Chapter 9: I can’t even pretend anymore. If this is really related to him, then what should he do…
If it really has something to do with him, then what did he do?
Lin Xicai stared at Xie Shi with a rare boldness, trying to find a flaw in his expression, such as surprise or panic.
But no, this person remained as calm as a pool of stagnant water, as if he had no idea what was happening and was not aware of this abnormality at all.
But if he didn't sense this change, how could he have made a completely different choice from the last time?
Lin Xicai always felt that it was meaningless to erase a person's memory and throw him back to the starting point, because that person would only repeat his previous choices and walk along the original trajectory again.
Since Xie Shi was able to jump out of his original trajectory, it meant that he must have some memory of the previous time.
“Snap—”
A notebook on the back table rubbed against Lin Xicai's back and fell down. Lin Xicai turned her head and saw Zhu Hongfei and Lu Zixin's big teeth, which had not been retracted yet.
The two of them were not honest. They knocked a notebook to the ground while fighting and pushing each other. Now they were looking at her with a guilty look on their faces and smiling foolishly.
Zhu Hongfei glanced at Xie Shi, then looked at Lin Xicai and said in a slightly lowered voice, "Zhong Fei, help pick up the notebook."
Lin Xicai glanced at Xie Shi out of the corner of her eye, blinked, and lowered her head to pick up the notebook and hand it over. Then she looked at Zhu Hongfei, suddenly moving slightly closer and giving him a faint smile with an ambiguous meaning. "Still in the mood to make a fuss? Have you memorized the classical Chinese passage on page 39 of the Chinese textbook? The teacher will ask you some questions later."
"Are you kidding me? Classical Chinese? And you're asking me questions? Look at the schedule. This is English class. Are you saying the English teacher will ask me to recite classical Chinese?"
Zhu Hongfei and Lu Zixin both seemed to find it funny, but due to the presence of the evil spirit, they dared not make a sound. They looked at each other and their faces turned red from trying to hold back their laughter.
Lin Xicai didn't say anything and just looked towards the classroom door.
Zhu Hongfei and Lu Zixin followed her gaze, and the next moment, a figure that shouldn't have appeared walked in. When they saw who it was, they were both startled. This was clearly an English class, but the person who walked in was the Chinese teacher.
"Your English teacher is busy, so we'll have Chinese class this time. Take out your Chinese textbooks."
Zhu Hongfei and Lu Zixin looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.
But on second thought, it is normal for teachers to occasionally change classes. Zhong Fei dared to say this, so she must have known the news first.
Zhu Hongfei curled his lips and muttered softly, "Changing classes is a common thing, nothing special..."
"Zhu Hongfei!"
Zhu Hongfei stood up with a start, his mind going blank in an instant.
No, it wasn't just a gap in knowledge, but a momentary gap in his understanding of the world, because in the next sentence, he heard the teacher say -
"Memorize this article on page 39 of the Chinese textbook."
Zhu Hongfei stood there, his body a little stiff. He was more shocked than being scolded for not being able to memorize the text. How did Zhong Fei know this? How could she even know this? Did she also understand prophecy? Did she have some superpowers?
This incident brought back a memory that made him shudder. On the playground, that man was just like that, standing there coldly, announcing an explosion above his head in the calmest voice.
The shattered fragments slashed across his cheeks and arms. His face was covered in blood. He looked up in horror and met a pair of eyes as deep as the abyss...
Zhu Hongfei's eyes dodged, his gaze darting between Lin Xicai and Xie Shi, shock mixed with horror - no wonder, no wonder he always felt that these two people were inexplicably a good match.
No wonder this weirdo treats Zhong Fei differently. He even sent her a note the day after they met.
It turns out they are of the same kind...
The two weirdos sat together, both in front of him. Zhu Hongfei suddenly felt like his life was miserable...
Zhu Hongfei was scolded and sat down with a pale face. Lu Zixin's face was not much better. His little black face turned slightly red due to the fluctuating emotions, and looked even darker.
Lin Xicai was not interested in the two people's complicated thoughts. Her eyes were always on Xie Shi, trying to catch something unusual on his face.
But he did not respond to her temptation. Even when she hinted at her situation to him at the risk of being exposed, he remained calm and silent like a pool of emotionless stagnant water.
While she was testing him, there was a horror novel on his desk and he had already read several pages.
Lin Xicai stared at the cold and lonely face, was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Why didn't you come to class yesterday?"
When Lin Xicai asked this question, she wasn't sure if the other person would actually pay attention to her. But after a moment, Xie Shi raised his head. He didn't look at her, but just glanced at the two people behind him. His tone was flat: "Didn't I come to class yesterday?"
The two people opposite were startled, as if they had not expected Xie Shi to speak to them. There was some inexplicable excitement in their tone, "Come...come, you even...you even asked to borrow a pen from your deskmate."
Xie Shi nodded slightly, then glanced at Lin Xicai with an ambiguous expression.
Lin Xicai: “…”
He did it on purpose.
She knew what she meant, but she still asked them. They knew nothing.
Lin Xicai was 90% sure that Xie Shi knew about this, but the other party's attitude was clear, and it was obvious that he had no intention of cooperating with her. He was almost writing "Don't get along with me" on his face.
Lin Xicai became increasingly irritable and felt restless the entire afternoon.
When she went to bed at night, she made a wish almost devoutly, hoping that all the weirdness would end tonight and looking forward to tomorrow being a new day.
She suffered from severe insomnia. As it was approaching midnight, her hands were sweating as she held the phone. She stared at the screen intently, as if she had staked all her devotion on this moment.
However, she watched helplessly as "October 16th 23:59" turned into "October 16th 00:00" in front of her eyes. In the overwhelming darkness, the faint cold light on the screen was like a ghost, and a chill spread from her fingertips to every cell.
