Chapter 19: If there's something new, it's fine to take the old one away

It was nine-thirty in the evening, and the night breeze was gentle.

It was now late April; even at night, the chill in the wind was barely noticeable.

Qingshan Li recalled everything he had gained from Reading.

Like glass marbles, countable and tangible, memories as solid and indestructible as physical objects.

It was wonderful.

More perfect than any previous Guidance.

But when exactly had he tied up Ono Mizuki?

Before this, whether it was Self-study, attending class, or training 【Special】, the system had its own consciousness, supervising it.

——System, what's going on?

The system did not respond.

Nor was there any prompt about an updated version.

That left only one possibility: he had triggered a hidden mode that already existed, reading too seriously, surpassing trusteeship, and entering the realm of Human-Machine Unity?

So the reading effect was especially good?

Experiment later.

Qingshan Li arrived at the Dental Hospital; before he even walked into the hospital lights, Ono Mika, who had finished work on time today, had already seen him.

She broke into a smile and walked over quickly.

Ono Mika's eyes were gentle, with a tranquil aura, a slender waist, and a large chest, so she also had a touch of natural charm.

"Xiao Li~" Ono Mika walked up to Qingshan Li and tidied his slightly messy hair.

"You've worked hard." Qingshan Li reached out to take her bag.

"No need." Ono Mika dodged, "I can carry it myself, it's not heavy."

Qingshan Li did not insist, and the two strolled slowly through the spring night.

"Yo, beauty." Several skateboarding youths flashed past the two, hastily greeting Ono Mika.

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

"Sister Mika," Qingshan Li teased, "you're so beautiful, have many people confessed to you?"

"Yes." Ono Mika smiled and nodded, "But I refused them all."

"All~ refused~?" Qingshan Li said with a smile.

"Mm!" Ono Mika nodded extremely firmly, though smiling, "For me, life cannot have a single mistake; I must carefully maintain balance and reach the other shore——what about you? As far as I know, quite a few girls like you."

"I refused them all too."

"All~ refused~?" Ono Mika asked back with a laugh.

"Mm!"

The two laughed at the same time.

Before talking about love, fill the stomach first; for Qingshan Li, what mattered most right now was earning money, second was studying, and everything else was unnecessary.

Returning home, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Ono Mizuki.

"Sister!" she said, "Li... Li didn't study today, he kept reading novels, I think he's completely immersed!"

When push came to shove, Ono Mizuki didn't dare say she had been tied up, just tattled.

"Don't neglect your studies." Ono Mika changed her shoes while reminding Qingshan Li with a smile.

"Mm." Qingshan Li didn't say much, but had already decided to give Mika a surprise and Mizuki a shock during the monthly exam.

Ono Mika walked in, Ono Mizuki followed behind her, using violence against Qingshan Li.

Ding ding dong dong

Ono Mika turned around; Qingshan Li took off his shoes, and Ono Mizuki wore an obedient expression of "Brother, you've worked hard."

Ono Mika continued walking into the house.

Ding ding dong dong

Ono Mika turned around.

Ono Mizuki held Ono Mika's shoes, arranging them seriously and adjusting their positions, while Qingshan Li took off his other shoe.

Ono Mika turned around... then suddenly turned back.

Ono Mizuki and Qingshan Li were both stuffing shoes into each other's noses.

"If you two keep messing around, I'll take another part-time job and work myself to death."

"Sorry." Qingshan Li and Ono Mizuki apologized.

Ono Mizuki continued, "But it's all Li's fault."

"Call me Brother."

"No way!"

Ono Mika's expression changed, but before she could speak, Ono Mizuki said sweetly like an idol, "Onii-chan~"

"Mizuki-sama, please suffocate me with your unwashed shoes, thank you." Qingshan Li covered his chest and took a deep breath.

"Sister, doesn't he deserve a beating!"

Ono Mika smiled helplessly: "You two."

After the ruckus, everyone began washing up.

The bathtub was the only "luxury" still in use at home.

The hot water, Qingshan Li always soaked first; he would have liked to enjoy the sisters' bathwater, but neither was willing.

Ono Mizuki also said tsundere-ishly, "I'm not bathing first; if something happens at home, I'll be the first to drop out and work," then let him go first.

Qingshan Li could only, before getting into the bathtub, try hard to wash his body clean.

