"I forgot my water bottle!"
As Su Cheng walked down the road, he suddenly realized this and stopped in his tracks, turning back toward the classroom.
His water bottle contained coffee.
Although he had taken a nap at noon, he was still sleep-deprived. Without coffee to keep him going during class, he might just fall asleep while listening.
Behind him, Li Guanqi quickly stepped aside to let him pass and then followed closely behind him.
She maintained a very subtle distance, close enough to follow without drawing Su Cheng's attention, and far enough to avoid any scent reaching him.
Just as Su Cheng was about to reach the classroom, he ran into Zhao Yan and Xuan Ying, causing all three of them to pause for a moment.
"Aren't you going to your elective class, Su Cheng?"
Zhao Yan greeted with a smile.
Xuan Ying, on the other hand, kept her head down, looking guilty and avoiding eye contact with Su Cheng.
She had been acting like this for the past few days.
"I forgot my water bottle,"
Su Cheng replied with a polite smile, nodded at the two girls, and then continued toward the classroom.
"Wha... what do we do now...?"
Xuan Ying looked at Su Cheng's retreating back, panicking.
If they went first, they wouldn't be able to sit with Su Cheng. They had been following him in the hopes of securing seats together first, then naturally sitting next to him as classmates.
It seemed very reasonable.
But if they went ahead, Su Cheng might just pick a random spot, making it difficult for them to sit together.
"Let's go to the bathroom,"
Zhao Yan suggested directly.
"Oh, right!"
Xuan Ying quickly agreed, nodding, and the two girls headed toward the bathroom together.
Meanwhile, Li Guanqi quietly observed their conversation without interrupting. Her gaze, however, remained fixed on Su Cheng as he entered the classroom.
Soon, Su Cheng emerged, and Li Guanqi silently followed, passing by the bathroom where two more girls joined in.
The lecture hall
Arriving late, the lecture hall was already packed, with no empty seats left. The constant coming and going of students meant his arrival went unnoticed.
However, a small golden retriever in the front row spotted him and her eyes lit up. She quickly looked around to see if there were any empty seats nearby, but to her disappointment, there weren't any.
To her left was Ailiya, and to her right was a classmate.
Though the lack of empty seats was disappointing, it didn't stop her from keeping her eyes on Su Cheng.
"What's wrong?"
Ailiya noticed Cornelia's gaze fixed on something and followed her gaze, spotting Su Cheng.
"Nothing, nothing,"
Cornelia quickly shook her head, not wanting to elaborate, but her gaze still occasionally drifted toward Su Cheng.
"Got it,"
Seeing this, Ailiya didn't press further, knowing Cornelia's feelings for Su Cheng.
Su Cheng scanned the room and found that the front rows were almost full, causing him to frown.
However, the back rows were relatively empty. Without hesitation, Su Cheng started walking toward that area.
But just as he took a few steps, he suddenly stopped, realizing why this corner was deserted.
There sat a human air conditioner, radiating a chilling aura that seemed to freeze the air around her.
This human air conditioner was none other than his eccentric club president.
Pfft, more like the ice sculpture president—Ji Qingyi.
She sat there alone, exuding a strong sense of oppression that made the entire area feel like her private domain, with no one daring to approach.
At that moment, Ji Qingyi also noticed him, her gaze fixed on Su Cheng as if deep in thought.
Su Cheng didn't pay much attention to Ji Qingyi's gaze. After all, his club president had been quite kind to him, protecting him and even helping him with his health checks.
Then, he walked straight toward the area near Ji Qingyi and sat down, greeting her casually, "President."
She nodded in response, then withdrew her gaze, continuing to stare at the front screen as if indifferent to everything.
The few girls following Su Cheng, however, were visibly startled and hesitated, unsure whether to sit near him, given Ji Qingyi's presence beside him.
Sitting next to such a woman was like having the homeroom teacher beside you. As Zhao Yan and Xuan Ying hesitated, Li Guanqi hesitated for only a second before sitting down next to Su Cheng.
A few seconds later, Xuan Ying finally made up her mind and was about to pull Zhao Yan to sit next to Su Cheng, but as soon as she moved, Ji Qingyi seemed to notice their hesitation and slowly turned her gaze toward them.
The two girls immediately retracted their steps and sat down in the nearest seats, looking like they had been caught doing something wrong by the teacher.
Ji Qingyi glanced at the two girls, then at Su Cheng, who was sitting three seats away from her, her eyes revealing an unreadable expression.
"Geez, could you give me a heads-up next time? You scared me,"
Su Cheng patted his chest, complaining slightly at the emotionless beauty sitting next to him.
He had been startled by her sudden presence.
"Sorry,"
Li Guanqi apologized lightly, then continued to stare at the front screen as if nothing had happened, and Su Cheng didn't say anything more, bowing his head to continue fiddling with his notebook.
However, Su Cheng and Li Guanqi's conversation was overheard by Ji Qingyi, who glanced at Su Cheng, then at Li Guanqi, her eyes revealing a hint of surprise. After recognizing the girl, her eyes flickered slightly, as if she had identified her.
"Look, someone's sitting next to the Ji family's young lady."
"No way, huh, there really is someone."
"Who is that guy? He's got guts."
"A freshman, I guess. But wow, he's really fearless."
"I remember seeing him in the campus newspaper. He's a first-year, Su Cheng!"
"The one personally tutored by President Ji?"
"Yeah."
"I see. No wonder."
………………
The murmurs from the crowd were very faint and far away, so Su Cheng didn't notice.
"Class hasn't started yet. Should we sit over there?"
From a distance, Xuan Ying glanced unwillingly at the empty seats around Su Cheng and whispered to Zhao Yan.
"Su Cheng already noticed us earlier. If we move now, it'll be too obvious that we're changing seats on purpose."
Zhao Yan shook her head, feeling hesitant.
"Alright."
Xuan Ying reluctantly looked at the empty seats next to Su Cheng before turning her gaze forward.
…………
"Look."
"Gu Ruoxue?"
"I didn't expect her to be in this law class too!"
……
At that moment, a stunning figure appeared at the door.
ave】 Shen Qingling was a man with peerless looks, a cunning mind, and the ability to play both the aloof noble and the innocent sweetheart—a master of seduction who could outplay any player. But after an untimely death, he found himself bound to a system and transmigrated into the tragic "true young master" of a melodramatic novel. In the original story, his childhood sweetheart treated him as a backup plan, his fiancée swore to break off their engagement for the sake of the "fake young master," and his own sister saw him as the family's disgrace. He was nothing more than a rat everyone wanted to stomp on. System 077: "Your mission is to change the original fate and conquer the goddesses." Shen Qingling: "Thanks for the invite. If seduction had tiers, I’d be max level." His childhood sweetheart knelt, begging for forgiveness: "Qingling, I was wrong. Please give me another chance." His ex-fiancée refused to marry anyone else: "Shen Qingling, I was blind before. In this life, I’ll marry no one but you." A yandere CEO went mad for love: "Shen Qingling, you can only like me. I’ll stop at nothing to make you mine!" His green-tea sister clung to him daily: "Brother, look at me, won’t you? I’m more obedient than them—I love you the most~" At first, they scorned and trampled on him. Later, they burned themselves like moths to a flame, all for his sake. His looks were his weapon, his sweet words the bait—heroines obsessed over him, villains turned to madness for him. Shen Qingling became a true male siren, igniting battlefield after battlefield of women fighting for his affection. Years later, when System 077—now one of the elites—was asked how to become as outstanding as it, it lazily exhaled a smoke ring and replied: "Just know how to cheer ‘666’ at the right time."
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
