Chapter 133 A Gentleman's Character is Like a Steadfast Jade Pendant (8)
"Uh, back then I had a feeling... I can't quite put my finger on it." A few complex emotions flashed in the man's eyes: "Think about it, Shu Ningmiao isn't that stupid, is she? Doesn't she know what Shi Yu is thinking? Even if it's an arranged marriage, it's their own choice. In short, like pot, like lid. Neither of them are easy to deal with, so don't even think about it. They're from completely different worlds."
You An tilted his head back, put his hands in his pockets and didn't say a word. His heart was bubbling up like soda, and a sour feeling gradually filled his chest.
He didn't want anything from Shu Ningmiao; he just wanted to be closer to her. Was that not allowed?
Walking back from the training ground to get my bag, I passed by the Zhunti Pagoda, and there seemed to be more people outside than usual.
Among the students watching, several guards wearing protective suits and carrying stun batons walked through the greenery.
After all, it was a place where people with superpowers gathered. Unless something serious happened, the guards rarely entered the academy. Shu Ningmiao frowned inwardly and walked quickly past, catching a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye.
Lin Shengyi stood in front of the guard, dressed in a suit and trousers, with his left sleeve rolled up halfway and his head hanging low, looking somewhat disheveled.
She didn't want to have anything to do with this person anymore, and didn't even bother to say hello. She wanted to stay away and pretend she didn't know him.
But it was as if this person had eyes on the top of their head. After taking two steps, a gentle and refined male voice suddenly came from behind: "Student Shu."
Shu Ningmiao turned her head and saw Lin Shengyi pressing his arm, his suit wrinkled, but he still had a smile on his face and looked kind and amiable.
He had been humiliated by her in the office, but now that he had cleaned up, he couldn't see anything wrong with her. He was really shameless.
She showed no disgust in front of everyone, remaining calm, polite, and distant: "Teacher, what's wrong?"
He released her hand, letting her see the clear, crisscrossing bloodstains on her arm, running long from her elbow to her wrist, the wounds still oozing blood.
Shu Ningmiao immediately realized the source of the scratches. Lin Shengyi frowned as he took the gauze from the guard and spoke up at that moment: "Something beast crawled into the school. Its claws were covered in disease. Luckily, it was me who ran into it. It would have been bad if it had scratched a student."
"Don't worry, Teacher Lin," the guard said sheepishly. "We'll catch it as soon as possible. Oh dear, you see, logically speaking, no animal should have been able to sneak in."
Having been attacked by a terrorist organization once, the school is now under even greater security than before.
Cornunos is neither near mountains nor water, but located in the bustling city center. The guards couldn't figure out where the wild beast Lin Shengyi mentioned had sneaked in from. It couldn't possibly have been brought in by a student.
"It's hard to say how animals from outside can sneak in without being monitored. It's very likely that students brought them in on their own. Remember, if you catch them, treat them humanely as a warning to others, so that this kind of thing won't happen again."
Lin Shengyi had obviously thought of this as well. After instructing the guards, he looked at her and said, "Student Shu, you should also be careful at school. Don't end up like the teacher, getting scratched by something dirty."
Shu Ningmiao smiled slightly, her lips curling up in a mocking manner: "Thank you for your concern, teacher."
Serves them right for getting scratched.
The guards were darting in and out of the campus, probably looking for that serval. Animals raised in the wild are naturally untamed, so it's not surprising that it scratched someone.
If You An knew, given his personality, he would definitely worry and search for the cat everywhere.
This suited Lin Shengyi's wishes perfectly.
These days, students have a lot of complaints about him. He's notorious for framing people and no one is willing to respect him. He's probably making such a big fuss to find an example to set an example for others.
Once You An catches him red-handed, and adds more fabricated charges, he won't escape punishment.
She quickly dismissed Lin Shengyi's true intentions from her mind, then slung her bag over her shoulder and continued walking toward the library.
The second supernatural ability practice within Cornunos also corresponds to the final exam. The exams for elective courses are much more varied and broader than those for main courses. By the end of the semester, the library is almost full of people.
The girl at the entrance, also from Class A, greeted her with some surprise upon seeing her: "You're at the library too?"
Shu Ningmiao nodded slightly in greeting, then stopped in front of the book return counter and took out a book from her bag.
The things in her bag looked heavy, and taking out the books one by one felt like a mountain pressing down on you, adding to the pressure.
The girl squinted at the name and asked curiously, "You took history as an elective?"
"The Beginning and End of the War of Resistance from 278 to 288" and "The Reconstruction History of the National Research Center"... The pages are yellowed and worn, and the edges are covered with traces of insect damage. It is obvious that these are materials that have been stored in the Cornunos Library for many years without being borrowed by anyone else.
"No, I was just curious."
