Mini World Game Console-Chapter 775 - 776 Unqualified in Love

At 8:24 p.m., Ren Suo returned to Heavenly Lotus Academy.

There were only 3 hours and 36 minutes left until the final upload deadline for the "Door of Truth" fifth trial.

Passing by the dormitory buildings, Ren Suo noticed that the lights of the Dong Chengling Family's quarters were already on.

Ren Suo didn't stop, walking through the campus. At eight o'clock, the campus was still bustling with people. Now that Heavenly Lotus Academy had been open for more than a year, with the support of the school's resources, many students had established various interest clubs to enrich their personal lives.

The "Ren Naiser Research Group," which only consisted of female students, was also considered one of these clubs, and it was even the highest-level club that could earn credits.

The spacious square was filled with students—some skateboarding, others rollerblading, playing harmonicas, or strumming guitars.

Perhaps because cultivation had enhanced their physical coordination, or maybe it was just a psychological effect, but these students' amateur skills were quite impressive. Skateboarders could jump onto railings and glide, rollerbladers could spin four and a half times in the air, and harmonica players and guitarists took turns performing, as cheerful as a group of lunatics.

Ren Suo rarely walked into the teaching area at night because the teachers' dormitories, teaching area, and student dormitories were far apart. No matter how noisy it was on the student side, the dormitory area remained unaffected.

It was only now that he realized the academy had become livelier.

But there were still places in the academy rarely trod by anyone.

Ren Suo walked into the back mountains and found the security booth abandoned, with no lights or people inside. The only streetlight had a warning sign beneath it, indicating students should not enter the back mountains and that anyone who dared to vandalize and got caught would be punished.

Heavenly Lotus Academy understood its students well. After all, with plenty of secluded and comfortable spots for dating due to the academy's vast but sparsely populated grounds, there was no need to go to the back mountains.

Moreover, ever since a rumor spread about a couple being frightened away by a distorted single dog that rolled down from the back mountains, even fewer people ventured here.

Those who came to the back mountains were definitely the type with itchy hands—Combat Cultivators like Gu Yueyan, who weren't satisfied with the combat training classes and wanted to practice their spells by destroying something after class.

There were no lights on the mountain path, but with "Insight into the Mortal World" and "Wax and Wane," the bright moonlight tonight was enough to make Ren Suo's vision as clear as day.

Soon, he saw a familiar figure standing on a small hillside.

Black hair tied into long twintails swayed with the wind, while a waist-cinched, long-sleeved vintage black princess dress accentuated an alluring, trembling fullness that was impossible to look away from. White stockings outlined her slim and straight legs, and the moonlight naturally converged upon her.

She was ethereal, like a light cloud veiling the moon; fluttering, like the wind scattering fresh snow.

She seemed both an otherworldly spirit under the moon and a nocturnal demoness absorbing the essence of the sun and moon.

"You've arrived," Gu Yueyan, who was looking up at the moon, turned to him and touched her headband somewhat awkwardly. "Does this look strange on me?"

"You look very well-behaved like this," Ren Suo said. "Although you look good in anything, this sweet style with a hint of rebellion suits you perfectly. The high-waisted mid-length skirt is just right."

Actually, Gu Yueyan's usual style of dress somewhat wasted her natural beauty. She prioritized efficiency and convenience in her daily wear, choosing loose garments that were then stretched out by her chest, making her look quite voluptuous at first glance.

Though that was indeed the case in certain areas, she was actually of a very delicate build. This high-waisted skirt perfectly showcased all her advantages. The skirt length, coupled with her height, revealed her slender calves, giving the illusion that long legs led up to a slender waist—a beauty beyond words.

Moreover, Gu Yueyan was usually reserved and serious. This sweet clothing style softened that stiffness, making her unaccustomed appearance seem obedient and cute. The effort to hold back her shyness gave her the air of a young maiden, prompting Ren Suo to recall many poems about youthful beauty—alas, there wasn't enough space to write them all here.

"Thank you."

