37: Chapter 37 Chen Mo, you bastard!

Chen Mo had originally intended to break the bank, using money to renovate a themed Secret Room, hoping to manage a 10% accurate replica of No. 18 Hospital.

That would have been scary enough.

It should have been enough to revitalize his failing shop with the energy of money once again.

But he hadn't expected things to go so smoothly.

He had directly obtained a replica version of No. 18 Hospital, and could even set the parameters inside it himself.

It felt as if he were the creator of No. 18 Hospital.

Chen Mo was an undergraduate student of economics, and the first page of any economics textbook opened with a single sentence.

"There is no such thing as a free lunch!"

"The guys in the Management Group must be the actual controllers of the dungeon, and the most mysterious among them is the Group Leader."

"They shouldn't have my real-world address, right?" Chen Mo worried inwardly.

Compared to those madman-like Administrators, if the mysterious Group Leader were to come for his life over a B-rank item, they would absolutely not give him any advance notice in the group.

To be safe, Chen Mo used the Threading the Needle item to set up a layer of invisible thread around his shop.

If anyone tried to approach his shop in the middle of the night, the small bell hanging above Chen Mo's head would be rung.

"Whew..."

Lying back into the coffin, Chen Mo let out a breath.

Blue LED ambient lights turned on inside.

Doubao also climbed up the simulated tree canopy and crawled into its cat bed.

"Good night, Doubao!"

"Meow meow, meow meow!"

The human and the cat bid each other good night and drifted off to sleep.

The next day, at school.

Just as Chen Mo arrived at the school gate and finished mooching a tea egg from the auntie selling breakfast there, he carried his plastic bag and prepared to enter the school gates.

At that moment, a stunningly handsome Maybach drove towards him from the entrance.

The car door was opened by an uncle butler, and a pair of jade-like feet encased in glittering high heels stepped out.

Su Qing was dressed very exquisitely, wearing a Gothic princess dress today.

"Holy crap! It's the school beauty Su Qing, look!"

"Wow, she's so beautiful. If she could be my girlfriend for just one day, I'd even be willing to let the Fairy Sister be my wife!"

"You're such a buzzkill, talking about the Fairy Sister."

"She's so pretty and so rich. Buddy, how about we just restart our lives?"

"You're the one who needs to restart. I'm going to become the richest person in Dragon City in the future."

"Wait, Su Qing is running so fast, who is she looking for?"

The crowd's gaze followed Su Qing's light jog, eventually locking onto the back of a boy with an afro.

"Holy crap, Chen Mo?"

"Who is Chen Mo? Never heard of him."

"You don't know Chen Mo? He's been an orphan since he was a kid, a total freak. Other than having good grades, he's basically just an extra."

"And he has a special identity too: he's the vice president of the school's Paranormal Club. How could any normal person join that kind of club?"

"Look at the clothes he's wearing, all cheap brands from street stalls. Does Su Qing actually like this type?"

Seeing the situation, a few boys instantly wondered if they were dressed too trendily.

"Damn, I'm never wearing Balenciaga again."

"Wait, do you think Su Qing just likes this kind of low-key guy? Maybe she values a person's inner self more."

"What kind of inner self could Chen Mo have? He must be secretly thrilled inside right now. Men understand men best."

"Or maybe, Su Qing's taste is just very unique?"

"No! I can't accept this! The school beauty should be with the school hunk. What makes that bastard Chen Mo deserve it!"

What shocked everyone even more was yet to come.

Su Qing ran joyfully to Chen Mo's side, wanting to walk with him.

However, Chen Mo seemed extremely disdainful and deliberately moved a few steps away.

Then, acting like a simp, Su Qing tried to press her hot face against his cold butt.

After some pestering, Chen Mo reluctantly accepted.

"Holy crap? That bastard Chen Mo is actually looking down on Su Qing?"

"Heartbroken, my heart is completely shattered. Why does the school beauty only give me nice guy cards, yet likes such a loser of a man!"

"Where exactly am I inferior to this guy!"

Chen Mo put his hands in his pockets and lit a cigarette, holding it in the corner of his mouth.

He said, "Let's walk separately in school from now on. This attracts too much attention and will cause trouble for my life."

Su Qing heard this and raised an eyebrow.

"I actually think this is fine. Chen Mo, we're teammates who have been through thick and thin together. In reality, we should at least be good friends, heh heh."

"Fine, whatever makes you happy."

They were classmates anyway, so he figured Su Qing would probably be his seatmate in the upcoming class.

However, being followed by students taking crazy photos along the way really made Chen Mo feel uncomfortable.

Entering the classroom, the first class was Ideological and Political Education.

After the white-bearded old man on the podium finished his self-proclaimed impassioned speech, Su Qing, sitting next to Chen Mo, had already started dozing off.

What was even worse was...

This woman didn't treat him as an outsider at all and used Chen Mo's arm directly as a pillow.

Chen Mo's gaze swept towards the window at the back of the classroom and found several students' heads piled up there, pulling out their phones to verbally attack Chen Mo.

"Damn it, I'll never be able to clear my name now." Chen Mo felt his life was about to undergo an earth-shattering change.

Because Su Qing was sleeping while hugging his arm, and even drooling.

Chen Mo had no choice but to take out a lollipop and plug it into her mouth.

Then, holding a mystery novel in one hand, he read quietly.

A few hours later, Su Qing rubbed her eyes and finally woke up.

"Huh? Why does my mouth taste sweet?" Su Qing was a bit confused.

Then, when she lifted her chin, she discovered that what she had been resting on was a fake anatomical arm model.

All around her were boys watching her sleep.

When they saw Su Qing wake up, they all blushed slightly and quickly packed their things and ran off.

She pulled out the paper stick that had already softened in her mouth.

Su Qing saw a letter pressed under the anatomical arm.

[Chen Mo: Seeing that you were sleeping soundly, I didn't wake you up. Based on your sleeping posture and behavior, I calculated that you would definitely wake up at 12:15. That happens to be lunch time, and I have something to do, so I'm leaving first!]

"Damn it!" Su Qing tore the small note into several pieces.

"That bastard Chen Mo actually ran off by himself, leaving me here all alone."

"Sigh... I was originally planning to treat him to a meal at a high-end restaurant at noon."

"Oh no, my perfect school beauty image—how could I have secretly slept through the whole morning in class?" Su Qing felt a headache coming on.

If it weren't for the fact that she had been fantasizing about Chen Mo becoming her boyfriend all night last night, she wouldn't have been this sleepy today.

However...

Su Qing turned her head and glanced at the electronic clock hanging on the classroom wall.

The time displayed was exactly.

[12:15]