Next Stop

Chu Chu showed her the video, which was precisely the high-definition video uploaded by that user. She watched herself from the start to finish, silently without speaking, until she saw the words added by the user: "I wish to witness her growth here and hope she becomes the most perfect person." A complicated smile appeared on her lips, one that seemed both sad and bitter.

However, she did not let anyone else see this and quickly collected her expression, exited the video, and opened the comments section, where she saw many compliments.

But among them were some special and unique replies that made her feel both embarrassed and amused:

"Ah, ah, ah, I regret not going to Mount Li today. Although I might not have encountered Chu Lian, just being in the same place and smelling her scent would have been great! The scent of a loli, the aura of a young girl~~ Just thinking about it excites me..." —by Electric Magnet Man.

She remembered this guy; he used to be so serious, how did he become so perverted now? It's simply intolerable. The responses under his comment were also quite interesting.

"Gentleman, no doubt, to do such perverted things, how desperate must you be? Don't you know it's illegal to have inappropriate thoughts about girls under fourteen?" — 

"The people above are simply out of their minds! I'm calling the police! Hello? 110? I'd like to report a pervert here; come and arrest them unless you take me with you!" — 

"Damn, I have never seen such a shameless person, doing such disgraceful acts in broad daylight, in public, under everyone's gaze. Is it really okay not to include me in such things?" — 

There were hundreds of similar replies, polluting the environment! Seeing this, Chu Lian really wanted to drag this person who always had various fantasies about her from the top of Mount Li to the bottom, then put hundreds of bombs on him until he was utterly blown to pieces!

Thinking about it, Chu Lian couldn't suppress her anger anymore, ignoring whether this account was hers or not, she wrote in the comments: "I heard someone wants to follow my scent, breathe my aura. I'm waiting, if you can follow, I'll let you smell it thoroughly. The premise is you can accept the consequences of being wrapped in a quilt and dropped vertically from a thousand meters high, rest assured, whether you're dead or alive, I'll throw hundreds of bombs at you. :-d—by Chu Lian."

Chu Chu saw her typing and curiously leaned over, only to see this paragraph. However, by the time she saw it, the comment had already been posted. She didn't have time to say anything before Chu Lian posted it.

She looked at Chu Lian's faint smile, seemingly feeling an inexplicable black aura emanating from her, shivering but unable to say anything. She only opened her mouth, stiffly saying, "Sister, you did great! That's how perverts should be treated."

"Mm? You think so too?" Chu Lian turned her head, her eyes smiling as she looked at her, making Chu Chu nod vigorously in agreement: "Yes, yes, such shameless scum, best of the worst, should be treated like that."

While saying this, she silently mourned for someone in her heart: "Little Magnet, it's not that big sis can't help you, nor does big sis want to harm you. It just so happens that Sister caught you this time, if not sacrificing you then it would be me. Better you than me, you go on ahead, I'll be sure to visit your grave next year and burn a stack of paper money, then send you Sister's photos so you can be a happy ghost."

In a corner of the provincial capital of Guangdong, in a single room, a young man sitting in front of a computer, happily catching up on anime and eating instant noodles, with a somewhat handsome yet always slightly sleazy look, suddenly shivered violently, spraying noodles onto the monitor, dropping the noodle cup in his hand, spilling the contents on the keyboard.

With a flash of sparks, the monitor inexplicably burned out, followed by the keyboard, and under some strange circumstance, caused a power outage solely in his apartment.

"Ah, this is terrible! My monitor, my keyboard, my computer! Please don't let the main unit be broken, if it is, I'm screwed!" The sleazy young man sat in front of the computer, anxiously pacing back and forth, just trying to stand up, only to trip over his feet due to an awkward sitting posture, landing flat on his face on the desk, his nose tingling painfully.

Struggling to get up, feeling something wet on his face, he touched his nose, then moved to the window to inspect it in the sunlight, seeing his hand covered in red. His face twisted with bitterness, realizing he had hit his nose and caused it to bleed.

In that short time, he had made a mess of the entire bedroom, not only ruining the computer and power supply but also leaving instant noodle stains on the floor and bed.

