Chapter 975 - 974: Call Mr. Emperor; A Flock of Two-Legged Crows!

Qin Xin awkwardly laughed, crouched down, and pulled out two Spiritual Pearls from the wooden box: "Ahem, I don’t have money, but this should be exchangeable for money, right?"

Ding Dou: "..." Sister Xin, keep a low profile, keep a low profile, don’t let anyone notice all those Spiritual Pearls of yours.

Jing Zhichen: "..."

So many people lost their lives in the Life and Death Forest trying to get just one Spiritual Pearl to enroll, while this woman seems to have them like candies, really... interesting.

Jing Zhichen reached out, quickly wrapped her Spiritual Pearls in a handkerchief, and placed them back in her box: "I can afford to treat someone to a meal, in my whole life I’ve never let a woman pay for my meal, so please, Miss Lan, don’t make me break that rule."

Then he added: "On campus, there’s only the canteen, and meal tickets are quite cheap, don’t worry."

"Is that so." Qin Xin felt a bit nostalgic, remembering the whole street of food stalls just outside the gates of Imperial University.

All sorts of snack shops, and the adjacent barbecue area where she, the three little ones, and the adorable ones from the class of underachievers would grill fish, oysters, sea cucumbers, and pearl mussels, seemed to be right in front of her eyes.

Such ordinary happiness had turned into an unattainable luxury one day.

She closed her eyes: "Alright, let’s go to the canteen."

Jing Zhichen didn’t know she was reminiscing about another world, he just noticed her mood suddenly drop a bit and assumed it was because the canteen wasn’t to her liking.

His long lashes fluttered, and he took out his phone to send a few messages.

Qin Xin watched him using the phone, unable to resist staring.

Jing Zhichen quickly finished texting and then asked her: "Do you have any family you want to contact? You can borrow it if you need."

Ding Dou looked at Jing Zhichen’s phone enviously.

Such a luxury as a phone is not something ordinary people could have.

His whole family didn’t own a single one.

Growing up, he could only watch the children of wealthy families use them, feeling envious.

He heard that the mini-games and apps inside are very interesting, and there’s a chatbox that can answer any question in the world.

If only he could have one too, that would be great.

Books he couldn’t memorize, he could just look them up.

Unfortunately, all smart products, from a tiny phone to a large robot, weren’t something a kid from an ordinary family like him could afford.

Unless he made a name for himself at the Divine Academy, then there might be hope.

Unlike Ding Dou’s envy, Qin Xin only stared at the phone because she had lost hers.

To her, a phone was no different than a brick.

And she was straightforward about it: "Alright, could you lend it to me, I’d like to try calling a few numbers."

The first call she made was to Nalan Ye Jue, but it was a dead number.

Then she tried Hong Jingtian’s, also a dead number.

Then her apprentice Zhou Yu, apprentice Chen Shi, and even the Global Designer Association’s subordinates... all numbers were dead.

As expected.

But it still made her close her eyes again with a sigh.

Once again, it confirmed that this world was completely separate from the one she lived in.

She quietly returned the phone to Jing Zhichen.

Jing Zhichen, observing the change in her emotions, was silent for a moment, then sent a few more messages.

The group arrived at the canteen.

Similar to the one at the Royal Academy, this canteen was also a four-story building, with students and teachers dining on different levels.

Previously, at the school gate and the new student registration area, some students dressed casually.

But now, in the canteen, ninety percent of the students wore the school’s uniform—black robes of varying shades, regardless of gender!

From afar, they looked like a flock of silent, bipedal crows!