Chapter 27: Seeking Help from Long Qinxin
Time flies, and it’s already Monday of the second week. There’s only one day left before the deadline Leng Qing Qiu gave.
Her weekend was good; Ouyang Qing didn’t cause her trouble again, and Leng Qing Qiu didn’t appear.
In the early morning, Lu Zhiyin woke up early as usual.
When she woke up, Ouyang Qing was still resting.
“…Sigh…”
Sighing, Lu Zhiyin felt troubled at the thought of having to approach Long Qinxin.
However, to get rid of Leng Qing Qiu, this was truly unavoidable…
Standing up, Lu Zhiyin quickly washed her face. Then, she took the macarons she hadn’t finished and set off on the path to the classroom.
The macarons were too sweet; after eating one, she was sure she couldn’t handle them.
But since she had spent a lot of money to buy them, she couldn’t bear to throw them away. So, she decided to share them with her classmates.
This was not a false mask put on to establish a persona, but her true intention. She genuinely wanted to share food with others and make more friends.
The word “friend” held profound meaning for Lu Zhiyin, both in her previous life and in this one.
“Why didn’t you wait for me?”
As Lu Zhiyin left the dormitory building, Ouyang Qing appeared behind her, having caught up at some point.
She followed Lu Zhiyin, and a simple question froze Lu Zhiyin in her tracks.
“Uh… we never went to school together before…”
Holding the macaron box in one hand and rubbing her forehead with the other,
Lu Zhiyin didn’t know what madness Ouyang Qing was going to exhibit again.
In fact, Ouyang Qing didn’t want to play tricks on her at the moment; she simply wanted to hold her hand.
After holding Lu Zhiyin’s hand for the first time, she couldn’t forget the touch of the girl’s delicate hand.
Yes… it was indeed comfortable.
“…”
Remaining silent, Ouyang Qing was stumped by Lu Zhiyin’s question. Indeed, after being here for so long, Ouyang Qing had never gone to school with Lu Zhiyin before.
They basically went to the classroom at different times.
“Come here, stand next to me.”
The question was a bit difficult to answer, but she didn’t need to answer Lu Zhiyin’s question, did she?
She was the owner, and Lu Zhiyin was the toy. What reason would an owner have to answer a toy’s question?
“… Liu Ling Wo Wo Shan! (Four) Ba: Zha\Think Oh…”
Nodding, Lu Zhiyin quietly stood by Ouyang Qing’s side.
Ouyang Qing then casually took Lu Zhiyin’s hand.
“…!?”
Her right hand was suddenly grasped again. A chilling cold spread from the soft palm covering her skin, making Lu Zhiyin’s body tremble.
She turned her head, looking at Ouyang Qing with disbelief.
Why did this person hold her again?
“What are you looking at? So surprised.”
Ouyang Qing felt uncomfortable under Lu Zhiyin’s shocked gaze. She didn’t act like this when shaking hands with Zhu Qing, did she?
Holding the girl’s hand, Ouyang Qing walked towards the teaching building.
Lu Zhiyin didn’t have time to think much more; she could only follow Ouyang Qing step by step.
“…It’s okay, it’s just a toy… just a toy.”
Whispering to herself, Ouyang Qing reinforced the concept of Lu Zhiyin being a toy.
She told herself that she was only holding the hand of a toy, not the limb of a lower life form.
“…”
Lu Zhiyin heard all her words. Her mood became a little low, but there were no major fluctuations.
After all, Lu Zhiyin already knew her place in Ouyang Qing’s heart.
…
Ouyang Qing walked quickly. When the two of them arrived at the classroom, it was much earlier than Lu Zhiyin usually arrived.
At the classroom door, Ouyang Qing let go of Lu Zhiyin’s hand.
“…”
Without a word, Lu Zhiyin, as if relieved, ran back to her seat. She placed the macarons in her desk compartment, took out her textbook, and prepared to review while waiting for Long Qinxin to arrive at school.
Ouyang Qing squeezed her hand, savoring the soft touch in her palm, feeling somewhat unfulfilled.
She returned to her seat, rested her head on her desk, and began to doze off.
“…”
Ignoring Ouyang Qing, who was sleeping next to her, Lu Zhiyin focused on her textbook. Now, her studies were no longer for some vague and unattainable goal of returning home. Instead, they were to secure a place in this world after graduation, so she wouldn’t starve to death.
As time passed, more students gradually filled the classroom.
The noisy environment was no longer conducive to studying, so Lu Zhiyin began distributing small desserts to the students who had arrived in the classroom.
“Thank you.”
“Lu Shiyu, you’re so generous.”
“Thank you, Lu Shiyu.”
…
Such words were endless, and soon, a box of macarons was finished, with more than half of the seats in the classroom still empty.
Lu Zhiyin threw the macaron box into the trash can.
She calculated the time and realized it was still early before class. So, she left the classroom and went to the corridor to wait quietly.
“…Wu Yin Qi Ba Pa ⊙m# Qi Liu Yin”
Leaning against the railing, Lu Zhiyin quietly looked at the dim sky in the distance.
The white clouds were excessively thick, showing signs of impending rain.
Rainy days weren’t very pleasant for Lu Zhiyin. It seemed that on every rainy day, some unpleasant events would occur.
Gazing at the distant clouds, Lu Zhiyin dazed off for a moment.
When she came back to her senses, a familiar person was already standing beside her.
Long Qinxin.
Unlike the Long Qinxin she first met with twin ponytails, today she didn’t style her hair, letting her black strands hang down from her shoulders. She wore a school uniform that was a size too large and carried a school bag.
Lu Zhiyin looked at the clouds in the distance, while Long Qinxin looked at Lu Zhiyin, who was closer.
“…Good morning, Zhiyin…”
The identical figure caused Long Qinxin to instinctively reach out.
She had been following Lu Zhiyin for a long time and couldn’t bear the feeling of only being able to spy from the shadows without being able to approach.
“…Good morning, classmate Long Qinxin, but I must remind you, I am not the Lu Zhiyin you know.”
Correcting the mistake in Long Qinxin’s words, Lu Zhiyin straightened her collar and stood up straight.
She was slightly taller than Long Qinxin, and her shadow cast over Long Qinxin, making it appear as if Lu Zhiyin was about to do something inappropriate to her.
Well… that was naturally impossible; it just looked that way.
“…Mm… I’m sorry, classmate Lu Shiyu.”
Shaking her head, Long Qinxin turned around, preparing to return to the classroom.
As she turned, Lu Zhiyin called out to her.
“Wait a moment, can you come with me? There’s something I want to talk to you about.”
As Lu Zhiyin’s words fell, Long Qinxin’s heart skipped a beat with trepidation.
She had been following Lu Zhiyin for a long time and was afraid that Lu Zhiyin was going to drive her away.
“Mm… Let’s talk over there.”
After a moment of hesitation, Lu Zhiyin pointed towards the restroom in the distance.
That was where Lu Zhiyin and Long Qinxin first connected. Lu Zhiyin thought that with her face, talking there would be twice as effective.
“Okay.” Foreign ‘ Two types of Lin Yin Qi Si Wu Ju B〒a
Long Qinxin lowered her head. Although she didn’t want to face it, following a strange classmate was indeed not right.
Long Qinxin was prepared to be reprimanded. She silently followed behind Lu Zhiyin, walking towards the restroom in the distance.
