Chapter 72 – What Happened?

At this moment, Su Ming was unaware that two intruders had entered his room.

He was truly sleeping like a log.

After all, he had experienced quite a lot last night and pondered many things, leaving him both sleep-deprived and drained of Spirit Power. Once he fell asleep in the latter half of the night, he didn’t wake up again.

Perhaps because he had resolved many matters, Su Ming slept quite peacefully and comfortably, not even dreaming, enjoying a truly restful sleep.

However, this situation eventually changed at this moment.

Su Ming suddenly started having a dream.

A dream where he felt as if an invisible devil was staring intently at him, as if he were stripped naked and placed on a stone platform, being freely examined by the other party.

Not only was the devil examining him, but it also seemed intent on disposing of him, constantly whispering various things in his ear.

Su Ming couldn’t make out the content of the whispers, but he had a feeling that the other party was about to take action against him, intending to dig out his heart and examine it thoroughly.

This feeling made Su Ming very anxious and scared.

He felt that it was because he had been too secretive, hiding too many secrets, which attracted the devil’s attention.

Now that the other party was planning to dig out his heart, as if trying to uncover all his secrets, and preparing to take action against him, it was impossible for Su Ming not to feel panicked.

Especially later, when Su Ming heard a few sentences from the devil.

“How about it? Can you find anything?”

“Nothing, it seems like there’s nothing at all.”

“Is it hidden that deeply?”

“It might not necessarily be that he’s hiding something.”

“I don’t believe it. He must be hiding something; otherwise, it doesn’t make sense.”

“But we really haven’t found anything.”

“Maybe we just haven’t discovered it yet. Let’s go through it again.”

“Ah, this…”

Such whispered conversations made it impossible for Su Ming to remain calm.

In his daze, Su Ming even saw one of the devils slowly extending its sharp claws toward him.

That scene finally made Su Ming shout out loud.

“Yamete! ∑(?Д?Thus, Su Ming woke up.

Not only did he wake up, but he also sat up abruptly in great fright.

However, this sudden movement led to tragedy for both Su Ming and the devil.

“Bang!”

With a loud collision, Su Ming’s head and the devil’s head slammed together fiercely.

“Ouch!”

A girl’s cry of pain instantly rang out, causing the devil to fall backward.

“Damn!”

Su Ming also felt stars dancing before his eyes, his head splitting with pain, and he nearly fell backward as well.

However, unlike the girl who had transformed into the devil in his dream, as Su Ming fell back, his hand instinctively reached out to the side, as if trying to grab onto something for support.

As a result, his hand landed on something soft.

“Ah!”

Another girl’s cry rang out.

This was a completely different voice from the previous cry.

The former cry was full of pain and sounded rather miserable, while the latter cry was full of shock and disbelief.

With stars still in his eyes, Su Ming naturally couldn’t pay attention to these details, only feeling an intense pain in his forehead that made him question his existence.

It wasn’t until a while later that the stars before Su Ming’s eyes gradually faded, allowing his real vision to return.

Only then did Su Ming realize that the stone platform in his dream was actually his own bed, and there was no devil in front of him—only a girl lying on the floor.

“Ouch, it hurts so much… ┭┮﹏┭┮”

Jiang Wanyu lay in front of Su Ming, clutching her reddened head, looking as if she were in excruciating pain, with tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.

“You…?”

Su Ming stared blankly at this scene, his mind momentarily unable to process it.

“Se… Senior…”

At that moment, a tearful voice came from beside Su Ming.

Su Ming instinctively turned his head and looked over, easily spotting the girl who had transformed into the second devil in his dream.

Yao Beibei was sitting beside Su Ming in a “seiza” position, her hands raised as if surrendering, with large tears actually glistening in her eyes.

And in front of this girl, Su Ming’s hand was positioned in a rather inappropriate manner on her body.

Yao Beibei looked as if she didn’t know whether to resist or not, appearing as if she had suffered a great injustice, her eyes tearful as she stared at Su Ming.

“Why… why are you here?”

Su Ming’s mind smoothly welcomed its second crash, and he quickly withdrew his hand, looking completely at a loss.

“Wah… ┭┮﹏┭┮”

Yao Beibei immediately started crying as well.

Naturally, the reason for her tears was different from Jiang Wanyu, whose entire forehead was red.

Su Ming glanced at Jiang Wanyu, who was still rolling on the floor in pain, then looked at Yao Beibei, who was hugging herself, feeling utterly bewildered.

“Can someone please tell me what just happened?”

……

Suite 404, Restaurant.

Because Lei Hao had gone for morning exercises, he brought back some breakfast from the Dormitory Cafeteria this morning, allowing everyone to eat here without having to go to the cafeteria.

