Chapter 11
At 6:30 p.m., Wu Qi and I came out of the mobile phone store, each with a small box in our hands.
His is gold; give me a limited edition with a red case.
"Have you learned how to use it?" Wu Qi asked.
"Got it..." I tapped my finger on the screen.
The shop assistant was explaining things to me like I was a complete idiot. When I asked her how to use the 26-grid input method, she was practically in despair. Thank goodness humans invented stroke-based input methods, otherwise I would have felt like I'd accidentally typed a brick.
Wu Qi took my phone, set it as his emergency contact, and told me to call him first if anything happened.
I asked him, "Does that mean you can't fight if nothing happens?"
He paused for a moment, then grinned at me, revealing a set of white teeth: "I'm always ready to serve you. Feel free to bother me."
I gripped my phone and pursed my lips.
I don't know how to describe it, but at that moment, dusk suddenly appeared, dominating one side of the sky with its color, which also burned onto Wu Qi's face. He was like the scorching sun, and I even coveted the grapefruit red in his eyes.
...Something's wrong.
I abruptly looked away, and a thought suddenly popped into my head: I'm starting to act a little strange.
Wu Qi added me on WeChat and said he had decided to challenge that person to a duel tonight.
"Will they admit they're a fraud?" I asked. "Be careful not to alert them, or they'll give you another dressing down."
"Don't worry unnecessarily," he said. "Haven't you heard of outsmarting someone?"
I looked on with curiosity, and Wu Qi seemed to enjoy my suspense. He leaned close to my ear and asked, "Want to know?"
"Yes." I was honest.
Wu Qi: "Then check my WeChat."
I listened to him and immediately started using my phone. I found Wu Qi in the only two contacts I had (the other was WeChat Assistant), and I was stunned.
"Strawberry... bunny...?"
Wu Qi replied casually, "Mm."
What kind of weird name is this?!
He's going to be a heartthrob for countless young men!
My lips twitched, and I clicked on his profile picture again, becoming even more stunned. I held my phone up to him and asked, "Excuse me for being blunt, but what does this rabbit have to do with you?"
“It didn’t exist before, but it does now,” Wu Qi said logically. “Now it’s called the God of Wealth Rabbit, and it’s my guardian deity.”
I:"……"
Wu Qi: "How about that? As long as I have this profile picture, I've already won half the battle. I'm just waiting for him to kneel down and call me 'baby'."
I had a sudden idea, and looked up at him, asking, "Are you going to seduce someone?"
It was supposed to be a joke, but Wu Qi actually took it to heart and asked me in return, "Brother, don't you have that kind of looks?"
I:"……"
They're so shameless they could build a parking lot!
Wu Qi leaned on my shoulder and told me in detail about his seduction plan: "He uses your brother Qi's good looks to deceive people, and so can I. I'll deceive the swindlers out of their money. That's called—two against one."
"..."
I always manage to learn some twisted logic from Wu Qi.
That evens out, so next time we meet, I'll have to call you Teacher Wu.
Wu Qi: "Once I get a single penny from him, I'll know what kind of person he really is."
Finally, you've hit the nail on the head.
It was previously said that Wu Qi's specialty was gambling, but that's not entirely true. He also possesses a skill called "tracing the source."
In other words, once you receive a penny, you can trace the money back to everyone it has passed through.
The God of Wealth is in charge of worldly wealth. Some say, "For buying and selling, the God can make things profitable and harmonious. If there is anything fair, you can pray to the God, and everything will go as you wish."*
Conversely, if there is any injustice, he can also make the other party go bankrupt.
That evening, after listening to the story, I stopped interfering. Firstly, I had confidence in Wu Qi, and secondly, this tactic was too underhanded. Having been honest and upright for many years, I decided not to get involved.
The next day, I took my phone to school and added Meng Xiaoqiong and Yu Yuan. I don't know who they learned it from, but they were exactly the same –
"Holy crap, Sang Yue, you came out of the cave???"
Thank you so much.
