Lin Yue snapped out of his daze, realized it was her, and looked somewhat surprised, without saying a word.
In the fading sunlight streaming through the window, Lin Yue sized up the girl in front of him. She was actually quite pretty, with delicate features, clear eyes, and shoulder-length hair. She gave off a girl-next-door vibe, someone who could put people at ease.
Why should a girl like this have to be bullied?
"It's late, let's go together," Lin Yue casually invited.
"don't want……"
"Huh? Why?" He was very curious that he had been rejected.
"I'll pass on my bad luck to you." Lan Xi just wanted to thank him properly, so she answered seriously and then lowered her head.
"..." Lin Yue chuckled, half-jokingly and half-criticizing, "Your reason for refusing is so weird. Couldn't you have come up with something more reasonable, like 'You don't seem like a good person,' or 'I just wanted to go home with a handsome guy,' or something like that."
"No...no! I mean it!" she said very seriously.
Lin Yue recalled what happened at noon and understood; they probably didn't want him to get involved in the bullying.
"What's there to be afraid of in those people? They're the cowards. They didn't even dare to move after Uncle Bin yelled at them."
"Uncle Bin?"
"Oh! It's Teacher Xie! He's from my hometown, so I often call him that."
The two chatted as they left the teaching building.
"Thank you so much for today," she said, blushing slightly. This was the first time she had said thank you to a boy since starting her second year of high school.
"It was just a small favor. When did this start?"
"..." Lan Xi remained silent.
"As far as I know, the class division just started in the second year of high school, or it started right at the beginning of the semester?"
She acquiesced.
"Why is it so serious? If you offend a guy, he'll only stick to you and is unlikely to bring his buddies along. Guys don't have that kind of petty mentality... unless... you offended a girl?"
Is she a girl with a big mouth and a petty personality? This girl spread rumors everywhere, making all the boys in the class believe them.
What could possibly interest boys and make them believe it? Only those "dirty" rumors, and so...
Lan Xi turned her head and looked at Lin Yue in surprise. His deduction was absolutely correct, and so accurate that every word pierced her heart. Tears welled up in her eyes.
This was the first time she had felt how helpless and pathetic she was to be bullied.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Lin Yue repeatedly apologized for his rash and hurtful words and actions, which stemmed from a moment of impulsiveness and directly stating his deductions.
"It's okay, you were right all along, you're amazing..."
That little tyrant was named Huang Yi. He was a notorious troublemaker at school, and no one dared to mess with him.
Because his father sponsored the school with 200,000 yuan.
"Okay, how was my act? Can I give it a 10?" To lighten the mood, Lin Yue changed the subject and joked.
"Hahaha..." Lan Xi was so amused that she almost couldn't stop laughing.
Indeed, in this brief moment, I completely forgot about the unpleasantness of the past, including today's lunch break, and even earlier.
Lin Yue also smiled ingratiatingly, a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth, feeling that this scene was also very familiar.
As the two walked, they came to the slope in front of the school gate, where rows of pine trees were planted on both sides.
The sun had left only a faint trace of its glow in the evening light, and the school was almost deserted. Most of the students living off-campus had already gone home, and those living on-campus had returned to their dormitories to prepare for the evening study session that started at eight o'clock.
A gust of cold wind blew towards them. Lan Xi suddenly felt very cold, and wondered why the evening breeze was suddenly so cold on such a hot day.
As for Lin Yue, the cold wind completely froze the smile on his face.
Even Lin Yue, who was usually oblivious to the aura of demons, felt a strong sense of unease at this moment.
"Let's hurry up." Lin Yue quickened his pace.
"What's wrong?" Lan Xi was puzzled by Lin Yue's sudden seriousness, completely unaware of the ominous aura emanating from the surroundings.
She noticed that the branches of a nearby pine tree had suddenly burst into flames with a soft "whoosh," startling her slightly. "How strange, how did it suddenly catch fire..."
Before she could finish speaking, Lin Yue suddenly grabbed Lan Xi's hand and quickly crossed the slope, explaining the reason in a very serious manner, regardless of whether his companion understood:
"The pine tree, also known as the soul-summoning tree, if its branches catch fire, you can see blue-green ghost flames if you look at it with the item 'Demon's Right Eye,' which will summon the messengers of hell."
If both rows of trees along a road are set ablaze, that road will become the River Styx, the road Orpheus is said to have traveled.
"The Tree of Souls? The 'Right Eye of the Devil'? And what else... Orpheus?"
"Sigh... In short, it's not a good thing, it's not very clean, it's best not to encounter it." Actually, there was one more thing about the Styx Path that Lin Yue didn't mention, which was that this path connects to the sealed spatial gate at the bottom of the Seven Levels of Hell.
Perhaps at this very moment, someone is trying to use this path to free a demon king from its sealed space.
"Oh, you know so much." Lan Xi felt a little uncomfortable, her face burning, because Lin Yue was holding her hand as they ran.
Incidentally, this was the first time she had ever held a boy's hand, and the first time she had ever had any physical contact with a boy.
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