Chapter 12: The Beauty Beneath the Moonlight

After Mei Mei finished her hot shower, Su Ya’s mood improved considerably.

Wrapped in a bathrobe and sitting on the bed, she heard the constant “beep beep beep” from the game manual that had transformed into a ring. Su Ya casually picked it up.

It was a message sent to her by System 2712.

[ I am System 2712. Thank you for reporting the bug encountered during the trading process. The bug has now been fixed, and such issues will no longer occur in future trades. Please trade with confidence. ]

[ Moreover, due to your enthusiastic feedback, the system has decided to gift you a monster-free golden treasure chest. If you find any other bugs in the future, feel free to report them to the system. Thank you again for your feedback, and we wish you a pleasant life. ]

After reading the system’s message, Su Ya clicked “Confirm Receipt,” and a golden treasure chest appeared before her.

The system specifically emphasized that this chest was the monster-free version, so Su Ya didn’t have to fetch the Sacred Hammer of Hardware. She opened the chest effortlessly.

[ Supplies: Women’s Spring Outfit ×1, Crafting Bench Blueprint Fragment ×1, Plague Antidote ×10, Batteries ×5, Basic Physical Enhancement Oral Liquid ×1, Basic Strength Enhancement Oral Liquid ×1, Basic Speed Enhancement Oral Liquid ×1, Iron Blocks ×5, Electric Wires ×5, Wood ×5, Plastic ×5, Glass ×5, Cotton ×5, Mineral Water ×5, Fresh Strawberry Cake ×1, Large Barrel of Cooking Oil ×1 ]

Su Ya was especially pleased with this batch of supplies.

When she entered the game, she only had the outfit she was wearing. After showering, she washed her clothes but worried they might not dry by tomorrow, leaving her with nothing to wear.

Now it was settled—she had a new spring outfit.

It consisted of a white inner shirt, a blue long-sleeved shirt jacket, and a pair of blue high-waisted straight pants.

Su Ya folded the clothes neatly and placed them on the bedside table, planning to wear them after waking up. She then stuffed all the supplies into her backpack.

Most of the supplies fit fine, but when she tried to put in the cooking oil, no matter how she tried, it wouldn’t fit.

After several failed attempts, Su Ya recalled the backpack’s capacity.

Her Level 4 backpack had a capacity of 1600 units. She thought she could store things at will, but it still wasn’t enough.

Sometimes having too many supplies was a kind of trouble.

Su Ya pondered for a moment. She couldn’t cook for now, so the large barrel of cooking oil was useless to her. The 200 units of capacity it occupied were too much for her Level 4 backpack. She decided to just trade it away.

She opened the game manual and then the communication hall, which was still lively.

[God Fears Me, Bai: CPDD! CPDD! CPDD!]

[She and Gentleness Are Lost: Those past misunderstandings don’t matter anymore, do you understand? What I mean is, I don’t want you around me anymore.]

[Mad Mouse: You guys don’t know how powerful this heroine is. She swung twice with the hammer and smashed the rats into pulp.]

[Passionate American Junior Loves Cold Hiroshima Senior: Wow, that’s amazing—bow to the boss.]

[I See the Spring Mountains Lonely: The rankings came out today. I made the top 100, haha.]

[A Game That Makes You Younger: I said those invincible Tyrannosaurus Gods and Speedy Life guys can’t cut it. No idea how they got top three on day one.]

[Free Wind: Why am I third again? @BenevolentDoer @FlameOfLu, bow to the bosses.]

[Flame Of Lu: Accept the praise! Flame Of Lu!]

[Good Taste Everyday: Buying fresh vegetables, fresh meat, and all kinds of seasonings at negotiable prices. If interested, please PM me.]

Su Ya’s idle player status destined her to only complete the daily required tasks, and she was too lazy to check her own ranking. Seeing a message from the person she had been thinking about, she immediately clicked their avatar and chose to private message.

[Invincible Tyrannosaurus God: Hi, it’s me again~]

[Good Taste Everyday: What a coincidence, what are you selling this time?]

[Invincible Tyrannosaurus God: Oil.]

[Invincible Tyrannosaurus God: Not fuel oil, but cooking oil. I opened a chest and got a particularly large barrel. Thought since you collect ingredients and seasonings, you might want it, so I’m asking if you want to buy?]

[Good Taste Everyday: Yes! You name the price!]

Su Ya checked her backpack. She hardly had any capacity left, and with so many supplies she had no place to store them. She decided to do a favor for “Good Taste Everyday.”

[Invincible Tyrannosaurus God: I just want ten iron blocks at a friendly price. If you make anything good, you can let me try it~]

[Good Taste Everyday: Okay.]

The other party quickly sent a trade invitation.

[“Iron Blocks ×10” for “Large Barrel of Cooking Oil ×1”]

Su Ya scanned the large barrel of cooking oil and clicked “Confirm Trade.”

The barrel was transferred away, and her backpack automatically gained ten iron blocks.

Now, the only item left in front of Su Ya was a fresh strawberry cake.

She checked her backpack capacity. After receiving the iron blocks, less than 100 units remained, but the strawberry cake alone took 10 units.

It could fit, but Su Ya habitually kept some capacity free, just in case.

“Better just give this cake to the young master,” she thought.

She flipped to “Speedy Life’s” personal homepage and clicked private message.

[Invincible Tyrannosaurus God: Young master, young master~ Are you there?]

[Speedy Life: ?]

[Invincible Tyrannosaurus God: I opened another fresh strawberry cake. Do you want some?]

[Speedy Life: Sure.]

[Invincible Tyrannosaurus God: Which room are you in? I can bring it over.]

[Speedy Life: I’m in the backyard.]

[Invincible Tyrannosaurus God: You got kicked out to the garden by Ms. Owl because you couldn’t pay the rent?]

The other side didn’t respond for a long time, probably speechless at Su Ya’s words.

Su Ya didn’t rush out either. She walked to the window and pulled the curtain aside.

The window looked directly out onto the backyard, and she could see the entire garden from where she stood.

Chi Fei was sitting on a European-style iron-frame swing in the garden, wearing a headset. He had on a white shirt, black vest jacket, and black suit pants. His slender figure made the outfit look especially elegant.

Moonlight quietly illuminated his face, making his eyes sparkle. His pale, youthful, and slightly rebellious features were strikingly beautiful. He swayed gently to the rhythm of the music, completely absorbed.

“The young master truly is a moonlit beauty,” Su Ya sighed, then picked up the fresh strawberry cake and went downstairs to the backyard.

Chi Fei was still there. Hearing her approach, he opened his eyes, removed the headset, hung it around his neck, and smiled gently at her.

“Young master, here is your fresh strawberry cake.”

Su Ya stepped forward and handed over the cake.

Accepting it, Chi Fei grabbed the backpack beside him and started taking things out.

He probably intended to give Su Ya what he called his stash of junk food.

Su Ya wanted to accept them, but her backpack was full.

“Thank you, young master, but you don’t have to give me anything.”

Hearing this, Chi Fei stopped and said, “Alright, consider this a favor I owe you.”

Su Ya replied, “It’s getting late. I’m going back to sleep. Good night, young master.”

After speaking, she turned and walked back into the hotel. Chi Fei remained silent behind her for a long while.

When she reached the small door, Su Ya couldn’t help but turn back and say,

“So cold and aloof, young master~”