You'd probably do anything to make me delete the photos, wouldn't you

Old Li led the students away.

The vast open space was now empty, leaving only a lone suitcase and the two siblings standing face to face.

Su Qi silently pulled out his phone from his pocket, thinking to himself: Since Liu Yuan’s situation is more or less settled, and with him here, there shouldn’t be any unexpected issues, now’s the time to try contacting Little Yuan.

However, Liu Yuan, as if triggered by a sensitive nerve, immediately bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on the moment she saw Su Qi take out his phone. She crushed a half-dried twig underfoot and snapped, "Delete it! Delete it now!"

As the saying goes, the best way to forget something is to throw yourself wholeheartedly into another task.

From that perspective, Su Qi’s method of distraction had clearly been quite effective.

The problem, however, was that he had been too successful—so much so that Liu Yuan still couldn’t let it go.

Her mind was now entirely fixated on how to make Su Qi delete those photos.

Liu Yuan asked anxiously, "Su Qi, what will it take for you to finally delete them?"

Countless thoughts flashed through Su Qi’s mind, enough to compose an entire novel of at least 200,000 words—of the unmentionable variety.

Little sister, you wouldn’t want those photos on my phone to get out, would you?

To make me delete them, you’d probably do anything, right?

Then let’s see just how sincere you are…

Don’t give me that resentful look.

Oh~

Mmm~

Huh~

The rest can be left to the imagination.

…

But was Su Qi really the type to take advantage of the situation like that?

Obviously, Su Qi…

Obviously, Su Qi was a little tempted.

But temptation and action were two different things. "Then help me set up the tent first," he said.

Liu Yuan’s eyes instantly lit up, staring straight at Su Qi as if she’d glimpsed hope. "If I set up the tent, you’ll really delete the photos?"

Su Qi rolled his eyes and retorted, "I’ll consider it. But don’t try bargaining with me."

"Su Qi, you’re so annoying."

Su Qi couldn’t be bothered to keep entertaining Liu Yuan—he still had to contact Little Yuan after this.

"Then hand me the tools. But I’ve never set up a tent before, so you might need to guide me…"

Only after speaking did Liu Yuan notice that Su Qi hadn’t even brought a suitcase…

Which meant…

He had a storage card?

Generally speaking, cards were divided into several major categories: Equipment Cards, Skill Cards, Field Cards, Character Cards, and Special Cards.

Most Cardbearers spent their time filling their Soul Sea’s card slots with Equipment Cards, relying on raw stats to prepare for any unexpected situations.

But when it came to actual combat, they’d leave one slot open, constantly switching cards to unleash various skills.

As for Liu Yuan and her fellow students, their combat style was still painfully rudimentary—largely because those at the Spark Realm could only activate two card slots. At that stage, it was all about brute stats, still firmly in the "newbs clashing" phase.

Still, even if she hadn’t experienced it firsthand, she’d at least seen how it was done.

Sure enough, just as Liu Yuan expected—

With a snap of his fingers, Su Qi summoned a suitcase nearly as tall as Liu Yuan out of thin air, dropping it heavily onto the ground.

How does Su Qi have enough money to afford a Special Card like this?!

She didn’t entertain thoughts like Mom and Dad secretly left him an inheritance or anything.

Could it have been a gift from Yun Huang?

Su Qi, when he wasn’t opening his mouth, was absolutely the type to attract girls.

It wasn’t impossible that he was mooching off Yun Huang.

"What are you staring at? Get to work."

"Quit dawdling. It’s not like you won’t be sleeping in it tonight."

Liu Yuan pressed her lips together tightly. "As if I care about your stupid tent."

Yet the moment those words left her mouth—

Both of them heard the notification at the same time.

[Daily Adventure (Special Three-in-One Edition): Su Qi, who promised to arrive on time, has unsurprisingly crawled out of bed at 10 AM. Such unreliability is truly infuriating. Please ‘go back on your word’ three times in a row, making Su Qi experience the same frustration and helping him rebuild his sense of responsibility. (1/3)]

[Proceed immediately with the second instance of ‘going back on your word.’]

[Joy +666]

Liu Yuan’s scalp prickled.

She’d almost forgotten about this…

It wasn’t that sharing a tent was a big deal—she and Su Qi already lived in the same house, which, in a way, counted as cohabitation.

A clear conscience fears no accusation. What’s there is there; what’s not is not.

The real issue was—how was she supposed to swallow her pride and go back on her word? She wasn’t like Su Qi, with his shameless, carefree attitude.

But she had no choice but to force herself. "But if I’m the one setting up the tent, it doesn’t make sense for me not to get to sleep in it."

Su Qi: ???

What’s going on?

Mixed signals?

This brat’s whole body is soft and sweet-smelling, but her mouth is stubborn as hell.

If I really wanted to fix that, I’d probably need something even harder to clash with her—until one side finally yields.

"If you’re going to be this reluctant, forget it."

Liu Yuan shot Su Qi a glare and decided to ignore him.

She silently opened Su Qi’s suitcase.

…

An hour later.

Liu Yuan was whittling down tent stakes with a dagger when the metal blade reflected someone sitting on the suitcase, cheeks puffed out, angrily crunching on shrimp crackers.

This is so infuriating.

"Su Qi, are you a pig?"

Su Qi leisurely licked the seasoning powder off his fingertips. "Yup."

His mind was elsewhere.

Why hasn’t Little Yuan replied yet?

Busy?

There really wasn’t much time for messaging inside the Origin Realm.

Su Qi guessed Little Yuan probably wouldn’t respond until evening.

"Tch—what the hell, brat?!"

Su Qi sensed the shift in the wind and leapt off the suitcase just as the tent frame began to tilt. He caught it mid-fall and swiftly tied a perfect double fisherman’s knot at the joint.

Liu Yuan was also sulking. "Su Qi, I asked you several times how to tie this knot, and you ignored me."

Huh?

Was I really that distracted?

Surely not.

Women might slow a swordsman’s strikes, but little girls don’t count.

After much effort, Liu Yuan finally managed to get Su Qi’s tent standing.

She put the now-useless tools back into the suitcase and turned around to find Su Qi already sprawled in the hammock inside the tent, shrimp crackers swapped out for bear-shaped sandwich cookies. "Drag the suitcase in here."

Without a word, Liu Yuan went back out to fetch Su Qi’s suitcase.

She also took out his spare hammock and silently set it up about a meter and a half away from his.

Su Qi handed her one of the bear cookies.

"Su Qi, so you do realize I’m exhausted."

"Grind your teeth a bit now."

Liu Yuan: ???

"That way, you won’t grind them in your sleep and keep me up tonight."

"Su Qi! I only did that when I was little!"

Su Qi shook his head. "And I only wet the bed when I was little."

[Joy +666]

[Liu Yuan’s Rage +999]