“Did you take sleeping pills?”
Su Nuo asked as she opened her eyes and looked around again.
After resting for a short while with her eyes closed, her dizziness had faded, and her vision was clearer.
It was a standard double dorm room for girls at Mo Hai University, her former alma mater.
She had once had the chance to glance inside while helping a female classmate move water.
The layout was neat and spacious, with two bunk beds on opposite sides of the room.
Under each top bunk was a large desk for one person. There was also a balcony and a private bathroom.
But from the distant view to the close-up, the situation wasn’t very good.
The pink and white small bed was messy, the sheets slightly disheveled, and next to the pillow were several crumpled tissues.
At that moment, she remembered how she had felt when she first arrived—the numbness in her hands and legs…
“It wasn’t chemical means; I used some physical methods, and some biological methods too.”
No wonder there was a strange but pleasant scent in the room.
It was from fish maw.
Su Nuo’s mouth twitched.
“You injected…?”
“Hehe, the most exhilarating experience of my life,” Su Xiao Nuo scratched the back of her head and smiled sheepishly.
“When I finished injecting, my whole body was indescribably exhausted. I just knew I could finally get a good night’s sleep.”
This unlucky girl was a bit foolish.
Su Nuo thought quietly to herself and squeezed the soft ball of tissue in her hand.
Maybe a little more than a bit.
Although they could communicate directly in their minds, unless she deliberately expressed something, her inner thoughts wouldn’t be heard by the other.
Su Xiao Nuo, unaware that Su Nuo was silently judging her, started to get sentimental talking about sad things again.
“Wuwuwu, if I had known it would be like this, I wouldn’t have done it. Now that the person is dead, what am I going to do in the future… Big Sister is still waiting for our weekend date.”
So you still care about that?
Su Nuo said nothing, but Su Xiao Nuo suddenly had an idea, her eyes lighting up.
“Right! You can go in my place.”
“No!”
Instant refusal.
“Come on, if you don’t go, what will we do in the future!”
“I don’t understand. You’re like this now. Even if you have to work hard to support yourself later, I’m the one who’ll suffer, not you,” Su Nuo said, confused.
“Why are you so anxious?”
“No, it matters.”
Su Xiao Nuo sat cross-legged, counting on her fingers.
“If you work too hard and your brain gets tired, I’ll feel tired too. If you don’t eat well, my life won’t be enjoyable either. If you wake up early for work without enough sleep, I’ll feel mentally exhausted. There’s a saying: material conditions determine consciousness. It means your material state determines whether my consciousness has a good life or not.”
“…Is that how the saying’s supposed to be used?”
Well, if you forced it, it made some sense, since whether you feel pain or joy, it’s all perceived by the brain’s nerves, and the soul housed in the brain would be affected…
Wait, now that soul reincarnation exists, who’s even thinking about science anymore?
Su Nuo adjusted her thoughts.
“Even if you say that, normal people wouldn’t think about doing something like this.”
“But think about it, if it succeeds, we won’t have to worry about finding a job after graduation,” Su Xiao Nuo counted again on her fingers, “No more interviews, no more early mornings working, no more running around, no more worrying about where to live or eat.”
Su Nuo blinked slightly.
Though she hated to admit it, those words struck a chord deep in her heart.
The past five or six years flashed before her eyes, like instant coffee at eight in the morning—only bitter.
She didn’t like the taste of the egg sandwich, but sitting in the corner of Starbucks gave her the illusion that she belonged to this city.
“Besides, think about it. If we don’t take advantage of this gift, did I grow up so cute and talented for nothing?”
Su Xiao Nuo whispered into her ear.
“Put in the effort; once this works, wealth and glory will be right before our eyes!”
Su Nuo pursed her lips.
“I’ll watch how things go first, then consider it.”
“See? See? There’s a record in the QQ on the computer.”
Su Nuo sat up on the bed, her body swaying slightly forward as she adjusted to the soft weight.
When she climbed down the top bunk and stepped on the ladder, her foot suddenly went weak and almost lost balance.
Luckily, she grabbed the railing just in time.
Her lower body was only clad in tight, light-colored sleep shorts, just a bit longer than panties.
Her long, soft, slightly plump pale legs were fully exposed, trembling slightly against the ladder—whether from cold or weakness, she couldn’t tell.
The girl’s mood was complicated.
“How exhilarating were you before?”
“I… I’m an adult. Having my own hobbies is normal, right?”
It’s normal to have hobbies when you’re alone in the dorm!
Su Nuo rolled her eyes, too lazy to continue talking about this, and instead asked, “You spent four years properly in college and still have zero work skills?”
“Ah, no choice,” a sigh came from her mind.
“Majored in Business Administration.”
It was like someone without a car getting a driver’s license—or even worse.
You can rent a car, but you can’t rent a company.
“If that’s the case, why did you choose that major?”
“I accepted the reassignment.”
“…Alright.”
Accepting reassignment was indeed like that.
Thinking about it, the original owner’s condition—often unable to work due to injecting fish maw, studying a useless major for herself, and unwilling to become an online meat-selling influencer—having no confidence in her future was understandable.
“What about you? What was your college major?”
Su Xiao Nuo asked curiously.
Su Nuo was silent for a moment, then slowly said four words: “Marketing.”
“Pfft!”
“…”
Confirmed. This unlucky girl was not only foolish but a bit cheeky too.
Like the kind of grass that never grows hooves.
After getting off the bed, Su Nuo found her desk, pulled out the chair, sat down, and opened her light blue Dell laptop with “dell” printed on it. She pressed the power button.
“Password?”
“****. By the way, don’t look at my browser favorites, okay? You should respect a girl’s privacy… Hmm, never mind, go ahead and look. You’ll have to help me keep up with updates later anyway.”
Su Xiao Nuo hesitated left and right, but Su Nuo ignored the browser altogether and opened QQ directly, finding the chat window she cared about most.
It was easy to find since the contact was labeled “Rich Big Sister,” with an avatar of a cartoon-style dragon, apparently a zodiac sign.
“How do you know she fits your requirements?”
“Someone introduced her, all guaranteed. Don’t worry~”
Alright then. Su Nuo opened the chat history and scrolled from the beginning.
[Nuo Nuo: Sister, sister, can we get to know each other?]
[Rich Big Sister: Who are you?]
[Nuo Nuo: I’m a female university student~]
[Nuo Nuo: Sister, sister, today you…]
That was the overall situation.
After Su Xiao Nuo added the contact, she persistently and tirelessly awkwardly flirted.
The big sister on the other side appeared quite calm, even a bit wary of strangers at first, then later responded blandly.
Su Xiao Nuo chatted about the weather, and she said it was sunny.
Su Xiao Nuo talked about school, and she said “Oh.”
Su Xiao Nuo discussed hobbies, and she said “So-so.”
It was hopeless no matter how you looked at it.
Su Nuo scrolled through the chat, trying to see how things turned around, but suddenly two pictures of large pale buns popped up.
She instinctively looked away.
The chat log went like this, and then suddenly two risque images appeared.
“Why are you still embarrassed? Anyway, they’ll be yours eventually,” Su Xiao Nuo said inside Su Nuo’s mind.
“You’re just too innocent. You should see more of the world.”
But she was the one who didn’t want to look before.