It wasn't until the three of them actually boarded the car and embarked on their journey home—Hattori Sayo was driving, with Qin Huanyu and Yi Youyou sitting in the back—that Hattori Sayo understood the truth behind the punishment.
She gritted her teeth, her back teeth almost breaking, but there was nothing she could do. She could only drive carefully as promised, trying her best not to look in the rearview mirror at the two people kissing and cuddling in the back seat, or to hear her mistress making those sweet, seductive sounds that she had never heard before.
This was Qin Huanyu's punishment for Hattori Sayo.
You have a crush on your mistress and you still have a problem with me? Well then, I'll get intimate with your mistress right in front of you! Maybe I'll even have you serving me in the future!
A mere maid dares to try and steal Youyou from me? You're far from it! Even a childhood sweetheart can't compete with someone who suddenly appears out of nowhere, you know? You, who grew up with Youyou, are destined to be outdone by me!
. . . . .
Just as Yi Youyou would stay at Qin Huanyu's house as soon as she arrived in Baiguang City, Qin Huanyu would naturally not stay in a hotel when she came to Shendu.
After the princess selection officially begins in a few days, Qin Huanyu should move into the palace, but for now she will definitely be staying at Yi Youyou's house.
As a young lady from a former noble family, Yi Youyou naturally owned several properties in the capital. However, land prices in the capital were too high, and Yi Youyou didn't want to be too high-profile, so she didn't own any villas, but rather large apartments in upscale residential areas.
The property used to house Qin Huanyu was located next to Shendu University. It was a housing development that Shendu University bought land to develop and then sold to its staff at a low price as a welfare benefit. As the principal's granddaughter, Yi Youyou was naturally able to buy one, and she even bought the best unit.
With a total area of over 180 square meters, located on the top floor of the 33rd floor, the three large bay windows offer a panoramic view of the surrounding city streets, and the rooftop terrace provides easy access... When Yi Youyou, as the phantom thief, was on her own rooftop, she often took off on her own journey.
The apartment has four bedrooms, two living rooms, and two bathrooms. The original layout of the four bedrooms was Yi Youyou's master bedroom, Hattori Saya's second bedroom, a study, and a home theater.
Now that Qin Huanyu has moved in, Hattori Sayo originally planned to give her spare bedroom to Qin Huanyu and sleep in the study herself.
Qin Huanyu merely gave Hattori Sayo a mocking look before openly moving into Yi Youyou's master bedroom, shattering Hattori Sayo's last remaining hope.
Yi Youyou was quite cooperative in this regard, not minding making various intimate gestures with Qin Huanyu in front of Hattori Sayo... It wasn't that she had any perverse sense of humor, but rather that she realized it would be beneficial for everyone to get Hattori Sayo to give up on her hopeless idea sooner rather than later.
"What are your plans for the next few days? Or is there anywhere you particularly want to go?"
After settling in at home, Yi Youyou dragged Qin Huanyu to the audio-visual entertainment room to play fighting games together, and casually asked...
"There's nothing planned... Deputy Director Lei will be looking for me in a few days to discuss something, and after that, we'll probably go straight to the palace. Until then, I'll be keeping quiet about you."
While Qin Huanyu was rubbing against Yi Youyou's soft body in real life, she was also cornering Yi Youyou's character in the fighting game and beating her up with combos. After killing her, she thought for a moment and said:
"If I had to say where I'd like to go... it would be Shen Du University and the Shen Du Museum where Youyou works, as well as your family's old house, Youyou. Didn't you say you wanted me to take you there last time?"
"OK, no problem."
Yi Youyou agreed very readily, and took the opportunity to throw the game controller aside, not giving Qin Huanyu a chance to continue torturing her:
"How about we take a stroll around the campus of Shen Du University now? We can have dinner at the school cafeteria tonight... Ah Yu, you've never eaten at the school cafeteria before, have you?"
"No, there isn't one... but our research institute and police station also have canteens, so it's probably similar, right?" Qin Huanyu replied, imagining what it would be like.
"Not even close... How many people do your research institute and police station have? Shendu University is the largest school in Shengzhou, with more than 50,000 teachers, students and staff. It's no exaggeration to say that the whole school is like a small town."
