"..."
Su Ming fell silent as he looked at the beautiful girl staring intently at him.
At that moment, there was only one thought in his mind: MMP, I don't know whether I should say this or not.
Especially when the gazes gathering behind him were like death rays, drilling into his body and making him feel a chill down his spine, Su Ming could only turn toward Lei Hao, who had dragged him out of the dorm without explanation, and try to kill him with his eyes.
Unfortunately, Lei Hao's eyes held only the goddess who had accompanied him through countless nights in his dreams, inspiring him to practice his ancestral craft innumerable times.
"I brought him to you, Senior Qianqian."
Lei Hao moved up to Xu Qianqian with a broad grin on his face.
However, his bare-chested, grinning appearance looked rather lecherous, making Xu Qianqian discreetly take a step to the side.
Thinking he smelled sweaty, Lei Hao hurriedly backed away, unaware that Xu Qianqian simply found him creepy.
Not to mention that the impact of their first meeting had yet to fade much for Xu Qianqian.
So, Xu Qianqian gave Lei Hao a token nod and thanked him before continuing to stare at Su Ming.
Meanwhile, after receiving a nod and thanks from his goddess, Lei Hao had already fallen into a dazed state of bliss.
"She thanked me. She thanked me. That makes four sentences now, right? Hehe."
Lei Hao began basking in self-indulgence.
"..."
Xu Qianqian inexplicably regretted coming straight to his door so openly.
From Xu Qianqian's subtle expression, Su Ming could tell that Young Master Lei had completely lost his right to court a goddess. His resentment toward Lei Hao quietly turned into sympathy.
But now was not the time to care about Lei Hao, that lecherous brute.
What concerned Su Ming was why Xu Qianqian was here, why Lei Hao had brought him here, and why this treasured jewel of the Hunter Department was looking at him like that.
Could it be...
A trace of speculation flashed through Su Ming's mind, and his gaze darkened slightly before immediately returning to normal.
"You're Senior Xu Qianqian?"
Su Ming's tone was full of hesitation and surprise, even carrying a hint of nervous timidity. He looked exactly like a passerby suddenly approached by a hugely famous celebrity.
Clearly, Su Ming, who only wanted to be a Side Character, was acting again.
If an ordinary person saw Su Ming's performance, they would probably immediately see him as a lucky guy who had accidentally caught the goddess's attention.
But Xu Qianqian did not react that way. Instead, she kept staring at Su Ming, as though she were investigating something, or perhaps confirming something.
After a while, Xu Qianqian spoke.
"Su Ming, right?" Xu Qianqian looked directly at him. "We've finally met properly."
Xu Qianqian's words left many of the people secretly watching slightly stunned.
Finally met properly?
What did that mean?
Su Ming was also somewhat confused, but he was even more wary.
It was impossible for him not to be wary after Xu Qianqian suddenly came looking for him for no apparent reason.
Especially considering what had happened before.
Under such circumstances, Su Ming only wanted to keep as much distance from Xu Qianqian as possible. Ideally, they would never have anything to do with each other again.
But just as Su Ming was preparing to find an opportunity to slip away, Xu Qianqian suddenly said something.
"There's something I want to talk to you about." Xu Qianqian said abruptly, "Do you have time?"
The moment those words came out, Su Ming's body jolted.
He could feel the gazes gathered behind him instantly fill with shock and terrifying hostility.
"Is that... an invitation to a date?"
"No! Impossible!"
"How could Xu Qianqian ask a guy out!?"
"Hasn't Xu Qianqian avoided close contact with the opposite sex entirely since enrolling two years ago!?"
"I heard that when even the top student of the Hunter Department asked Xu Qianqian out, she rejected him without hesitation!"
"Who's that guy?"
"Which department is he from?"
"Which dorm is he in?"
"I've been researching how to use ropes to tie women—ptui, enemies—into presentable poses. How about we visit that guy's dorm tonight?"
"Good idea!"
Amid the faint whispers, Su Ming clearly sensed danger to his life.
There was nothing he could do about that.
Although rumors about An Zijin had been filling the academy recently, and her popularity seemed poised to surpass Xu Qianqian's, Xu Qianqian had occupied the female pedestal of Demon Hunter Academy for a full two years. She was the genuine School Belle, and almost no one could match her aura.
She might not have been as universally adored as An Zijin, but her popularity was beyond question.
At the very least, before An Zijin appeared, Xu Qianqian had been the only person in Demon Hunter Academy with her own fan club.
It was easy to imagine how many secret admirers someone like Xu Qianqian had.
Especially those rough men in the Hunter Department, every one of whom viewed Xu Qianqian as a High Mountain Flower and the goddess of their dreams.
