The black cat stretched out a little paw, gripping the clothes while carefully avoiding scratching skin, and hopped upward from her arms with ease.
She landed on Luo Yunzhi’s head, making all that hair a complete mess.
Bai Ziyu treated it as a nest, a tiny cat nest that belonged to the black cat.
The girl froze for a moment.
This familiar feeling had not been encountered in a long time.
She curved the corners of her mouth slightly and gave a soft hum as an answer.
Then she picked up the umbrella and opened it.
Luo Yunzhi took the black cat and walked into the curtain of rain.
The school’s drainage was still decent.
Once the rain had stopped, only a thin layer of water remained on the ground.
As long as she was a little more careful when stepping on it, she would not get her shoes wet.
The girl did not walk fast.
Only a light breeze kept brushing against the hem of her clothes.
There was no luggage on her… After all, the schoolbag was still inside the classroom.
As for class, there was no possibility of having class today.
The dormitory’s “mythical beast” was waiting to be let out of its cage.
If the school planned to hold class at a time like this, never mind whether the students agreed, those parents would probably come over and make a fuss.
Luo Yunzhi blinked.
Although these things had little to do with her, as an honor student she could naturally leave whenever she wanted.
She drew a deep breath.
The weather after rain always carried a fresh scent, mixed with a certain smell that seemed to come from the leaves.
She could not say what it was, but it smelled very good.
For the trip home this time, Luo Yunzhi chose to take a taxi.
After all, home was rather far from here, and besides, she did not want to walk along the roadside and get splashed by cars.
Only, before reaching home, the girl took Bai Ziyu to a phone shop to buy a phone.
Luo Yunzhi had forgotten, but the little loli clearly remembered.
So when the car was halfway there, the black cat stretched a paw out from the top of her head and revealed it, the claw tips flashing with a cold gleam in the sunlight.
Luo Yunzhi tugged at the corner of her mouth.
The other party was actually threatening her.
Although she had no intention of going back on her word either, she simply took the black cat to buy the phone.
As for which one to buy, the black cat chose.
Compared to a girl like Luo Yunzhi who would presumably care more about taking photos, Bai Ziyu was different.
She had no interest in photography at all.
So she picked a current newest-model, highest cost-performance gaming phone.
The girl could not make sense of it, but the price was not as expensive as she had imagined.
After paying and leaving with the phone, Luo Yunzhi took another taxi toward the villa district.
The car started and left the phone shop behind.
The wheels pressed over the road, splashing up specks of mud.
The black cat nimbly jumped down from the girl’s head and could not wait to power the phone on, poking and tapping away at it.
Although she could not play games without internet, it was a phone she had finally obtained, so even a calculator could keep her occupied for quite a while.
Luo Yunzhi picked up the umbrella and shielded the black cat, preventing the female driver’s glance from landing on the black cat and causing some bad effect.
She paused slightly and looked out the window.
Although Bai Ziyu’s phone was better than her own, the girl felt no jealousy.
In the end, she did not use her phone all that often anyway.
What’s more, the other party was the little loli.
Even if the black cat spent even more of her money, she would not mind, and would only chuckle softly while paying.
Perhaps this was liking… so she was willing to give.
But Bai Ziyu was sensible, and would not go so far as to be extravagant and wasteful.
She shifted her gaze a little and said nothing.
In weather after rain, one could see the surrounding trees becoming even more lush and green.
They were growing well and should grow even taller soon.
Occasionally raindrops fell from the leaves, struck the ground, and splashed up a little, and a few small animals chirp-chirped on the branches.
Luo Yunzhi felt a bit dazed.
The world seemed no different from usual, yet she herself knew that another face was still deeply hidden.
A brand-new, different world that belonged to “New Humans” and “yokai.”
The girl was even part of it, and what she liked was even more of a yokai.
A breeze blew in through the gap in the window, making her hair messy.
Luo Yunzhi smoothed her hair and faintly pressed her lips together.
The girl’s gaze turned distant, and she fell silent at once.
“Meow.”
What are you thinking about?
“Meow.”
Melancholy girl?
Not long after, the black cat seemed to finally grow tired of the phone with no internet.
When she lifted her little head, she saw Luo Yunzhi’s current appearance.
She teased her there.
Luo Yunzhi froze for a moment, then lowered her own head as well, using that fair hand to stroke Bai Ziyu’s little cat head.
Fingertips brushing through the fur brought a faintly warm, marvelous feeling, like silk that would quietly slip away if one was not careful.
Luo Yunzhi smiled and spoke softly.
“Aren’t you afraid?”
“Meow meow?”
Afraid of what?
“The new world.”
Bai Ziyu froze for a moment, a little confused, then suddenly remembered that when she had told the other girl before, she had not explained the safety of the world.
Where was the danger?
After all, when it came down to it, the authorities had long since managed everything well.
The world was very peaceful, even more peaceful than before.
Not every fantasy world had crises.
Things like enemies from beyond the heavens could also develop peacefully for hundreds of years.
The black cat thought it over a little and did not say that.
Instead she wanted to act a tiny bit impressive, lifting a paw and extending her claw tips.
“Meow.”
You don’t need to worry.
“Meow.”
I’ll protect you.
When the taxi braked to a stop, it meant the destination of this trip had been reached.
After paying, Luo Yunzhi took the black cat and stepped down from the taxi.
The car slowly started and gradually receded into the distance.
The black cat lifted her little head and looked ahead… at that villa she had not returned to in a long time.
When they had left it had still been like that, yet when they came back at this time it was like this.
Her relationship with the girl had changed once again.
She used the key to open the door and went inside.
“Click.”
The door was pushed open a crack.
Luo Yunzhi’s gaze looked into the living room.
Everything was still in the same state as before they had set out.
At that time no one had thought they would be gone for so long.
She could not help feeling a little moved.
Her fingertips lightly scraped across the windowsill.
There was no dust… yet the house also did not look as if anyone had come by.
But with supernatural matters, there was bound to be some kind of formation in place.
Luo Yunzhi did not mind.
Neither did Bai Ziyu.
Bai Ziyu leaped, jumped down from the girl, then picked up the phone in her mouth and ran to the sofa, made a nest, connected to the network, and started downloading games.
Luo Yunzhi chuckled softly and sat down beside her as well, turning on the television to play a program… There was nothing much to watch, but having sound made it livelier.
She stared at the TV, watched for a little while, then felt it was rather boring, so she took out her phone as well and scrolled aimlessly.
Until at a certain moment a message popped up.
It was from Wang Jia.
“I’ll be back tomorrow,” she said, reminding the two of them.
The girl paused, then did not reply.