Chapter 132: I Have Both Patience and Perseverance

Hanfu Festival;

University City;

Judging by the sunlight, it is around nine or ten in the morning;

Looking at the surrounding environment and the buildings in the background, the location should be between Ling'an Academy and Yujing Academy; relying on a corner visible from a certain shop, it is easy to pinpoint the specific location where the photo was taken;

Based on these four clues, with the help of a certain junior fellow apprentice's influence, Zhang Suannai quickly used surveillance to find the person who had taken photos here.

Wearing traditional clothing, with an oil-paper umbrella.

A slender figure.

That's right, it's her!

Zhang Suannai leaned in close to stare at this person's face, then looked her up and down, unable to help but snort coldly in her heart—

This is Qingcai Keke?

This is the "most beautiful woman in the world"?

Pfft!

Although this silly Qingcai is actually quite pretty and has a somewhat quiet, artistic temperament, she is still far from the "most beautiful in the world" or "invincibly good-looking" claims she brags about, right?

And her figure is nowhere near as good as in the photos!

She doesn't even have breasts!

She is truly even more narcissistic than me...

Zhang Suannai muttered to herself in her heart, not forgetting to open the Ancient Cultivation Group to send a message, "I have already found her," to report the results to the shareholders.

Finally, I can report the results to the shareholders, sob sob...

My credibility has already hit rock bottom...

She then continued to follow this figure.

Ah no, it's two figures.

The person helping her take photos is a round-faced boy who looks quite honest; the two of them came together.

Should be her boyfriend, right?

Heh...

Where is he handsome?

And she even said the group owner is only one percent as good as her boyfriend...

Laughing to death..

Zhang Suannai's junior fellow apprentice switched between several cameras, and in the end, they actually saw the two of them walk into Yujing Academy, not Ling'an Academy.

Hmm?

Zhang Suannai pondered for a moment.

The best explanation is that her boyfriend is from Yujing Academy, but when Zhang Suannai was investigating at Ling'an Academy earlier, she truly hadn't seen her. Zhang Suannai's intuition told her that this silly Qingcai might also be from Yujing Academy.

Once inside Yujing Academy, the cameras are no longer under police jurisdiction; they belong to the school internally, and these academies are not connected to the police system.

Only the school security department has the authority to access them.

"East Gate..."

Zhang Suannai noted down the appearances of the two and decided to go to Yujing Academy for a look first.

A few minutes later.

Sitting in the car, Zhang Suannai opened the Ancient Cultivation Group; many people had already replied to the message she sent earlier.

Nameless Person: Looking forward to it!

Gate of All Wonders: Not easy, Amitabha.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: +1

Gate of All Wonders: Senior brother, don't be so lazy, type it yourself.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha:...

Haoran Righteousness: /eating melon seeds

Qingcai Keke: /yawn

Damn it.

Why is this person not afraid at all?

Could it be that I am really just too weak, so weak that she can't even bear to look at me?

Zhang Suannai had a complex expression, then lowered her head to type.

Grandma Always Says: I still think she is from Yujing Academy.

Gate of All Wonders: Hurry up and investigate, less nonsense.

Nameless Person: Looking forward to it!

Qingcai Keke: /yawn

Haoran Righteousness: /eating melon seeds

Damn it!

Just then, the car arrived at the East Gate of Yujing Academy; Zhang Suannai turned off her Mobile Phone and got straight out of the car.

Although she attends Ling'an Academy, Zhang Suannai is very familiar with the surrounding schools; she knows that Yujing Academy has a total of four gates and four Dormitory areas, and since each Dormitory area is right next to a main gate, Yujing Academy students habitually use the nearest gate when returning to their Dormitory.

It is not hard to deduce that this baby-faced boy in the surveillance most likely lives in the East District Dormitory.

If it comes to it, I'll just camp out here for a few more days!

I have both patience and perseverance; I don't believe I can't find her!

Thinking this, Zhang Suannai couldn't help but feel that she really is a perfect person, possessing almost all the virtues in the world.

Unexpectedly, just as she walked to the East District Dormitory, she saw that figure from the surveillance footage—

Hair just past the shoulders, neither long nor short for a girl, tied with a red string. A rather quiet and delicate, pretty face, wearing modern clothing modified from traditional styles, walking at a steady, unhurried pace.

"Hey!"

Zhang Suannai couldn't help but grin.

Her luck was too good.

Even the heavens were helping her.

Qingcai Keke's luck was too bad.

It must be that even the heavens couldn't stand to watch anymore.

But after a moment of thought, Zhang Suannai decided to hold her position for now and carefully plot in the shadows how to get back all the losses she had suffered—if she just exposed her so easily, it would be too boring.

It would be best to capture more scandalous material of her.

Like spitting on the street, stepping in dog poop, tripping, bullying a blind person, or urinating at the school gate, and so on...

Zhang Suannai couldn't help but giggle out loud.

