But her presence, to the two males and two females, took on the aura of a special NPC in some eerie game, prompting them to start "gathering intelligence" around her, their interest in the campus growing as they listened more.
Honestly, those who could apply to experience life at S City University had heard some of the eerie rumors about it online, but these were confusing and elusive, serving only to attract those with a strong curiosity to explore the place. The experience students who arrived today clearly belonged to this category, and they were a group.
Lin Yi casually withdrew his gaze and then, leading Li Huiyuan, proceeded towards the back row of the classroom to find Wei Liang.
When he and Li Huiyuan were spotted, those new students all cast their gazes over, but naturally, they were not looking at him, but at Li Huiyuan, especially at her nearly shredded uniform that was barely holding together at the back.
Lin Yi ignored their gazes, too lazy to care what they might think.
He of course knew what those new students were thinking, especially the two girls. Seeing the tattered uniform on Li Huiyuan’s back, their looks turned into disdain and disgust, whereas a few boys glanced at Li Huiyuan frivolously, obviously entertaining some unseemly fantasies...
As Lin Yi climbed the steps towards the back of the classroom, the sports students in one corner all looked at him with curiosity.
For this guy who was singled out by the Boss for private swimming lessons and even "gifted" a pair of sports shoes, they remained quite curious.
Of course, what intrigued them more was that this seemingly "ordinary" guy was chased around the swimming hall by the green Pocket Chef to eat tomatoes.
To know what it meant for a ’green Pocket Chef to appear in the gymnasium’ was something only these sports students would understand.
Xu Shunkang’s gaze had originally been observing the new experience students. He hadn’t interrupted the males and females asking Pan Jian’s friend about the mysterious campus, maintaining a detached demeanor.
Only when Lin Yi returned with Li Huiyuan did he shift his gaze, then tilted his head slightly towards Xie Huayang and chuckled, "Mole, aren’t you curious about what that guy did?"
He called Xie Huayang this because of a rice-sized mole next to Xie Huayang’s nose and lips, a nickname only those close enough to Xie Huayang could use; otherwise, the response wouldn’t be Xie Huayang’s words, but Xie Huayang’s baseball bat.
"Piss off!" Xie Huayang gave no face to Xu Shunkang, cutting him off first, "Fatso, if you’re curious, go ask yourself, don’t set me up!"
Xu Shunkang shrugged his shoulders: "Tch, what are you talking about? I’m just purely curious."
In the back row of the tiered classroom, feeling someone standing beside him, Wei Liang finally lifted his eyes from between the lines of his book, rubbed his eyes, and looked over.
"Yo, the dead pilot has come back alive?"
"Piss off! Why bring up what’s better left untouched!" Lin Yi flipped open a chair and sat down, then flipped down another indicating for Li Huiyuan to rest too.
"Still sitting? If you hadn’t come back, I would’ve gone to have dinner alone!" Wei Liang grumbled looking at Li Huiyuan, feeling a bit jealous like a good brother whose little sister had been persuaded away.
"Isn’t that perfect, let’s go now?" Lin Yi, whose seat had not even warmed up, got up immediately, and Li Huiyuan, who was about to sit, quickly moved to the side.
Joking aside, Wei Liang knew what was important. Therefore, after casting a reluctant glance at the notebook with Asuna panting with her tongue out, he got up, pressed his gun, and left his seat, snapping his fingers crisply like Luo Jiaying’s version of Tang Sanzang: "Let’s go."
May 8, 2023, 3:35 PM.
Lin Yi and his two companions descended the steps and headed towards the classroom door.
After they moved, the unresponsive experience students also looked up at the clock on the wall, rose from their seats, and one by one began to exit, heading outside the classroom.
Xu Shunkang chuckled: "Let’s get going too."
Eighteen sports students immediately rose like a small club, led by Qinze Shunkang and Longze Huayang, and left the classroom in a grand procession.
Seeing the sports students on the move, Pan Jian’s female companion who was still talking with the new experience students hurried after them, like a stray cat following someone carrying food.
She didn’t believe much, but she could sense a pure sense of security emanating from these sports students...
Seeing everyone in the classroom on the move, the four males and two females exchanged glances briefly before they too proceeded to leave.
Dinner at 4:00 PM, and for those newcomers, although not hungry, it was good to follow the flow to the cafeteria and familiarize themselves with the routine.
Soon the classroom was left with only one middle-aged man in a windbreaker.
The middle-aged man glanced at the time on the wall clock, then pulled out a pocket watch from the pocket of his camouflage pants, flipped it open, and adjusted the time according to the clock.
After doing so, he unzipped his windbreaker and took out another pocket watch from an inside pocket. Upon comparing the two watches, there was indeed a slight difference in time displayed...