The entire school embarks on a survival journey, starting from a primeval rainforest.

Jiang Fan could have had the tabby cat also leave a note for Tang Qingyu, inviting her to discuss a secret alliance.

But the fact that he deliberately chose to provoke the other party was certainly not without reason.

Girls are creatures that you can't always fawn over, or they'll just make you seem cheap.

Especially for girls like Tang Qingyu, who are never short of suitors.

Under the big tree where Bai Feifei once stood, Jiang Fan and Tang Qingyu stood facing each other.

"Say what you need to say quickly, I'm very busy..." Tang Qingyu complained, annoyed, as Jiang Fan pulled her over.

But when she saw the bag of potato chips that Jiang Fan pulled out of his pocket, her voice immediately became much softer.

This kind of product is now extinct in the current environment; every pack consumed reduces the supply, making it incredibly precious.

"I don't actually like eating this, but you insisted on giving it to me, so I'll reluctantly do you a favor," Tang Qingyu said insincerely, reaching out to "snatch" the potato chips away.

Jiang Fan didn't care. He had traded a lot of these things for keys, and rather than leaving them idle in the dormitory, he might as well "cash them out".

Next, Jiang Fan did not rush to discuss the alliance.

Instead, the conversation naturally veered towards Wang Chao and his ilk: "Our school is a 985 university, so why does it have such a shameless scoundrel like Wang Chao?"

He had always wondered why, even with the current harsh living conditions, the true nature of humanity shouldn't have been exposed so quickly.

"Heh..." Tang Qingyu scoffed, a look of disdain on her face. "You don't really think everyone is like you, do you? How much is your tuition each year?"

Although Jiang Fan didn't know why she brought this up, he still answered honestly, "A little over four thousand a year."

"So," Tang Qingyu said matter-of-factly, "your tuition is a little over four thousand a year, while theirs is over ten thousand a year. Do you think they can be the same?"

Jiang Fan was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized: "You mean... their admission scores are different from yours and mine?"

"Of course." Tang Qingyu nodded, her voice clear and pleasant. "They're just a bunch of spoiled brats who are good for nothing. Their parents spend money to send them to school just to get a diploma. Do you really think everyone is like you, coming to school to learn?"

Tang Qingyu's tone always carried a hint of smugness, as if she were "superior," but Jiang Fan didn't care about any of that.

As a "newbie" who has only been enrolled for a little over a month, it would be great to have a "local expert" who can teach me the "basic knowledge".

"What about Cao Bin and Li Qingfeng..."

"Cao Bin, like Wang Chao, was in the international class just to get a diploma. However, he signed up for two years of military service in his junior year. It is said that he met Li Qingfeng, who had already served for a year, there."

"As for more, I'm not entirely sure either."

Jiang Fan suddenly realized that he had a deeper understanding of the relationship between Cao Bin and Li Qingfeng.

At the same time, he also understood that although Tang Qingyu was a local "native" and the leader of Dawn, he could not be omniscient and omnipotent.

"What do you know about Teacher Qin?" Jiang Fan continued to press.

Regardless of whether Qin Muyao's purpose today was to maintain order or something else.

In the end, this prevented the situation from escalating further, allowing Lin Feng, Ding Hang, and the others to suffer even greater losses before I arrived.

"Sister Muyao..." When talking about Qin Muyao, Tang Qingyu's face suddenly flashed with excitement, "I've known her since I was a child. She's the granddaughter of Professor Li who lives upstairs from me. We used to play together a lot when we were little. She was a very nice person. She would give me snacks and take me to play shuttlecock..."

She went on and on and on.

Jiang Fan summarized it as: gentle, kind-hearted, and pedantic.

Come to think of it, in the current environment, everyone is only concerned with self-preservation and survival.

If it weren't for gaining gratitude points, even Jiang Fan himself might not have done so many "good deeds".

But in any case, he accepted Qin Muyao's favor.

Next, Jiang Fan talked about Bai Feifei, but only mentioned that she and Wang Youfu and his daughter had asked him for help because they were being bullied by Wang Chao and others.

