Li Yundong returned to the inn with stacks of notes. He flipped through a few, and after reading for a short while, he could only offer a bitter smile.

These notes, all from the female classmates in his class, were filled with confessions written boldly in the margins by some girls who knew he was borrowing them.

Li Yundong swallowed hard and skipped over those parts, continuing to read, but soon his head began to ache fiercely.

Even though he had achieved success in Qi Refining and possessed the gift of eidetic memory, how could he possibly read all this?

Zhang Song during the Three Kingdoms period had a photographic memory and forced Cao Cao to burn his Mengde New Book, but how large were the characters back then? And how large are they now?

Zhang Song had to contend with a few thousand characters at most for a section of the Mengde New Book, but each of these notebooks contained at least nearly a hundred thousand characters!

Li Yundong counted; there were a total of twelve notebooks!

Nearly a million words—how was he supposed to get through that?

This was going to kill a man!

Li Yundong groaned, clutching the notebooks, and collapsed onto the bed. **Su Chan watched him intently, observing Li Yundong memorizing the texts. The room was small, and fearing she would disturb him, she dared not do anything else; the more idle she became, the more bored she grew.

After a while, Su Chan knelt pitifully before Li Yundong, tugging at his sleeve, and said, "Master, I miss home!"

Li Yundong had no mind for memorizing. He sighed, "I miss home too!"

Su Chan pondered for a moment and then said timidly, "Why don't we go back and take a look?"

Li Yundong chuckled, "Aren't you afraid your enemies will come knocking?"

Su Chan swayed Li Yundong's arm, saying, "Let's go back for a meal and then return. It should be fine if we're only gone a short while, right? I miss the food you cook..."

Li Yundong considered it and said, "Alright then, let's sneak back for a look. A few days have passed; maybe everything is fine now?"

The two innocent young man and woman discussed it briefly before sneaking out of the inn, secretly hailing a taxi, secretly entering Hongsheng New District, and secretly entering the home they had left just a few days prior.

As soon as they entered the door, Li Yundong glanced at the glass table still shattered across the floor and sighed, "Home is still the best place!"

Su Chan also sighed, "It is!"

The two exchanged a smile. Although they hadn't lived there long, they already considered it their home.

The little fox searched the house carefully and alertly. Finding no anomalies inside, she cheered and threw herself onto the bed, rolling around with a contented sound, "Home is definitely more comfortable!"

Meanwhile, Li Yundong swept up the scattered glass shards on the floor, remarking as he worked, "Of course it is! How can it compare!"

The little girl rolled around on the bed for a while, hugging a pillow. Seeing no movement in the living room, she quietly climbed up and peeked into the living room, only to find Li Yundong collapsed on the sofa, desperately cramming the notes.

Su Chan was displeased. She walked over to Li Yundong, pouted, and said sweetly, "Hey, you promised you’d cook for me!"

Li Yundong pointed toward the kitchen, "Isn't there food in the fridge? I’m busy! The exam is the day after tomorrow; do you want me to fail everything?"

Su Chan shook Li Yundong’s hand stubbornly, "No, no, no! I want the food you make! Hot, freshly cooked food! I don't want those cold things!"

Li Yundong reluctantly set down the notebook in his hand. He looked at Su Chan and thought for a moment before saying, "If you praise me a couple of times, I’ll go!"

Su Chan grinned and planted a quick kiss on Li Yundong’s cheek: "Master, you are the best! Your little girl likes you the most."

Li Yundong put on a stern face and said, "Nope, that one is too cliché; I’m tired of hearing it!"

Su Chan pouted, thought for a moment, and then smiled sweetly again, "Master, you cherish your little girl the most. You'll go, won't you?"

Li Yundong feigned anger, "No! It’s getting more perfunctory! Praise me properly, do you understand!"

Su Chan lowered her head with a wronged look, but a thought sparked in her mind. Her eyes darted around, and she pounced in front of Li Yundong, saying with a radiant smile, "Master, your little girl is so beautiful! You are truly blessed!"

Li Yundong burst out laughing. He tossed the notebook aside, pulled the little girl into his embrace, pecked her hard, and affectionately nuzzled her nose with his own, "Fine, you crafty thing! That works! I’ll go cook you something delicious!"

The little girl smiled so broadly her nose disappeared, "Master is so great!"

Li Yundong smiled indulgently, "How could I not treat my good and beautiful little girl well!"

The little girl giggled and pulled Li Yundong up from the sofa, "I’ll help you."

Li Yundong was startled and quickly tried to dissuade her, "Don't bother you! You just stay in the living room and watch TV. Please don't come into the kitchen!"

Su Chan puffed out her cheeks, sulking slightly, "Hmph! Then you better be quick!"

Li Yundong smiled, tied on an apron, "Fine, I'll show you what 'lightning speed' truly looks like!"

Twenty minutes later, Li Yundong had prepared three dishes and one soup. Although they were simple home-style dishes and not extravagant, Li Yundong and Su Chan ate happily. The warmth and intimacy far surpassed anything they had experienced at the inn.

After the meal, Li Yundong slumped back onto the sofa to resume studying the notes. Su Chan leaned close to him and murmured sweetly, "Yundong, I don't want to go back to the inn. I want to stay here."

Li Yundong put down the notebook, "Aren't you afraid your enemies will show up?"

Su Chan frowned miserably, "I am afraid... but what can I do when I don't want to leave?"

Li Yundong thought for a moment, a spark igniting in his mind. He laughed, "Didn't you mention a rule in the cultivation world that one must not offend the secular world?"

Su Chan nodded, "Yes."

Li Yundong tapped his nose, "Then I haven't reached Foundation Establishment yet. Does that mean I don't count as a cultivator?"

Su Chan considered it, "Probably not yet."

Li Yundong clapped his hands and chuckled, "Then there you have it! Since I am not a cultivator, they shouldn't come looking for me! We'll keep the doors and windows tightly shut. In this open world, they shouldn't force their way in, right?"

Su Chan blinked her eyes. She felt that Li Yundong’s idea was perhaps slightly flawed, but she couldn't articulate exactly why. After all, she was also inexperienced and had no idea that Li Yundong’s plan was not only naive but downright foolish.

The little girl thought for a while and reluctantly agreed with Li Yundong’s logic. The two snuggled in the living room; the little girl rested on the sofa, her bottom on the carpet, her head pillowed on Li Yundong’s abdomen.

Li Yundong, meanwhile, continued to pore over the notebooks, studying frantically late into the night.

By staying up like that for one whole day, Li Yundong finally finished reading all the notes on the day of the final exam. Having pulled this all-nighter, his eyes hadn't blinked once, his mind severely exhausted, and the dark circles under his eyes were severe, which made the little girl’s heart ache terribly.

Upon arriving at school and taking his seat in the classroom, Zhou Qin, who happened to sit next to Li Yundong, was startled when she saw him. Her eyes widened, and