Chapter 79: Missed Me?

The sports meet had come to an end.

Study time became dull again.

An Ling’s school held mock exams two days after the sports meet.

The weekend after the exams was very boring.

Li Yang rarely even came to bother her except when looking for her to do homework.

An Ling felt inexplicably irritable and often paced around her room alone.

The break ended this afternoon.

After eating lunch, An Ling lay on her bed, bored, scrolling through videos on her phone.

Her mind couldn’t stay focused on the phone.

Her thoughts kept flying away from time to time.

Her gaze often fell on the chat window with Li Yang.

Li Yang still hadn’t come to bother her today.

The chat history with Li Yang on her phone still stopped at last night’s good-nights.

What was Li Yang doing?

Could he be doing something bad?

“No!”

An Ling forced herself to look away from the window.

“Why should I care what he’s doing! What he does has nothing to do with me!”

An Ling shouted to herself.

After shouting, her mood still didn’t improve.

She grew even more irritable.

“Could it be…”

Her gaze couldn’t help looking toward Li Yang’s room. “Could something have happened in his room?”

After all, Li Yang stayed up so late every night.

Wouldn’t staying up too long cause something to happen?

Or maybe he accidentally fell and passed out?

An Ling seemed to have found a reason for herself.

She picked up her phone.

After all, Li Yang counted as her childhood friend.

If something happened to him, Grandma Li and his uncle and aunt would be sad.

And she was a very kind person.

She should call to confirm her friend’s safety.

After a bunch of self-hypnosis, An Ling dialed Li Yang’s WeChat call.

Beep… beep… beep…

It rang three times before the call connected.

“Hello? How are you? Are you okay?”

?

An Ling’s strange opening left Li Yang completely baffled. 

“What could be wrong with me?”

“Tch!”

An Ling said, “I was afraid you, this idiot who stays up late playing games every day, might suddenly drop dead at home and no one would know, okay? After all, you’re usually so annoying, but today you’re so quiet.”

Hearing An Ling’s awkward words, Li Yang instead laughed out loud, happily. 

“What? You were worried about me? Or did you miss me?”

“I missed you?”

An Ling reacted as if someone had stepped on her tail, her tone turning anxious. 

“What kind of joke is that? I was just afraid that if you died, Grandma Li and your uncle and aunt would be sad. Don’t be so vain, okay? How could I miss you? And if something happened to you, my house’s price would be affected too.”

Hearing the tone on the other end, Li Yang could already imagine An Ling’s tail bristling.

This morning he had been collecting the information he had organized over the past two days.

Through his investigation of An Ling these past few days and asking friends to observe her, he was more and more certain of his guess.

An Ling never went to the toilet right after class.

Even when Zhou Meng saw her and couldn’t help clamping her legs together, An Ling would wait five minutes until there were fewer people before going.

He had secretly followed her.

An Ling also never used the urinal.

Even when there was a line she would only use a stall.

Li Yang had found two female classmates to scare her.

When she was frightened her voice could no longer maintain the disguise and let out a girl’s sharp, startled cry.

And today he had checked online.

An Ling’s abnormal condition those few days was exactly the same as a female wolf beastkin’s physiological period.

He only needed to find a method that wouldn’t scare her for the final confirmation.

Best if he could make her stop disguising herself in front of him.

But he still hadn’t decided how he should get along with An Ling afterward.

What kind of relationship he wanted to have with her.

That was also why he hadn’t rushed to confirm it.

Would he dislike An Ling?

Of course not.

He even felt a faint excitement.

Last night he had spent the entire evening thinking.

He had confirmed it!

Just like when he didn’t know An Ling’s gender as a child, he liked An Ling very much.

After finding out An Ling was a boy when they were little, he had always treated An Ling as a little brother, though not entirely purely.

During this period after An Ling first returned, he had also wanted to continue treating her as a little brother the way he had in childhood.

But after spending time with An Ling recently, the same feelings from childhood had gradually risen again.

He liked An Ling.

Although An Ling might not like him yet, he could take it slowly.

Boil the frog in warm water.

Now it seemed An Ling might also like him a little.

She had already missed him after just one morning.

“If you missed this bro, you can just say it directly. After all, this bro is so handsome. Missing me is normal.”

Li Yang said with a smile.

“I would never miss an idiot like you! You vain show-off!”

An Ling was so angry she stomped her foot.

This guy Li Yang actually said she had missed him.

How was that possible?

She had clearly just not wanted Grandma Li and the others to worry.

If it weren’t for Grandma Li, she wouldn’t have called to ask about him at all.

She had called to check on his safety, and this guy still teased her.

Pfft.

Li Yang couldn’t hold it in.

He really wanted to see her cute, anxious stomping look.

“Alright, I won’t tease you anymore. This afternoon I’ll go to school to pick you up. They’ll probably release the scores this afternoon. How did you do?”

“Anyway I’ll definitely do better than you.”

An Ling said confidently.

Although she knew this guy Li Yang was gifted, she still had confidence that she hadn’t been surpassed by him in such a short time.

“That’s not certain. After all, this genius has been listening in class recently.”

“Li Yang.”

“Mm.”

“I’ve noticed your face has been getting thicker and thicker lately. It can defend against missiles now.”