While the King of Ideas was waiting for the right timing, some days quietly slipped by.
“I can’t just go there directly, not without any reason—it would be too deliberate.” Xu Chuyao explained this to Mi Xiaoba, “At the very least, I need a reasonable excuse to go to her dorm. It just so happened I chose a time when she wasn’t there, and that’s how the unexpected effect happened.”
So, during this not-so-long yet not-so-short period, things happened both inside and outside the Academy.
Former Director Luo Kangsheng received a work reassignment and left the school for another place. For this leader who had devoted decades to the Academy, whether his efforts were useful or not, this was his first ever job transfer. Yet he didn’t seem happy at all; on the day he left, his face was as dark as thunder, as if he were having a midlife crisis.
Center City’s security department underwent a frontline reorganization, cutting its scale by nearly a third compared to before. Just as the squad captain expected, the new chief wasn’t some glamorous, busty beauty, but a rather plain, unremarkable middle-aged man. Like the previous leader, he gave a rousing speech as soon as he arrived, but didn’t actually accomplish anything important.
Finally, on Xu Chuyao’s side, after waiting so long, she finally got an arrangement from Security Department Head Long Jun: “Next week, take your crisis response team and go to the neighboring main city for inspection and guidance.”
After sending a message in the group chat to notify everyone, she asked, pretending to be casual, “Shen Ning isn’t here? No problem, I’ll go to your dorm to find you,” then got up to prepare to head out.
“Er Lei, I need your help with something else. Go find Shen Ning and tell her.”
As someone who’d spent most of the past three years on the training grounds, this was the first time Shen Ning used “full of vitality, everything thriving” to describe the training grounds during the holidays.
Normally, except for PE class, hardly anyone came here—after all, cultivation was tough and exhausting.
But from a certain day onwards, things changed. Several attacks that happened nearby, plus curriculum reforms, made many students realize the importance of strength and join the ranks of diligent trainees. Whether the enthusiasm would last or not, at least for now, everyone was still fired up.
Especially after Luo Kangsheng’s transfer—the one who always told everyone not to overdo their training was gone, and all the remaining teachers at school were now encouraging you to work harder.
Even people you could never imagine seeing here appeared—
“Whoa, Xiao Si Nuo, what brings you here? Am I seeing things?”
“Ahem, everyone’s working hard, so I wanted to step it up too. Can’t always slack off.”
“You always loaf around during PE, and now you come during the holidays to train for real? You think anyone’s buying that?”
“Believe it or not, that’s up to you. Justice lives in the people’s hearts. Anyway, I’m off to find the strongest person to train with.”
After chatting with a few classmates, Xiao Si Nuo charged headlong into the training area of the Innocent Little Sister—no, the Murderous Demon King.
“Shen Ning, I know you’re really strong, but a heart that yearns to grow stronger won’t be crushed by reality. Come on, don’t hold back.”
Seeing her friend walk up, Shen Ning blinked in confusion: “Really, don’t hold back?”
“Hush…” Xiao Si Nuo lowered his voice, “Of course I don’t mean that. Just go easy on me for show… Ah!”
With his usual exaggerated acting, he staggered back a few steps and fell to the ground.
“Too strong, this is Second Rank… cough, cough, I can’t… need to rest a bit.”
After a round of fake sparring, Xiao Si Nuo sat in a quieter corner. Shen Ning, prompted by his signals, followed over, still not understanding what he was playing at.
“I found a place for Xiao Hua to stay. Following your advice, we haven’t investigated any further these days, just looked at old newspapers and news—paper media only, not even touched the internet.”
Shen Ning was taken aback.
“You came all the way here just to say that?”
Those moves just now—was that really necessary?
“Of course it was. Didn’t you say there were big problems here? I got your message loud and clear.” Xiao Si Nuo glanced nervously around, lowering his voice again, “So when we interact, we need to act like secret agents and cover ourselves with reasonable behavior.”
You had to admit, he was a pro at conspiracy theories. Shen Ning had only sent a short message that day, and he got it right away.
So shady, bro.
“I just came to quietly let you know—Xiao Hua’s address is outside the Academy’s southwest gate, Shengling Avenue, Block 13, School District Apartments, Unit 4, 7th Floor, Apartment 7.”
Shen Ning’s eyelid twitched: “If you’re that worried, you could’ve just messaged me. No need to come in person.”
“Yeah,” Sexually Repressed Shadow chimed in, “Yaoyao always says—don’t you guys have phones?”
“What if the message gets intercepted? Don’t you know, phones can be monitored, there’s something called a ‘black box.’ Anyway, since we’re all at school, making a trip isn’t a hassle.”
Xiao Si Nuo picked up a towel, pretended to wipe sweat from his forehead as if he’d just trained really hard, then used the towel to casually wipe his face.
“Xiao Hua’s had it rough, living outside alone for two years, and her band even canceled her contract. Luckily, they didn’t make her pay damages. She said it was because of that busty pretty girl… she doesn’t know her name is Xu Chuyao. By the way, what’s Yaoyao been up to lately? How come she has so much pull?”