In his past life he didn't have the habit of soaking in a bath; in this life someone runs the water and someone washes the tub, and he's grown to like it.

"I'm done washing." He walked out of the bathroom while drying his hair.

In the living room, both sisters were studying.

Only when Qingshan Li went to pick up his sister would Ono Mizuki use her phone to play Line and Candy Crush for a while.

Even with such effort, their grades could only barely reach the top thirty, unable to compare with those wealthy students who have top-tier private tutors.

Qingshan Li's grades were quite ordinary; he could only make the top hundred, ranking 11th to 15th in class.

Returning to his own room, Qingshan Li took out the second mystery novel.

He had finished this book before but obtained no material; his reading method must have been wrong.

—System, read book

【Guidance Started】

This time Qingshan Li consciously avoided immersing himself.

Sure enough, this time he could perceive the outside world.

After a simple experiment, he immersed himself, his imagination thawing from its frozen state.

At the same time, in the living room.

"Sis, want to shower together?" Miyuki asked.

"Sure."

Both put down their pens, stretched their tired bodies slightly, picked up their change of clothes, and walked into the bathroom together.

In the shower area, they scrubbed each other's backs.

"Sis, I feel like Qingshan Li will become a weirdo in the future." Miyuki recalled Qingshan Li's focused look and his binding technique.

"Weirdo?" Mika lightly wiped her snow-white shoulders.

"The type who's a serial killer or keeps dozens of cats at home; in his case, he'd probably actually commit crimes for the sake of writing a novel."

"Why do you say that?" Mika stopped, turning slightly to look at her younger sister.

Miyuki realized she had spoken too freely.

Baseless things — not entirely baseless, but if she told her sister, her sister's already tired from studying and part-time work.

"Didn't he want to smell my shoes? And unwashed ones at that!" Miyuki grew more suspicious the more she spoke, "He even said thank you to me!"

Mika laughed, continuing to wipe her body unconcernedly.

"He's teasing you." Her sister smiled.

"Who knows, maybe he really is a pervert, stealing our underwear and such."

Mika cared even less.

Miyuki wasn't sure whether her sister believed Qingshan Li wouldn't do that, or whether she wouldn't care even if he did.

Miyuki felt her sister's attitude toward Qingshan Li was off.

If it were her, if Qingshan Li stole her underwear, she'd definitely threaten him into buying new ones — super expensive ones — to compensate her!

Early morning, 00:43.

【Guidance Ended】

'Reading' is still E.

【Campus Mystery, Main Ability is Beauty: 92%】

It grew another 0.2.

Qingshan Li was just about to recall what he'd read when a sharp pain stabbed his brow; he closed his eyes and lightly rubbed his brow.

His body swayed slightly; he'd only just closed his eyes but had already entered a half-asleep state.

In a daze, he barely managed to support his body onto the bed, hadn't even pulled up the blanket, and lost consciousness.

That posture — hard to say if he fell asleep or fainted.

Wednesday, Qingshan Li started having a runny nose, put on a mask; he caught a cold.

That much was fine.

—System, read book.

【Body Cultivation in progress, unable to guide】

—System, class!

【Body Cultivation in progress, unable to guide】

—Give me class!!

【Body Cultivation in progress, unable to guide】

Doesn't care about reputation, insults classmate's idol — Class 30's Kuri; doesn't care about ethics, confesses to sister; for the sake of reading, ties up younger sister.

And now, just because he caught a little cold, it goes on strike?

What makes Qingshan Li most anxious is that the end of the month isn't far off; whether it's studying or novel material collection, both are pressing.

Who knows how long the system will cultivate for.

That's right, in Qingshan Li's view, it's not him cultivating — it's the system giving itself a holiday!

Did he agree to that?!

By noon, something even more infuriating happened.

"Just started school and already resting for two weeks;

"First day of school slept all day in the infirmary;

"Second day walked into classroom supported by someone, then went to infirmary again;

"Third day caught a cold;

"Classmate Aoyama, forgive my impertinence, you—, could it be that you have some unspeakable difficulty?" the elegant and charming Miss Mikami Ai asked with concern.

"You, cough! I, cough cough cough!"

Qingshan Li swore by his haircut that he would Lianhuo his body, and then, beat her up fiercely!

【Campus Romance Daily Life: 68%】

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