If An Zijin was the princess of the Sorcerer Department, then Xu Qianqian was the queen of the Hunter Department.
The lofty queen herself had descended upon the men's dormitory just to invite an "unknown" Side Character?
If they did not kill him, then who would they kill?
Even Young Master Lei, who had been lost in self-indulgence, snapped awake. After a moment of silence, he shot Su Ming a blade-sharp glare.
Su Ming knew that this guy was definitely considering whether he should put righteousness before family for the sake of love.
At once, Su Ming's survival instincts erupted.
"Um..." Su Ming said quietly to Xu Qianqian, "I might not have time lately."
However, Su Ming's words, born from his desire to survive, only made the resentment in those gathered gazes grow stronger.
"Is he trying to refuse?"
"He's refusing, right?"
"Refusing Xu Qianqian?"
"He actually dares refuse Queen Qianqian's invitation? Who does he think he is?"
The whispers made the veins at the corners of Su Ming's eyes throb.
The key was that Lei Hao actually sold Su Ming out too.
"Don't listen to him, Senior. He's been really free lately. Other than class, he stays in the dorm reading every day. He's even maintained perfect attendance this year, so he has plenty of time!"
Whether it was to get back at Su Ming for exposing his embarrassing secret in the dorm earlier, or simply to suck up to Xu Qianqian, Young Master Lei sold him out without hesitation.
This made Su Ming secretly decide that once he got back, he would hide the sword Ye Bai had thrown away and let this shameless bastard experience a new world someday, deep in the night where no one would know.
Xu Qianqian had already turned a faintly amused gaze toward Su Ming.
"Your roommate says so. What do you think?"
Xu Qianqian seemed to find things increasingly interesting.
Su Ming cursed nonstop in his heart, though his face maintained a somewhat strained smile.
"Don't listen to him, Senior. He's a lunatic who talks nonsense. After all, no normal person runs through the streets bare-chested while crying."
Su Ming stabbed Lei Hao in the back.
"I didn't! I'm not! Don't talk nonsense!"
Lei Hao's old face reddened as he jumped in agitation, seemingly unwilling to let Su Ming ruin his glorious image before the goddess.
Su Ming really wanted to kindly tell him that his glorious image had long since vanished.
But then Xu Qianqian leaned directly toward Su Ming's ear.
"I want to talk to you about what happened that night."
Upon hearing those words, Su Ming did not reveal a grave expression. Instead, he looked utterly baffled.
"What are you talking about? What happened that night?"
Su Ming looked genuinely confused.
Naturally, he would not be frightened by a baseless statement, especially since he had already vaguely guessed the reason and mentally prepared himself.
Otherwise, why would Xu Qianqian suddenly come looking for him and specifically ask to see him?
She was probably here because of what happened that night, right?
This time, Su Ming was already on the fifth floor.
So, he intended to play dumb to the bitter end.
Yet for some reason, Xu Qianqian completely ignored Su Ming's performance, looking utterly certain.
"You can't fool me." Xu Qianqian looked deeply at Su Ming. "Others might be bluffed by you, but I'm different."
"Because I've been paying attention to you for a long time."
As she said that, Xu Qianqian handed Su Ming a note.
"Come find me once you've thought it through. I'll be waiting."
Only after leaving those parting words did Xu Qianqian turn and leave.
Su Ming looked at the note in his hand and deeply regretted instinctively taking it.
For no other reason than that the gazes gathered on him had already become almost tangible, brimming with killing intent.
"Ah, I'm going to die..."
Su Ming came to that realization.
Just as he was about to run, a strong, powerful hand gripped his shoulder tightly.
"Su Ming..."
Young Master Lei looked at Su Ming gloomily.
"Could you tell us what Senior wrote on that note?"
Clearly, Xu Qianqian's act of giving him a note had caused these brutes to misunderstand.
Ye Bai, standing in the dormitory corridor while holding his confession letter, sighed in admiration.
"As expected of a goddess. Even the posture and method she uses to deliver a love letter are so novel."
That sentence completely ignited the killing intent of every male in the dorm.
Seeing one bare-chested brute after another rush out of the dormitory with savage expressions and charge toward him, Su Ming's buttocks clenched. Without a second thought, he turned and ran.
"Don't run!!!"
Unfortunately, as a Sorcerer, Su Ming was unsurprisingly caught by one muscular Hunter after another and instantly tackled to the ground.
The bare-chested brutes piled on one after another.
Pinned at the very bottom, Su Ming finally experienced what it felt like to be buried beneath a mountain of men.
"Xu Qianqian! I'm not done with you!!!"
Su Ming only felt that he had been victimized by that hateful crazy woman once again.
After the grudge over his wrist, Su Ming ruthlessly added another debt to Xu Qianqian's account in his heart.
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