The scorching sun hung high in the sky, and the dismissal bell rang. The last class of the morning ended, and the students of Senior Two Class Five rushed out of the classroom one after another. Noon break time was as precious as an inch of gold. If one was a bit late, long queues would form in the cafeteria.
Ning Wang remained completely motionless. He simply stood in place holding a folder, a bit puzzled as he watched his classmates pass by one by one.
Before going to school in the early morning, he had already sent a message to old Mr. Su Shenghai, saying he hoped to find a time to visit and chat about his son Su Chuanshan—that is, the gentleman Miss Red Lips was suspected of looking for.
This request was strange and impolite. He had been anxious for a long time before sending the message and had even prepared to be scolded harshly. Unexpectedly, Su Shenghai had immediately replied to the message and readily agreed, saying that choosing a day was not as good as running into one, and they could meet this evening after school.
Ning Wang was very happy. As soon as he arrived at school he rushed straight to the classroom, wanting to immediately tell Su Yubai the good news—but no matter what, he could not find any trace of the girl.
In his impression, Su Yubai should be sitting in the back few rows of the classroom, in a position close to the window.
But he had wandered around the back of the classroom several times, and during class he couldn’t help sneaking peeks, even getting rare criticism of a couple sentences from the head teacher because of it… yet he completely failed to find the girl who had adventured with him last night.
He temporarily suspected she had not come to school today, so he counted the number of people in the class and discovered it was exactly the same as usual.
The girl was simply as if she had become invisible.
“Ning-ge, what are you spacing out for!” A familiar figure stopped beside him. It was a thin and small boy wearing thick glasses. “It’s already been almost three minutes since class ended. If you don’t go eat soon there won’t be any seats left.”
The boy’s surname was Liu and his name was Boshi. He was always affectionately omitted the given name and called by the full name. He had been friends with Ning Wang since junior high.
Boshi lived up to his name very well. Although his grades could not be considered top-tier, his knowledge was extremely broad… simply put, he was super gossipy and knew a bit of every bit of gossip.
“You go first, Liu Bo,” Ning Wang answered with a smile. “I’m waiting for someone.”
“Waiting for someone?” Boshi looked thoughtful, and his thick lenses suddenly gleamed. “Could it be you’ve finally made an iron tree bloom and taken a fancy to some female classmate—”
“Don’t talk nonsense!” Ning Wang’s smile froze. “It’s just a female friend, a friend.”
“It really is a female classmate,” this time it was Boshi’s turn to be surprised. He had only been joking. Ning Wang’s family education was strict, and he had never seen him become close with any girl. “Which one? From our class?”
“Su Yubai.”
Boshi froze in place, confusion floating on his face. Ning Wang’s heart suddenly sank. This expression was somewhat familiar, just like his parents when they heard his older sister’s name. Could Su Yubai also—
“You’re looking for her?” Boshi lowered his voice, his tone a bit trembling. “Be careful a bit.”
Ning Wang was slightly relieved. “What do you mean?”
“Simply put, people who get close to her always encounter strange things,” Boshi counted on his fingers. “Her first deskmate helped her pick up an eraser, and the next day his hand became soft and collapsed like clay, only recovering after a week.
“The math teacher in senior one called her to the office for a lecture, and that afternoon got into a car accident, exactly injuring his throat, and was unable to speak for several days.
“It’s also said there was a boy who confessed to her, but after coming back he was completely dispirited, constantly muttering ‘fake, fake, what in the world is still real,’ looking like an investigator facing Cthulhu head-on—”
“Please stop,” Ning Wang interrupted his friend. “Don’t randomly spread baseless rumors. It will cause trouble for the person involved.”
“Sorry, sorry. Indeed these are all things that sound fun,” Boshi grinned apologetically. “But one thing is true. This person’s temper is very… not that it’s bad, just a bit cold.
“I did a physics class course assignment with her before, for almost a week, but we only said one sentence of ‘hello’ to each other. You should prepare to be heartbroken.
“Alright, the cafeteria is about to be packed. I’m leaving first!”
Boshi dashed out of the classroom in a flash. Ning Wang watched his retreating figure and slightly furrowed his brows.
