Chapter 227: The Mysterious Moonlit Night

Although it was already past 10 p.m., the entrance of Nanhua School was still very lively. Various snacks and late-night foods were widely available, offering attractive prices and a wide range of flavors that emitted enticing scents, making many students frequent visitors who couldn’t bear to leave.

Inside the school, there wasn’t much to eat at this time—only instant noodles and mineral water, the necessities for those who stayed up all night. Once, Happy had also spent some time relying on such things, but now she really had no interest in them. She felt that in life, one should use this body to do many things, so at least one should treat one’s own body well by consuming more nutritious foods.

“Chen Kaixin?”
As soon as she reached the entrance of Nanhua School, she encountered an acquaintance—a person she really didn’t want to see: Xu Yao, the beautiful member of the discipline committee.

With her tall, alluring figure and fair skin, coupled with her face that easily stirred men’s desire to conquer her, Xu Yao caused the testosterone levels of many adolescent boys at the school entrance to soar, likely preventing them from falling asleep properly.

Xu Yao clearly didn’t expect to meet Chen Kaixin here, let alone find herself unable to suppress a soft exclamation. Though she regretted it immediately afterward, the words had already been spoken and reached his ears.

Seeing Chen Kaixin turn around instinctively, Xu Yao’s expression became complex. Under his gaze, she unconsciously reached out to push a strand of hair behind her ear, as if trying to hide her unease.

Perhaps even she didn’t understand why she felt so nervous around Chen Kaixin… so abnormal…

But after that unpleasant encounter, Xu Yao had been wondering what she might have done to offend him. After confirming repeatedly that they had no connection, she kept waiting for him to call and apologize. Unfortunately, there was no news from him, only a call from someone she hadn’t been in touch with for a long time.

Thinking of the request he made, which she couldn’t refuse, Xu Yao’s straightforward mood underwent a subtle change. Lately, she had suspected that Happy, the top-ranked expert at Nanhua School who only kept in touch with the Lonely Three Wolves, and now a renowned figure in the martial arts world, might actually be Chen Kaixin—the roommate of the Lonely Three Wolves.

Xu Yao is a member of the Discipline Committee and the Student Union, with extensive connections that allow her to access information unavailable to ordinary students and gather targeted intelligence—including evaluations of her by Teacher Chen Kaixin—and the help of a computer genius from the Computer Science Department. For this reason, she joined Nanhua’s “Colorful Clothing Sect,” a naive student group without proper rules or regulations, utterly unable to compete with larger unions. What brought these people together was merely “Nanhua University”—its interest systems, resource-sharing mechanisms, and the youthful ambition among students to outdo one another—factors that ensured such groups could not last long. The only person she found valuable was “Happy.” But what Xu Yao didn’t expect was… In just over a dozen days, the Colorful Clothing Sect developed more than fifty top-tier experts. Utilizing the resources obtained from Happy and the students’ fervent passion for “Jianghu,” they quickly rose to become a leading gang in the surrounding cities, monopolizing most of the city’s resources. By concentrating their efforts on developing two key resource sites and acquiring advanced martial arts manuals, they increased the number of top-tier experts to three digits—a figure that seemed astonishing even to some major unions! Yet… the Colorful Clothing Sect actually achieved this! With the “Gang Contribution Ranking” and the increasingly mature free trading system of the “Nanhua Jianghu Ranking” they established, almost everything in “Jianghu” could be exchanged for RMB at any time, and RMB could be converted into contribution points to obtain advanced martial arts manuals from the gang’s warehouse. The sect’s rules were rapidly being completed and improved, and its strength grew by leaps and bounds, affecting several nearby cities at a pace even renowned large unions could hardly match. While the correct guidance from the sect’s leadership played a role, the students’ fervent passion, determination, and unity were qualities absent in ordinary unions! And all of this—Xu Yao discovered—seemed to have been largely proposed by Happy, who had not yet joined the sect. Moreover, most of the resources and contribution points stored in the warehouse belonged to Happy. In other words, the Colorful Clothing Sect’s rapid rise and strength were entirely thanks to Happy’s support. Xu Yao couldn’t understand why Happy would so easily hand over hundreds of thousands of resources, allowing a group of students to keep and use them.

Although Happy’s current actions seemed successful, Xu Yao still couldn’t understand… how Happy managed to take such a step! How could someone with such a broad mind treat her, who had just met him for the first time, so bluntly, even with a hostile attitude? Thinking of the answer given to her by the computer genius some time ago, Xu Yao’s emotions surged uncontrollably. It was truly difficult to reconcile the “Happy” in the game with the seemingly ordinary and even a bit annoying “Chen Kaixin” in reality. “It’s you.” Happy frowned and turned toward Xu Yao. This time, he didn’t act overly aggressively—there were too many people around, and he already felt the hostile glances after Xu Yao’s attention turned to him. Worried that a group of self-righteous “protectors” might jump out and beat him up if he showed even a hint of hostility, Happy restrained his cold attitude for the sake of his own safety. “Mm…” The beautiful representative of the discipline committee found herself too nervous to speak at this moment, facing one of Nanhua University’s most mysterious people. “I tried to interview you last time…” “Oh.” Happy naturally remembered, but immediately the warning about Yao Shi Wan Neng flashed through his mind. Yipin Tang was already planning to investigate him, so his expression turned cold. With a light smile, he said, “Sure, I’m free now. How about we find a place to sit and talk?” “Huh? Oh! Okay, this isn’t a good place to talk. What about the school pavilion?” Xu Yao looked at Happy in surprise, feeling that he seemed different from last time, but… well, that coldness remained. “I haven’t eaten yet. Let’s sit at a snack stall and talk while eating…” After a pause, Happy added in a calm tone, “Or maybe another day. It’s too late today…” “It’s okay. I was afraid you’d eat me up!” After taking a few deep breaths to regain her composure, Xu Yao finally reverted to her usual confident self, trying to take control of the situation with jokes and her presence. But unfortunately… Happy turned around resolutely and walked straight toward the snack stall, leaving her unable to utter the question that was on her lips: “Where do you usually go?”