Why Won’t the Heroine Break Up With Me? [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 4

“Huff!”

“Huff!”

Finally, they had arrived.

Yun Li, who had never run so fast in her life, gasped for breath as she reached the Fifth Cafeteria. Her legs gave way beneath her, and just as she was about to collapse to the ground, Tang Congyue swiftly caught her, pulling her into an embrace. With one hand, she gently patted Yun Li’s back, her voice low but soothing: “It’s alright, it’s alright…”

Still trembling with fear, Yun Li wrapped her arms around Tang Congyue’s slender waist, her hands tightly clutching the other’s windbreaker.

Just then, Zhu Yaqin, who was also shaken, approached. She first glanced at Yun Li, who was buried in Tang Congyue’s embrace, then turned her gaze to Tang Congyue.

“Thank you for earlier.”

If Tang Congyue hadn’t acted quickly, Zhu Yaqin would surely have met the same fate as the man who had been bitten. The mere thought sent a chill down her spine.

“It was nothing,” Tang Congyue replied, her hand still rhythmically patting Yun Li’s back. Though she brushed off the gratitude, her mind lingered on what she had witnessed moments before. After a brief pause, she suddenly asked, “Did you see it earlier?”

The unexpected question caught Zhu Yaqin off guard, and she frowned in confusion. “See what?”

“That guy who ran out of the cafeteria.”

Zhu Yaqin vaguely recalled something but shook her head. Before she could say more, a clamor of cheers erupted from the cafeteria entrance. She turned to look and saw a young man at the forefront, radiating confidence as he dragged the corpse of a beast resembling a wolfhound by its hind leg into the cafeteria.

The sight left Zhu Yaqin speechless. Noticing the clearly charred marks on the beast’s body, her astonishment only deepened.

“My god, they…”

Before she could finish, Zhu Yaqin abruptly fell silent and turned back to Tang Congyue, who was intently studying the beast’s corpse.

Just then, someone said something to the young man dragging the beast. He glanced over, narrowed his eyes, dropped the carcass, and strode toward them.

“Where did you all come from?”

The young man stood firmly in front of Zhu Yaqin, openly scrutinizing her and the few survivors who had fled from the library.

By now, Yun Li, still leaning against Tang Congyue, had begun to recover. Hearing the young man’s question, she lifted her head and followed the sound of his voice. Her beautiful peach-blossom eyes inadvertently met his appraising gaze.

The man froze momentarily, a flicker of admiration crossing his eyes. Without waiting for Zhu Yaqin or the others to respond, he flashed what he thought was a charming smile at Yun Li.

“My name is Zhao Jinhe. I’m currently in charge of the Fifth Cafeteria.”

The person in charge of the Fifth Cafeteria…

Hearing this, Zhu Yaqin regarded Zhao Jinhe with greater seriousness. “Hello, I’m Zhu Yaqin. We came from the library.”

“The library, huh…” Zhao Jinhe nodded in understanding, but his gaze remained fixed on Yun Li’s face.

The gesture made Tang Congyue frown imperceptibly. She raised her hand, gently turned Yun Li’s face, and pressed the back of her head, nestling Yun Li’s cheek firmly against her chest.

It was this action that drew Zhao Jinhe’s attention to Tang Congyue. He scrutinized her critically, let out a mental scoff, and then bluntly asked, “What’s your name?”

Tang Congyue couldn’t be bothered to engage with this man who seemed to radiate hormones everywhere. She didn’t even want to look at him.

Zhu Yaqin, perceptive as ever, noticed the tension between the two. She smiled slightly and stepped to the side, using her body to block Zhao Jinhe’s scrutinizing gaze toward Tang Congyue.

“She’s Tang Congyue. We all came from the library,” Zhu Yaqin said, then looked past Zhao Jinhe toward the monster’s corpse. “By the way, did you kill the monster? How did you do it? That’s amazing!”

Zhu Yaqin’s tone carried a hint of admiration, which greatly satisfied the man’s vanity. Zhao Jinhe no longer bothered with Tang Congyue and proudly lifted his chin.

“Indeed, I killed the monster.”

“Yeah, yeah, our Brother Zhao is incredible!”

“Absolutely! Brother Zhao has taken down so many monsters already!”

“You newcomers might not know this yet, but our Brother Zhao is an ability user!”

The onlookers began to praise Zhao Jinhe, and from their words, Tang Congyue and the others caught a key term…

“Ability user.”

“What is an ability user?” Zhu Yaqin asked sincerely.

Yun Li knew that some people in this world would awaken as ability users, but she had never seen one before. So, she squirmed in Tang Congyue’s arms, turned her head again, and tried to get a look at Zhao Jinhe. Unfortunately, Zhu Yaqin was blocking their view, and she couldn’t see him.

“You don’t have any ability users at the library?” Zhao Jinhe wasn’t in a hurry to explain what an ability user was. Instead, he asked this question. Seeing Zhu Yaqin and the others shake their heads in confusion, he grew even more pleased with himself.

“Brother Zhao, show them what you can do! Let them see how amazing you are!”

“Yeah, yeah, show them!”