Realizing this immediately, her figure flashed, she instantly retreated outside the East Gate, and with another flash, she was already hiding behind a car.

Clinging to the car body, she poked half her head out—

Observing in secret.

"Heh..."

This person's chest was indeed small.

Even smaller than her own.

Hilarious.

Zhang Suannai had absolutely no psychological burden about secretly attacking others' appearances in her heart.

The silly Qingcai walked out of the school gate.

There was a car waiting for her outside.

The silly Qingcai walked straight to the car, someone got out, handed her a bag containing something unknown—at a glance it looked like meat—and then that silly Qingcai carried the bag back toward the East Gate.

What does this mean?

Do food deliveries now use luxury cars?

Zhang Suannai muttered to herself, continuing to cling to the car, peeking out while letting her mind run wild.

This silly Qingcai is indeed quite pathetic, with zero alertness... oh, but I can't blame her, it's all because I'm too formidable, with such high-level stealth abilities that even ordinary Sixth Stage Sword Cultivators couldn't notice my observation; alas, an invincible life is truly lonely as snow.

The silly Qingcai entered the East Gate.

Zhang Suannai walked out from behind the car and quietly followed.

Hiding her Spirit Power, hiding her motives, hiding her gaze, she disguised herself to be just like the other students around her.

A few minutes later—

Zhang Suannai stood blankly at the entrance of the East District Dormitory, looking up at a sign overhead.

It read: Men's Dormitory, Women Keep Out.

And that slender figure ahead was walking further and further away.

She had almost followed that silly Qingcai inside just now, but was stopped by the guard, who also told her that the person in front was a man.

"This..."

Zhang Suannai's heart was dealt a blow!

A massive blow!

Turning around, Zhang Suannai quickly pulled out her Mobile Phone, opened the Ancient Cultivation Group, and her fingers tapped on the screen until they were a blur.

Grandma Always Says: Shocking big news

Gate of All Wonders:?

Nameless Person: What news?

Grandma Always Says: Qingcai Keke is really from Yujing Academy

Grandma Always Says: Qingcai Keke is really a man

Grandma Always Says recalled a message.

Grandma Always Says recalled a message.

Grandma Always Says: Forgot some people haven't paid, can't let him see it

Grandma Always Says: And I also want to chat privately, can't let this silly Qingcai know what I'm saying about him, let him itch with curiosity to death

Grandma Always Says: Her

Grandma Always Says invited Haoran, Nameless Person, Gate of All Wonders, Green Lamp Ancient Buddha, and Just Call Me Luo Huaian to a private chat.

Gate of All Wonders: Spill the tea!!!

Nameless Person: Tell us!

Haoran: /eating melon seeds

Grandma Always Says: Qingcai Keke is really from Yujing Academy

Grandma Always Says: Qingcai Keke is really a man

Grandma Always Says: And Qingcai Keke is also a cross-dressing big shot, pfft, what a pervert

Haoran: /awkward

Gate of All Wonders: /Surprise

Nameless Person: Really?

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: What is a cross-dressing big shot?

Gate of All Wonders: Just a cross-dressing enthusiast.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Amitabha, the world down the mountain is so complex; this poor monk's information is slightly blocked.

Haoran Righteous Qi: Obstructed.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: A sin, a sin...

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: Interesting.

Grandma Always Says: /Hahahaha

Grandma Always Says: I'll go help you all scout some more.

Grandma Always Says has exited the private chat.

Zhao Yeqing:.

Qingcai Keke: /Yawn

Zhang Suannai couldn't help but laugh out loud, as if she could imagine Zhao Yeqing's helpless expression—this person must really want to know, but she just wouldn't let him hear it; who told him not only to refuse to pay, but also to claim she was a scammer!

This silly Qingcai must also be pretending to be calm, no telling how panicked he is inside right now.

No! Must tease him a bit more!

Grandma Always Says: Bro, back at the Dormitory?

Grandma Always Says: @Qingcai Keke

Just after sending this, Zhang Suannai's scalp suddenly tingled; she instantly put away her Mobile Phone and, relying on the keen Spiritual Sense of a Traditional Sword Cultivator, turned her head to the left—

A middle-aged man in black stood not far away, staring at her indifferently, and there was no telling how long he had been watching her.

In any case, he hadn't just appeared.

Zhang Suannai's Spiritual Sense had perceived his existence bit by bit; he became clearer and clearer in her perception until her Spiritual Sense began to warn her.

Likely a Six-Stage Martial Artist.

A school teacher?

Doesn't look like it!

Zhang Suannai pondered secretly, but she wasn't very panicked.

After all, this is Yujing Academy.

Until that person withdrew his gaze and took a step toward her, arriving in front of her instantly, still with that indifferent expression. At the same time, Zhang Suannai felt she was constantly locked onto by a powerful force, making it almost impossible to escape.

"Who are you!?"

Zhang Suannai spoke first to ask, her two Swords ready to be unsheathed at any moment.

