Global Evolution: I Super Double Up on my evolution-Chapter 405 - 198: Noon Has Arrived! It’s Time to Compete on the Leaderboard!_3
I simply couldn’t afford this meal.
This is so awkward... I can’t break the school rules and exchange academic credits for Exotic Flower Fruits to sell, can I? If I get caught, I’d probably receive a demerit, or worse, I could even be expelled on the spot.
Su Yan thought that, being such a genius, the school would probably let him off the hook. But you can never be too careful! What if there’s an unyielding leader at the school? What if they insist on expelling me? Wouldn’t that be like blowing up on the spot?
Su Yan didn’t dare take the risk. He instantly felt as if his head was as big as a cow. I’m practically turning into a minotaur, he thought.
Seeing this, Qin Yao hesitated for a moment before whispering, "Su Yan, why don’t I treat you to this meal, and you can pay me back another day."
She didn’t know that Su Yan was already bankrupt and thought he just found the price of the stew too expensive, making him wince a bit.
"This... wouldn’t be appropriate, would it?"
Su Yan was unusually coy for a moment.
Seeing this, Qin Yao smiled and said, "I have a VIP card for this restaurant; I can enjoy a free meal every month."
A pretty fake act of kindness... Couldn’t fool a three-year-old...
Su Yan was very clear about this, but on the surface, he pretended to be surprised and said, "That’s great, saves money!"
There was no other way. If I can’t pay the bill, then I must pretend. Otherwise, I might end up washing dishes for five hundred years for dine and dash.
Half an hour later, the two left the restaurant, full and content.
"That soup was really expensive..." Su Yan exclaimed, feeling somewhat guilty. First, I ate her Sage Fruit during the day, and then tonight, I drank her stew worth hundreds of thousands. I owe her quite a bit.
To Su Yan’s remark, Qin Yao sweetly smiled and said, "It’s indeed expensive, but luckily it was on the house. That was a huge win."
"Yeah, a huge win," Su Yan agreed with a smile.
Gradually, the two stopped by a deserted lakeside.
Su Yan was the one who initiated the stop.
He turned his head to look at Qin Yao beside him and asked with a slight smile, "Do you... want to close your eyes for a second?"
"Eh?"
Qin Yao was a bit confused at first.
But very quickly, she realized what was happening, and her heart started pounding fiercely.
Then, under Su Yan’s gaze, her breathing slightly uneven, she closed her beautiful eyes.
Just then, a fleeting kiss as light as a dragonfly skimming water passed over her lips, lasting less than half a second...
But to her, it felt like an eternity, as if time had stopped...
「In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.」
「October 4th.」
And on this day, the monthly ranking challenge opportunity had refreshed.
Su Yan looked at the challenge notification on his phone. It’s time to climb the rankings and earn as many credits as possible, he thought.
Playing it safe, Su Yan didn’t get cocky and directly challenge the top ranker.
Instead, after much deliberation, he finally decided to challenge a Senior from the Institute of Qi and Blood who was ranked 10th.
After all, you only get one challenge opportunity a month. If I ambitiously go after the student at the top and fail, I’d have wasted my chance. So, it’s best to be prudent and steadily climb the ranks. This will ensure a steady increase in credits earned each month.
At the same time Su Yan issued his challenge, someone in the student council room exclaimed, "Oh, Li Hao, you’ve been challenged on the leaderboard!"
A young man lounging on the sofa heard this and scoffed with indifference, "Heh, no big deal. Probably that loser Huang Yunfeng trying to get himself killed again."
The Huang Yunfeng he mentioned was a Senior at the Institute of Spirit who ranked 11th on the leaderboard. He was also someone who often challenged Li Hao, only to be beaten down mercilessly every time.
"It’s not Huang Yunfeng. It’s a freshman from the Institute of Beast Taming!" the person who had alerted the young man to the challenge said.
"A freshman?"
The young man on the sofa thought he had misheard and was momentarily stunned.
He quickly opened the rankings to see which daring freshman had decided to challenge him, ranked 10th on the list.
When the young man opened the rankings and clicked on the information about his challenger, a name both familiar and strange popped up from his phone screen.
Challenger: Su Yan
Ranking: 49
Grade: Freshman
Institute: Institute of Beast Taming
PS: Holding out my bowl, asking for votes!
