Chapter 64 Bait I bet they will be together
Just now, Anping was called up to answer a question, and almost the entire class noticed this handsome, white-haired, mixed-race guy. It took a moment for Chang Xile to realize his phone had been bombarded with messages from Fang Xinai. It was only because Fang Xinai kept glancing back at them that Anping turned around and asked softly, "Is that your friend?"
Chang Xile met Fang Xinai's gaze, and he pointed at his phone. She opened it, and the screen was filled with Fang Xinai's question marks and exclamation points. It boiled down to two questions:
"Didn't you break up? Are you back together again?!"
Chang Hee Lok admitted that this seemed a bit like a classic "I'm telling you something, don't be angry" plot, but her and An Ping's current situation was indeed complicated.
(＾ｖ＾): [Alas! It’s a long story.]
Xiao Ai: [Then please make it short!]
(＾ｖ＾): [No reconciliation, some issues need to be resolved]
Xiao Ai: [I understand. Feel free to ask me if you need help!]
Xiao Ai: Leave it to me and you will be upset.jpg.
Chang Xile couldn't help but laugh. Although Fang Xinai fancied herself a seasoned lover and was quite nosy about her roommates' relationships, her principle was to stay out of other people's relationships. She wouldn't make any comments unless someone actively consulted her.
Chang Xile put away her phone. Although she had briefly summarized the situation to Fang Xinai, the conversation still disturbed her mind a little. What was going on between her and Anping now?
No! She couldn't indulge in romance any longer. There were far more important things she needed to do. She had to expose Chen Moxin's deception, seek justice for Duobao, Xiaojia, and the many kittens who might have been killed, and fulfill Yang Shu's last wish... Chang Xile patted her cheek to remind herself to stay awake. It was during break, so the sound wasn't particularly noticeable. But as she was about to pat her wrist a second time, someone beside her easily grabbed it.
Chang Xile turned to look at Anping, who easily grabbed both of her wrists and looked at her seriously, saying, "Don't hurt yourself."
She blinked and explained, "I just want to clear my mind."
An Ping poked her face and said, "But this must hurt, right? You've made it red here. Are you sleepy? If you want to wake up..."
As he spoke, he moved his fingers down and tapped her waist lightly. Chang Xile immediately arched her body and smiled.
"Will this sober you up?" An Ping acted serious at first, but when he saw Chang Xile laughing so hard she couldn't straighten her back, he finally couldn't help but laugh. "I remember you're ticklish."
"Haha... How did you know... Stop scratching me...!" Chang Xile slapped his hand away, finally calming down. She felt embarrassed and secretly glared at An Ping. The culprit just smiled at her, his lake-blue eyes still revealing his innocence.
This guy who relies on his beauty to commit crimes!
Anping thought he had helped her get rid of her sleepiness, but in fact Chang Xile felt that she was even more unconscious. She held her face with both hands and looked at the podium in frustration, waiting for the teacher to start the second class.
Fang Xinai, who was sitting in the front row gossiping, had already seen the entire scene. She turned back and said to Ren Qing with certainty, "They will definitely get back together."
Ren Qing didn't quite believe it: "Really? You said before that they might break up."
"You don't understand." Fang Xinai smiled mysteriously, his tone full of meaning. "Although they were together before, they treated each other with respect and didn't seem like lovers at all. Now... it's very different."
Chang Xile finally calmed down and began to rethink why Yang Shu felt tired and her body had become transparent. She promised to find an experienced ghost to ask, but Xiao Xie was the only ghost who met the requirements.
She waited until her last class to figure out how to contact Xiao Xie. Even though he had already assigned her to the position of Huo Wu Chang (a ghost) yesterday, she still had no idea what was going on. Didn't the underworld have any onboarding procedures? The staffing shortage was truly severe!
She was so absorbed in her own thoughts that by the time she left the classroom, there were few people on the street. As she walked down the stairs, she heard An Ping calling her from behind. Chang Xile turned around and looked up, only to see An Ping half-leaning on the handrail and asking her, "Did you forget something?"
Chang Xile raised her eyebrows, first glancing at the phone in her left hand, then at the keys in her right hand—they were all there, nothing missing. She had a bad feeling in her heart. Could Anping be saying that she had forgotten him?
No, this kind of line is really tacky, even if you are a cute kitten you can't do that——
Chang Xile laughed twice, then followed up on his topic and asked, "What did I forget?"
An Ping slowly walked down the stairs and handed Chang Xile the Bluetooth headset case she had left in the hole in the table. He walked up to Chang Xile and leaned over to her. The distance between them was so close that they could almost feel each other's breath, causing Chang Xile to shrink back involuntarily and ask, "What are you doing?"
An Ping pinched her red earlobe with a puzzled look and asked, "Is it hot? It's all red here."
"…It's all because the spicy hot pot we had for lunch was too spicy!" Chang Xile turned his head away, and started to make up stories in anger. He grabbed the canvas bag with all his might and walked downstairs.
