After the quiz papers were handed out, the class quickly came to an end.
As the bell approached, sighs echoed through the classroom once again, as everyone seemed to feel they hadn’t performed well.
Evelyn glanced casually at the collected papers, and her expression immediately darkened.
“Tsk, how could anyone get this wrong…”
“Wasn’t this quiz supposed to be easy? Did any of you actually review at home?”
Her face stern, she swept a cold gaze across the room. “We’re already halfway through the semester, and you’re still showing no improvement. Do you want me to fail you all? Let me remind you, it’s not unheard of for an entire class to fail under me. If you want to graduate, you’d better get your act together and master the course material!”
The students’ faces grew even more despondent.
However, Evelyn’s expression eventually softened, and she turned with a rare smile toward the window seat.
“Although the overall results are disappointing, I’d like to commend a few students, such as Luo Wei.”
Luo Wei blinked in surprise.
“Look at him! Even while hospitalized, he managed to keep up with his studies! Not only did he help the police solve a major case, but he also maintained his academic progress. The only question he didn’t answer was the last one on the quiz! Everyone, take a moment to reflect. Think about why you worked so hard to get into Callen University in the first place! Do you still want to make something of yourselves or not?!”
Most of the students hung their heads in shame, while a few cast admiring and envious glances at Luo Wei.
Luo Wei, however, simply shook his head with a humble smile, as if he didn’t think he’d done anything extraordinary.
Of course, he had done well—after all, Evelyn had been tutoring him every night…
With such a renowned teacher guiding him, he had already outpaced the entire class in the field of magic studies from the starting line…
Though, to be fair, Evelyn was usually too lazy to push him to study. It was Luo Wei who had insisted on her help…
If she taught well, she’d get a reward.
If she didn’t…
Well, she’d still get a reward. Evelyn wasn’t the type to settle for less.
After school, Luo Wei and Evelyn “coincidentally” boarded the same steam bus.
Despite repeated assurances that steam transportation was safe, the bus was nearly empty.
With plenty of seats available, Luo Wei cheerfully took the one next to Evelyn.
Evelyn shot him a glare. “Could you stop staring at me like that during class?”
“Huh?” Luo Wei feigned confusion. “But I’m a student. Who else am I supposed to look at during class?”
His logic was sound, and Evelyn was momentarily speechless.
But the memory of Luo Wei’s intense gaze during class, filled with unspoken desire, made her cheeks flush.
Her face turned stern again. “No! Don’t change the subject! That wasn’t the look of a student! It was… it was lecherous! If you keep that up, how am I supposed to teach?”
“How was it not the look of a student?” Luo Wei protested, putting on a serious expression. “My eyes were filled with a student’s passion for knowledge! It was admiration and respect for the best teacher, Evelyn! Why are you always thinking about such inappropriate things? Or maybe… you’re the one with the dirty mind, always jumping to those conclusions?”
“You little brat!” Evelyn glared at him. “Enough with the smooth talk! Behave yourself in class from now on, or I’ll fail you!”
Luo Wei grinned and nodded. “Yes, ma’am.”
Evelyn sighed, unsure if he was taking her seriously, but there was little else she could do.
With strangers all around, Evelyn quietly rested her head on Luo Wei’s shoulder.
“It’s been so long since I last taught… I’m exhausted…”
A faint, enchanting fragrance filled the air as Luo Wei glanced at Evelyn, who seemed to have something on her mind but remained silent.
Luo Wei savored the quiet moment, gazing out the window as Saint Callen slowly regained its former vitality.
Suddenly, Evelyn asked softly,
“That night at the banquet… after I got drunk, I didn’t say anything strange, did I?”
Luo Wei noticed her stealing a glance at him, her expression cautious.
He couldn’t help but smile. “Oh, you said a lot of things!”
Evelyn immediately sat up, her face filled with panic. “What? What did I say??”
Luo Wei adopted a solemn expression. “You said, ‘I really like Xiao Wei! I like him so much! I can’t live without him!’ And then you clung to me, acting all silly…”
“What?!”