Gu Yueyan replied politely, and then they both stared blankly at each other for a few seconds. Gu Yueyan walked over, gripping the hem of her skirt, and looked around. "This is where I used to practice my spells."

Ren Suo nodded. "Back then, you hired me as your Healing Cultivator. While you were practicing your spells, I would stay by your side at all times to provide healing."

Gu Yueyan seemed a bit troubled. "Although I find that period of cultivation quite interesting, it wasn't really... all that exciting, was it?"

Ren Suo looked at her seriously and nodded.

Gu Yueyan let out a sigh, walked over to a pile of soil, and handed a briefcase to Ren Suo. He opened it and found a set of clothes and a note inside.

By this time, Gu Yueyan had already turned her back to him and was looking up at the bright moon. Ren Suo carefully read the note, immediately understood Gu Yueyan's intention, and swiftly changed out of his clothes into the new ones.

Before long, a dapper man appeared, elegantly postured, polite to the point of beastliness, dressed in a suit and White Gloves with his hair slicked back.

With his left hand behind his back and his right hand gracefully touching his chest, he bowed his head and said respectfully, "Miss, Steward Mr. Suo is at your service."

At this point, Gu Yueyan turned around with her hands on her hips. Her face no longer bore that unperturbed, thoughtful expression, but instead that of a spirited, cute, and arrogant young lady.

She humphed and walked past Ren Suo down the back mountain. The moonlight paved her way, and the stars adorned it; the path she walked, though lacking street lamps, was always lit as if a glow followed her.

Ren Suo walked behind her with light steps. When Gu Yueyan left the back mountain and was about to enter the large plaza of the teaching area, Ren Suo suddenly said anxiously in a loud voice, "Miss, please don't be stubborn! Come back with me to see the Master; the car is already waiting outside!"

Gu Yueyan kept walking without stopping, her head held proudly as she strode across the plaza, and said in a very impatient tone, "I told you not to follow me!"

"Miss, please don't make it difficult for me. Come back with me."

"No!"

Students skateboarding on the railings abruptly sat down on them.

Students rollerblading on the plaza collided into a pile.

Those playing the harmonica and the guitar all stopped.

It was as if a spell had been cast; nearly everyone couldn't help but freeze, their eyes wide, watching as the twintailed girl—followed closely by the moonlight, breathtakingly beautiful, and looking every bit a little princess—walked across the plaza.

And behind her, a handsome man pleaded in a low voice. He was desperate but maintained his manners, his posture elegant. Even his walk had a compelling, rhythmic beat. To think such a rarely seen fine specimen was merely a steward from a wealthy family!

There were quite a few students from affluent families in Heavenly Lotus Academy, but they had never seen this kind of aristocratic demeanor!

Most importantly, the girl playing the young lady was unquestionably the Princess Ye Yue of the moment; all other female students in the plaza paled in comparison. The man playing the steward had a calm demeanor and emitted an almost imperceptible Pressure, deterring all male students from even thinking of approaching.

The students, their worldviews and spirits thoroughly shaken, naturally couldn't react. Only after the two figures disappeared into the night after crossing the plaza did they finally react, exclaiming in admiration one after another, their reflexes comically slow, with sounds of "Ooh!" and the like.

"I need to know everything about that girl in three seconds!"

"Ahhh, that steward is so handsome!"

"Those two aren't students here, are they? I should recognize all the students, but I have no memory of them."

"Could it be some rich young lady visiting Heavenly Lotus Academy or looking for her best friend?"

"Marrying her would mean saving twenty years of struggle, right?"

"Damn, I'd give up twenty years of my life to marry her!"

"Dream on, you guys! Still thinking of marrying a rich, beautiful girl? Don't you own mirrors? Can't you at least take a good hard look at yourselves and recognize the gap between you and that steward?"

"Hmph, and you think you can have a steward like him serve you as if you were a young lady? Better work hard and become a Rich Lady first."

