Chapter 51

Chapter 14: Cheerleader Exclusive

　　”Bai Ling, our class has a basketball game with the neighboring class this weekend. The guys in our class want to invite you to participate. Are you interested?”

　　Upon hearing this from her roommate, Bai Ling raised an eyebrow in confusion.

　　”Basketball game? They’re looking for me?”

　　”Yeah, remember that time when you barely missed Zhang Shanshan’s face and hit the wall column instead? You didn’t hurt her, but her hair got cut,” the roommate said excitedly. “Your aim stunned the boys on the basketball team.”

　　”That’s right,” another roommate chimed in enthusiastically. “I heard the boys say that if you played basketball, your three-point rain from mid-court would make the opposing team kneel before you instantly.”

　　Bai Ling smirked faintly. “Boring.”

　　Her physical abilities could easily handle any sport among ordinary people, but it wasn’t much fun.

　　After all, she wasn’t here to enjoy her youth.

　　”Don’t be like that, Bai Ling. Don’t you want Yuan Xiaoling, the top school beauty, to come and watch?”

　　”Exactly! Don’t you want to see Yuan Xiaoling in a cheerleader outfit, waving pompoms for you?”

　　The words of persuasion from her roommates rippled slightly in Bai Ling’s heart.

　　What a joke, as a reincarnated person, a vengeful soul burdened with bloodshed, a cold-blooded and ruthless…

　　Anyway, it’s just not happening.

　　……

　　Yuan Xiaoling took out her mobile phone and opened QQ, ready to carefully check He Shu’s QQ space, but as soon as she entered, she saw a new message ——

　　[Bai Ling: What are you doing?]

　　[Ning Ning: Doing thesis research.]

　　[Bai Ling: Thesis? Why bother with such things? Are you really playing the campus game?]

　　You’re a Spiritual Energy Manipulator, a peak Third-tier one. In the entire Tianhai City, you’re ranked. Staying in school is just to avoid risks.

　　[Ning Ning: But it’s quite good like this, very interesting.]

　　[Bai Ling: Hmph, I don’t see what’s so interesting about it.]

　　[I find everything interesting. Life feels full of vitality.] Yuan Xiaoling typed on her mobile phone. [What about you? No group activities at your place?]

　　[Bai Ling: There is. Basketball game this weekend, but it has nothing to do with me. Boring.]

　　[Ning Ning: How can that be? Go ahead! I actually want to see you play basketball.]

　　In the Physical Education Department Dormitory, Bai Ling looked at the mobile phone screen, her mind wavering slightly.

　　[Bai Ling: Not interested. Maybe if you wore a cheerleader outfit and cheered for me, I’d have some interest.]

　　Cheerleader outfit?

　　Yuan Xiaoling immediately recalled many sexy scenes from anime where characters wore cheerleader outfits, like Danseng Gu Senxia, or the manageress of Spring Garden Village…

　　But then again, she had already worn swimsuits and even had cat tails inserted. So why fear a cheerleader outfit?

　　[Ning Ning: Alright! It’s settled!]

　　Putting down her mobile phone, Bai Ling pressed her lips together, hiding the involuntary smile.

　　She suddenly felt that under trivial circumstances, enjoying a bit of youth was not entirely unacceptable.

　　”Hey,” Bai Ling looked at her two roommates. “I agree. The basketball game this weekend.”

　　The roommates were momentarily stunned, then overjoyed.

　　”Yes! That’s great!”

　　”We’ve won already!”

　　”Come on, let me tell you about the opposition. We need to know both sides.”

　　”Their ace is their power forward, Mu Ron Han…”

　　……

　　He Shu’s flashy space mostly contained group photos, a few flashy coworkers wearing headsets of various colors standing together for pictures. Although they weren’t handsome at all, the bangs of the headsets covered half their faces.

　　Worthy of special attention was a girl wearing a yellow headset, sometimes standing with everyone for group photos, sometimes with just He Shu.

　　In the low-pixel photos, the young man wearing a red headset and the girl beside him wearing a yellow headset smiled happily.

　　Sunlight poured down, burning the red headset fiery red, dyeing the yellow headset with gold threads.

　　Apart from these photos, the rest were game screenshots and some sentences written in Martian language, seemingly with NetEase Cloud music style middle-school syndrome. Due to difficulty in reading, Yuan Xiaoling gave up interpreting them.

　　”So sentimental… Hmm hmm~ ya~”

　　Stretching a big yawn, Yuan Xiaoling lay back on the bed.

　　Alright, Uncle He will be free tomorrow. After chatting with him, I’ll take a look at Yunhai Company and buy a cheerleader outfit.

　　Yunhai Tower is so big, with all kinds of shops. There must be cheerleader outfits for sale.

　　That’s decided.

　　……

　　On the first morning after waking up, Bai Ling received a message from Yuan Xiaoling.

　　[Ning Ning: I’m going out to buy cheerleader outfits and will also take a look at Yunhai Company while I’m there.]

　　Bai Ling instinctively typed 【Buy a few more】 four characters, thought for a moment, and added: 【Afraid you’ll tear them.】

　　[Ning Ning: Not at all, you just want to see them.]

　　[Bai Ling: Hmph, if you say so.]

　　[Additionally, there’s no need to go to Yunhai Company. I already have a way to contact them.]

　　[Ning Ning: Doesn’t matter, I’m just passing by anyway.]

　　Mainly to consult with He Shu about the thesis topic.

　　After sending the message, Yuan Xiaoling put on a beige top, a light-colored short skirt, barefoot without socks, showing off her large white legs, and went out.

　　Today, there are three things to do, tight schedule and heavy tasks, so it needs good planning, like sending a message first.

　　[Ning Ning: Uncle He, I’m going out. Where shall we meet?]

　　[Love Lock Flame: Just downstairs at Tianhai Tower.]

　　An older man dressed in work clothes quietly left his position upstairs at Tianhai Tower.

　　”Hey, Old He, where are you going?” the foreman called out behind him. “If there’s a problem today, we still need to repair it quickly.”

　　”I have something to do, taking a leave.” Uncle He didn’t look back.

　　The foreman held a fan, fanning while muttering, “It’s so hot today, easy to break down, we’re short-staffed and you’re asking for leave, no wonder you’ve been a small worker for so long… huh?”

　　Why does it feel less hot all of a sudden?

　　……

　　Yuan Xiaoling bought two cups of fruit tea and a small electric hairdryer, waiting on a public bench downstairs at Tianhai Tower for a while, and saw the man in work clothes coming from afar.

　　”Uncle He, over here, over here.”

　　”Sorry to keep you waiting. I just finished work,” Uncle He sat down opposite her and noticed the items on the table. “This is…?”

　　”Just a little gift upon meeting,” Yuan Xiaoling blinked. “I figured you’d be working hard in this heat, so I picked up a little gadget for you. It’s rechargeable, so you can cool off anytime, anywhere.”

　　Uncle He chuckled kindly. “You’ve gone through too much trouble.”

　　”Not at all, not at all. I just happened to pass by a gift shop.”

　　After all, she came to ask questions and occupied someone’s precious rest time, so it was proper to give a gift.

　　Bai Ling now gives interview fees when asking questions.

　　Uncle He carefully stored the hairdryer and sipped the fruit tea. “Ask away. What do you want to know?”

　　”It’s just, how did you become a killamarat (killamart) originally,” Yuan Xiaoling said, “and your killamarat friends… I saw some group photos in your QQ space.”