Yi Youyou proudly showed off, then pulled Qin Huanyu out:
"Come on, let's go, I'll take you for a walk."
"it is good."
Qin Huanyu naturally wouldn't refuse, but hesitated for a moment while putting on her boots and asked:
"Should I change into something nicer? To make Youyou look good?"
"Don't."
Yi Youyou quickly waved her hand in refusal:
“Those male college students who haven’t even entered society yet are all so naive and green… As their senior who has already graduated, I’m somewhat well-known, so they generally don’t dare to bother me anymore… But if they meet a beauty like you, Ayu, they’ll definitely annoy you to death. You don’t want people constantly trying to chat us up while we’re strolling around campus, do you?”
"Hmm...that's true...then I'll go wear that outfit."
Qin Huanyu nodded, thought for a moment, then ran back to the master bedroom, opened the large suitcase she had brought, took out a white lab coat that researchers often wore, and put on goggles.
The goggles could cover half of her face to some extent, and the white coat gave off a serious vibe. Although Qin Huanyu's curvaceous figure was still very attractive, it should have filtered out many shameless suitors.
Seeing this, Yi Youyou thought for a moment and changed into a set of office lady business attire. Walking with Qin Huanyu, she looked like a company employee accompanying a researcher to the laboratory to see a project. In any case, she was definitely not an ordinary college student, which was enough to filter out another wave of flirts.
Both women were quite confident in their plan, but once they actually entered Shendu University and started exploring, they realized they had underestimated the male university students with their high levels of hormones.
At first, the male college students were really wary of the two's identities and didn't dare to approach the beautiful girl directly, which allowed Qin Huanyu to relax and stroll around the campus with Yi Youyou for a while.
Shendu University is indeed very large. In addition to the teaching buildings of various departments, it has all kinds of facilities such as restaurants, cinemas, hospitals, bathhouses, supermarkets, banks, and express delivery centers. It is no exaggeration to say that it is an independent small town. Many remote small towns do not even have such complete living facilities as Shendu University.
Not only are the living facilities complete, but the natural scenery on campus is also very good. There are several small woods that are very suitable for students to date and have a romantic date, a small hill about 170 meters high, and three artificial lakes with a minimum circumference of over 1300 meters. The largest artificial lake has a circumference of nearly 7000 meters.
As the two were leisurely strolling and chatting by the largest artificial lake, the male college students, who had come up with a new trick, began to act... They had already recognized Yi Youyou, the famous graduating senior, and although they hadn't recognized Qin Huanyu yet, there was no doubt that she was also a great beauty.
Following the usual approach of flirting with female upperclassmen and underclassmen wouldn't work. These male college students were really going all out to meet the beautiful girl. They all pretended to be top students, carrying various notebooks and using the excuse of asking questions to strike up a conversation with Qin Huanyu.
Qin Huanyu initially wanted to refuse, finding it both amusing and speechless. However, after actually seeing the questions in the male college students' notebooks, she changed her mind.
This is, after all, the most prestigious academy in the Holy Zhou Kingdom and one of the best universities in the world. Most of the students who can study here, apart from a very few who get in through connections, even if they really like looking at beautiful women, still have some real skills.
The latest research findings and ingenious ideas recorded in their notebooks really piqued Qin Huanyu's interest.
Qin Huanyu quickly activated her Mathematical Magic Eye, carefully studied the notes, rapidly pondered the questions in her mind, and discussed them with the male college students who approached her.
The male college students were even more surprised. In order to leave a deep impression on the beautiful girls, the questions they came up with were either the latest research results of their professors or summaries of some ingenious ideas they had racked their brains over in their daily lives. Many of these ideas might even be written into history books in the future.
I never expected this young and beautiful female researcher to be so capable. She could quickly understand even the most difficult questions and provide answers in a highly professional and almost impeccable manner, making both the questioner and the answerer very helpful.
After discussing several issues, the male college students, who initially only wanted to chat up and get to know beautiful women, quickly put their original purpose behind them and focused on discussing scientific research and academic issues.
For these male college students, liking beautiful women is just a momentary physical impulse; the pursuit of truth is their lifelong goal.
