Chapter 38 Pink (Bonus Chapter with 2222 Nutrient Solution!) Thanks...

The courier station closed down in the first month after Cheng Shiyun's death, and the other witnesses changed jobs.

In September, the evening self-study time for the second year of high school will be adjusted to end at 10:30 pm.

As soon as the school bell rang, students poured out of the classroom, discussing which knowledge points they hadn't understood and which questions they hadn't answered correctly on the weekly test, just like any ordinary night a few months ago.

In December, six months had passed since Cheng Shiyun's death.

Gradually, no one at school mentioned the incident anymore. Ran Hongyin's mental state deteriorated, and Cheng Jinghua had to juggle teaching and caring for her, shuttling between the school and the teachers' apartment every day. Finding no useful clues, the police were busy dealing with various other accidents and disputes and stopped frequently searching for witnesses.

The search for the driver responsible for the accident has been temporarily put on hold.

Only Xie Shijin is still searching.

He went to the homes of other witnesses, and just as Ran Hong had pleaded with him, asked them to think carefully about whether they had seen things clearly at the time.

"When will this ever end!" The man, who had just gotten off work, was extremely impatient. "I didn't kill that girl. Go find whoever killed her. What's with you coming to me every day?"

"Get out, get out, get out!"

In January 2017, just before the Lunar New Year, Yichuan experienced a rare snowfall.

It was sleeting; the snowflakes were so thin they melted as soon as they landed on my hand.

The street behind the back gate of Yichuan No. 7 Middle School has many shops converted into restaurants. During the day, it is bustling with students, but at night, when the temperature drops and the students are on holiday, it becomes much quieter.

The courier station where Xie Shijin used to work during summer vacation has been renovated into a rice noodle shop.

"Mom, I'm closing the shop." The son, who had come to help out at the store, was about to pull down the roller shutter.

The boss said, "Wait a little longer."

Every rainy day, a boy walks across the traffic light intersection with a blue umbrella.

As darkness fell and the surrounding shops closed, a vibrant blue appeared in view as expected at 9:30.

He walked towards us from a distance, the edge of his umbrella pulled low, obscuring most of his face, revealing only a sliver of his pale jawline.

The boss had seen him many times and finally couldn't help but ask, "Young man, what are you looking for?"

The boy lifted the edge of the umbrella and said, "Looking for someone."

The boss nodded: "Oh, then you can give her a call."

"...Can't get through."

His thin eyelids were red from the cold, but his eye sockets were wet and hot.

The shop owner had never seen the person he was looking for; the boy was just pacing back and forth with his umbrella.

The rain and fog thickened, and the boy's umbrella swayed back and forth on the wet road, its reflection blurred by the rain.

He would stop under the streetlight at the intersection, look up and gaze into the distance for a while, but the rain was so heavy that he couldn't see anything. After a short while, he would turn around and walk back.

Like a bound spirit that cannot be reincarnated, it can only wander around in the place where it died.

The shopkeeper advised, "The streetlights on this road are broken again. I'll light them for you. It's too cold outside. If you can't find your way, you should go back now."

The boy looked into the distance.

When Cheng Shiyun walked this road, no one lit a lamp for her.

She could only walk forward using her phone's flashlight and her soaked canvas shoes.

He walked this road again and again.

Imagine how helpless and scared she must have felt at that time.

He hated himself for losing his focus and not running faster.

If we get her to the hospital sooner, she might still be saved.

He felt utterly useless; he couldn't protect her while she was alive.

Now that she's dead, he wants to do something for her, but he can't.

His hesitation and cowardice eventually turned into irreparable regrets, like a shadow in the rain, impossible to grasp or erase.

Cheng Shiyun didn't know what he had done for her; he never said anything.

But she understood.

One year.

Two years.

...

ten years.

No matter how much time passes, Xie Shijin will never truly let go.

So many police officers couldn't find it, how could he find it by himself? Cheng Shiyun just didn't want him to work too hard or get too tired.

No matter how she tried to persuade him, Xie Shijin wouldn't listen. He would definitely say he wouldn't look anymore, just like this time, but then secretly act on his own.