After Meng Xiaoqiong searched my account, she saved my contact as "Little Red Ribbon." Without saying a word, I saved her as "Braids." Yu Yuan, who was standing nearby watching, saved my contact as "Taro Ball."
"I'll add you to the class group chat. Remember to turn off notifications later," Meng Xiaoqiong said.
Yu Yuan chimed in from the side, "Can you pull me in too?"
Meng Xiaoqiong: "Why did I pull you?"
Yu Yuan said seriously, "Your class consistently scores higher than our average in every exam, which is because you're gathering intelligence on the enemy's situation."
Meng Xiaoqiong: "...Are you sick?"
I was enjoying myself when my phone suddenly vibrated.
I'd never seen this format before, so I clicked on it out of curiosity and discovered it was the sensation caused by me joining the group.
[Anonymous A]: Welcome newbie! But is this newbie definitely not a virus? No profile picture at all... and the username is '1'?
[Anonymous B]: @Meng Xiaoqiong, who is this?
[Anonymous C]: Ahhhh, it doesn't matter who it is anymore, today is the 123rd day I've wanted to ask Sang Yue a question...
[Anonymous D]: Get lost, Xu Feng. Sang Yue has only been here for a few days.
Having never heard of this private group before, I was at a loss.
I'd felt something was off about Class 5 before. Every time it was quiet, they'd all fall silent together, as if the teacher had cast a silencing spell on them. After they'd quiet down, they'd all look in the same direction, as if they didn't mean to.
Okay, so they were secretly planning something.
I put my phone away and didn't turn off notifications. Everyone has different preferences, but I think being a little noisy is fine.
I asked Meng Xiaoqiong, "Who is Xu Feng?"
Meng Xiaoqiong pointed her chin at a tall man with dark skin, who looked like the kind of boy who used to run around in rice paddies when he was a child.
"Why are you looking for him...?"
Before Meng Xiaoqiong could finish speaking, I walked straight up to Xu Feng.
As I passed a student who was about to fall asleep, he suddenly sat up straight, his eyes wide open. The whole class was momentarily stunned, probably because I had never walked in this direction before.
Xu Feng was stunned, and his phone fell to the ground with a thud.
I asked, "Which question do you want to ask me?"
"Ah... hahaha..." Xu Feng said a bunch of meaningless interjections, struggling to find his words, "The person who came in from our class... it's you. No wonder you were so aloof."
I didn't have time for a perfunctory exchange, so I asked again, "Which subject?"
Xu Feng's face was dark red, and he quickly pulled a physics workbook out of his desk.
I patiently explained it to him. I was also a beginner, and I shared some of my own techniques, which attracted a small group of people to come and watch.
As I continued talking, I started to feel awkward. I pretended to be calm, but my palms were actually sweating.
"I feel that the kinetic energy theorem and the conservation of mechanical energy are similar, so it's enough to know one first."
"Okay, okay."
People around me were looking at me like I was witnessing a paranormal event. Was it really that strange? Someone asked me how I learned so many things in such a short time. I didn't know what to say, so I just replied with a single syllable, "Heh."
You mere mortals, you're still no good.
When the homeroom teacher heard about it, she was quite dramatic. She told me to explain more problems in class to improve the learning atmosphere of the whole class. That wasn't very wise. I usually curse them 800 times in my mind for every sentence I say, and I can recite a whole dictionary from memory in no time.
"laugh--"
Wu Qi suddenly burst out laughing behind me.
I saw his reflection in the window; he was resting his chin on his hand, his peach blossom eyes curved upwards, revealing two perfectly shaped eye bags.
Although it looks great, I still want to yell at him: "What are you laughing at?"
He said in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, "Our A-Yue has really made something of herself."
"...You're saying that just like my father."
"Be bold, remove the image, my good daughter."
"Get out of here."
I just couldn't stand watching; I thought ordinary people were so stupid. But blushing was purely accidental; it was really hot with so many people around me.
A week later, Wu Qi told me that he had found the swindler. It's true what they say, it's hard to guard against a thief within your own family; it turned out to be a senior from Nancheng No. 1 High School.
He asked if I wanted to watch him work. I had nothing better to do, so I skipped a self-study period and went with him to a bench behind the school.