Such a big entertainment company, so many lawyer-drafted contracts, such an obvious breach, and yet they just let her go without asking for money. Even when they called her, the reason for the termination wasn’t her talking nonsense on stage, but that she was unable to attend rehearsals, and they spoke politely—really emphasizing a peaceful parting.
“Uh… she has been… pretty big lately.”
Shen Ning looked up at the sky, her thoughts drifting. She’d gotten used to Xu Chuyao’s little devilish tricks over these days, and after getting used to her sudden antics, it felt like the busty beauty really had become an amazing girlfriend.
Beautiful, great figure, capable and powerful, wise in big matters, and sometimes gentle and considerate—she was practically—
“Shen Ning! Shen Ning! Something terrible’s happened!”
A girl’s voice snapped her out of her thoughts. She looked up in confusion, and saw it was her girlfriend’s classmate—what was her name again, Mi Xiao… Mi?
Mi Xiaolu, whose name had been mixed up, ran up to the two of them, panting, but still managed to say, “Something’s wrong, Shen Ning! Xu Chuyao said she had something to tell you, but couldn’t reach you by phone, so she went straight to your dorm to find you!”
Xiao Si Nuo was confused: “So she went, big deal. Why make it sound so serious? But she’s right about not using the phone—what if it’s monitored? Telling you in person is the best…”
“No, that’s not the problem,” Mi Xiaolu said to Shen Ning, “the problem is, when Xu Chuyao left, she said she hadn’t been to your dorm in a long time, and she really missed the feeling of stealing your chopsticks before, so she wanted to steal them again. She even said she knows you hid the new chopsticks under your bed board.”
“…What chopsticks, bed board, what are you talking about?”
Xiao Si Nuo was totally lost.
But Shen Ning understood, and in an instant her face went bright red. Without another word, she got up and ran for the dorm at full speed.
“Heh, what happened to her?” Xiao Si Nuo stared blankly at the girl’s retreating back. “A pair of chopsticks is such a big deal?”
Mi Xiaolu was surprised too—she hadn’t expected Shen Ning to react so strongly.
“No idea, maybe they’re really important?”
Of course, it wasn’t because of the chopsticks. The good news was, Shen Ning had already taken the chopsticks out from under the bed board and put them somewhere else.
The bad news was, now there was something else hidden under the bed board.
At that moment, in the dorm, Xu Chuyao had already slipped into Shen Ning’s room.
“Anyone here? Can I come in? Oh, no one’s here, then I’ll come in.”
Her girlfriend’s dorm was still the same as before. It had been a while since her last visit—she still remembered that last time, she had been forced to sleep here for a night… and was also forced to be slept with for a night.
A gentleman takes revenge—if not within three days, he can’t sleep or eat. Now it’s fallen into Qiongyao’s hands!
“Chopsticks~ Chops~ The chopsticks under the bed board~”
Xu Chuyao walked to the bed, reached out her small hand, and with a flourish, lifted up the bed board—but what appeared before her wasn’t chopsticks, but a book.
.
“Huh?”
When Shen Ning rushed back to the dorm at top speed, what she saw was this scene—her precious study material was being held and closely examined by her girlfriend, who was flipping through it with great interest and occasionally making “doo loo” and “gaa loo” sounds.
[Villain Points +300]
“Oh, you’re back.” Xu Chuyao waved the book at her. “Look what good stuff I found.”
Shen Ning quickly closed the door and braced herself. “I was just looking through it casually…”
No matter what, she couldn’t let anyone passing by outside see and laugh at her.
“Just looking? Really?”
Xu Chuyao showed her little devil smile, a small canine tooth peeking out.
“Is a book you just look at casually really worth hiding so well?”
Shen Ning’s face flushed red and then pale. “Don’t worry about it, just give it back.”
She stepped forward to take the book, but Xu Chuyao quickly backed away a few steps, opening to the title page:
“Oh my, let me see what it says here. ‘How to use hand techniques to conquer your girlfriend.’ Pfft, you don’t really believe this stuff, do you?”
Shen Ning’s pretty face twitched.
[Villain Points +400]
Seeing her reaction, Xu Chuyao got even more fired up: “So you really believe it! Then, do you practice these things every day, dreaming of the day you can use them on me? Hahaha, truly worthy of the Academy’s famous Innocent Little Sister!”
[Villain Points +600]
Lies don’t hurt, but the truth is a sharp knife. She had hit upon the little secret hidden deep in the girl’s heart, making Shen Ning’s already flushed face turn even redder.
“Damn it, what are you waiting for?” Sexually Repressed Shadow couldn’t hold back any longer. “Pounce on her a thousand times! It still wouldn’t be enough!”
Not that it needed to say anything—Shen Ning, her reason already crumbling, had already moved. But as soon as she started, the ever-prepared Thunder Girl spun and retreated to the balcony, then opened the window and leaped out.
“Argh!”
A jump from a few stories up was nothing but a piece of cake for a Second Rank Spirit Power User.