Shu Ningmiao returned the book, and the girl shrugged, casually complaining to her, "Don't you need to study?"
"I've already completed my application to finish the course early." Shu Ningmiao gets along well with her peers and doesn't seem impatient when she's being chatted with. "There are still a few outdoor courses left to take the exams."
"Oh my god." The girl made an exaggerated expression half-jokingly and reached out to pinch her arm: "How many outdoor classes did you choose? They're really tough. I'm so envious. It's a pity I'm too lazy."
Shu Ningmiao smiled calmly, said a few more words to her, and then her attention was gradually diverted to a certain movement outside the French windows.
Outside the diamond-shaped glass on the west side, a small black object darted across the green belt, its weight crushing tree branches and scattering a cloud of soil and fallen leaves.
Shu Ningmiao caught a glimpse of the dark figure, paused in mid-air with her hand gripping the bag strap, made a farewell gesture to the girl, and then walked out.
Walking along the shady side of the library, she followed the sounds from the bushes and went further in. In the shadows of the trees, there was a trembling shadow, lying on the brick flower bed, wagging its tail leisurely.
The reddish-brown serval squinted its eyes and lazily watched her.
Shu Ningmiao stood half a mile away from it, no longer moving forward, with a hint of lingering wariness in her eyes.
The serval meowed sweetly at her, wagged its tail, and suddenly arched its back, trying to leap up and pounce on her. Before it could take off, it crashed onto the flower bed with a thud.
Its fluffy tail was curled upwards, and the rhythm of its flapping seemed somewhat irritable.
She caught a faint smell of blood in her breath. After a couple of seconds, Shu Ningmiao squatted down in front of the flower bed and saw that there was a light red stain of blood on the marble beneath it.
"Mimi," she called softly, uttering the name You An had given it.
The serval reacted, its ears standing straight up and a paw extending.
She grabbed its little paws, which it had stretched out on its own. The paws were hidden in the pads of its paws, and the paw pads and hock joints were incredibly soft, swollen and hot.
"Broken?" Shu Ningmiao let go of its hand and then pinched its other front paw. It was the same; both were broken.
The joint fracture was straight with no broken fragments. If it were an accident, the force would not have been applied so decisively; it must have been broken by someone stepping on it.
Its eyes were round and bright, sparkling like yellow sapphires, staring at her. It seemed to be able to endure pain quite well, and you couldn't tell how much it was hurting. Its tail wagged proudly from time to time, drooping down to gently poke the back of her hand.
"Lin Shengyi did it?" Shu Ningmiao hesitated for a moment, and for some unknown reason, she actually spoke to it: "Are you Achini in disguise? How come you can't even beat Lin Shengyi?"
It hissed fiercely, shook its head, and glanced at her.
After asking the question, she felt a little silly.
From the first moment she saw it, she felt there was something wrong with the cat, but she still couldn't sense any Pandora's aura from it.
It is not an illusion created by someone's superpowers, nor is it a superpowered prop; it is indeed a living animal.
No matter how agile and fierce it is in the wild, it doesn't seem to have much of an advantage against people with superpowers.
She stopped talking, took off her coat and wrapped it up. There was a reason why You An liked it. It was wrapped in the coat, with only its head sticking out. It neither barked nor struggled, but obediently curled up into a ball, quieter than a toy.
She put it in an empty bag, zipped it up, leaving a small portion open to allow it to breathe, and then opened her terminal to call You An.
Yu An was quite surprised, accompanied by the whistling wind.
"Are you at the training ground?" She didn't beat around the bush and said directly and simply, "I found your cat and will bring it to you later. Don't mention it to anyone else."
"What's wrong?" The boy understood her unspoken meaning and stood up abruptly on the other end of the terminal.
"Lin Shengyi is telling the guards to look for it, so he doesn't find out it's your pet."
“Even if he finds out…” You An frowned in disgust when she heard Lin Shengyi’s name: “There’s no rule in the school that says we can’t keep cats.”
“It’s not a cat.” Shu Ningmiao’s expression was stunned, and her tone was somewhat subtle: “Besides, do you know that keeping wild animals in Pine is illegal?”
“I don’t know…” You An hesitated for a moment: “I used to raise wild boars and peacocks in my hometown.”
Such simple and honest folk customs left Shu Ningmiao speechless.
They agreed to meet at the men's dormitory. When You An opened the door, he was initially a little confused, but his expression gradually became serious after seeing her take Mimi out of her backpack.
He tried his best to be as gentle as possible when he took the big cat wrapped up in a ball, but he could still feel its body trembling.
Opening the blood-soaked coat, You An frowned, seeing that the lining of the clothes was also stained with blood.
"What happened..." He touched his bleeding calf, somewhat at a loss.
