Chapter 1380: Chapter 1380: Playing It Safe
Lou complained: "That’s just cowardice."
Ji You furrowed her brows and said: "Cowardice? How do you spell cowardice? In my dictionary, Ji You’s dictionary, there’s no such word."
Lou goaded: "Then go for it. I’ll support you going. Based on the crowd blocking outside, you’ll definitely go in upright and come out horizontal. Out of our classmates’ camaraderie, I could donate a coffin for you."
Ji You: "..."
Ji You, speechless, said: "Little Louis, I didn’t expect you to have such vile thoughts."
"Vile?" Lou raised a brow and said: "I don’t think it’s vile. Don’t worry, if that day ever comes, you won’t miss out on a coffin from me."
"Wow—" Ji You exaggeratedly raised her voice and said: "You have a heart, I’m really comforted. How about giving me the coffin money now?"
Lou: "..."
Lou, speechless, said: "You’re dreaming." With that, Lou glared at Ji You and cursed: "Don’t expect to get a dime out of me."
Ji You disdainfully said: "Cheapskate!"
Lou said: "Yue Qiguang should be out by now."
He stood up and said: "I’ll go pick him up."
Ji You thought for a moment and said: "How about I put on a hat and go out with you to take a look?"
Lou stopped in his tracks, glanced at Ji You, and with slight disdain, said: "Whether you wear a hat or not doesn’t matter."
"???" Ji You couldn’t figure it out for a moment.
Lou said: "You can’t find anyone of your height on the entire Nami Star."
Ji You: "..."
Ji You’s eyes darkened, and she coldly snorted: "Afraid of getting beaten standing up, can’t I go sitting?"
Lou’s mouth twitched and said: "Sitting is pretty weird."
Ji You acted on the thought; she didn’t care how silly Lou found it, she immediately applied to the dormitory management for a wheelchair. Nowadays, although there are dorm aunties, they are all replaced by intelligent robots that work very efficiently. In less than a minute, a wheelchair was delivered.
Seeing this, Lou was at a loss for words.
Then.
Ji You carefully looked at her attire, which was the unified costume for the offline competition of this session, not conspicuous. After thinking carefully, Ji You found a hat with a large brim, put it on her head, and pulled the brim down so her face couldn’t be seen.
Moreover—
The face Ji You had now was full of pits and scars, with no intact skin, caused by the cold winds in the competition arena. She hadn’t repaired it.
Lou was at a loss for words for a while, then suddenly said: "You never thought about getting your face repaired sooner?"
Ji You donned her hat again, still feeling slightly insecure, she wrapped a scarf around her neck. Doing this, if not looked at carefully, nobody could guess who she was. Hearing Lou’s comment, Ji You casually said: "What’s the point of fixing that? It costs money."
After leaving the field, one could choose to enter the treatment room and get their injuries fixed, but of course, it’s not free; it requires a fee.
It can be deducted using University Alliance Points or paid with credit points.
Besides, these repair costs are particularly tricky, detailing specific items with each one demanding extra fees. Other parts are fine, but face repair fees are extremely unreasonable, more expensive than repairing internal organs by tenfold!
The repair cost for internal organ injuries is 50 points, or 5000 credit points.
Light facial injuries require 500 points! Or 50000 credit points! Equating to 100 meals of braised ribs, Ji You immediately refused when she saw the price list.
Hearing this, Lou knew about her old stingy habits, couldn’t do anything about it. As he was about to turn around to open the dormitory door, he saw Ji You actually take off her hat, then put on a transparent head covering, and put the hat back on. Lou was utterly speechless, couldn’t help but complain: "You’re being so crafty?"
Ji You grinned, chuckled, said: "This isn’t being crafty, this is precaution."
Lou scoffed: "Why don’t you put on protective clothing then?"
Ji You seemed a bit disdainful, said: "I’d love to but I don’t have any now, I’d need to buy it and I don’t want to spend the money."
Lou opened the door, said: "Let’s go."
Ji You pressed the wheelchair’s control system, then the wheelchair rolled on its own without needing someone to push.
Lou walked a step, saw Ji You following behind, his mouth twitched and he quickened his pace a bit.
The floor they were on was just the 99th floor, as soon as they exited, it was a long corridor with a door every few steps, the number nameplates listed on the door, like Ji You lived in room 9904, Lou in 9905, conveniently making them neighbors. That’s why Principal Hong initially had Lou look after Ji You.
On the battlefield, Ji You consumed a lot and didn’t spend much money to fix her body. If someone did suddenly appear and attack her, she might not be able to escape.
Wheelchair-bound Ji You consistently followed Lou, they walked all the way to the corridor’s end until they found the floating elevator.
Pressed the floor number.
The floating elevator doors opened, a person and a wheelchair went inside, just as they signaled the elevator to depart, suddenly they heard a ding-dong sound from next door.
Ji You and Lou instinctively turned their heads and saw the neighboring elevator open, and a slim figure walked out. Upon meeting Lou and Ji You’s gaze, their dark eyes suddenly brightened: "Ji You?"
Inside the elevator, another voice quickly followed: "Ji You? Ji You is here?"
That voice was a boy’s, slightly familiar, Ji You felt she’d heard it somewhere before?
Hmm?
Where?
The first voice, no doubt, was Liu Fufeng. That person, including his voice, felt creepy, a bit Ji You didn’t want to get involved with. Therefore, she didn’t need to look up, as even if turned to ash, she’d recognize Liu Fufeng’s voice.
But the second person—
Was Shaun.
The one who painstakingly built a signal tower, only to have it snatched by Ji You; the unlucky fellow. Shaun’s appearance here was unsurprising to Ji You, what surprised her was Liu Fufeng walking with Shaun?
What’s going on?
Ji You wore the hat, brooded with a blank expression, but she didn’t want to stop at all, thus she urged Lou: "Close the elevator."
"Could it really be Ji You!" Shaun’s voice carried a trace of gritted teeth. He hadn’t stopped for a moment upon exiting the elevator, directly striding towards Ji You.
"Ahem..." Ji You cleared her throat, yet her voice suddenly changed to an entirely different tune, it was a sweet, delicate loli tone: "Who are you?"
Ji You asked, with a hint of displeasure in her tone.
Shaun hesitated.
He paused, turned to look at the wheelchair-bound Ji You, seeing it was a slim girl sitting there. Her height? Since she sat in a wheelchair, wearing a long robe, it wasn’t apparent how tall she was.
After pondering, Shaun stopped.
Ji You tugged on Lou’s sleeve, using that soft, sickeningly sweet voice, said: "Brother, let’s go quickly, I heard if we’re late at the cafeteria, there’d be no natural food supply. I... must eat Tiramisu today."
"Oh." Lou was stunned but still nodded: "Okay."
