"Oh, by the way, I have new clothes in my room. Want to come in and take a look?"
"I refuse. The rules state that boys are not allowed on the girls' floor unless there's an urgent matter."
"Is that so? Then I guess I'll have to stay like this all day."
"You can just stay in bed today. Go out after your clothes dry."
"Are you saying… you're not planning to stay with me? Bai Jun is such a heartless man, trying to run off as soon as he got my body, boo hoo hoo."
Kushida Kikyo's head was tapped by Bai Yuze. Bai Yuze was a bit speechless. Why did he feel like Kushida Kikyo had completely given up?
"Didn't you want to become the campus socialite? Don't you regret getting involved with someone like me?"
Bai Yuze didn't believe there was any foundation of feelings between them; it seemed more like a momentary impulse.
"What does it matter? Anyway, I've latched onto you. At worst, we'll both be embarrassed."
Bai Yuze's looks were comparable to one-tenth of the readers' looks. Kushida Kikyo had no complaints about his appearance. As for other aspects… she decided to observe a bit more before saying anything.
"Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? I'll bring it for you."
The kitchen stock could at most make a plate of smashed cucumbers and scrambled eggs with tomatoes. He couldn't possibly let Kushida Kikyo eat that…
"Just bring whatever you think is good, but don't even think about running away~ Let's add each other as friends. At least I'll know where you are in real-time. If I find out you're trying to abandon me… hmph hmph!"
Kushida Kikyo waved her fist, signaling Bai Yuze not to have any other ideas.
Bai Yuze threw a pillow at her and then left the room. After reminding Kushida Kikyo to lock the door, he walked towards the elevator.
Entering the elevator, Bai Yuze remained vigilant.
There were obvious scratch marks inside the elevator. He clearly remembered that the elevator interior was perfectly fine last night. For it to turn into this ghostly state overnight, Bai Yuze couldn't think of anything other than The Strange World.
Ding!
The elevator stopped. Bai Yuze looked at the garbled electronic screen and the pitch-black corridor, falling into thought.
His eyes had night vision, but he still couldn't see the situation in the corridor. This indicated that the darkness before him wasn't due to a broken light, but rather something intentionally caused it.
Bai Yuze didn't step out of the elevator; he simply kept pressing the door-close button.
Suddenly, red liquid began to flow from the cracks inside the elevator, gradually rising above his ankles.
"Aren't you going to come out and meet me?"
Bai Yuze was unmoved. Such petty tricks that affected perception couldn't fool him.
The elevator doors closed, the liquid disappeared, and the electronic screen returned to normal.
Ding!
The first floor arrived… The elevator doors slowly opened, but Bai Yuze merely glanced out before reaching for the emergency call button.
"Junior, don't be so scared. I was just teasing you…"
Bai Yuze's hand was grabbed, and suddenly three more people appeared in the elevator. Two were unfamiliar faces, but one he recognized: the Student Council Vice President, Nagumo.
"You are…?"
Bai Yuze feigned surprise, while Nagumo smiled and said softly to Bai Yuze.
"Don't be nervous, Junior. We're not ghosts. Let me introduce myself, I'm Nan Yunya, the Student Council Vice President. The scene you just saw was actually just these two guys wanting to test the ability of a strange artifact. I apologize for the trouble."
"Vice President Nagumo is truly enthusiastic. I wonder if this is my honor or my misfortune?"
Bai Yuze deliberately emphasized the word "Vice," and such a jarring tone caused a few black lines to appear on Nan Yunya's forehead. He hated it when others focused on his "Vice President" status. Privately, his subordinates would directly call him President Nagumo to flatter him.
But Bai Yuze had no need to flatter Nan Yunya, so he naturally wouldn't give him a pleasant look.
"Don't be angry, Junior. Hey! You two, hurry up and apologize to the Junior!"
Nan Yunya ordered his two followers to bow and apologize to Bai Yuze. Bai Yuze didn't care, instead pondering Nan Yunya's motive for approaching him. Nan Yunya's words might fool a child, but to fool him, he'd need more practice.
"Junior, here are 500,000 points. Consider it compensation for your emotional distress."
Nan Yunya handed Bai Yuze a card. By scanning the QR code on the card, one could deposit and withdraw funds.
Bai Yuze smiled. The dagger was finally revealed. After all that, it turned out he was trying to win him over. He remembered that in the original novel, Nan Yunya was always at odds with Horikita Manabu. Leaving aside their ideological differences, Nan Yunya still greatly admired Horikita Manabu, even choosing to follow in Horikita Manabu's footsteps after graduation.
They were like arch-rivals and close friends…
As for whether to accept these 500,000 points… Of course, he'd take them! Why refuse something given for free? Besides, accepting them didn't mean he was taking sides.
Seeing Bai Yuze accept, Nan Yunya's smile grew brighter, and he became smug. He had thought that the person Horikita Manabu valued would have some special ability, but it turned out to be just a small-minded person who was easily swayed by money…
(Did Senior Horikita misjudge him? That's truly disappointing.)
Nan Yunya had always made defeating Horikita Manabu his goal, so he secretly and openly monitored Horikita Manabu's actions. After discovering that he had recently been paying attention to a new student, he immediately came in person to test this new student's strength. The result was somewhat disappointing.
However, he still chose to win over Bai Yuze. After all, a new student so highly valued by Horikita Manabu was being won over by him. Just imagining Horikita Manabu's surprised expression in his mind made him unable to help but laugh.
"Junior is quite calm. Would you like to join the Student Council?"
Nan Yunya extended an olive branch to Bai Yuze, but Bai Yuze directly refused.
"I'm sorry, I refuse. I don't think my current abilities are sufficient for Student Council work."
Nan Yunya somewhat approved of Bai Yuze's words. He always disliked those who lacked self-awareness. Most of these self-important individuals became nourishment for The Strange World.
"All right, I'll keep a spot for you in the Student Council."
Nan Yunya smiled at Bai Yuze, who had his eyes closed. Just then, the elevator arrived at the actual first floor. Nan Yunya left with his two subordinates. As for why Bai Yuze had his eyes closed, Nan Yunya thought he must be scared.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud again.
At this moment, his two subordinates next to him leaned in and whispered.
"Boss, weren't we here to snatch his strange artifact? Why did we give this kid money?"
"I told you to use your brain more often. Now you have a problem, right? There are cameras in the elevator. Do you think everyone is like you, just looking askance, twisting their mouth, and blindly doing things?"
The other subordinate immediately scoffed.
"Hey! You want to fight?"
"Bring it on, I'm not scared of you?!"
"Shut up! You two idiots!"
Nan Yunya had a headache. If it weren't for their loyalty, he would have kicked them aside long ago.
Bai Yuze walked out of the elevator and began to control Yamauchi Haruki. Since the other party was using him as a whetstone, the other party should at least let him practice his punches…
This is called… courtesy demands reciprocity!