“So that’s how it is…”
Lin Mo finished watching the last video, sighed, and leaned back, looking exhausted.
In half an hour, he had watched all the videos and roughly grasped the whole process of the battle.
He had to admit that this battle had far exceeded his expectations.
He had even grossly underestimated the level of both sides—this was definitely a major mistake.
“Choosing to use Wind Surge Technique? Even though it’s a low-grade spell… the result looks pretty good, I guess?”
Lin Mo felt conflicted.
An indescribable feeling welled up inside him, but he recognized it as a sense of crisis.
The monster in the video was strong… not the trash mob he had imagined beforehand, but a genuine Grudge Monster, each one possessing terrifying destructive power.
Yet such a fearsome monster had been defeated by a girl who hadn’t even entered a top Magic School, and by such a low-grade spell as Wind Surge Technique…
Unbelievable.
Lin Mo now understood that he had vastly underestimated that seemingly not-so-bright girl…
At the very least, the combat skills she displayed in the video had far surpassed his initial assessment.
This was definitely a huge mistake, and an unforgivable one at that.
What Lin Mo wanted was a complete evaluation and grasp of a person, leaving no room for any unstable factors.
He still knew too little about her…
For the sake of the experiment, he needed to understand her more deeply.
At the very least, he needed to maintain this existing connection, no matter the cost.
—
“Ah-choo!”
At noon, with an unavoidable physiological noise, Su Yu snapped awake.
She jumped up from the bed, quickly rubbed her itchy nose, and muttered softly:
“Catch a cold? That’s weird…”
Or is someone thinking of me?
Su Yu felt strange, but she never dwelled on such things.
With just a shake of her head, she cast it all aside.
“Only twelve noon…”
She picked up her phone and glanced at it, immediately feeling drowsiness wash over her again.
Waking up at noon… that’s really testing human limits.
Just as she was considering whether to take a nice long nap, she felt a slight vibration on her wrist.
After a brief daze, her good mood instantly turned gloomy.
Ding.
[You have a new message.]
Zi…
“Come to the lab by 2:30 PM… Don’t be late this time…”
“Huh?”
His voice sounds a bit weak, doesn’t it?
Su Yu raised an eyebrow suspiciously.
Could this guy have stayed up all night too?
Well… thinking too much won’t help.
Whether he sleeps is his own business.
First, order some takeout.
The girl crossed her legs, fingers swiping quickly across the phone screen.
Staring at the mouthwatering food pictures, her eyes practically glowed green.
She was practically rich now.
If she was going to scrimp on anything, it wouldn’t be her stomach.
Crispy Fried Chicken, Super Chicken Burger, Old Beijing Chicken Roll… all in one bucket.
‘Breakfast should be healthy,’ she thought to herself.
Just as she was about to pay, a private message notification popped up from Tieba.
The sender was a lackey she’d recently met on the Sun Xiaochuan Forum:
“Boss, I saw a real fairy.”
“If I can’t marry someone like that, I’d rather die.”
“Link: www.350234.com”
Su Yu frowned.
Being interrupted while choosing food clearly annoyed her, so she simply swiped away the pop-up and pressed the pay button.
But then, her body honestly clicked on the Tieba link, and before that, she deliberately put on a serious expression.
“Let me see this fairy.”
With a critical mindset, she clicked the link.
The first thing that caught her eye was a slightly chuunibyou title:
Elegant White-Haired Angel, Zero-Frame Magic So Terrifying, Monster Struggles but Fails to Win
Seeing this, Su Yu’s eyebrows unconsciously curved slightly.
Hiss…
This plot sounds oddly familiar…
Her finger, just about to swipe, paused inexplicably, and she felt a bad premonition.
But at that moment, her peripheral vision caught a corner of the photo.
…
“…”
“Nani?!”
The clear image appeared before her.
Su Yu couldn’t believe her eyes and rubbed them, wondering if she was hallucinating from lack of sleep.
“Th-this…”
“Isn’t this me?!”
She took a closer look at the picture.
Although it was blurry, the key parts were still clear.
There was no way she wouldn’t recognize her own face.
“Crap… How did someone take a picture of me?!”
After the shock, she had to start accepting reality, and her face was filled with worry and helplessness.
Her agreement with Lin Mo stipulated that she couldn’t be too flashy in public or attract too much attention.
But what had just happened was a serious breach of contract.
The post on Tieba had been reposted countless times, not to mention possible other channels of spreading.
She had no way to control it.
The only option might be to hope Lin Mo would be magnanimous and not hold it against her.
Su Yu covered her face with both hands, smiled bitterly and helplessly, wanting to cry but having no tears.
Ah… such is my fate…
…
At the agreed meeting time, Su Yu stepped through the lab door on the dot—even a little early this time.
Reason being, she didn’t want to have half a month’s wages docked today for stepping in with her left foot first.
If that happened, she’d rather be killed.
So today, she had deliberately changed into a more decent outfit, hoping to slip by somehow.
After mentally preparing herself, she headed toward the core area and soon met Lin Mo’s gaze as he sat in front of the Control Console.
The moment their eyes met, a sarcastic voice rang out:
“Oh? If it isn’t the big star.”
In an instant, the psychological defense Su Yu had painstakingly built collapsed.
Her legs went weak, and she almost fell.
But luckily, at the critical moment, she steadied herself and squeezed out what she thought was an appropriate smile:
“Good… good morning, boss.”
“Good morning?”
Lin Mo frowned, staring at the clear 2:35 PM on the electronic screen, lost in thought.
But in the end, he didn’t call her out on her nonsense.
“Fine, whatever makes you happy. But speaking of which, now that you’re famous, your fashion sense has improved a bit—though not by much.”
Su Yu’s mouth twitched, but she didn’t dare argue.
Inwardly, though, she felt a little relieved.
He seems to be in a good mood today.
Looks like he’s not going to hold me responsible.
And indeed, Lin Mo was quite generous about her breach of contract.
“As for what happened recently, I know you didn’t do it on purpose. Besides, it’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s actually given me some new ideas…”