Chapter 21: The School Canteen; The School Beauty Waits

  The next day, near noon, Sun Yan finally woke up from a deep sleep, sat up dazedly, rubbed his dizzy head, and his stiff thoughts slowly turned.

  Looked out of the window at the bright sunshine, Sun Yan muttered: "Damn it, I've slept for so long."

  Last night, after Shui Lian Qing left, Sun Yan suddenly felt extremely tired, as if his whole body had been overdrawn, and he fell asleep immediately. Since the strange encounter at the ancestral house, this feeling was the first time, and it also made Sun Yan feel shocked and curious about the changes in his own body again.

  What amazing changes are taking place within your own body?

  About the dream of his ancestral home that night, Sun Yan still can't figure out what happened. Afterwards, he went to investigate again, but every corner of the two rooms in his ancestral home was familiar to him since childhood. Except for some rot on the wooden walls of the house, nothing unusual was found.

  Extraordinary martial arts comprehension, incredibly fast cultivation speed, this had already left Sun Yan astonished.

  It's unbelievable what happened last night, Sun Yan himself was shocked. The first time he came into contact with the "Weak Water Technique", he was able to complete the second and third layers of this unique skill, which were previously incomplete. In Shui Lian Qing's eyes, this showed that Sun Yan had an astonishing talent for martial arts, able to grasp the essence of a technique with just one glance, and understand ten times more with just one listen.

  Ke Sun said very clearly, this is not his credit, the incomplete second and third layers of the "Weak Water Formula" mouth formula, appeared out of thin air in his mind, and was not the result of his own enlightenment.

  This feeling was as if his body was a supercomputer, inputting the remaining parts of the "Weak Water Formula" and deducing the missing parts through a series of derivations. The energy that supported this supercomputer's operation was his own heart and spirit, so even though Sun Yan didn't think at all, he still felt mentally exhausted and fell asleep for 12 hours.

  Is this the amazing place where Chen Wang mentioned, the great enlightenment of the push level?

  "Ayin, Ayin, you happy pig, stop savoring the taste in front of me, okay?" The voice of my sworn brother, Mu Tong, seemed to come from a distant place.

  Sun Yan slowly came back to his senses, lifted his head, and saw his best friend standing in front of the bed, staring at him with a sorrowful and indignant expression. "Savor? What am I savoring?"

  "Damn it! You little scoundrel who forgets righteousness at the sight of a pretty face." Mu Tong fiercely raised his middle finger, "Was last night satisfying enough for you? You slept for so long, didn't you score with Water Beauty directly?"

  Saying that, Mu Tong glanced at his bed, leaned in to sniff it, and said with relish: "So you guys were tumbling about on my bed? Hmm, not bad. I've decided to take this sheet back home as a keepsake. Huh, why isn't there any bloodstain? Could it be...?"

  Sun Yun's whole body shook with disgust, and he cursed: "Can your brain be normal? Moreover, do you think Shui Lian Qing would look up to me? Don't insult her vision while lowering your IQ."

  Looking at his sworn brother, Mu Tong nodded in agreement, "Right! With your looks, the girls who can look up to you are probably all mother pig level. However, what did Shui Meimei come looking for you so urgently?"

  "There's nothing much, just discussing some martial arts issues with each other."

  Mu stared with wide eyes and said in a low voice: "Discussing martial arts problems? Don't joke around with Ayan."

  "I'm not joking! Didn't I tell you that day, I broke through to become a first-class martial artist? It's normal for classmates to discuss and explore martial arts with each other." Sun Yan stood up and replied casually as he walked towards the door.

  "Never mind. Sigh, you kid seems to have gotten pre-exam syndrome, overthinking too much." Mu Tong shook his head and sighed, then shouted: "Hey, A Yan, where are you going? Not eating lunch together?"

  Thinking of last night's wind chime and Snow Pigeon, Sun Yan's mood suddenly turned extremely gloomy. He shook his head and said, "Forget it, you eat alone, I might have a date."

  "When did you become so busy, maybe you have a date? What kind of date?"

  "The appointment with death." The sound of the door closing echoed, and Sun Yan's footsteps gradually faded away.

  At noon, the 12 dining halls of Nanjing University were packed with people. Students sat in groups of three to five, discussing various topics.

  The quality of the cafeteria food is strictly controlled by each college, and the taste and nutrition have always been praised by everyone. Whether it's students or teachers, they all get used to having lunch in the cafeteria at noon. After all, taking in nutrition and energy is extremely important for a martial artist. If there are problems with the food that affect the students' martial arts training, once this gets exposed, the impact on society will be extremely bad, and the government and military departments will jointly take severe punishment.

  In the corner of Canteen No. 3, Shui Bingqing occupied a table alone, while the tables around her were packed with people, mostly boys, with even eight people sitting at a four-person table, looking like they didn't feel crowded at all.

  Pairs of eyes occasionally drifted towards Shui Lian Qing, and for this famous beauty of Nan Ying College, how could the boys not have fantasies? However, many people were clear that Shui Lian Qing's interest was only in martial arts, and anything related to boys or romance, she had always been an absolute outsider.

  In the face of the scorching gazes around her, Shui Bing was as calm as if she hadn't noticed, sitting there eating her lunch in small, delicate bites, her eyes darting imperceptibly towards the cafeteria door.

