Marry the NPC with Money, Wife Comes Knocking - Chapter 26

Time seemed to flow differently last night, and some people didn’t make it back before the dorm curfew. As a result, half the students were already missing on the second day of the instance.

Now, there were only a little over sixty students left in the main lecture hall, so the chance of being called on by the teacher was much higher.

The teacher was completely indifferent to the half-empty classroom. He explained the formulas in a stiff and unnatural way, then started projecting problems onto the screen.

“Come up and solve the problem,” the young male teacher said. He looked youthful and witty on the surface, well-groomed and presentable. He opened a lottery machine on his computer, which displayed all the names in the class. As the machine scrolled through the names, it was as if the Book of Life and Death was being turned-whoever it landed on was doomed.

“Gua Gua.”

When Gua Gua saw her name freeze on the screen, her face turned deathly pale with fright.

She hadn’t studied math in three years. Even though she had just force-memorized the formulas, her mind was still a blank when she saw the problem projected on the screen.

“Gua Gua, come up. You solve this problem.”

Gua Gua stood up slowly-her legs were already weak. She walked up to the podium and picked up a stub of white chalk.

She stood motionless for a while, prompting the male teacher’s gaze to grow colder. “Can’t solve it? Were you secretly distracted in class just now?”

Gua Gua could hear the anger in the teacher’s voice. She might become the first player to die in class, and she was on the verge of a breakdown-when suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck her mind.

She took the chalk and wrote the answer to the problem on the blackboard. By the time she finished, her palm was so sweaty it dampened the chalk.

The male teacher glanced at her answer. There was nothing wrong with it, though he seemed somewhat disappointed. “Go back.”

Gua Gua felt as if she had been granted amnesty. She put down the chalk and returned to her seat.

As she passed her deskmate, Water Cube, she happened to see the steps and handwriting on his scratch paper-they were exactly the same as what had just popped into her mind!

Water Cube noticed her shock, but only smiled at her encouragingly, then turned his attention back to the podium.

The teacher’s version of Khan’s Grand Roll Call wasn’t over yet.

The next problem was hellishly difficult. He called two students up at once, one on each side, to write their answers.

One of them could at least write something, though only half-understood, while the other couldn’t write anything at all. He glanced to the side and saw the other boy writing, which made him even more anxious.

The teacher leaned over, blocking his view, his eyes brimming with danger. “Can’t solve it? Planning to copy from someone else?”

“I… I’m not… ah!”

The male teacher’s arm suddenly elongated, grabbing the student by the collar. One hand transformed into a sharp, eagle-like talon and plunged into his chest, ripping out his still-beating heart.

Then he opened his mouth wide and swallowed the heart whole. Blood streamed from the corners of his mouth, staining his chin, but he made no move to clean it up.

“Lying. Not paying attention in class. This is what happens.”

He dragged the still-twitching corpse out and dumped it in the corridor, then returned and shut the door. The trail of blood he left was particularly eye-catching.

It was the first time the Anomaly had killed someone in class. The players who witnessed everything couldn’t help but scream in terror.

When the male teacher returned, he swept his gaze across the students below. “Who was making noise in class just now?”

No one dared to make a sound.

His gaze finally landed on the other student at the board.

The boy had written only half the steps for the problem. But after seeing the player beside him die, he was so scared that his mind went blank.

The teacher strode toward him, casting a looming shadow-a silent form of pressure. “Can’t solve it?”
The male student closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then opened them again and started frantically writing.

Whether it was right or wrong, he just wrote it down first.

Once finished, he put down his pen and stood aside, waiting for it to check his answers.

But guessing answers was never so lucky. The male teacher immediately spotted the step he got wrong, a sinister smile curling on his lips. “Wrong answer, and you didn’t pay attention in class. Students who don’t listen must be punished…”

“Punish your sixth uncle!” The student suddenly exploded, lunging at the Anomaly. As the Anomaly gripped his neck, the student used the knife in his hand to sever its head.

The severed head rolled off the podium and landed by the feet of a student in the first row.

“Ah!!” The front-row student kicked it away.

Instinctively, the boy pried the hand from his neck, catching his breath. The headless Anomaly beneath him didn’t move, but he still nervously stabbed it in the heart a few more times.

The Anomaly had no reaction. It seemed like he had actually killed it.

After a long silence, someone in the classroom blurted out, “Jing Wen, you actually killed it!”

Jing Wen stood up stiffly, numb to all the stares. “I killed it. Shouldn’t I have?”

The rules never said you couldn’t kill the Anomaly. If he was able to turn the tables, that was his own ability.

The class ended.

Jing Wen stumbled out of the classroom.

No one had ever tried fighting back against the Anomaly.

Today, he killed the Anomaly in class. No one could say whether the teacher in the afternoon would target him because of it.

Jing Wen’s actions sparked the first flame of resistance. The other students’ hearts began to stir. If cutting off an Anomaly’s head could kill it, and if killing an Anomaly wouldn’t bring retaliation in the next round of survival…

Then that would be the best means of self-preservation.

Yi Shuang left the classroom, but Jing Wen was already nowhere to be seen in the corridor.

Tsk.

Her dagger had just been taken away by him like that.

“Water Cube, was it you helping me in class just now?”

Water Cube gave a light, casual smile. “I just happened to know the answer, so I made a little Cheat Sheet Talisman for you. Nothing big.”

The Cheat Sheet Talisman cost a hundred points.

Gua Gua was a new player and hadn’t earned any points yet, but she often stared at talisman cards in the shop that she couldn’t afford.

Gua Gua’s eyes grew moist, full of gratitude. “Thank you. You’re really nice.”

*

Su Sheng had already helped Hua Suihe apply for a dorm room. Because Building 33 was noisy at night, she had secured a room for Hua Suihe on the second floor of the adjacent Building 36.

This was the staff dormitory, so all rooms were single-occupancy.

“I went back this morning and brought Hua Suihe’s clothes, along with some daily necessities, her favorite shower gel, strawberry-flavored toothpaste, and the Piggy Plush Toy she always has to hug to sleep…”

Hua Suihe was amazed by the decor as soon as she entered the dorm.

It was clean and tidy, with a soft bed, a wardrobe, and a little kitchen with appliances. There was even a small table and chairs for eating.

Other than the small size, there were hardly any flaws.

Much more luxurious than their old little wooden cabin.

“From now on, I’ll cook here for Hua Suihe. I’ve already bought groceries today. It should be about time to make lunch…”

Hua Suihe hugged her tightly, sighing, “Wife, you’re just too capable! What would I do without you~”

Su Sheng kissed her on the forehead, blushing at the praise. “You’ll never be without me. I’ll always be by your side.”