Chapter 38 Luck

Mingmei’s luck was unpredictable.

But this time, it worked.

She drew Lu Xiaoyao.

The two of them dawdled back and forth for an hour, making the neighboring group almost cry with envy!

They wanted to slack off too, QAQ!

But this damn opponent was too brutal. They couldn't swallow their anger without retaliating!

"Damn, did the guys next door eat energy crystals? Why are they so fierce?"

Mingmei and Lu Xiaoyao suddenly heard the increased volume next door. Turning their heads, they saw two unfamiliar students going at each other.

I'll punch your face until it's swollen!

I'll kick your nose bridge until it's broken!

Yikes!

Even knowing there were twenty medical pods outside the classroom for emergencies, they shouldn't be fighting like their lives depended on it, right?

Lu Xiaoyao and Mingmei, watching from the sidelines, instinctively swallowed.

They exchanged a look, a bad feeling about the next three hours rising in their hearts.

Sure enough, their bad premonition soon came true.

An hour later,

"Lu Xiaoyao, right? I want to have a good exchange with you."

If Merita hadn't said those words with her head held high, her eyes full of jealous anger, everyone might have believed her.

This "exchange" probably meant "teach you a lesson," right?

Although Lu Xiaoyao was baffled by the sudden animosity from the woman in front of her, she was also annoyed by the other's arrogant attitude. So, she nodded in agreement.

"What's going on over there?"

Julian didn't want to spend the entire four hours "exchanging" with someone.

During the previous hour of drawing lots for opponents, he had noticed the reactions of those around him. He had seen Lu Xiaoyao and Mingmei teaming up to slack off. So, when choosing an exchange partner, he had proactively sought out Lou Jia.

"Let's go take a look."

Lou Jia cooperated with Julian, their sparring a form of slacking off. You take a step, I dodge. They managed to "exchange" from the east side of the room to the west.

When they saw Lu Xiaoyao pinning Merita to the ground and beating her, Julian was silent.

Lu Xiaoyao's days of being dragged around to kill zombies by Mu Chen and Lu Gui in the game weren't for nothing. Otherwise, would she have dared to charge at the giant wolf with just an axe?

Merita never expected Lu Xiaoyao to be so good at fighting!

They had been evenly matched when they fought over the mecha in the previous game!

Now, she was completely powerless!

"Ah!"

Just as Merita was being beaten senseless and losing focus, Lu Xiaoyao landed a punch on her softest part of her stomach!

Then, she followed up with an elbow strike to her bent spine, causing her to fall face down on the ground!

"Hiss..."

Mingmei, watching from the side, sucked in a breath of cold air. Lu Xiaoyao had really improved!

The person paired with Mingmei was a burly guy from the Third Military Academy named Hu Ge'er. Seeing Mingmei distracted, he immediately became unhappy.

He was already looked down upon by his classmates for choosing a girl to spar with, but she wasn't even looking at him. Was this really acceptable?

"Cough!"

Mingmei was brought back to her senses by the other's cough. When she turned her head, the other's fist was already flying towards her head, but Mingmei could see clearly that the punch wouldn't hit her.

The punch brushed past her hair, bringing a gust of cool wind.

"You were distracted during the fight. You're not respecting me," Hu Ge'er said in a muffled voice.

Mingmei found this funny, replying, "You're the one who sought me out to fight. Are you respecting me?"

Hu Ge'er was embarrassed by Mingmei's words, explaining in a low voice, "Last night, I played Truth or Dare with my classmates. The loser had to find the weakest girl today to... fight, ah, exchange. It is, it is quite embarrassing."

"Couldn't you choose truth?"

"That won't do. The truth was to say who you have a crush on. That won't do!"

Watching the way he shook his head like a rattle drum, Mingmei's mouth twitched.

What a weirdo.

"Aren't you afraid that the girl you have a crush on will see you bullying a little girl and lose interest in you?" Seeing his expression, Mingmei made a bold guess!

Hu Ge'er: 0.0!!

Like a sudden realization, it made so much sense!

"Looking at you, isn't the girl you have a crush on here too?" Seeing his expression, Mingmei made a bold guess.oΓg

"Ah..."

Looking as if Mingmei had guessed correctly, Hu Ge'er immediately went to his knees. "I'm sorry, I lost!"

Mingmei: "..."

Mingmei never expected such speed.

After Hu Ge'er left, Mingmei immediately found Mu Ning, the old thing who had betrayed them in the game with Julian last time.

Seeing her covering her stomach and grimacing, it was clear that she had also been beaten by her previous "exchange" partner.

So, Mingmei went over to strike up a conversation, her intention to slack off more than obvious.

Mingmei's suggestion was exactly what she wanted. The two hit it off and started a new round of slacking off and gossiping, while also taking another look at Lu Xiaoyao, who was still the center of attention.

"Oh my god, Merita is getting beaten so badly?"

Mu Ning couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement, but when she thought about how she had been beaten earlier, she couldn't laugh.

Fortunately, she had given up quickly, so she hadn't taken as many punches. Heaven knows what kind of death-seeking experience it was for someone like her, who wasn't a fighter, to participate in this exchange, where everyone looked like a gorilla.

"Speaking of which—Merita still hasn't given up?" After watching for so long, it was clear that Lu Xiaoyao was just beating her one-sidedly. "There's no need to persist like this, right?"

"Her mouth is swollen, so even if she shouts to give up, no one will understand," Mingmei observed more closely than Mu Ning. Among all the onlookers, many had already realized that Merita was getting beaten badly.

In the end, Merita mustered her strength to retaliate, kicking Lu Xiaoyao away and doing a carp jump to get up. Then, she mumbled and slurred, shouting that she gave up and wanted to change partners, finally bringing the ordeal to an end.

Lu Xiaoyao had become famous in this battle. Some war enthusiasts even rushed to spar with Lu Xiaoyao, which left her completely dumbfounded.

She wasn't a warmonger!

She just had a bad vibe with Merita, and she had only started hitting her after the other person provoked her!

But now, a string of them was coming!

On the other hand, Mingmei had managed to talk the first weirdo out of it with a few words, and she was sad that she could only slack off with Mu Ning, who she had finally found to be agreeable, for an hour.

After Mu Ning left, Mingmei felt that her luck had run out.

Merita, who had been beaten to the point where her own mother wouldn't recognize her by Lu Xiaoyao, went to the medical pod for a while. When she came back, all her injuries were gone. Seeing this, the others couldn't help but curl their lips.

Don't think everyone will forget what happened just now.

Not only had Merita's injuries healed when she returned, but her energy, which had been beaten out of her earlier, had also returned. She went straight to Mingmei, who had just become available, and said, "I challenge you."

After saying that, she said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "If you have someone to blame, blame yourself for being Lu Xiaoyao's friend!"

Hearing this, a trace of complexity flashed in Mingmei's eyes. She didn't know whether she should tell the other person that she was actually even better at fighting than Lu Xiaoyao.

"Are you scared?" Seeing Mingmei not speaking, Merita assumed that she was afraid and raised her chin triumphantly. "If you give up now or beg for mercy, I might spare you."

After she finished speaking, she saw Mingmei reveal a strange smile ⌓‿⌓…