Old Foes Meet Again

Su Ke's eyes were red with anxiety. His voice trembled as he finished his explanation in one breath, then pointed toward the third-floor balcony to prove his innocence.

"Oh!" The dorm warden looked up, and sure enough, a piece of clothing was missing from the third-floor clothesline. Her expression softened slightly. "You want to return it to the owner?"

Su Ke really wanted to just hand the bra over to the warden, but he worried that if he didn't see the owner himself, that damn mission would fail. Gritting his teeth, he squeezed out a single word.

"Yes!"

"Then come in!" The warden still seemed a bit suspicious, pulling Su Ke directly into the first-floor warden's office. As they walked, she muttered, "That should be Dorm 306!"

Su Ke followed the warden into the girls' dormitory building, step by step. He watched as she picked up the phone and dialed a number. "Hello! Is this Dorm 306? Yes, this is the dorm warden downstairs. Whose clothes fell off? Come down to the first floor and get them!"

Hanging up the phone, the warden looked Su Ke up and down again. "Someone will be down in a moment. Wait here. Don't take it to heart that I mistook you for a panty thief earlier!"

In this short time, Su Ke's demeanor had convinced the warden. After all, a shy, handsome boy who liked to keep his head down and blushed for no reason shouldn't be capable of such lewd behavior.

Su Ke forced a smile. "It's fine! I'm not taking it to heart!" But a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead; he was about to face the most awkward encounter of his life.

Most people return lost valuables, but he was returning a lost bra!

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

Sounds echoed from the stairs. Su Ke tried to steady his breathing and took a deep, sharp breath, but he still lowered his head in nervousness.

"Auntie, it was my clothes that fell. Thank you!" A girl pushed the door open. Her voice was crisp and clear, like an oriole in an empty valley.

"Don't thank me, this student found it!" The warden didn't take the credit, pointing to Su Ke standing to the side.

Only then did Su Ke slowly raise his head. He first saw a pair of small feet in slippers—pink, delicate, with perfectly aligned toes and slender, graceful shapes. The slippers even had a Snoopy pattern on them, which was quite cute.

Looking up, he saw well-defined ankles and slender, rounded calves that were quite captivating. As his gaze traveled further up, he realized the girl had run down wearing only her pajamas. The pink cotton pajamas hung down just past her knees, also printed with a large Snoopy.

Su Ke stood there, holding the sky-blue bra in both hands, slowly lifting his head. The girl was also sizing him up.

The girl had long, raven-black hair draped over her shoulders. Her face was delicate and lovely, her eyes dark, bright, and curved, with long lashes—she looked as adorable as a porcelain doll.

But the moment the girl saw Su Ke clearly, her smiling eyes widened. As their gazes met, Su Ke was struck with shock.

"It's you!"

"It's you!"

The two spoke in unison.

Su Ke's brain buzzed. He felt the world spinning and a wave of darkness washed over him. However, he immediately snapped back to reality, shoved the bra—which emitted a faint, clean fragrance—into the girl's hand, and bolted out the door, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

The warden was stunned, asking the girl, "What's going on? You two know each other?"

Li Feifei turned her head, forced a smile, and gritted her teeth as she replied, "Yes, we know each other!"

Talk about enemies meeting on a narrow path!

How could Su Ke have guessed that the owner of the bra was Li Feifei? He was the pervert who had touched her butt and was tasked with touching it again!

Sweating profusely, Su Ke ran all the way back to his classroom. His limbs felt weak, and he collapsed onto his desk, his heart pounding wildly. Only when he was certain he was safe did he finally let out a breath.

That was terrifying. I almost walked right into a trap. Good thing I ran fast! Su Ke tried to calm his emotions before entering that strange space.

"Mission: Return the bra to the owner (Completed); Reward: High School Science Mastery (Beginner)."

"Please claim your reward!"

Su Ke immediately chose to claim the reward. A cool, white light shone, and he felt an incredible sense of comfort throughout his body. Simultaneously, a flood of information containing vast amounts of physics knowledge poured into his mind—impulse, momentum, current, magnetic fields, the periodic table, organic compounds—he understood it all in an instant. Closing his eyes to savor it, he felt as if this knowledge had taken root in his heart.

He casually opened a science workbook and began solving problem after problem. Comparing them to the answer key, Su Ke grew more and more excited. Although the problems weren't the most difficult, his accuracy rate had reached one hundred percent.

"Phew! The reward really works!" Su Ke finally relaxed. The High School Science Mastery (Beginner) reward had proven its effectiveness. With this, he was one step closer to his goal of getting into a key university.

Entering the tiger's den and risking being caught to return the sky-blue bra hadn't been in vain. Thinking of this, Su Ke remembered that when he was doing the science problems, the space seemed to have given a notification.

He entered the space and checked the digital screen. Su Ke was a bit surprised; the mission to return the bra had disappeared. Now, the screen still displayed: "Mission: Touch Li Feifei's butt."

However, the reward for the mission had changed, as it clearly stated: "Reward: Military Boxing Mastery."

"What about my 200 yuan?" Su Ke was shocked. In his heart, he had already put that 200 yuan into his wallet, but now the half-cooked duck had flown away, replaced by Military Boxing Mastery.

What use was this military boxing? It wasn't like his instructor hadn't taught it during his freshman year of high school. It was just a few basic routines; how could it compare to 200 yuan? The most suspicious part was the word "Mastery"!

Su Ke racked his brain. The change in the reward must have been because he completed the mission of returning the item. The most likely reason was that the owner of the bra was Li Feifei, which not only complicated matters but also increased the difficulty and danger of the mission, thus changing the reward.

In other words, the changed reward was likely more advanced than the original 200 yuan. But what use was military boxing to him? How could it be as practical as cold, hard cash?

Frowning and clearly unhappy, he was caught in a state of indecision when the class bell rang. Su Ke had to set the matter aside, as the teacher for this period was truly terrifying—the English teacher, known as the "Ghost-Fearer," walked into the classroom with her lesson plans and textbooks tucked under her arm.