So Cheng Shiyun compromised: "So what did you find?"

Xie Shijin said, "Guo Renyi went to see Feng Yue."

“Feng Yue…” Cheng Shiyun murmured the two names, “Guo Renyi…”

What were they meeting up for?

A timid and insecure girl, a dignified and awe-inspiring principal—besides being at school, Cheng Shiyun couldn't think of any other reason why they should meet.

Xie Shijin thought for a moment and asked, "Did Feng Yue start dating in the second semester of her first year of high school?"

“We dated,” Cheng Shiyun said. “We started dating in the first semester of our first year of high school, and she even gave that boy some origami stars she had folded.”

In May 2016, Feng Yue did not do well in the last monthly exam, so she could only choose a seat in the last two rows of the class. Cheng Shiyun and Xie Shijin became her deskmates.

After math class, Xie Shijin would go to the restroom to wash his hands, and Feng Yue would run over and sit in his seat, asking Cheng Shiyun math questions she didn't understand.

During that time, Feng Yue loved to fold paper stars, saying she wanted to give them to her boyfriend.

Cheng Shiyun had subtly asked her several times, but she wouldn't say which class she was in, looking both shy and mysterious.

The bottle that Feng Yue used to hold the stars was bought with her by Cheng Shiyun at a boutique.

A jar shaped like a five-pointed star.

One afternoon, Feng Yue came back very happy, saying that she had given away the stars she had folded.

Although Cheng Shiyun did not approve of early relationships, she was happy for Feng Yue because it did not affect her studies.

She had never been in a relationship and was particularly curious about these young couples who were dating early, so she asked Feng Yue if they had ever held hands or kissed.

Feng Yue nodded, her face flushed.

Cheng Shiyun felt like a whole cabbage had been eaten by a pig.

after……

Cheng Shiyun went to the fifth-floor office to get some documents for Lao Zhao.

The principals of primary and secondary schools are required to teach classes. Guo Renyi teaches history to the first-year humanities class. He mainly works in the administration building, but has a temporary office on the fifth floor.

Cheng Shiyun knocked on the door and went in, hearing the other teachers' teasing voices.

"We've been teaching for so many years and have only ever received greeting cards. Folding so many stars must have taken a lot of time."

Guo Renyi laughed and said, "It was a gift from a student. I was telling them in class yesterday not to waste time on these things, since the monthly exam is coming up soon and they should focus their energy on studying."

"That's right. Kids these days are very attentive and know how to be grateful, which is a good thing, but they are indeed easily distracted. Last time, one of my students was folding origami cranes during class, and I confiscated them..."

As Cheng Shiyun approached, she saw a high school history lesson plan spread out on Guo Renyi's desk, and next to it was a glass bottle shaped like a five-pointed star.

It was filled with colorful stars.

Cheng Shiyun suddenly looked up at Xie Shijin.

Xie Shijin was also looking at her.

A man and a snake stared at each other.

"..."

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Oh my god!

Cheng Shiyun didn't want to think too much about it, but Feng Yue had indeed said that she wanted to give the stars to the person she liked.

Putting everything else aside, just looking at their ages, Guo Renyi could be Feng Yue's father. It is unethical for a teacher and student to be together, not to mention that Guo Renyi has a family and a son!

Feng Yue is so timid, perhaps, perhaps she is just overthinking things.

Cheng Shiyun calmed down and thought carefully for a while before saying, "Feng Yue also wrote words on the paper strips she folded into stars."

All you need to do is check if Feng Yue's handwriting is in the jar of stars on Guo Renyi's desk.

Xie Shijin said, "I told Officer Yang."

He took out his phone to call Yang Shengnan, but after several attempts, he was told that her phone was switched off.

Cheng Shiyun said, "It's too late now, Officer Yang is probably resting. Let's go see her tomorrow."

"Okay." Xie Shijin sent a text message to Yang Shengnan.

The next morning, Xie Shijin took Cheng Shiyun out.

