Chapter 73
Lin Yi remembered that he and Qin Zhou had entered the 16-8 Rule World on Friday evening and Luo Yi’s farewell ceremony was at 17 o’clock on the weekend, which meant that it was already Sunday. They’d stayed in the 16-8 Rule World for about the same time — two days.
Ou Ying said, “You can go and tidy up a bit. Once Zhou Ge’s done with his matter, we need to have a meeting.”
Lin Yi first went back to his dorm room. Cheng Yang nearly burst into tears from happiness when he caught sight of him.
“Lin Yi Xiong, two days! Two days! Do you know what a wreck I’ve been these two days?” Cheng Yang narrated his worries, “I’ve spent every moment praying to Lady Duck for you.”
Lin Yi glanced at Cheng Yang. He now knew why he kept running into trouble at the critical moment. It must be because of all those prayers to Lady Duck.
“Lin Yi Ge, are you hungry?” Cheng Yang followed Lin Yi to Room 304, “Want to have dinner? It’ll be my treat.”
“I still have a meeting.” Lin Yi shook his head and said, “I haven’t showered in two days. I have to take a shower first and if I put it off, I won’t get any hot water.”
Cheng Yang thought for a while and said, “Then are you hungry? I’ll go to the cafeteria and buy food for you. Do you eat marinated eggs at night? Three?”
Lin Yi wasn’t hungry at first but after hearing Cheng Yang, he realized he was a little hungry. In the 16-8 Rule World, he hadn’t been able to eat or sleep well. This time, time in the Rule World passed about as fast as in the real world so now he was a little hungry.
Lin Yi nodded shyly. “Thank you, I’d also like a cup of milk tea.”
Cheng Yang: “Got it.”
Lin Yi gave his card to Cheng Yang but Cheng Yang refused. “No need for that. I have plenty of money in my card. Not to mention three marinated eggs and a cup of milk tea, I’ve got enough in here to treat you to a hundred crab pancakes.”
Cheng Yang went to buy dinner for Lin Yi while Lin Yi took out clean clothes and headed to the showers.
He didn’t know what time Qin Zhou would be finished. While Lin Yi was in the shower, he decided to also rinse his dirty clothes. Once he was done, he hung the wet clothes on the balcony and just as he finished, Cheng Yang was back.
Lin Yi originally planned to eat while he walked to the meeting.
“Just go there after you eat.” Cheng Yang set down the food on the table. He hadn’t eaten yet either and he bought food for himself as well. “It won’t take long and if President Qin is done with his work, he’ll definitely call and inform you to go to the meeting.”
Lin Yi thought so too and so, he sat down and ate with Cheng Yang.
Cheng Yang asked about what had happened in the 16-8 Rule World and Lin Yi told him about it.
“Chen Yang? He’s got almost the same name as I do?” Cheng Yang let out a ‘fuck’. “Then that 16-8 Monster hadn’t been killed this time. Then what’s to be done? What’s the countermeasure for that Rule?”
“I don’t know.” Lin Yi shook his head.
It was part of the Student Union’s duties to come up with countermeasures to the Rules.
After he had his dinner, Ou Ying called Lin Yi. The meeting was being held in Room 101, Teaching Building B.
Cheng Yang hadn’t been involved in the 16-8 Rule World so Lin Yi headed to the meeting alone. Because he was full from five marinated eggs, he could only carry his milk tea with him.
The last time Lin Yi attended a meeting, he’d seen the other seniors bring their own drinks.
Similar to the previous meeting, the participants of the meeting were the core figures of the Student Union.
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Chen Yang, Yi Jiayue, and Jiang Man went directly to the meeting room after waking up. Wen Xiaoxuan had been possessed the Monster and so didn’t attend the meeting.
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Ou Ying said, “You chose to expose others under such a dangerous situation. Did you not think that your actions could have placed everyone in danger?”
Jiang Man lowered her head. “I’m sorry, I just couldn’t stand it.”
Ou Ying said, “Did you think about it or not?”
Jiang Man: “I was so nervous at the time. I don’t know why I said it.”
Ou Ying: “Just answer my question now.”
