Chapter 122: Differences in Treatment

A weekend really passes in the blink of an eye.

Chen Shu returned to the Dormitory.

Only Meng Chunqiu and Jiang Lai were still in the Dormitory, the two of them eating food brought from the cafeteria, looking pitiful, just like children left behind; Chen Shu leaned over to take a peek at what they were eating and shook his head repeatedly.

The food in the Yujing Academy cafeteria is just like this; at first, you think it tastes pretty good, but the more you eat, the more you feel it won't do, as it's the same taste every day.

You have to switch cafeterias to eat.

It would be best to alternate between the Yujing Academy and Ling'an Academy cafeterias... oh, they don't have the conditions for that, so never mind.

"Brother Chen, you're back?"

"Not yet, I'm still downstairs."

"..." Meng Chunqiu was choked up for a moment, "Have you eaten?"

"I have."

"What did you eat?"

"Yuer Chicken, Mapo Tofu, shredded potatoes with vinegar and chili, and Slippery Meat Soup."

"What is Yuer Chicken? Is it a chicken that has just finished hatching eggs?"

"Taro and chicken, it's delicious."

"And what is Mapo Tofu?"

"A signature dish from my hometown." Chen Shu felt that it was truly pitiful that he hadn't even eaten this, "I'll let you experience it next time."

"That would naturally be good." Meng Chunqiu shoveled a mouthful of rice, "But Brother Chen, you and your girlfriend you aren't dating, the two of you eating so much, can you finish it? Does your girlfriend you aren't dating live outside every day? Does she not return to the Dormitory?"

"I pack it up and bring it back to the Dormitory."

"So that's how it is."

"Heh..."

Chen Shu found it interesting to think that Zhang Suannai, who had been frantically searching for him for over ten days, might be eating the food he made at this very moment. He heard from Xiaoxiao that Zhang Suannai seemed to suspect he was monitoring her through campus surveillance, so she had been staking out the security office for the past few days; after having no luck, she even spent a large sum of money to hire technical personnel, suspecting he had used network technology to hack into the Ling'an Academy campus surveillance system.

Perhaps she was even eating the food he made while racking her brains on how to find a trace of him.

Hilarious.

Meng Chunqiu held his bowl, and Jiang Lai also held his bowl; the two of them raised their heads in unison to look at Chen Shu, then looked at each other.

"Brother Chen, why are you so happy?"

"Ah? I'm not..."

"Brother Chen, the smile on your face is about to overflow."

"Oh..."

Chen Shu quickly thought of an excuse and said, "Because the publicity Brother Jiang did for me has had a great effect, and I will be able to make a lot of money from it soon. In my Joy, I couldn't help but show it on my face, and it was noticed by Brother Meng."

"So that's how it is."

"Oh, by the way, Brother Jiang." Chen Shu looked at Jiang Lai, "Aren't you participating in the Arena tournament this semester? How about I design an attack Rune for you? I have a very extreme concept for an attack Rune!"

"W-what concept?"

"It's to use at least half of the Spirit Power in your body at once to form an attack style that a Martial Artist of the same rank absolutely cannot resist."

"Sounds so powerful..." Jiang Lai said weakly, "Won't it be very troublesome?"

"Good! Then it's settled!"

"..."

"Eat slowly."

After saying this, Chen Shu returned to his room and sat in front of the computer desk, glancing left and right; feeling the room was a bit messy, he decided to buy a storage rack online to put against the wall.

Just then, his Mobile Phone vibrated.

Xiaoxiao: 【Image】

Xiaoxiao: Brother-in-law, I've finished your homework.

Chen Shu's expression went blank immediately.

Good for you, Qingqing!

To actually drive a wedge between me and my sister-in-law!

Chen Shu: Didn't my sister tell you to do this?

Xiaoxiao: Sister said it was your homework.

Chen Shu: Huh?

Chen Shu: I don't know about this.

Chen Shu: What homework of mine?

Chen Shu: Don't listen to Ning Qing's nonsense; she just wants to break our alliance, wants to defeat us one by one. You must not fall for her treacherous scheme. Only by joining forces can we resist her; once we are separated, it's a dead end.

