Who Knows What This Guy Was Imagining

Donghai University was one of the top universities in the country. If you asked Su Li, already a sophomore, what he liked most about Donghai University, he would answer without hesitation—the cafeterias!

Donghai University's cafeterias were undoubtedly deluxe. Su Li's campus alone had four of them, and the food was delicious and cheap, nothing like those overpriced, scammy places outside!

But today, Su Li tragically discovered that the cafeterias that had always satisfied him no longer seemed capable of doing so.

That afternoon, after visiting three cafeterias in a row and barely eating until he was thirty percent full, Su Li went to his classroom with a gloomy expression.

Su Li had discovered that his talent, "Eat," was absolutely a bottomless pit. He had switched cafeterias three times and consumed as much food in one meal as he normally ate in three days, yet it had barely made a ripple.

In the end, Su Li had secretly eaten several stainless steel trays before he could barely reach thirty percent full.

Just as the blue panel had described, everything within Su Li's sight was food.

Su Li had discovered it by accident. Eating stainless steel trays felt just like eating ordinary pastries—easy and pleasant.

It made Su Li question his life. Maybe he really had become some kind of "monster" that could eat the sky, the earth, and even the air!

During class, Su Li stared at the teacher lecturing them, his face full of resentment.

No one would be happy if they were constantly hungry and unable to eat their fill.

And ever since Su Li had eaten those stainless steel trays, he wanted to toss everything he saw into his mouth for a taste.

For example, the gel pen in his hand, the desk beneath him, even the teacher at the podium...

Ahem, it wasn't that exaggerated. Eating people was impossible. Su Li wasn't insane enough to go that far.

Just as Su Li was wallowing in resentment, Zheng Hongyu beside him suddenly nudged his arm.

Zheng Hongyu was the bowl-cut young man who had been with Su Li that morning. He was also the only person in their dorm who was not single, though that was not important.

When Su Li turned his head, Zheng Hongyu lowered his own and whispered, "Bro, did you notice? There's a girl in our class who's been staring at you."

Zheng Hongyu's words made Su Li turn around instinctively. The next moment, his gaze met that of a girl behind him wearing an enormous pair of glasses.

The girl had extremely long bangs, and together with those oversized glasses, they hid her face completely. Su Li stared for a while but still could not make out what she looked like.

Still, her skin looked pretty good! Su Li secretly remarked.

Perhaps sensing the meaning in Su Li's gaze, the girl instantly lowered her head, looking remarkably guilty.

Su Li: "..."

"So? You saw her, right?" Zheng Hongyu asked.

"Yeah."

Su Li nodded thoughtfully.

"What was that girl's name again? She doesn't have much presence, but who would've thought you'd quietly managed to hook up with her?" Zheng Hongyu looked thoroughly gossipy.

"Xia Ke? Xia Qing?"

Although they were in the same class, they barely interacted outside of class, so it was perfectly normal not to remember her name.

As for Zheng Hongyu's claim that he had hooked up with her, Su Li completely ignored it.

Before entering the Virtual Universe, Su Li had devoted himself to studying in preparation for graduate school entrance exams. Together with Zhao Shengkai, the other studious guy in their dorm, he had been known as the two academic aces of Room 414. After entering the Virtual Universe, it went without saying.

Was flirting with girls more fun than going to Gorol Star to study?

Of course, if a girl took the initiative, Su Li would not refuse. He was a normal man, after all... Unfortunately, he was just an utterly ordinary student. How could any girl possibly take the initiative to flirt with him?

As for why this girl had kept staring at him... Su Li felt that really was a problem!

Could she have seen his heroic display of stuffing himself at the cafeteria today? Su Li thought gloomily.

Still, it was not a major issue. Su Li was certain that when he ate the trays, he had done so completely discreetly. As for the rest, he had merely eaten a little more than usual.

Who said he was not allowed to eat a lot?

"You're the typical scumbag. You flirted with her, but you can't even remember her name. Unlike me, I'm absolutely devoted to Yaoyao!" Zheng Hongyu seized the chance to say.

"Heh. Your girlfriend isn't even here, so who are you showing off your affection to?" Su Li gave a cold laugh, full of disdain. He had seen plenty of public displays of affection and had built up a strong resistance!

"..."

Perhaps Zheng Hongyu thought Su Li had a point, because he quickly fell silent.

However, after only a moment, Zheng Hongyu leaned over again.

"Brother, our calculus professor has really been doing something big lately. Did you know?" Zheng Hongyu asked quietly.

Su Li glanced at him without speaking.

"Hey, it's classified. Don't you want to know?" Zheng Hongyu whispered again.

"Classified? If even you know about it, how could it be classified?" Su Li asked.

"Fine, it's not exactly classified, but ordinary people definitely don't know about it!" Zheng Hongyu explained.

"Then tell me." Seeing how unwilling Zheng Hongyu was to keep it to himself, Su Li had no choice but to indulge him.

Honestly, if this had been in the past, when Su Li was still an academic ace, there was no way he would have paid attention to a slacker like Zheng Hongyu during a major course!

"You know Yaoyao's best friend, right? The one who's incredibly well-informed! Recently, she told Yaoyao that it wasn't just Old Liu—many famous professors from other schools were busy with research projects too! And all those projects were connected, obviously preparing for the same thing. Apparently, the country is planning something big!" Zheng Hongyu said mysteriously.

"Old Liu is an expert, more or less. What's so strange about him working on a research project? And those other professors, when have they ever been idle?" Su Li said.

"And since when did you start caring about national affairs?"

"Shallow!" Zheng Hongyu gave Su Li a "shallow" evaluation.

"Heh." Su Li laughed dismissively, then suddenly remembered the door latch he had snapped that morning.

"Old Zheng, I remember you have a membership card for Feng Tao's gym. Can you lend it to me after class?" Su Li asked.

"Tsk, you've finally figured it out. No problem, your big brother's got you covered!"

Zheng Hongyu smiled meaningfully and handed Su Li a card.

Su Li: "..."

Who knew what the hell this guy had imagined?