Chapter 9 Lycoris (46/95)
Liu Haoyu’s words left Qin Liu unsure of how to respond.
However, it would be a lie to say she wasn’t happy.
Nobody likes their significant other being indecisive, especially when a relationship has already been established.
After a long period of silence, the young girl said with a slight blush on her face.
“Thank you…”
“There’s nothing to thank me for. Get some sleep early.”
After a day of running around, not only Liu Haoyu but also Qin Liu was utterly exhausted. She should have slept long ago, but she still had to make a trip to the folk custom shop.
Hearing Liu Haoyu’s words, Qin Liu’s sleepiness gradually crept up, and she let out a big yawn.
“Okay, you get some sleep early too.”
“Mhm.”
Qin Liu retreated back into Hong Yu.
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Time flew to the next day. Liu Haoyu hadn’t slept the entire night.
Before he could figure out Deng Xiaolin’s situation, he couldn’t possibly sleep peacefully.
If that ghost came out again in the middle of the night, he could at least react.
Watching the gradually rising sun, the man finally couldn’t help but stretch out with a big yawn.
Tonight is Christmas Eve.
It seemed that the fierce ghost hadn’t come, which was a good thing.
“Yawn~”
After more than thirty consecutive hours without sleep, even Liu Haoyu felt a little tired.
He stood up, preparing to take Qin Liu back to the haunted house to sleep.
But at this moment, he heard a sound from behind him.
These were Deng Xiaolin’s footsteps.
“Hao-ge, you haven’t slept all night?”
“Almost. With that ghost not showing up, I couldn’t sleep soundly. And judging by your appearance, you don’t seem to have slept well either.”
Liu Haoyu pointed at Deng Xiaolin’s dark circles and said.
“You can actually sleep with peace of mind.”
“I slept too much during the day yesterday, so I couldn’t sleep at night.”
Deng Xiaolin said so, but everyone knew the real reason.
“So Hao-ge, where are you going?”
“I’m planning to go back to that dilapidated ruin to sleep for a while, and we’ll sort out your issues tonight.”
As he spoke, Liu Haoyu was about to get up and leave, but Deng Xiaolin stopped him.
“You don’t need to mind my feelings so much, Hao-ge…”
A faint smile hung on the girl’s face.
Deng Xiaolin had always been a strong girl.
Last night, she kept blaming herself, wishing she had taken action sooner.
But she also knew very well that no matter how hard she tried, Liu Haoyu would never consider her as a lover. He had always treated her as a younger sister, and it had always been like that.
Being too familiar had become the biggest obstacle to crossing the final threshold.
Deng Xiaolin sighed inwardly but maintained that faint smile on her face.
“Hao-ge, look at you. You shouldn’t be driving. Why don’t you rest in the guest room here?”
“…Alright.”
Liu Haoyu knew very well that refusing at this moment would be the best choice, but…
The other party was, after all, one of the people he was most familiar with, so Liu Haoyu couldn’t bring himself to refuse her.
“Then I’ll have to trouble you for a while.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay. Hao-ge, hurry up and get some sleep.”
The girl half-pushed Liu Haoyu into the guest room.
“If you’re hungry, the food is in the refrigerator. Don’t forget to eat.”
After speaking, the girl closed the door and walked outside.
Walking on the street, after an unknown amount of time, the smile on Deng Xiaolin’s face gradually turned bitter, finally turning into a heavy sigh.
“I failed, I truly failed. Who told me to hesitate and never make up my mind?”
Saying that, the girl headed towards the school.
Although she was still a student, she had a lot of things to do.
“Xiaolin, where were you yesterday? I didn’t see you all day.”
The one asking was Deng Xiaolin’s roommate, who was also a like-minded fellow traveler.
She was very fond of urban legends and supernatural literary works and movies.
“I was sick yesterday, so I didn’t come. Anyway, there weren’t many classes.”
In most majors, university is indeed a little easier than high school.
Of course, only a little.
“That’s true. But I still have a class, so I’ll be going ahead.”
Saying that, the roommate ran off.
Deng Xiaolin waved to the retreating figure, then prepared to put her shoulder bag into the cabinet.
However, when she was about to take out the books inside, she froze.
For some reason, there was a bright red flower inside the shoulder bag.
The shape of this flower was very strange, but Deng Xiaolin recognized it at a glance.
A Lycoris…?
Deng Xiaolin was a bit confused.
Although there were Lycoris blooming at this time of year, the problem was why there was something like this in her shoulder bag?
Jiang Liu University didn’t plant this kind of flower either!
Deng Xiaolin held the flower in her hand, but just touching it made her feel a chill down her spine.
It seemed that this alluring red flower was something unclean.
Without further hesitation, she immediately threw the Lycoris into the trash can.
Then, she took out a purification talisman from her shoulder bag, put it into a cup of water, and took a big gulp of water.
Only then did she feel a bit more at ease.
“Ding ding ding!!”
At this moment, the bell rang, and Deng Xiaolin looked at the time and realized it was bad.
Then she rushed to the classroom.
Fortunately, the lecturer was also a slacker, and when Deng Xiaolin arrived, there was no one on the podium, allowing her to catch her breath.
She placed her books on the desk and the textbooks for other courses into the drawer.
However, as she put her hand into the drawer, she touched that familiar sensation again.
She suddenly looked down into the drawer.
Lying inside was an alluring, bright red Lycoris.
The petals on it felt incredibly familiar to Deng Xiaolin, as if this flower… was the one she had thrown away.
“…”
Deng Xiaolin’s face stiffened, and her lips turned a little pale.
Just looking at this Lycoris made her feel as if her heart was a cup filled with water, and panic was constantly overflowing.
This flower, something was wrong…
There was definitely a problem!
Lycoris is also called the flower of the dead, a symbol of inauspiciousness. Was this just a coincidence? Who put it there?
Or was that flying-head monster still watching her somewhere?
But with so many people here, he wouldn’t dare to make a move here, would he?
Deng Xiaolin stared at the Lycoris in the drawer, and inexplicably, a very strange illusion arose in her heart.
It was as if this flower was also looking at her…
In the quiet classroom, there was no noise, making it feel so strange and terrifying.
The midday sun fell on her, but it exuded an icy chill.
Deng Xiaolin took a deep breath and shifted her gaze away from the Lycoris in the drawer.
She looked up and asked a classmate next to her.
“Li Ling, do you know who put this flower here?”
“…”
The classmate next to her turned her head slowly, like a stiff corpse.
But the moment Deng Xiaolin saw her face, she almost jumped up in fright.
Li Ling’s face had been completely covered by the old man’s face.
He was grinning ferociously, and the surrounding students also turned their heads.
Like Li Ling, they were all covered by the old man’s face, and everyone was staring at Deng Xiaolin.
They had a strange expression of a half-smile on their faces.
Deng Xiaolin’s brain exploded, and she was so scared that she couldn’t speak.
And as she stood there stunned, these people with the exact same face, in the same hoarse voice, said to Deng Xiaolin.
“This flower belongs to you.”