  It's almost 12 o'clock, why hasn't he arrived yet? Doesn't he want to have lunch?

  In the morning, Shui Lian Qing heard that Sun Yan had always been eating at Canteen No. 3, so she came here for lunch too. However, after eating for almost 20 minutes, she still didn't see Sun Yan's figure appear at the canteen entrance.

  "Am I being too obvious waiting for him like this? Will he misunderstand?" Water Curtain Qing's cheeks felt a little hot, and she immediately negated the thought in her mind. "No, I just want to invite him out for lunch as a thank you. He helped me so much, if I didn't show some gratitude, that would be too rude!"

  She secretly found excuses for herself and her eating speed became slower and slower, it seemed that this lunch in her hand would be hard to finish half of it even after 20 minutes.

  "Water curtain Qing, how are you eating here?" A voice sounded from behind, with a tone of surprise.

  Her eyebrows furrowed slightly at the sound, which was definitely not Sun Yan. She had always been straightforward with other boys and was about to ignore him. Suddenly, she remembered who the owner of this voice was.

  Turning around, Shui Lian Qing smiled and nodded: "Mu Tong, hello. No seat? There's an empty seat here."

  The one who shouted was Mu Tong. This four-eyed man unintentionally saw Shui Lianqing and subconsciously greeted her, but as soon as the words left his mouth, he regretted it. Mu Tong still had a good understanding of himself; Shui Lianqing's previous friendliness towards him was because of his sworn brother Sun Yan.

  The girl's face was quite thin, and her private friendship was different from the public. Moreover, in Nan Ying Academy, Shui Lian Qing's indifference to boys was famous, and this greeting might be a case of "hot face sticking to cold buttocks".

  Ke Mu didn't expect Shui Lian Qing to respond like this, as if they were old friends who had known each other for many years.

  In an instant, the glasses of the boys around fell to the ground, hundreds of eyes focused on Mu Tong's body, these gazes were filled with jealousy, ferocity and resentment. Who is this four-eyed turtle? How can he get such intimate treatment from Shui Lian Qing? Wait a minute, I must do a thorough search later, dig up his ancestors for eighteen generations.

  The mood of these boys is actually no different from Mu Tong's mood two days ago.

  But at this moment, Mu Tong was holding a lunchbox, puffed out his chest, and walked in eight-character steps to sit down opposite Shui Bingqing. He took a mouthful of rice, gulped a mouthful of soup, and only then let out a comfortable sigh, feeling the jealous eyes of the men around him. Mu Tong felt extremely pleased in his heart, and the wonderful taste of borrowing someone else's prestige was probably like this, Ah Yan, brother, I'm basking in your glory.

  Changing his usual big appetite for food and drink, Mu Tong ate his lunch slowly and elegantly, smiling as he said: "Shui Lian Qing, didn't you always eat at Canteen No. 6 before? Why did you come to Canteen No. 3 today?"

  She opened her big eyes and asked in surprise, "How did you know that I usually eat at the 6th canteen?" As she spoke, there was a thread of joy in her heart. Was it Sun Yan who told him?

  Mù Tóng's response disappointed her, "Haha, isn't this strange! The dining locations of all the school flowers are clear to 99% of the boys in the whole school. Except for Fēng Líng Xuě's classmate, we know the dining locations of the other school flowers like the back of our hand."

  No wonder he's his best friend, he doesn't mince words at all.

  Shui Lian Qing thought for a while with an unhappy expression, finally couldn't help but ask in a soft voice: "Where's Sun Yan? Isn't he coming to the cafeteria today?"

  Mu Tongyi was stunned, then reacted immediately, and his heart wailed in an instant. Ah Yan, you pig head, Shui Meimei has been waiting for you at the No. 3 canteen to have lunch together, saying that nothing happened between them. Grandma's bear, obviously I'm more handsome, why didn't such a good girl fall in love with me?

  Secretly shedding tears alone, Mu Tong still thought of Si Yu's well-being and explained diligently: "Ah Yan said he might have an important appointment, so he shouldn't be coming over at noon."

  "Oh." Water Curtain Qing nodded lightly, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in her heart.

  At this time, a clear and crisp voice came: "Qianqing, why did you come to the No. 3 cafeteria today?"

  She looked up and saw a short-haired cute girl walking over from a distance, it was her classmate Zhang Xin.

  "Zhang Xin." Shui Lian Qing smiled and greeted, making room for the seat next to her, indicating for Zhang Xin to sit down. Currently, Canteen No. 3 was in its peak hour, with almost every seat taken.

  Zhang Xin carried a lunch box, smiled and sat down. Mu Tong gave a reserved greeting, then warmly chatted with Shui Lianqing.

  He looked at Zhang Xin with a professional and lustful gaze, evaluating her as follows: innocent-looking on the surface, but with a hint of seduction in the corners of her eyes, and a full chest that seemed to have been developed by someone.

  Wait a minute, Zhang Xin? Mu Tong had some impression of her, Sun Yan had mentioned her before, this girl was very close to Gao Jing, but she wasn't a good person.

  "Ai, Qinglian, you probably don't know yet, something big happened in our class." Zhang Xin suddenly leaned in and whispered.

  "What's going on? What's the big deal?" Shui Lianqing felt inexplicably puzzled, and immediately furrowed her brow. "Could it be that with graduation exams approaching, someone in our class has gone out to cause trouble?"