consider the easiest point... the focus of the Beast Taming major is on how to train your contracted beast, make it obey commands, and improve its strength." Song Qi wiped his mouth with a napkin and continued, "But training the contracted beast, in essence, means you're training it, not the other way around. Isn't that easy?"

"As for improving the strength of the contracted beast... if you have money, you can directly buy rare materials and treasures to enhance it."

"If you don't have money and go to the wilderness forest and secret realms, just choose a place suitable for your contracted beast's level... Don't recklessly enter higher-level areas." Song Qi raised his eyebrows, chuckled, "There won't be any life-threatening danger, and you can earn money. Isn't that great? With strength, contract a few more beasts... it's simply blissful like being a fairy!"

Song Yu: "!!!"

Song Yu's pupils shook.

Good heavens! Good heavens! Even a salted fish like her couldn't help but exclaim!

So, there could be such a concept as an easy Beast Taming major?!

Did you see Beast Tamers as ancient landlords in your eyes?!

From transmigrating into the novel world to now, three months had passed.

Song Yu had almost put all her energy into two things.

First, avoiding conflicts in the original plot with the male lead and supporting female character Zhao Xingrong to save her life.

Second, in her past life, she had been the King of Scrolls but died young, living a bitter life. In this life, she just wanted to lie down, be a salted fish, and taste a bit of sweetness.

However.

After these days, it seemed like she had saved her life, but it also seemed like she hadn't. It looked like she had become a salted fish, but she couldn't fully lie down...

Thinking about the male lead's occasional strange glances at her.

Thinking about the young man next door in the villa area who was sent to the psychiatric hospital by his parents for playing too much...

Song Yu's eyelids twitched madly. She shivered and pulled out her phone.

Quickly, she typed in the search bar for relevant content—Which universities have performing arts majors?

Swoosh!

Pressing the search button, the Firebird web platform instantly jumped to related links and news materials.

—Countdown to the college entrance examination, what majors do candidates want to enter?

—What are the majors in college? Just look at these for freshmen!

—Top 30 national major rankings, everyone come and see what they are!

"Film and television performance major, stage play performance major, drama performance major... Why are they not here? How could they not be here?"

Song Yu's back stiffened, constantly scrolling through the phone screen.

But flipping back and forth.

Song Yu not only didn't see any relevant majors in performing arts, but also couldn't find the common art and technology, drama and film art design, and other related majors that were common in the Film and Television Academy. Only drama and film directing majors, literature and scriptwriting majors, and music majors remained.

She couldn't write scripts, and she was tone-deaf, not knowing how to play any musical instruments.

She had learned to dance, but there was no dance major in these art schools!

The only remaining major was the drama and film directing major.

With a pious attitude, Song Yu looked up the requirements for applying to major universities.

[First test: Comprehensive knowledge, initial contract beast level of 1st stage (requirement: flying-type contract beast).

Second test: Film analysis, story writing, initial contract beast carrying a camera (about 3 kg), flying skill demonstration.

Third test: Examiners will ask questions on-site, shoot a 5-minute video.]

Well!

Song Yu was dumbfounded!

Other exam content she wouldn't complain about, but this drama and film directing major actually required the initial contract beast to be a flying-type?

Moreover, during the exam, she needed to demonstrate the flying skills of the flying-type contract beast?

No wonder every time she watched a TV show these days, she could see many wide-angle overhead shots and a lot of underwater shots.

Song Yu quickly searched for information about directors who had shot TV dramas in recent days...

Sure enough, aside from flying-type initial contract beasts, many directors even had aquatic contract beasts capable of carrying cameras underwater!

Song Yu: "..."

Tired, let it all crumble!

Now, she only has Qiuqiu, a cat. Does it mean that students with terrestrial quadrupedal contract beasts are not worthy of studying film and television directing?

Song Yu casually checked the directing majors of 42 art schools nationwide and found that students with initial terrestrial contract beasts... really weren't qualified to apply for film and television majors.

Except for a few coastal art schools that required initial aquatic contract beasts.

Other schools all required candidates to have initial flying-type contract beasts, and these beasts needed to have a sufficiently large size to carry a camera and fly under the burden for a long time. In other words, smaller-sized contract beasts with average carrying capacity would be eliminated in the second round of the exam!

