Missed Opportunity to Make Money

Chen Yuan brought Xiao Xiao to a corner. Not only were there few people here, but the lighting was excellent as well.

Under Xiao Xiao's astonished gaze, Chen Yuan took an Eight Immortals table large enough to seat eight people from the Storage Soul Tool at his waist.

After taking out a chair and sitting down, Chen Yuan remembered that Xiao Xiao did not have a chair, so he took out another one.

Those practiced movements clearly showed that this was not his first time doing this.

"Senior, is it really okay for us to do this?"

"No one manages the cafeteria, and the school rules do not say students are forbidden from bringing their own tables and chairs. I've been doing this for years."

Chen Yuan had never taken Shrek's ridiculous rules seriously. He would live his life well at his own pace.

Chen Yuan would absolutely not accept a school—especially an aristocratic school—telling him how to live his life.

Just as Chen Yuan opened his lunchbox, Xu Sanshi popped out from some unknown corner, skillfully pulled out a chair, and sat down beside the table.

"Chen Yuan, where are Bei Bei and the others?"

Xu Sanshi looked around, hoping to spot the figure in his heart.

Wherever Bei Bei was, Tang Ya was usually there. And when Tang Ya was around, there was a fifty-percent chance Jiang Nannan would spawn nearby.

So, Xu Sanshi was nominally asking about Bei Bei's whereabouts, but he was really looking for Jiang Nannan.

Chen Yuan had no interest whatsoever in the relationship problems between those two.

Both of them had issues. One was willing to fight, and the other was willing to take the hits.

At first, it had only been a transaction, but later, Xu Sanshi discovered that Jiang Nannan had sold herself for her mother's sake.

Then, not only did Xu Sanshi want to take responsibility for Jiang Nannan, he had also used his newly Awakened and unstable origin power to help Jiang Mother refine the Black Tortoise Divine Pill.

Over the years that followed, Xu Sanshi had constantly taken care of Jiang Mother without letting Jiang Nannan find out.

All that could be said was that Xu Sanshi held a winning hand, yet refused to play it.

And because of what had happened back then, Jiang Nannan did not want to see Xu Sanshi at all.

Speaking of Jiang Nannan, Chen Yuan thought the craziest part was not that she had not gone home for years and never discovered that someone had been caring for her mother.

It was that during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, she neither dodged nor avoided a cannonball flying toward her. Instead, she said to Xu Sanshi, "Is this the protection you talked about?" and sent him into an Awakening state.

Big sis! You're in a match! Can you take it seriously?! Where's your Teleportation?! Your Invincible Golden Body?!

Chen Yuan even wondered whether Xu Sanshi had some hidden trait, or whether he was simply a Licking Turtle.

He had clearly done so much in secret, yet he refused to let Jiang Nannan know, believing that he could move her with his sincerity alone.

After that incident, Jiang Nannan had never returned to see her mother. Yet she discovered that Xu Sanshi was actually a senior one year above her.

That was right. The incident had happened when Jiang Nannan was fourteen. Xu Sanshi was the same age as her; he had merely enrolled a year earlier.

In other words, only a few months had passed since that incident.

From then on, these two lunatics began their tangled affair at Shrek.

"Sanshi, you've been chasing Jiang Nannan for quite a while now. Why has nothing happened? And she hates you that much. Did you do something to her?"

Xu Sanshi's body stiffened, and his eyes darted away.

"What are you talking about, Chen Yuan? How could I possibly have done anything bad to Nannan?"

Even his voice trembled slightly. If one did not listen carefully, it would have been impossible to notice.

Seeing Xu Sanshi like this, Chen Yuan wondered whether he should help the turtle bastard out and reveal in advance that Xu Sanshi had been taking care of Jiang Mother.

Chen Yuan did not care much about Jiang Nannan anyway, so it made no difference to him.

But Chen Yuan felt like watching more of the show first. If Jiang Nannan accepted Xu Sanshi in the future like in the original story, then he would help them pull out the thorn in their hearts.

If they did not end up together, then Chen Yuan would not interfere.

