The scene immediately became still.
Ning Yiâs frozen brain worked hard for a moment, but still couldnât understand. She opened her mouth, ââ¦Huh?â
Lu Xu Nan was also forced by anxiety just now and said it as soon as he opened his mouth. At this moment, he belatedly started feeling nervous.
He and Ning Yi stared at each other. He swallowed dryly, and a trembling syllable sounded from his throat, âEn.â
Ning Yi: ââ¦â
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Thus, the scene was still again. For a while, only the slight rustling sound when the wind was blowing over the treetops could be heard. If listening carefully, even the sound of one anotherâs shallow breathing could be heard.
But other than that, there was nothing else.
Lu Xu Nan couldnât muster any words. He turned his ears slightly to listen carefully and found that he really couldnât hear any other sounds.
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Rv oyp y pvayoclaau qzyhsale byae nydeu.
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âFor you.â He said dryly.
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Ning Yiâs body shook slightly, like she just came back to her senses.
She glanced quickly across the pink fruit candy in Lu Xu Nanâs palm and the corners of his tightly pursed lips and erratic eyes. Her eyebrows suddenly raised, and she humphed softly, âDonât think I donât know what youâre thinking! Put away your bellyful of fanciful tricks, itâs useless, I wonât be fooled!â
Lu Xu Nan was simply stunned, â?â
What does this mean?
Ning Yi didnât give him any time to react. She raised her hand and slapped his hand away. The strawberry candy in his palm fell into the grass on the side in a not very graceful parabola.
Lu Xu Nan subconsciously squatted down to pick it up. As soon as his fingertips touched the candy wrapper, he heard a loud voice behind him, âDonât think of hindering my studies!â, followed by a series of footsteps.
He grabbed the candy, stood up, and looked back. Ning Yi had already run away.
When Lu Xu Nan was standing behind the tree chewing candy and twisting tree leaves sourly, he had imagined Ning Yiâs reaction after he confessed.
Perhaps shocked, or embarrassed, or evenâ¦even blushing as she told him her too. No matter what, he didnât expect that it would turn out this wayâ¦
Lu Xu Nan sat down on the bench next to him, knocked on his forehead twice with his fists, and said to himself, âWhat are you doing? You can stop working any other time, but you specifically do it at this time? Are you messing with me?!â
What does Ning Yiyi mean? What purpose would he have for liking her? How did it turn into fooling her? And hindering her studies? Although he really doesnât like to study, if she agrees, even if she asked him to study and do problems with her regularly, progress together or the like, it wasnât impossibleâ¦
What is running away like this? It wasnât like he would eat her. Besides, she didnât even hide when Xiao Xue Ji wanted to hug her before! Damn!
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Thinking of this, Lu Xu Nan furiously unwrapped the candy in his palm and stuffed it into his mouth, venting his anger and ruthlessly chewing it into pieces.
The sweet strawberry fragrance filled his lips, teeth, and nose, neutralizing the sourness coming from his bones.
Lu Xu Nanâs irritation gradually subsided.
He pressed the tip of his tongue against the last little piece of candy in his mouth, and suddenly an idea flashed through his mind and he grasped onto the thought.
It seemed to be that both times the mind reading ability failed, Xu Xing Ji was present?
The last time he was in the Ning familyâs garden, he rushed over to pull Ning Yi, but his mind reading ability stopped working not long after, and it took quite a while to recover. It was the same this time. Clearly, he could still hear what Ning Yi was thinking at first, but then it suddenly stopped working.
Andâ¦he had never heard Xu Xing Jiâs thoughts.
Crunch.
The last piece of candy was also crushed.
Lu Xu Nanâs expression became serious.
No, there was something wrong with Xu Xing Ji, this person.
Because there was something on his mind, Lu Xu Nan wasnât paying attention when he walked back. It was only when he returned to his senses that he found he had gone in the opposite direction of the field.
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This was a small grove behind the schoolâs auditorium, far away from the school building. Usually, when there werenât any events, no one would come here except for young couples secretly dating.
