Chapter 32: Shadows and Legends – Tales of War, Betrayal, and Destiny

Shen Yi stuck with his two new friends.

Originally, he tried to arrange an outing for the weekend, but everyone was busy.

Lü Jin was busy studying, Zhou Huaixia was busy sleeping, and only Shen Yi had nothing to do.

He felt very bored.

So he started auditing classes in the medical school and psychology school, observing what his two friends were usually doing.

But he quickly found Lü Jin’s intense study sessions unbearable, so he withdrew and went to the psychology school instead.

The atmosphere there was noticeably more relaxed too relaxed, in fact, as Zhou Huaixia would fall asleep as soon as she entered the classroom.

Shen Yi even felt a little sorry for the professor.

How could there be such an unmotivated student?

He had at least pretended to be a diligent student for a whole year in his first year, yet Zhou Huaixia couldn’t even keep up the act for a semester.

Shen Yi picked up a professional book from Zhou Huaixia’s desk, flipped it open, and found it pristine.

Only the first page had a scribbled “Z,” probably her signature.

Zhou Huaixia was truly lazy and unmotivated.

And this was S University!

During the lecture, Shen Yi turned to the student on his left and pointed at the sleeping Zhou Huaixia.

“Doesn’t your professor care about students like her?”

The student glanced at him coldly and said, “If you score full marks on the midterm exam, you can sleep all you want too.”

Studying was already frustrating enough, and now he was being provoked.

Shen Yi: “…”

Why were psychology students so aggressive?

After listening to various concepts, Shen Yi also dozed off, but Zhou Huaixia woke up first.

“Let’s go,” Zhou Huaixia gave him a push and stood up.

Shen Yi immediately woke up, wiped his face, and followed her out of the classroom.

“Zhou Huaixia, do you have some special family bloodline or inherited mystical abilities?”

Clearly, he was still very curious about Zhou Huaixia’s abilities.

Zhou Huaixia glanced at him.

“I thought you had already investigated my entire family tree.”

Shen Yi felt misunderstood.

“Even though I have some skills, I don’t invade other people’s privacy unless there’s a reason.”

“That’s reassuring,” Zhou Huaixia found Shen Yi annoying.

“Do you never have anything to do?”

“I’m a third-year now, many classmates have started their internships,” Shen Yi shrugged.

“You know, I don’t need to.”

Zhou Huaixia: “…”

Fine.

Having money really made a difference.

“Let’s have dinner together tonight.

My treat,” Shen Yi said.

“A celebration for successfully helping Brother Kong at the rehabilitation center.

Lü Jin already agreed.”

Zhou Huaixia was surprised.

“She’s not going to the library tonight?”

Shen Yi raised his eyebrows.

“It’s a celebration dinner, of course, she agreed.”

In reality, he had pestered her for a long time.

When Shen Yi mentioned the rehabilitation center, Zhou Huaixia couldn’t help but think about the car accident at Chaoyang Road intersection, making her feel uneasy.

After a while, she asked, “Where’s the reservation?”

Shen Yi gave a name.

“I’ll pick you both up tonight.”

Zhou Huaixia: “Can you switch to a less flashy car?

Going out like that is too attention-grabbing.”

Shen Yi’s eyes lit up.

He walked backward while looking at her.

“Are you implying that we’ll be working together in the future?”

Zhou Huaixia: “…”

She wanted to refute, but what if he was actually useful?

“Alright, I’ll switch tonight,” Shen Yi immediately agreed.

“How about a five-million-dollar car?

Is that low-key enough?”

Zhou Huaixia: “…You can drop a zero and then halve it.”

Shen Yi processed that for a moment.

“What kind of car can you buy with that?

Is it even drivable?

Is it safe?”

As they exited the teaching building, Zhou Huaixia grabbed her scooter, stepped on it, twisted the handle, and left behind a single word:

“Scram.”

Damn rich kids.

At seven in the evening, Shen Yi parked his cheapest car five hundred meters away from the girls’ dormitory at the medical school.

Because Lü Jin and Zhou Huaixia didn’t want a luxury car worth over a million showing up at their dorm.

“I’ve already ordered a new car, but for safety reasons, it still needs some modifications,” Shen Yi said as soon as they got in the car.

Zhou Huaixia wasn’t interested and closed her eyes.

“Wake me up when we get there.”

Lü Jin turned on the reading light, adjusted her glasses, pulled out a tablet from her backpack, and started reading a medical journal.

“Wake me up when we get there.”

Shen Yi: “…”

Unbelievable.

The dinner venue was in a garden setting, and some ingredients had to be pre-ordered in advance.

Shen Yi didn’t let the waiters in and introduced the dishes himself.

Lü Jin was cooperative, but to Zhou Huaixia, everything he said sounded like “@#?%！%&*”.

Shen Yi gave them a plate of snow-white fish meat and eagerly asked,

“What do you think?

Isn’t the taste unique?”

Zhou Huaixia, still drowsy, took a bite, chewed twice, then froze.

She looked up suspiciously.

“Braised beef noodle flavor?”

Shen Yi: “?”

He took a bite himself and asked Lü Jin, “Does this taste like braised beef noodles?”

He had never eaten it before.

“Not exactly, but it’s just slightly sweet, tender fish meat,” Lü Jin turned to Zhou Huaixia.

“How did you taste that?”

Zhou Huaixia frowned, took another bite of the fish, then: “…”

She started drinking plain water.

Damn it, the taste of braised beef noodle soup!

Zhou Huaixia put down her cup, rested her hand on the table, and covered the lower half of her face, falling silent.

Lü Jin noticed her expression and sensed something was wrong.

She also went quiet.

“What’s wrong?” Shen Yi looked at the two suddenly silent people.

“It’s not that bad, is it?”

When that weird instant noodle taste finally disappeared, Zhou Huaixia snapped out of it.

“Nothing.”

During the rest of the meal, she no longer felt sleepy and refrained from making any more comments about the food.

Besides the instant noodle taste, she also detected the taste of ham sausage and various junk food flavors.

Shen Yi had no idea what was going on, only watching as Zhou Huaixia’s face grew darker and darker.

Later that night, after getting out of the car near the dorm, Zhou Huaixia hesitated, then walked to the front and knocked on the window.

Shen Yi rolled it down.

“If something comes up, I might ask for your help,” she said.

She had a feeling that she would need it sooner or later.

Shen Yi raised an eyebrow.

“I’m always ready.”

Back in the dorm, Lü Jin asked,

“What happened just now?”

Zhou Huaixia frowned.

“I think I can experience other people’s taste sensations.”

The absurdity of it made her feel uneasy.

Lü Jin shivered.

“That’s like being possessed but just the tongue.”