Anping lowered his head and smiled to himself for a while, then followed her footsteps.
As they passed the bulletin board downstairs, Chang Xile spotted a familiar figure across the street. She called out in confusion, "Senior Zhong Timeng?"
The girl who was standing on tiptoe and working hard to post flyers was Zhong Timeng. She turned around after hearing the sound, but before she could say hello to Chang Xile, she was surrounded by four or five other people.
There were four or five people, both men and women. Chang Xile looked very familiar to them. They were all members of the photography department.
The leader was a man with a crew cut and dressed in trendy clothes. He reached out and tore off the flyer that Zhong Timeng had just posted and crumpled it into a ball, saying, "Senior, we understand that you're upset about losing your position as department head, but you can't just spread rumors like that. It's not good for you or us."
Zhong Timeng glared at him coldly and said, "Isn't what I said the truth? He and the Chen family are parasites in Shancheng Construction. He doesn't deserve to be in the photography department or the student union."
"Senior sister, there is nothing Senior Chen can do to interfere with what the Chen family decides to do. It's not fair for you to put all the blame on him, right?" a girl retorted.
"Yes. Senior Chen is a very kind person. He always takes good care of us. People often see him feeding stray cats on the roadside. He is not the kind of person you say he is." Another girl quickly followed up, "It was you who chose to go abroad and handed the photography department to Chen Moxin. Even if you come back now, you can't just abandon him. It's so unfair."
It was unknown what Chen Moxin had said or done to them, but these people were actually impressed by his charisma and spoke up for him sincerely. Zhong Timeng knew that Chen Moxin was not such a perfect senior, but her words were all "empty talk" and a "hatred" towards Chen Moxin, so no one believed her.
By the time Chang Xile approached Zhong Timeng, those people had already finished their conversation and left. Zhong Timeng's face looked very unhappy, and she looked down at the remaining flyers in her hand without moving for a while.
Chang Xile called her, "Senior."
Zhong Timeng raised her head, almost nervously. She had previously admired Chang Xile's talent, so she couldn't accept the rebuttal from this junior. Zhong Timeng said coldly, "If you're here to speak for Chen Moxin, then leave. I don't want to argue with you."
Chang Xile shook her head. She took part of the flyer from Zhong Timeng and said to her, "I know what you said is true."
"Really?" Zhong Timeng had been accustomed to hearing good things about Chen Moxin these days. She raised her head with suspicion and asked, "Has he ever done anything bad to you?"
"Yes." Chang Xile's expression became serious, "And I even caught him torturing a cat."
After hearing what the girl said just now about Chen Moxin often feeding stray cats on the roadside, and considering that the number of cats in the school has decreased significantly recently, Chang Xile believes that Chen Moxin's cat abuse is definitely a frequent incident.
She recounted what happened last night, removing any reference to the supernatural elements. Zhong Timeng was furious after hearing it. "I knew he was a bastard with a beastly heart. I was so blind back then. I'm going to expose him!"
"The problem now is that words are just empty words." Chang Xile shook the flyer he took from Zhong Timeng and said to her, "In the absence of evidence, people are only willing to believe what they want to believe, just like what happened just now."
"Do we have to wait and catch him in the act of abusing cats?" Zhong Timeng frowned. "But not every cat is as lucky as the one you rescued yesterday. We should take precautions before it happens. The sooner we stop him, the better."
Chang Xile also seemed embarrassed, and the two of them fell into silence for a while.
"I have a very smart cat." An Ping, who had been standing by and listening, suddenly spoke up, "You can let it try Chen Moxin."
"No matter how smart a cat is, it cannot withstand the absolute force of humans. The risk is too great." Zhong Timeng felt it was unreliable.
Chang Xile first looked at Anping in confusion, wondering when this guy had a cat. Then she suddenly realized what was going on, grabbed his sleeve, shook her head, and said, "I don't agree."
"If you're worried about safety, I can guarantee it won't get hurt," Anping asked, "or do you have a better way?"
Of course not.
The details of this matter still needed to be discussed. After Zhong Timeng left, Chang Xile finally spoke to Anping: "You want to use yourself as bait, right? I don't agree. It's too dangerous!"
"Didn't you see what I looked like last night? I'm very powerful." An Ping tilted his head and asked her, "Don't you believe me?"
"That was when you were in human form, but after you turned back into a cat, you were restricted in doing many things. You know how bad Chen Moxin is, so how can I let you go?" Chang Xile frowned.
"Last night, I told the cats in school who were willing to obey my jurisdiction to be wary of Chen Moxin." An Ping's expression was particularly serious, with a hint of regret. "Actually, I should have noticed something was wrong with them earlier, but I thought they were too noisy and just didn't want to deal with them."
"But if you give one warning, there are always thousands more you don't. I've heard a saying: 'A thief can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can't be on guard against thieves for a thousand days.'" Anping tucked her hair behind her ear and whispered, "Let me go, Xile."
"Otherwise, I will regret it."
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