Chapter 31: Penalty Stand

The classroom at this moment seemed to have plunged into silence. 

Time and space appeared to have frozen at this instant. 

Even the sound of breathing seemed to have become inaudible.

Only the clock on the wall continued its tick-tock, diligently and ceaselessly, allowing one to sense that everything around was still alive.

Until a certain moment, accompanied by a patta sound, the classroom erupted into activity once more. 

It was because a classmate had accidentally knocked over a book.

“Eh? What is she doing?”

“Who knows.”

“Although I don’t understand… but doesn’t anyone else think that her declaration just now was especially cool? Even though I have no idea who Xiao Bai is at all.”

“Ah? You really think it’s cool?”

“I just feel embarrassed.”

The students in the classroom whispered among themselves. 

At the same time, their gazes couldn’t help but drift toward Luo Yunzhi and Su Qi, who was sitting not far away.

They seemed to be discussing something. 

The keywords even included strange terms like “triangle” and “stealing a wife” or something along those lines.

Even the usually calm and indifferent Su Qi couldn’t help but feel a bit overwhelmed at this moment. 

Her expression was slightly stiff, and her body couldn’t stop retreating backward.

The already suspended chair legs scraped against the floor with a harsh sound. 

Due to its instability, the girl almost fell over.

She barely managed to steady herself.

Her face was full of oddity.

“Why did you have to say it so loudly?” Su Qi rubbed her forehead in helplessness. 

The surrounding gazes made her feel as if she were sitting on pins and needles.

“Uh… this.”

Luo Yunzhi’s expression was a bit awkward.

“I got excited.”

The girl hadn’t expected that mentioning the final ownership issue of Xiao Bai would make her so worked up that her voice involuntarily became loud.

She used her textbook to cover her face and forced a smile. 

Her gaze shifted toward Su Qi. 

“But I don’t care. Anyway, Xiao Bai will always be mine.”

“……”

Su Qi didn’t want to deal with her.

She lowered her head and played with her phone.

Luo Yunzhi gritted her teeth. 

She didn’t dare to continue the conversation that had become even more embarrassing. 

She simply buried her head in her textbook and lay down on the desk.

But the classroom remained bustling. 

The things the classmates were discussing became increasingly far-fetched. 

They had rapidly escalated from the ground to the skies.

Luo Yunzhi never wanted to attract attention. 

Moreover, if this continued, her strange reputation wouldn’t wait until tomorrow—it would spread throughout the school today.

The girl sighed.

Reluctantly, she stood up.

She wanted to explain.

“Everyone… I.”

“Luo Yunzhi!”

“Present!”

The girl subconsciously stood straight as a rod. 

When she raised her head, she saw the homeroom teacher on the podium, fuming with rage. 

It seemed as if smoke was already rising from her head.

Luo Yunzhi forced out a smile, though it inevitably looked particularly guilty and embarrassed. 

“Teacher, Teacher, did you call me for something?”

The homeroom teacher’s eyes widened. 

“Explain what you were doing just now!”

“That, I.”

“Forget it, I don’t want to hear it!”

“Eh?”

“Get out and stand in the corridor as punishment!”

“Oh.”

……

From the top of the wall, she easily leaped down. 

The black cat, relying on her petite body, easily slipped through the railing and strode openly into the campus.

Because she couldn’t transform into a human to move around, Bai Ziyu’s daily life was always very boring. 

Moreover, today Luo Yunzhi still had classes at school.

The black cat rolled around at home. 

In the end, she decided to run to the school to see what her temporary owner, that is, the girl, was actually doing.

After all, if that was the case.

It could bring some fun.

“Meow.”

This group of girls is really open-minded.

“Meow.”

The skirts are short again.

The black cat walked under the shade of the trees. 

Looking toward the sports field, another class was having physical education class. 

Moreover, it seemed to be a class specifically for physical education majors.

Those girls had all been exposed to a lot of sun. 

Some had even cut their hair into dashing short styles. 

They looked quite like the interesting tanned hot girls from anime.

Clearly playing basketball, yet they were wearing short skirts similar to cheerleader outfits. 

However, they also wore shorts underneath, so it still looked somewhat mismatched.

Bai Ziyu really couldn’t appreciate it.

She let out a yawn.

“Meow.”

Forget it. Let’s go find Luo Yunzhi.

“Meow.”

These don’t look good.

The black cat shook her little head. 

Immediately after, the pace of her steps gradually quickened. 

She darted past under the trees, kicking up quite a few fallen leaves that scattered in all directions.

The black cat’s sense of smell was always very keen. 

Moreover, since Bai Ziyu had been carried into the girl’s classroom before, she easily found her destination.

However, she didn’t enter the classroom. 

Bai Ziyu didn’t intend to attract attention. 

She only climbed up a tree and looked into the classroom from beneath the foliage.

The top of this large tree’s main trunk just so happened to extend toward Luo Yunzhi’s class. 

Furthermore, because of the leaves blocking the view, no one would discover the black cat’s presence.

“Meow?”

Eh? Why isn’t she in the classroom?

“Meow?”

Did she go to the toilet?

Looking inside through the window, the black cat was slightly stunned. 

She didn’t see the familiar person. 

Only the homeroom teacher was writing and drawing on the blackboard with chalk.

She stared at those formulas for a while, then quickly averted her gaze. 

Studying gave the cat a headache. 

She used her paw to tap the main trunk beneath her.

After pondering for a few seconds, the black cat didn’t want to wait here any longer. 

She jumped to a nearby tree, wanting to see if there was anyone in the corridor.

It was also right after she had just landed.

She saw her.

“Meow.”

So she’s here.

“Meow.”

Standing in punishment?

Bai Ziyu looked over and discovered that her temporary owner, Luo Yunzhi, was standing in the corridor. 

On her head, she was even balancing a textbook there without moving.

The black cat’s delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly. 

The girl usually didn’t seem like someone who would make mistakes. 

Being made to stand in punishment today—what was the reason for this?

Although Bai Ziyu didn’t respect the girl much… after all, she had raised her for such a long time, she definitely wouldn’t want to see the other party being bullied for no reason.

Her gaze shifted to the side.

She saw another person.

That was a girl radiating with pearl luster and jewel tones. 

Probably anyone who saw her would be overwhelmed by her extravagance and could only describe her as valuable and expensive-looking.

The black cat couldn’t help but be astonished. 

She recognized the other party. 

On the rainy night when she was adopted, that girl had also been there. 

And at the very beginning, she had chosen her.

This girl should be a newly transferred student. 

With just a bit of reasoning, one could easily deduce that both she and Luo Yunzhi were standing in punishment in this class’s corridor.

And the black cat hadn’t seen her before.

This was too obvious.

“Meow.”

Is Luo Yunzhi standing in punishment because of her?

“Meow.”

What exactly happened?

Bai Ziyu wasn’t stupid. 

Things that Luo Yunzhi could see, she could also see. 

This girl definitely harbored some unspeakable secret.

The black cat silently speculated. 

As expected, the other party must be coming for her. 

But what was the reason? 

What value did she have?

She shook her little head.

Maybe not?

Could it be a coincidence?

Bai Ziyu didn’t intend to think further. 

With the current clues, she couldn’t deduce anything. 

She simply lay down and just stared at the two girls with her gaze.

These two would have to talk eventually, right?

There should be some clues.