Deep in the Living

Chapter 745 Learning
When sleep ends, the brain is satisfied, and the eyelids open automatically.

Roddy found himself still slumped over the dining table. Out of the corner of his eye, through the tablecloth, he caught a glimpse of those incredibly familiar long legs beside him. They were legs that were clearly good at running, yet they were covered in black stockings befitting a teacher's profession.

The high heels were placed on the ground, and both feet were suspended in the air, playing with the toes somewhat idly.

However, Roddy didn't rush to look up. Instead, he took the opportunity of waking up to carefully recall his previous dream.

He remembered that he seemed to fall asleep while eating, and at the beginning of the dream, he dreamed that he was eating in the cafeteria, and all the food served was eyeballs.

suddenly,

A series of crisp chewing sounds brought the nightmares to an abrupt end, and everything returned to calm, allowing Roddy to finally get a normal sleep.

"Hunter!"

Luo Di suddenly sat up straight; it was already night outside the window.

"Hey! Why are you calling someone else's name right after waking up? Roddy... I had to convince my brother to let me stay here to tutor you."

"No, Mr. Wu. Hunter seems to be able to help me..."

Wu Wen reached out and stopped Luo Di's lips: "He told me that you are suffering from some kind of unknown influence, an influence that only connects with your consciousness and is difficult for others to detect."

He helped you remove some impurities, but he couldn't completely eliminate them.

This elimination seems to be somewhat useful; at least it allows you to get a decent rest. No wonder Teacher Guo arranged for you to stay overnight at school; now I understand why.

I reckon only Hunter, who once tasted your flesh, could identify that strange smell that doesn't belong to you.

It seems you'll be staying at school for a while, and I'll probably need Hunter to clean up for you every now and then.

"Ah."

Roddy nodded; this time, they really owed a lot to Hunter.

If he can't solve his sleep problem, no matter how talented or powerful Roddy is, he will completely collapse in less than a month.

Wu Wen moved closer and placed her foot on Luo Di's thigh, whispering, "This can't go on forever... Hunter can't stay by your side forever, Luo Di, what do you think?"

Roddy, however, did not hesitate at all, as if he already had the answer in his heart: "What else can I think? If I want to remove this [mark], I can only seek the source of the mark and go deep into the dungeon."

However, not now. I need to wait a few more days, maybe ten days or so.

"A few days? What can you do in a few days?"

"There are many things I can do. Teacher Wu, aren't you going to tutor me? Could you tutor me on something truly useful?"

"You want to learn my disguise? Don't even mention a few days, you won't be able to learn it even in a few years... My art class is simply teaching you how to use your own characteristics to achieve the best disguise effect."

"No... let me make a cut every night, just like I did in the shallow area before."

Wu Wen was a little puzzled, but she still agreed, "Okay, what happens after we're done chopping?"

"Teacher Wu can go back and rest now."

"I finally managed to sneak out to tutor you, not to get stabbed. After I'm stabbed, I'll teach you some things that might save your life in a critical moment."

After all, a small part of me is inside you... You really think I came out so late at night just to tutor you, right?

"Thank you monitor."

"Should we chop it up tonight?"

"Give it a try."

The two arrived at the perimeter of the cafeteria, just like last time.

Luo Di slashed out, but Wu Wen didn't move an inch or dodge. She took the blow with her bare body, and the wound was shallow and healed quickly.

"There's been absolutely no progress... Come with me for tutoring."

"Ok."

Luo Di, however, was not discouraged at all, but felt that such a slash was normal.

He put the black swan back on his back and walked towards the teaching building. Little did he know that the environment seemed to have changed, and the concrete ground was flowing towards a certain center.

Luo Di, who was heading towards the teaching building, walked directly in front of Wu Wen.

"Teacher Wu?"

"There's no need to go to the classroom for private tutoring. Besides, Teacher Guo is also in the teaching building, so some things aren't very convenient. Since you have your own dormitory on campus, you can have tutoring in your dormitory."

"also."

Just as Wu Wen was walking towards the dormitory entrance, Luo Di grabbed her from behind.

"I've already told you, don't pull or shove on campus."

"Teacher Wu, don't go through the main entrance."

