"..."
Standing by the window, she gazed into the distance at the huge crowd gathered around Xi Shenlian's position.
Qian Shan Xuehui felt somewhat speechless, yet also more or less helpless.
"...I think you should try not to be so unconventional. Being watched by a huge crowd can be really embarrassing..."
Xi Shenlian, however, replied indifferently from the other end:
"I don't care. I've never cared about that sort of thing."
As long as he completely ignored everyone else, he naturally wouldn't care about their opinions or thoughts.
Faced with his refusal to listen,
Qian Shan Xuehui was rendered speechless.
Just as she was about to say something more,
a voice came from the other end of the phone:
"Oh~ I see you~"
"?"
At the same time, Qian Shan Xuehui's classmate came over to the window beside her and looked outside:
"Did something happen outside?"
That was Qian Shan Xuehui's friend.
Since the students responsible for cleaning had to be divided into groups, people who were close naturally ended up together.
Her friend's question
left Qian Shan Xuehui with no choice but to turn around and awkwardly wave her hands repeatedly at her:
"...Nothing happened..."
However, before she could finish speaking, she noticed that her friend's originally puzzled but otherwise normal expression had somehow turned into one of utter shock.
Even her mouth and eyes had widened dramatically without a hint of grace, as if she had seen an alien!
Then,
Qian Shan Xuehui saw her friend slowly raise her head, then slowly lower it again.
When her classmate's head was tilted slightly upward,
Xi Shenlian's voice sounded once more.
Only this time,
his voice no longer came from the phone. It came from the window behind her.
And through the shadow cast by the light in front of