She traveled to the fantasy world and fought monsters

Cui Mengmeng didn't show up all morning.

Cui Mengmeng didn't come over until they went to the school cafeteria to eat.

Hearing that she was treating them, Cui Mengmeng had to come and eat for free.

"Oh, the missing person is back." Mu Shuiqi smiled meaningfully.

"Hehe, I put all the printed posters on my wall." Cui Mengmeng smiled, as if she had accomplished a big task.

Yicheng University has three canteens.

Canteen No. 1 and No. 2 are both large, next to each other and located in the center of the school.

Canteen No. 3 is a small canteen. It is located in the west of the school, with few people and is quiet.

Mu Shuiqi's dormitory is close to No. 1 and No. 2, so she goes there to eat most of the time.

Actually, the food in Canteen No. 3 is quite delicious and she likes it very much. It’s just too far away and sometimes she is too lazy to run over.

She was treating Peng Ning to a meal at a nice restaurant. Peng Ning, mindful of her own struggles, deliberately found an excuse to eat in Canteen No. 3, saying he had classes in the nearby teaching building that afternoon.

The canteen’s signature dish is the beef and fish in sour soup with rice set meal, and they each ordered one.

She also bought three bottles of milk drinks, one for each person.

She looked at Peng Ning embarrassedly: "I invited you to dinner today, and you ate so simply. It seems that I am too stingy."

Peng Ning shook his head. "That's great. These are all foods I like to eat. I drink this drink often."

Cui Mengmeng had already started eating, but the other two were still being polite to each other. She teased, "If you don't eat now, the soup will get cold."

During the meal, Mu Shuiqi asked Peng Ning why he had a beard. She was worried that Peng Ning was really like the gossips, depressed and decadent because of her rejection.

"It was Cui Mengmeng who said that you like mature and steady old men, so I..." Peng Ning touched his stubble and felt it was not long enough.

Cui Mengmeng is spreading rumors about her behind her back again? She gave Cui Mengmeng a fake smile: Just wait and see how I deal with you when I get back!

"Bingyou is just an old man who is tens of thousands of years old. He just takes good care of himself and looks young..." Cui Mengmeng whispered while gritting her teeth.

"He is a god, not on the same level as humans. A 20,000-year-old god is still young!" She would not tolerate anyone saying anything about Bingyou.

Of course, she said yes.

Peng Ning didn't understand what they were talking about. "What god?"

"Nothing!" they said in unison.

"Oh." Peng Ning was startled by their voices.

"Don't listen to Cui Mengmeng's nonsense. I don't like old men... Oh, that's not right. Even if I really like old men, you can't deliberately grow a beard just to cater to my fetish, right?"

Peng Ning was speechless.

"Penning, I'm not worth you sacrificing anything for me. I'm not worthy of anyone doing this." She said seriously again. "Because I have nothing to give in return."

Peng Ning was stunned. She didn't expect her to be so straightforward. "I'm just doing what I want to do. I don't necessarily want anything in return. And I don't think you don't deserve it. You're such a good and outstanding girl. Why wouldn't you deserve it?"

Cui Mengmeng also disagreed with Mu Shuiqi's words about herself, "Qiqi, are you feeling inferior? This is not like you."

"No..." What she was thinking in her mind was far more complicated than theirs.

She might leave Yicheng for a very long time, and might never come back, or even die in Xuanyu.

Everything in her future was full of unknowns and risks. Her fate was not destined to be like theirs, to live an ordinary and stable life.

They have parents, many relatives, and many friends.

She had nothing, and besides Chou Chou, who was willing to follow her until death, who else could she have? And Chou Chou was willing to follow her because he signed a blood spirit contract and became a Lian-element demon.

"My background means I don't have the capital to be willful. I don't want to hurt anyone, and I don't want to start a relationship casually." After she said that, she buried her head in her food.

Some words sound hypocritical if you say them too much. She didn't want to say them.

"Let's eat first." Cui Mengmeng said to Peng Ning.

Peng Ning was so preoccupied with his thoughts that he had no time to think about eating. Worried that Mu Shuiqi might mind, he forced himself to finish all the food she had bought.

After leaving the cafeteria, Peng Ning pretended to go to a nearby teaching building to take an elective class. The words had already been spoken, so he had to act accordingly.

They walked back to the other side. Their afternoon classes were in the teaching building next to the library.

Cui Mengmeng has her birthday tomorrow and will go home early the next morning to reunite with her parents.

Cui Mengmeng invited Mu Shuiqi to her home to celebrate her birthday, but she was reluctant to go.

"I'll prepare a gift for you." She will go buy a gift tonight.

Cui Mengmeng was very disappointed, "My birthday cake won't taste good without you."

"I won't go with your family reunion."

Cui Mengmeng has a younger brother, and she felt uncomfortable going with the family of four reunited.

When Cui Mengmeng was in her freshman year, she took her home to celebrate her birthday.

Cui Mengmeng's parents knew she was an orphan and were very concerned about her. They were very warm and kind, with pity and sympathy in their eyes.

They were very nice to her, but she didn't like the feeling of being pitied.

She doesn't feel sorry for herself.

No sympathy needed.

Cui Mengmeng couldn't persuade her, so she had to go with her to the boutique in Yicheng Shopping Mall in the evening to pick out gifts.

It was a rare opportunity for her to go out and play in Yicheng, so she felt much more relaxed.

Cui Mengmeng picked out an exquisite diamond hairpin and a cat's eye bracelet.

After paying, she put the bracelet on Mengmeng and put on the hairpin. She thought Cui Mengmeng was very beautiful.

"Happy birthday in advance, Mengmeng." She hugged Cui Mengmeng.

"Thank you, Qiqi!" Cui Mengmeng was so moved that tears came to her eyes.

"So easily moved? You're hopeless." She smiled and scratched Cui Mengmeng's nose. "If someone pursues you in the future and does something romantic for you, will you run away with him?"

"Of course not, it all depends on him..."

"Is he handsome?" She knew Cui Mengmeng would say that.

"The one who understands me best is Qiqi." Cui Mengmeng smiled, her eyes curved. "Tell me what kind of person you like. Peng Ning is really good in every way. He also respects you very much, so he's quite good. Would you really like to consider him?"

She remembered that she hadn't settled her score with Cui Mengmeng yet. "I don't want to be in a relationship right now. By the way, why did you betray me again today? Just for a cup of milk tea. I'm so worthless!"

Cui Mengmeng said, "It's not about a cup of milk tea. I feel sorry for him because he has unrequited love for her. I think you two are a good match. You're both good-looking, good at studying, and have good personalities. Most importantly, he can take care of you."

"Mengmeng, I want to take a leave of absence from school."

"..."

Cui Mengmeng stood there in a daze.

too suddenly.

The top student wants to take a leave of absence?

"why?"

Mu Shuiqi said, "I've already planned to apply for a leave of absence after this semester. We'll see when I have time to come back and study."

"You're the top student in your grade. It's a shame to take a leave of absence!"

"I want to go back to Xuanyu. If I don't do something, I will regret it."

Cui Mengmeng probably understood, "Is it because of your parents?"

She looked at the bustling crowd in the mall, everyone had their own way to go.

She has figured out where she wants to go.

"Yes. I will make those who hurt them pay."