Noticing the Pipa ghost's expression, a hint of amusement flashed in Xiao Xiao's eyes.
The moment the bell rang, the quiet school building erupted into a hubbub.
The students filed out of their classrooms, chatting and laughing as they left the building.
"You all go on ahead."
Xiao Xiao's eyes curved slightly.
"A friend came to see me."
"Oh."
Zhang Bo and the others didn't think much of it.
"Then we'll head off first."
"See you."
"See you."
Xiao Xiao smiled as he watched them disappear through the classroom door.
It seemed that in the blink of an eye, the vast classroom was left with only Xiao Xiao.
He turned to look at the Pipa ghost.
"Let's go, too."
The Pipa ghost lightly hopped down from the windowsill.
"Heh heh."
The Pipa ghost smiled at Lord Xiao Xiao, its eyes crinkling.
Xiao Xiao couldn't help smiling, too.
Although he was used to the Pipa ghost's grimaces,
still,
his aesthetic sense was normal—or, rather, mainstream.
With a boyish face like that, without an exaggerated grimace, even a simple smile looked pure and open, full of youthful charm.
It was enough to lift anyone's spirits.
Hmm.
Would people who liked horror movies feel delighted when they saw a ghost face, too?
Xiao Xiao didn't know.
After all, so far, he hadn't met anyone around him who liked horror movies.
Maybe because he himself didn't like them, "birds of a feather flock together," and he was less likely to meet people who did?
Wait.
Xiao Xiao tilted his head slightly.
It wasn't as if he had never met anyone who liked horror movies.
He thought of a former middle school classmate.
The student had transferred in later.
He...
Uh.
He knew why he'd overlooked that