The process of going through the readmission procedures was much smoother than Lu Yibei had imagined.
After the Academic Affairs Office simply reviewed her readmission application and the original admission notice, and she filled out a bunch of forms whose purpose she didn't even know, the teacher in the Academic Affairs Office helped her register her student status.
The whole process only took less than half an hour.
"Alright, Classmate Lu, you can go report to your departnt now."
"Thank you, Teacher."
Lu Yibei thanked her, took the thick stack of docunts handed to her by the teacher from the Academic Affairs Office, and then got up and left the Academic Affairs Office.
Before she could even walk far, she heard a flurry of whispers coming from the office behind her.
"Another student who took a leave of absence due to illness?"
"Yeah, I wonder if there will be any more problems. It's really worrying!"
Are there problems with students who take a leave of absence due to illness? Lu Yibei paused, wanting to hear the two teachers' "gossip" more clearly.
"You know about that one last year, right? I heard when the police broke into his dorm room, the whole room was full of trash, and he was sleeping with a nest of rats. And under that trash..."
"Stop! Stop it! Just talking about it gives the creeps!"
Lu Yibei, "..." Stop what? What on earth was hidden under the trash?
Seriously, only telling half a story will bring down the wrath of heaven!
"If you ask , this is all caused by the sun's strange changes! Otherwise, how could so many people suddenly co down with strange illnesses?"
So they thought I was a black night disease patient? Lu Yibei frowned slightly, I'm not a black night disease!
I was certified by the authoritative departnts of the hospital's orthopedic surgery, ophthalmology, and neurology as a car accident, and I have hospital receipts to prove it!
What's more, what's wrong with black night disease? Did black night disease eat your rice?
During her hospitalization, Lu Yibei heard the term black night disease no less often than Weird tale. In fact, there was a patient in the next room who was drawing, and to so extent, her understanding of black night disease was definitely more than that of the two teachers.
The so-called black night disease is not a single disease, but a general term for the strange diseases that appear in people after the night begins to lengthen, which are difficult for modern dicine to explain.
Because the exact cause is basically unknown, black night disease can be said to be even more terrifying than cancer. The cure rate is very low, and whether one can recover completely depends on luck.
By the ti Lu Yibei was discharged from the hospital, the number of people diagnosed with black night disease had already exceeded 200,000, and this number was still slowly increasing.
"Who says it isn't! Didn't the internet say the end of the world is coming? In at most ten to fifteen years, there will be no dayti!"
"You're talking nonsense. Can you believe what those idiotic netizens say? You're a people's teacher saying such things. If the director hears you, be careful, you might be suspended!"
"Cough, cough!"
After a slightly hoarse cough, the discussion in the Academic Affairs Office ca to an abrupt halt, and Lu Yibei also put away her curiosity and headed towards the registration office of the Chinese Language Departnt.
Yes, the Chinese Language Departnt she chose for university!
At Li Gong University, choosing to major in Chinese Language seems like a baffling decision.
But there was no other way, who told her that this was her father's dying wish?
Lu Yibei and her father had a very good relationship. Although she grew up in a divorced family, she felt that she was not lacking in love.
Her father was barely considered a literary worker when he was young.
The kind who wrote online novels.
In their era, online novels were a profession with no future; writing novels was a dead end.
In that era, only the "rare and terrifyingly powerful" writers made it big, and her father didn't.
His monthly inco was barely enough to cover the living expenses of the father and daughter.
Lu Yibei always felt that her father didn't write poorly, but rather had a problem with his creative approach.
Who would read a book like "Rouxun's Drifting Chronicles"!?
Wouldn't it be better to write sothing like "I'm Not a Magical Girl"?
The year Lu Yibei entered elentary school, her father finally chose between his dream and his son, and took up a more stable profession.
He picked up the craft passed down from his ancestors and beca a Sichuan cuisine chef.
Years later, her father saved up years of savings and finally bought a storefront, preparing to open a Sichuan restaurant.
Lu Yibei originally thought her father had long given up his dream of becoming a famous writer, but who would have thought that on his deathbed, he would actually ask her to study ancient Chinese?
In fact, Lu Yibei personally felt that becoming a chef and running her own restaurant was actually quite good.
It's just that...
"Forget it, as long as I can respond to Father's love! What does it matter if I sacrifice a bit of my personal dream?"
Lu Yibei stood in front of the School of Literature student apartnt building and let out this sigh.
Even if she majored in Chinese Language in university, it doesn't an she can't beco an excellent chef in the future, right?
To put it another way, after studying Chinese Language, she could make the nas of the dishes in the restaurant sound more high-class, and the prices could also be appropriately adjusted up by just a tiny bit!
Just like Volcanic Snow (sugar-mixed tomatoes), Black Cloud Covering the Moon (seaweed and egg drop soup), Ex-Boyfriend's Misery (smashed cucumbers), and so on.
...
At noon, a corner of the campus playground.
The scorching sun passed through the dense branches, becoming gentle, scattering a mottled light on the ground.
Under an old maple tree with falling leaves, a girl wearing a light blue lace camisole sat on a weathered stone platform, swinging her fair legs that extended from under her khaki shorts back and forth, a faint smile on her face. She thoughtfully broke the leftover sandwich into small pieces and fed them to a chubby stray cat.
"Are you also a child no one wants? How pitiful. I'll be studying [N O V E L I G H T] here from now on! As long as I have ti, I'll co feed you!"
"ow~!"