However, that person only spat out four words, dispelling all her thoughts of resistance:

"Imperial Guard."

"Imperial Guard? What does the Imperial Guard want with me?"

"Why were you stalking him?"

"Stalking who..." Zhang Suannai reacted instantly, eyes widening, "He is a member of the Imperial Family?"

"Report your identity and intentions."

"Hahahaha... haha... ha..." Zhang Suannai chuckled dryly, then hurriedly said, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I'm his friend, isn't this just playing a little joke on him, hahaha, what's-his-name, Meng Haoran, you know him, right, haha, he's my friend too, hahahaha..."

"Identity!"

"Zhang Suannai, the last Personal Disciple of the Sword Sect Sword Master, a sophomore student at the neighboring Ling'an Academy." Zhang Suannai was honest, "From Jianzhou, ancestral home in Cangzhou, female, ID number..."

"Enough."

"Alrighty."

Zhang Suannai looked well-behaved.

Only after he left did she fall into deep thought again.

Do current Imperial Family members need bodyguards just to study at Yujing? Even direct heirs wouldn't be likely, right?

The group owner knows everyone's identity.

So that dog of a group owner knew in advance she was going to investigate Qingcai Keke; he knew Qingcai Keke was an Imperial family member, and because of the previous chat in the group, he was afraid his cousin would be beaten up by her, so he hired a guard in advance to protect him.

Hmm, that's very reasonable.

This dog of a group owner...

Forget it!

Zhang Suannai quickly took out her Mobile Phone.

Grandma Always Says invited Nameless Person, Gate of All Wonders, Green Lamp Ancient Buddha, and Just Call Me Luo Huaian to a private chat.

Not inviting this dog of a group owner!

Grandma Always Says: Another bombshell news.

Grandma Always Says: Qingcai Keke is an Imperial family member.

Grandma Always Says: I was stalking him just now and was warned by an Imperial Guard; it must be because I said it in the group yesterday, and this dog of a group owner knew I was going, was afraid I'd beat up this silly Qingcai, and specifically called a guard for him.

Gate of All Wonders: /That's a bit much, isn't it?

Nameless Person: Wow!

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: The world down the mountain is so complex.

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: Interesting.

Grandma Always Says: That's all for now.

Grandma Always Says: I've been loyal enough; if it were that silly Qingcai, wouldn't he have dangled these few pieces of news over you for two months and charged five times?

Gate of All Wonders: Agreed.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Agreed.

Just call me Luo Huaian: Okay.

Zhang Suannai has left the private chat.

Zhang Suannai: Haha, everything about you is exposed now. I'll find out your name tomorrow and make it public.

Zhang Suannai: You damn pervert.

Qingcai Keke: /yawn

Qingcai Keke: Alright.

Qingcai Keke: Now that I've found your information and you've found mine, we're even. Don't hit me when we meet next time.

Zhang Suannai: What are you afraid of?

Zhang Suannai: I already said I wasn't angry and said I wouldn't hit you. Do you think I'm someone who goes back on their word?

Qingcai Keke: We're even anyway. /yawn

Zhang Suannai: Fine.

Nameless Person: Everyone is happy! /smile

Qingcai Keke: /handshake

Zhang Suannai: /handshake

Nameless Person: Long live harmony! /smile

Haoran Zhengqi: /eating melon seeds

Zhaoyeqing:.

Zhong Miao Zhimen: I don't know why, but seeing the group owner and Zhaoyeqing acting like this, I instinctively feel something is wrong.

Just call me Luo Huaian: +1

Qingdeng Gufu: Amitabha, this poor monk's heart is also somewhat unsettled. It is a pity my cultivation is not refined; otherwise, I could look into the future and know everything.

Zhang Suannai: What's wrong with it?

Zhang Suannai: /you silly goose

Zhang Suannai: It's absolutely true!

Zhang Suannai: Guaranteed authentic!

Zhang Suannai: The group owner and this Zhaoyeqing are just two silly geese, don't pay attention to them.

Zhong Miao Zhimen: Swear that it's authentic!

Zhang Suannai: I swear to the Sword Master of my Sword Sect that none of this is made up. These are the results of my investigation today. I am still outside Qingcai's Dormitory right now. If any of this is untrue, may the Sword Master be struck dead by lightning.

Zhang Suannai: /swearing to heaven

Zhong Miao Zhimen: You should say you'll be struck dead by lightning.

Zhang Suannai: That won't do! I'm only twenty years old!

Zhong Miao Zhimen:...

Qingdeng Gufu: What a sin...

Nameless Person: The Sword Master is truly pitiful!

Zhang Suannai: Logging off.

Zhang Suannai had settled a matter of concern, and she felt completely relaxed, even more buoyant than after comprehending a profound Sword Dao. Every pore of hers seemed to be venting Qi, and she left Yujing Academy almost skipping, her nose pointed toward the sky, as she headed toward Ling'an Academy.

After returning to the Dormitory, she had to roll around on her bed a few times.