Jiang Man rubbed her eyes. “I’m sorry.”
Ou Ying looked at Jiang Man and handed her a tissue. After Jiang Man wiped her tears, Ou Ying continued to reprimand, “Can I take it that at that moment you thought to simply take everyone down with you? Just because they didn’t tell you the Rules of Death, you decided no one was going to make it out of there.”
Jiang Man looked up abruptly. “No, I…”
“You think that sounds too serious?” Ou Ying analyzed what Jiang Man had been thinking. “You just wanted revenge. You wanted to threaten them. At most, you thought that if things were bad for you, you didn’t want other to have it good either. Is that so?”
Jiang Man nodded.
Ou Ying said, “But what did you think the consequences of your actions would be if not death?”
Jiang Man fell silent.
“While it’s true that the Student Union wishes to protect every student, you have to understand that this is not our obligation. In fact, we are also students of the Unnatural Engineering University just like your are. We also get drawn in to the Rules Worlds. Will Monsters let us go because we’re part of the Student Union? No, right? Then aren’t we also in danger, unable to save even ourselves?” Ou Ying saw Jiang Man’s cheeks flush with shame. Seeing it, she knew this should be enough. “If you want to survive, the most important thing is to rely on yourself, understand?”
Jiang Man nodded.
Ou Ying said, “Do you have any objections to being deducted half a semester’s credits?”
Jiang Man turned pale when she heard the punishment. She wanted to object but she swallowed it down and nodded: “…I accept.”
Finding that everyone was doing their own thing, Lin Yi took out his MP4 player.
While doing the laundry, his hand slipped and he’d knocked the MP4 out of the pocket of his dirty laundry.
When it fell, he had hurriedly checked it. Fortunately, the quality of the player was very good and the drop hadn’t affected the recording inside. Now, since the meeting has yet to start, he decided to check and see if there’d been any damage to the exterior.
Lin Yi found that the paint on one of the corners of the player had chipped off. The pain was almost physical.
He’d bought this MP4 player for a hefty price.
Just as he was feeling distressed, he heard people getting up from their seats, the scraping of the chairs against the floor ringing in the room. Lin Yi guessed that Qin Zhou had arrived. And so, he quickly put away his MP4 player, got up and turned towards the same direction everyone else was.
Qin Zhou was looking at him. It looked like he’d seen him put the MP4 player back into his pocket.
“Zhou Ge.”
“Zhou Ge.”
Lin Yi also called out, “Senior.”
“Let’s start.” Qin Zhou withdrew his gaze and took his seat.
The meeting went pretty much the same as the last one. Everyone who entered the 16-8 Rule World recounted what they’d seen and done. After Chen Yang, Yi Jiayue, and Jiang Man finished their recounting, the three of them left.
After that, Lin Yi and Qin Zhou gave their accounts.
Once both of them finished speaking, Qin Zhou didn’t dismiss Lin Yi. He issued a task to Zhou Chi, who was in charge of the campus rulebook. Because the 16-8 Rule still existed, Zhou Chi needed to come up with a countermeasure based on their experiences.
Zhou Chi stood up. “I’ll get right on it.”
Zhou Chi then left to have a meeting with the members of his own department. Qin Zhou then said to Wang Feihang, the deputy captain of the patrol team. “The rules of the patrol team need to be changed. Monsters are able to select people. We can’t let only one person be in charge of a Rule World.”
“They really know how to pick people? Damn it.” Wang Feihang cursed and then said, “Zhou Ge, we have to think this through.”
“En.” Qin Zhou turned back to Ou Ying. “Is Lin Yi’s assessment done?”
“It is.”
Ou Ying took out a form and handed it to Qin Zhou. Lin Yi was a little nervous. He guessed that Qin Zhou was talking about his joining the patrol team.
Coming out of the 16-8 Rule World meant that he’d passed the assessment. The issue now should what sort of tasks he’ll be assigned later on.
Although Lin Yi didn’t say a word, he had already pricked up his ears to listen carefully.
Qin Zhou was looking at the evaluation form. Lin Yi didn’t know what the content of the evaluation form was. Qin Zhou looked at it for a long time until Lin Yi’s little bit of nervousness had turned into slight anxiety.