As if responding to the girl, the stray cat's eyes narrowed slightly, and it rubbed against her hand, letting out a gentle ow.
"Food is very precious, you can't waste it!"
"ow~!"
"That's a good kitty!" The girl showed a sweet smile and gently scratched the stray cat's chin, saying, "If you leave any, be careful or I'll squeeze your balls!"
"ow... ow???"
How on earth do you manage to say such terrifying things while wearing an angelic smile?!
After the girl fed the last small piece of sandwich to the stray cat, she bent down to gather the food scraps that had fallen on the ground, carefully sprinkling them at the entrance of an ant nest under the tree. She clapped her hands, stood up contentedly, rummaged through her small bag, and pulled out a ballpoint pen.
The ballpoint pen was old and worn, with a few cracks on its dirty plastic casing.
As the girl pulled out the ballpoint pen, the surrounding air instantly turned cold.
The stray cat stopped eating, its fur stood on end, and it stared at the ballpoint pen, letting out a low growl of "grrr grrr."
Even the ants under the old maple tree seed to be affected by so force, their formation chaotic, scurrying around randomly without any pattern.
"Hey, hey! System, are you there?"
"Hello, Host, I am here!"
The girl shook the ballpoint pen in her hand. "This must be the core of the Pen Pal Weird tale in this school, right? How many points can this be exchanged for?"
"System is verifying, please wait... Verification complete! This ballpoint pen contains a C-level upper-tier energy fluctuation and can be exchanged for 20 points. Would you like to proceed with the exchange?"
"Yes!" The girl responded, and the ballpoint pen in her hand suddenly twisted with light and shadow, like the flickering static of a bad video signal. Then, it seed to evaporate, gradually fading and finally disappearing.
"20 points, does that an I can draw twice?"
"Yes, Host. Would you like to start the lottery now?"
"Draw, draw, draw! I definitely won't get 'Thank You for Your Patronage' this ti. I feel like my luck has turned around!"
"Alright, Host, the wheel of destiny has started to spin. Please wait..."
"Ding! Lottery complete. Congratulations! You have received a 300 yuan campus card top-up credit! Congratulations! You have received a 500 yuan campus card top-up credit!"
"Yes!" The girl seed very satisfied with the lottery results, forcefully punching the air. "With these 800 yuan, my food money for this month is settled. I won't have to work myself to death! I can even buy so snacks!"
"Yes, Host, congratulations! Would you like to claim your rewards now?"
"Then please help claim them!" The girl said politely, then suddenly thought of sothing and frowned slightly. "Oh, right, System..."
"I am here."
The girl rubbed her chin, thoughtfully saying, "You know, that Lu Yibei, he hasn't turned into a witch yet, has he? That ans he's still human, so I can't kill him yet, can I?!"
"Host, the ultimate target will certainly endanger this world in the future. Eliminating him while he is still weak is the best choice."
"But didn't you say, 'with great power cos great responsibility,' and that our responsibility is to protect every human? Then how can we kill people?"
"But Host..."
"Don't speak! Let finish!" The girl impatiently interrupted, "Why don't you just tell when he's going to transform! When he's halfway through, I'll just chop off his head with one swing. Wouldn't that be better?"
"Host, destiny is unpredictable. He could transform at any ti. I cannot effectively predict it."
"Sigh!" The girl sighed helplessly. "He could transform at any ti, I can't just follow him all the ti, can I? I have a lot of my own things to do!"
"System..."
"I am here."
"You're useless."
System, "..."
...
On the other side of the campus, in the School of Literature student apartnt.
Lu Yibei followed a "warm-hearted" senior who was leading her to her dormitory, listening absentmindedly to his chatter, her gaze unconsciously drifting out the window.
Under the scorching midday sun, the entire playground seed to be gilded, emitting dazzling light. Blinded by that light for a mont, Lu Yibei's vision blurred.
In a trance.
She saw a figure with long, flowing hair, dressed in a white dress like a white-clad female ghost, appear in a corner of the playground. Imdiately after, a huge, distorted, amorphous figure emanating a dark, negative aura appeared.
That figure was like a giant anglerfish, leaping up from beneath the ground, opening its mouth full of sharp teeth, swallowing the white-clad female ghost whole, falling towards the ground, falling into the ground, and silently disappearing.
What the heck?! What was that? Lu Yibei froze, her eyes wide.
However, all she saw was fallen leaves swirling with the breeze and fine sand on the empty playground, and a silly girl gesticulating and talking to herself.
Isn't that the guy who blocked my way before? Lu Yibei frowned, what is she so happy about by herself?! Forget it, it's better not to care.
The girl's bizarre behavior, coupled with the fleeting black shadow a few seconds ago, made Lu Yibei secretly determined: she absolutely could not get involved with that strange girl!
"Junior, junior?"
Called twice by the senior accompanying her, Lu Yibei collected herself, scratched the back of her head, and said coldly, "Oh, sorry, senior!"
The senior followed Lu Yibei's gaze and glanced out the window. Upon seeing the cute girl on the playground, he showed an understanding expression. "Haha, it's nothing! I get it! Who coming to university doesn't look forward to a beautiful romance?"
"That makes sense. Senior, what year are you in?"
"Third year."
Lu Yibei nodded, curiously asking, "Have you found love?"
The senior's face showed shyness, and he awkwardly swayed his waist, whispering, "I have, and she's in the sa dorm as . We're very happy!"
Lu Yibei, "..."
Suddenly, I don't want him to lead the way anymore, what should I do? Will there be danger?
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