"Xiuxiu told me."
Xiao Xiao answered honestly. Then he said no more, only adding, "She was worried about you."
He thought Chen Ying would understand.
Chen Ying looked surprised for a moment, then her expression cleared. "She really does trust you, Master Xiao."
When she'd called Xiuxiu earlier and Xiuxiu had immediately asked where she was, Chen Ying had realized that Xiuxiu knew she hadn't come home all night.
She hadn't expected Xiuxiu to tell Master Xiao about her, too.
That explained how Master Xiao knew she'd spent the night with this girl.
At the mention of the girl, Chen Ying glanced at her, her expression complicated.
Then she looked at the others. "I don't know what's going on with her, either."
"She was already like this when I found her."
Last night, Chen Ying had gotten back some materials someone had borrowed from her. After watching the person leave, she was just about to head back upstairs to her dorm when she suddenly heard a noise.
It came from behind the bushes nearby.
"Rustle, rustle~"
It sounded like some small animal scurrying through them.
But what small animals could there be on campus?
Could it be a rat?
Chen Ying guessed.
An ordinary girl would have left immediately, but Chen Ying had never been afraid of cockroaches or rats.
In fact, she'd killed more cockroaches and rats than she could count.
When Xiuxiu had called earlier, why had Chen Ying's roommates said she was a tough girl who was unlikely to get into trouble? It wasn't just because she knew women's self-defense.
It was also because her fearlessness toward cockroaches and rats—and her determination to exterminate them—had left such a deep impression on her roommates. They'd been amazed.
Without much hesitation, Chen Ying headed toward the bushes