Chapter 27: The Situation Is Unclear
I think I might be the unluckiest person in the world.
My luck stat must be in the negative by now, or perhaps someone stole all my luck, causing me to be calculated by misfortune index instead of luck. I’m even more unfortunate than someone with an ‘E’ rating for luck.
My otherwise ordinary life has just taken a major turn.
My girlfriend killed me with her own hands.
The murder weapon was a triangular chokehold, and the cause of death was asphyxiation. Perhaps the only consolation is that I died on my girlfriend’s belly…
Ah… Grandpa… I didn’t expect to see you before my dad…
If there’s a next life, I want to try being a woman…
Thinking this, I tried to make a gesture of clasping my hands together in prayer, but I suddenly realized…
I don’t have hands at all!
No, it’s not just that; there are many other strange things!
Didn’t I die!
Then why can I still think?
Is this the legendary near-death state? Or have I already soul-exited? Or perhaps it was all just a dream?
Did I… really die?
In the endless darkness, I had no senses, only the ability to think. If I didn’t think, I felt I would just disappear.
But if I just disappeared, wouldn’t that be for the best…
In the funeral home where my mom worked, there was a quote written: ‘Death is the great equalizer, and the great freedom,’ a famous quote by Hugo.
Since I was young, I knew that death would come eventually, but I never expected to face it so soon.
Achieving freedom… Well, there’s no use thinking about it. If I really died, no matter how unwilling I was, I’d have to bid farewell to this world.
So I gave up thinking.
Then, my memories began to fade.
I started to forget all past events, the experiences of my life, and the history of my journey.
Finally, I even forgot who I was.
Dying like this… disappearing… losing my soul… ceasing to exist.
“No! Don’t die!”
A voice suddenly echoed, stirring the stillness of my thoughts.
Who is it? Whose voice is that?
“Please! Don’t die! Please stay by my side!”
Who is she?
Why is she calling me?
Suddenly, my dimming consciousness, on the verge of disappearing, found something to anchor to. The feeling of my body completely returned, my lungs began to function, my heart resumed its beat, blood flowed, oxygen was supplied, and my thought processes restarted.
“Cough…”
I coughed and weakly opened my eyes.
Am I… not dead?
Who saved me?
Before I could ponder further, a person I would never forget appeared in my sight!
It was Ji Lianbing!
The murderer is right beside me!
Damn it!
I shot up onto my upper body, shielded my head with both hands, and retreated backward, peeking at Ji Lianbing through my fingers.
She… saved me?
No, she just killed me, and now she’s saving me?
Why would she do something so unnecessary? Is she trying to toy with me?
I was filled with questions, but no one answered them. I could only sit there in a daze, unsure of what to do.
I touched my neck, and the feeling of being choked by her thigh still lingered.
This means I really did die… Or, if not, I must have at least fainted.
But during my period of unconsciousness, something must have happened to make Ji Lianbing give up on finishing me off, allowing me to wake up now.
Speaking of Ji Lianbing…
I shifted my gaze to Ji Lianbing.
“…”
Ji Lianbing paid no attention to my every move. She simply covered her face with her hands, buried her head between her knees, her shoulders shaking rhythmically.
She’s… crying?
Why is she crying suddenly?
Is she sad about my death? Or is she hurt in her pride that I didn’t die?
I can’t understand it at all…
Perhaps it’s because I just experienced death once, my brain function hasn’t fully recovered, making it impossible for me to think about complex matters or analyze the logical connections between clues and the cause-and-effect of events.
Then I noticed Ji Lianbing’s title.
【Love████】
【Ji Lianbing】
Her title has changed!
Except for the first character, which is still ‘Love,’ the others have become undecipherable, as if many characters were superimposed to black out the entire square.
This is the first time I’ve seen a title change, and it’s become invisible.
Did something change with my abilities? Or did Ji Lianbing herself have a problem?
What on earth happened? I have no clue!
Moreover, the color of her title has changed.
Unlike the eerie purple before, it’s now pink… No, it’s deeper and redder than pink, it’s a rosy pink.
Xinran and Keling’s titles were also pink, but it was a light pink, like cherry blossom petals.
Ji Lianbing’s title is a more vibrant pink. What do you call this color? I remember learning about it in middle school art class… Rose red? Anyway, it’s roughly a mixture of pink and red.
What’s going on here?
Could she be faking it again?
Ji Lianbing can control her emotions and change her title color at will, making me misunderstand. So, it’s not impossible that she’s faking her tears now to lure me in.
“…”
In any case, I should leave this place first.
Whatever happened, I’m alive! And for some reason, Ji Lianbing is in some kind of standby mode!
This is a great opportunity to escape!
Let’s go! Let’s go! I need to get out of this unlucky place, take a shower, and go to sleep!
I intended to turn and leave directly, but seeing Ji Lianbing crying there, my heart softened.
Tsk, I really can’t leave her like this…
Even though I knew she had just tried to kill me, and it might be a trap set by Ji Lianbing, I still approached her like an idiot.
