Favour from the School Belle

Longyao City, downtown station.

Inside this station in downtown Longyao City, there was a passage reserved for professionals.

As its name suggested, this passage was for professionals to use.

This special passage not only led to the ordinary platforms, but also to a special platform that would be activated only in emergencies. Its purpose was to send Hunters and Warlocks to the sites of emergencies as quickly as possible whenever necessary.

On this day, the platform was activated.

Countless professionals, some carrying weapons and others traveling in groups, entered the professional passage in an endless stream under the guidance of the staff arranged by the Base City authorities. They then arrived at the platform and waited for the train parked there to depart.

That was right.

For the battle in Huaming District, the Base City had arranged special trains for professionals from every region.

As long as professionals holding occupational certificates answered the Base City's call and prepared to head to Huaming District, they could board with their licenses. Not only was it free, but every seat also came with service better than first class on an ordinary train. No matter what they ate or drank, they would not be charged, guaranteeing them a more comfortable journey than anyone else.

The students of Demon Hunter Academy also enjoyed the same treatment as professionals that day, using their student IDs.

As a result, the students, who had been extremely nervous before departure, had all boarded the train and begun chatting excitedly.

That included Su Ming and the other five.

"This is my first time using the professional passage and riding a train from the special platform."

"Who hasn't?"

Lei Hao and Ye Bai set their luggage aside and chatted excitedly.

"Can we eat anything here?"

"It's all free?"

"Then let's order some!"

An Zijin, Yao Beibei, and Jiang Wanyu, three girls at the age when they loved to have fun, were holding the meal menu provided by the train and chattering among themselves, their faces full of delight.

Under these circumstances, Su Ming alone looked somewhat listless.

"Ha~~~(__)(-)(~O~)...(-)"

Su Ming let out a huge yawn, looking bleary-eyed.

"Are you tired, Brother Su Ming?" An Zijin's attention seemed to always be on Su Ming. Seeing him like this, she immediately asked with concern, "Didn't you get enough rest last night?"

Before Su Ming could respond to An Zijin, Lei Hao and Ye Bai attacked him first.

"Don't ask, Junior An." Lei Hao said irritably, "Who knows what was wrong with this guy? He suddenly got up in the middle of the night and started laughing, scaring the hell out of us."

"Yeah." Ye Bai also did not miss the chance to ruin Su Ming's image. He said honestly, "He was already lying in bed, but then he suddenly started laughing, then suddenly began waving his hands and dancing around. After that, he even ran into the bathroom. Who knew what he was doing? He kept us from sleeping."

Hearing this, Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu immediately turned their attention over.

"No way, Senior Su Ming?" Jiang Wanyu thought mischievously, Could it be that you have sleepwalking disorder?

"You mustn't neglect your rest." Yao Beibei also spoke softly. "There will still be plenty to do later. If you're tired, it's fine if you hold us back, Senior, but it wouldn't be good if you held back Little Zijin."

That statement was positively malicious.

"Brother Su Ming would never sleepwalk, and he wouldn't hold us back."

An Zijin expressed her displeasure.

But the other four clearly harbored all kinds of indescribable malice toward Su Ming. Seeing An Zijin speak up for him, they immediately joined forces.

"That's not necessarily true, Junior."

"In the past, whenever we woke up in the middle of the night, this guy Su Ming would sometimes mysteriously disappear from his bed. Who knew where he'd gone?"

"See? That's sleepwalking."

"Little Zijin, you still don't understand Senior Su Ming."

Lei Hao, Ye Bai, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei took turns kicking Su Ming while he was down, as though determined to nail the label onto him.

Unfortunately, this quartet of breakup experts had clearly underestimated An Zijin's combat power.

"How could I not understand Brother Su Ming? Brother Su Ming really doesn't have sleepwalking disorder!" An Zijin said indignantly. "We always used to sleep together, so I can guarantee that Brother Su Ming doesn't sleepwalk. He even hugs me while sleeping. It feels really nice!"

The moment she said that, the entire carriage fell silent.

The quartet of breakup experts fell silent in unison. Then, together with the people nearby who had been intentionally or unintentionally watching them, they turned murderous gazes on Su Ming.

"Ugh."

Su Ming had still been yawning with a sleepy expression, but he suddenly felt a chill run through his body. Everywhere he looked, people were staring at him expressionlessly.

Even Su Ming's eyelids twitched several times, and he instantly became wide awake.

"Ahaha. Ahahaha." Su Ming gave a few dry laughs, then hurriedly explained, "That was all when we were children. I mean, really, really young."

However, no one forgave him for this explanation.

"So he really slept with the School Belle An?"

"And he hugged my goddess with those filthy hands?"

