Chapter 56: Utter Chaos

  The boy surprisingly covered his head and rushed over in the midst of the starry night. The starry night couldn't help but turn her head to take a look at Wang Xi and the others, but all she saw was a crowded throng of people, and she couldn't find them anymore.

  "You hit me hard enough, I almost got a concussion." The boy said angrily as he walked two steps away from Xing Ye.

  Although he was worried at first, thinking that he was traveling with Lu Chuan, he wasn't afraid of not being able to find him. So he said loudly: "You dare to rob money and still come back, aren't you afraid I'll call someone to send you to the police station?"

  He heard Xing Ye say that, the man laughed, "Robbery doesn't even exist, just rob ten bucks? It was just a joke with you, but you came up and hit me, my head is all swollen now."

  "I don't even know you, what kind of joke is this?" Thinking back to the look in his eyes at Xiangxiang Inn, Xingye felt that there was something wrong with him. At this point, she didn't want to get entangled with him any further. "Since it's a joke, then go buy a band-aid for 10 yuan and stick it on your forehead. I'm going to find my classmate."

  "Don't go" Starry night turned around and was about to leave, when the boy came up and pulled on her arm.

  Xīng yè běn lái jiù zài liú yì tā de dòng zuò, kàn tā shēn shǒu lái lā, máng shuǎi kāi le tā de shǒu, jiè bèi de shuō: "Nǐ yào gàn shén me?"

  "There are so many people here, what can I do? Don't be nervous, I'm specifically looking for you." The man said with a smile.

  The more he says this, the more suspicious Xing Ye becomes. If there's something wrong with himself, why not say it directly? Why use the method of snatching money just now to distract himself? If he had shouted out loud just now and startled people, who knows what would have happened?

  "I said I don't know you, what business do you have with me, speak up?" Xing Ye calmed himself down and slowed his tone as he spoke.

  "Why don't we find a quiet place to talk, how about it?" he suggested further.

  Staring at him under the starry night, she smiled slightly and said, "Where are you going? How about that cold drink shop over there..."

  The boy looked at Xing Ye and laughed, but before he could finish saying "is it good or not", a fist flew towards his nose. His reaction was quick and he dodged Xing Ye's small fist by tilting his head to the side.

  Xīng yè zhè yī xià běn lái jiù méi dǎ suàn dǎ dào tā, jī hū shì chū quán de tóng shí, yòng jìn quán shēn de lì qi, yòu jiǎo xiàng tā guān bù tī qù, nà rén fǎn yìng què shí hěn kuài, nà yī jiǎo bèi tā duǒ kāi le guān bù, ér shì tī zài le xiǎo fù shàng.

  She succeeded in one kick at night, turned around and ran away, disappeared into the crowd after a few steps, leaving the boy hugging his stomach and squatting on the spot, muttering, "Where is she gentle? It's even more violent than my mother."

  Ran all the way to a crowded place under the starry night, and only slowed down after making sure that person was not catching up.

  Perhaps it's because she was deceived too many times in her past life, Xīng Yè is very good to people close to her, but has a strong guard against strangers. If that person had approached her openly in front of her classmates, she wouldn't have overreacted. But he chose to appear in this way, so even if he really wanted something from Xīng Yè, she still wouldn't trust him.

  Looked around the whole night, it seems that Xue Bing and others can't be found thoroughly, so I went back to school by myself. While walking, I thought that for safety, I should ask Xiao Shu to buy a self-defense device. My own three self-defense moves seem to have insufficient lethality. If something really happens, there must be a way to save oneself.

  She went back to school and visited Chuyuan's dormitory first. They hadn't returned yet, and it was unknown whether they had found themselves lost or were having too much fun and forgot about themselves. She asked her roommates to pass on a message that she had already returned and not to worry about them.

  Returning to her own bedroom under the starry night sky, she saw a displeased Jin Weiwei waiting for her.

  Xīng yè gēn běn bù xiǎng lǐ tā, ná qǐ pén yào qù shuǐ fáng.

  Translation:

  Xing Ye didn't want to bother with her at all, picked up the basin and went to the water room.

  Jin Weiwei blocked her way, "Don't you think you should give me an explanation?"

  The starry night laughed and asked: "I don't know what I need to explain to you."

