“You don’t like it,” Yan Ruoruo stated directly, narrowing her eyes and asking, “Tell me, what’s your excuse today?”
“You’re seriously ill and need to be hospitalized. You won’t need to go to school for the next few days,” Mu Anxiao said casually.
“How could you do this?” Yan Ruoruo was genuinely startled by Mu Anxiao’s reason for absence.
“You ask for leave every day, so why not just do it decisively?” Mu Anxiao said. “What, are you unhappy about it?”
Yan Ruoruo was momentarily speechless, saying, “There’s nothing wrong with what you said, but why do I feel like you’re cursing me?”
“What do you want me to treat you to today?” Mu Anxiao intentionally changed the subject.
“You don’t need to treat me today. I just want to ask, are you touched by my boyfriend’s love for me and my boyfriend, so you’re giving me such a long leave of absence?” Yan Ruoruo raised an eyebrow and lightly patted Mu Anxiao’s shoulder.
Mu Anxiao looked down at her shoulder, which had been touched by Yan Ruoruo, and said, “Your teacher insisted on meeting your parents, and I don’t have your parents’ phone numbers, so I thought of this brilliant plan.”
“You’re avoiding the issue,” Yan Ruoruo exclaimed emotionally.
“Say whatever you want. Where do you want to go today? I’ll accompany you.”
“Ever since my boyfriend met you that day, he’s been almost indifferent to me. He finally listened to me just now. Don’t you dare bother us today,” Yan Ruoruo said and then quickly ran past Mu Anxiao.
Mu Anxiao calmly watched Yan Ruoruo’s fleeing figure, sighed, and turned to look at Zhang Yan, who was watching her with a puzzled expression, and asked, “Where did she go?”
Zhang Yan spread his hand, conjuring a magnet, then pointed upwards with his finger and said, “Still the same place as last time.”
Mu Anxiao nodded and walked forward.
As they walked, Zhang Yan asked, “Aren’t you supposed to be setting them up?”
“She’s just a little kid, and she’s only curious about relationships right now. In other words,” Mu Anxiao glanced at Zhang Yan, “that man doesn’t stir her aggression yet. But if they actually get together, and she gives her heart to that man, and then gets hurt, the outcome will be different.”
“No wonder you’ve been trying to break them up. You’re amazing,” Zhang Yan said, his lips curving upwards.
Mu Anxiao sighed, “I haven’t sensed any evil soul aura from her these past few days. I guess he must be disappointed too.”
“Definitely. Speaking of which, that evil soul really has no taste.”
“I think,” Mu Anxiao mused, looking down, “those two evil souls probably want to start over, so they’re looking for individuals who are completely clean.”
“These two girls are clean?”
“I’m talking about their hands, not their character,” Mu Anxiao said helplessly.
“True, if they look for people who have made serious mistakes, they’d expose themselves too easily,” Zhang Yan agreed with Mu Anxiao’s reasoning.
“Yes,” Mu Anxiao nodded.
“I thought you wouldn’t answer my question,” Zhang Yan said plainly.
Mu Anxiao stared straight ahead, ignoring the curious glances from passersby, and said, “I’m feeling a bit better these past couple of days.”
“You really speak based on your mood,” Zhang Yan said, glancing at the people around them. “Those people seem to think you’re talking to yourself like a lunatic.”
Mu Anxiao pushed aside the bangs blocking her eyes and said, “Let them stare. It doesn’t matter.”
Zhang Yan’s lips curved upwards. “These past few days, I’ve become quite thick-skinned following you.”
“You’re invisible,” Mu Anxiao pointed out.
Zhang Yan shrugged. “You’re right. Oh, Feng Qi Shi called yesterday.”
“Why did he call?”
“He wanted to know how his sister was doing. He heard you’ve been coming here often,” Zhang Yan said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Mu Anxiao suddenly recalled what Feng Qi Shi had said in the office that day and asked, “That day, did you find Feng Feng’s school’s back door because Feng Qi Shi sent you a message?” She stopped.
“Yeah,” Zhang Yan also stopped.
“No…” Mu Anxiao’s heart sank. “You mean… it wasn’t Shi Mo Mo who gave you the address?”
“The address Shi Mo Mo gave was completely inaccurate. Apart from Yan Ruoruo’s teacher’s phone number, everything else was vague.”
“What?” Mu Anxiao’s mouth twitched, and she asked, “What did that guy Feng Qi Shi tell you?”
“He said his sister has been very strange lately. She was talking the other day, but now she won’t say a word.”
“Why?” Mu Anxiao was also puzzled.
“I think it might be that girls her age are all like this. However,” Zhang Yan hesitated, “I think the number two evil soul might have changed its direction.”
Listening to Zhang Yan, Mu Anxiao was silent for a moment. “Impossible. I’ve noticed Shi Mo Mo has been quite abnormal these past few days too. In a moment, you’ll call Feng Qi Shi and tell him his sister is fine.”
“You haven’t even checked. Saying that directly might not be good, right?” Zhang Yan had never expected Mu Anxiao to be so opinionated, and her strong will made him worried.
“What’s not good about it?” Mu Anxiao said. “What could happen to her? I was so angry with Shen Yan that I didn’t speak for days, and then I got better after a few days.”
“You’re lying,” Zhang Yan reminded her.
“It’s fine, don’t worry,” Mu Anxiao said and continued walking forward.
Zhang Yan clicked his tongue, took out his phone, which was also invisible, from his pocket, hesitated, and then called Feng Qi Shi, who had just finished class.
At the school, Feng Qi Shi took out his phone from his desk drawer. Seeing Zhang Yan’s number, he quickly got up and left the classroom before answering, “Hello, did you go again today?”
“We went, but…” Zhang Yan, unwilling to lie, glanced at Mu Anxiao’s retreating figure and said, “We didn’t see your sister.”
“What?” Feng Qi Shi shouted, ignoring the passing students. “No, you said yesterday… No, I knew your answer yesterday was hesitant and took forever. You were lying to me! And here I thought I gave you my sister’s school address.”
“No, listen to me. We went directly to Shi Mo Mo that day. Shi Mo Mo said to have Mu Anxiao request leave for her sister, and then… she seems to have forgotten about your sister. For the past few days, her attention has been on the Yan Ruoruo sisters, saying she was helping Shi Mo Mo supervise her sister who was in an online relationship.”
“My sister is very abnormal now. I think that number two…” Feng Qi Shi was interrupted as the class bell rang.
Hearing the bell from the other end, Zhang Yan quickly said, “Go to class,” and hung up.
Feng Qi Shi took the phone away and hesitated before quickly calling his mother.
At the Feng residence, Feng’s mother was sitting on the sofa. She casually picked up her phone and answered, “Hello, what is it?”
“Can you ask for leave for me?” Feng Qi Shi got straight to the point.