Everyone else in the meeting room was busy handling their own matters. The meeting room seemed to have turned into an office.
Lin Yi was sitting in a small corner, far away from Qin Zhou. Though he wanted to take a peek, he really couldn’t see anything.
Lin Yi quietly asked Ou Ying, who was sitting opposite, “Ou Ying Xue Jie, would you like me to fetch you some water?”
The water dispenser was behind Qin Zhou.
Ou Ying smiled politely. “No, thank you.”
Lin Yi: “…”
Why’d he have to bring his milk tea with him? Now, it would be too obvious he was up to something if he went to get himself a drink.
Although he wasn’t used to taking the initiative to show concern towards unfamiliar people, Lin Yi still asked Wang Feihang, “Captain, do you want some water?”
Wang Feihang: “Oh no, thank you.”
Lin Yi: “Oh, okay.”
Wang Feihang was the limit of Lin Yi’s ability to strike up a conversation. At least Wang Feihang had communicated with him when he was about to join the patrol team and would be his captain in the future. The rest of the people were impossible for Lin Yi. Lin Yi was too shy to ask them if they wanted a drink of water.
“Little genius.” Qin Zhou suddenly called out.
Lin Yi sat up straight. “Senior.”
Qin Zhou: “Warm water, please. Thank you.”
“Ah?” Lin Yi: “Oh.”
Lin Yi went to fetch water for Qin Zhou. Standing behind Qin Zhou, Lin Yi peeked at the evaluation form in Qin Zhou’s hand. Ou Ying’s evaluation for Lin Yi was: Mid-Level 1.
Lin Yi knew that the Student Union rated Monsters, just like how they assigned numbers to Monsters. Although he has successfully made his way into the Student Union, he didn’t know what rank corresponded to Mid-level 1 and whether his rank gave with permission to view information that the student union had.
Lin Yi took the warm water and handed it to Qin Zhou.
Qin Zhou gave him the evaluation form. “If you want to see it, just say so. You didn’t have trick your way into seeing it.”
Lin Yi: “…”
“I’m not, I didn’t.” Lin Yi refused to admit it and said stiffly, “All my seniors are working so hard. I just wanted to be able to do something for all of you.”
Qin Zhou was amused by Lin Yi’s clumsy excuse.
Ou Ying also laughed.
Qin Zhou and Lin Yi paused and turned to look at Ou Ying at the same time. Qin Zhou was puzzled, while Lin Yi was embarrassed and at a loss.
Qin Zhou didn’t know, but Lin Yi did. He could tell Ou Ying was strengthening her CP.
“Sorry.” Ou Ying coughed lightly and said seriously, “Carry on.”
“Lin Yi,” After a while, Ou Ying couldn’t hold back and said to Lin Yi, “If there’s anything you don’t understand on the evaluation form, you can ask Senior Qin Zhou and you must ask clearly. This will affect your work in the patrol team.”
Lin Yi: “Oh, yes.”
Qin Zhou said, “When has analysis and integration been my job?”
Ou Ying said, “I didn’t say it’s your job, but I have a lot of things I need to see to right now. Zhou Ge, if you’re not willing, you can just say so. I can set aside what I’m doing first.”
Qin Zhou: “…”
“You’re not willing? Alright.” Ou Ying gestured Lin Yi to come to her. “Lin Yi, I’ll explain to you your evaluation form.”
Lin Yi was heading to Ou Ying with the evaluation form when Qin Zhou said, “Forget it, I’ll explain.”
“Sorry to trouble you, Zhou Ge.” Ou Ying laughed.
Qin Zhou threw a puzzled glance at Ou Ying.
Lin Yi next to Qin Zhou couldn’t help feeling sorry for him:
Senior, you’ve been tricked, do you know that?
Thank you for the new chapters.
Pfftt, qz immediately being able to see through Lin yi
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
They are so cute! I can’t wait until Qin Zhou finds out everyone is shipping them~
No worries Little genius.. Your senior will be happy to be tricked in future..
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Hahaha 🤣❤️ this is adorable!