Chapter 21: Summer Manor

“……” Li Xunsi was at a loss for words, falling into silence.

“Do you have anything else you want to say? You wouldn’t want others to know about your X fetish, right?” The rich-girl classmate smirked triumphantly.

“If the principal sees you, you can just wait to be expelled.” The long-haired girl beside her laughed playfully.

This time, Li Xunsi finally decided to pay some attention to these troublemaking heiresses.

In fact, she had never even spared them a proper glance before.

Whenever they had mocked her in the past, she would just brush them off with a few casual words.

But now they actually dared to follow and secretly photograph her?

That had crossed her bottom line.

This could threaten her mission, so she had to handle it seriously.

“What are your names?” Li Xunsi asked.

“What do you mean? You don’t know our names? We’re classmates, you know!” The long-haired girl felt insulted.

“I only know An Classmate’s name. I really don’t remember yours.” Li Xunsi replied.

This made the long-haired girl grind her teeth in anger, and the rich-girl’s smile gradually faded.

“They’re Bai Ni and Huang Juncai. Li, you should remember your classmates’ names.” An Classmate introduced with a smile.

“I’ll remember them now.” Li Xunsi nodded.

So the long-haired one was Bai Ni, and the rich-faced one was Huang Juncai.

In the next instant, her hand moved like a phantom, and she snatched the smartphone right out of Huang Juncai’s hand.

“Eh?” Huang Juncai couldn’t even react.

Her slender fingers holding the phone had no strength at all.

Or maybe they just never thought anyone would dare snatch their phone?

But what happened next was even more shocking…

“Crack!” Li Xunsi grabbed the phone with both hands and snapped it in half right then and there, then skillfully pulled out the memory card inside.

“Eh… What are you doing?” Bai Ni was dumbfounded.

Even An Classmate, who was always smiling elegantly, couldn’t keep her composure.

Her scalp tingled.

“I think you’ve always misunderstood something. We’re not from the same world at all. I know what you’re good at, but it seems you don’t know what I’m good at. If you piss me off, I won’t bother arguing with you—I’ll just beat you to death with one punch. If you don’t believe me, you can go ask about my legend in the Combat Club.” Li Xunsi’s tone was calm.

After speaking, she crushed the memory card between her powerful fingers.

“I know you probably have backups, but don’t lump me in with those poor girls you bullied before. The only reason I haven’t acted is because I’m not a good person either. If I had even a shred of justice in me, you’d have been lying in the hospital long ago. If I find out you’re really causing trouble for me out there… I promise I’ll pay you back tenfold.”

Before the three heiresses could reply, Li Xunsi stood up coldly, still muttering icily under her breath.

She swung her little sports waist bag onto her shoulder, walked past them, and left the classroom—playing it cool all the way.

After Li Xunsi left, Bai Ni and Huang Juncai collapsed to the floor in fear.

Even the campus queen An Classmate was frozen in place for a long time, her fingers trembling slightly.

***

After leaving the classroom, Li Xunsi went to the Cafeteria for lunch, not giving the earlier incident a second thought.

Her mindset was steady—such things weren’t worth her attention.

The real world meant nothing to her anymore.

The virtual dream was her true home.

What Li Xunsi wanted most right now was for the Skill Purchase System to open up, so she could buy skills.

According to the rules, any dirty money earned from her undercover missions couldn’t be used elsewhere—it couldn’t be spent on improving her quality of life or for enjoyment.

But returning criminal funds to the Guild was no problem.

Using the money to carry out her mission was perfectly in line with the rules.

After eating, Li Xunsi went to the Boxing Club.

She had a locker here too.

She changed into her workout clothes and came out to warm up.

Her training methods attracted quite a crowd of club members.

Today was also recruitment day, so there were plenty of newcomers.

That was because Li Xunsi could easily do push-ups with just two fingers on the ground.

The new, lower-year members who had just joined were all stunned, exclaiming in awe.

Why train like this?

Simple—Li Xunsi made a living with her fingers, so of course she had to strengthen them.

***

After training the whole afternoon, the sky grew dark.

Li Xunsi took a shower, put her sneakers in her locker, changed into her favorite pair of pitch-black, thick-soled boots, tidied up, and left the school.

She checked the messages on her smartphone and headed to the busiest pedestrian street near Academy City.

“Xunsi! Over here!” As soon as she walked a few steps, Aiya bounced over to her side and patted her on the shoulder.

“I’m hungry. Let’s eat.” Li Xunsi said.

The two sat down at a restaurant on the pedestrian street and skillfully ordered a few dishes.

Li Xunsi had beef bolognese pasta and seafood fried rice.

Aiya, on the other hand, was satisfied with just a few big cream puffs.

“Hey, how come you never gain weight no matter how much you eat? Where does all that food even go?” Aiya complained immediately.

“I exercise every day. I burn a lot of energy. I’m not like you lazy sloths who never move.” Li Xunsi replied.

“Let me try some.” Aiya pouted, reaching for Li Xunsi’s fried rice.

Li Xunsi instantly bared her teeth at her best friend like a guard dog, but in the end, she still scooped a small bowl of rice for Aiya.

“Thanks, Xunsi.” Aiya beamed.

“Can you really get full eating just a few buns every day?”

“These aren’t buns, they’re cream puffs.”

“Buns are at least more filling than those.”

After eating their fill, Li Xunsi was dragged along by Aiya to go shopping, wandering down the same pedestrian street they’d probably walked hundreds of times, browsing the same clothing stores they’d visited dozens of times.

But this was the daily life of high school girls, and she had to fit in.

By the way, she and Aiya went to different schools, but her own school was in Academy City—a walled city made up of several top academies, with all the facilities around built to serve students.

So even though they weren’t in the same school, they could still see each other almost every day.

After wandering around for a few hours, Aiya and Li Xunsi finally headed home.

“Bye, Xunsi.”

“Bye.”

After parting ways with Aiya on the train, Li Xunsi went home, put on her Virtual Game Headset, logged into Battlefront Formation, went straight to the most intense street battle map, found a high tower to snipe from, and hunted down enemy players.

Just then, Li Xunsi received a message from Aiya in the Virtual Game.

As long as you linked your smartphone with your headset, you could receive real-world messages and even handle business while in the virtual dream—it was very convenient.

“Xunsi, have you heard about the newest game, [Summer Manor]?”