After picking up the mooncakes with Xu Wenxing, Lu Ren took him to Commercial Street for a milk tea, then happily returned to the dormitory to spend the entire afternoon playing the Game.
He ate the lotus seed mooncake his roommate gave him, enjoying this beautiful day to the fullest.
As for why he only ate the lotus seed mooncake and none of the others.
It was because Lu Ren didn’t like the Five Nuts mooncake or the Ham mooncake.
He found the flavors of those two very strange—completely inedible in his opinion.
Although Xu Wenxing kept urging him to try them, just the smell of those mooncakes made Lu Ren feel nauseous. He didn’t even want to taste them.
Even on Sunday night, after playing the Game until 6:30 pm and with most of the canteen stalls already closed, Lu Ren still refused to eat the ham mooncake Xu Wenxing offered.
If it’s not a mooncake you like, just refuse it outright!
So, under Xu Wenxing’s suspicious gaze, Lu Ren went out of campus for a proper meal, then returned to the dormitory to study diligently for a few minutes, ending a pleasant weekend.
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, it was already Monday morning, right after the first class had ended.
“Haah…”
Xu Wenxing propped his face up with one hand, yawning repeatedly as he looked at the teacher packing up his hard drive and backpack on the podium, then glanced at his phone, yawning again and again.
“Why are you so tired? Didn’t you go to bed early last night?”
Lu Ren, sitting beside Xu Wenxing and tidying up his own things, asked curiously.
“Yeah. But around three in the morning, when I went to the bathroom, I accidentally opened my laptop, then accidentally downloaded the Game. Before I knew it, I played until seven in the morning. And that round wasn’t even over yet,” Xu Wenxing explained, letting out several more yawns. It was clear he was genuinely exhausted.
“Huh? I thought you hadn’t played any of the Game series before?” Lu Ren found this odd.
“Yeah, but seeing you play for so long made me a bit tempted, so I bought a copy, thinking I’d just casually try it out for a bit. But I ended up playing for half a day and still didn’t finish a single match,” Xu Wenxing nodded, explaining.
“You really are something else,” Lu Ren sighed. “Come on, let’s go back to the dorm. You’ve got two more classes this afternoon. Eat lunch early, then catch up on some sleep. Otherwise, I’m afraid you’ll be face-down on your desk the entire class, and the Professional Class Teacher will end up laughing at you.”
“Yeah, yeah, I know. Let’s go back to the dorm to rest.”
Xu Wenxing agreed with a few words, stretched his neck, then slowly stood up. He grabbed his untouched textbook from the desk and headed toward the classroom door.
Lu Ren followed behind, observing his roommate’s walking posture and making an assessment.
Fortunately, the guy was just tired. He wasn’t staggering or swaying, still walking upright, which meant he still had some energy.
That meant Lu Ren didn’t have to worry about him misstepping on the stairs, tumbling down the stairwell, and giving everyone an impromptu performance of the invincible flaming wheel, some ancient martial art move.
Though if Xu Wenxing did fall, Lu Ren would definitely mock him on the spot, then call for medical staff.
Staying up all night playing the Game when there were classes the next day—he must have lost his mind.
Speaking of which, that round of the Game was almost over. From now until afternoon class, minus eating time, there should be about two hours to finish it…
Ugh, more work ahead. So annoying.
“Ren-ge, what’s wrong?”
After leaving the classroom, Xu Wenxing noticed Lu Ren suddenly stop walking. Curious, he asked.
“Nothing. I have to go off campus for a bit. You go back yourself.”
After expertly making an excuse to his roommate, Lu Ren took out his phone and shook it toward Xu Wenxing, signaling that someone was calling him and that Xu should head back alone.
“Ah? No way, Ren-ge? That Rich Woman still has energy on a Monday to find you?” Xu Wenxing was stunned. “Doesn’t she have a job? This is ridiculous.”
“No choice. Being the kept man means you have to be obedient and come whenever called,” Lu Ren shrugged. “Don’t worry. She knows I have class this afternoon, so she won’t keep me long. You go back to rest. Remember to set an alarm—don’t accidentally oversleep.”
“Ah… alright, see you this afternoon, Ren-ge.”
Xu Wenxing nodded and waved goodbye.
“Yeah, see you this afternoon.”
Lu Ren responded, then without hesitation turned and dashed toward the school gate, looking quite urgent.
“Why is Ren-ge walking so fast? Can’t wait to meet the Rich Woman?”
Xu Wenxing shook his head, unable to understand, then turned toward the dormitory building, leisurely relaxing.
Several dozen minutes later.
In a deserted alley outside the school, Lu Ren leaned against a wall, gasping for breath, eyes half-closed, as if he had just sprinted a thousand meters at full speed.
“Ha… ha… ha…”
“Phew… ha…”
“Gulp, cough, cough.”
After swallowing hard, Lu Ren took the Dormitory Key out of his pocket, feeling the unprecedented scorching heat radiating from it.
His hands clenched tightly around the Red Star Pendant.
This was the strongest magic source he had ever encountered since becoming a Magic Girl—the magic was even denser than the Giant Egg he had encountered that day.
Such an intense magic source was undoubtedly from a very powerful Monster.
Monsters of this level, even just appearing, could cause large-scale damage to parts of City A, forcing the Monster Response Department to take emergency measures.
If nothing unusual happened, the news channels should already be broadcasting emergency live coverage.
He wondered if Sapphire and Meteor had already set out.
Panting and waiting for his strength to recover enough to forcibly complete the Transformation, Lu Ren pulled out his phone and scrolled through the news for several minutes, trying to find any information about this powerful magic Monster.
But strangely, no matter how long he scrolled through the news, he couldn’t find the latest reports.
Even after entering the live news section and checking every channel, the result was the same.
Lu Ren even stubbornly exited the browser and checked the forums for the latest Monster news in City A, but found no reports of anyone’s home being attacked by a Monster.
It was as if he was the only one aware of the Monster’s appearance, and no one else had reacted at all.
“…What’s going on?”
Lu Ren frowned, puzzled by the current situation.
This was really strange.
Had the Monster Response Department not yet issued any announcements? Or had the Monster not been discovered?
But no matter what, he couldn’t just sit here and wait to die.
He had to eliminate the Monster before it caused any damage!
“Transformation!” Lu Ren clenched the Red Star Pendant tightly and shouted with determination.
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