“I wonder what brings the department beauty here?”
There was nothing wrong with these words, but they were not particularly polite either.
Mu Qing’s smile remained unchanged. “Student Su, do you have some kind of misunderstanding about me?”
Su Shu remained silent.
Mu Qing placed her hand on Su Shu’s shoulder. A faint, subtle fragrance drifted over, resembling the scent of a misty moon—
This was the new signature perfume launched by the Empire’s most famous fragrance brand; a single milliliter was enough to cover Su Shu’s tuition and living expenses for her entire college career.
Mu Qing said, “I have noticed you since last semester, Student Su. I genuinely want to be friends with you.”
Su Shu smiled.
Mu Qing spoke very sincerely, and paired with her exquisite face, it was indeed very convincing.
If it were still the original owner of this body—who, despite having excellent grades, was indecisive and somewhat self-deprecating at heart—she might have truly been moved by Mu Qing.
However, the original Su Shu was no longer here.
“We won’t be classmates for much longer.” Su Shu withdrew her smile and expressionlessly brushed Mu Qing’s hand off her shoulder. “I have already submitted an application to the department head to transfer departments.”
“Transferring to the Culinary Department,” Su Shu added. “So I don’t think there is any need for us to communicate further.”
Mu Qing froze, momentarily failing to register Su Shu’s impolite behavior.
Su Shu stood up. “The theme of the ‘Misty Moon’ fragrance is ‘a subtle yet fatal temptation.’ Actually, it doesn’t quite suit your pure and innocent attire.”
Su Shu’s voice was neither too loud nor too quiet, just enough for the surrounding students, who had their ears perked up, to hear clearly.
For a moment, everyone did not know whether they were more shocked by the news of Su Shu transferring departments, or terrified by the fact that she had actually ridiculed the department beauty’s coordination.
Regardless, the news of Su Shu’s department transfer spread like wildfire, becoming the new trending topic on the Imperial University forum.
All at once, everyone lost interest in the previous grudge between Su Shu and Mu Qing, and instead began guessing the underlying reason why the number one student, after suffering a defeat, was going to the Culinary Department—
One had to know that the admission scores for the Command Department and the Culinary Department were as different as heaven and earth.
Su Shu did not care in the slightest—
She believed that, being as outstanding as she was, the Culinary Department would not reject her.
Therefore, after receiving the notice for the department transfer test, she went straight home to play video games.
-.-
When Su Shu arrived at the Rice Blossom Forest again, order had already been restored around the chicken coop.
Previously, when main accounts came to farm the little yellow chickens, roughly one chicken feather would drop for every thirty chickens. Now, the damned game developers had lowered the drop rate even further; for players over level 10, it would take roughly ten thousand chickens to drop a single feather—
This drop rate was clearly and explicitly posted in the game announcement by the damned developers.
It was a blatant attempt to forbid high-level players from stealing mobs in the novice village.
Although it was slightly harder for novices to fight the little yellow chickens, the feather drop rate was high. Taking them to the market to set up a stall could net around 50 copper coins per feather, so the newcomers were working with great enthusiasm as well.
Su Shu stood to the side with her hands tucked in her sleeves, thinking that the damned developers were indeed damned developers—
Give and take; this was the way of balance.
However, no matter how balanced it was, Su Shu still could not tear a little yellow chicken apart with her bare hands.
Her long umbrella had already been destroyed, and now she only had a dagger in hand. A dagger was a melee weapon; before she could even get close to a little yellow chicken, it would flutter its wings and fly away—
Occasionally leaving a pile of chicken droppings behind.
Su Shu: “…”
To think that before transmigrating into this book, she, Su Shu, had traversed the borderlines of Huaxia, striking terror into the hearts of numerous convicts. How could she be unable to handle even a single chicken now?
Other newcomers who recognized Su Shu saw her standing on the spot with a bewildered face, and a thousand thoughts crossed their minds—
The woman who caused a bloodbath on the forum couldn’t catch a chicken either, just like them…
This felt way too satisfying!
