Morning Assistance

That soft, sweet female voice from outside the door drifted lightly into the dorm room, instantly sweeping away everyone's drowsiness.

Zhang Wei's eyes flew open. His head shot out from under the covers, and his eyes widened like copper bells.

Li Feng pulled the pillow off his face and cocked his head to listen.

Wang Hao woke up too, propping himself upright with a bewildered look.

Lin Mo was also slightly stunned.

Su Wanqing?

He was just about to get out of bed to open the door when Zhang Wei sprang up from his bed with lightning speed.

As he pulled on a T-shirt, he lowered his voice and said, "Holy shit! Su Wanqing! Campus Belle is here! Get your asses up!"

Li Feng hurriedly sat up as well and scratched at his bird's-nest hair.

Wang Hao was still dazed. "Who? What flower?"

"Campus Belle! Su Wanqing!" Zhang Wei had already put on his pants and jumped down from the bed.

He dashed barefoot to the door, took a deep breath, adjusted his expression, and only then opened it.

Su Wanqing stood gracefully outside.

She was dressed especially fresh and clean today: a white short-sleeved T-shirt, light-blue jeans, and canvas shoes. Her hair was tied into a neat ponytail. She wore no makeup, but her skin glowed.

She carried a plastic bag containing several delicate meal boxes and a few cups of soy milk.

"Good morning." Su Wanqing smiled at Zhang Wei as he opened the door, but her gaze passed over him and landed on Lin Mo inside the dorm. "I bought breakfast for you all."

Zhang Wei froze in the doorway. His mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out.

Li Feng sat on the bed, still holding his hair, his expression frozen.

Wang Hao rubbed his eyes, thinking his fever had not gone down and he was hallucinating.

Lin Mo got off the bed and walked to the door. "Why are you here?"

"I missed you." Su Wanqing's voice was so sweet it was almost cloying. She naturally handed over the plastic bag. "The cafeteria just started selling shrimp xiaolongbao on the first floor, along with soy milk. Eat them while they're hot."

As she spoke, her gaze swept around the dorm and landed on the three disheveled young men with messy hair and dazed expressions.

She could not help letting out a "pfft" and smiled even more sweetly. "Sorry, I disturbed your sleep."

"No, no, no! You didn't disturb us at all!" Zhang Wei finally found his voice and hurriedly stepped aside.

The smile on his face nearly spilled over. "Su... Su, Campus Belle, please come in! Come in!"

Su Wanqing shook her head. "I'll pass. Your dorm... um, it has a very lived-in atmosphere."

She put it tactfully, her gaze quickly skimming over an object that looked suspiciously like a pile of socks.

"Lin Mo, could you come out for a moment? I have something to tell you." She looked at Lin Mo with anticipation in her eyes.

Lin Mo nodded and followed her out of the dorm.

The moment the door closed, suppressed cries of shock erupted inside.

"Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!" Zhang Wei exclaimed three times. "Campus Belle personally came to deliver breakfast! This treatment! I bet it's one of a kind at the whole university!"

Wang Hao swallowed and muttered, "Am I still dreaming...? Last night, I just dreamed that I was with Su..."

"Heaven is unfair!" Li Feng pounded his chest, his face filled with indignation. "Why? Why isn't the breakfast Campus Belle brought for me? This is so infuriating!"

In the corridor outside.

Su Wanqing leaned against the wall with her hands behind her back, watching with interest as Lin Mo opened the plastic bag, took out a xiaolongbao, and bit into it.

"How does it taste?" she asked, tilting her head. Her large eyes sparkled with anticipation.

"Not bad." Lin Mo nodded. "What made you think of buying me breakfast?"

"I missed you, so I... brought some along while I was passing by." Su Wanqing's gaze wavered, and the tips of her ears flushed red.

Her voice dropped as well, and her fingers unconsciously twisted the hem of her clothes. She looked like a shy young girl in love.

Looking at her charming and pitiful appearance, Lin Mo secretly praised her.

With acting skills like these, it was a shame she was not an actress.

If he had not known her true purpose and schemes, even he might have been fooled by this appearance of a young girl falling in love.

"How far have you gotten in the game?" Lin Mo asked as he ate.

The moment the game was mentioned, Su Wanqing's expression changed.

The relaxed sweetness from before faded, replaced by fear and tension.

"Lin Mo, I ran into trouble." She lowered her voice and leaned closer. "Last night in the game, near dusk, I reached a village called Black Stone Village."

Black Stone Village?

Lin Mo's movement paused slightly as he bit into the xiaolongbao.

"And then?" he asked.

"I was pretty happy at first. I had finally seen signs of human habitation." Su Wanqing's voice trembled.

"I deliberately made myself look dirty and pretended to be a refugee fleeing disaster. I wanted to enter the village and ask for lodging.

There was an old woman at the village entrance, probably in her fifties or sixties. She looked quite kind and warmly invited me over, saying that she had an empty room where I could stay for one night."

"I was tired and hungry then. Since she was an old woman and did not look like a bad person, I went with her.

She even prepared a meal for me..."

At this point, Su Wanqing bit her lip, and a trace of fear flashed in her eyes.

"After I ate, I began feeling dizzy before long, and then I knew nothing else.

When I woke up, I discovered that I had been locked in a cellar, with my hands and feet bound by hemp rope."

"That old woman..." Her voice trembled, and tears finally spilled down her cheeks.