What was originally a very common attempt to strike up a conversation suddenly turned into an academic discussion by the lake, leaving Yi Youyou, who couldn't get a word in edgewise, dumbfounded.
That wasn't all. The news on the school's campus network was very timely. Not long after Qin Huanyu and a few male college students discussed things by the lake, there were already related posts on the campus forum. It said that a beautiful female researcher had come to the school. She was exceptionally knowledgeable and quick-witted, like a fairy. She was conducting academic discussions by the lake. Listening to her talk was at least better than studying hard behind closed doors for 10 to 15 days.
As a result, more people came to the lakeside to join the discussion out of curiosity and other reasons. In the end, the participants were no longer just Qin Huanyu and her students, but also several professors from the university.
Qin Huanyu was fearless and could participate in discussions on a wide range of topics, including mechanical engineering, microphysics, medical chemistry, and biological genes. She could even chat easily with well-known professors, but this was limited to scientific knowledge. She couldn't handle questions about literature and art.
However, very few people asked Qin Huanyu questions about literature and art. After all, she was wearing a white lab coat, which didn't look like a liberal arts student at all. Asking her questions about literature and art was more like a provocation. Qin Huanyu didn't even need to do anything; the students who were eager to discuss various science and engineering issues with her had already scolded and beaten the provocateurs away.
This discussion lasted for more than two hours, and posts related to Qin Huanyu even topped the trending searches on the Shendu University campus network.
During this time, a highly respected old professor, after discussing a problem with Qin Huanyu, couldn't help but inquire about Qin Huanyu's background:
"May I ask which university you graduated from? Someone as outstanding as you must have heard of you before."
The old professor wasn't exaggerating. After all, the top academic circle is only so big, and he should know at least a few people who are at his level and can discuss academic issues with him.
"Well..."
Qin Huanyu hesitated for a moment before suddenly flashing a mischievous smile and giving an answer that left everyone around her speechless:
"I actually never went to school; I learned everything by myself from books."
This is actually the truth. If you really look into Qin Huanyu's educational background, you'll find that she actually missed out on compulsory education and didn't even graduate from elementary school...
However, no one believed this. Who could learn to this extent through self-study? The old professor's expression turned somewhat displeased. He was clearly very dissatisfied with the answer and even thought Qin Huanyu's performance was a bit frivolous, so he wanted to start lecturing.
At the crucial moment, it was Yi Youyou, who knew both sides very well, who stepped in in time.
She first pinched Qin Huanyu, pulling her behind her, before politely greeting the old professor and smiling:
"Professor Li, don't listen to Ayu's nonsense... If you really think about it, Ayu can be considered a member of our Shendu University. She is Dr. Qin's daughter, that Dr. Qin Hai. Ayu is currently working in Dr. Qin's research institute."
"Qin Hai's daughter?"
The old professor then showed a look of sudden realization and exclaimed repeatedly:
"So she's Qin Hai's daughter... No wonder, the saying 'like father, like daughter' is absolutely true."
Not only the old professors, but many of the undergraduate and graduate students also had their eyes light up when they heard Qin Hai's name, as if they were talking about their idol. Their gazes toward Qin Huanyu became even more intense... but not for a beautiful woman, but for an aspirational goal.
This phenomenon left Qin Huanyu somewhat dumbfounded. She did know that her father was a famous genius at Shendu University back then, but judging from the current situation... he seemed to be extremely famous.
Was my dad very capable back in the day?
While the others were reminiscing, Qin Huanyu whispered a question in Yi Youyou's ear.
"...What do you think?"
Yi Youyou rolled her eyes at Qin Huanyu, annoyed.
“There are plenty of geniuses at Shendu University, in fact, everyone who gets in is a genius! But have you ever heard of a genius who has their own independent research lab by their junior year? Who can apply for hundreds of millions of yuan in research funding every year and build their own research team? Who even received a symbolic reprimand after a failed experiment that resulted in a death, and was then immediately entrusted with important responsibilities?”
"Ah this..."
Qin Huanyu was speechless.
Thinking about it carefully, it seems to be true. Apart from not having multiple beautiful wives, her father, Qin Hai, is exactly the template for a protagonist in a male-oriented online novel.
