【Crispy Goose: Watching anime tonight?】
【Yuxie: Nope!】
【Yuxie: Rest and recuperation!】
【Yuxie: [Cat peeking]】
Looking at the emoji Chen Yusheng sent on his phone, Su Bai couldn’t help but chuckle.
It was as if he could see Chen Yusheng’s conflicted expression—wanting to cling to him but having to hold back due to physical reasons.
Truth be told, freed from the pressure of her mother’s illness, Chen Yusheng’s mental state had relaxed, revealing more of her youthful, lively nature.
A person’s personality is always shaped by their environment. Under heavy burdens, the lighter, more beautiful qualities often struggle to shine through.
【Crispy Goose: Then play games with me tonight】
【Crispy Goose: Almost forgot your main job is being a gaming companion…】
【Yuxie: [Cat nodding frantically]】
【Yuxie: I wanna play too!】
Lately, the balance between outdoor activities and lab work had tipped too far for Chen Yusheng, a self-proclaimed homebody.
It was time to recharge her "homebody energy" by gaming in the dorm.
Speaking of which, Chen Yusheng no longer had to sneak around when gaming in the dorm.
After all, everyone knew about her relationship with Su Bai.
Jiang Qiuran had even officially started acting submissive around her…
Well, based on Su Bai’s assessment of Jiang Qiuran’s current personality,
seeing them duo-queue sweetly in games probably gave the girl some strange sense of pleasure.
Just thinking about how the usually sociable, cheerful beauty had such a quirky side in private made Chen Yusheng hum smugly.
Ah, it’s all because my Crispy Goose is just too charming, heh.
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After eating at the second-floor cafeteria, Su Bai and Wang Haoran returned to the dorm.
They found the balcony door of Room 510 shut.
Xue Tao was inside, talking on the phone, scratching his head like a monkey.
"What’s the local boy up to?" Su Bai asked Chu Mingzhe.
Chu Mingzhe sighed dramatically: "Ah, the collision of pre-modern familial constraints with post-modern Foucauldian deconstructionism, birthing a Lacanian tragedy of interpersonal relations…"
"???" Su Bai was baffled. "Dude, speak human, will you?"
"Oh, right. Basically, Xue Tao cheated, and Liu Yuanyuan found out."
Su Bai: … (sweat emoji)
Never understood you artsy types.
With Chu Mingzhe’s current vibe, he should grow his hair out and dress in Yamamoto-esque avant-garde fashion to complete the look.
Still, Su Bai was surprised Xue Tao had cheated so soon.
Not that he thought Xue Tao was above it—Su Bai always assumed the worst of people.
Human hearts are as deep and unpredictable as the ocean.
Kids who grow up independent often encounter the darker sides of human nature earlier in life.
The real question was—shouldn’t Xue Tao still be in the honeymoon phase with Liu Yuanyuan? Wait, given Xue Tao’s track record, they probably hadn’t even kissed yet.
Xue Tao had bragged to the guys that they’d kissed and he occasionally got handsy.
But the guy was a notorious exaggerator.
So, safe to say—no kiss.
Xue Tao fancied himself a hunter in the dating scene—after all, he drove a Magotan as a freshman and owned four local properties.
In his mind, breezing through a few romantic flings in undergrad was child’s play. Total domination!
But reality?
His first "prey" wasn’t even secured, and he’d already cheated?
Kinda hilarious.
Wang Haoran asked a slightly savage question: "Wait, a girl actually agreed to help him cheat?"
"…Well, that night at Tianrong Ancient Town, we went to a bar with those hanfu girls and got acquainted."
"Got it!" Su Bai nodded. "So Local Boy scored?"
"He took one of them to Haidilao for round two. What happened after? No clue."
"And you?"
"…"
"Never mind, if it’s too embarrassing—"
"Nah, it’s whatever. I got wasted, passed out, and woke up at dawn when the bar was closing… At least my phone wasn’t stolen."
Chu Mingzhe looked relieved, as if he’d narrowly escaped disaster.
Given his low opinion of locals’ integrity in Jiangcheng, making it back unharmed with all belongings intact was a small miracle worth celebrating.
But Xue Tao wasn’t so lucky.
Apparently, one of Liu Yuanyuan’s friends had also been at a bar in Tianrong District that night.
They even ended up at the same Haidilao afterward.
While eating, the friend overheard Xue Tao at the next table complaining nonstop about Liu Yuanyuan.
She took a photo and sent it to Liu Yuanyuan.
Thus, Xue Tao’s bar-hopping flirtation was dramatically exposed to his girlfriend.
"Classic Xue Tao," Su Bai quipped.
His inner gossip-monger stirred, but barging onto the balcony to eavesdrop was too much.
So he messaged Chen Yusheng on QQ: "What’s Liu Yuanyuan up to in the dorm?"
【Yuxie: ?】
【Yuxie: Why the sudden interest in her?!】
【Yuxie: [Cat hissing]】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: Don’t get defensive, I just want some tea.】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: [WhiteGoose_ThisTeaIsSweet]】
Su Bai told Chen Yusheng all about Xue Tao’s situation.
Chen Yusheng listened with great interest.
And of course, couldn’t resist throwing in some sharp commentary.
【Yuxie: Why is your dorm full of scumbags?】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: ???】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: How are they all scumbags?】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: How dare you slander us like this!】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: [WhiteGoose_Overheated]】
【Yuxie: Well, Xue Tao, for one. And you too. Then there’s Chu Mingzhe—first he had a crush on me, then switched to Jiang Qiuran, and now he’s apparently flirting with some girl from the law school…】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: Okay, fair.】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: But at least my boy Wang Haoran is innocent!】
【Yuxie: He’s got a harem of 2D waifus—he’s a scumbag too. Dorm 510 is just a den of villains, huh? Teehee~】
They bantered back and forth for a while.
But in the end, Chen Yusheng didn’t get any juicy gossip.
Mainly because Yusheng wasn’t exactly the social type.
Asking her to subtly probe Liu Yuanyuan for info? Not happening.
After a moment’s thought, Su Bai opened QQ and messaged Jiang Qiuran’s alt account, ASUka.
【CrispyWhiteGoose: Find out how bad the fight between Liu Yuanyuan and Xue Tao got. ASAP!】
【ASUka: Yes, MaSter~】
Dorm 2, Room 321.
Jiang Qiuran was lying in bed, scrolling through her phone and about to take a nap.
Suddenly, her whole mood brightened!
A radiant smile spread across her face.
Su Bai in domineering CEO mode? Yes, please.
Glancing at Liu Yuanyuan sulking by the balcony below, Jiang Qiuran immediately climbed down from her bed to chat her up.
Whatever Su Bai asked for, she’d make sure to deliver flawlessly.
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