However, it did not describe in detail the injuries suffered by Wang Youfu and his daughter, or the fact that the group was struggling to survive.

"I'm not too sure about that..." Tang Qingyu shook her head. "There are five supermarkets in the East Campus. Uncle Youfu only came to the school in the last two years. I was busy with high school back then... so I don't know much about it."

She paused for a moment, then continued, "As for School Doctor Bai, I know even less about her. The previous school doctor was a woman in her fifties, so I suppose Bai Feifei only became the school doctor in the last year or two."

Jiang Fan's heart skipped a beat; this did match up with what Bai Feifei had said about the two not being very familiar with each other.

"Actually, there's something else I'm curious about," Jiang Fan pressed, "Shouldn't universities be full of students and teachers? Why are there people like you and Qin Muyao from outside the university... um... I mean, when you were little..."

"Did you crawl out of the forest? Don't you know this?!" Tang Qingyu rolled her eyes, looking utterly disdainful. "The school has been around for over a hundred years. These buildings where my grandma and the others live are supposed to be faculty dormitories, but they're really no different from some old residential areas. The school's management isn't strict either; they don't prohibit outsiders from coming in at all!"

Jiang Fan awkwardly touched his head, feeling offended.

Although he didn't come from the mountains and forests, he was a genuine rural child.

Therefore, I don't really know much about what's happening in the city.

Tang Qingyu paused abruptly after speaking, noticing Jiang Fan's subtle movement of touching his head, clearly an unconscious attempt to cover up his embarrassment.

She felt a slight pang in her heart, annoyed that she always spoke without thinking, but she couldn't bring herself to apologize directly.

So he turned his head to the side and said in a deliberately relaxed tone, "You didn't call me here just to ask me random questions, did you...? If there's anything important, then please say it quickly..."

Jiang Fan noticed her subtle reaction and chuckled to himself.

He naturally wouldn't expose the other person, but instead steered the conversation back to Qi Ran: "I heard you rescued a boy from our West District from the purple beam of light this time, thanks."

"You just said thank you and that's it?" Tang Qingyu looked at him suspiciously. "Didn't you say anything else?"

This left Jiang Fan stumped: "Should I... say anything else?"

Tang Qingyu pouted, seemingly dissatisfied: "Didn't he say you two were good friends? I saved his life, shouldn't you give me a few cards or something as a reward?"

Jiang Fan: "..."

He was speechless. Qi Ran was really good at making a big fuss, creating a "debt" for himself for no reason.

Finally, after Jiang Fan gave a long explanation and even brought Ding Hang in as a witness, Tang Qingyu finally believed that he and Qi Ran did not have a good relationship, and even had a little grudge.

It wasn't that Jiang Fan intentionally wanted to act shamelessly and deny his debts.

Finally, Jiang Fan coughed lightly, steer the conversation to what he really wanted to say: "...I heard from Qi Ran that your Dawn faction was outmaneuvered by a strange fellow in that rainforest?"

He had heard from others that although Qi Ran was seriously injured, he was brought back from the rainforest by Tang Qingyu and his group without any danger to his life.

Upon hearing this, Tang Qingyu's pretty face turned frosty, and she gritted her teeth, instantly recalling the arrogant face of "Zheng Daoguang" back then.

Not only did he publicly declare that he would "carry her back to be his bed warmer," but he also insidiously directed Lei Lang's hatred toward Dawn.

Although he later turned misfortune into blessing and used it to break through to the first level of spirit body, the feeling of being used as a pawn or even as bait always stuck in his heart.

What's even more infuriating is that they were chased for dozens of meters by two thunder wolves that suddenly appeared before they barely managed to escape!

"Hmph! You just wait!" She grew angrier the more she thought about it, spitting out the harsh words through gritted teeth, "That effeminate bastard, I'll castrate him myself one day!"

Jiang Fan, standing to the side, instinctively squeezed his legs together, feeling a sudden chill creep up his body...