"Why? The dormitory rules say we can't bring outsiders to stay overnight? Don't worry, I won't stay overnight and the dormitory manager won't find out. Tonight, you'll be the only one who sees me."

"No... I might be affected when I pass through some dark areas. I've been affected once before. Let's just climb in through the window."

"Oh."

As the two climbed up the dormitory building in different ways, a blood-red gaze was silently watching everything from behind a locust tree in the campus woods, hundreds of meters away.

... [4 AM]

canteen.

When Pumpkin Fran arrived early, he was to be in charge of today's breakfast, only to find that the kitchen lights were on.

When he went inside, all the ingredients were already cut up, and some were even wrapped in plastic wrap.

A young man with his chest and back exposed is performing simple slashing motions in front of the stove.

"Roddy?! What brings you here so early... and it's been so long since I've seen you in the cafeteria."

"I didn't sleep. I had nothing else to do, so I came over early and chopped the vegetables. I need to talk to Hunter later, so I'll have to trouble Fran to make breakfast."

"I'm basically in charge of preparing breakfast now. Chef Hunter probably won't come to the cafeteria until noon."

As soon as Fran finished speaking, a series of footsteps came from behind.

With his hair slicked back,

A neatly trimmed short beard,
Overalls, light gray vest, brown derby shoes.

Hunter arrived here so early.

"Chef!"

Hunter skipped over Fran and moved to stand in front of Roddy.

The same action,

He gently fanned the air with his hand, inhaling Roddy's scent: "So it's still not clean enough? Looks like my skills aren't refined enough... From now on, I'll clean you up once a day after lunch, so at least you can get a good night's sleep."

"grateful."

"What brings you here so early? Shouldn't Wu Wen be helping you with some kind of training?"

"She only taught me some simple survival skills. There's something I want to talk to you about with Hunter."

"what's up?"

"Regarding the matter of chopping vegetables... I killed the dying Master Jiang, but I can't remember how I wielded the knife. I only remember the feeling of chopping vegetables here at that time."

I arrived at the kitchen very early last night and chopped all the ingredients, but I just couldn't find that feeling.

So I'd like to ask you something.

"I need to see that part of your memory."

"no problem."

The two men, who had once fought to the death, were now completely open with each other in the kitchen, discussing in detail the deeper issues related to cutting.

Unaware of the situation, Fran could only serve the two of them a delicate bowl of pumpkin porridge. She wanted to ask them why, but she was afraid of disturbing them.

Just as he was about to leave, Hunter suddenly spoke up.

"France."

"Chef!"

"Go tell Teacher Guo to send over a ton of raw meat within an hour."

"Ah? So much meat... I understand."

Just as Fran was about to head to the teaching building, he discovered several wooden crates emitting a fishy smell at the entrance of the cafeteria, containing the raw meat that Hunter needed.

It's as if Teacher Guo was also paying attention to this matter and knew about the meat in advance.

This made Fran even more confused about what was going on.

The crisp sound of slicing meat echoed from the cafeteria area in the early morning.

……

It was dusk again.

Roddy woke up again at the dining table, and with Hunter's help, he slept soundly again.

This time, Wu Wen didn't sit beside him waiting; instead, she stood at the cafeteria entrance. She had even specially worn an off-the-shoulder long-sleeved shirt today, to make things easier for the chopping she was about to do.

It's still a knife.

Wu Wen, who hadn't moved an inch yesterday, instinctively took a step back today, leaving a burning cut on her right collarbone.

"Roddy, you..."

As she spoke, she smiled and stepped forward to press her lips to hers.

"Teacher Wu, didn't you say that teachers and students need to keep their distance, especially at school?"

"This is a reward for my students, do you understand?! Okay, come with me to tutoring~ Let's do something different tonight."

Just as the two of them were climbing back to their dorm room as they had the day before,
Behind the same trees, the faceless head was slightly distorted, its crimson color receding, as if it couldn't understand, or perhaps it was quite shocked.

P.S.: I've arranged to take Xiao Afei to a newly opened amusement park tomorrow, so I'm taking a day off to brainstorm some ideas for the story. Thanks everyone.

(End of this chapter)