The third person to come in was Sha Sheng, the dorm's number four. He came from a wealthy family; he was dark and rough in appearance, but he was a complete 'sissy,' with a bit of an issue regarding his sexual orientation—he had a predilection for cross-dressing. People in the dorm often teased him for fun, but he had the best temperament and never got angry.
At this moment, there were still two days left before the second-year students started their school year, but all four dorm brothers had arrived early. Having not seen each other all summer, they had a good long chat.
Li Ping'an was both tired and hungry and his head was spinning. Not wanting to talk much, he immediately cut in:
"Look, guys, I've been playing games for a whole day and night since yesterday, and I haven't eaten yet. Can we stop the chit-chat, please?"
"Yo-ho, none of us three have eaten either."
Sha Sheng, striking a pose, pointed at his stomach effeminately.
Zhu Ganglie wrapped his arms around the three of them and declared generously:
"Leave the eating to me. The three cafeteria aunties who have a 'thing' with me have been texting me every night saying they miss me to death. I'm treating you guys to a free meal!"
"Thanks to our number three 'sacrificing his flesh to feed the eagles, offering himself to the tiger,' we haven't had to swipe our meal cards since our freshman year!"
"It's nothing, really. In order to feed you three ungrateful sons, your adoptive father here is willing to pull out a few more whiskers!"
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
Li Ping'an and the other three left the dorm and headed to the East District cafeteria, laughing and joking all the way.
At this time, not many old students had returned to the university yet, and except for the training ground of the first-year freshmen, the entire campus was very empty. They only saw a few people on the way to the cafeteria.
Up ahead on the road, there was a female livestreamer named Zhou Shufenzi holding up her phone and broadcasting around the campus.
Unfortunately, Hehuang University was so big that she had forgotten the way she came and hardly encountered anyone on the road.
After searching near the East District cafeteria for a while, she saw Li Ping'an and his three friends walking towards her, laughing and talking.
Compared with the other three oddly shaped college students, she was more inclined to ask the well-proportioned and tall Li Ping'an with the handsome profile for directions, but Li Ping'an kept his head down, earnestly searching for something.
Zhu Ganglie, who was easily excited by women, saw a beautiful girl approaching and immediately became restless:
"Wow, that beauty seems to want my WeChat! Not to brag, but if she dares to ask, I have the nerve to sleep with her tonight!"
Sha Sheng cast a disdainful glance at the approaching livestreamer Zhou Shufenzi, and said in a gay manner:
"One look and I could tell, she's definitely a slut!"
The most sensible Jiang Liuer advised:
"Didn't you see she's doing a live broadcast? I know each of you has some powerful skills, but please don't embarrass us in front of strangers."
The confident livestreamer Zhou Shufenzi walked up to the group, exposing her modest chest, and asked in a greasy voice:
"Excuse me, handsome, could you tell me how to get to the university's main gate?"
Li Ping'an, idly minding his own business, had used "Divine Power: Insight into the Hidden" on the way here, earnestly searching for "Spiritual Essence," completely unaware of the stranger approaching. Startled by her sudden question, he snapped back to reality, lifted his head to look at her, and in that instant, Zhou Shufenzi showed an incredulous expression.
Just like when the Human-Headed Dog Demon was taken aback at the sight of his eyes shining with purple light, almost yelling out in shock.
Zhou Shufenzi blinked hard, doubting herself, and upon a closer look, the young man's eyes seemed quite ordinary. She even thought she might be hallucinating.
Li Ping'an looked up and, together with Jiang Liuer, Zhu Ganglie, and Sha Sheng, carefully sized up the woman before them.
They weren't mistaken, she was a well-known female internet celebrity and a major broadcaster in the city, with millions of fans; they had even watched this broadcaster's live stream before.
The foundation was laid on like a geisha from the islands, the rhinoplasty left one nostril larger than the other, the eyelid surgery blatant, and the hyaluronic acid injected face resembled the typical internet celebrity, likely the handiwork of a cosmetic surgery clinic, just one look could make someone physically uncomfortable!
However, when viewed in the live broadcast, Zhou Shufenzi looked like a celestial being, but without the aid of one of Asia's four great evil techniques, "beauty cam," she could easily be mistaken for someone else if not looked at carefully.
But Zhu Ganglie, the lecher, wasn't picky; he could even stomach the canteen ladies, let alone this garishly made-up, technologically renovated head of a female broadcaster. To him, all were the same with the lights out.
What Li Ping'an was more concerned about were the scenes he witnessed while using Divine Power: Insight into the Hidden to search for Spiritual Essence, he couldn't help but blurt out,
"Miss, you're destined to die today, you better hurry and prepare for what comes next while you're still alive..."
No sooner had he spoken these words that Li Ping'an regretted it, feeling like an idiot. How could he speak so carelessly about such profound matters of life and death? This was just asking for unhappiness.
As expected, the female broadcaster immediately turned hostile upon hearing this, getting furious, she glared at Li Ping'an and scolded loudly,
"You really are despicable! An uncultured thing raised without manners. Did I do anything more than ask you for directions? I wasn't even robbing you, and you damn well curse me to die, right?"
"I'm sorry, I was just running my mouth off, my apologies!"
Knowing he was at fault, Li Ping'an quickly kept apologizing.
Zhu Ganglie, the shameless one, in order to ingratiate himself with Zhou Shufenzi, stood by her side and pretended to defend justice, pointing at Li Ping'an and scolding along,
"Miss, you can see, my brother has a problem with his head, he's brain-damaged and often offends people like this. Could you overlook this for the sake of this handsome guy, and let it go? At worst, I'll treat you to a meal at the cafeteria, and we can chat further."
Jiang Liuer and Sha Sheng didn't understand why Li Ping'an, usually a smooth talker with high emotional intelligence, had directly cursed someone to die. They couldn't ask more at this moment but, out of brotherhood, they also kept apologizing by her side, without interruption.
But Zhou Shufenzi, seizing her advantage, was not about to let Li Ping'an off easily, continuing to point at him and curse angrily,
"I can't believe you're a university student; did a dog eat your manners? Cursing a goddess to die the moment you open your mouth, you're truly despicable!"
The self-deluded Zhu Ganglie thought Li Ping'an was deliberately sacrificing himself to create an opportunity for him to swap WeChat contacts with the female broadcaster Zhou Shufenzi. With Li Ping'an playing the heavy, he'd play the good guy, and so he skankily said,
"Big broadcaster, really, if all else fails to show my brother's sincere apology, I, the handsome one, will personally escort you out."
"Right, a new boutique hotel just opened near the main gate, the environment is quite nice, they even offer SM play, how about we go there for a visit? Tonight, we can have a deep experience, and, by the way, compare notes."
In normal times, if Zhu Ganglie dared to publicly harass a woman so shamelessly, Jiang Liuer and Sha Sheng would immediately turn their heads and leave, pretending not to know him.
But now, with this big broadcaster cursing with "Bitch this, SOB that," one could tell she wasn't easy to handle.