It probably took about twenty minutes to walk back to the classroom from here.
Lu Xu Nan frowned and turned around to leave, but suddenly heard a familiar voice.
âI just wanted to watch the show and take a break while I was at it, but now I have to help with the shield. Tsk tsk, there really arenât many living Lei Fengs like me who are selfless and dedicated~~~â
Lu Xu Nan couldnât help but follow the sound to look out from behind the old banyan tree that had the circumference of two peopleâs embraceâ¦
Xu Xing Ji who said that there was something at home and left to take the call was sitting not far in front with his back facing him. He moved slightly from time to time, doing something.
Lu Xu Nan didnât hide. He walked directly from out behind the tree. When he walked, he stepped on the fallen leaves on the ground and made a slight crunch.
Xu Xing Ji quickly muted when he heard the sound, simultaneously quickly put his right hand on his left wrist, and looked back vigilantly.
Because of the movement of turning around, a small part that was originally blocked by his shoulders was exposed.
At that moment, Lu Xu Nan vaguely saw a blue light flash across the dark gray tabletop. It looked a little like a keyboard.
He was taken aback and asked, âWhat was that on the table just nowâ¦â
Xu Xing Ji silently put down his right hand that was on the watch and a dark light of surprise flashed in his slightly drooping eyes. He gestured for a while and interrupted him to ask back, âHuh? On the table? Is there anything on the table?â
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Lu Xu Nan walked forward a few steps and only saw an ordinary gray stone table with nothing on it.
Almost instinctively, he felt a greater uneasiness in his mind than before.
Lu Xu Nan lifted his eyes to look at Xu Xing Ji, his eyes darkened, âDidnât you have something to take care of? What are you doing here?â
Xu Xing Ji didnât flinch. He slanted the corner of his lips, raised his eyebrows, and said, âIt seems to have nothing to do with you, right?â
âWhat you do isnât any of my business,â Lu Xu Nan said, taking another half step in Xu Xing Jiâs direction. He put his palm on the stone tabletop, staring down at the other person, and said each word distinctly, âBut if you have any thoughts about Ning Yi, donât blame me for being rude to you.â
Xu Xing Ji crossed his arms, smiling calmly.
Lu Xu Nan was silent for a moment, then slightly bent down and looked at him, his eyes dark and dangerous.
He said, âDonât have any bad thoughts, I can tell what youâre thinking.â
[Beepâ]
[Detection of abnormal external energy to initiate a strong intention for exploration on the host, the protection system will automatically turn on. Smart system will end forced dormancy after 5 seconds and launch a counterattack. 5, 4, â¦]
The energy fluctuations from this guy can actually trigger the smart system to automatically end its dormancy!
Xu Xing Ji was clearly startled, but soon returned to normal.
He raised his hand to pretend to look at the time and quickly double tapped his finger on the side of the watch to forcefully terminate the restart of the system. Then he raised his eyes to look at Lu Xu Nan who had threatened him, and said with a smile, âReally? Then what am I thinking now? Can you hear it?â
Lu Xu Nan heard him and couldnât help but hate his half-baked mind reading ability. Not only were there plenty of restrictions, but it also kept going wrong.
Xu Xing Ji focused his attention on the fingers of energy that were constantly waving and hitting the barrier. He squinted, stood up and said to Lu Xu Nan, âSince you canât hear it, then Iâm going to go first or else I wonât make it to Physics.â
After he finished speaking, he turned and walked back. Taking advantage of the cover of his body, he brought his watch up and skillfully operated it, then he raised his eyebrows and slowly walked off on the trail.
Outside of the humanâs visible spectrum, a tiny hole opened in the colorless barrier surrounding Xu Xing Jiâs brain. A ray of light golden energy penetrated in and was crushed into scattered light particles when it touched Xu Xing Jiâs brain and dissipated in the air.
