Deep in the Living
Chapter 162 - 156 High Status

Talking in bed with Luo Di for less than half an hour, the quilt originally on top of her was completely kicked away, and her body had begun to sweat profusely, her throat already utterly dry.

Carrying two glasses of thirst-quenching freshly squeezed juice, she set the air conditioner to the lowest setting and turned on all the humidifiers before finally climbing back into bed with satisfaction.

In truth,

The intense heat had not been present from the beginning, but only emerged from within Luo Di when they broached the topic of the "Si Zhong Incident".

Even though the class president was right beside her, and nearly four months had passed, the memory was still intense.

Using the heat as an excuse, the class president got out of bed to fetch something and turn on the air conditioning, hoping to interrupt this topic and steer the conversation back to the meeting.

"Do you want apple juice or watermelon juice?"

"Watermelon, please."

"How about you have apple juice? I want the watermelon."

"Then why the hell did you ask..."

The class president laughed foolishly, handing over the apple juice and saying:

"At tomorrow’s morning banquet, grandmother should announce this year’s list of sisters participating in the interstice screening.

Sisters not appearing on the list can accompany grandmother to witness the entire promotion process, which is everyone’s favorite part of the event.

You’ll be able to watch it too."

With the cool apple juice swallowed and the topic shifted, Luo Di’s body temperature began to return to normal.

"A list? Isn’t it just Hua Yuan participating?"

"It’s usually one person, but several people are not ruled out."

"Wait a second... Isabella also has a term of five years, and I remember her saying that in one more week, she could create the perfect form to participate in the interstice screening.

Will you and Hua Yuan be in the same batch?

Hold on..."

Luo Di suddenly thought of something and continued:

"Zombie Shea has a long term as well, that bespectacled sister must also be no less. I suppose only the two new sisters have shorter terms, the others should all meet the criteria, right?

You went to great lengths to disguise me as a ’companion’, taking the risk of exposing your identity to bring me to the sisterhood; your real purpose, could it be?"

Wu Wen on the other hand had already taken out a fan to cool herself down, "Don’t rush, don’t rush~ You’ll get worked up and your temperature will rise again. Take the rest of this watermelon juice, I can’t finish it anyway."

After passing the remaining half of the watermelon juice, the class president explained right away:

"Your guess might not be wrong, but we’ll have to wait for grandmother’s notice tomorrow morning to be sure.

I encountered this issue when I was inheriting Isabella’s memories,

Of the sisters in my time, only two passed the interstice screening and left, the rest overstayed their time significantly at the sisterhood.

Like Hua Yuan, Shea, the bespectacled sister, Wu Ya, they all have stayed over five years, way beyond the standard, yet grandmother has not made arrangements for a long time.

So, I surmise that grandmother may be planning something entirely different from previous screenings, perhaps the largest and most special screening yet."

Luo Di immediately took up the thread: "An internal screening within the sisterhood..."

"That’s very likely.

Our generation of sisters is considered more outstanding compared to the past.

If all seven of us were put into the same interstice for screening, it would be on a massive scale, and the one who survives would attain a very high status within the Corner.

There might even be additional, unexpected gains."

But Luo Di looked confused, "If your generation of sisters are all that outstanding, wouldn’t it be better to nurture and promote them in turn? Eventually, they would all enter the Corner and be by grandmother’s side, wouldn’t they? Why do it this way; is it really necessary?"

The class president gave a mischievous smile, stood up on the bed, trying to show off her figure as much as possible, and deliberately revealed the blood-red color of her true form beneath her skin.

"Luo Di, what do you think of me in your eyes?"

"An exceptionally skilled Pseudo-Person at disguise."

"Do you know what I am in grandmother’s eyes? A sprout that slightly stands out in disguise, one that can be cultivated... There are many such sprouts, and it doesn’t matter if one is accidentally trampled to death.

If it manages to grow and heads to the Corner, that’s becoming a small follower or assistant by grandmother’s side. There’s even a chance it might die in the Corner before ever reaching the sisterhood."

