32: Chapter 32 Teacher Su, when will we stop wasting water?
“Teacher Su?” Yun Zhuo opened the door and stared blankly at Su Qingyuan standing there. He then chuckled and said, “You're not scared to sleep alone, are you?”
Teacher Su's cheeks flushed. “Who said that? I just came to see how many beds are in your room.”
Yun Zhuo intentionally blocked the doorway and said, “Didn't the front desk say so when we checked in? There were no single rooms left. We're all in doubles, so there are definitely two beds.”
“Move aside first and let me see,” she said, pushing Yun Zhuo inside.
“There, you see? Two beds. Can you leave now?”
“It really is two beds.” Teacher Su walked over and sat on the edge of the bed. “The mattress is softer than the one in my room.”
“Then how about we swap?”
“Ah?”
“Feeling embarrassed? It's fine. It's only right to show respect to my teacher. A young guy like me is more comfortable on a hard bed anyway.”
“Wait a second.” Seeing Yun Zhuo about to leave, Teacher Su subconsciously stood up and grabbed his wrist.
“What's wrong? I told you, no need to be embarrassed.”
“No, I mean...” Teacher Su lowered her head and whispered in a voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz, “Can I sleep with you tonight?”
“Ah? What did you say?”
“I—!” Teacher Su bit her lip and glared at Yun Zhuo, knowing the boy was doing this on purpose.
However, having witnessed a murder on the streets for the first time, combined with what Yun Zhuo had said—that to kill someone, you first kill their War Princess—she was shaken.
If someone wanted to kill them, they would surely target her and Ban Jinlian first. This thought genuinely frightened her. Being in a strange place, she didn't dare sleep alone.
“I want to sleep with you tonight,” she said, then immediately added, “In separate beds.”
“No.”
“Why?”
“Who knows if you'll crawl into my bed in the middle of the night?”
“You...” Teacher Su clenched her fists. “If you keep talking nonsense, believe it or not, I'll beat you up!”
“I don't believe you.”
“Fine, don't believe me then. I'm going to take a shower.”
“Do you want me to scrub your back?”
“In your dreams~” With that, she slammed the bathroom door shut.
Yun Zhuo smiled slightly and sat back down at the table. He took a glance at the formation Teacher Wu had given him and tossed it aside.
He took out the formation provided by the System, spread it on the table, and placed the runes and corrosion crystals on it.
Once the corrosion crystal was placed, the formation lit up automatically.
With a flash of light, three runes successfully merged into one. Picking it up, Yun Zhuo was stunned.
corrosion crystal drop rate increased to 6%.
Yun Zhuo took out three more and tried again; it was still 6%.
After eventually synthesizing three runes with a 54% drop rate, he felt there was no need to continue.
This stuff wasn't very useful to him personally. Even with a 100% drop rate, trying to achieve his first small life goal by being a Gold Farmer would take forever.
Moreover, opening all nine of Teacher Su's inlay slots would cost ten billion, plus matching fees—that's twenty billion.
With so many 'small goals,' relying on gold farming? I must be crazy.
Therefore, these things had to be sold. Sell them to professional Gold Farmers and earn their savings.
But a rune with a 100% drop rate appearing on the market would be too insane. Even 54% felt like a bit much to Yun Zhuo.
He checked online; the highest drop rate rune currently on the market was 43%, selling for six hundred to seven hundred thousand.
Selling his 54% one for a million wouldn't be excessive, right?
As long as he sold two, he and Teacher Su could ascend to Heaven Rank.
If he and Teacher Su relied on gold farming themselves, they probably wouldn't earn that much even by the time they graduated university.
“What's up? Why are you so happy?”
Teacher Su walked out of the bathroom, drying her hair, and saw Yun Zhuo sitting there grinning to himself.
“Wife—no, Teacher, we're going to be rich.”
Teacher Su's face was flushed. Whether it was from the hot shower or something else, her gaze slid directly from Yun Zhuo's face to the floor.
