Silence.
Fang Xiu looked at Chu Qingxue.
She stared back at him with a curious expression, catching Fang Xiu completely off guard.
’What on earth could her answer mean?’
’Does she think there’s something wrong with me? Is she testing me with a question like this?’
’Or...’
’Is there another reason? After all, Lu Yu’er was her greatest rival.’
"What?"
Fang Xiu froze, asking subconsciously.
"The name Lu Yu’Er... I’ve never heard it before!"
Chu Qingxue replied to Fang Xiu’s question very seriously.
Fang Xiu: "..."
"Our school has two..."
Fang Xiu thought for a moment, then phrased his question another way: "You’re the only campus belle at our school, right?"
’After all, anyone could call any girl the campus belle.’
’If I just asked if there were two, she probably wouldn’t deny it.’
"I think ranking people like that is childish, but... I suppose so."
Chu Qingxue nodded slightly.
Essentially confirming what Fang Xiu had said.
"That can’t be right!"
Fang Xiu muttered under his breath.
Chu Qingxue had sharp ears and heard him immediately. "Mm, I agree!"
From her perspective, ranking girls based on their looks wasn’t a good practice. It made some girls feel bad about themselves and easily fostered jealousy, which in turn could escalate into conflict.
For instance, during the Awakening, if two such girls ended up with similar Awakening Levels, they might actually start a fight.
"No, that’s not what I meant!"
Fang Xiu was a little embarrassed.
’Why does it sound like I’m saying there *should* be two campus belles, not just one?’
’But... there really *were* two of them!’
It was just that one of them had been Sacrificed by Fang Xiu.
And it seemed that after the Sacrifice, everything related to her, including people’s memories, had also been Sacrificed.
Other than the three people involved—Fang Xiu, Yu Boyuan, and Nie Tai—no one else had any memory of Lu Yu’Er.
’Even if Teacher Xia and the principal conspired to protect an SSS Level Awakened... there’s no way Chu Qingxue would be part of it.’
’They only knew that Chu Qingxue and Lu Yu’er were rivals; there was no way they knew that I now knew Chu Qingxue, too.’
’Heck, he hadn’t even known it himself an hour ago.’
’This couldn’t be some pre-arranged scenario.’
’Life isn’t a novel. There’s no way it has so many specific details and setups.’
"It’s fine. I’m not interested in that either."
Chu Qingxue nodded slightly.
She truly had no interest at all.
Compared to such things, she found it much more interesting to kill a few more Demon Beasts and increase her strength.
Seeing that the Demon Beast hadn’t dropped anything, not even a Demon Core, Chu Qingxue felt a little disappointed. She turned to Fang Xiu and said, "Let’s go. I’ll take you to that shop!"
Still so cold and aloof.
Still so beautiful!
Fang Xiu nodded. "Let’s go!"
But the matter of Lu Yu’Er still lingered in Fang Xiu’s mind, impossible to shake.
’Is any of this real?’
"Hm? Have you sensed anything... off?" Chu Qingxue suddenly asked.
Fang Xiu froze. ’Has she remembered?’
He nodded and said seriously, "Yes!"
"I keep feeling like someone is following us!"
Chu Qingxue turned her head and looked behind them, but there was nothing there.
"Huh?"
Fang Xiu was taken aback, then said, "It’s probably just a passing student or teacher. At worst, it’s a Demon Beast. We just need to be careful!"
"That’s true."
Chu Qingxue nodded slightly and continued walking forward.
But as she turned back around, a flash of red light flickered in a tree behind them.
Then, a graceful figure sat on a branch, watching the direction Fang Xiu and Chu Qingxue left in, a faint smile on her lips.
To avoid attracting attention, Fang Xiu just had the Succubus follow them quietly.
Although now that Lu Yu’Er had been Sacrificed, all memories of her had also disappeared.
The Succubus’s appearance would only cause a bit of a stir.
But Fang Xiu still wasn’t completely at ease.
For now, he didn’t plan on letting the Succubus reveal herself.
Soon, the two of them arrived at the entrance to the Gate World, which was also its exit.
At this time, some students were already trickling out of the Gate World.
Most of these students had Life System Professions.
They all studied in the same area and finished their classes at the same time.
Only some from the Combat System happened to be returning just then.
Just like Fang Xiu and her.
"Hey, isn’t that Fang Xiu and Chu Qingxue?"
"Whoa, the campus heartthrob and the campus belle? Are they finally together?"
"They’re so beautiful together, like a perfect picture!"
"Really? That Fang Xiu guy looks totally ordinary. He’s not worthy of my goddess!"
"What are you talking about? Chu Qingxue is the ordinary one. I don’t even know how she became the campus belle. I think I’m a better fit!"
"Bullshit! She’s the undisputed campus belle, acknowledged by the entire school!"
"..."
Seeing the two of them, some people started to chat.
And Fang Xiu could faintly hear some of it.
’The most beautiful campus belle? The only one?’
He heard this part very clearly because he was close by.
"So it’s true!"
’Even if Chu Qingxue had been brought into the conspiracy, these people wouldn’t have been.’
’These weren’t students from my class.’
’These were third-year students from all over the school.’
’Their chatter wasn’t staged; it was completely spontaneous.’
’You couldn’t fake that.’
’Can memories be Sacrificed, too?’
Fang Xiu wasn’t sure, but for him, this was a good thing.
If no one remembered Lu Yu’Er, then naturally, no one would know that he had Sacrificed her.
Of course, except for Yu Boyuan and Nie Tai.
’But who would believe two mentally ill people?’
Chu Qingxue heard them too, but she showed no reaction and simply said to Fang Xiu, "Let’s go."

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