At the same time, Lu Xu Nanâs temples jumped twice, and he couldnât help pressing his temples, hissing in pain. He felt the same sharp pain from the last time his mind reading ability failed burrowing outward from his brain.
Xu Xing Ji who had already walked up to the shaded path lined with trees glanced under the tree from afar, and saw Lu Xu Nan clutching his head. He hummed a mismatched tune, âA dog biting Lu Dongbin, canât recognize a good person1~ So arrogant, let you suffer a little~â
Suddenly, he paused at the thought of something, and then knocked his forehead in annoyance. He sighed, âDamn, seems like I accidentally helped him again! Tsk, really let this guy benefitâ¦â
Two blooming flowers, we focus on each individually2.
On the other side, Ning Yi threw off Lu Xu Nan and ran away from the lake. She ran a long way in a panic, but when she turned around, she saw that there was no one chasing and stopped with her hands on her knees.
She raised her hand and supported herself with the tree trunk beside her, panting heavily. It took a short while to finally calm down, but the heart in her chest cavity was still drumming unceasingly.
The impact of Lu Xu Nanâs sudden confession was much bigger than Xu Xing Jiâs. Her mind was blank at the time, she felt that she understood each word individually, but didnât understand what they meant together.
Her first reaction after she recovered was that Dog Lu was playing tricks again.
This rascal couldnât see her being well off, right? He probably saw that she was suddenly brave enough to seize first place, became the âother familyâs childâ, and he was nagged by Aunt Hong and Uncle Lu at home so he came up with such an idea to make her fake it and return to the days of cushioning him!
Yes, it must be so! No wonder there were fireflies and candies, showing goodwill out of nowhere! He planned to do this when he discovered her Quiz King identity early on, right?
Dog Lu is really extremely dog, a stomach full of bad water! Butâ¦
The picture of Lu Xu Nan standing awkwardly in front of her handing her candy once again resurfaced. So nervous he didnât dare look her in the eyes, secretly wiping his sweaty palms, and red ears that couldnât be hidden by his short hairâ¦
Ahâ This rascalâs acting skills are too great, right?! In order to achieve his goal, he can be so unscrupulous!
Ning Yi raised her hand and tapped on her heart heavily twice, frowning, âWhatâs going on, do I have heart arrhythmia? Why does it keep beating so fast, it wonât slow downâ¦â
The ringing of the dismissal bell suddenly rang, and she straightened up abruptly. Ning Yi looked around and found that she had blindly run near the school auditorium.
âItâs all that stinky rascal Dog Luâs fault, Iâm so tiredâ¦â She mumbled as she oriented herself, and hurried back to the classroom with lead-filled legs.
Passing through a small patch of begonias, Ning Yi turned the corner and came out from behind a gray building. Her vision was obstructed by a big tall and dark shadow.
Her body instinctively trembled, and her short exclamation was blocked by a familiar embrace.
The young man with a figure almost that of an adult man pressed down, Ning Yiâs waist was firmly clasped and she had no choice but to be pressed tightly against the other personâs warm chest. Her nose was filled with the faint lemon scent of his clothes from the laundry detergent mixed with the fragrance of strawberries from somewhere.
She was momentarily absent-minded due to that smell, but she quickly recovered.
Her white teeth biting her pink lips, she angrily raised her right hand that was hanging at her side to push this rascal that came out of nowhere away, âLu! Xu! Nan! Youâ¦â
Her angry scolding stopped abruptly.
Ning Yi felt a sudden hotness on her neck.
The abnormally high temperature passed through the other personâs lips, and she heard Lu Xu Nanâs voice that seemed to be sighing yet also suppressing some grievanceâ
âI finally found you.â
[1]çå¬åæ´å®¾ï¼ä¸è¯å¥½äººå¿ : idiom; biting the hand that feeds you, mistaking a good person for a bad one (Wiktionary, LÇ Dong Bin)
[2] è±å¼ä¸¤æµï¼å表ä¸æ : a narration/narrative storytelling technique that means many things happened (in the story) and they will be covered one by one (Baidu)