Other immortals work in temples, or at least find a secluded corner. Forgive my ignorance, but this is the first time I've ever seen someone sprawled out like this.
I felt restless, as if I were doing something wrong, and asked, "Is it okay to wait here?"
This guy said to me, "Sit still and watch my performance."
I was about to yell at someone when a boy suddenly burst into my field of vision. He stumbled and tripped as he passed Wu Qi.
Tripping over the God of Wealth is definitely not a good thing!
Clang.
I was startled when a coin landed at my feet.
Before I could even react, the coins spilled all over the boy's body, like raindrops that couldn't be contained.
"ah!!!"
The boy couldn't stop himself; trying to cover himself up was no use. Finally, he collapsed onto the mountain of coins, looking at Wu Qi in a panic.
"What...what is this?"
Wu Qi coldly replied, "Money."
Even a fool could tell that this is money!
The coins were still falling off him, and looking at him, I felt like he was completely hollowed out.
I suddenly understood from that person's frantic attempts to cover up that the most painful thing is not losing money, but watching it slip away and not being able to keep a single penny.
The boy's voice trembled with tears: "Who are you? Can you please stop it...stop it from flowing down my body, from flowing down my body..."
Wu Qi crossed his legs and whispered, "Is this yours?"
The boy's choked voice stopped abruptly.
After a long pause, he glared at Wu Qi with red eyes, relentlessly shouting, "Those girls gave it to me willingly!"
Wu Qidao: "Voluntary?"
He finally recognized the person who had tripped him: "You are...you are...Wu Wu Wu..."
"Stop acting cute, what's with the whining?" Wu Qi casually lifted his eyelids. "Don't you like money? There's plenty on the ground."
The boy clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Suddenly, he found strength from nowhere and sprang up from the ground, his fist heading straight for Wu Qi.
I was startled, but my body reacted faster than my reflexes. I pulled out a red thread, which collided violently with my fist in mid-air and was forcefully stopped.
He glanced at the red thread, then at me, money dangling from his pocket, as if trapped in a quagmire. He finally lost all sense of reason, completely insane, pointing at me and shouting, "Demon! Monster!"
My gaze went blank for a moment.
The next moment, a coin bounced straight to the man's forehead, causing him to lean back and fall to the ground.
Wu Qi's face darkened: "You're spouting nonsense."
Seeing that he was about to grab the other person by the collar and was about to overstep his bounds, I quickly stopped him: "I haven't even strangled him yet, and you're already in such a hurry. Forget it."
Wu Qi's fingers tightened, then suddenly loosened, his brow furrowing repeatedly before he finally muttered, "You're quite soft-hearted..."
I said again, "That's enough, you madman."
Wu Qi finally calmed down. This guy was really strange. He didn't say anything when I used his name to swindle money, but when I said he was a monster, he lost control.
He was planning to use my name to secretly punch him twice, but I already knew that.
With a wave of his hand, the coins scattered on the ground vanished in the blink of an eye. At that moment, all the girls who had been scammed should have received a considerable sum of money.
Wu Qi made a spell, embedding what had happened into that person's dream, repeating it a hundred or eighty times. You should know that such a punishment was considered lenient and generous in the Heavenly Court.
It was almost time for school to end, and we strolled back to our classroom. Wu Qi draped his school uniform over his shoulder, fiddling with a coin between his fingers.
"There's something I don't understand," I said. "Did you really succeed in seducing her?"
Wu Qi: "That's for sure. In just two days, he was calling me 'baby' right behind my back."
Me: "I don't believe it."
Wu Qi chuckled and handed me the phone: "If you don't believe me, take a look yourself. There's no password."
Even now, I still believe Wu Qi's nonsense.
When I opened the chat interface between "Strawberry Bunny" and the other person, I found that there was very little chat content. This lazy person only had a three-minute attention span, and in the end, there were only two simple and crude sentences.
-v I'll pay 5 yuan to see black stockings
[The other party transferred 5 yuan to you][lustful][lustful]
...
Awesome.
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