85: Chapter 85 Teacher Shen, would you like one?

Jiang You let out a desperate roar in his heart.

At this moment, any drowsiness or dreams of whole roasted lamb vanished into thin air.

In their place was an intense, one might even say astonishing, survival instinct that erupted to protect his innocence and his sorry hide!

Jiang You stood up straight abruptly, no longer leaning on the coffin lid.

His gaze became sharper than ever, and his breathing grew rapid.

The surrounding students of Class F were startled by his sudden movement.

Lu Xingye watched the suddenly "awakened" Jiang You, shocked inwardly:

"What's going on?"

"Why did this guy suddenly stop sleeping?"

"Look at him, sweating profusely and looking so solemn... Could it be that he also sensed the murderous aura in the Principal's words, thereby igniting his inner fighting spirit?"

"Hmph! It seems he isn't as much of a loser as I imagined; at least he has some reaction when facing a crisis."

However, Jiang You only had one thought in his mind right now:

Go home! Destroy the evidence!

"No... I absolutely cannot let them search the things under my mattress!"

"I must rush back to the dormitory before they take action!"

"Pack up all those damn clothes and that broken washbasin, and take them away!"

"Take them to the Mist Swamp! Throw them into the mud! Destroy the evidence!"

Jiang You glanced at the Principal still rambling on the stage, then at the surrounding students who were forming lines to board the vehicles.

He gritted his teeth and made a decision that went against his ancestors... oh no, that went against his salted-fish instincts.

He quietly, step by step, retreated to the back of the line.

While retreating, he clutched his stomach, putting on a pained and twisted expression, whispering to himself:

"Ouch... my stomach hurts..."

"I can't take it... the steamed bun this morning was poisonous..."

"I need to go to the bathroom... I need to go back to the dorm to get toilet paper..."

As long as he slipped out of the playground, with his foot speed, he could dash back to the dorm in ten minutes, pack up all the incriminating evidence, and then sneak back into the convoy unnoticed!

This was a race against time! A life-or-death speed run concerning his reputation!

Jiang You's eyes were firm, his feet were greased, and he prepared to slip away!

At the edge of the playground, that figure wearing an ill-fitting school uniform, looking like a clumsy penguin, was clutching his stomach and shuffling out of the field step by step.

"Ouch... my stomach hurts..."

"I can't do it anymore, I really can't hold it in..."

Jiang You let out painful groans while glancing at the podium from the corner of his eye.

Once he slipped out of the playground gate, he would be free as a fish in the sea!

However. Reality is always cruel.

Just at the moment Jiang You's foot crossed the boundary line of the playground.

"Swish—!" A sharp, powerful gust of wind whistled in.

A sheathed long sword, like a javelin, grazed the tip of Jiang You's nose and slammed into the concrete ground in front of him with a "thud."

The hilt was still vibrating with a hum.

Immediately after, a voice colder than the blade exploded in Jiang You's ears:

"Where are you going? Top Scholar?"

Jiang You's body instantly froze.

He turned his head mechanically, only to see Teacher Shen Qing leaning against the playground fence, her eyes beneath her sunglasses staring at him with a half-smile, while she toyed with a car key in her hand.

"Um... Teacher Shen."

Jiang You squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying, and pointed in the direction of the dormitory:

"Um... I suddenly remembered something important!"

"My Top Scholar reward... that big silver box Teacher Gu gave me, I forgot to bring it!"

"I figured we'd only be at special training for a week, and I wouldn't have the time to come back and lose... oh no, come back to get the box. Such a valuable thing left in the dorm, what if that Faceless Man steals it?"

"So I have to go back and bring it with me, to keep it safe!"

Jiang You put on a look of righteous indignation, as if to say "I am doing this for the sake of property security."

In reality, he was panicking like crazy: Let me go back quickly! If I don't go back, my mattress will be lifted!

Teacher Shen Qing heard this, raised an eyebrow, and the look in her eyes behind her sunglasses became somewhat strange.

She extended a finger in a leather glove and pointed at the bulging, heavy snake-skin bag on Jiang You's shoulder:

"Didn't bring it?"

"Then what is this big bag you're carrying on your shoulder...?"

"I saw you running quite happily while carrying it just now. Isn't that box of essence blood and source crystals in there?"

Jiang You perked up as soon as he heard this.

Since the teacher was asking about this, he absolutely had to show off his "combat supplies"!

"Hey! You mean this?"

Jiang You immediately put down the snake-skin bag from his shoulder, unzipped it with a "whoosh," and like a child showing off toys to a parent, he opened the bag mouth to show Teacher Shen Qing with a treasure-presenting expression:

"Teacher, you've misunderstood! There aren't any stones or blood in here. Can those hard things be eaten as meals?"

"Look!"

Jiang You reached into the bag and pulled out a handful of colorful packaging bags:

"These are all hard currency in here!"

"This is stock from Gou Fugui. Although they are near their expiration date, they are cheap and plentiful!"

"There's braised beef noodles, spicy dried fish, and this..."

As Jiang You spoke, he expertly tore open a bright red spicy stick, and a rich, cheap artificial flavor instantly permeated the air.

He sincerely held the spicy stick out to Teacher Shen Qing, his eyes clear and foolish:

"Teacher Shen, have you had breakfast? If not, want one?"

"This is spicy crayfish flavor, it's delicious!"

"Really, I sneak into my blanket to eat this every night, and I even lick my fingers clean after eating!"

Teacher Shen Qing looked at the greasy spicy stick held under her nose, and then looked at the snake-skin bag filled with all kinds of junk food.

Her face cooled down at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was like a cold front passing through; the surrounding temperature instantly dropped to freezing point.

She, a dignified Peak Fourth-Order mentor, the genius Top Scholar she personally recruited...

Faced with a matter of life and death like setting off for special training in the S-Rank Forbidden Zone, he didn't bring weapons, didn't bring supplies, but actually brought a snake-skin bag of... near-expired spicy sticks?

And he asked me if I wanted one?

"Jiang... You..."

Teacher Shen Qing's voice sounded like it was squeezed out from between her teeth, every word filled with killing intent.

Jiang You was stunned for a moment, looking at Teacher Shen Qing's man-eating expression, thinking she was worried about food safety issues.

He quickly patted his chest and explained with a sworn assurance:

"Teacher Shen! Don't worry!"

"Don't look at the packaging date as if it's about to expire; it's actually still got two or three days left!"

"According to Gou Fugui, this is called the last moment of the best taste period. It hasn't spoiled at all, you won't get diarrhea after eating it!"

"Really! It's all edible! I swear on my character!"

A vein on Teacher Shen Qing's forehead suddenly throbbed.

That was the sound of reason snapping.

"Enough!!!"

Teacher Shen Qing finally couldn't hold it back, letting out a deafening roar that made the spicy stick in Jiang You's hand drop.

She pointed at the snake-skin bag, then pointed at the Class F dormitory building, and roared:

"Now! Immediately! Right now!"

"Take your broken snake-skin bag and get back there!"

"Throw this pile of junk food back in the dorm! And bring me that box of yours containing the essence blood and source crystals!"

"That is what is most important for you!"