"Damn, who did I offend? Why am I so unlucky! Now I have to buy a new monitor, a new mouse, a new keyboard, maybe even a new computer!" The sleazy young man lamented, counting his losses: "Looks like I also fried the circuit breaker, soon the landlady will come with a broom! I'm so unlucky~"

If there were a place to lie down, he would definitely lie down and pretend to be dead. After all this back and forth, he figured he'd be living on instant noodles for months, how could he not feel unlucky.

"Goodbye my loli goddess, I have to fix my computer before I can see you again, please wait for me!" But as he thought about the loli goddess waiting for him on the other end of the internet to "boost her popularity," his fighting spirit reignited, his face full of excitement and a pilgrimage-like devotion, making one sigh at his dedication.

What happened here was unknown to the girls far away on Mount Li. Only the boy's few friends knew and laughed heartily in celebration. The boy could only express disdain with a middle finger, refusing to join the gloating bunch.

Even people online who knew him were only curious, asking: "Where's Electric Magnet Man? He hasn't been around for a while, did he end up in the hospital from too much...you know?" Hmm, it seems the perverted attract the perverted, even online friends share similar interests.

Meanwhile, on Mount Li, Chu Lian and the others waited for half an hour until 3 PM when all the class members finally gathered. Seeing them loaded with bags, Ning Zhiyuan couldn't bring herself to scold them. How could she not understand that these kids delayed to buy things for their families?

They were students from less fortunate families, and at yesterday's Qingping Hotel, they had left their belongings in the room, so during the alien disaster, they couldn't bring anything out. These items weren't worth much but were precious to them, so even with flushed faces, they used their share of the trip funds to replace them today.

After all, the funds Chu Lian secured and the school's funding couldn't be converted into cash, they could only be used according to each person's spending limit during the trip. If not fully used, it would be taken back after the trip.

So despite feeling a bit embarrassed, after replenishing their losses, these students chose to buy a pile of items to send home to support their families. They had already bought quite a bit in the morning while shopping, and on Mount Li, they bought more unique items to send to family members who had never traveled or couldn't afford to travel.

For their actions, both teachers and classmates chose to understand, sympathize, and support them. Students from different backgrounds are different; what seems trivial to some may be precious to others.

The educational philosophy of Suti High School has always been to educate people before teaching skills, first be a person before doing things, so they all understood and supported each other. They might be young and inexperienced, unable to fully grasp the hardship, but it didn't prevent them from embracing their classmates.

"Hey, you really should have told the teacher if you wanted to buy these things. The teacher could have arranged for help," Ning Zhiyuan squatted down, gently caressing the cheek of a short male student, speaking softly.

"Teacher, we know. But this is our own matter, it's already a great help that Chu Lian secured the funds for us to spend like this. We would feel uneasy troubling you further," the little boy said stubbornly. He knew what he was doing wasn't ideal, but he understood his family's difficulties, so he had no choice, and unease was inevitable.

Though this money was meant for them to enjoy and buy things, using it to compensate for yesterday's lost items before others, they couldn't help but feel ashamed. However, what was commendable was their understanding that this was their responsibility, choosing not to trouble the teacher, handling it themselves instead.

"Good child, you shouldn't feel embarrassed. This is meant for your use; you've done well, no need for shame." Ning Zhiyuan smiled, satisfied with her students' independence and wisdom.

"Feel free to use it; it's a benefit, exclusive to our class. Even if you buy a car with it, there's no problem, as long as it doesn't exceed your allocated amount," Chu Lian said as she approached, noticing the situation, offering reassurance.

Compared to the teacher, who, though esteemed and equivalent to their guardian at school, was somewhat intimidating to them, Chu Lian, as a fellow student and popular figure among them, provided reassurance that was more convincing, and they nodded, feeling more at ease.

Ning Zhiyuan gave Chu Lian a reproachful look, as if to ask why she only now came to her aid. Chu Lian shrugged helplessly, indicating she had just noticed.

"Now that everyone's here, let's rest a bit, then take the cable car down. We'll see the sunset, but that's at the next stop. Now, we head to another attraction, the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Terracotta Warriors, known as the ninth wonder of the world," Ning Zhiyuan announced the plans, standing among the group after calming the students.

Meanwhile, Chu Lian stood to the side, murmuring to herself, "The Terracotta Warriors... interesting."