And upon closer inspection, it was found that these art schools didn't have a single specialist, all starting with undergraduate programs.

It really was just like Zhou Ting and the others described about stars. To engage in these glamorous and prominent art majors, one needed to have the strength that could impress and be appreciated by the audience, making her speechless...

Song Yu: "..."

"Otherwise, the requirements for the initial contract beast level in these film and television majors wouldn't be as strict as some Beast Tamer universities."

Song Yu sighed, thinking about it...

Many film and television dramas were shot in the wilderness area and secret realms. If the crew members didn't have strong abilities and couldn't protect themselves, how could they go to these dangerous places for shooting?

After all, the lead actor required high strength, and the director couldn't be too weak either...

Fifty seconds of these painful time later, Song Yu vigorously wiped her face, adjusting her mood.

Forget it, forget it. Negative emotions are too draining.

Continuously thinking about things that can't be changed not only has no meaning but also...

She was just too tired...

"I'll consider what other university majors I can slack off in."

Realizing this, Song Yu felt that she couldn't blame others for this matter; she could only blame herself for being too confident these days.

She always thought that since the novel was written by a Chinese author so the daily life will be similar to Earth, only with the addition of beasts and secret realms like the wilderness area.

How could it be possible that the majors available on Earth wouldn't exist in this world?

Now she realized that she was too presumptuous...

"Haha, you guys go ahead and eat. I won't chat with you much..."

"The food I ordered has arrived, and I have to go to other stores to buy supplies." Song Yu put her phone in her bag, exchanged a few words with Zhou Ting and others, quickly finished her meal, paid the bill, and didn't have the mood to continue shopping and exploring the local customs of this strange world. Instead, she immediately took a taxi home.

There was no other way; she couldn't wait. She wanted to go online and check which university majors were suitable for slacking off.

As the saying goes, if the tree doesn't move, the wind won't blow.

As a person of such stature, could she really be stumped by a university major?

Song Yu, with a fighting spirit, sat in front of the computer, typing and searching for the university majors that were most suitable for slacking off, based on her memories from her previous life.

"Slacking Off Ace Major—Library Management... None? Uh, normal..."

"Slacking Off Pilot Major—Tourism Management... None? Well, that's fine too..."

 

*****

 

However.

An hour later...

Song Yu was a bit anxious.

 

*****

 

Two hours later...

Song Yu gripped the mouse, pupils shaking. "Slacking Off Major—Sociology? What? How come there's no sociology major in this place?"

Doesn't this world need people for social research data analysis? Don't they need social planning and management? Is this too much?

 

*****

 

Having obtained a wilderness area practical training quota, it was expected for Song Wenhai and his wife, but it made them very happy nonetheless.

Especially when the couple heard from their younger son, who came home early last night, that their eldest daughter's contract beast had evolved to the 3rd stage.

The couple was overjoyed.

Song Wenhai even gave up the idea he had always hoped for—Song Yu's initial choice of a wood-type insect-like beast, praising her for choosing the Snow Spirit Cat cub.

After all.

Although the Snow Civet Cat cub was a low-level bloodline beast with a low growth limit after contracting, with a probability of 99.9999% of being a 3rd-stage advanced for its whole life, among so many people in the world, how many could cultivate a 3rd-stage contract beast?

Looking around the tens of millions of people in Jianghuai City, there were probably less than five to six thousand people who could cultivate a 3rd-stage contract beast.

Moreover, most of them were those aspiring 1st and 2nd-stage Beast Tamers.

His daughter... a young girl who had contracted an initial beast for only three months, achieving this level, was already quite impressive!

Hadn't his son mentioned that now, in the high school third year of Jianghuai City No. 1 High School, his daughter was the only one who had cultivated a 3rd-stage contract beast?

Therefore, today, Song Wenhai walked with his head held high and chest out, exuding confidence.

He was just short of pasting the four big characters of 'Today is a Joyful Day' on his forehead!

However...

Today, when he and his wife returned home from work early, they found that their daughter's expression seemed a bit off.

The girl's skin was naturally fairer than ordinary people's, and her cheeks usually carried a healthy rosy color. But now, she lowered her head, her long eyelashes drooping, and her face lacked its usual color.

