Chapter 223

"Why are you suddenly so curious about everything? Asking these questions is less useful than getting Chun Qiu a couple more bags of cat food. The last bag of cat food we have at home isn't enough either." ..."That's good..." "If a cat is too fat, it will affect its health." Xia Yan nodded, not saying anything more. The elevator opened with a "ding," and many students were busily moving back and forth in the lobby on the first floor. "Then I'll go back first, bye-bye." The girl didn't extend her hand from her sleeve, but instead patted Xia Yan beside her with her right hand. "?" "Are you having an episode?" Hua Xin looked at Xia Yan, who had suddenly grabbed her right hand, completely bewildered. She didn't understand what was happening. Part of her slightly longer sleeve had drooped down, clearly indicating that Xia Yan had grasped her wrist. Her figure had always been slender, and Xia Yan could easily hold her wrist completely. Although she had a normal diet of two or three dishes and a soup while working at the cat cafe, her already half-dead state, fueled by various vitamin concentrates and basic nutritional intake, along with her semi-annual meat-eating breaks, had made it impossible for Hua Xin to gain weight. In fact, the girl's life had only just started to improve two or three months ago. Hua Xin was naturally bewildered by Xia Yan's control, and then, struggling slightly, said irritably, "I'll miss the last shop selling five-yuan duck racks." "If you're going to be a pervert, at least pick a girl." "Sorry..." "Hmm... it's been a long time since we chatted together, I just couldn't bear to part with her." Xia Yan realized his unusual behavior and quickly released his grip on the girl's wrist. Then, to cover his embarrassment, he placed his hand on her hair and ruffled the wind-blown hair from the rooftop of the teaching building. "Get lost, disgusting." Hua Xin rubbed her wrist through her sleeve, snorted coldly, and took a few steps back as if avoiding some pervert. Then she adjusted her backpack strap and walked towards the exit. "Bye-bye." The girl shook her arm in response to Xia Yan. Xia Yan stood there, silently watching Hua Xin's back, but his eyes were no longer calm. His gaze was fixed on the figure that disappeared into the crowd, a very thin figure covered by clothes, gradually receding into the distance. Even after he had walked out of the teaching building and could no longer see Hua Xin, he still did not leave. Instead, he stood there, seemingly lost in thought. He had just... touched something. ———————————————— Hua Xin had just walked out of the teaching building, lowered her head and lifted her sleeve. On her wrist was a faint red mark and what looked like something pressed against her skin. Xia Yan had used too much force. "What's wrong with this little virgin..." The girl rubbed her wrist with some heartache and muttered softly. She knew her own body well, of course. Her body seemed quite sensitive lately; bumps and scrapes easily left bruises and red marks, very noticeable against her fair skin. She'd only left about two weeks after accidentally bumping her calf while working at the cat cafe. "Let's have dinner tonight." "I've been waiting for you." A familiar but slightly tired voice suddenly reached her ears, causing the girl to instantly pull up her sleeves and instinctively look up. Before the girl could answer, she completely shut down the conversation. "You were with him just now, weren't you?" "Maybe I'll go find him in the teaching building now." "You can tell me about yourself." 168. Threatening me? I...I'll just pack up?! 4k A coffee shop a bit far from the school was rather deserted on this Thursday, a non-weekend. Only a few men and women were chatting and laughing, seemingly looking for a date spot away from school after class. Quiet places always give people a sense of security. In a corner by the window, Lin Qingyu rested her cheek on her hand on the table, gently stirring her beautifully decorated coffee with a stirrer. The spoon bobbed up and down in the swirling coffee. She didn't speak, but stopped stirring and opened her eyes, watching the coffee swirl until it became still and mirror-like. The murky coffee didn't reflect her face, just as Lin Qingyu couldn't reveal her inner turmoil or explain why she was in this state. But although she couldn't see anything in the coffee, she could see the person she wanted: Xia Yan. Lin Qingyu silently completed the name in her mind. Perhaps, even if the coffee couldn't reflect her or his face—because they were unrelated, like her current relationship with Xia Yan —she could still picture his face in her mind, as if he were sitting intimately beside her. Until the day Xia Yan 'Xia Yan. Therefore, she would constantly "motivate" herself in this way. Lin Qingyu picked up her coffee and took a small sip. The unsweetened coffee only had a direct, pungent bitterness that most people might not like, but she felt it helped her stay awake. She put the coffee cup down, the cup making a soft clinking sound on the saucer, which immediately alerted the girl sitting opposite her, who had her arms crossed. Her eyes narrowed as she awaited Lin Qingyu's next move. This woman was really... Hua Xin seemed to have run out of words to describe Lin Qingyu. Not only had she been waiting for her at the school building entrance, but she had also threatened her with the secret that she was now a girl, saying she would tell Xia Yan if she didn't go with her... tell your mother?! Thinking of this, the girl Red Temperature slightly and wanted to throw the coffee on the table... all over Lin Qingyu. After all, she was also a girl, and throwing coffee in a girl's face was too cruel; she'd just splash it on her. Kind-hearted Hua Xin wouldn't do anything ungentlemanly, well... as a good man. Fortunately, Lin Qingyu didn't do anything drastic. The fact that she could still sit calmly eating hotpot... well, looking at the coffee and desserts, proved that Lin Qingyu hadn't completely lost her mind; she could still be manipulated and coaxed. Hua Xin still vividly remembered Lin Qingyu's recent attempt to create an opportunity for her to directly seduce Xia Yan, and then make her go crazy afterward. Because Xia Yan had posted her photo on his WeChat Moments, Hua Xin couldn't take off her mask and hood to eat and drink. Watching her like this was actually a form of torture for the young woman, no less than being put in Little Black or subjected to a buzzer. "Who exactly is that girl?" "How did she meet Xia Yan?" Lin Qingyu crossed her legs, her height slightly taller than Hua Xin's, and when she straightened up and leaned back on the sofa, her icy gaze was incredibly intimidating. It was like a domineering female CEO judging the fate of her subordinates. "Greek milk." The girl shook her head, giving me a look that said, "I don't know anything, don't ask me because I don't know anything." "?"