After learning that Qin Huanyu was the daughter of the renowned Dr. Qin Hai, the faculty and students of Shendu University became even more enthusiastic towards her. The old professor was particularly eager to invite Qin Huanyu to his home for dinner and even said he would introduce her to his two grandsons...
Just as Qin Huanyu was pondering how to politely decline, a sudden scream from not far away came to her rescue:
"Someone...someone jumped into the lake and committed suicide! Come quick, come quick! Someone else ran here and jumped into the lake to commit suicide! Hahahaha..."
"??"
It's normal to gasp when you see someone committing suicide, but isn't the content of this gasp rather strange?
Qin Huanyu looked in the direction of the sound with a puzzled expression, intending to see if she could help in any way. However, she found that the teachers and students around her were not in a hurry at all. Instead, they all had expressions of waiting to see a good show. Even the old professor was smiling.
'What's going on here?'
Qin Huanyu, who hadn't been stumped by those cutting-edge academic questions, was now genuinely bewildered.
"Do not worry."
Fortunately, there was Yi Youyou. She whispered in Qin Huanyu's ear again:
"The lake at our Shendu University is so deep that no one can drown... Every year, many people come to our university to jump into the lake to commit suicide, but no one has ever succeeded."
"what?"
Qin Huanyu was even more surprised and curious, so she followed everyone to the place where someone had just exclaimed to see what was going on.
The person who jumped into the lake was quickly found. She was a young woman wearing sportswear, who was struggling on the surface of the water. However, she was not trying to save herself, but rather trying to sink and commit suicide. She could not sink and soon ran out of strength. She lay on the surface of the water in a spread-eagle position and was pulled out and taken away by the school staff who arrived at the scene.
This situation seems to be quite common at Shen Du University. The teachers and students watching were used to it, and after laughing and making a few comments, they dispersed.
However, this commotion completely ruined the atmosphere of the academic discussion on Qin Huanyu's side. Since everyone was quite tired after discussing for so long, they decided to end the discussion there.
The teachers and students of the school went back to where they came from and continued their studies and work. Qin Huanyu followed Yi Youyou to a restaurant on campus, ordered two cold drinks, and chatted while resting.
"Tell me, what's the deal with the lake at your school?"
Qin Huanyu was still very curious about this.
"This..."
Yi Youyou shrugged:
"Simply put, there really was a girl who jumped into the lake and committed suicide back then, and then all sorts of terrifying rumors emerged, and even some bizarre things actually came to be."
"Of course, with Grandma around, that monster was destroyed as soon as it was born, without any victims. But this still annoyed Grandma a bit."
"So Grandma set up formations at the bottom of the three lakes to ensure that no one who jumped into the lakes would drown, thus preventing similar incidents from happening again... To the outside world, she claimed that the school had added additives to the artificial lakes, making the water density exceed the density of a human body, so that no one who jumped in would sink."
"Unexpectedly, this matter later led to some bizarre rumors... I don't know exactly when they started circulating, but the gist of it is that if someone can actually drown in this lake, he can be reincarnated as a genius and will definitely be able to get into the Divine Capital University in his next life."
"What's even more outrageous is that quite a few people actually believe this rumor... So every year, many people come here to perform suicide challenges, hoping to reopen the place and be reborn as a top student."
Chapter 148 Entanglement of Grudges
"Suicide and restarting? Reincarnation as a top student? Ha... what a foolish idea."
Slurp~~
Qin Huanyu took a deep sip of her cold drink with her luscious lips, her eyes filled with mockery:
"Knowledge should be acquired through hard work. Trying to gain something for nothing by taking shortcuts is a desecration of knowledge! No matter how many times such a person is reincarnated, they will only ever be a poor student!"
"..."
Yi Youyou didn't comment on this, she just stared at Qin Huanyu.
That means very simply.
'Search your conscience, do you even have the right to say such things?'
"Of course I have the right to say that!"
Qin Huanyu understood Yi Youyou's meaning, puffed out her chest, and said defiantly:
"My talent does indeed make me very efficient at learning. I can learn many things that others need a long time to learn in just one glance... But no matter how high your learning talent is, you still have to learn! All my skills are the result of my own hard work! I say this with a clear conscience!"
"Yes, yes, yes... I know... Of course I know you work very hard, Ayu~~"
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