Xiaoxiao: It's okay.

Chen Shu:...

Chen Shu: /complex expression

Chen Shu: Are you back in the dormitory?

Xiaoxiao: I am.

Chen Shu: Did you put the dishes in the refrigerator?

Xiaoxiao: Sister Suannai is already eating them.

Chen Shu: I see.

Xiaoxiao: She can really eat; I reckon she'll eat half of it tonight, and the rest won't be enough for a single meal.

Chen Shu: Be more generous.

Chen Shu: You can eat the leftovers with noodles tomorrow morning; just boil a bowl of noodles and pour the vegetable base on top as a topping. Yuer Chicken and Mapo Tofu are both very suitable.

Xiaoxiao: Got it.

Chen Shu: Did Sister Zhang Suannai ask where this came from?

Xiaoxiao: I don't know.

Xiaoxiao: I gave the things to her sister and went back to my room, and I went back to my room too. She talks so much, we don't dare to stay with her.

Chen Shu suppressed a laugh and typed—

Chen Shu: You should communicate more with your roommates, interact more, and get along well.

Xiaoxiao: Got it.

Chen Shu: Good girl.

Xiaoxiao: I'm going to do my problems.

Chen Shu: Don't stay up too late.

He exited the chat window and clicked on the Arena boss's avatar.

During his chat with Xiaoxiao just now, this boss had sent him several messages in a row, and Chen Shu only had time to open them now.

Li Leitai: Tested it.

Li Leitai: We are very satisfied.

Li Leitai: However, this set of Runes is not as good as the one from Jiang Lai, so I'll give you 800,000 for the licensing fee, exclusive buyout.

Li Leitai: I'll transfer the money to you in a moment.

Li Leitai: I need three more sets for now: one set of purely offensive Runes, preferably of the Spirit Power type; one set of rigid composite Defense Rune, with a certain amount of Spirit Power Defense capability; and one set of functional Runes with side effects similar to that "Sun-Moon Impact" of Jiang Lai's.

Li Leitai: It's the same price.

Li Leitai: By the way, give your Runes a better-sounding name.

Chen Shu: Online banking account 622286******

Chen Shu: /bowing head to the ground

Chen Shu: Who named Sun-Moon Impact?

Chen Shu: It sounds so bad.

Li Leitai: People in the industry called it that.

Li Leitai: If you had named it, no one would be calling it random names.

Chen Shu: I did name it.

Li Leitai: Jiang Lai said you didn't.

Li Leitai: What name did you give it?

Chen Shu: Toilet Button.

Li Leitai:...

Li Leitai: Give this set a name too.

Chen Shu: Since it's an explosive attack that accumulates Spirit Power and is blasted out with a punch, let's call it Through-Body Force.

Li Leitai: That works.

Li Leitai: It's arrived, check it.

Chen Shu: /thanks boss

Chen Shu: Logging off.

His savings surged once again.

Nearly 1.4 million.

Truly awesome, truly awesome.

As expected, earning money with one's brain is the easiest way.

The seventh of the second lunar month, evening.

Tomorrow is the Blue Flower Festival.

The Blue Flower Festival is a holiday unique to Yiguo.

It commemorates the Empress of the Grand Ancestor Emperor.

The Grand Ancestor Emperor's Empress was a southerner, born in a warm city filled with jacaranda trees. She met the Grand Ancestor Emperor when they were young, but due to talent and cultivation reasons, she passed away before him. To commemorate her, the Grand Ancestor Emperor ordered the cultivation of a more cold-resistant jacaranda variety that could also be planted in Yujing, and they were planted across almost all the streets of Yujing, large and small, becoming the city flower of Yujing.

The jacarandas in Yujing are not only cold-resistant but also bloom very early, similar to peach, apricot, and pear blossoms. Every year during mid-spring, they bloom one after another. By then, the street trees on many of Yujing's streets will be covered in blue flowers, in large clusters, which is very beautiful.

Dormitory.

Zhang Suannai sat cross-legged on a cushion on the balcony, with two Swords still resting horizontally on her knees, eyes closed in cultivation. Anyway, her roommates already knew she was the last closed-door disciple of the Sword Sect's Sword Master and had already expressed their Surprise at it, so she had nothing left to hide from them.

