"That's how people slowly degenerate," the system murmured.

"It's only been two hours." Gu Luoqi tried to defend herself, even though she herself felt a little guilty about what she said.

How could she not feel guilty? She only started looking at the questions she got wrong. She had just bought the equipment and was ready for a big battle, but she had already given up before it even started.

"Are you going out or not? If not, we'll leave first. We'll bring you whatever food we can find." Seeing her hesitation, Cheng Cheng didn't want to affect her studies. What if she didn't do well on the exam and blamed Cheng Cheng?

"Where are you planning to go?" Gu Luoqi hesitated for a moment before asking.

She doesn't plan to go to the shopping street below their school.

“We’re planning to go to the Starlight Night Market,” Li Mingya said with a smile.

Gu Luoxi's eyes lit up; she realized she had been tempted.

What could be more enjoyable than strolling through a night market?

It's been such a long time, and although I've been saying I want to go every time, I haven't been able to go yet.

"Are you going or not?" Cheng Cheng asked again, but she knew it was pointless. She could already see Gu Luoqi's eyes gleaming green, like a hungry wolf that had been locked up for a week.

"System, I'm leaving now." Gu Luoqi made up her mind immediately, so she notified the system.

Note that this is a notification, not a request for the system's consent.

"Alright, alright, go if you want." The system took this as its agreement.

Of course, this wasn't a compromise, but rather because everyone knew she wasn't focused on her studies anyway, and there was no point in her just sitting there doing nothing; it was better to let her go out and clear her head.

However, it always felt that its learning assistance system was becoming more and more useless, and it should decisively force it to become cold. Look at what it has become now.

Sigh, I don't even know if I'll be able to finish my work.

The system is worried here; it's concerned about Gu Luoxi's studies and whether its future work can proceed smoothly.

"If we don't leave now, we'll be running out of time," Li Mingya reminded her casually. Although they had relatively free access to and from the school, they were still subject to a curfew at night.

If you come in after 10 PM, you're basically guaranteed to get yelled at. If you're not back in the dorm by 11 PM, you'll definitely get a school-wide reprimand the next day.

"Oh, okay, I'll get ready." Gu Luoqi haphazardly ruffled her hair and tied it up loosely.

Then she prepared to change out of her pajamas. Because the night market was a place with too much of a human touch, she didn't want to wear clean clothes to absorb the smell, so she simply put on the dirty clothes that she had just changed out of yesterday but hadn't had time to wash yet.

When it came to getting something to eat, Gu Luoxi was surprisingly quick; they arrived at the school gate in about twenty minutes.

Cheng Cheng stopped at the school gate. Gu Luoxi looked at her with some confusion, "Isn't it a bit far to take a taxi here?"

She thought she was taking a taxi.

Because the road leading down from their school is a one-way street where parking is not allowed, they usually have to walk a little further down to the vicinity of the commercial street to take a taxi, where it's easier for the driver to turn around.

"Waiting for someone." Cheng Cheng's eyes held a subtle expression.

This might seem like a malicious act to Li Mingya.

Perhaps because Cheng Cheng was standing in a spot with the light behind her, and because she was facing away from Gu Luoqi, she didn't notice Gu Luoqi's expression at all, and asked naively, "Waiting for whom?"

"Qi Sheng," Cheng Cheng said casually.

Gu Luoqi: !!!

"Don't scare me." She felt a little upset.

Xiao Chengzi's nonchalant and matter-of-fact attitude made her feel that she was making a mountain out of a molehill.

But when did this guy call Qi Sheng?

Of course, that's not the point. The point is, when did she add Qi Sheng's contact information?

She went to great lengths to add it, and Qi Sheng was extremely reluctant, but she finally managed to do it after much pleading.

"While you were hesitating in your dorm, and didn't I just tell you that?" Cheng Cheng said calmly, showing no sign of being intimidated by the accusation.

"Really? Don't try to fool me." Gu Luoqi looked doubtful, even though she knew this guy was most likely lying to her.

Unless she's deaf, then no.

“I can testify, Cheng Cheng said so.” Li Mingya usually plays a crucial role in this situation.

Gu Luoxi looked at the guy who gave false testimony. Okay, they were all in cahoots to frame her. If she trusted them like this again, she'd be a dog.

Her gaze made Li Mingya feel somewhat innocent. Although she did occasionally give false testimony, she assured that she absolutely did not this time. As for whether Gu Luoxi heard Cheng Cheng when she said this, she was not sure.