“What riches? You're talking nonsense again.”
“Don't believe me?” Yun Zhuo handed her the newly synthesized rune. “Take a look at this.”
Teacher Su glanced at it but didn't take it. “We War Princesses can't see rune attributes, you forgot.”
The next moment, Yun Zhuo embedded the rune into her inlay slot and smiled. “Can you see it now?”
“corrosion crystal drop rate increased by 54%! You just synthesized this?”
“Yeah, don't you think we're going to strike it rich this time?”
Teacher Su nodded. “A rune with such a high drop rate is indeed rare, but will selling this kind of rune be dangerous?”
“You forgot, we still have Teacher Wu.”
“Him?”
“Yeah. At most, we'll give him a cut.”
Teacher Su thought for a moment and nodded. “Alright, go take your shower quickly.”
“What's the point of showering?” Having said that, Yun Zhuo took out twelve more runes and synthesized four more to inlay into Teacher Su.
Although the attributes were mostly different, synthesized rune attributes stacked randomly. If they happened to stack into War Princess Corrosion Energy absorption bonuses or damage bonuses, wouldn't that be a profit?
“No, go shower first.”
“Why? We're not sleeping together anyway.”
“You still stink.”
“Heh, you're actually starting to find me repulsive now.”
“No, I'm not.”
“You are.”
“You...” Teacher Su took a deep breath, then spoke in a coaxing tone like she was talking to a child. “Be good, listen to me, go take a shower first, okay? No one likes a little kid who doesn't shower.”
“Teacher Su, don't talk like that. You're making me feel weird.”
Teacher Su smiled. “What's weird about it?”
“You should say: Mommy doesn't like little kids who have stinky bodies.”
“You...” Teacher Su's face instantly overheated. “Are you going to shower or not? If you don't, I won't let you do a Body Integration with me.”
“Please, you're my War Princess.”
“So what if I'm your War Princess? If I don't transform, there's nothing you can do.”
“Fine, fine, fine, I'm going. I can't reach my back, can you come in and help me scrub?”
“In your dreams.” With that, she took out Yun Zhuo's underwear and pajamas from her bracelet. “Here, I brought a change of clothes for you.”
“Aha, Teacher Su! You actually stole my underwear. No wonder I couldn't find them this morning.”
“I stole your head! When have I not been the one helping you wash your underwear? Why would I need to steal them?”
“Then whose pajamas are these? I don't remember having pajamas.”
“Mine.”
“I'm not wearing women's clothes.”
“You...” Teacher Su took a deep breath and explained, “This style is unisex.”
Yun Zhuo took them and sniffed, looking entranced. “So fragrant. You weren't wearing these last night, were you? Why else would they smell so good?”
Teacher Su pointed at the bathroom, her face red. “Stop being cheeky and get in there.”
“Sigh! We clearly could have showered together, yet we have to do it separately. Isn't that a waste of water? Teacher Su, when can we stop wasting water?”
Teacher Su froze for two seconds. Her right hand subconsciously lifted to gently clasp her left elbow. She lowered her head and said, “Didn't I say? After you get into university.”
Seeing Yun Zhuo approach with a mischievous grin, her breath hitched, and she hurriedly turned around.
Feeling Yun Zhuo's warm breath brush past her ear, her body shrank away almost imperceptibly, then, as if afraid he would notice, she quietly moved her shoulder back toward him.
Then she heard Yun Zhuo ask, “Um, words are unreliable. Can you give me that in writing?”
Teacher Su's body instantly stiffened. Dammit! This kid is playing me again!
Thinking this, she quickly spun around, intending to pinch Yun Zhuo's ear.
But Yun Zhuo anticipated her move. Half his body poked out from the bathroom as he laughed, “Teacher Su, you're really cute when you're shy.”
Before she could speak, he imitated her earlier action and slammed the door shut with a bang.
Furious, Teacher Su stomped her foot outside. “You brat, if you're so capable, stay in there for the rest of your life and don't come out!”