While eating, she absentmindedly played with the rice in the bowl with the chopsticks, and even her favorite cumin spare ribs were left untouched on the side, as if she hadn't eaten more than two pieces... like a patient with no appetite.

Seeing Song Yu, Song Wenhai, with a slightly worried tone, said, "Xiaoyu, is there something uncomfortable today? I see you didn't eat much..."

Ah, Song Yu sighed, wanting to explain to Song Wenhai...

But before she could speak...

Song Wenhai pointed at the table full of dishes, over a dozen dishes, for a hearty dinner, his brow slightly furrowed. "Mom specially had someone prepare this early in the morning to celebrate you obtaining the wilderness area practical training quota yesterday."

Song Yu felt guilty: "..."

She looked up at Zhou Fangmei, wanting to say a thank you.

"Especially this dish, mom personally made it, and I can't bear to eat it!"

Song Wenhai interrupted Song Yu's almost blurted-out thanks. He pointed at the cumin spare ribs, distressed: "But you're eating it so listlessly, like you're going to the execution ground? Look at yourself, is this proper?... Since you're acting so improper, this plate of cumin spare ribs will be mine alone!"

Song Yu: "???"

Song Yu almost sprayed out a mouthful of old blood: "..."

Good heavens, her dad was revealing his gluttonous side!

If you want to eat ribs, just say it! Was it necessary to go in such a big circle?

Seeing Zhou Fangmei's gaze towards Song Wenhai with a hint of reproach, both Song Yu and Song Qi, the siblings, silently took a bite of their food. If they didn't eat now, they might end up being fed with dog food.

Indeed, children were an accident, and parents were true love.

Fortunately, with this little distraction, Song Yu's slightly low mood also lifted.

She turned to look at Song Qi, pretending to casually ask, "By the way, what major are you planning to study in college? If not Beast Taming, what other major do you think you would want to pursue?"

"Ah...?" Song Qi turned strangely and met his sister's gaze. After thinking for a moment, he obediently answered, "If not Beast Taming, disregarding the type of initial beast, I might want to study the military academy's piloting major."

"If you had to choose a relatively easy major, what would it be?" Song Yu's expression remained unchanged as she pretended to chat.

"...Relatively easy?" Song Qi found it even more strange. He looked at Song Yu with confusion and asked, "Sis, besides Beast Taming, there shouldn't be any college majors that are easy, right?"

Song Yu: "????"

Song Qi counted on his fingers for Song Yu, "Beast Tamer major, although it has a slightly longer duration than regular university majors, first, it doesn't require high academic achievements. You just need to earnestly grasp the beast atlas and the wilderness area and secret realm mineral and plant atlas. Second, even if you can't pass the academic courses, as long as you can obtain the Professional Beast Tamer Certificate before graduation, you can still pass the exam."

"After all, the most important thing for a professional Beast Tamer is strength, not the ability to identify minerals and plants..." Song Qi shrugged, put down his chopsticks, and continued, "Professional Beast Tamers only need to bring someone they know with them before each trip."

Song Yu shook slightly: "..."

At this moment, even her gaze towards Song Qi changed a bit.

"Third, and what I consider the easiest point... the focus of the Beast Taming major is on how to train your contracted beast, make it obey commands, and improve its strength." Song Qi wiped his mouth with a napkin and continued, "But training the contracted beast, in essence, means you're training it, not the other way around. Isn't that easy?"

"As for improving the strength of the contracted beast... if you have money, you can directly buy rare materials and treasures to enhance it."

"If you don't have money and go to the wilderness forest and secret realms, just choose a place suitable for your contracted beast's level... Don't recklessly enter higher-level areas." Song Qi raised his eyebrows, chuckled, "There won't be any life-threatening danger, and you can earn money. Isn't that great? With strength, contract a few more beasts... it's simply blissful like being a fairy!"

Song Yu: "!!!"

Song Yu's pupils shook.

Good heavens! Good heavens! Even a salted fish like her couldn't help but exclaim!

So, there could be such a concept as an easy Beast Taming major?!

Did you see Beast Tamers as ancient landlords in your eyes?!

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