Free Web NovelAt five past eight in the evening, it had been dark for a long time, and Gu Qianqian had just finished her last part-time job for the day – helping the canteen unload goods.
In front of the canteen's back kitchen passage door.
Gu Qianqian clapped her hands and smiled at the middle-aged Uncle responsible for unloading, "Old Zhao, I've moved all the vegetables in for you! Remember to settle this month's wages for me after finishing tomorrow!"
The Uncle responsible for unloading was named Zhao Wu. He was of medium height, a bit bald, wore a cultural shirt given for topping up phone credit, and stepped in a pair of plastic slippers.
He looked a bit sloppy overall, but his sharp eyes, like rats wandering in the dark night, were exceptionally shrewd.
Hearing that Gu Qianqian wanted to settle her wages tomorrow, a hint of panic appeared on Zhao Wu's face, "What's wrong! Things are going well, why suddenly settle wages? Little Gu, are you complaining that Uncle is paying too little?"
Most school canteens would have some indescribable shady dealings, more or less.
Although the procurement for the canteen at Huacheng Institute of Technology hadn't reached the point of being insane enough to buy things like zombies or rotten vegetable leaves, there were always some elements of cutting corners.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible to unload goods openly during the day; work could only begin after dark.
Since the night had become long, night shift part-timers had always been hard to hire, which benefited someone like Gu Qianqian, who was bold as brass and loved money like her life.
Although Gu Qianqian's hourly wage was more than three times that of a regular part-timer, she was incredibly strong! In the same amount of time, she could do the work of five to eight people by herself.
Therefore, upon hearing that Gu Qianqian wanted to settle her wages, Zhao Wu felt a wave of panic. If Gu Qianqian left, where could he find a worker who was so cheap, good at the job, and kept her mouth shut?
"Uncle, I'm not complaining about the low wage. Among all the part-time jobs I've done, your place pays the highest!"
"However, the day after tomorrow, I need to go on a long trip, and I'm not sure when I'll be back."
"Uncle, don't worry, when I come back, I will definitely continue to work part-time for you!" Gu Qianqian patted her chest and promised.
Hearing Gu Qianqian say this, Zhao Wu slightly relaxed, and his face broke into a network of wrinkles from smiling.
Gu Qianqian was a university student, how far could she go on a long trip? Was she not going to school anymore? At most, she would just take advantage of the school anniversary holiday to travel around the vicinity.
"That's good, that's good, you must come back! I'll keep the position for you anytime. Oh, right, here, this is the chicken leg rice from the canteen that I saved for you today, the chicken leg is definitely the biggest!"
"Thank you, Uncle!" Gu Qianqian took the packed chicken leg rice from Zhao Wu's hand and left joyfully.
After walking through half of the campus, until the surroundings became quiet, the system finally showed itself and whispered in Gu Qianqian's ear, "Gu Qianqian, a meal of chicken leg rice makes you this happy, can't you have some class? As your system, I feel very embarrassed!"
"Mhm, mhm, got it. Next time I'll ask Uncle Zhao to get a pot of dry pot 【dish】, that should be fine, right?" Gu Qianqian said perfunctorily. frёewebηovel.cѳm
"Tsk!" The system spat disdainfully and brought the topic back to the main point, "Find a place later, quickly eat your meal, and then continue looking for that set of Bamboo Scroll Illusion."
"It was fine just now, but suddenly I can't sense it within the school grounds. I think something is wrong!"
"Got it." Gu Qianqian replied, then suddenly seemed to remember something, slapped her head and said, "Oh, right, I forgot to ask you just now."
"Where did those two people chasing and hitting the Headless Senior come from? We've been looking for that female ghost for so long, and just like that, someone stole the fruits of victory. I feel so annoyed!"
As Gu Qianqian spoke, she found a bench by the roadside and sat down, unwrapped the chicken leg rice package, looked at the plump and tempting chicken leg inside, swallowed hard, and impatiently broke apart the disposable chopsticks.
"Those are people from the Eclipse Society..."
"What kind of'Society'? Is it more powerful than the student union?" Gu Qianqian, holding a chopstick in her mouth, tilted her head with a blank expression.
These past few days, in order to infiltrate the student union, and during the school anniversary, sneak into Professor Ma's laboratory to enter the Bamboo Scroll Illusion and create an alibi, Gu Qianqian had suffered a lot and was almost getting a psychological trauma.
"A bunch of kids pretending to be Adults, acting like bureaucrats, can they be compared to a urban legend terrorist organization?" the system said indignantly.
"I'm telling you, Gu Qianqian, pay a little more attention! Don't always run errands for them for just five or ten yuan. Even if you're short on money, can't you charge a bit more?"
"Don't you know they're treating you like a fool?"
The system got furious just thinking about the saying circulating among the student union members: "As long as you give Gu ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ Qianqian ten yuan, she can help you do anything that doesn't violate principles."
"Hehe, you don't understand. I think they are the fools!" Gu Qianqian said with a chuckle, "As long as they keep thinking they can tease me for ten yuan, I can keep making money."