Snakes are exotic pets, and they might frighten passersby, so they couldn't be taken out in a cat carrier. Instead, Cheng Shiyun crawled into Xie Shijin's clothes.

At first, it was wrapped around his wrist, but this was Cheng Shiyun's first time going out in the past two days, so she was quite excited.

Xie Shijin then felt the little snake coil around his arm, crawl all the way to his collar, rest its head on his collarbone, and occasionally peek out when no one was looking.

Her forked tongue licked the skin on the side of his neck, it itched.

It's rush hour now, and the bus is packed with people.

They got off at the bus stop closest to the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and a passerby in a hurry accidentally bumped into Xie Shijin's arm.

Cheng Shiyun was leaning on his shoulder when she was bumped and suddenly fell headfirst.

Xie Shijin quickly caught her, but the position wasn't ideal; she was on his chest.

Go down a little further.

Cheng Shiyun can get milk as soon as she opens her mouth.

But Xie Shijin's was pink.

Xie Shijin's finger joints also appear to be pink.

It is said that boys like this tend to be more lustful.

Why does she know all this?

Please, which girl hasn't read a few erotic novels recommended by her friends?

Although Cheng Shiyun prided herself on being pure and had not experienced the harm of early romance, she had read two or three books.

What was written in the book was completely different from what she saw with her own eyes, and it was so close; it felt like her head had been scorched.

After silently repeating "There is a difference between humans and animals, there is a difference between humans and animals" twice, quickly look away.

She's just a little snake, what's wrong with wanting to nurse!

"You bumped into someone? Are you alright?" the boy asked anxiously.

"It's nothing." Cheng Shiyun slipped out of his palm and shook her head. "Your skin is so smooth, I couldn't even hold on to it."

She almost slipped down several times, but she managed to stay upright thanks to her superb climbing ability!

Xie Shijin's ears turned red, and he swallowed hard as he said, "I forgot my schoolbag."

Backpacks are stuffy and you can't see anything, nothing is as comfortable as being wrapped around him.

"Let me wrap myself around your waist."

Before he could agree, Cheng Shiyun slid down.

A cold, slippery snake, like an octopus tentacle, slid down his warm chest and down to his waist and abdomen, making the boy's breath catch in his throat.

The girl seemed to be just as she said, not at all bothered by his scars.

Xie Shijin's waist... is so slender.

He was already slender, and his waistline was even narrower, so from behind, the lines of his waist were almost straight down.

The scars were a little darker than the surrounding skin, like the faint marks a child might have accidentally made on white paper with a pink crayon.

Cheng Shiyun has seen it many times and doesn't think it's ugly at all.

She wrapped her arms around his waist and asked, "Hiss~ Can you tell?"

Xie Shijin subconsciously tensed up, her jawline twitched slightly, and her gaze shifted downwards.

His loose-fitting clothes were slightly curved by the snake's body, but unless you looked closely, you couldn't tell that there was a small snake hiding inside.

"...I can't tell."

As he spoke, the muscles in his waist and abdomen undulated slightly.

But he could sense it.

The cold scales clung to his skin, coiling tightly around him.

Her snake tail gently hooked the old scar on his side, like a pair of cool hands stroking his waist and abdomen.

A tingling sensation climbed up my spine.

He's almost forgotten how to breathe.

...

Hiss!

It would be really nice to be Xie Shijin's pet. He would feed you when you were thirsty or hungry, and you wouldn't even have to walk on your own!

Then, Cheng Shiyun clearly felt that Xie Shijin quickened his pace.

Having finally found a clue, it's best to report it to the police as soon as possible.

I arrived at the Municipal Public Security Bureau at exactly nine o'clock.

Upon entering the service hall, the police officers on duty were changing shifts. Someone saw Xie Shijin walk in, recognized him, and asked, "Are you here to see Captain Yang?"

Xie Shijin nodded: "When does Officer Yang Shengnan start work?"

The man gave him a strange look: "You didn't know?"

"Team Leader Yang has been transferred to the provincial department."

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Author's Note: It is said that male snakes have two [glasses].