169: Chapter 169 Riding Teacher Su again on the school's tree-lined path
"What are you researching now?" Sister Su asked as she returned to the living room with tea and snacks, hearing Yun Zhuo coaxing her younger sister again.
It was strange; whenever Xiao Zhuo coaxed her sister, she could immediately tell what he was up to, and it always seemed a bit childish to her.
Yet when it was her turn, she was led around by the nose by him every single time.
"Sister, isn't there still a week until the Freshman Placement Exam? Xiao Zhuo wants to earn some academic credits. As a teacher here, you should know how to maximize efficiency, right?"
As she spoke, she walked over and, seemingly nonchalantly, took a cup of coffee from the tray.
Fortunately, Sister Su seemed to know she would pull such a stunt and had brewed two cups of coffee with milk.
She placed the other cup in front of Di Zhenzhen. "As for that, with our strength, we should be able to try taking on A-rank missions.
But since it's our first time, it's best to start with a b-rank mission. Once we get the hang of it, we can take on A-rank or even S-rank missions."
"Why?"
"Because we lack actual combat experience; we've hardly had a decent fight this past month."
Sister Su brought another cup of tea to Yun Zhuo before sitting down beside him to join the conversation.
Di Zhenzhen sipped her coffee and smiled knowingly as she watched the two sisters discuss things seriously.
At that moment, she felt that Yun Zhuo was right not to tell them the truth.
After all, they had been sisters for over a decade. To suddenly tell the older sister she was a clone, and the younger sister that she didn't actually have a sister—only a truly cruel person could do something so heartless.
Once Yun Zhuo's spiritual energy had recovered, Di Zhenzhen took the initiative to get up and say her goodbyes.
Although she was incredibly reluctant to leave, she knew that staying now would only annoy the younger Su girl.
As Xiao Zhuo said, they had plenty of time ahead of them. This parting was so they could be together more comfortably in the future.
Most importantly, she knew they hadn't eaten breakfast yet. The older sister could only make coffee and didn't know how to cook, but the younger sister did.
Given the younger sister's temperament, she would surely make things awkward for her.
Not wanting to put the older sister or Xiao Zhuo in a difficult position, she had to leave before breakfast.
...
After the three of them finished breakfast, Sister Su went to Su Zixing to hand in a mission.
Yun Zhuo then accompanied Teacher Su to the school's mission distribution office.
Since it was on the way, they set off together.
Now, here was the question: which of the two sisters would activate their First Form to serve as a mount?
As per the old rules, they played rock-paper-scissors.
Once again, the younger sister won.
Seeing Sister Su's disappointed look, Yun Zhuo smiled slightly, choosing not to expose her little trick.
They had played so many times, yet the older sister hadn't won once; how could that be possible?
Unless someone was losing on purpose.
Trying to lose every time might be difficult for others, but for two people who shared the same mind, it was incredibly simple.
Currently, only Teacher Su was still kept in the dark.
But this was for the best; Sister Su's First Form and Second Form had undergone earth-shattering changes. Once activated, the aura-concealing runes would have been wasted.
The school's detached dormitory area was always quiet until Teacher Su's First Form was activated. The roar of a motorcycle suddenly exploded, finally bringing a sense of life to the deathly silent residential area.
Before those startled could react, they heard a sharp whoosh, and the deafening engine sound seemed to be carried away by the wind, rapidly vanishing into the distance.
The red-and-white superbike sped through the morning sun. Sister Su sat on the back seat, her arms tightly encircling Yun Zhuo's waist, her fingertips pressed against the fabric over his abdomen, her body leaning steadily against his back like a vine clinging to a branch.
The rising sun bathed her in warm gold. Her jet-black hair was tossed by the wind, tracing soft arcs in the air against her clean-cut profile, looking like a flowing shadow of ink—dazzlingly beautiful.
It was beautiful, but only she knew how fierce the wind was, blowing so hard she couldn't even keep her eyes open.
Yet even so, the corners of her mouth remained slightly upturned.
Because with every breath, she could smell the scent drifting from Yun Zhuo—a warmth like sunshine that brought her peace and joy.
She thought secretly to herself that if she could lean even lower and press her face against his back, the wind wouldn't hit her eyes.
But as soon as the thought appeared, her cheeks instantly flushed hot.
This was school. Although the university didn't forbid relationships between teachers and students, she was thin-skinned. Just thinking about being this close to Xiao Zhuo on campus made her heart race with embarrassment; she didn't have the courage to actually lean down.
"Whoosh!"
The speeding motorcycle kicked up a gust of air that lifted the hem of a skirt by the roadside.
"Oh~ my~"
The girl seemed to be crying out because her skirt was blown up, but her voice was cloyingly sweet.
Her hands appeared to be quickly pressing down her skirt, but they were actually just held at her waist. She even intentionally squatted down to let the hem flutter for a bit longer.
"Holy crap, black lace."
"Damn, who's speeding like that in school? Aren't they afraid of crashing?"
"Bro, do you know what you just missed?"
"Bro, do you know what you just missed?"
"Li Wanji from Healing Department Class 4 is wearing black lace today."
"Psh! I just saw Teacher Su."
"Teacher Su? The Teacher Su from the twin goddesses? The one from the Remote Department?"
"Who else?"
"Wait, she's back?"
"I'm your son if I'm lying. She just passed right in front of me, it's just..."
"Just what?"
"It's just that she was holding onto that bastard Yun Zhuo."
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would've almost forgotten about that scoundrel. But that kid probably won't be staying in our school much longer anyway."
"How do you know?"
"Did you forget? Next Monday is the Freshman Placement Exam. He'll be lucky if he even makes it out alive, let alone makes the top thousand... I don't see any hope for him at all."
"Sigh, tell me about it. Of all the people to offend, he had to go and offend Young Master Chen."
"I heard Young Master Chen has already put the word out; he's going to livestream the whole process of skinning him alive in the exam grounds."
"I believe Young Master Chen wants to kill him, but to say he's going to skin him alive and livestream it? You actually believe such brainless rumors?"
"If someone else said it, it might be a rumor, but this is Young Master Chen. What do you think the school can do to him? Expel him? Don't forget that the Chen family member serving as a principal here has a lower status in the family than he does.
Besides, even if he gets expelled, the Chen family has their own top-tier universities. Why would he even bother 'experiencing life' here?"
"Sigh~"
"What are you sighing for? It's not like you're the one who's going to die."
"I'm just feeling bad thinking about how sad Teacher Su will be when the time comes.
Do you think that kid has any chance of turning things around?"
"A chance? Young Master Chen went up five levels this month and is already level thirty-five. He even signed three War Princesses in one go.
Among the freshmen, he's already at the ceiling."
"For Yun Zhuo to even come out alive would require dumb luck. Turn things around?
"In his dreams!"
Yun Zhuo dropped Sister Su off at the office building and then turned left with Teacher Su to reach the Mission Management Office.
Compared to when they were here a month ago, it was so crowded today that they could barely squeeze in.
"Look, isn't that Du Mingxing? I remember seeing him take three b-rank missions just the day before yesterday. He's back to hand them in already?"