She was still crying. As I approached, I could hear her sobs… I patted her shoulder, but she showed no reaction.
I slipped my left arm between her calf and thigh, raised my arm to support her hamstrings, and with my right arm around her shoulders, I picked her up in a princess carry.
Ji Lianbing reacted slightly. She removed her hands from her face and clutched my clothes. Before I could get a clear look at her face, she pressed her face against my chest.
I felt a slight wetness on my chest, confirming that she was truly crying, not faking it.
Alright… What could make Ji Lianbing cry?
Did she see a ghost?
For example, did my ghost suddenly appear before her and scare her into crying?
Cough… I don’t even believe that myself.
Holding Ji Lianbing like this, I suddenly remembered the story of ‘The Farmer and the Viper.’ I hope this beautiful viper, Ji Lianbing, won’t suddenly bite and kill me, the unlucky farmer, once she recovers.
I still have the library key Lily gave me, so let’s head to the library first.
However, the integrated building is not connected to the main teaching building like the science building. The first-floor door has already been locked, and the first-floor windows are all fitted with security bars, so I can only leave from the second-floor window.
Jumping out of a second-floor window with someone in my arms is very risky, and I might get injured. But I can’t afford to worry about that anymore. I can’t stay in the teaching building with Ji Lianbing until tomorrow morning, can I?
God knows what else could happen in this time!
Confirming the landscaped area in the campus courtyard, I adjusted my breathing and took a leap!
I successfully landed on the green space, though I landed in a rather embarrassing pose… my butt and right foot sank into the greenery, getting entangled with the small branches.
Fortunately, the greenery provided a buffer, otherwise, my pelvis would have probably shattered on the spot… Hahaha…
Despite my struggles, Ji Lianbing remained unresponsive, but she seemed to have stopped crying.
Because my butt was stuck in the greenery, it was quite troublesome to get free without using my hands. So, I tightened my grip on Ji Lianbing, quickly moved my left leg to struggle and widen the area of damage.
Finally, I managed to reach the edge of the green space, and my left foot touched the ground.
At this point, my pants were torn in several places, I was covered in leaves, and my thighs and calves were stinging from being pricked by branches. I was a mess.
Yesterday my school uniform top got damaged, and today my school uniform pants are torn again. I’m so unlucky.
“Hah…”
With a sigh, and having rested enough, I used my left foot as a pivot and pushed hard! I pulled my right foot out of the greenery and then twisted to place my right foot on the ground as well!
Then, with one push, I left the green space.
During this process…
Riiiiip~
The familiar sound of tearing fabric echoed. Just as I despondently thought I might be naked, I felt the lower half of my body still in contact with fabric.
Then where did it tear?
With this question, I looked back for the answer and found that what was hanging on the greenery was not my pants, but a garment worn below the waist.
It was Ji Lianbing’s skirt.
“Uh…”
Damn it! What should I do now!
It wasn’t my pants that tore, but Ji Lianbing’s skirt!
Her two beautiful, dazzling white thighs, now exposed without the skirt, along with her underwear, were right before my eyes.
Damn it! I’m doomed!
Why did this have to happen at this particular moment!
There have been quite a few lucky pervert incidents happening around me lately! Is that damned Charm Magic Circle in my head acting up! I don’t want this kind of dangerous benefit!
As I expected, after losing her skirt, Ji Lianbing couldn’t take it anymore.
Her face left my chest, her eyes were red, and her face was flushed.
“…”
The atmosphere was a little strange. She didn’t seem angry, but rather… shy?
“Ah~”
A soft scream.
“Don’t look! It’s embarrassing!”
Upon realizing her skirt was gone, Ji Lianbing quickly tried to pull down her school uniform jacket to cover her underwear, but how could such an action be effective? At best, it could only cover the bow on her panties.
No, Ji Lianbing’s reaction is strange… it’s too strange!
A cold wind blew, clearing my head a bit. Ji Lianbing covered her backside with her right hand and rubbed her thighs, saying with a flushed face.
“Cheng Jun… It’s so cold… Can you cover me?”
My eyes almost popped out! I might be seeing a fake Ji Lianbing!
Under this shock, I lost my mind and did something incredibly foolish.
In the confusion, I used my right hand to press the back of her head, pushing her face against my shoulder, as if doing so could deceive myself into believing it would hide everything.
Then I ran towards the integrated building.
The title above her head was still on my shoulder.
Hmm? The black squares seem to be gone?
I quickly ran to the edge of the wall and stopped. I put her down from my embrace and slightly released my right hand holding the back of her head, turning her face towards me.
The title, which had been replaced by black squares, had stabilized. However, the re-formed characters were not “Necrophiliac Killer,” but…
【Jun Cheng Type Girlfriend】
【Ji Lianbing】
…Jun Cheng Type Girlfriend?
Huh?
Ji Lianbing cupped her face, her cheeks turning red all the way to her earlobes. She didn’t dare to look at me again and said in a voice barely audible.
“Ugh… Cheng Jun is so perverted…”
So soft!
My girlfriend can’t be this soft!
