Caught online

"Chen Yu, what took you so long?"

"I ran into Li Wenjie and the others on the first floor."

"They came to Lenovo Internet Cafe too?"

"Yeah, and they even said they saw a handsome guy accompanying you home."

"What handsome guy accompanied me home?"

Lu Xue was puzzled at first, then realized. "Did they see you?"

"No."

Chen Yu chuckled. "If they did, do you think I'd still be alive and here?"

"Why wouldn't you be alive and back? What could they do to you?"

"It's a long story."

Sighing, Chen Yu registered a QQ account for Lu Xue while speaking, "They said if they find out who that guy is, they'll break his legs."

"Hahaha, hahaha... you didn't tell them it's you, did you?"

"Do you think I'm that foolish?"

Registering a QQ account was actually quite simple. Of course, for someone new to computers and the internet, it could be challenging. Chen Yu's own QQ account had been registered with the help of Zhang Jianming back in the day.

"Come on, set your password."

"You can't look."

"What's there to see?"

Chen Yu turned away. "Is it set?"

"It's set."

"Now, think of a nickname."

"What's a nickname?"

"It's your online name, what you'll be called on the internet."

"I don't know what to choose."

"Just pick something random."

"Let me think... by the way, what's your nickname?"

"My nickname? Oh, it's super cool. Listen carefully, it's called the Supreme Venerable of the Heavenly Realm, a Marvelous Existence of Natural Wonders, the Ultimate Truth akin to the Jade Emperor, the Supreme Deity..."

"What's that got to do with anything? Speak in plain language."

"Alright, once I log into QQ, you'll know."

Chen Yu logged into his QQ account.

Looking at the "YiYiYi" displayed on the screen, he burst into laughter.

"Yiyiyi... Who calls themselves 'YiYiYi'?"

"Didn't I just call myself that?"

"You chose 'YiYiYi', so I'll choose..."

After some thought, Lu Xue typed three characters in Pinyin on the keyboard: "LuLuLu".

"Lululu?"

"Yeah."

"What an odd name."

"Yours is even stranger."

"Alright, from now on, you're 'LuLuLu'. Add me as a friend."

"How do I add a friend?"

"Here, there's a button for adding friends. Click it, enter my QQ number, click 'Add'. Then I'll receive a friend request, see? It's added. If you go online later, you can double-click my avatar to send me a message."

"I understand."

"Alright, let's go back then."

Having successfully registered for QQ, Chen Yu was ready to leave the Internet cafe. However, Zhang Jianming suddenly grabbed his arm and said, "Chen Yu, don't go downstairs. Our high school teachers are here."

"What are they here for?"

"What else could it be? They're here to check if students are using the internet."

"Oh."

Chen Yu couldn't help but laugh and cry. He hadn't expected that even in his second life, teachers would come to the internet cafe to catch students using the internet.

"What should we do? Our homeroom teacher told us not to go online except on weekends. If we get caught..."

Lu Xue started to panic.

"Don't panic. We're on the second floor; they won't come up here."

"Really?"

"Yes."

Indeed, after about fifteen minutes, the first floor became quiet.

Zhang Jianming went downstairs to check and came back upstairs to tell Chen Yu, "It's fine now. Let's go."

"Sure, I'll walk you home."

They made it through without any trouble. Chen Yu once again accompanied Lu Xue and safely escorted her home.

"Chen Yu, thank you."

"You're welcome. Well, I have to go."

"Your place seems pretty far from mine, right? Here, take this."

"Never mind, you have classes tomorrow and need to ride your bike. I can walk back."

"No, it's too far. Walking will take until midnight."

"Then I'll run back; consider it exercise. Alright, Beauty  Lu, goodbye."

Without saying much more, Chen Yu waved and disappeared into the night.

"Yiyiyi."

"Lululu."

"Hehe..."

"It seems quite interesting."

Watching the disappearing figure ahead, Lu Xue couldn't help but smile.

...

"Chen Yu, did you get caught last night?"

"Caught for what?"

"For using the internet. Last night, the head of the first-year high school group personally led a team to catch us online. Damn, a few of us got caught on the spot."

"That's unfortunate. What happened afterward?"

"Then they informed my dad."

"And then what?"

"And then take a look at my face."

Chen Yu took a look.

Li Wenjie's right cheek bore faint traces of five fingerprints. "My goodness, this is too harsh."

"Indeed."

"Who has such a heartless father?"

"That's what I'm saying."

"I'm wondering if you're adopted."

"Doesn't seem like it... Damn, why are we even talking about this? You're not adopted, are you?"

"Oh, oh, I'm just teasing you. It's just going online; what's the big deal?"

"I feel the same way."

Rubbing his cheek, Li Wenjie felt wronged. "By the way, when they came, why didn't they catch you?"

"I saw them coming and hid in the restroom."

"Damn, why didn't I think of that back then?"

Feeling utterly frustrated, Li Wenjie returned to his seat.

As the morning reading session began, their homeroom teacher, Liu Fangting, looked stern. She glanced at the entire class and said, "Let's pause for a moment. How many times have I told you that apart from weekends, you're not allowed to go online? Did you listen? Alright, very well. The school went to great lengths last night, and just in our class, we caught four of you. Impressive, the four of you. Li Wenjie, Zhang Qiang, Huang Dongping, Huang Liang, come with me to the office. The rest of you, continue..."

Zhang Qiang, Huang Dongping, Huang Liang, Li Wenjie... The four of them had pale faces as they silently followed their homeroom teacher to the office.

It wasn't until the morning reading session was over that they returned.

"Chen Yu, the homeroom teacher wants to see you too."

"Me? Why would she want to see me?"

"How would I know?"

Li Wenjie's expression shifted, and with just one sentence, he left.

"That Li Wenjie, damn it."

Chen Yu cursed quietly.

He was sure that Li Wenjie had implicated him.

But there was no choice; Chen Yu had to go to the office.

"Mr. Li, did you know why I called you here?"

"I don't know."

Although he knew what it was about, Chen Yu remained remarkably composed.

"You have quite good psychological resilience to stay so calm. Where did you go last night?"

"I went home."

"Home? You didn't go to the internet cafe?"

"No."

"Really?"

"If I had, I would have been caught last night."

"Why did I hear from some students that you were at the internet cafe?"

"Is that so? Mr. Li, may I ask which student said that?"

"You don't need to worry about that. I'm asking you, were you at the internet cafe last night?"

"I really wasn't."

Chen Yu refused to admit it.

In such a situation, with no evidence and given that he wasn't a child, why would he just confess when the teacher asked?

"Chen Yu, if I call someone to confront you face-to-face, will you still say the same?"

"Mr. Li, it's impossible for any student to say that I went to the internet cafe. What if someone had a grudge against me and falsely accused me? Otherwise, if I said which student went to surf the internet, would you believe me, Teacher?"

"Fine, you can go back for now."

Although Liu Fangting still suspected that Chen Yu had gone to the internet cafe last night, since Chen Yu adamantly denied it, she didn't press further.

She waved her hand, letting Chen Yu return.