Someone in the crowd suddenly called out.

Yun Li’s heart stirred. She quietly tugged at Tang Congyue’s clothes and said in a soft, sweet voice, “Congyue, I want to see…”

Actually, it wasn’t just Yun Li who wanted to see, Tang Congyue was curious too. So, she shifted to the side, positioning herself where she could see Zhao Jinhe clearly.

Seeing Tang Congyue and Yun Li emerge from behind Zhu Yaqin, Zhao Jinhe straightened up a bit and said with pride, “Since you’re new here, I’ll let you see what an ability user is.”

With that, he raised one hand, palm open, and a flicker of orange-red flame abruptly appeared above his palm.

Hiss…

Gasps rippled through the crowd.

Zhu Yaqin also stared dumbfounded at the orange-red flame hovering above Zhao Jinhe’s palm.

This…

This was simply miraculous.

Yun Li blinked her eyes, watching the flame above Zhao Jinhe’s palm with great interest.

So, this was an ability user?

Hmm, a fire-type ability user, at that.

Suddenly, Yun Li thought of Tang Congyue.

As the female lead, Tang Congyue had also awakened an ability, though it was relatively weak in the early stages and only shone brilliantly later on.

Thinking of this, Yun Li gently poked Tang Congyue’s slender waist, which had no excess fat.

“What’s wrong?” Tang Congyue asked, looking down.

Yun Li whispered softly, “Congyue, there really are ability users!”

Hearing the excitement in her voice, Tang Congyue’s eyes darkened with an unreadable emotion. “Are you envious?”

“Of course, aren’t you envious?”

Awakening supernatural abilities in the apocalypse meant gaining the power to protect oneself, how could she not be envious?

But then it occurred to her that she would leave this world once her mission was complete, and she began to think that having abilities wasn’t such a big deal after all.

Tang Congyue remained silent, but a scene from earlier, when she had locked eyes with the monster, flashed through her mind. She had a vague feeling that something wasn’t right.

After a long silence from Tang Congyue, Yun Li looked up and noticed that she was clearly lost in thought.

What was she thinking about?

Slightly displeased, Yun Li poked Tang Congyue again.

Tang Congyue snapped out of her reverie and lowered her gaze, meeting Yun Li’s slightly discontented peach-blossom eyes. Suddenly remembering something, she replied in a calm tone, “I’m not envious.”

“Alright.”

Yun Li wasn’t surprised by Tang Congyue’s answer, but considering that Tang Congyue would also become an ability user in the future, she didn’t press the topic further.

At that moment, Zhao Jinhe, noticing that Yun Li had also seen his flames, proudly retracted them.

“See that? This is what an ability user can do!”

The onlookers began to shower Zhao Jinhe with praise, chattering excitedly among themselves.

Zhu Yaqin, having regained her composure, also marveled, “So this is what an ability user is like? Truly impressive, no wonder you were able to kill that monster.”

After speaking, she subtly glanced around, trying to determine if Zhao Jinhe was the only ability user in the fifth cafeteria.

But the thought was fleeting. Remembering the monster corpse Zhao Jinhe had dragged back, she couldn’t help but ask, “By the way, why did you bring the monster’s body back?”

“Don’t you know?”

“Know what?”

“Monster meat is edible!”

Zhu Yaqin: “???”

The image of the wolf-dog-like monster covered in black tumors flashed in her mind, making her stomach churn. She nearly vomited on the spot.

Seeing Zhu Yaqin’s face turn green, Zhao Jinhe sneered disdainfully, “Don’t look down on it. Monster meat is delicious, and eating it can even enhance your physical fitness. You’d be lucky to get a taste.”

“Exactly, exactly.”

Zhu Yaqin suppressed her nausea with effort. “Really? Eating monster meat can improve your physique? Did you awaken your abilities by eating it too?”

“Impossible! If eating monster meat could awaken abilities, there’d be ability users everywhere by now.”

That made sense.

Zhu Yaqin licked her dry lips regretfully. “Then how did you find out that monster meat enhances physical fitness?”

“Of course, we tested it!”

The speaker was a man shorter than 170 cm. He raised his hand, clenched his fist, and showed off his biceps to Zhu Yaqin and the others.

“After I ate monster meat, I felt my body fill with strength!”

“So that’s how it is…”

The survivors behind Zhu Yaqin instinctively glanced at the distant monster corpse, their eyes flickering with complex emotions.

Noticing their gazes, the short man waved his hand dismissively. “Don’t even think about it. Without contribution points, you can’t eat monster meat!”

“Contribution points?”

“Right. You have to go out and kill monsters with Brother Zhao to earn a share of the meat.”

Zhao Jinhe puffed up with pride like a peacock, but when he noticed that Yun Li and Tang Congyue weren’t paying him any attention, he grew somewhat displeased.

What’s going on with these two?

Here I am, a powerful ability user, and they don’t even spare me a glance?

Come to think of it, that icy woman is truly unbearable, nothing like the delicate, soft charm of the woman in her arms.

Lost in these thoughts, Zhao Jinhe narrowed his eyes slightly.