"You seem suspicious."

"Who... who's... suspicious?!"

"Sanshi, what did you do? Why do you sound so guilty? Chen Yuan, I brought two people over to share your table."

Right then, Bei Bei arrived with Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao, taking the opportunity to tease Xu Sanshi.

Over the past year or so, Bei Bei had also noticed the strange dynamic between Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi. They clearly knew each other, yet their relationship was extremely odd.

Perhaps Xu Sanshi had harassed Jiang Nannan too often and annoyed her?

"Sanshi, listen to me. Pick another target. Jiang Nannan's attitude toward you can no longer be described as merely bad."

"With your qualifications, finding someone to date should be easy."

"What do you know, Bei Bei?! My feelings for Nannan are completely sincere! I won't give up!"

"You've already seriously affected her normal life. How could she possibly treat you nicely?"

"Enough, Chen Yuan. Sanshi's situation is complicated. We'd better not casually interfere in his relationship matters."

Those two definitely had something strange going on. That was the consensus Bei Bei and Chen Yuan had reached.

At this moment, six people were already seated at the Eight Immortals table. Xiao Xiao quietly ate beside Chen Yuan, while Huo Yuhao had only just met Xu Sanshi and was better off not commenting.

Tang Ya, who was usually the most talkative, was instead unusually quiet.

It seemed that she had barely passed her advancement assessment and had begun doubting herself.

"Sanshi, I forgot to introduce him. This is my junior brother, Huo Yuhao."

"Hello, Brother Xu!"

"Mhm, hello, junior brother."

"Sanshi, let me tell you, my junior brother's grilled fish is incredible. After school this afternoon, he'll set up a stall outside to sell grilled fish. Maybe Jiang Nannan will be drawn over by the smell."

"Huh? No way. Bei Bei, do you think I'm stupid? What kind of grilled fish could lure Nannan over?"

"How about a bet? If Jiang Nannan comes over, you give me a Mystic Water Pill. If she doesn't, you can do whatever you want with me."

"A Mystic Water Pill?! Bei Bei, it's not like you don't know how expensive those things are!"

"Cut it out. I'm creating an opportunity for you to meet her. To you, Mystic Water Pills are just snacks. So, are you in or not?"

"Fine! I'll take the bet!"

After gritting his teeth, Xu Sanshi agreed to the wager.

To Xu Sanshi, Mystic Water Pills were no different from candy. He could not use them himself anyway, so he might as well give one away.

At least Bei Bei would remember the favor.

In the Mystic Underworld Sect, Mystic Water Pills were basically used to win goodwill anyway. Who he gave one to made little difference.

Unexpectedly, the contest from the original story had turned into a bet. Still, there was not much difference, and Xu Sanshi would even suffer less from the Dragon Whisker Needle.

Sigh. Chen Yuan's plan to bet everything on Bei Bei and double his assets had gone down the drain just like that.

Xu Sanshi looked teasingly at Chen Yuan, threw an arm around his shoulders, and waggled his eyebrows.

"Chen Yuan, Bei Bei introduced his junior brother. Aren't you going to introduce this junior sister beside you?"

As the topic shifted to her, Xiao Xiao put down her chopsticks and sat up straight. Her eyes wandered nervously, and she looked a little embarrassed.

Chen Yuan patted her shoulder, signaling that this was neither a classroom nor a teacher's office, so she did not need to be so nervous.

"Her name is Xiao Xiao. She's in the same class as little brother Huo. You two know about her situation with me as well."

How could they not know?

He had carried her back to the dormitory. If they still did not know after that, the two of them might as well smash their heads into a wall.

Xu Sanshi's gaze kept moving between Chen Yuan and Xiao Xiao. He felt as though his jealousy was about to burst out.

Previously, among the three dormmates, only Bei Bei had gotten himself a girlfriend. Xu Sanshi had a target, while Chen Yuan had shown no interest in women.

Yet the new students had barely started school when Chen Yuan met a pretty junior sister who could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him. How was that any different from a girlfriend falling from the sky?

Xu Sanshi was truly green with envy!