Mimi tilted her head, propped herself up on her hindquarters and suddenly sprang up. As if someone had stepped on her, her tail stood up with a whoosh. Then she slid backward and slashed her legs, tearing several rips in her clothes with a rustling sound.
What a vivid and engaging performance!
Shu Ningmiao observed its movements. The serval was agile and difficult for ordinary people to catch. It seemed to have been suppressed by something first, and then Lin Shengyi stepped on it before it broke free and scratched Lin Shengyi.
Is the thing that's suppressing it some kind of superpower?
Yu An's anger was uncontrollably evident on his face; he was clearly heartbroken. Mimi raised her head, let out a short, rough quack like a duck, and lashed his face hard with her whip-like tail.
The boy didn't mind, and raised his head despite the red marks on his face: "Lin Shengyi... Damn it, how can this person be so despicable... He can't find a sense of presence at school, so he comes to bully a cat."
Touching Mimi's fractured foot, he turned his head away with some reluctance. His red hair was unruly, and despite his deep and strong features, he appeared unusually tender and bittersweet.
“It’s broken… Can I go see a doctor?” You An pondered, clearly regarding her as his pillar of support: “I won’t see the school doctor, I’ll take leave and take it to see a doctor outside.”
Shu Ningmiao's gaze fell elsewhere. Coming back to her senses, she sighed almost imperceptibly. This was not a new place. If he brought this kind of wild animal to any regular hospital, the doctor would report it to the environmental protection bureau.
She reminded him, "You can contact Erice. This kind of fracture can be healed with superpowers. I checked, there are no broken bones."
Although she could replicate Weston's healing ability using [Jealousy], she didn't intend to waste the 48-hour cooldown period of the [Jealousy] state for it. After all, she had agreed to attend Shi Yu's charity gala three days later, and she wanted to be careful.
Yu An obediently took out his terminal and called Erici to ask for her help. After hearing the whole story, Erici was equally indignant and readily agreed.
“She said she’d be here in a bit.” You An and Ai Ruiji thanked her repeatedly, glancing at her with pure admiration and trust in their eyes, which sparkled like Mimi nestled in his arms: “Thank you… I’m so sorry to have kept you waiting.”
"It's alright." Anyway, Shu Changyan has been ordered to protect the next parliamentary representative these past few days, so no one is looking after her and it doesn't matter whether she goes back or not.
Shu Ningmiao leaned against the door frame and texted Shu Changyan.
Shu Changyan wasn't very busy. If someone could break through to the center of the United Building and rush in front of him to assassinate the representative, that would be a major event on the level of a parliamentary purge. He sent her a photo showing her the red marks on his palm that were fading away; it was very childish.
She glanced at it briefly, her gaze lingering on the out-of-focus background. In the distance, a refined middle-aged man sat on a sofa, wearing a dark gray suit. His profile was visible; he appeared to be in his forties or fifties, with some gray hair mixed in. He was composed but did not look old.
She had seen this middle-aged man on the poster; he was the next parliamentary representative, Lucico, and the military had sent agents to protect him, showing how much they valued this new representative.
She stared at Lucico's blurry figure in the photo for a while, when a new message popped up at the top.
From an unknown terminal number.
[Unknown port: ^_^]
Shu Ningmiao sent a question mark, somewhat suspecting that Shi Yu had changed his number and was playing a trick on her.
The other side replied quickly.
[Unknown Port: I am Weisheng Qianheng]
[N: How did you know my terminal number?]
Shu Ningmiao raised an eyebrow. Wei Shengqianheng, under the guise of a holy son, never uses a terminal and disappears completely. He can hardly be found in the school... Is he a fraud?
[N: Can you priests use the terminal now?]
[Unknown Port: Is there such a rule? Then I'll play it secretly in a secluded place.]
It really was her. She asked, "What is it?"
The reply came from the other end: "The principal suggested I return to school for the final week of exams to create wonderful memories of my student days. I think I should review my elective courses so I can pass the exams without bothering the principal, right?"
He's already abused his privileges enough, what's a little more? He can't even write Pinhian fluently, yet he's trying to save face at a time like this.
"Do you need to borrow my notes?" Shu Ningmiao immediately understood what he meant: "What elective course?"
【^_^】Wei Sheng Qian Heng replied to her: 【Ancient Pinhian】
Just then, the door to the men's dormitory creaked open. She put away her terminal, and Eric peeked in, blinked, and first greeted her quietly.
Erice placed her hand on Mimi's leg, activated her supernatural power, and a halo gradually enveloped the wound. Feeling the broken bones, she sighed, "How could there be such a person?"
You An's face remained expressionless, but a slight hint of disdain flickered in his eyes: "This person..."
As he spoke, his tone grew increasingly resolute, his gaze sharp: "I'm going to teach him a lesson."
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