Every year, decent seedlings are filtered into the Sisterhood, and the so-called core sisters are just the slightly better seedlings.

In the eyes of a high being like Grandmother, they are not so precious.

But this session is different.

This has brought forth many excellent seedlings, even the likes that have never been seen before. If one could meticulously select from these good seedlings, and even use the other good seedlings as fertilizer to feed one of them,

a true monster might emerge who could become Grandmother’s right or left arm or even take over the administration of the Sisterhood from Grandmother.

It wouldn’t be surprising if Grandmother wants to cultivate her successor here."

"Hua Yuan, right?"

"Precisely, Grandmother has always had a particular fondness for her. Of course, if someone could outdo Hua Yuan and kill her, Grandmother would be even happier.

Of course, all this is my speculation, and we’ll have to see what Grandmother specifically announces tomorrow morning. Perhaps my speculation is entirely off, and Grandmother has gathered so many core sisters with more than five years’ term for some other purpose, maybe even a high-ranking promotion that I have no knowledge of.

But no matter what, it will definitely be very difficult, so much so that even I have no confidence in succeeding now."

"So... class leader, do you want this most special ’qualification’? Do you want me to help you complete this extraordinary selection and promotion?"

"Who wouldn’t? And I must have it.

I don’t want to keep disguising myself as Isabella, to remain under the control of the Sisterhood. What difference does it make from before? My initial choice of death was to break free from the Sisterhood.

Now before me lies a method that allows me to live and break free from the Sisterhood.

If I can acquire the status of high Corner, I can head straight to the depths of the Corner and avoid the Chasing and Killing from both Grandmother herself and the internal Sisterhood in the early stages.

With this qualification, I can rapidly grow within the Corner, and in the future, there’s a chance to completely overthrow the entire Sisterhood."

Luo Di said softly, "Is it really that simple?"

"Of course, I know the success rate is very low and that Grandmother herself is unimaginably strong, but this is the only chance I might have to live and break away from the Sisterhood.

If my speculation stands, then a special interstice screening could start as early as the day after tomorrow, with most sisters participating.

Tonight might be the last night we can spend together, so... will you keep me company tonight? You should be well-rested by now, right?"

The abrupt shift in the topic even caught Luo Di off guard.

The atmosphere in the room also changed quickly,

Luo Di, who often watched B-movies, could understand the rough meaning behind the class leader’s words, but he had made the necessary preparations before heading to the Sisterhood.

"Hmm~ we should probably take a bath first, right? I’ve only seen the related scenes in movies and don’t have any Combat Experience in this area."

Little did he know that the class leader had already begun taking off her top and was laying on the bed.

"Cough cough cough! What are you thinking about? What I mean is... redo everything you did for Grandmother yesterday, replicate the entire process for me, not missing a single action, and for the same duration."

"Ah?"

The class leader blushed slightly, "Ah what ah~ I’m going to have one anyway."

"You... "

"What ’you’! Next time I’ll give someone else a four-hour massage with constant moaning in the middle and let you listen from the next room to see how that feels. Anyway, I don’t care, I want one too."

Luo Di slightly frowned; he could tell that the class leader’s body was greatly inferior to Grandmother’s,

"Are you sure? It might be very painful."

"Afraid of pain? My head was created by Mr. Hook. It has inherited at least some aspects of the ability to withstand pain, so just proceed as usual."

"Alright then."

"Mhm."

After last night’s practice, Luo Di was very familiar with the technique.

With just a glance at the class leader’s back outline, he had already arranged the massage process in his mind.

Swish! The pituitary between his hands activated, and five slender yet sturdy fingers simultaneously pierced into the class leader’s back flesh, reaching the special spot inside.

The class leader’s face turned immediately... her entire body’s muscles tensed up involuntarily, even her toes spasming, screams as if trapped in her throat, making even screaming a luxury.

In less than ten minutes,

the class leader, looking helpless, squatted in the Corner, wrapped in bandages on her back, holding her pajamas, and looked at Luo Di as if he was a monster.