CHAPTER 301: CHAPTER 301: PROFITING FROM OTHERS’ MISFORTUNE

Anyway, Sheng Qingyan was infuriated by Ji You’s arrogantly presumptuous tone, almost enraged to death. But what could he do?

The notorious 4444 has always been famous for being shameless and brazen. Poor him, Little Cutie, deeply cares about his own reputation, huh. Thus, Sheng Qingyan didn’t quarrel with Ji You, but just pulled her aside to have her vouch for him, proving he had honestly gone running today. Right after that, Sheng Qingyan immediately distanced himself from Ji You, saying: "Hey, poor deadbeat... don’t come within 5 meters of me now! No! Make it at least 10 meters, I feel disgraced to be associated with you..."

Ji You snorted: "I also have no interest in keeping company with Spicy Eye Little Cutie."

Sheng Qingyan: "..."

Ji You said: "Spicy Eye!"

Over there, aside from Sheng Qingyan, there were several girls from the self-funded class headed by Chen Yan who had finished running. They crowded around Ji You asking for her to vouch for them before she was finally able to escape.

Alas!

Being a witness for others is such a thankless task.

The key point is, she didn’t gain any benefits from all these people.

But, whatever.

Who makes her such a good person, right?

Rushing through her wash-up, Ji You quickly met up with Sheng Qingyan to catch a ride on his free car, hurrying off to the Combat Department’s classroom. Upon arriving at the classroom door and seeing Shen Changqing’s tall and straight figure standing there, especially the breakfast box in his hand, Ji You immediately burst into a smile: "Ahh! Shen Changqing, you are truly a good guy."

——Not just good, but also a real honest man.

Sheng Qingyan bolted over, laughing as he patted Shen Changqing on the shoulder and said, "Aqing... thanks, huh..."

Shen Changqing, expressionless: "Hmm."

Ji You also went over to pat his shoulder, saying, "Shen Changqing, rest assured! In this year’s Helpful, Virtuous, and Outstanding Student awards, I, Ji You, will definitely cast a vote for you."

Shen Changqing: "..."

Outstanding Student?

Isn’t that an award for kindergarten and primary school?

Shen Changqing’s mouth twitched as he handed over the breakfast, saying calmly, "Friendly reminder, class starts in 3 minutes."

So—

You have only 3 minutes.

Then—

In front of Shen Changqing at the classroom door, Ji You and Sheng Qingyan performed a rapid eating spectacle. Sheng Qingyan devoured steamed buns one by one, at a very fast pace, but still maintaining his elegance. In less than a minute, he had finished a basket of steamed buns.

What about Ji You?

Ji You was even more exaggerated; she would swallow two steamed buns at a time, almost non-stop, quickly followed by demolishing a fried dough stick. All of this took less than a minute.

After finishing those, she began to leisurely crack open a Long-legged Chicken egg, peel it bit by bit, and in passing, slurped down a bowl of silken tofu, swallowing all of it into her stomach.

Shen Changqing: "..."

Shen Changqing felt he needed to remain unfazed, so he tried hard to keep a straight face.

After Ji You had finished the egg and leisurely ingested the soy milk, she clapped her hands and said, "Time to go in for class."

Shen Changqing stared at Ji You’s stomach somewhat taken aback.

Ji You chuckled and said, "Don’t try to copy me; you won’t be able to learn it because it’s my innate skill."

What innate skill?

Nonexistent. It’s just that, she shared half of the food with Xiao You, so it appeared as though Ji You was eating for two, hence why she seemed so fast.

Shen Changqing remained silent.

The three of them walked into the training room together.

This morning, training was still focused on physical strength. Since returning from Taoyuan Space Station, Teacher Mu Jianling had redesigned the teaching plan, raising the students’ training tasks and difficulties by a level. Moreover, students including Shen Changqing, Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan, Lou, Lance... and Ji You among more than a dozen of them, had their training tasks not only doubled, but the difficulty had also been adjusted by twice as much.

But no student complained, and no student grumbled. Everyone seriously, solemnly, and rigorously completed it in accordance with Teacher Mu Jianling’s adjusted plan.

After class, Teacher Mu Jianling suddenly stopped Ji You and said, "Number 4444, stay behind."

Ji You: "???"

Being called to stay by the teacher alone always felt like no good news.

Without any superfluous words, Mu Jianling threw something to Ji You and said, "This is Cloud Mist Tea, 10 grams in total. Take 1 gram each day, boil it with 500 milliliters of milk for 10 minutes before drinking."

Ji You: "!!!"

Cloud Mist Tea?

What was that?

It sounded so high-level.

Although Ji You didn’t know what it was for the moment, from the moment she received the 10 grams of Cloud Mist Tea, the Six Strands in her Spiritual World, one by one, as if they had been injected with chicken blood, joyfully hopped and ran around, as happy as a child who got New Year’s money—she knew this must be good stuff.

And—

This scent, it even smelled a bit familiar? What could it be?

Ji You had an epiphany, her eyes lighting up: "Teacher, is this that milk tea that costs 5,000 credit points?"

As soon as Ji You mentioned the 5,000 credit points, Mu Jianling’s eyelid twitched, and she glanced at Ji You before saying: "Transfer the money!"

Ji You quickly said, "I should transfer the money indeed. Such good stuff, I can’t just take it from you for nothing, can I?"

Saying that, she made a movement as if she was taking out her Light Computer, preparing to transfer money into the teacher’s account—

Then—

Mu Jianling suddenly said, "500 thousand."

Ji You: "!!!"

After a few seconds of breathlessness, Ji You, with trembling hands, asked, "Teacher—You... you’re joking, right?"

It must be a joke, right?

Mu Jianling, with her arms crossed, asked with raised brows, "Do I look like someone who jokes?"

Ji You felt her heart tremble intensely, but she still tried to reason with a hardened scalp: "But... but there’s only 10 grams here? One gram per cup of milk tea, that’s only 10 cups. When you sold it to me, it was only 5,000 credit points, adding it all up, that’s only 50,000 credit points."

Remembering she had sold half cups rather than full cups of milk tea, a brief spasm crossed Mu Jianling’s lips, her expression worsening as she stated bluntly, "500 thousand! Either transfer the money, or give it back."

Ji You: "..."

This meant there was no room for negotiation. Ji You, enduring the pain, transferred 500 thousand to Teacher Mu Jianling.

Sigh~

If it hadn’t been for earning 600 thousand credit points by picking up Star Beast corpses at Taoyuan Space Station, Ji You wouldn’t have been able to afford the Cloud Mist Tea.

Suddenly—

Ji You raised her head, stared at Teacher Mu Jianling for a few moments, and couldn’t help but suspect in her heart: Could it be that Teacher Mu raised the price on purpose, knowing she had several hundred thousand in hand?

The moment Mu Jianling made eye contact with Ji You, she knew what Ji You was thinking, and she couldn’t help but let out a light snort.

Ji You hurriedly squeezed out a smile: "Teacher, don’t be angry, I didn’t mean anything else, I just thought you look very healthy today, much fairer and prettier than usual, so I couldn’t help but take a few more glances."

Her real thoughts, she wouldn’t dare say even if she were beaten to death.

Mu Jianling snorted again and suddenly said, "These 500 thousand won’t buy you 10 grams of Cloud Mist Tea. I have an additional condition; if you can’t meet it, the price will double."

Ji You: "!!!"