After hurriedly leaving the café and getting into her car parked right outside the entrance, Xiao Luobing was still in deep shock.
How could it be him?
How could it be such a coincidence?
Recalling the scene from just a few minutes ago, she still found it hard to believe:
All right. Xiao Luobing had agreed and opened the radar.
There was only a single nickname on the screen called [Lone Brave].
However, when she naturally went to add him as a friend, she was surprised to find that she couldn't.
That spot had been replaced by a "Send Message" button.
What this meant was obvious.
It usually meant the other person was already her friend!
Just like with Fei Yangyao, she wasn't using her main account, which was bound to Xiao Luobing's real identity information.
On this burner account, she only added quite private friends.
Had I added him before?
She knew the origin of every single friend in here.
Did she encounter a bug?
Probably not, right?
With lingering doubts, Xiao Luobing wanted to try clicking in to see what the situation was, and then...
She discovered that there were already baskets of chat logs inside, including records of her beginning to wallow in self-pity because of her damaged face, his words of tireless comfort sentence by sentence, and their casual chats after she slowly walked out of the shadows...
"Zhao Jinfei" was precisely that netizen who, during the darkest period of her life, tirelessly encouraged her and led her out of the darkness!
Just now, because of a certain song blowing up, she hadn't paid attention to this rather overused online moniker.
Now she suddenly remembered that that netizen also used this handle.
He was actually right in front of her!
Thinking of this, she lowered her phone slightly, raised her head, and looked toward him.
Earlier, she had simply regarded him as a somewhat strange student and hadn't paid much attention.
Now that she learned he was the [Lone Brave], carrying the gratitude and curiosity in her heart, she wanted to observe him closely.
She hadn't noticed it before, but he was wearing an Armani custom suit. While an ordinary family could generally afford a few hundred thousand for a complete set like this, it would be a stretch, and people generally wouldn't go out of their way to fake wealth just to impress others; one's status always matched their corresponding attire.
Yet ordinary people couldn't tell this part, as they would never imagine that a seemingly plain and ordinary casual suit could actually cost hundreds of thousands.
However, as the eldest daughter of the Xiao Family among the Four Great Families of South City, she still possessed this bit of discernment under her family's cultivation.
At this, Xiao Luobing could already narrow his identity down to a very small range in her heart, probably encompassing just over a dozen first- and second-tier families in South City.
Although it was possible he was a tycoon from another region, she wasn't considering that scenario for now.
She more or less knew, or at least knew of, the young members of those families.
None of them were from a family surnamed Zhao, let alone anyone called "Zhao Jinfei"?
This further confirmed that since the other party had previously stated his identity could not be revealed, it was virtually certain that this name was not his real one.
Then, who was he?
Why couldn't he reveal his identity?
She felt puzzled and curious.
She was dying to know right now.
In her heart, the [Lone Brave] was a ray of light and a mentor who re-endowed her life with meaning.
Her company and career were her highest goals, but who the [Lone Brave] was became the matter she cared about most.
Speaking of which, it was also fate; he had been her life mentor, and now she was his acting teacher instead.
As for asking him directly? No way, absolutely not.
Obviously, since he didn't want to reveal his identity, regardless of the reason, she could not overstep her bounds.
This wasn't just violating his privacy.
She was also afraid: what if he ran away like a startled little rabbit?
Then what should she do? Was there any win-win method?
At this moment, Young Master Fei was currently having a breakdown over the original body's moral corruption and didn't pay attention to her. Staring at his somewhat distressed expression, Xiao Luobing suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
I've got it!
I'll quietly follow him to see which family he belongs to and who he is—just one look!
It should be fine if I just take a single look.
That way, she wouldn't disturb him, and she could figure out who he was!
After all, how could one not be curious about such mystery?
Especially when this mystery intertwined with her previous relationship with another identity, creating a wondrous bond.
Afterwards, she would just pretend she didn't know anything when class started.
Let's do it!
Thinking of this, she quickly put away her phone and flurriedly stood up.
She needed to head out and leave first; although the necessity wasn't high, just in case he was full of vigilance.
A vigilant person would notice whether someone was following behind them.
Yet no one would expect the person who left first to be tailing them!
"Zhao... Zhao Jinfei, I've added you. See you next class; I have some things to handle and I'm leaving."
Back to the present.
Sitting in the car seat, drinking a couple sips of water to calm her mood, Xiao Luobing drove her car to a secluded spot and began staring at the café entrance, waiting for him to come out.
On the other side, Young Master Fei stepped out of the café completely oblivious. He was still stuck in a daze, overwhelmed by the original novel villain's dissolute and lawless nature. Traveling low-profile, he didn't drive a car and instead hailed a cab straight back to the hospital.
Following effortlessly right behind, Xiao Luobing trailed him all the way to the hospital, got out of the car, and watched as he entered a ward. After making a brief inquiry, she found out.
This was the room of Young Master Fei of the Fei family, Fei Yangyao, who had been beaten and sent here over a fight for a romantic rival.
Fei Yangyao?
How could it be him?
She didn't know much about this Young Master Fei of the Fei family.
Yet from the public evaluation she occasionally overheard from others, she knew he was a dissolute and wicked young master, even ranking at the very top of the folk "Vicious Young Master Leaderboard".
This was the most unexpected answer of all.
South City's vicious young master?
Was this his identity?
No, this should just be a facade.
Thinking carefully, although Young Master Fei's notorious reputation was known to everyone in South City and even "renowned" throughout the Southern Kingdom, when it came to any specific bad deeds he had committed, she had never seen anyone actually point them out—they were all groundless rumors.
Take this hospital admission over "fighting for a romantic rival", for instance; was it even true?
Since the [Lone Brave] was the one who led her out of the darkness, she firmly believed that Fei Yangyao's inherent nature was kind.
She unconditionally refused to believe any bad deeds he had supposedly done.
Yet, why was there such a contrast?
She recalled his words and expressions back in the café: "What I'm playing is a villain designed around a wicked and dissolute young master persona. He mainly has the following settings: goddess simping, which has the highest priority; valuing contract principles; a terrible reputation; and turning dark after the goddess follows the protagonist..."
"Zhao Jinfei"—no, now it was Fei Yangyao.
What did he mean by that sentence?
Playing the role of a wicked young master?
Why on earth would he want to act like a dissolute and wicked young master?
Why did he want to hide himself from the world?
And that goddess he mentioned should be Gu Xiyue, right?
Since he had no feelings for Gu Xiyue, why would he pursue her?
What did he mean by that protagonist he mentioned?
Who was the protagonist?
Xiao Luobing had originally thought she would be satisfied just by catching a glimpse of him, but she never expected that it would spawn even more doubts instead.
Unable to figure it out, she decided to get into contact with Fei Yangyao a bit more.
Not to clear up her own doubts.
Rather, it was to help him!
Listening to his complaints earlier, he seemed pretty troubled as well.
Since that was the case...
You used to illuminate the direction forward for me, so now let me lend you a little helping hand!
Deciding she wouldn't think about the problems she couldn't solve, she would take care of his troubles first.
She silently made up her mind and heavily punched the air with her right hand, yet the tactile sensation felt wrong...
"Ah!"
Turning her head, Xiao Luobing discovered that she had accidentally punched a young woman whose hair tips were slightly yellowish.
"Sorry, sorry..."
"It's fine, it's fine." Waving her hand to indicate she didn't mind, that young woman walked straight into Fei Yangyao's ward.
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