"Hoo..."

Zhang Suannai exhaled a breath that actually gathered without dispersing, and it condensed into Sword Qi, slowly moving forward in the air and flying off the balcony.

Outside, the twilight had just ended, and there were still purple clouds in the sky that had not yet darkened.

Zhang Suannai opened her eyes, looked down at her watch, and quickly put away her Sword and walked out.

"Xiaoxiao!

"Ning Qing!

"Come out quickly!"

Both rooms were extremely quiet; no one paid her any mind.

Zhang Suannai was not in a hurry; she went to knock on their doors one by one, telling them she had something to discuss with them. Once both of them came out, she piled a smile on her face and said to her two roommates, one big and one small:

"Do you know what day it is tomorrow?"

"Blue Flower Festival."

"Eek, you actually know it!" Zhang Suannai looked at Xiaoxiao with some surprise, "I thought you were just a fool who spent all day doing practice problems!"

"......"

"Let me tell you, the Blue Flower Festival is so much fun, especially the streets around the Imperial Palace. The flowers there bloom the most beautifully, and the Emperor will even bring a group of people from the Imperial Family, the Government, as well as representatives from the Buddhist Sect and Daoist sects to enjoy the flowers. It's so lively."

"You go yourself," Ning Qing said.

"If Sister goes, then I'll go," the little girl said.

"I haven't even said I was going to take you two yet, you are so narcissistic!" Zhang Suannai frowned and accused them sternly.

"So?"

"So I'll take you!" Zhang Suannai changed her expression quickly and put on a smile again, "After we're done, we'll go out for a meal. My treat! Let's go to that place you went to a few days ago, the one you packed some back for me from! Tsk, that place tastes so good. I've never eaten that flavor in Yujing before! What was that chicken called, the one stewed with that soft, squishy thing?"

"Yuer Chicken."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes! That's the one! I really want to eat it again, just eat that!" Zhang Suannai had clearly already arranged everything.

"Not going."

Ning Qing poured a bucket of cold water on her with a single sentence.

"Why?"

"Someone else will ask me out tomorrow."

"Who asked you out? A man or a woman?"

"No one has asked me yet."

"Then how do you know someone will ask you out?"

"I guessed."

"Pfft! Forget it if you aren't going!!"

Zhang Suannai was a bit angry. Not only was she not going with her, but she also used words like that to poke at her; it was truly infuriating.

However, at this moment, she caught a glimpse of Ning Qing taking out her Mobile Phone. She seemed to have received some message. After checking it, Ning Qing remained expressionless, but she glanced at her faintly, then glanced at the little girl, and returned to her room.

"Strange, strange..."

Zhang Suannai scratched her head and muttered in a low voice, then said to the little girl beside her, "Don't you think your sister is weird?"

"I do," the little girl nodded earnestly, "Qingqing has always been weird."

"Tell me! How is she weird?" Zhang Suannai became interested instantly, as if she had found a common topic with the little girl.

"I feel like Qingqing is an old lady."

"Haha, I think so too! Especially when she usually supervises you doing your problems! She's so long-winded!" Zhang Suannai threw her head back and laughed, "I thought someone with her personality wouldn't be like this, but I didn't expect her to have this side too, hahahaha..."

The little girl watched her silently without speaking.

"Haha... ha..."

Zhang Suannai's smile gradually faded.

She couldn't keep laughing.

Facing the little girl's silent gaze, she couldn't help but scratch her head, feeling puzzled. How did it feel like the attempt to find a common topic had failed?

"By the way, what do you call your sister again?"

"Qingqing."

"Is her nickname Qingqing?"

"Mm."

"Haha, I know now!"

Zhang Suannai ran over to bang on Ning Qing's door again, acting like a child, and shouted boastfully toward the inside, "Qingqing, Qingqing, can you hear me, Qingqing..."

Inside the room, Ning Qing was expressionless, looking at the surface of her desk, her gaze flickering as she fell into deep thought—

What clothes should I wear tomorrow?