For the third time, the cycle continues.
Lin Xicai almost didn't sleep all night, and then the moment she got up, she was caught up in a huge repetition again.
Lin Xicai walked around the garden, somewhat angrily not wanting to pick up the expected flower. She deliberately didn't take the bus, avoiding the strangely familiar faces on the bus.
Compared to the previous panic, she felt more irritated.
At the bend, she was familiar with the route and avoided the polite and handsome man in advance.
Her dodging was too obvious, and the man looked up at her, and the two of them stared at each other for half a second.
After running into them three times in a row, Lin Xicai felt helpless, thinking that she had some kind of fate with this couple. She smiled tiredly, nodded politely at them, and made way for them.
After Lin Xicai left, she didn't notice that a pair of eyes were following her until she walked a long way away.
When she was invited into the Chinese language office again, and when Fu Yanxiu appeared at the door with a cold face again, Lin Xicai was completely indifferent to the fame or disgrace. She didn't even bother to lift her eyelids. She was completely immersed in her own thoughts and fell into a state of uncontrollable wandering.
However, her calmness seemed to be evidence of her guilt. After the two came out of the Chinese language office, Fu Yanxiu stared at her, and his lines were more sharp and straightforward than the previous two times.
"Is it fun to play these little tricks behind the scenes?" he said. "You don't look surprised at all, like you knew I was coming."
“…”
Nonsense, this is the third time, brother, I'm surprised, but tell me why I'm surprised?
Lin Xicai's silence was taken as a sign of guilt. Fu Yanxiu stared at her, his tone filled with disgust and sarcasm. "I hate it most when people use my father to pressure me. Are you sure you want to break all my taboos? I thought you would at least behave yourself for a few days..."
“…”
This is the third time.
This is the third time.
She had endured his stale sarcasm for the third time in a row.
The anxiety and irritability that had been accumulating in her heart for the past few days seemed to be ignited suddenly. Lin Xicai looked up and stared at that proud and noble face, and suddenly some vivid anger appeared in those beautiful eyes.
What had she done wrong? Why were those things blamed on her?
Anyway, the day will be refreshed after midnight, so why should she endure this humiliation?
This is like a dream. Can't she be tougher in her own dream?
"Don't use your crude methods on me, if you..."
"Shut up." Lin Xicai suddenly interrupted him.
Fu Yanxiu's pupils trembled slightly, "What did you say?"
"I told you to shut up." Lin Xicai took a half step closer. "Did I invite you here?"
Fu Yanxiu frowned, and Lin Xicai took another half step forward. The cowardice and guilt in his eyes disappeared, replaced by a cluster of fire that he had never seen before.
"I haven't even told my mom about being invited as a parent, so how did you know? Oh, let me guess, it must have been Xue Fan who told me, right? When the three of you were having dinner, your sister must have used me as a topic of conversation again, right? And then Uncle Fu was kind enough to assign this task to you, right?"
That proud and noble face was so close, burning with the heat from the flames.
Fu Yanxiu seemed to be very disgusted with her approaching. He took two steps back with a very bad look on his face, but he did not refute. Lin Xicai knew that she was probably right.
After three days of being ridiculed, Lin Xicai now felt completely right. "So what's the point of getting angry at me? Your legs are on your body, so what if you just don't come? Would your father break your noble legs just because of me, a servant's daughter? You choose to be your father's obedient son, but you vent your fearless emotions on others. How can you be so powerful?"
Lin Xicai pressed on step by step, and Fu Yanxiu retreated step by step. His back hit the railing, and he had no way to retreat. "Zhong Fei!"
He was almost furious, and when he lowered his eyes, he saw the red marks on her neck.
In the sunlight, they look like a few red plum blossoms in the snow, so red that it is dazzling.
Realizing where his gaze was, Lin Xicai said coldly, "What? Want to pinch me again?"
Those eyes, always filled with infatuation, now only held a vivid, aggressive gaze. "Fu Yanxiu, you should be thankful that I no longer have feelings for you. But if you come closer and try to create physical contact again, I can't guarantee I won't make the same mistake again."
Fu Yanxiu stared into her eyes, suppressed the strong strange feeling, and pushed her away with force. He was almost furious with her, "I think you are crazy!"
Lin Xicai stumbled two steps, as if all her strength had been drained away. She looked vaguely into the distance, remained silent for a moment, and whispered, "I'm really going crazy."
She was indeed going crazy.
…
When Lin Xicai returned to the classroom, the seat next to her was already occupied. Xie Shi came again, even two classes earlier than the last time.
Xie Shi was reading a horror novel in his seat. Lin Xicai looked over and saw that it was the same one he had read yesterday.
She didn't pay attention at first glance, but after a while, as if she suddenly realized something, Lin Xicai couldn't help but turn her head and look at the book - this time, she really saw the trick.
If she remembered correctly, he read the first half of the book yesterday, right?
Wow, now I don’t even pretend anymore and just continue reading from yesterday’s part at the fold.
He was almost telling her openly that he knew everything, but he just didn't want to pay attention to her.
Lin Xicai was angry and annoyed, but she still saw a glimmer of hope in her heart. Since the male protagonist could deal with this situation so calmly, it meant that this was probably not the first time it happened, which meant that he probably knew a way to crack it.
This person has a strange and eccentric personality. If she just pounces on him and interrogates him, it might backfire. Lin Xicai restrained herself and silently watched the movements of the person beside her.
In the afternoon, after the second class, Xie Shi suddenly picked up his schoolbag and left the school.
Lin Xicai's eyelids twitched, and without hesitation, she followed him out of the school gate.
She had a feeling that by following this person, she would find the answer.
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