In her heart, Su Shu cursed the bastard Wuji, who had destroyed her umbrella, for the hundred and first time. But the novice village weapon shop was far from here, and Su Shu really did not want to make another trip just to buy another long umbrella.
Just as she was agonizing over it, the little yellow chickens scattered all around suddenly began fluttering frantically—
Su Shu, having just arrived, did not know why yet, but the expressions of the other new players nearby had already changed as they began searching everywhere for places to hide.
A petite girl even jumped right into a rabbit hole that had been dug out, kicking Su Shu in the process before entering the hole—
Su Shu staggered and bumped into a wall that appeared out of thin air.
The wall was soft; against Su Shu’s face, it felt itchy and carried the smell of chicken feathers.
Su Shu raised her head and met the loving gaze of the old hen.
Su Shu: “…”
Everyone thought that Su Shu was doomed—
They saw the old hen wave its wing, wrap Su Shu underneath it, let out a “cluck” toward the sky, and disappear from the spot.
The quietly spectating crowd: “???”
Su Shu, who was feeling dizzy and disoriented from the smell of chicken feathers: “????”
The old hen took Su Shu directly into the chicken coop.
Inside the chicken coop, there were many newly hatched chicks—
These chicks were somewhat different from the little yellow chickens spawned by the system outside; specifically, they were extraordinarily large.
Even as a full-grown living person, Su Shu could barely keep her head exposed while standing among the chicks.
The chicks kept making “chirp chirp chirp chirp” sounds around her. The old hen poked Su Shu’s forehead lovingly with its beak, then waddled out of the chicken coop.
Su Shu looked at her health bar, which had lost half its gauge: “…”
The surrounding chicks had just been born not long ago, and their beaks were still soft. They were exceptionally curious about the newcomer Su Shu and kept poking at her—
Su Shu was utterly devoid of the desire to live, but she roughly understood that this was probably caused by that so-called “Love of the Old Hen” obtained from killing the first wild map boss.
Taking advantage of the old hen’s departure, she emptied her mind and logged onto the forum for a bit—
She did not believe that there would be no discussion on the forum about an old hen like this, which was practically a wild map boss.
However, there really was none.
Su Shu: “…”
On the forum, there were only complaints about this old hen killing novice players by passing by, catching bugs, or pooping, as well as—
The news of her being captured alive by the old hen.
Su Shu: “…”
The job she engaged in during her past life meant she could never be exposed in public settings. Now that she had transmigrated into this book, it practically made up for all the fame she had never had.
However, Su Shu noticed that a smurf account leaked news stating that Meng Hui Jiang Hu was about to open a new map.
In the eighteen years since Meng Hui Jiang Hu launched, it opened a new map every year during Ancient Huaxia’s Mid-Autumn Festival. Now, with less than a month left until the Mid-Autumn Festival, it was indeed time to start the promotional warm-up.
Su Shu returned to the game.
The old hen happened to come back as well.
In the backlit state, Su Shu could not see the old hen’s expression clearly, but she could feel its burning gaze—
The love buff on Su Shu’s body allowed the old hen to notice her, the brightest chick in the chicken coop, at a single glance.
It happily took light, quick steps to the front of Su Shu and stretched its head out toward her—
An enormously huge green caterpillar suddenly appeared before Su Shu’s eyes.
Thin-skinned, thick-meated, and full of juice.
Except its manner of death was hideous, causing Su Shu’s legs to go weak catching her completely off guard.
Su Shu forcibly squeezed backward by several body lengths—
The old hen’s love turned into confusion, unable to understand why its prettiest chick rejected its goodwill.
And so, it delivered the thing in its beak toward Su Shu’s face once more.
The surrounding chicks chirped loudly, wanting to snatch this food from the old hen’s mouth, but the old hen pecked them all back. Its affectionate gaze remained forever on its favored chick, Su Shu—
Su Shu: “…”
Was it too late for her to commit suicide now?