Chapter 80: A Close Call

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Once Sister Yuan had fallen asleep from exhaustion beside him, Xiao Xi quickly scrambled up, opened WeChat, sent the photo, and completed the task.

Phew~

Crisis averted. Delete the chat history!

“Xiao Xi~”

“Huh?”

“Who were you chatting with? Let me see!”

Sister Yuan had woken up at some point, her tone carrying a hint of laziness and mild irritation. She reached out to snatch Xiao Xi’s phone. Despite his desperate resistance, it was useless—he couldn’t overpower her. Boohoo…

It’s… it’s over!

She’s going to find out about my communication with Sister Hua!

Xiao Xi’s whole body trembled with nervousness. Sister Yuan took the phone, furrowed her brow, and scrolled up and down. Xiao Xi watched helplessly as her slender fingers flipped through WeChat. Uh…

He felt doomed.

So this is the legendary phone check? No wonder so many girls willingly let their partners see their phones. But he…

It’s all his fault for not being careful enough!

Wuwu—

“Xiao Xi.”

Sister Yuan suddenly spoke, her brow still furrowed, her tone carrying a hint of lecturing. Xiao Xi understood—she was about to scold him. Maybe… maybe he was done for today.

Game over!

“Even though your parents are abroad, you should still keep in touch. They care about you. Last time I saw them, they specifically asked me to take good care of you. Look at you—you don’t contact your mom at all. There’s not even a chat history!”

Huh?

Xiao Xi turned his head, blinking in confusion.

“Am I wrong? You should keep in touch with Mom and Dad. If we have kids someday, and they’re this cold to us, would you accept that? Right~ We need to be filial~”

Sister Yuan nodded earnestly. Hmm—she was already envisioning their future days. Would the kids be obedient?

Ah ha ha—

Xiao Xi breathed a sigh of relief. So that’s what she wanted to lecture him about? Ha… ha…

She actually didn’t recognize Sister Hua’s avatar? Phew—that scared him. Although he’d deleted the chat history and changed the nickname to ‘Mom,’ Sister Hua’s avatar clearly wasn’t something his mom would use. Sister Yuan hadn’t noticed. He thought he was doomed.

Ha ha ha—

His palms were sweaty as he took back the phone and looked at the screen…

Sister Hua’s avatar had turned into a chrysanthemum!

What the…

Did she install a surveillance camera in his house? Xiao Xi quickly looked around but found nothing unusual. That shouldn’t be the case, right?

Could it be…

Sister Hua was hinting at something?

Dammit!

Realizing the truth, Xiao Xi tossed the phone aside, pulled the covers over himself, and said in exasperation:

“Sleep!”

“Pfft— speaking of which, Xiao Xi, you came back pretty early today. Xiao Meng isn’t even out of school yet.”

Having finished flipping through Xiao Xi’s phone, Sister Yuan was no longer sleepy. She propped herself up on her side, chin resting on her hand, watching Xiao Xi’s face with great interest.

“You came back pretty early too…” Xiao Xi pulled the blanket over half his face, trying to avoid her gaze.

“Well, I wasn’t at the company today. Had some things to do, so I didn’t come find you. After I finished, Luo Chenhua told me she’d dropped you off at home, so I came straight back~ Did something happen? Tell your husband all about it~”

Sister Yuan was very interested in Xiao Xi’s life, but now that he’d finished his task, Xiao Xi had no energy left. Besides, he couldn’t go into detail about today’s events. He brushed her off with a few casual replies, but the more he said, the more he felt he’d slip up.

Finally, Xiao Xi suddenly jumped up. No way—it was still early. If he stayed home, not only would Sister Yuan interrogate him about the details of today, but there was also no telling if she’d want to play games with him again. He couldn’t lie here any longer. He had to make a run for it!

“Huh? Xiao Xi, you… why are you getting dressed? Where are you going?” Sister Yuan looked bewildered as Xiao Xi started putting on his clothes, socks, and shoes. He was quickly thinking of an excuse while dressing. Then, as he grabbed his phone, he finally came up with a reasonable explanation.

“Ah—I’m… I’m going to school to help Nan Feng and Mia clean the comprehensive building. Ha ha, I almost forgot about it. We already made plans. I’ll be back in a bit. You go to sleep first!”

With that, Xiao Xi bolted, leaving Sister Yuan alone in the room, utterly confused. Gradually, her confusion turned into hurt. She lay in bed, feeling a bit upset…

Seriously… just when she’d gotten into the mood, he put on his pants and ran off. Xiao Xi…

Hmph!

Angry, Sister Yuan grabbed Xiao Xi’s pillow and was about to slam it onto the bed, but before she could, she caught the sweet, clean scent he’d left on it.

Mmm…

So fragrant~

Her face flushed. No… she couldn’t do that kind of thing. Xiao Xi would hate her…

But… but.

Thinking of how Xiao Xi had teased her earlier, Shi Yuan felt an inexplicable flutter in her heart. Her lips felt dry, as if a fire was burning inside her. It was all Xiao Xi’s fault… it felt so good.

Even though she’d already released once, that fire hadn’t been quenched. Now Xiao Xi had run off, so she had no choice but to…

Sister Yuan silently hugged the pillow, her face burning red. Occasionally, she let out soft moans…

“Xiao Xi… Xiao Xi…”

****

At school.

The unfortunate student council members and Mia trudged into the comprehensive building with drooping heads. The atmosphere was oppressive, as if everyone held a grudge against each other, so no one wanted to say much.

This oppressive mood, combined with the dark, unlit environment of the comprehensive building at night, made it hard not to think of the popular school ghost stories going around lately.

Liyi No.1 High School’s comprehensive building was probably like the unused buildings in most high schools. It contained rooms filled with various machines and instruments bought with wasted money, storage rooms with archives no one had opened in ages, and offices for school VIPs and miscellaneous staff not involved in classroom teaching.

That was the lower floors. As for the upper floors… to be honest, none of them had ever been up there. But they had vaguely heard some legends about the seventh floor.

Recently, it was said that students had seen strange figures wandering on the top floor through the windows at night.

“Could it be…” Everyone looked at Mia.

As the Flame Witch, Mia flatly denied any possibility of her sneaking around like that. Ridiculous! How could the Flame Witch be active in dark, shady places in the middle of the night? Even if she did go, she’d definitely bring a torch or something—there wouldn’t just be a blurry figure!

But…

Nan Feng pointed out that if it were pitch black, you wouldn’t even see a shadow.

Too much talk!

Mia turned away unhappily, tsking. Sigh, anyway, she was about to leave soon. Why bother wasting words with these idiots? A bunch of fools.

But…

Thinking of that person, Mia still felt a bit down. Why… why?

Xiao Xi, where are you?

Weren’t you supposed to be punished to clean the comprehensive building? When I went to find you this afternoon, you weren’t in the classroom either.

Xiao Xi…

I miss you so much.

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