"Kill him."

"Agreed."

Faint whispers drifted over.

"I-I'm not jealous! We slept with Little Zijin too! (〃＞皿＜)"

"Exactly! Who would be jealous of you? You rotten senior! [○｀Д○]"

Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu seemed to feel that they had lost somehow. One had tears in her eyes, while the other gritted her teeth.

As for Lei Hao and Ye Bai, they said nothing. One locked Su Ming in a chokehold, while the other tried to pry his head apart.

"Hey! Stop! I barely slept all night, and you're still doing this to me!?"

Su Ming no longer had the strength to resist.

Fortunately, An Zijin rescued him.

"Seniors, please stop bullying my Brother Su Ming, okay?" An Zijin still looked puffed up with anger. She stood from her seat, walked over to Lei Hao and Ye Bai, and said, "Seniors, go sit in the back. I'm going to sit with Brother Su Ming."

As she spoke, An Zijin chased Lei Hao and Ye Bai away from Su Ming, freeing him.

Lei Hao and Ye Bai naturally did not dare resist An Zijin. They could only obediently run to the back seats and sit down behind Su Ming.

"L-Little Zijin!"

"Don't sit next to that rotten senior!"

Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu hurriedly stood up, as they had always done, intending to stop An Zijin from clinging to Su Ming.

But An Zijin had already swiftly taken the seat beside Su Ming. She grabbed his arm and looked as though she had no intention of getting up again.

"I'm going to sit beside Brother Su Ming!"

An Zijin was still huffing angrily, yet happily rested her head against Su Ming.

Seeing this, Jiang Wanyu gritted her teeth even harder, while Yao Beibei's eyes filled with tears, as though she had been abandoned.

Lei Hao, Ye Bai, and everyone around them looked at Su Ming even more coldly.

"What a disaster."

Realizing that he had attracted another wave of hostility, Su Ming could only cover his face with his free hand.

Heaven knew he had merely opened his loot boxes all night, then, unable to suppress his excitement, gone outside in the middle of the night to test out the new Spiritual Art he had obtained and assess his current strength. That had only left him a little short on sleep. So why had even that caused trouble?

Did I say anything? Did I do anything?

No, right?

He had done nothing at all. He had only yawned. Why had even that attracted so much hostility?

"Could it be that I've been targeted by the World Will?"

Su Ming began to question his life choices.

Su Ming did not know that the commotion had only just begun.

"Hey! Look over there!"

"Isn't that...?"

"W-Why is she here?"

Suddenly, the people in the carriage began to grow restless.

A girl had emerged from the carriage ahead without any warning and entered theirs.

"That's..."

Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu tensed up.

"Senior!"

Lei Hao, who had taken a seat in the back, suddenly stood up in great excitement.

"..."

The smile vanished from An Zijin's face.

"Why is she here?"

Su Ming was stunned at first, then an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

The girl who had come from the carriage ahead was none other than another School Belle of Demon Hunter Academy, Xu Qianqian.

"Is anyone sitting here?"

Under everyone's gaze, Xu Qianqian walked over to Su Ming. Her expressive eyes gazed at him as she pointed at the seat beside him and asked softly.

"----"

The entire carriage fell silent.

Everyone looked at Xu Qianqian as she unexpectedly stood beside Su Ming and pointed at the seat next to him. They were left speechless once more.

"I have a seat here!"

Lei Hao's excited voice rang out in the silence for a moment, but no one paid him any attention.

Xu Qianqian merely looked at Su Ming. It was already obvious who she had come for.

Su Ming could clearly feel the coldness enveloping him grow stronger.

Even An Zijin, who was hugging his arm, kept tightening her grip in silence. His hand was blissfully buried in a soft place, but at the same time, it began making "crack crack" sounds, as though the bones inside were splitting.

"Isn't the carriage for top students supposed to be in front?"

The corners of Su Ming's mouth twitched incessantly.

Xu Qianqian's reply made them twitch even more violently.

"It's boring there." Xu Qianqian said indifferently, "It's more comfortable being with you."

Without a doubt, the destructive power of this sentence was on the same level as An Zijin's declaration about sleeping and hugging him, and perhaps even greater.

Thus, the coldness enveloping Su Ming completely transformed into killing intent.

Thus, the arm An Zijin was hugging completely lost all feeling.

Lei Hao had already gone silent. From the back seat came only Ye Bai's panicked shouting, as though he was preparing to perform some kind of rescue.

Even Yao Beibei and Jiang Wanyu had fallen silent. They merely looked at Su Ming with indescribably complicated expressions.

"Heh heh."

Su Ming revealed the most unpleasant smile of his life.

He gave up resisting.

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