No matter how one looked at it, the girl’s temper was not close to bad. Could it be that someone harbored malice and spread rumors with hidden barbs—
“What he said is all true.”
A light and spiritual voice sounded by his ear. Ning Wang startled and turned his head, seeing the girl sitting quietly beside him. She seemed to have already been waiting for a long time, currently looking down and flipping through his folder, her long black hair hanging in front of her fair side face.
“I was born liked by ghosts and gods. People who get too close to me are often implicated,” Su Yubai closed the folder, her eyes pitch-black like water. “President, it’s still not too late to stay far away from me now.”
“If it’s only the level of last night, I think I won’t regret it yet,” Ning Wang said. “I’ve contacted Mr. Su Shenghai. We can visit this evening.
“By the way, where did you go this morning? I looked for a long time but didn’t see you.”
“I was ordinarily sitting behind the desk, just cast a bit of witchcraft,” Su Yubai shrugged. “I hate contact with others, so I made arrangements long ago to make all the teachers and students of Dan’ao No. 2 High School subconsciously ignore me.”
These words were half true and half false.
Su Yubai had indeed used witchcraft to eliminate her sense of existence—how she did it would be said later—but she did not hate chatting and joking with others at all.
The reason she did this was only because she was worried that someone with nothing to do would come looking for her and end up being targeted by Red Lips or other weird entities… those unlucky ones Boshi mentioned were previous lessons.
Before the TS she had never actively hidden herself, after all there were originally not many people with the leisure to pay attention to a gloomy, silent little boy. The rumors Boshi was now reciting of course had not spread at all either. It was not very meaningful to painstakingly cast a spell on herself.
However, as she became her, others’ gazes suddenly became sharp.
On the way to school, passersby would occasionally turn their heads and sneak peeks at her. When buying breakfast at the breakfast stall the boss had free-gifted her a tea egg. When rummaging through boxes last night, she had even found one or two love letters sent by others… knowing they would suffer yet still coming up to confess, the power of a beautiful girl’s skin was too great, right?
Moreover, becoming a rolling log could not only stop well-meaning people from coming up to suffer, but also protect herself.
When she touched that love letter last night, a large clump of nonexistent memories suddenly surged into her mind. A strange boy’s nervous and blushing face, a stuttering confession, and her own subtly accelerating heartbeat…
I’m afraid that as long as she encountered situations exclusive to girls, her soul would shift a bit toward the girl side. If she continued living carelessly, she would sooner or later become a cute JK thoroughly from the inside out.
To put it bluntly, it was O-fall.
Just thinking of the appearance of herself linking arms with some boy and whispering sweet nothings made Su Yubai’s whole body turn cold. Fortunately such a terrible scene was only a distant and fragile future, and could completely be changed at present.
As long as she skillfully used witchcraft to eliminate her sense of existence, she could avoid ninety percent of people, leaving only some guys with outstanding inspiration. Then by putting on a cold, distant, egoistic stinky face that treated all other humans as garbage, the remaining ten percent would naturally also keep their distance.
In this way, she could avoid all unnecessary social relations, and thus would not encounter any matters exclusive to females.
As long as her spirit remained unmoving as a mountain, she would sooner or later find a way to change back to a male body!
“So you’re saying,” Ning Wang asked softly, “that I didn’t notice you for the past year, and it was actually something you actively did?”
Su Yubai raised an eyebrow. Last night she had relied on her little brother still being there and recklessly teased the president several times. From now on she had to be more careful.
Although she didn’t think he would take a fancy to her who was essentially a gloomy and damp male… but if she could brush the favorability a bit lower, then brush it. Anyway, the relationship between the two was mutually beneficial, maintained by agreement rather than feelings.
Right now was a good opportunity. One million horses of dominant will, open for me!
“President, did you not hear clearly just now?” The girl answered coldly, raising her eyes to look at the boy. “I extremely hate interacting with people, so I actively moved everyone out of my world.”
“Is that so? That’s good,” Ning Wang smiled from the bottom of his heart. “I was still worried someone was isolating you.”
Su Yubai was slightly stunned. She suddenly raised her hand to cover her ears, but was still a beat too slow. Before the fair finger joints arrived, Ning Wang saw the girl’s earlobes change color slightly, flushing with a peach-blossom-like red.