Evelyn’s face turned bright red in an instant.
“I… I…”
She stammered, utterly flustered.
“I really said that? How could I say something like that?! Damn it!”
She buried her face in her hands, mortified. “I knew I shouldn’t have drunk so much! I’ve never had alcohol before! What was I thinking?! I’m so embarrassed! I could just die!”
She looked up abruptly. “Luo Wei, don’t take any of that seriously! I was just drunk and rambling!”
But Luo Wei was staring at her, his lips twitching as he tried to suppress a laugh…
“You…”
“You tricked me!!”
Evelyn lunged at him, furious.
“You’re always fooling me! How could I be so gullible?!”
Luo Wei raised his hands in mock surrender. “Teacher, I was just trying to spare your feelings. Look how lively you are now! Isn’t this better?”
“Spare my feelings? Why would I need that?”
“If I told you the truth, you’d definitely be embarrassed~”
Evelyn froze.
Wait…
Did she really say something she shouldn’t have that night?
Her cheeks burned as she covered her face, too ashamed to speak.
I swear, if I ever drink again, I’m a dog!
...
Amid their playful bickering, the steam bus came to a stop at Riverside Road in the East District.
As they walked home together, Evelyn suddenly complained, “We really need to buy a car… commuting takes so much time. It’s such a waste…”
“Sure,” Luo Wei agreed. Saint Callen was a big city, and getting around wasn’t easy. A car was definitely a good idea.
“But just so you know, I don’t have any money!” Evelyn quickly added.
“I know…” Luo Wei gave her a wry look.
Evelyn, despite being a vampire, was perpetually broke. Her salary from the university was spent entirely on beauty products, shopping, bags, and clothes…
“With more people living at home now, we can’t get something too small…” Luo Wei mused. “It needs decent power, too… and comfort is important. Helena gets carsick easily…”
As he pondered, his gaze drifted to the house across the street.
“You know, our neighbor’s car seems pretty nice. Maybe we should get something like that…”
Though “neighbor” was a stretch—their house was over five hundred meters away, but it was the closest one to the old mansion.
Mention of the neighbor suddenly jogged Luo Wei’s memory.
He and Evelyn exchanged a glance.
Their eyes widened in unison.
“We never returned the car!!”
But that car had long since been destroyed in the chaos of the Lower District…
Luo Wei recalled the sorry state of the once-pristine vehicle, crumpled and shattered… Its only value now was as scrap metal, though perhaps the steam engine could fetch a decent price…
Fortunately, the commendation ceremony had come with a hefty reward, so Luo Wei wasn’t short on funds. He could always buy the neighbor a new car…
When Luo Wei and Evelyn knocked on the neighbor’s door with guilty expressions…
The neighbor opened the door, saw Luo Wei, and immediately recoiled in fear.
“Ah! We don’t have a car anymore! Please go ask someone else!!”
It seemed that the memory of Luo Wei brandishing a revolver had left a lasting impression…
Luo Wei waved his hand helplessly, "I'm not here to borrow your car this time, but to return it..."
The neighbor scrutinized him carefully and, seeing that he wasn't carrying a gun, finally let out a sigh of relief.
"If that's the case... then there's no rush..."
"Oh, right! There's one more thing—I almost forgot!"
The neighbor looked at Luo Wei, suddenly slapped his forehead.
"My memory! Wait here for a moment!"
With that, he turned and rummaged through the cabinet by the entrance. Luo Wei and Evelyn exchanged puzzled glances as they watched his back.
A moment later, the neighbor returned holding an exquisite envelope.
"A few days ago, when no one was home at your place, a postman dropped this off. This kind of letter requires a personal signature upon delivery, so it was left with me."
"A letter?" Luo Wei was taken aback, then accepted it.
Who would send me a letter? Why not just come find me directly?
Luo Wei frowned as he examined the envelope, then flipped it over.
The moment he saw the sender's information...
His gaze froze.
"Wegner Empire, Southern District, Brugge City, Heglais Town."
"Tilis"
The sender was...
Miss Witch.
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
