Girl, There's Something Wrong With You - Chapter 38

Early Morning.

Cheng Jinyang woke up from his dream and carefully crossed over the girls lying beside him before heading to the bathroom to wash up.

According to Miss Wang’s calculations, the bloodline concentration absorbed from hunting disorderly demons was about one percent of the demon’s total.

In other words, killing a fifth-grade demon could yield around ten thousand Ma of bloodline, which is comparable to hunting monsters with the girls on Changxing Island.

Of course, one could typically hunt more than one demon each night, making it more profitable than just harvesting.

However, considering that the bloodline enhancement from ghosts is 20 times greater, if Cheng Jinyang could find a place like the last one, filled with ghosts along some Huangquan Road, he could get a 200,000-Ma enhancement each night.

Whether he could hunt 20 high-tier demons in one night was uncertain.

As Cai Zhaoqin, who guards Wujiang Town, mentioned, the targets are generally random and will be stronger than the current grade. If you encounter one that is too strong to defeat, you either die or flee.

According to Miss Wang’s calculations, dying once results in a bloodline concentration loss equivalent to about one percent of Cheng Jinyang’s total, essentially making it as if he had wasted one demon’s worth of effort. Therefore, it was better to use the universal gravity ability to escape.

This highlights the advantage of the universal gravity ability: under infinite acceleration, there is infinite speed.

Last night, he tried about ten times, with the farthest being transported to Chang’an, where he was tasked with killing a third-grade star official, which was obviously impossible.

Thus, he had to escape.

The distance from Chang’an to Wujiang Town was a little less than 1000 kilometers. With three times the gravity, he managed to return in just over 6 minutes. The cost was that nearly all the metal he carried was burned away by friction with the air, and he barely survived with the help of spiritual impact and physical activation.

So fleeing wasn’t really a problem; the real issue was whether he could randomly encounter 20 demons he could defeat in one night and how the girls would level up.

To pass through the Light Gate, they first had to get through Cai Zhaoqin’s challenge. Cheng Jinyang was fine on his own, but if Miss Wang tried, she would be defeated instantly.

This posed a dilemma, as without passing the Light Gate, the bloodline absorption limit could not be temporarily lifted for specific targets, and demon-slaying would still yield only the usual amount of bloodline enhancement…

After washing up, Cheng Jinyang walked out and saw Ah Zhi yawning by the door, ready with a cup of water for him.

“Oh, sorry,” Cheng Jinyang quickly said, “the bathroom is available now.”

“It’s fine, I just need to brush my teeth,” Xing Yuanzhi said, lifting her cup to drink.

Cheng Jinyang: ?

“Aren’t you going to take a shower?” he asked, puzzled.

“Taking a shower right after waking up can be too damp and may cause dizziness,” Xing Yuanzhi replied, shaking her head. “And showering so many times a day is a waste of time. I’ll decide whether to shower again tonight based on the situation.”

Cheng Jinyang: ???

So my aquatic creature has come ashore?
Ridiculous!

Xing Yuanzhi entered the bathroom, and on the bed, Miss Qingqing, still half-asleep, realized Cheng Jinyang was no longer there.

She rubbed her eyes and sat up.

“Good morning, Jinyang,” she greeted.

“Morning,” Cheng Jinyang replied, pouring her a cup of water. “How about we have dried scallop and shrimp porridge for breakfast today?”

“Sounds good,” Chu Qingqing said.

Cheng Jinyang smiled at her.

“What are you staring at?” Miss Qingqing asked, puzzled.

“Qingqing,” Cheng Jinyang said, holding the cup, “I haven’t had such delicious porridge in a long time. I really miss it.”

“Oh, really!” Miss Qingqing said, laughing and getting up, “What will you do to repay me?”

“What do you want?” Cheng Jinyang asked with a smile.

“You know what I want,” Miss Qingqing said, playing a game of hints with him.

“I don’t know,” Cheng Jinyang pretended to be clueless. “If I knew, I’d definitely give it to you.”

“That’s exactly what I wanted to hear,” Miss Qingqing said, coming over to hug him and whispering with a smile, “Later, I’ll call you secretly. Don’t let them know.”

“Okay!” Cheng Jinyang immediately understood.

So, I’m getting a special treat from my charming cook!

Miss Qingqing put on her clothes and went to the cafeteria. Cheng Jinyang was about to leave when someone suddenly hugged him from behind.

“What were you just talking about?” Cui Jinqi whispered, burying her head in his neck and sniffing, looking as if she would bite him if he didn’t tell her.

This little rascal pretended to be asleep just now?!

“Well, just now?” Cheng Jinyang laughed, quickly thinking of a strategy and deciding to use misdirection. “She asked if I was free recently and wanted to take me to visit the Yangdi Chu family.”

Cui Jinqi: Huh?

Visit the Yangdi Chu family to meet the parents?!!

She immediately became nervous, her voice trembling a bit:

“Did you… agree?”

Seeing how interesting Cui Jinqi was, Cheng Jinyang couldn’t resist teasing her, laughing as he said:

“I’m still considering it. I’ll give her an answer in a few days.”

Cui Xiaoniang, feeling a bit lost, let go of him and began to think rapidly, her mind racing like tens of thousands of horses:

“Considering? What does that mean? Is he thinking about whether to formally marry Qingqing… Wait a minute, I saw Qingqing leaving with a big smile just now! Is this her instinctive reaction to hearing ‘I need to think about it for a few days’?”

“No, no! No!!! Jinyang is lying! So how did he actually respond? Did he agree immediately and lie to me because he was afraid I’d get jealous?”

As Cheng Jinyang left, Cui Jinqi sat on the bed, hugging a pillow and deep in thought.

“What’s wrong?” Li Qingwan, waking up beside her, saw her frowning deeply.

“It’s nothing,” Cui Jinqi said absentmindedly, “Just some worries.”

“Oh,” Li Qingwan glanced at the direction Cheng Jinyang had left, hesitated for a moment, and then said quietly, “Sometimes, the truth isn’t as bad as you think.”

Cui Jinqi was startled, her eyes narrowing:

“What do you mean? Qingwan, did you hear what they were talking about?!”

“Nope,” Li Qingwan said, getting out of bed and starting to change clothes.

“You definitely heard something!” Cui Jinqi quickly got up, trying to grab her, but accidentally stepped on the sleeping Lu Qingyun, who immediately yelped and sat up, causing Cui Jinqi to stumble and fall.

Cui Jinqi fell backward, hitting Wang Wanrou and Zheng Qiupei behind her, waking everyone up with their serious morning grumpiness.

“What’s going on, Jinqi?” Miss Wang asked in a very gentle tone.

“Oh, sorry! I lost my balance just now…” Cui Jinqi trembled with fear, turning to ask Li Qingwan for help, only to find that Li Qingwan had already disappeared as soon as she saw trouble.

“Don’t!” After a moment, a miserable cry came from the bedroom.

In the corner of the room, Yang Wangshu pulled the blanket over her head amid the commotion, turned around, and went back to sleep.