Dorm life for students in another world was actually pretty ordinary. Yuenina had gone to bed early, and Nan Shi was taking a shower in the bathroom.

Qiu Li'er sat blankly on the bed. Her gaze seemed to pass through the wall, as if she could glimpse that slender figure, half-hidden in the misty steam.

Nan Shi looked pretty unreliable, sure. But honestly... Qiu Li'er had liked her at first sight. No deeper reason. She was just horny for her body, that's all.

And Yuenina was a refined little beauty too. But standing next to Nan Shi, she somehow felt a bit outmatched.

As the only cute girl in the dorm, what exactly was her selling point? A cute little fox girl? If she wanted people to like her, did she need to act a little more pure and innocent too?

Just sitting in front of a screen, acting cute at the camera, and having oil tycoons throw huge donations at her... honestly, that kind of life didn't sound bad.

Wait, why am I even thinking about this?

Qiu Li'er shook her head and threw those irrelevant thoughts out of her mind.

Right now, her top priority should be the main quest the system had given her. She shouldn't be thinking about unrealistic stuff like that.

Qiu Li'er curled up under the blanket, opened the school's forum, and quietly browsed posts about Detective "C."

"This forum feels kinda like Tieba from my past life."

She muttered that to herself and casually opened a thread.

[Title: How would you rate Detective C?]

The replies below:

[Rate your mom. None of you people can think for yourselves.]

[Always acting all mysterious online. Got the guts to come to the teaching building and throw hands with me?]

[I heard he's the one who exposed the former student council president's dirt. He even found proof of animal abuse. He's seriously amazing.]

[(Ad) Misty Rain Magic Broom Shop. Soar into the sky even if you can't use flight magic!]

[Good thing bro C helped me last year, or I would've failed Spell Theory.]

[Why "bro"? Why can't it be "sis"? It's so over...]

[No way people actually dislike a cold, aloof big sis in a yellow-gray uniform, with big boobs and pale thighs, right? Anyway, I'm done already.]

[I really wanna get kabedon'd by a cool, domineering detective guy...]

[Did you two above fill in your genders backwards? One yuri fan and one gay dude? Chill out /sweating soybean]

[Why isn't there a loli detective? A tiny tsundere loli forcing herself to act cool would be the best!]

That was where the thread ended. It looked like "C" was pretty mysterious inside the academy, almost like an urban legend. Lots of people knew of them, but nobody had figured out their real identity yet.

But seriously... why were people in another world this sarcastic too?

She didn't find anything useful. After scrolling the forum for a while, Qiu Li'er backed out and opened another app called "QQ."

She really hadn't expected the Penguin Empire's business to expand into another world too.

What surprised her was that her friend list was completely barren. There were only three lonely contacts, and two of them were her roommates, Nan Shi and Yuenina.

"Wait... why do I only have three friends?" Qiu Li'er said in shock.

In her past life, she'd had hundreds of friends. Not to mention dozens of group chats that never shut up. So how had she turned into a social island now?

"Was the old me actually a shut-in? No, wait... there isn't even a single family member on this list. Don't tell me I'm actually an orphan?"

Beepbeepbeepbeepbeep!

A string of urgent notification sounds suddenly rang out. Qiu Li'er jumped and quickly turned the volume down. The one messaging her wasn't Nan Shi or Yuenina, but the third contact besides them, someone labeled "Detective."

"Detective?"

Qiu Li'er muttered, "Weird nickname. This can't be that C Nan Shi mentioned, right?"

She looked through their old chat history. Her eyelid twitched, and a tidal wave of red rapidly flooded her face—

Lewd pics!

Lewd collarbone pics! Lewd slim waist pics! Lewd thick thigh pics! The entire chat history was nothing but lewd pics!

And not just that. From the chat logs, Qiu Li'er also learned that she actually had a full hundred thousand followers on a Weibo-like social platform. Her username was "Not a Fox," and she was a mildly popular blogger.

Why did she have a hundred thousand followers? Because every post she made was a selfie of herself, and every single one got hundreds of comments.

She casually opened a selfie from two months ago, one where she was wearing a school uniform. The caption read:

[Starting at Lilith Academy today. My roommates are all so pretty, so I can't slack off either. Let's go, let's go!]

The comments below:

[Thanks, Fox-sama. Today's energy refill is complete.]

[Fox-sama's beast ears are hso, prprpr]

[That teasing-but-not-revealing style again? This youthful school uniform vibe hits me right in the heart!]

[Can the skirt be shorter? (This user has been banned)]

[Weitian Magic Wand——]

They were called lewd pics, but really, at most they showed a little collarbone, some thighs, and a bit of upper cleavage. Everything that should've been covered was covered tightly. She didn't even show her face.

Compared to the actual lewd pics Qiu Li'er had seen in her past life, this was nothing. The old Qiu Li'er had still been a good girl, it seemed.

"But this is still shocking... the walking lewd pic is actually me?!"

Qiu Li'er muttered to herself. Just a moment ago, she'd been thinking about Yuenina's lewd pics. Who would've thought she was actually the most secretly dangerous woman in the dorm?

It was a strange feeling, like some beachside boy secretly being a total player all along. Deeply hidden.

"On the surface, a withdrawn little fox girl. Behind the scenes, a mildly popular beauty blogger? This setting could be turned into a light novel all by itself."

And this "Detective" was her super ultra diehard fan. Every time he got a new picture, he'd praise it to the skies, say his body couldn't take it anymore, then come begging Qiu Li'er for another one the very next day.

Worth mentioning was that Detective wasn't like the other fans, who only knew how to praise. He also gave extremely professional feedback.

Like some kind of expert image critic, Detective would offer lots of useful suggestions about lighting, composition, color, and more. If you ignored the seductive pictures themselves, the chat log almost had a strong academic atmosphere.

Qiu Li'er came to a conclusion.

"At least this Detective seems like someone I can trust."

Lewd pics were lewd pics. It was fine. It wasn't illegal anyway. She might as well keep building more followers down this path and lay some groundwork for her future plan of loafing around and living off it.

[Qiu Li'er: Sorry... I've been hospitalized this whole past month, and after getting discharged, I've completely lost my memory.]

The reply was abrupt as hell and full of holes, but this was the only explanation she could give.

[Detective: Huh? Foxy, are you messing with me? Hospitalized and amnesia? The doctors at Lilith Academy couldn't fix you?]

[Qiu Li'er: The doctor said to wait and see. Do you want me to send you proof of amnesia?]

[Detective: That won't be necessary. I didn't think something like this would've happened... sigh.]

[Detective: Oh right, Foxy! Why don't you come live at my place from now on? I'll cover food and lodging. With this detective's magical skill, I guarantee I can cure your amnesia. And while I'm at it, I'll train you into perfect obedience too~]

Qiu Li'er froze slightly. Why did there have to be training involved?

[Qiu Li'er: N-no, that's not necessary... I have something more important right now. Do you know how to contact "C"? I have a commission I need his help with.]

[Detective: Huh? You've got a commission for this detective? Then you should've said so earlier. I'll get it done within a week, guaranteed. Since we know each other, I can even give you a discount.]

[Qiu Li'er: Not you. I mean someone else. The famous one at Lilith Academy. The one they call the Ghost in the Magic Net, the legendary "C."]

[Detective: ...Foxy, after losing your memory, did your IQ drop too?]

[Detective: I am "C" himself. Otherwise, how do you think I got your private QQ in the first place?]