He could only politely decline.
At his words, an embarrassed look immediately appeared on Zhou Yi's face. "No, no, it really isn't about that this time... Classmate Lin, to be honest, Lu Zhao and we are all members of special factions outside the school. We entered the Campus mainly to complete missions and boost our performance evaluations..."
"Hiss..." Lin Yi leaned back tactically, as though certain words had wounded his soul. "Your factions are that competitive too?"
Risking their lives to hit performance targets-good grief, that was hardcore!
Zhou Yi wiped away some sweat. "Times have changed. This is the only way forward."
"True, the economic climate isn't great. They've cut plenty of benefits, but the bosses still live it up." Lin Yi wholeheartedly agreed.
Zhou Yi said, "Huh?"
She felt something was off, but couldn't put her finger on it.
But the mention of overworked wage slaves nearly made Lin Yi slap his thigh. If even his internship hadn't involved exploitation, would he have needed to take the unconventional route of coming here as an Experience Student?
S City University was great: seven days of high pay, an internship certificate, and official backing that made it thoroughly legitimate. Ah, no... no, no, none of that really seemed relevant to him anymore...
Lin Yi quietly collected himself. "So you compete all you like. What's the use of telling me?"
Zhou Yi hurriedly said, "We're new here and don't know our way around. We wanted to team up with you, if that's all right? We won't hold you back. Whatever you're doing, we'll just hang around nearby. If you need help, odd jobs done, or the inside cleaned up, just tell us, okay?"
Girl Number Two said earnestly, "Really, we're very efficient!"
Girl Number Three nodded furiously as well. "Carry us,