  "In that small restaurant, I called you, why didn't you answer me and just left?" Jin Weiwei asked with a straight face.

  Looking at her under the starry night, he said slowly: "I don't have to answer your questions, besides, you often ignore what others say to you, don't you?

  "Obviously, Jin Weiwei didn't expect Xing Ye to be so confrontational and unyielding, which made her, who was always high above others, very uncomfortable."

  "If nothing's wrong, then please make way." Xing Ye still looked calm and composed.

  "Do you know JJ Lin?" Vivian finally asked what she really wanted to ask.

  Xīng yè xiào le "rèn shì."

  Translation:

  The starry night smiled and said "acquaintance".

  Jin Weiwei found Xing Ye's smile very piercing, but she endured it and continued to ask, "How did you two meet? Do you know his girlfriend?"

  "Why should I tell you? Are we close?" Xīng Yè tilted his head, looking at Jīn Wēi Wēi who was about to get angry, and thought, it feels like bullying a kid, but this feeling is actually pretty good.

  "Luoxingye, hello, I'm asking you this as a favor, otherwise, otherwise..."

  "Otherwise, what would you do?" Xīng Yè suddenly raised his voice, and his expression also turned cold. "Not everyone has to listen to you, not everyone has to revolve around you."

  Jin Weiwei was intimidated by Xing Ye's aura and he ignored her, walking past her to the bathroom.

  "After that damned girl left in the middle of the night, Jin Weiwei finally came to her senses. How could she be scared off by just one sentence from her? No way! The angrier Jin Weiwei got, the more she stomped her foot as she left the dorm room."

  In the dormitory, Xing Ye and her familiar classmates exchanged greetings. In her heart, she found it amusing that she was still bothered by her dispute with Jin Weiwei. Why did she have to be petty like a child? The questions Jin asked weren't anything that couldn't be said out loud; one could easily find out just by asking around. To say the least, Xing Ye simply didn't like Jin's attitude, so she took this opportunity to teach her a lesson.

  Yeah, go back and tell her if her attitude isn't too bad. Also ask her who that guy is who snatched your boyfriend, she should know something about it.

  Back in the dormitory, Xing Ye found that Jiang Ya Nan had returned, but Jin Wei Wei was nowhere to be seen. It didn't matter anymore, so after exchanging greetings with Jiang Ya Nan, Xing Ye put the matter out of his mind.

  The next morning, Xing Ye saw Jin Weiwei's bed, which had not been moved, and she had not returned all night.

  Outside the window is gray and misty, with a light rain falling. The morning exercise in the middle of the night was also cancelled, so I had to lie back in bed, waiting until 7 o'clock when some classmates started getting up one after another, before I got up again.

  Xing Ye opened her umbrella under the dormitory building, and Chu Yuyun was also coming down. Chu Yuyun didn't open her own umbrella but instead slipped under Xing Ye's umbrella.

  "Where were you yesterday? We walked around the night market and didn't see you," said Chu Yuyan.

  "Oh, I went out to buy water and when I came back you guys were gone. Maybe we walked in different directions while searching for each other, so I just headed back first." Xing Ye didn't mention running into that guy at all.

  Because of the rain, it's not convenient to go out. The students all went to the school cafeteria for breakfast. Xing Ye and Chu Yuanyuan saw that there were too many people, so they estimated that even if they lined up, they wouldn't be able to eat much. They went to the campus convenience store instead, each buying a loaf of bread for breakfast.

  After arriving at the classroom, I explained it again to Xue Bing and Wang Xi, and that was it.

  The autumn rain was continuous, and this small rain fell for a whole day. It's unknown whether it was the gloomy weather that made people's mood worse or being cooped up in the house all day that made these young people unable to vent their excess energy. In the afternoon self-study class, two male students had a verbal dispute, which later escalated into physical altercation. When everyone pulled apart the two fighting boys, one of them already had a black eye, and the other was covered in blood, fortunately just nosebleed. Both were sent to the infirmary.

  It was astonishing that when the two returned from the infirmary, they were once again shoulder-to-shoulder good brothers. If not for the remaining redness and bruising on their faces, no one would have guessed that just a moment ago these two were like sworn enemies, fighting to the death.

  It's really puzzling men's friendship.