With Gu Yue joining Class One, the other students felt even more pressure, but they were also filled with motivation.
At least during training, they no longer wailed and begged for mercy...
Gu Yue also sized up everyone in the class.
She could say she knew Su Chen extremely well.
After all, she had split Na'er off from herself without separating their memories. She knew every last hair on Su Chen's head...
The only thing that annoyed her was that Su Chen had apparently kept his combat strength hidden from her. He hadn't even told Na'er, which had led her to misjudge his strength and make a complete fool of herself...
But there was another person in the class who interested her greatly: Tang Wulin.
She remembered seeing him once when they were children. She hadn't expected to meet him again here.
The reason she was interested in him was that she had sensed the Golden Dragon King's bloodline in him.
"If I can strip away and devour his bloodline, then find the Dragon God's legacy, I'll be able to return to my peak and take back everything that belongs to me."
Gu Yue thought to herself.
As she looked at Tang Wulin, a trace of greed crept into her gaze.
However, she didn't make a move.
Tang Wulin's bloodline was too faint, almost as if it had been sealed.
There had to be a great secret surrounding him, but her cultivation hadn't recovered yet. She couldn't investigate it, nor could she absorb the Golden Dragon King's bloodline.
There was no harm in planning things out after she grew stronger.
For now, she was still more curious about Su Chen.
The boy was simply too mysterious.
She'd thought that with Na'er's memories, she'd know at least seven or eight tenths of what there was to know about Su Chen. Now she realized that what Na'er knew was only the tip of the iceberg.
But it was true that the guy was a pervert.
She could still vividly recall the odd little books in Su Chen's collection, which Na'er had read through so carefully. Whenever Gu Yue thought of them, her face burned.
Class ended in no time.
Wu Zhangkong left early to help Gu Yue complete her enrollment paperwork at the academic affairs office.
Xie Xie dragged Tang Wulin outside to hang out.
The two had become friends after fighting each other, and since they lived in the same dorm, they had grown close. They often sparred.
Su Chen was about to go out for something to eat when he realized Gu Yue had followed him.
"Gu Yue, why are you following me?"
Su Chen turned and looked at her curiously.
"Didn't the teacher tell you that you have a new junior?" Gu Yue raised an eyebrow, looking rather surprised.
"Uh, I don't think she did..."
Su Chen was a little dumbfounded.
Leng Yaozhu really hadn't mentioned it to him.
In the original story, Leng Yaozhu had taken Gu Yue in.
But Su Chen had become Leng Yaozhu's disciple ahead of time, which might have caused a butterfly effect. He hadn't been sure what would happen.
Yet, by some unseen thread of fate, Gu Yue had still caught Leng Yaozhu's eye and become her second disciple.
"Well, now you know. I'm Teacher Leng's second disciple, which means I'm your junior. The teacher said that at the academy I should stick with you, and that you're responsible for looking after me. If anything happens, I can come to you. Of course I'm going to follow you."
Gu Yue said it as if it were obvious.
Before she came here, she'd thought Su Chen wasn't worthy of being her senior brother. But now, it seemed he had earned the right...
Since she was already his junior, she would naturally make sure Su Chen got the most out of being her senior.
A senior brother was supposed to take care of his junior.
From now on, she would cling to Su Chen every day, eat his food, drink his drinks, and make him give her pocket money. She knew he was rich, so she felt no guilt at all. It would be a little revenge for the embarrassment he'd caused her on the Soul Fighting Platform.
Of course, most importantly, staying by Su Chen's side should make it easier to uncover his secrets.
Na'er was such a silly girl. She clung to Su Chen all day, but never asked him anything. She seemed to know him inside and out, but in reality, she knew only the tip of the iceberg.
Gu Yue was different. With the status of his junior, following Su Chen around was perfectly natural.
There was plenty of time. She would get to the bottom of Su Chen's secrets sooner or later and find out what he was like in every way.
"Uh, all right, all right..."
Su Chen agreed.
Having the senior-and-junior relationship brought them closer. Whether or not Leng Yaozhu had really said those things, he still had to look after Gu Yue at the academy.
"Although..."
Su Chen seemed to think of something. He took out his camera and pointed it at Gu Yue.
"Hey, what are you doing? You can't just take pictures of people whenever you want!"
Gu Yue hurriedly covered the lens, glaring at him.
Unless there were special circumstances, taking pictures of people on the street without permission was extremely rude. You could easily get beaten up for it.
"What do you mean, 'just taking pictures'? I'm only taking a picture to keep as evidence that I haven't mistreated you. That way, I can explain myself if the teacher asks."
Su Chen said seriously.
"Really?"
Gu Yue was a little skeptical.
She knew Su Chen liked taking pictures, but his excuse was still a bit of a stretch.
"Of course. Hurry up. Once I'm done, I'll take you to get something tasty."
Su Chen urged her.
"Fine. I'll trust you this once."
Gu Yue pursed her lips and finally lowered her hand, though she still didn't look entirely willing.
"Click—"
Su Chen didn't care. He took the picture.
But the system notification he'd expected never appeared. Only Gu Yue's portrait was added to the collection, along with her displayed affection score: 15.
"Well, looks like I can't exploit a bug."
Su Chen wasn't too disappointed.
After all, he'd already gotten a reward once. In the system's eyes, Gu Yue and Na'er were still one and the same.
As for the affection score, it did surprise him.
He'd thought it would be in the negatives...
"Are you done yet? I'm hungry. The teacher didn't give me any pocket money. She said I should ask you for some."
As she spoke, Gu Yue simply held out her hand for money.
Gu Yue wasn't lying about that. Leng Yaozhu really had told her to ask Su Chen for money.
What Gu Yue didn't know was that Leng Yaozhu had said that to bring her two disciples closer together.
In Leng Yaozhu's eyes, Gu Yue was so outstanding that only Su Chen was worthy of her.
As for Su Chen's two childhood friends, Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin...
Leng Yaozhu couldn't be bothered to interfere.
She'd already done her best to tie the red thread.
Whether the two of them got together was up to Su Chen.
"All right, all right. Take this card. If it's not enough, I'll give you more."
Su Chen casually took out a gold card and stuffed it into Gu Yue's hand.
He had money to burn. Building Mechas had cost him a great deal, but giving Gu Yue some pocket money was still well within his means. To him, it was pocket change.
"Hehe, it's a gold card! The teacher was right—you really are rich, Senior Brother~" Gu Yue ran her fingers over the card, eyes narrowing with satisfaction.
She admitted she'd misjudged him. Su Chen was absurdly impressive in every way. No wonder Na'er had been so smitten with him...
But Na'er was Na'er, and she was herself. They weren't the same.
"I'm not some lovestruck fool like Na'er. I'm just using Su Chen to make him lower his guard and reveal more secrets. I'm not going to fall for him! Hmph!"
After reassuring herself, Gu Yue accepted Su Chen's pocket money without a shred of guilt.
Meanwhile, Su Chen rubbed his chin, gazing thoughtfully at the system panel.
Just now, Gu Yue's affection score had suddenly increased by five points...
If money could buy affection, Su Chen could max out Gu Yue's score right now.
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