The students in the plaza immediately burst into a fierce argument. Countless people started looking for the young lady and steward who had appeared that night, yet the two were like a fleeting fairy-tale dream, never to be seen again, eventually becoming one of the academy's most legendary unsolved mysteries.

Although Ren Suo and Gu Yueyan had already walked far away and couldn't hear the debate they had sparked, Gu Yueyan couldn't help but cover her mouth as she walked. She sat down on a bench by the road, her shoulders shaking slightly, her chest heaving, and her eyes, crinkled with joy, shimmered with delighted moonlight.

Ren Suo sat down beside her and said, "This was more interesting."

"Mhm," Gu Yueyan wrapped her arm around Ren Suo's and naturally rested her head on his shoulder. "I think so too. Even though we've done all these things together, role-playing is indeed more entertaining than practicing spells."

Within The Dark Side of the Moon, Ren Suo and Gu Yueyan had been role-playing for six consecutive days, both to receive the blessings of The Dark Side of the Moon and to hide within it, although Gu Yueyan took the opportunity to thoroughly delight Ren Suo six times.

But even the Ren Suo from before had no complaints about this and even enjoyed it.

The note in the bag had instructed Ren Suo to change into the clothes and play the role of a steward. He was to coordinate with Princess Gu Yueyan's stunning entrance in the main square, leaving all the students utterly dazzled. There was no need to worry about being recognized either; they had both changed their appearances so drastically that students unfamiliar with them certainly wouldn't be able to identify them.

For a moment, the two of them were silent. Gu Yueyan picked up Ren Suo's left hand, first interlocking their fingers tightly, then bending Ren Suo's fingers and poking the center of his palm, as if checking whether the joints of a toy were intact and movable.

Ren Suo let her do as she pleased. This was also the first time he realized there were so many ways to play with his hands. Gu Yueyan seemed to be enjoying herself, silently fiddling with her new toy.

Gu Yueyan is a lot like Dong Chengling, Ren Suo mused. Both are the quiet, indifferent type. But Dong Chengling is more straightforward; she can convey her feelings directly with her eyes. Gu Yueyan, however, has the shyness of a young maiden, preferring to express her genuine emotions through physical actions.

Gu Yueyan and Ren Xingmei are also alike, both bottling up their feelings like terminally single individuals. But my sister—the reason she doesn't speak up is that she's my sister. As long as she's no longer burdened by that identity, she can be incredibly bold, like she's playing with infinite firepower. Gu Yueyan, on the other hand, doesn't reveal her feelings because her unrequited love is a form of politeness; she's secretly building a castle for me in her heart.

Gu Yueyan and Qiao Muyi are similar too; both enjoy teasing me in secret. But Qiao Muyi does it because she sees it as a form of intimate play, a game between lovers. Gu Yueyan resorts to role-playing to make me her lover because she can't hold back her overflowing affection.

Actually, Gu Yueyan's personality is the most multifaceted among all the girls I know: obedient yet rebellious, conservative yet unrestrained, strict yet gentle...

But there was only one Gu Yueyan in the world.

Because there was also only one Ren Suo in the world loved by Gu Yueyan—no more, no less, just right.

"This outfit was borrowed for me by Xianyu," Gu Yueyan suddenly said softly. "I told her I had a date with you tonight, and then she borrowed this dress for me."

Ren Suo nodded. "Her taste is good."

"She also planned the role-play just now. She thought it was too boring to reminisce about the dreary cultivation experiences on the back mountain, so she borrowed a suit for you too, letting us cross the main square and make those students' eyeballs pop."

Ren Suo smiled and said, "Her taste is good."

"She also said that your love for me had rotted, expired, like stagnant water that no longer flowed. That if it continued, it would only stink, no longer sweet, no longer memorable."

"She said you would sooner or later give up on me."

"Actually, she wanted me to properly say goodbye to you tonight, not to see each other again."

Gu Yueyan couldn't help laughing. "I've never seen Lin Xianyu so serious. She wasn't even that serious during her final exams. She even made me sign an agreement beforehand, to make sure I wouldn't break off our friendship over this."