The system, "..." This, it actually makes sense? But don't you feel ashamed? This girl, she can really come up with any method for making money.
"Alright, let's not talk about this. In short, those people from the Eclipse Society are very dangerous, not someone you can provoke right now."
"If they want to sneak underground in the school to look for something, let them. Let's pretend we didn't see anything. If we meddle, the outcome will be the same as that Headless Senior just now," the system said solemnly.
Gu Qianqian's heart pounded with fear. The chicken leg in her mouth plopped back into the bowl, "You mean, we will also be sent flying before we even see the person?"
Why was her focus always so strange? the system grumbled inwardly, and replied, "That's right! In short, just don't interfere, and someone will deal with them later."
"Who?"
"Why are you asking this? Stop asking and eat your food!"
"No, no, you must tell me today. If you don't tell me, I won't be able to sleep tonight," Gu Qianqian said with a pout, "Come on, tell me quickly!"
"Disaster. Are you satisfied now?" the system said impatiently.
Destroying the Eclipse Society, perhaps that was the most correct thing she had ever done to this world? the system thought. But, that couldn't offset the sins she had committed! the system thought.
"System..."
Just as the system was thinking, Gu Qianqian's voice drifted over faintly.
"What is it?"
"How are you so sure that she will definitely destroy the Eclipse Society? I've noticed your predictions have been getting less and less accurate lately. Maybe she should be careful one day?" Gu Qianqian said.
"Damn it! Are you trying to pick a fight? Be careful, I'll erase you, you bastard!" the system said angrily and shamefully, "I can guarantee that this prediction is absolutely the most accurate one in recent times!"
After all, something like avenging a father's murder, even a lunatic like Disaster, once she knows, would find a way to get revenge, right? the system thought.
"Alright, stop thinking about these useless things. Hurry up and eat, and we'll continue looking after you finish..."
"I'm already done eating!" Gu Qianqian rubbed her small belly, which showed almost no change after eating two portions of chicken leg rice, and said.
"Holy crap?! When did you..."
"It should be..." Gu Qianqian poked her chin with her index finger, recalling slightly, "I can't remember. It was too little, I didn't feel anything at all, so I didn't remember."
Alright, well, who told her she was still in her growth phase?
After all, the Spirit Mark requires quite a lot of energy to transform the body. It should get better once she's fully developed, right? Uh, probably.
"Oh, right, system..."
"Hm?"
"I've sensed the Bamboo Scroll Illusion," Gu Qianqian said, raising her arm and rolling up her sleeve, revealing her slender, fair arm.
On her arm, there was a red swelling that looked like a mosquito bite, with the faint outline of a lantern visible. Blood-red cracks spread outwards in all directions, looking somewhat ferocious.
At this moment, beneath the red, swollen skin, a faint red light was glowing. That was proof that the Bamboo Scroll Illusion was within a one-kilometer radius of her.
"Strange, why did it suddenly come back?" the system muttered to itself in a low voice, pondered for a few seconds, and then said to Gu Qianqian, "Gu Qianqian, go and take a look."
"System, aren't you going to issue a task for this?" Gu Qianqian asked.
"Stop talking nonsense, no new stock recently! Don't think I don't know what you want to do? You just want to exchange points for more cash to buy the crystal shoes you want to wear to the dance, right?"
"Go buy a pair of nineteen yuan eighty plastic crystal sandals on Taobao later, I'll enchant them for you, the effect will be the same."
Gu Qianqian felt a bit wronged and said with a pout, "But I still want..."
"Want what! You don't want it! What bicycle does a poor ghost want?"
"But I want crystal shoes, not a bicycle..."
"..." The system was silent for a few seconds, then changed its strategy and said, "Don't you want to be like Cinderella and meet a prince at the ball? Cinderella used a fake product. Can you use a real one?"
Gu Qianqian carefully considered the system's words and nodded, "Alright, what you said seems to make some sense."
...
Just as Gu Qianqian and the system decided to go to the location of the Bamboo Scroll Illusion to check the situation.
On the other side, under a lush and thriving banyan tree near the Four Gate Main Street.
"Whew—!"
After burying the last First Light Spring Wind Curse used to make the trap, Lu Yibei straightened up and let out a long sigh of relief.
"This should be enough, right?"
Half an hour ago, after she realized there was no way to take the Headless Senior with her, the idea of setting up some defensive traps on the spot occurred to her.
Although the methods for setting up these traps were learned just two days ago from a wilderness survival UP on Bilibili to deal with the strange Old man, she wasn't sure if they would work well.
However, since there was no way to leave the Headless Senior behind and leave by herself, she could only stay put. Since she was idle anyway, she might as well make some preparations.
What if it works?
If it works, as long as a urban legend triggers the mechanism, it will be knocked to the ground by the great sun mingwang statue pendulum, and then over seventy Chu Jing Chun Curse will be sprinkled on its body all at once.
She wondered what it would look like if over seventy Chu Jing Chun Curse were detonated together? It must be very beautiful, right?
As Lu Yibei thought, the light in her eyes gradually became perverted.
How did that saying go? Oh, right, explosion is art! Mehahaha—!
