Chapter 226 Why is it her again?
Ao Cang sat down next to Qiao Mei and used the power of his water-based relatives to create a small cloud above the heads of her and Shang Duojin.
As Cang Ao, the fake familiar beast puppet he created was a small water-type Xuan Turtle.
Shang Duojin and Shu Qingqing were just as shocked as Qiao Mei when she first learned that Ao Cang also had a water-type companion.
However, after Qiao Mei explained that ancient dragons lived in the ocean and it was normal for them to have aquatic companions, they roughly understood the reason and were not as surprised as before.
With the small clouds created by Ao Cang, the heat surrounding them quickly dissipated.
With the cold drinks and smoothies he bought, it wasn't very hot anymore.
Hearing Qiao Mei's question, he lied and told her that he had already eaten, so she didn't need to worry about him.
"Really?" Qiao Mei didn't know whether she believed him or not. After giving him a meaningful look, she still asked him to sit down and handed him the strawberry smoothie.
"You eat first for me. I need to help Qingqing and Boss Shang with some homework, so I don't have time to eat right now."
Ao Cang had been outside in the sun for so long, and then he had been squeezing through the crowd, so it was indeed very hot.
After receiving the smoothie from Qiao Mei, he wanted to eat more, but he refrained and only ate a third of it.
With two or three minutes left before class, Qiao Mei finished helping Shang Duojin and the others with their mecha problems. Only then did she take the shaved ice from his hand and, without any hesitation, put the spoon, which was covered in his saliva, into her mouth and started eating.
While eating, she told Ao Cang that after lunch, she should go to Mingjing Lake at the college, as she had something to tell him there.
There were many trees around Mingjing Lake, making it very shady. Ao Cang didn't think much of it and nodded in agreement.
After lunch, Qiao Mei told Shu Qingqing to go back to her dormitory first, and then headed towards Mingjing Lake.
To get from the cafeteria to Mingjing Lake, you need to pass through an artificial hill.
Not long after Qiao Mei stepped onto the sun-baked, scorching cobblestone path, she bumped into several familiar faces on the other side of the road.
At this time, most people are either eating or taking a nap in their dorms.
People like Wen Jin'ai and her cronies, standing under the scorching sun in the middle of the day, acting like they're admiring the scenery, are obviously acting strangely.
Fighting in private is forbidden within the academy, so Qiao Mei wasn't afraid they would attack her. However, just in case, she took another route to Mirror Lake.
Upon seeing this, Wen Jin'ai and the others exchanged glances and quickly followed.
This was an area with many artificial mountains. After entering, Qiao Mei did not continue towards Mingjing Lake as originally planned.
Instead, he went into a rockery cave where people could hide, wanting to see what those girls were up to.
Wen Jin'ai stood under the parasol held by the lackey, fanning herself wildly with a fan, and said irritably, "Where is he? Didn't he just come from that side?"
"Sister Wen, could she have gone that way? There are so many forks in the road here, maybe she didn't choose this route."
Wen Jin'ai frowned and glanced in the direction the lackey was pointing, her annoyance undiminished: "What did I say? I should have just attacked her when she left the cafeteria. Now look what's happened, she's vanished without a trace!"
After angrily finishing her statement, she put away her fan and, still pursing her lips, headed in the direction the lackey had pointed.
The other lackeys following behind her, taking advantage of her being at the front and unable to hear, muttered under their breath, "She still has the nerve to throw a tantrum. If it weren't for her, would we be here in this sweltering heat to do this for her? If this gets out, she has someone protecting her, and we might end up in jail!"
"Seriously, if things get too serious, I'm not going to take the blame for her. And this Qiao Mei, where did she go? If she doesn't show up soon, the people we've prepared over there are probably going to get into trouble!"
"Alright, alright, let's go quickly. Finding the person as soon as possible will reduce the possibility of something going wrong."
After the henchmen finished speaking, Qiao Mei, who was hiding in the cave in the artificial hill, also turned off the recording on her personal computer bracelet, and muttered in confusion, "The people who are ready? Who are they?"
She recalled that Ao Cang had acted strangely that morning and felt that the two incidents might be closely related.
After thinking about it, I decided to go and ask Ao Cang for clarification first.
However, she can no longer walk along the path near the artificial hill; she needs to find a way to take a longer route.
After explaining the situation to Ao Cang and asking him to wait another ten minutes, Qiao Mei finally arrived at the destination.
The boy was already sitting obediently in the pavilion by Mingjing Lake, with two cups of shaved ice in frozen containers in front of him.
She glanced at it from afar, and after confirming that it tasted like lychee, she quickened her pace and entered the pavilion.
"Have you been waiting long?"
"No, but An'an, why are you so late? Did something happen on the way?"
Qiao Mei nodded, and after sitting down, she didn't touch the shaved ice that Ao Cang had pushed over. Instead, she turned on the recording she had just made and played it.
"Listen to this first."
The recording was short, only about five minutes long. After listening to it, Ao Cang gradually clenched his right hand into a fist, and for the first time, an angry expression appeared on his face.
"Why is it her again?"
"Again?" Qiao Mei keenly grasped the key word and asked him, resting her chin on her hand, "So this morning, what you said about you having eaten a smoothie was a lie, right? And this is related to Wen Jin'ai?"
She understood Ao Cang and knew that he wasn't the kind of person who would prioritize his own enjoyment.
Moreover, it was so hot outside and the convenience store was crowded, where did he find a place to sit and eat a smoothie?
Furthermore, after he sat down, she couldn't smell the lychee from his mouth, so she quickly concluded that he was lying.
Ao Cang looked surprised, not expecting Qiao Mei to guess the truth so quickly. After a long silence, he nodded in acknowledgment and recounted what had happened after he met Wen Jin'ai that day.
"I thought that after I made myself so clear, she would back down. I never expected that she would try to get to you instead. An'an, why are there such wicked people?"
In the past, when he received prayers from humans, those who prayed to him would certainly not show him a bared, ferocious look, which led to his understanding of human nature not being very thorough.
Qiao Mei never expected Wen Jin'ai to be so shameless. Although she didn't openly act as a third party, she was doing the kind of despicable things that only a third party would do.
I don't know how to explain this to Ao Cang.
"Now that we know about this, we just need to avoid her a bit. The Wen family is indeed not a small family. If possible, I don't want to cause trouble for the Xu family, but the premise is that she doesn't go too far."
Ao Cang was a little stunned: "What about the person they said they were looking for in the recording? Are we just going to ignore them?"
Ao Cang: We should still try to manage this... (with a pitiful expression)
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