Became a salted fish pretend heiress and handed over the system
Chapter 757 - 743: Laziness Attack

Chapter 757: Chapter 743: Laziness Attack

"Girl, thank you. Even I couldn’t be so selfless. Yet you did it, using the money earned from the resort to support research and only keeping a small portion for yourself, and even the items you got from doing tasks, you’d give them away," said the old Wei with gratitude in his eyes. Money earned from the resort, apart from being spent on advertising and promotions, daily expenses, and a small portion that went to the staff’s wages, she also kept a bit for her own daily spendings. The rest was practically all taken out by her to support research and charity work.

"It’s no big deal, after all, I didn’t earn it myself." Spending a little bit of it doesn’t hurt, as she only took what she deserved and gave the rest back to them.

"Old Wei, if you keep on being grateful, she’s going to feel embarrassed. Didn’t you say you were going to treat us to a meal? Let’s hurry up before there’s no food left," said Yan Mo, noting Xia Yue’s discomfort in the situation, and cut off Old Wei, who seemed to want to continue.

Old Wei glared at Yan Mo but seeing Xia Yue’s clearly uneasy demeanor, he didn’t continue.

"Let’s go, let’s go, off to eat," Old Wei said, striding forward.

"Thank you," Xia Yue whispered to Yan Mo.

"You’re welcome, hurry up or we’ll fall behind," Yan Mo smiled at her, took her hand, and pulled her along to catch up with Old Wei.

Xia Yue followed, running, her gaze involuntarily resting on the hand he held, her heart skipping a few beats, and feeling a trace of surprise.

Taking the elevator to the cafeteria,

It wasn’t quite mealtime yet, but the chefs had almost finished cooking and the food was ready to eat.

Walking up, the older experts were already sitting down and eating.

Old Wei got food for the three of them and found a spot to eat, keeping some distance from the experts.

"The meals at the base are simple; they might not taste as good as the ones at the resort. Just bear with it for now; you’ll be eating delicious food back at the resort soon," Old Wei told Xia Yue, who had grown up in comfort. After hiring a talented chef at the resort, she barely experienced any hardships.

"It’s tasty, way better than my college cafeteria, the chef’s skills are quite good." After having a few bites, Xia Yue found it quite appetizing. It might not match Ao Mi and his team’s cooking, but it was better than what many restaurants offered.

"If it suits your taste, that’s good," said Old Wei, growing even more pleased with Xia Yue. He liked her pleasant nature, lack of vanity, broad-mindedness, and how endearing she was.

No wonder she was favored by that circle of old men and women; it wasn’t without reason.

Old Wei had investigated Xia Yue’s entire social situation, inside and out, so naturally, he knew her status in the eyes of Elder Xia’s group.

After the meal, Old Wei personally showed them to the rooms prepared for them before leaving.

Xia Yue and Yan Mo ended up in adjacent single rooms, each small, with just a hard bed, a quilt, a pillow, as well as a table and chair. Thankfully, there was a private bathroom so they didn’t have to crowd into a communal bathhouse.

They brought a change of clothes, all stored in Xia Yue’s System Backpack. Xia Yue handed Yan Mo his pack and then went back to her room.

The System emerged from within itself, having followed Xia Yue around while she mingled with everyone else but found it boring and returned inside.

"[This place doesn’t look so great, too small.]" the System complained, looking around the room disdainfully.

"It’s fine as it is, at least it’s a single room. Others have to share with four or five people," replied Xia Yue, ever content with her lot. As long as the environment was clean, she was pretty accommodating about everything else.

"[If you think it’s fine, then it’s fine, I guess. It’s you who has to sleep here, not me.]" the System said nonchalantly, wagging its tail.

"I’m going to lie down; we’ve been walking for more than four hours without much rest. They didn’t stop, so I felt awkward to stop and rest. It’s really tiring." Xia Yue kicked off her shoes and climbed straight onto the bed, leaning back on the quilt.

"[With your cultivation base so high, how could you be tired? Look at Yan Mo; you’re just being lazy.]" The System looked at her disdainfully.

"So what if I’m lazy? I like to be lazy," Xia Yue retorted, looking right back at it.

She just wanted to be lazy; as long as it didn’t delay anything, she’d take any chance to slack off—that was her skill.

[Really thick-skinned.]The System remarked while watching her, making a snide comment.

"Meh." Xia Yue gave it a mischievous face, then reclined on her bed with her phone and started playing.

As she played, time unconsciously slipped to after ten o’clock.

[It’s getting late, time for you to take a shower and sleep, don’t oversleep tomorrow or a bunch of old folks will be waiting eagerly for you.] The System, noticing the time was getting late, reminded Xia Yue.

"It’s so late already? I’m on my way." Xia Yue glanced at the time, surprised, put down her phone, picked up her toiletries, and went to take a shower.

Before sleeping, she sent a message asking Yan Mo what time he was getting up tomorrow.

Yan Mo told her a little after six would be fine; Xia Yue asked the System to wake her up at six, then she went to sleep, without entering the Different Space to cultivate.

The next day, with the help of the System and after a chaotic rush, she got herself ready, tidied up the room, and then left the house.

Yan Mo was already standing outside waiting for her.

"Good morning, why are you so early? Did you get up really early?" Xia Yue asked surprisedly, greeting Yan Mo and then inquiring curiously.

"No, I’ve only been waiting for a couple of minutes before you came out," Yan Mo shook his head and told the truth.

"Oh, that’s good, that’s good, I thought I had overslept." Xia Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"So, are we going to have breakfast now or head straight to drop off our things?" Xia Yue looked at him and asked.

"Let’s go for breakfast first; I just contacted Professor Wei, and they are also having breakfast in the cafeteria. We’ll join them after," Yan Mo said.

"Then let’s hurry up, it’s not very polite to keep them waiting too long," upon hearing this, Xia Yue quickly urged.

"Okay," Yan Mo nodded and led her to the cafeteria.

There were quite a few people eating in the cafeteria now, but Xia Yue still spotted Professor Wei and the other experts

She and Yan Mo chose some easily consumable porridge and casually sat down to eat.

Without minding her manners, Xia Yue quickly finished the porridge.

She managed to place her bowl in the tray collection area before Professor Wei and the others finished, then went over to them.

"How did you finish so quickly? Are you full?" Professor Wei asked, puzzled, looking at Xia Yue and Yan Mo.

"Yes, we’re full," Xia Yue nodded with a smile.

"Really full? Don’t be shy, you need to eat well to work hard," Professor Wei told them.

"We’re full, we haven’t shortchanged ourselves," Xia Yue reassured.

Professor Wei scrutinized them seriously to ensure they weren’t lying and then lowered his head to continue with his own breakfast.

The other experts, seeing that they had arrived, also finished their breakfast and sped up as well.