Chapter 62: The Unexpected Fever

“I don’t understand.”

Qingyu had no intention of trying to fathom Ouyang Ning’s thoughts.

After all, that girl with the heterochromatic eyes was a genius. Everyone who knew her in the previous life knew that, including Qingyu.

Her thoughts never followed the beaten path—they were impossible to predict.

Which only made her more threatening. No wonder Tang Qihuang had always said she kept an extra guard up against Ouyang Ning.

If even that heiress couldn’t see through Ouyang Ning, Qingyu certainly wasn’t going to bother.

But one thing was certain: just as Ouyang Ning herself had said, her feelings for Yu Yang were deep—profoundly so.

The more she thought about it, the more her head ached. Lin Qingyu stopped bothering and simply started walking again.

She really wasn’t in the mood to talk anymore right now.

But the direction she took wasn’t toward the teaching building—it was out of the school.

Ouyang Ning kindly reminded her, “You’re going the wrong way. The teaching building is over there. Or are you skipping class? The bell’s already rung.”

“I’m skipping. Not in the mood. I’m going home.”

Lin Qingyu said only that, without turning her head, hugging her little lunchbox as she walked away slowly.

“Whoa,” Ouyang Ning could only say. “As expected of Brother Yu Yang’s childhood friend—skipping class just like that.”

Well, it was the same for her.

Whether she went to the advanced math class or not didn’t matter.

But the real reason she wasn’t going was that after all that talking, she was tired.

She couldn’t walk anymore!

Looked like she needed to rest on this bench for half an hour.

Sitting on the bench, she gazed toward the clock tower of the student council building and muttered to herself, “Sigh, my lady, you should make your move soon…”

****

Bai Yuxi had been sending messages to Lin Qingyu ever since she returned to the classroom.

Things like, “Did you find Brother?” “Qingyu-jie, is your phone dead?” “What’s going on?”

But the problem was, Qingyu-jie hadn’t replied to a single one.

So much for sharing information!

If you aren’t going to reply, it’s not like you can get lost on campus, right?!

The first class of the day was a self-study period for the whole school, but Yuxi’s mind was nowhere near studying.

She was troubled now too. On one hand, Qingyu wasn’t replying, so she didn’t know what was happening on her end. She’d probably have to call Brother to ask.

And then there was Su Xiaomeng at the desk behind her.

Her sudden running off at the pavilion earlier—honestly, Yuxi couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

She could only guess it had something to do with her family situation. Otherwise, why would she be hiding behind the pavilion eating plain steamed buns by herself?

Since returning to the classroom, Su Xiaomeng had been restless, glancing at Yuxi several times, standing up as if to explain something, then hesitating and sitting back down.

Normally, Yuxi would have asked her right away, but today was different.

Yuxi genuinely couldn’t attend to her right now. Qingyu-jie hadn’t replied for five or ten minutes—maybe she hadn’t seen the messages. But nearly twenty minutes? That was obviously abnormal.

She felt she couldn’t wait any longer. Yuxi was about to call Yu Yang when his call came in first.

Yuxi pressed answer and quickly walked out to the empty corridor outside the classroom.

– Hello? Brother?

***

A little earlier.

Five minutes after the bell had rung, Yu Yang and Mo Sishi were walking back from the bench area to the teaching building.

Knowing the first class was self-study without any teacher supervision, they weren’t in a hurry. Since they’d just discovered each other’s reincarnation, they naturally had a lot to talk about.

Seeing Mo Sishi put her black-rimmed glasses back on and let her bangs fall to cover her eyes, Yu Yang could only sigh.

“Why are you still playing invisible? You don’t have those old hang-ups anymore. Just take off the glasses and go back to class.”

“Hehe, I can’t do that. Being invisible has its benefits. Yu Yang, you have to keep it a secret too.

I’m the only one who knows you’re a reincarnator. If any of the others are also reincarnators, these black-rimmed glasses are my biggest advantage. I can catch them off guard!”

“Don’t go catching anyone off guard… Fine, it does have its advantages if you don’t reveal your hand while I’m testing whether they’re reborn.”

“Right!”

Sishi definitely had an acting talent.

The moment she put her glasses back on and stepped into the teaching building, she transformed completely. That vibrant, energetic aura was gone, replaced by the timid, silent invisible girl of the class.

Along the way, every class was having self-study, so it was very quiet.

When Yu Yang returned to the classroom, he deliberately had Sishi enter through the back door first, while he waited a moment before going in.

After all, if they both walked in halfway through class at the same time, it would definitely seem strange.

Good. Sishi’s invisible attribute worked perfectly. She slipped through the back door to her seat without anyone noticing.

Now Yu Yang could just stride in through the front door.

As he stepped through the front door, his gaze unconsciously fell on Qingyu’s seat.

Let me see what that silly loli is studyi—

Where is she?!

Yu Yang stopped in his tracks and scanned the classroom. No sign of Qingyu.

Feeling inexplicably tense, he walked up to the podium and knocked on the blackboard twice.

“Sorry to interrupt! Has anyone seen Lin Qingyu? Did she come back to the classroom?”

Nobody complained about the interruption to their self-study; they were happy to answer the class monitor’s question.

“No, she hasn’t been back since class started.”

“No. I just came back from the teachers’ office, and she wasn’t there either.”

“Maybe she asked for leave? Don’t you have the leave slip, class monitor?”

No, I don’t!

Without another word, Yu Yang turned and walked out, quickly pulling out his phone. First he called Qingyu—no answer.

Then he called Yuxi’s number. This time it connected immediately.

– Hey? Yuxi? Is Qingyu with you? No? She’s not in the classroom! I just got back too. Right, right, good idea. I’ll call Auntie and Uncle right away!

He was really panicking and being foolish, forgetting to call Qingyu’s parents first.

He quickly flipped through his contacts and found the number.

The phone rang a few times before it was picked up.

– Hello? Auntie? It’s me, Yu Yang. Yeah, Qingyu isn’t at school. She… Oh, she’s at home? Okay, okay, I’m relieved. I thought she got lost on campus or something.

Aha, hearing that Qingyu was at home, Yu Yang immediately relaxed.

Wait.

Why is she at home?

– Auntie, what’s wrong with Qingyu? Why did she go home? There are still classes this afternoon.

Then, hearing what Qingyu’s mother said next, Yu Yang’s eased heart immediately grew heavy again.

“You mean Qingyu has a fever?”

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