"Her taste is good."

Another long silence followed. Gu Yueyan let go of Ren Suo's left hand and suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck, making him lie down on the bench and pillow his head on her thigh.

A soft lap pillow, but his vision was largely obstructed; if Gu Yueyan didn't lower her head, Ren Suo couldn't see her face.

Gu Yueyan gently stroked Ren Suo's face and said in a low voice, her lips pursed, "I don't understand."

"I didn't expect that one day I wouldn't understand Lin Xianyu's words. And it's not celebrity fan circle jargon, nor is it a running joke from a variety show, but something... about you and me."

"It's like a student who has toiled for twelve years with the sole aim of passing the college entrance exams and getting into university. If suddenly told that the entrance exams are canceled and the universities have closed down, the student probably wouldn't understand, right?"

"I diligently cultivated and studied hard, secretly learning from Teacher Dong and Sister Qiao, gathering advanced combat experience in the hope that one day I could visit that Crystal Cathedral with you again. That Crystal Cathedral has a real-life counterpart, even more beautiful than the one in The Dark Side of the Moon."

"At that moment, someone suddenly told me that all my efforts were futile because the person I liked no longer liked me back and wasn't worthy of my continued affection..."

Moonlight gently bathed Gu Yueyan. Resilient teardrops, as if enchanted by the moonlight, struck Ren Suo's face heavily.

"Mr. Suo, I don't understand."

"I don't understand."

"I don't understand why there isn't an elective course on love! Why hasn't anyone properly organized a syllabus for this subject—which is harder than advanced calculus and university physics—to let me score a perfect 5.0 GPA and then experience a love where victory is assured?"

"No one ever taught me. I thought that you and Teacher Dong were mismatched. I thought you and Sister Qiao were impossible. I thought you and your sister were even more unimaginable... but I was wrong in every way."

"If there really were a class on love, then I would surely score zero and fail."

"Mr. Suo, tell me," Gu Yueyan gently caressed Ren Suo's face, her tone serious and formal, like a student asking a teacher. "Which question did I get wrong? Which concept did I not grasp?"

Her voice revealed an uncontrollable tremor. "Do I still have a chance for a makeup exam, to retake the course?"

Ren Suo gently closed his eyes.

"No."

Even with his eyes closed, Ren Suo could feel the moonlight at that moment was more blinding than the midday sun.

"Because you haven't finished yet."

The moonlight seemed to soften again. Ren Suo opened his eyes to look at Gu Yueyan, whose eyes were slightly red.

"This is a course one takes for life, an exam one sits for life," Ren Suo said calmly. "There are no retakes, no makeup exams. Missed questions can be corrected; concepts not yet mastered can be learned immediately."

Gu Yueyan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, trying to bend down further to look closer at Ren Suo. As she did, Ren Suo's face was suddenly pressed against two soft, quivering mounds, and an alluring scent enveloped him.

"Then, Mr. Suo, what about you?" Gu Yueyan stared seriously into Ren Suo's eyes and asked, "Which mistake do I need to correct? Which concept do I need to master?"

"This is an examination paper that two people complete together," Ren Suo said calmly. "You haven't gotten any questions wrong; you've scored correctly on all of them."

"It's just that I suddenly couldn't find my stationery, so I didn't continue scoring points. My score couldn't keep up with yours. It's not your fault."

"Then what should we do?"

"Find the stationery, continue the exam."

Ren Suo sat up and rubbed his nose, then said to Gu Yueyan, "I'll catch up to you soon. Then, once again, we can compete on the same stage, study hard, and make progress every day."

Gu Yueyan asked, "What can I do to help you?"

"It's simple."

Ren Suo knelt on one knee, took Gu Yueyan's right hand, and gently kissed its back.

Ren Suo, dapper and exuding an air of refined roguishness in his formal suit, and the endearing Gu Yueyan, resembling a moonlit spirit, formed a pact under the moon's glow to help each other during their ongoing test.

"My Princess, please continue moving forward."

"Your Knight will be right behind you."