Lin Xiaoxi's blunt words landed a critical hit on Cao Rui and Chen Tao, dealing tons of damage.
—Even if we weren't that good-looking, we weren't ugly! The atmosphere froze, until Mom stepped in with a smile to smooth things over. "Da Yao, you classmates haven't seen each other in a long time. Have a good chat. We'll take Xiaoxi to register and find her dorm." Li Yao nodded, and the two elders hurried off with Lin Xiaoxi. They were obviously avoiding those two beasts in the dorm.
Cao Rui and Chen Tao watched Lin Xiaoxi's departing figure and shook their heads with sighs. "The girl's great in every way, except her mouth is a little too vicious."
Chen Tao pondered, "How did she even grow up?"
With a mouth like that, how had no one beaten her to death? They looked at Li Yao, hoping for an answer.
Li Yao considered it for two seconds before saying, "Because she's pretty?"
Cao Rui and Chen Tao exchanged glances, their blazing eyes reaching a consensus—kill this bastard! Right now! At that moment, Zhao Shuisheng suddenly said, "Don't you think that girl looked familiar?" With Zhao Shuisheng's reminder, Cao Rui and Chen Tao immediately fell into thought.
Soon, they thought of Lin Xiaowei.
Then...
The way they looked at Li Yao changed. "Beast!"
He wouldn't even spare two sisters from the same family!
Li Yao rolled his eyes. He could guess what those two idiots were thinking with his toenails. He did not bother explaining and merely said, "Want that girl's WeChat?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
The two beasts vividly demonstrated what it meant to be won over in an instant.
Li Yao pushed the luggage in his hands toward them. "Take this back to the dorm, then treat me to dinner!"
The meal cost over nine hundred yuan. He had finally made up for it!
I, Li Yao, always repay my grudges! After ruthlessly fleecing the two beasts, Li Yao forwarded Lin Xiaoxi's WeChat contact card to them. He sold his best friend's little sister without the slightest hesitation. As for whether they could actually get together with Lin Xiaoxi, that was another matter.
Freshmen still had to undergo two weeks of military training, while upperclassmen like Li Yao had it much easier. Every freshman orientation season was when they let themselves loose. The entire campus seemed filled with uninhibited hormones—senior boys hit on freshman girls, senior girls hit on freshman boys, and every year brought its share of news and jokes. As the saying went, as long as life went on, so did troublemaking.
Li Yao was handsome, so he had always been the one getting confessed to.
But he had little interest in that sort of thing. In the past, Lin Xiaowei had helped him fend them off. Now that Lin Xiaowei was gone, quite a few girls were beginning to stir, but Li Yao gave them no chance.
I, Li Yao, am single on my own merits!
After returning to school, he asked a real estate agent to purchase a studio apartment near University City. It came fully furnished with appliances, ready to move into.
Other than being close to school, he did not consider any other factors.
Housing prices in the provincial capital were high, and prices near University City were even higher—nearly forty thousand yuan per square meter. Li Yao had spent over three million yuan some time ago and still had six million left. After negotiating with the agent, he paid in full, for a total price of 1.9 million yuan.
After spending a week completing the procedures, Li Yao took the things from his Space Ring and began pursuing the path of alchemy.
It was not an easy path.
Fortunately, the Cleansing Potion and Vitality Potion were not particularly difficult Alchemy Potions to brew. With Lin Xiaowei's early assistance, there should not be much of a problem.
Before getting started, Li Yao carefully read through the alchemy formulas and precautions, marking the more important sections for focused study. Once he had thoroughly understood the steps, he began brewing... Unsurprisingly, his first two attempts both failed. The main issue lay in the process of extracting the medicinal ingredients—the pharmaceutical equipment in the magic world was powered by magic as well.
At first, Li Yao had thought that these medicinal ingredients with psionic properties also required magical equipment for extraction.
But after two trial runs, he discovered that was not the case.
Some magical extraction devices could actually be replaced by Earth's equipment, such as centrifugal extractors... Magical devices required mages to operate them with mental power, and without sufficient experience, it was difficult to control their precision. By comparison, Earth's extraction and synthesis equipment was far more user-friendly. After carefully comparing the functions of scientific and magical equipment, Li Yao replaced several instruments.
And the results were pretty good!
After another five attempts, he actually succeeded in brewing two Cleansing Potions! In a room filled with draft papers and alchemy test tubes, Li Yao held the Cleansing Potion up to the window. The pale green liquid was slightly viscous and gave off a pungent, mint-like smell. Its color and condition were exactly as described in the formula. He knew he had succeeded! When magic fell short, technology made up for it!
Still, success was success. Who cared what method he had used?
He just did not dare use this potion directly on humans yet, so he ordered two Miniature Pigs to test its effects.
It would take another week for the pigs to be shipped over. Meanwhile, he had been completely absorbed in alchemy and paid little attention to the outside world. Other than attending class, he rarely stayed on campus. Cao Rui and the others had looked for him many times in the dorm. If they had not still been able to contact him, they might have called the police!
After successfully brewing the Cleansing Potion, Li Yao finally relaxed. He decided to take the next few days to unwind properly.
He left the apartment and returned to campus.
Strolling along the tree-lined paths of Southeast University, Li Yao felt his constantly taut nerves ease, and his mood was no longer quite so gloomy.
However, he noticed many students eagerly heading toward the Great Hall. Was there some event at school?
He stopped a girl who looked like a junior student and asked, "Hello, where are you all going?"
The junior student he stopped grew a little nervous—
This senior was so handsome!
Blushing shyly, she said, "It's Senior Li Shishi! She was invited back to school to give an opening lecture. A lot of alumni are at the Great Hall, and if you get there too late, you might only be able to watch the livestream. Would you like to come with me, Senior? I have an extra ticket." It was actually her roommate's ticket, but if she was not going to sell out her roommate now, then when would she?
Li Yao smiled. "Thanks, but I'm not that interested."
With that, he walked away on his own, leaving the junior student behind with a face full of regret.
By then, evening was approaching. Fiery clouds lingered across the sky, exceptionally magnificent.
He stood in a corner of campus, watching and feeling, as a different sort of emotion gradually rose within him... He was here, yet the scope of his heart had already changed.
And so, these sights that had once seemed ordinary, even boring, now became more vivid.
Li Yao wandered around for a while and was about to return to the dorm when he happened to run into Cao Rui and the other two leaving it.
Cao Rui said, "Yo, Li Yao! There you are. Come on, come on! Let's go to the Great Hall!"
Chen Tao said, "We haven't seen you at all lately. You don't know, do you? Li Shishi is here!"
The two idiots hooked Li Yao under the arms and dragged him toward the Great Hall, talking as they walked. "Li Shishi is no ordinary person. She was originally a top student in the Medical Department. Later, she went on to graduate school and even earned a degree from the Business School while she was there. She's amazing! After graduating, she entered the biotech industry and founded a beauty and skincare company. It's huge now! Her assets are nearly several hundred million!"
Cao Rui chuckled. "Southeast University has produced plenty of talented people, so her achievements aren't all that impressive. The key is that she's beautiful! She was already a celebrity at Southeast University when she was a student!"
Li Yao finally understood—no wonder those two beasts were so excited.
Today shouldn't have run this late... but how could life ever go exactly as one wished? Sorry for the wait, everyone. I still hope you'll give me your bookmarks, recommendations, and tips. I, Teemo, am greedy!
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