At this moment, apart from Ye Bai, who hadn’t returned yet and was thus absent, all members of Su Ming’s team were present.

However, for some reason, the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

Su Ming kept his head down, munching on a fried dough stick.

Jiang Wanyu held her head, with a band-aid stuck on her forehead, wearing a frustrated expression.

Yao Beibei wasn’t eating or moving at all, just sitting there with her face, ears, and even neck flushed red, resembling a teapot about to let off steam.

Lei Hao and An Zijin exchanged glances, both seeing great confusion in each other’s eyes.

Thus, Lei Hao was the first to speak.

“Something’s up!”

This usually boisterous young master Lei’s opening remark made the one boy and two girls present freeze up.

An Zijin held a steamed bun, blinking her big eyes, her suspicious gaze sweeping over Su Ming, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei in turn.

“Brother Su Ming, Wanyu, Beibei, what’s wrong with you?”

Like Lei Hao, An Zijin felt that something was amiss.

Unfortunately, her suspicious inquiry was met with a single response.

“”””No, nothing.””””

Su Ming, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei answered in unison.

“Re… really?”

An Zijin was taken aback.

“”””Yes, that’s right.””””

Su Ming, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei once again answered in unison.

“…Why do I feel like you’re all acting strange?”

An Zijin fell silent for a moment before suddenly speaking up.

“”””You’re overthinking it.””””

Su Ming, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei immediately responded in unison again.

“…”

An Zijin felt like giving up on talking.

In contrast, Lei Hao beside her straightforwardly declared,

“If there’s nothing going on with you three, I’ll perform a handstand while eating shit right here.”

Lei Hao directly made a drastic vow.

Even An Zijin shifted from suspicion to certainty, her gaze fixed intently on Su Ming, Jiang Wanyu, and Yao Beibei, her eyes gradually sharpening.

These three were far too suspicious.

Something must have happened among them.

But what could Brother Su Ming have done with Wanyu and Beibei?

An Zijin thought for a moment, then her eyes widened slightly.

Could it be…!? Σ(⊙▽⊙）

“Wanyu, Beibei.” An Zijin looked seriously at her two roommates and said gravely, “You two didn’t do something to betray me, did you?”

This statement finally broke the eerie synchronization among Su Ming and the two girls.

At the very least, Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei panicked.

“How… how could we do something to betray Zijin?” Jiang Wanyu, forgetting the pain in her head, hurriedly said, “We’d give you the whole world if we could, right, Beibei?”

Jiang Wanyu turned to Yao Beibei, seeking her support.

“Right…”

Yao Beibei did offer Jiang Wanyu support, but her support was incredibly weak, to the point of being almost nonexistent.

This was unavoidable.

If they were to really scrutinize it, she probably could be considered as having done something to betray An Zijin, right?

No, wait, it should be said that Su Ming was the one who did something to betray An Zijin. She didn’t do anything and even suffered a great loss!

Remembering Su Ming’s shocking grab, steam finally seemed to rise from Yao Beibei’s head.

It really wasn’t my fault, little Zijin! o(╥﹏╥)o

Yao Beibei even felt as if she had committed an unforgivable sin.

Such behavior naturally did not reassure An Zijin.

An Zijin could only turn her gaze to Su Ming, trying to discern something from him.

But by this time, Su Ming had already transformed into an emotionless eating machine, keeping his head down and eating as if he were a starving ghost reincarnated.

“Have you been starving for years?”

Even Lei Hao found it ridiculous to watch, even feeling that the steamed bun in his hand had lost its flavor.

Su Ming ignored him and continued eating.

Today, he had to eat until he was stuffed to death.

Otherwise, he might be beaten to death.

So, rather than being miserably beaten to death, Su Ming preferred to eat his fill and die from overeating—at least he wouldn’t truly become a starving ghost, right?

“Brother Su Ming…”

An Zijin watched as Su Ming transformed into a voracious eater, not knowing what to think, and tears began to well up in her eyes.

At this point, even Su Ming couldn’t remain calm.

“No, it has nothing to do with me.”

Su Ming helplessly stopped his storm of eating, shifting from a voracious eater to a commoner crying out his grievances.

“I just had a comfortable sleep, that’s all. Who knows what happened?”

Su Ming felt truly wronged and confused.

Even now, he still didn’t know why Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei had appeared in his room and even quietly climbed onto his bed.

It couldn’t be that they came for a night assault, could it?

If it were An Zijin, Su Ming might have believed it, but why would Jiang Wanyu and Yao Beibei launch a night assault on him?

Therefore, Su Ming could only say pitifully,

“If possible, I would choose to continue lying down and sleeping, rather than being sentenced while completely bewildered.”

Hearing this, everyone was left speechless.

(End of Chapter)