This Should Count as... Human Nature, Right? (Please Keep Reading!!!)

Chapter 6: This Should Count as... Human Nature, Right? (Please Keep Reading!!!)

As it turned out, there was no good ending to taking shortcuts.

However, the system's reproach also indirectly proved that what Su Yuan had just done wasn't a bad thing. In fact, he'd done a great deed, so he didn't feel guilty about it.

Although he hadn't managed to complete the system mission with that abandoned takeout, it wasn't a big deal. He could just make a few more deliveries that evening.

Su Yuan shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and prepared to leave on his Shared Flying Sword.

But just then, a streak of sword light suddenly cut through the rain in the distance, drawing everyone's attention.

Su Yuan looked in the direction it had come from and saw a plainly dressed Girl with delicate features charging toward the run-down residential complex, Killing Intent billowing around her.

Her exquisite face was icy, and an aura Su Yuan found extremely familiar swirled around her.

It was the resentment of an overworked wage slave.

That resentment looked strong enough to resurrect ten Evil Sword Immortals.

What surprised Su Yuan was that the Girl before him was someone he knew.

His classmate, one of the top three students in Taihua High School, the class's top Prodigy, and the Class Monitor of his own class: Chen Nuoyi.

Su Yuan regarded her with solemn respect.

This was a monster who'd scored a whopping 685 on the monthly exam—a higher life-form, reproductively incompatible with a nobody like him who'd scored a mere 550!

"But why would Class Monitor Chen be at this old residential complex?"

Su Yuan was a little puzzled.

He'd always thought a sacred first-place student would at least drive a luxury car and live in a mansion. And Chen Nuoyi's usual aloof demeanor was no different from that of a wealthy heiress on TV.

As he pondered this, Chen Nuoyi had already come to a stop at the entrance of an apartment building. Her beautiful eyes swept over the steps, as if searching for something.

When she searched high and low and still couldn't find it, the Killing Intent on her pretty face grew even stronger!

Su Yuan: "..."

Why did the apartment building Chen Nuoyi had stopped at look familiar?

If he remembered correctly, wasn't that where he'd found the Group Meal?

Could she be looking for that Group Meal?

Su Yuan's heart tightened. He glanced at the Group Meal bobbing up and down in the filthy water inside the trash can, then looked at the customer's name at the bottom of the receipt.

Chen Nuoyi.

He snatched his gaze away as if he'd been electrocuted.

Yikes—I'm sweating bullets here, folks!

Although Su Yuan thought he'd done a good deed, he was still a little scared when he saw the Girl nearby, her Killing Intent growing stronger by the second.

If the sacred first-place student found out he was the culprit, would she chop him to death in a fit of rage?

Su Yuan swallowed nervously and edged away, ready to make a run for it.

But it was fine as long as he didn't move. The moment he did, Chen Nuoyi's eyes swept toward him. When she saw Su Yuan's face, the Girl froze for a moment.

"Class Monitor, fancy seeing you here..."

After she'd spotted him, Su Yuan greeted her awkwardly.

Chen Nuoyi's Flying Sword flashed beneath her feet. In a whoosh, she appeared right in front of Su Yuan, her voice cool as a winter lake.

"Su Yuan, did you happen to see the takeout left by the entrance to that apartment building?"

Feeling nervous, Su Yuan moved to hide the trash can with the Group Meal behind him and shook his head.

"I didn't notice it. I only got here a minute ago to deliver some takeout."

Chen Nuoyi gave a slight nod, the Killing Intent in her beautiful eyes growing stronger.

"Damn takeout thief. Just you wait till I catch you!"

She'd been forced to work overtime at her part-time job until now, so by the time her takeout arrived, she still hadn't made it home. Then she'd gotten drenched in the rain on the way back. She'd been looking forward to finally getting a hot meal, only to have the takeout she'd been dreaming about stolen!

One annoying thing piled on top of another, and Chen Nuoyi's composure completely shattered!

The boiling Killing Intent made Su Yuan look increasingly uncomfortable.

He'd been able to lie to Uncle Wang, the security guard, without batting an eye, but facing the sacred class topper made him instinctively afraid.

Perhaps this was the Bloodline Suppression of 685 points over 550.

And since he was in the wrong to begin with, now that the victim had come looking for her food, he might as well make it up to her.

Su Yuan made a cautious suggestion.

"Class Monitor, the takeout's gone, so it's gone. If you're hungry, how about we grab something nearby to tide you over?"

Chen Nuoyi froze again and raised her eyes to look at him. Noticing Su Yuan's uneasy expression, she eyed him suspiciously.

"Why do I get the feeling you're a little nervous? Like you've done something you feel guilty about."

Su Yuan: ...Is this a woman's sixth sense? Terrifying!

He had to bluff his way out of this!

At this critical moment, Su Yuan's mind raced faster than ever. In the blink of an eye, he'd come up with an excuse.

"Well, it's mainly because I made a mistake once before. It's normal to feel nervous around you."

He'd snuck snacks and played on his phone plenty of times at school. It was normal to feel nervous around the Class Monitor, right?

"Made a mistake once before?"

Hearing this out-of-the-blue explanation, Chen Nuoyi didn't immediately think of class-related matters. Instead, her mind flashed to the comments she'd often seen while scrolling through short videos recently.

"I made a mistake with *** when I was a kid." "I made a mistake with *** in the past."

"Human nature, totally understandable, just a harmless little thing, I get it, forgivable, unheard of, what the hell..."

Curious, she'd specifically searched to find out what those comments meant. And then the door to a whole new world had opened.

Now a similar remark had come up in real life, and the person involved was actually herself?!

Chen Nuoyi's heart skipped a beat, and the Killing Intent in her beautiful eyes faded considerably.

After a moment's silence, she asked hesitantly, "This should count as... human nature, right?"

Su Yuan: "???"

After his brain froze for a full ten seconds, Su Yuan finally pieced together the cause and effect from what he'd just said and Chen Nuoyi's response. He was utterly speechless.

Come on, man!

Class Monitor, you look so proper and all, but you watch those kinds of videos too?

Damn it, he'd only made things worse by trying to explain!

So you're that kind of human nature, huh? And you're pretty confident about yourself, too!

But she wasn't exactly wrong. The Girl in front of him really was... damn!

It wasn't until Su Yuan spelled it out more clearly that Chen Nuoyi realized she'd misunderstood him.

Her cool expression nearly crumbled!

Chen Nuoyi, Chen Nuoyi, you can't keep watching these trashy videos. They've already corrupted your thoughts!

And thanks to Su Yuan's interruption, Chen Nuoyi also forgot about her stolen Group Meal.

She politely declined Su Yuan's offer to treat her, said goodbye, and went into the apartment building.

Watching the Class Monitor disappear from view, Su Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He continued delivering takeout through the rain.

By evening, the sudden rainstorm brought on by the water dragon's passage had long since stopped, and Su Yuan had "taken a loss" with another meal.

[ Ding! Newbie Demon Lord Mission completed ]

[ Mission reward, "Pure Devil Heart," has been granted! ]

[ Pure Devil Heart effect: Your mind will remain forever pure and untainted, greatly increasing your focus when doing anything! ]

The moment he received the Pure Devil Heart, Su Yuan felt his mind grow tranquil. All the chaotic, useless thoughts that had filled his head were swept away.

In the past, Su Yuan could only achieve this level of intense focus after sitting cross-legged in meditation for over half an hour.

Mm, from now on, the boss won't have to worry about me slacking off while I'm working.

Damn it, was the system trying to make him devote himself wholeheartedly to being a wage slave?