Chapter 84: The Meaning of the Tag

Chapter 84: Chapter 84: The Meaning of the Tag

The next day.

Tuesday.

Gu Qing spent nearly the entire day in his dorm room.

He was either lying in bed playing on his phone or sitting at his computer playing games with his roommates.

He hadn’t been this relaxed in a long time, not since awakening his tag-based cheat.

He could only afford to sneak in some leisure time now because he had maxed out all the tags he needed to grind.

But his break wouldn’t last long.

Because he would soon have a new tag to grind.

The tag on Huang Xiaoyue’s head:

--[Feces]

’I wonder if my current relationship with that double-ponytail junior is enough to trigger the tag’s Attribute acquisition mechanism?’

Gu Qing felt a little uncertain.

He had known Huang Xiaoyue for a while now.

They occasionally chatted on WeChat.

But they had never met up for a date in person.

He didn’t know if their shallow relationship would meet the requirements for acquiring the tag’s Attribute.

"What the fuck, another earthquake?"

Suddenly, Chen Zijie cried out.

Qian Duole was a little panicked. "We just had a tremor last night, and now there’s another one less than a day later. This isn’t a sign that the big one is coming, is it?"

Gao Fei was calm. "It’s just a small tremor. The bed shakes more when I get a room with my girlfriend. No big deal."

Gu Qing felt the earthquake too.

But like Gao Fei, he didn’t think much of it.

Hai City wasn’t on a tectonic plate boundary and had no history of major earthquakes, so there was no need to worry too much.

Even if a major earthquake did hit, he wouldn’t panic in the slightest.

His body was now tougher than a tank.

Even if the entire dormitory building collapsed and buried him, he would emerge completely unscathed.

...

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, the sun outside was already about to set.

Seeing that it was about time, Gu Qing got up, went to the bathroom, washed his face, then changed his shoes and headed for Huang Xiaoyue’s dormitory.

He had made plans with Huang Xiaoyue last night.

They were to meet downstairs from her dorm at six o’clock tonight, and he was treating her to a Korean BBQ buffet.

「About ten minutes later.」

Gu Qing arrived downstairs at Huang Xiaoyue’s dormitory.

Huang Xiaoyue was already waiting for him downstairs.

When she saw the senior she’d been thinking about day and night, she immediately rushed over with a smile.

"Senior, see how considerate I am? I came down early just to wait for you."

"Unlike my roommates, who always spend ages putting on makeup in the dorm whenever they have a date, making their boyfriends wait downstairs forever."

"Oh, right, Senior, do you think these white stockings I’m wearing look pure?"

As Huang Xiaoyue spoke, she stuck out a slender, beautiful leg wrapped in milky-white stockings, displaying it generously for Gu Qing. It was exceptionally alluring.

’So hot!’

Gu Qing complained inwardly but nodded on the surface. "Very pure. They suit you well."

Huang Xiaoyue took a step closer, whispering in Gu Qing’s ear with fragrant breath, "Senior, I have a pair of Balenciaga black stockings in my bag. After the buffet, let’s find somewhere private, and I’ll put them on for you~"

’Huh?’

’Why is this double-ponytail junior always in such a rush to serve herself up to me on a platter?’

’Is she really that thirsty?’

Gu Qing didn’t quite understand.

But he didn’t dwell on it, just assuming she was naturally insatiable and addicted to that sort of thing between men and women.

"Let’s go. Time for that Korean BBQ buffet."

Gu Qing just smiled, not responding to Huang Xiaoyue’s black-stocking seduction. His eyes held only a craving to grind for Attributes.

Right now, he just wanted to hurry up and take this double-ponytail junior out to eat and drink as much as possible, fill her stomach with tons of cheap food and drinks, and then take a dump with her.

"Let’s go, then!"

Huang Xiaoyue looked at Gu Qing and licked her lips with her pink tongue. "Perfect, I’m starving. I’m definitely going to eat my fill tonight."

Gu Qing laughed. "Then you’re in for a treat. The meat at that BBQ place is amazing. I guarantee you’ll be stuffing your face until you can’t stop."

The two chatted for a bit.

Soon, they were heading off campus together.

They were in a hurry to get to the Korean BBQ buffet.

「At the same time.」

Xia Shuran was on the athletic field, practicing Ancient Martial Arts.

She had just finished a full set of sharp kicking techniques. Breathing a little heavily, she walked straight to the steps, sat down, and unscrewed her water bottle to slowly drink and rest.

As she was drinking,

her gaze swept idly by, and she suddenly spotted a familiar figure walking past the edge of the field.

Looking closely, she saw it was Gu Qing—the very person she thought about all day, the one she hugged her pillow thinking of as she fell asleep every night!

The moment she saw Gu Qing,

a natural joy blossomed in Xia Shuran’s heart. She stood up, about to wave and shout to him.

But in the next second, she noticed a cute girl walking beside him.

’Is that... the girl I saw from my dorm balcony the other day?’

’Senior said last night he was treating a friend to a Korean BBQ buffet today. Was this girl the friend?’

’Does Senior like this girl?’

At that thought, a wave of misery washed over Xia Shuran.

She took out her phone, wanting to tentatively ask Gu Qing on WeChat who the cute girl was.

But on second thought, it felt too pathetic, so she didn’t dare ask.

Instead, she started trying to comfort herself.

’Gu Qing probably isn’t on a date. He’s just treating a friend to a meal.’

’For example, maybe that cute girl in the white stockings helped Gu Qing with something, and he’s treating her to the buffet to thank her.’

’Yes, that must be it.’

’Senior is a traditional guy with a good sense of propriety.’

’He definitely wouldn’t two-time anyone.’

’I have to trust Senior.’

Xia Shuran tried to console herself with these thoughts.

But even after comforting herself for a while, she still felt awful.

So awful that she couldn’t continue practicing her Ancient Martial Arts.

All she could do was get up, leave the athletic field, and head back to her dorm to watch some short-form dramas or chat about gossip with her roommates, hoping to distract herself.

「On the way back to the dorm.」

Xia Shuran passed by the academic building from last night and, as if on some strange impulse, stopped in front of that same window.